Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 44 Cao Pi
"Cao Pi is coming?"

On this day, Zhang Qingfeng received a news that surprised him.

Cao Pi is naturally the son of Cao Cao. He should be 23 years old this year and is Emperor Wen of Wei in history.

It's just that Zhang Qingfeng didn't know why he came to Yuyang suddenly.

"It should be for Sister Liu." Cai Wenji explained to Zhang Qingfeng.

Cao Pi, as Cao Cao's son, naturally did not dare to treat him slowly in Yuyang.

Li Bai, the prefect of Yuyang, took a large group of Yuyang officials out of the city ten miles to welcome Cao Pi's arrival.

On the cement road from Youzhou to Yuyang, dozens of horse-drawn carriages were driving steadily. This was Cao Pi's convoy.

Cao Pi first arrived at Jicheng, Youzhou, and then, accompanied by Chang Lin, the governor of Youzhou, chose to take a carriage to Yuyang.

"How did Yuyang become like this?" Cao Pi was surprised to see the changes in Yuyang.

When Cao Cao attacked Yuan Xi, Cao Pi came to Yuyang, Youzhou, and robbed Yuan Xi's wife in Youzhou.

At that time, Yuyang was poor and poor, with a small population.

But looking at it now, there are beautiful brick houses on both sides of the road, and there are countless carriages coming and going on the road.

The closer it is to Yuyang City, the more and more prosperous the buildings on both sides will be.

"It's all thanks to Li Bai, governor of Yuyang..." Chang Lin explained to Cao Pi.

Afterwards, he briefly introduced what Li Bai had done in the past few years.

"Ziheng (Cao Pi's word), if you want to fight for the position, you can win over this Li Bai, this Li Bai is a rare talent for governing the country." Chang Lin said to Cao Pi.

"Li Bai's teachers and classmates are also very talented. If you have their help, it will be of great help to you."

"I understand that Mr. Ruixiang, whom even Mr. Wenruo admires so much, can't be talented." Cao Pi nodded in agreement.

As Cao Cao's power is growing, as a son, he is currently in the stage of wooing contacts and competing for family property with his younger brother Cao Zhi.

Liu Rushi was only one of the reasons why Cao Pi came to Yuyang this time.

The main reason is that he received a letter from Chang Lin asking him to come to Yuyang, Youzhou to see the development here, and at the same time take this opportunity to win over people from Zhang Qingfeng's family.

As Zhang Qingfeng's students have achieved remarkable achievements in government affairs in various places, his department is naturally seen by interested people.

Cao Pi is one of these caring people.

"This concrete road is really stable. There is also cement in Yecheng, but it has been bought by rich families to build houses. There is no such concrete road yet?" Cao Pi looked at the concrete road outside the carriage and talked with Chang Lin.

"The main reason is that Li Bai, the governor of Yuyang, has the courage. In order to build such a cement road, Yuyang is said to have spent hundreds of millions of money in the past few years." Chang Lin said.

"So much money? Where did he get so much money?" Cao Pi was very surprised when he heard Chang Lin's words.

Hundreds of millions of money is not a small sum.

"Yuyang City is a big deal now, with a population of 40, which is bigger than Ye City, and the entire Yuyang County has a population of nearly one million."

Chang Lin said: "With such a large population and a developed commercial and trade economy, Yuyang County's annual tax revenue is hundreds of millions. Furthermore, the tax revenue of the entire Youzhou has increased several times compared with previous years."

"Even if there are hundreds of millions in taxes, is it true that Li Taishou used all the money to build roads?" Cao Pi asked.

After hearing what Cao Pi said, Chang Lin explained: "No, only the road from Guangping to Youzhou was built by the Yuyang government, and the other roads were built with money from merchants.

For example, the concrete road from Yuyang to Quanzhou Port is nearly 20 kilometers long. Many businessmen contributed money to repair this road. After the completion of the construction, you can set up a card to collect tolls for [-] years. It is estimated that the cost can be recovered in five years, and it will be a big profit in the future. "

"Businessmen building roads, this is really interesting." Cao Pi was speechless.

"Ziheng, Li Bai, the prefect of Yuyang, has brought people out of the city to meet us."

At this time, Chang Lin had already seen countless people gathered in front of the carriage, and there was a guard of honor in front of him, who was the prefect of Yuyang.

Soon, the convoy stopped, and Chang Lin and Cao Pi got off.

"The next official, Li Bai, paid a visit to the governor, and met Mr. Cao." Li Bai bowed and cupped his hands to pay respects to Chang Lin and Cao Pi.

Cao Pi does not have any official position yet, he is only Cao Cao's son, and Li Bai can only call him son.

"Prefect Li is free of courtesy." Cao Pi warmly supported Li Bai.

Afterwards, the two sides exchanged pleasantries, and then boarded the car and headed for Yuyang City.

"Prefect Li, you and I are about the same age, why don't you call me Ziheng, and I'll call you Taibai." On the carriage, Cao Pi said enthusiastically to Li Bai.

Before Li Bai could speak, Cao Pi asked, "Taibai, Mr. Bo Huai (Chang Lin's word) told me that Yuyang is undergoing earth-shaking changes, so I must come to Yuyang to have a look. Mr. Bo Huai also praised you, It is said that your ability to govern the country is unparalleled in the world, and the development of Yuyang is indispensible to you!"

"Mr. Cao is too much." Li Bai was flattered by Cao Pi's praise, but he still replied very modestly.

"Oh, Taibai, have you forgotten what I said? Just call me Ziheng." Cao Pi pretended to be unhappy.

"Yes, brother Ziheng." Li Bai said.

"Haha, that's right." Cao Pi laughed, looking very happy.

"Taibai, tell me, how did you manage Yuyang to make Yuyang develop so prosperously?" Cao Pi said to Li Bai.

"My governance of Yuyang is actually very simple..."

Immediately, Li Bai began to briefly introduce some of his methods of governing Yuyang.

Ten miles away, the speed of the carriage arrived in [-] minutes. Cao Pi's convoy plus Li Bai's convoy, dozens of carriages entered the city mightily, attracting countless crowds of onlookers.

That night, Li Bai hosted a banquet for Cao Pi at the newly built restaurant in Yuyang City, and also hosted a banquet for many officials and rich families of Yuyang City.

"This building is really tall."

The first time Cao Pi saw a seven-story restaurant covering an area of ​​several acres, Cao Pi was simply amazed.

"This is a restaurant built by my teacher. It is 22 feet long, (almost 50 meters, two meters three in the Han Dynasty) and ten feet (23 meters) wide. It is built with reinforced concrete. It took millions of catties to build this building. Steel, tens of millions of catties of cement, hundreds of millions of catties of sand, and thousands of craftsmen took half a year to complete." Li Bai introduced the restaurant to Cao Pi.

"My teacher built this restaurant mainly to consume the steel produced in Luping. Now Luping produces 500 million catties of steel every year. There is no way to use up so much steel. It only takes millions of catties to repair this building. .”

Li Bai said: "My teacher hopes that he can set an example, so that when others learn how to build buildings, they will buy a large amount of Rough Ping Iron and Steel, so that the Rough Ping Iron and Steel will not be unsold."

"So that's how it is." Hearing Li Bai's explanation, Cao Pi was still dumbfounded. To build a building would consume millions of catties of steel, which is simply...

"Then it must be very expensive to build such a building?" Cao Pi asked Li Bai.

"It depends on who builds it. My teacher built this building. The materials are calculated at cost price. Excluding materials and labor, the total cost is only about [-] million yuan." Li Bai replied.

"Four billion..."

Hearing Li Bai's words, Cao Pi gasped.

Four hundred million, equivalent to 40 yuan, just to build such a building, what a waste of money.

"Is Mr. Ruixiang rich?" Cao Pi asked Li Bai.

"My teacher opened many workshops in Yuyang, and he can earn a lot every year." Li Bai explained that he was not afraid of Cao Pi's concern.

To be honest, Cao Pi was really moved when he heard such a huge comparison of money. Although he was Cao Cao's son, he usually spent a lot of money. He needed a lot of money to cultivate power, win over officials, etc.

However, he knew that Zhang Qingfeng's money was not so easy to grab, because many industries would not be accessible to anyone except Zhang Qingfeng and his students.

(End of this chapter)