Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 59
Today's most important show is coming.

After an inspection of Zhang Qingfeng's talents, Cao Cao prepared to invite Zhang Qingfeng to serve as an official.

Hearing Cao Cao's question, everyone pricked up their ears, wanting to hear whether Zhang Qingfeng would agree.

"I don't want to."

However, Zhang Qingfeng shook his head and refused.

"Why?"

Cao Cao didn't expect Zhang Qingfeng to reject his invitation, which surprised him very much.

Without waiting for Zhang Qingfeng to speak, Cao Cao continued: "It would be a pity not to be an official to work for the court because of your great talent. If you are willing, I would like to recommend you to the court as Da Si Nong. What do you think?"

Da Si Nong, in charge of tax, salt, iron and other national finances, was equivalent to the Minister of Household Affairs in later generations.

"No, I have more important things to do in Youzhou. Going to Yecheng will delay my plan." Zhang Qingfeng shook his head and refused.

Cao Cao looked surprised when he heard Zhang Qingfeng's rejection. He had heard Xun Yu say that Mr. Ruixiang didn't like fame and wealth, but he didn't expect it to be true.

However, Cao Cao was not reconciled. He followed Zhang Qingfeng's words and asked, "Is there anything more important, sir?"

"The industrialization in Youzhou is not yet mature and needs my guidance. If I go to Yecheng to be an official, the industrialization process here will stagnate."

Zhang Qingfeng gave an example: "If I am not here, my students will not be able to design the locomotive, and the train project will fail."

"There is also a production line for flintlock guns. Without me, mass production of flintlock guns would not be possible in a short time."

"And the fertilizer factory I planned, my students wouldn't have been able to build it without me."

Finally, Zhang Qingfeng shook his head and said, "Even if I want to be an official, I still have to wait a few years. It's not possible now."

Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's explanation, Cao Cao nodded and said, "So that's how it is. Mr. Cao is a man of integrity, and it's Cao Menglang."

"If the prime minister is willing, he can promote more of my students. My old man has no children all his life. They are like my children. All I can do is take care of them." Zhang Qingfeng said.

"Mr. and the students are very talented. What the court lacks now is talented people. I will be promoted without Mr. saying." Cao Cao said.

"In addition, I hope that when the industrialization of Youzhou is not completed, the governor of Youzhou and the prefect of Yuyang selected by the imperial court can be my students, so that it will be more convenient for me to do things." Zhang Qingfeng said.

"That's no problem. Since you can't go to Yecheng, sir, why don't you feel wronged and let you be the governor of Youzhou yourself?" Cao Cao said to Zhang Qingfeng, and the address changed from you to your respectful title.

"That's not okay. I can't take away my student's official position." Zhang Qingfeng shook his head and refused.

"If sir is willing to serve as governor of Youzhou, I can promote Li Bai." Cao Cao said again.

"No way, I really can't do without my student if I want to industrialize in Youzhou. After all, I am old, and my physical strength and energy are not comparable to young people." Zhang Qingfeng still shook his head.

"Then...as long as you don't dislike being a student who is inferior to yourself, why don't you serve as Youzhou Gongcao, so that you don't have to worry about who will hinder you from doing things." Cao Cao said.

"Is this appropriate?" Zhang Qingfeng blinked.

Gongcao is engaged in assisting the governor in the selection and assessment of officials.

This is equivalent to Cao Cao handing him the entire personnel power of Youzhou officials.

Li Bai, the governor of Youzhou, was his student. As long as he wanted to, in addition to the prefect, he could arrange the appointment and dismissal of assistant officers below the commander-in-chief of each county.

Officials below the prefect can be promoted and reused by him.

"It's suitable. If you agree, I'm even willing to recommend you to the imperial court as Da Si Nong. It's still wronged you to do meritorious service," Cao Cao said.

"I'm not wronged. In fact, I'm not interested in being an official. The main reason is to prevent people from hindering my promotion of industrialization. In this case, I will also serve as the Youzhou Gongcao." Zhang Qingfeng nodded and agreed.

On this day, Cao Cao and his party stayed at Zhang Qingfeng's house until evening before returning.

Zhang Qingfeng also entertained them with several tables of sumptuous food and drink.

The next day, Zhang Qingfeng was still drawing the steam engine drawings of the steam locomotive at home.

Cao Cao and his party, under the leadership of Li Bai and Yang Shen, visited Yuyang Military Factory, Yuyang No. [-] Machinery Manufacturing Factory, Yuyang No. [-] Agricultural Machinery Factory, Yuyang No. [-] Textile Factory, Yuyang Paper Mill and printing factory and so on.

On this day, it can be said that Cao Cao and his party had an eye-opening experience.

Under the roaring machine operation, the steel is as fragile as tofu.

In front of huge machines, human beings are as weak as ants. This is an extremely shocking scene.

When countless commodities are produced like flowing water, everyone's thoughts are: "I am afraid that the times will change in the future."

After visiting more than a dozen factories in Yuyang City, Cao Cao's heart was also greatly shaken.

Originally, the defeat of Chibi made him lose the confidence to unify the whole country, but within just one day after arriving in Yuyang City, he completely changed his mentality.

At this moment, Cao Cao's heart is full of confidence. He believes that with the industry in Youzhou, he can defeat any enemy.

On the third day, an inland gunboat came to the canal outside Yuyang City from Quanzhou Port.

On this day, Cao Cao will take a group of civil servants and military officials to visit a shelling drill.

The location of this exercise is on the Baihe River, more than ten miles away from Yuyang City. Compared with the Chaohe River leading to the rugged plain, this river has less traffic.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Cao Cao led a large group of people to a small hillside. Below the uphill is the famous Baihe River.

On the Baihe River, a gunboat and a target boat were already in place.

"Prime Minister, everything is ready, do you want to start?" Li Bai asked Cao Cao.

"Let's start!" Cao Cao ordered.

Soon, a horn sounded,

The gunboats on the White River heard the sound of the horn and immediately took action.

Under the paddling of dozens of oars, the gunboat slowly approached the target ship.

1000 meters, 900 meters, 800 meters, seven hundred, six hundred, until 500 meters.

Afterwards, the gunboat slowed down, and a dozen cannons were pushed out from the side of the gunboat.

Boom boom boom boom!
Not long after, everyone only heard a rumbling sound, and a puff of white smoke rose from the side of the gunboat.

At the same time, more than a dozen black spots quickly flew towards the target ship one mile away, shooting more than a dozen water jets on the river surface.

Unfortunately, none of the shots hit.

Even the shell closest to the target ship fell a hundred meters away from the target ship.

Seeing this scene, Li Bai was very embarrassed. He didn't expect the artillery shooting performance to be so poor.

On the Baihe River, Ding Ruchang, the captain of the gun boat, saw that the shooting effect was so poor, he immediately ordered the gun boat to stop shooting, and asked the sailors to row the oars to continue approaching the target ship.

Soon, the gunboat slowed down when it was about 400 meters away from the target ship.

Soon, only a loud bang was heard, and a dozen shells were quickly fired towards the direction of the target ship.

However, the embarrassing thing is that none of the shells hit the target ship in this shooting, even the nearest shell was 50 meters away from the target ship.

"Keep approaching." Ding Ruchang ordered.

Soon, the gunboat came 300 meters away from the target ship.

Boom boom boom!
Another round of shooting.

This time, everyone saw that a shell hit the target ship in the distance, and instantly punched a hole in the target ship. The smoke and dust were everywhere, and the target ship shook violently.

"Good!" Seeing this scene, Cao Cao clapped his hands and applauded.

On the Baihe River, the gun boat fired a round of shells and continued to move forward, and soon came to a distance of 200 meters from the target ship.

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