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

Arriving at Hanzhong City, the cavalryman went straight to the Hanzhong Marquis Mansion.

At this time, Bai Feng was still on the railway construction site.

Although Bai Feng wanted to take a rest, he was worried that there might be some problems that the craftsmen could not solve during the construction of the railway.

So Bai Feng still got up early and went to the construction site in the morning.

When the cavalry arrived at the Hanzhong Hou Mansion, an hour had passed since Bai Feng left for the construction site.

Fortunately, Cao Jie is at home today.

"Your Royal Highness, this is your majesty's handwriting to the Marquis of Hanzhong. When will the Marquis of Hanzhong return home?"

Led by servants from the Hou Mansion, the cavalry met Cao Jie.

"The Hanzhong Marquis will not be able to return home until night. Your Majesty's decree can be given to me first, and I will forward it to him when the Hanzhong Marquis comes back."

Cao Jie was curious about the content of Cao Cao's handwriting to Bai Feng. He was also worried that Cao Cao's sequelae of stroke had become serious again, and Bai Feng would need to go to Yecheng to diagnose and treat Cao Cao.

After hesitating for a moment, the cavalryman handed the decree to Cao Jie.

Later, Cao Jie arranged for him to rest in an inn in the city, waiting for Bai Feng's reply.

At the construction site at this time.

Although Bai Feng does not need to instruct the craftsmen on how to build the railway.

But according to Bai Feng's observation today, when building railways, the measures taken by craftsmen according to different terrains were relatively simple.

So Bai Feng once again found the foreman in charge of each section of the railway and taught them more skills.

In the following time, Bai Feng went to check on the food and accommodation situation of the craftsmen.

In Hanzhong, no one among the officials dared to make any discounts on the matters Bai Feng had explained.

The food and accommodation conditions for the craftsmen were no different from those arranged by Bai Feng before.

It wasn't until the sun set in the west and the afterglow coated the white clouds with a layer of golden red that Bai Feng returned to the mansion.

"My husband is back, and your Majesty sent someone to deliver a handwriting to you."

After Bai Feng returned to his house, Cao Jie took the oracle and handed it to him.

After receiving the handwriting, Bai Feng looked at it with curiosity.

"It turns out that Cao Cao wanted me to send him a train. What a beautiful idea!"

Faced with Cao Cao's request in the letter, Bai Feng decided not to send a steam train to Cao Cao without even thinking about it.

Now there is only one steam train in Hanzhong. If it is really given to Cao Cao, the output of Hanzhong's mines will be greatly reduced.

Railway construction is the time when steel needs to be measured, and Bai Feng must ensure the output of the mine no matter what.

"Cao Cao really knows how to choose the right time."

Bai Feng thought in his mind and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.

"I'm going to reply to His Majesty right now. This steam train really can't send him off right now."

Then Bai Feng said to Cao Jie.

Cao Jie, who has read the contents of the manuscript, naturally knows the importance of steam trains to Hanzhong today.

So she nodded when she heard this, expressing her understanding of Bai Feng.

"When the Hanzhong Railway is completed in the future and we have more steam trains, it will be no problem to directly build a railway to Yecheng and send steam trains. It is still too early now."

Then Bai Feng explained to Cao Jie.

After reading the handwriting, Cao Jie understood that Cao Cao was not suffering from physical problems. Bai Feng supported Cao Jie's decision on other issues, and she also understood Bai Feng's approach.

"Well, I guess my father is just curious about steam trains, so I want my husband to send one to Yecheng to have a look."

Bai Feng then came to the study and quickly wrote a reply to Cao Cao.

At the same time, Cao Jie also sent people to call the cavalry in the inn responsible for delivering the edict.

Shortly after writing the reply, the cavalryman came to the Hanzhong Marquis Mansion again.

"Greetings to the Marquis of Hanzhong!"

After seeing Bai Feng, the cavalryman saluted.

"Without courtesy, this is a reply to His Majesty, please keep it."

Bai Feng handed the letter to the cavalry and warned at the same time.

After the cavalrymen collected the letters and left, Bai Feng and Cao Jie went to have dinner together.

Zhang Qiying, who went to Yizhou to recruit craftsmen, also returned to the Hanzhong Marquis Mansion at this time.

More than a thousand Yizhou craftsmen have arrived in Hanzhong today and arrangements are being made for their food and accommodation.

Bai Feng expected that these Yizhou craftsmen would be able to start building the railway by the latest day.

In this way, the total number of craftsmen building railways in Hanzhong has exceeded 4,000.

In the past, Yizhou craftsmen built about one mile of railway every day. After adding the Yizhou craftsmen, Bai Feng believed that the railway could be built up to two miles every day.

The entire planned railway in Hanzhong is three hundred miles long, connecting nine cities.

This still shortens the road construction distance between cities as much as possible, otherwise it can easily reach four hundred miles.

Another reason is that even if the steel output of the mine increases significantly, Bai Feng still needs to store part of the steel for subsequent maintenance of the railway.

Otherwise, all the steel would be used to build railways, and railway maintenance would become a more thorny problem in a short period of time.

After collecting the cavalrymen who responded to Bai Feng's letter, they set off back to Yecheng that night.

After galloping all the way, he rested for two hours at the next station the next day. After changing horses, the cavalry set off on the road again.

Under Bai Feng's suggestion, Cao Cao also invested a lot of energy in the construction of the post station.

Now from the northernmost point of Dawei to the southernmost point of Dawei, the time to send an urgent letter has been shortened to about twenty days.

Five days later, the cavalryman finally handed Bai Feng's reply to Cao Cao.

After Cao Cao gave the cavalry a reward, he opened the reply letter and read it.

As expected, Bai Feng did not agree to send the steam train to him.

"As expected"

Then Cao Cao remembered what the cavalry had reported to him about the large-scale railway construction in Hanzhong.

"Bai Feng is almost turning Hanzhong into a country within a country."

Cao Cao couldn't help but frown when he thought of this.

Tricky and difficult to handle!

At this time, Cao Cao couldn't help but think in his heart, it would be great if the Wei Dynasty also had talents who could build steam trains besides Bai Feng.

There are currently no talents in Yecheng who can build steam trains.

However, there are talents who are ready to sell steam engines in Yecheng.

Bai Feng has asked Cao Jie to arrange a new shopkeeper and go to Yecheng to start preparing the sales of steam engines.

The shopkeeper in charge of steam engine sales was named Qian. He was in his early forties, shrewd and smooth in dealing with things, which was perfect for dealing with the nobles of Yecheng.

Shopkeeper Qian had just arrived in Yecheng. After staying at the inn, the first thing he did was to visit Shopkeeper Chen, who was in charge of soap production and sales.