Three Kingdoms: Liu Daer Was Forced Out of the Mountain at the Beginning

"Okay Hanzhong, I am also planning to build a new steam train."

Plow Pillar mentioned the steam train and became excited.

The first steam train was already in use in the mines.

But Geng Zhuzi knew that even after an improvement, the first steam train still had many problems.

And these problems cannot be solved by improvements. At that time, the mines had begun to use explosives for mining, and steam trains were urgently needed as a means of transportation.

Now we are starting to build the second steam train. The plowing pillar can 100% guarantee that it will have stronger performance and longer service life than the first steam train.

"Well, I'll leave it all to you."

Bai Feng nodded and said to Geng Zhuzhu.

Because the efficiency of the mine has been greatly improved, the R\u0026D center has now completely solved the problem of steel shortage.

The problems of the craftsmen can also be solved by the end of the year.

Therefore, Bai Feng can safely leave all matters related to the R\u0026D center to Geng Zhuzi.

Now Bai Feng will devote his main energy to the construction of the railway.

Next, the steam engines produced by the second steam engine production did not flow into the market in Hanzhong or Yizhou.

Since he wanted to completely open up the steam engine market in Yecheng, Bai Feng planned to save a batch of steam engines and then directly invest them in the Yecheng market.

At this time it was time to transport steam engines to Yizhou again.

Bai Feng still arranged for the guard captain Liu Yong to transport this batch of steam engines.

Liu Yong, the captain of the guard, was the first to deliver the steam engine to Xiahoudun's house.

This time Xiahou Dun also chatted with the guard captain Liu Yong for a while.

The main thing is to ask Liu Yong about the steam train.

Guard captains Liu Yong and Xiahou Dun explained the application of steam trains in mines.

"I see, this steam train will be of great use in the future!"

After listening to the story of Liu Yong, the captain of the guard, Xiahou Dun thought in his heart.

As early as Xiahou Dun went to Hanzhong and visited a steam train at Bai Feng's invitation, he wanted to buy a steam train.

But Bai Feng didn't sell it at all.

Now that he knew that the steam train had begun transportation work in the mine, Xiahou Dun knew that it would be more difficult to buy the steam train from Bai Feng than before.

After Liu Yong, the captain of the guard, left Xiahoudun's house, he came to Li Rufeng's house.

Wang Kuang, a nobleman from Yizhou who had been friends with Li Rufeng before, told him how profitable it would be to resell steam engines to Yecheng.

The excited Li Rufeng still did not sell the steam engine in his workshop after thinking about it for three whole days.

Wang Kuang, who explained this situation to Li Rufeng, not only did not sell the steam engine in his hand, but also bought two at a high price from his friends and continued to expand his textile workshop.

At that time, Wang Kuang also told Li Rufengming that if he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune, he could sell all the steam engines in his hands.

If you want to continue running a cloth mill, don't sell a steam engine.

Li Rufeng spent the past three days thinking at home, mainly weighing whether to get a large sum of money at once or to keep the cloth shop flowing smoothly.

After all, Bai Feng's current target for each noble clan is two steam engines per person.

Although Li Rufeng had gone to Xiahoudun's house for a banquet before, he heard Xiahoudun mention that Hanzhong would increase the production of steam engines next year.

But he believed that it would take at least half a year to get the cloth factory back to its original level after selling all the twelve steam engines in his hands.

In the past six months, it was difficult for me to have a few of my previous cloth mill sales channels left.

After all, there are many cloth workshops in Yizhou now, and the sales channels maintained by Li Rufeng, apart from his own stores, are all old friends with whom he has long-term cooperation.

Once he cuts off his supply of cloth, it will be difficult for these old friends to purchase cloth from him again.

After all, the competition among cloth banks in Yizhou is very fierce now, and even old friends will not be in trouble with Yinzi.

Friendship is friendship, money is money.

Li Rufeng, who was determined to continue running the cloth workshop, felt much better these two days.

When the servant heard that the guard captain Liu Yong was coming, Li Rufeng went out to greet him personally.

"Hahaha, Captain Liu is here, please come in quickly!"

"You're welcome, Mr. Li. These are two steam engines. Please unpack them for inspection."

Liu Yong, the captain of the guard, asked his men to carry the wooden boxes containing the two steam engines and handed them to Li Rufeng for inspection.

After Li Rufeng checked that everything was correct, he wanted to keep Liu Yong, the captain of the guard, at his house to drink tea and rest.

Liu Yong, the captain of the guard, still declined Li Rufeng's invitation on the grounds that there were still many steam engines to be delivered later.

Before guard captain Liu Yong left, Li Rufeng asked him one last question:

"Captain Liu, has the production of steam engines increased now? Can you make an appointment for three units next month?"

"The output has increased, but Hanzhong Hou didn't tell me how to increase the number of reservations."

Guard captain Liu Yong replied to Li Rufeng.

"What's happening here?"

After the guard captain Liu Yong left, Li Rufeng began to think in his mind while arranging his servants to transport the two steam engines to Bufang.

After receiving the steam engine that night, Wang Kuang came to visit Li Rufeng's house.

"Brother Li, the production of steam engines has obviously increased, but Hanzhong Hou doesn't sell more. What's the reason?"

After three drinks and five dishes, Wang Kuang asked Li Rufeng.

"I've been thinking about this for a long time. Maybe it's because the Hanzhong Hou knew that some people transported steam engines to Yecheng to sell them and earn a high price difference?"

Li Rufeng said to Wang Kuang with some uncertainty at this time.

"Well, that may indeed be the reason."

"For the previous soaps, I heard that the soap production workshops were built much earlier in Yecheng than in Yizhou."

"If Hanzhong Hou directly transported the steam engines to Yecheng to sell them, then there would be no problem for those who rely on the steam engines to make the difference."

After listening to Li Rufeng's guess, Wang Kuang felt that the possibility was quite high.

After all, there are already soap workshops and shops in Yecheng as a foundation, so Bai Feng does not need to worry about the difficulty of promoting steam engines in Yecheng.

Moreover, steam engines were still a rare thing in Yecheng itself, and many nobles and dignitaries were unable to buy them even if they wanted to.

"In the future, when all cloth merchants in the Wei Dynasty use steam looms, the price of cloth should be much lower than now."

After listening to Wang Kuang's analysis, Li Rufeng couldn't help but say.

Is there any chance that this cloth mill run by my family can be passed down to my children and grandchildren?

Wang Kuang certainly did not have the ability to give Li Rufeng the answer.

But he knew that the dealers who were still hoarding steam engines might cry soon.