Chapter 1377 Becoming the Focus

The nobles in Youzhou have recently had a lot of contact with the nobles in Liangzhou, Yongzhou, Bingzhou and Jizhou.

So Bai Feng's incident of sniping at Youzhou's soap was spread.

For the nobles in Liangzhou and Yongzhou, even though the Wei Dynasty has been unified, their position is still far away from the emperor.

Unless Liangzhou and Yongzhou are also connected by train.

Regarding the olive branch extended by the Youzhou nobles, the Liangzhou nobles thought for a while and then accepted the Youzhou nobles' proposal to sell soap.

He also expressed interest in investing in Youzhou’s soap factory.

The thoughts of the Yongzhou nobles are similar to those of the Liangzhou nobles. The money sent to their door should not be wasted.

And there is another key point, that is, the nobles in Liangzhou and Yongzhou do not particularly care about Bai Feng's attitude in this matter.

After all, the Liangzhou nobles and Yongzhou nobles were stationed at the border all year round, and they still had a certain weight in Cao Cao's heart.

Even if the conflict of interest between them and Bai Feng escalates due to the soap workshop, they still believe that the court will mediate in the end.

Unlike the Youzhou nobles who are able to live a good life today, most of them can thank Bai Feng for promoting the mutual trade between Youzhou and Xianbei.

The nobles in Liangzhou and Yongzhou have no worries in this regard.

Later, after the nobles in Liangzhou and Yongzhou expressed their willingness to invest in the soap factory in Youzhou, the nobles in Bingzhou and Jizhou also had some thoughts.

Soap's profits are so huge that there are still no nobles in the Wei Dynasty who don't know about it.

In the past year, Cao Jie has expanded the scale of the soap workshop three times, and also launched soap that the common people of the Wei Dynasty can afford.

The price of soap has also dropped slightly, but due to continuous improvements in soap manufacturing technology, the cost of production line soap has also decreased.

The actions of the nobles in Bingzhou and Jizhou immediately attracted the attention of the nobles in other states and counties of the Wei Dynasty.

Because Bingzhou and Jizhou are not only close to Youzhou, but also close to Yanzhou.

Now there is no need for Shopkeeper Zhou to provide Bai Feng with information about the Youzhou nobles. Bai Feng can also know the next action plan of the Youzhou nobles.

"I didn't expect that just the benefit of a soap would make these nobles unable to bear it and jump out."

In the Hanzhong Marquis Mansion, Bai Feng was in his study, looking at the summary of recent news coming from other states and counties.

"But it's good to have it earlier. After all, steam engines and steam trains, which will have greater interests in the future, have not yet been fully introduced to the Wei market."

Then Bai Feng thought of steam trains and steam engines.

Now, for Bai Feng, it was not entirely a bad thing that nearly half of the nobles in the Wei Dynasty united to make money from the soap he invented.

After all, with the combined power of so many people, if Bai Feng wants to take action again, he must carefully consider whether the time and energy spent and the change of the existing development plan are worth it.

Even if Bai Feng wanted to reduce some obstacles and fill in some potholes on the road to Wei's industrialization, he would still have time to carry out the operation.

Cao Jie also got the news.

In addition, the nobles from Qingzhou and Xuzhou have sent letters, saying that the share of the shares in the soap workshop is a little low, and they hope to increase it.

Only the nobles in Yecheng have made no other moves yet.

This made Cao Jie feel the seriousness of the situation.

After arriving in the study, Cao Jie whispered to Bai Feng:

"Husband, the nobles in Qingzhou and Xuzhou who have invested in the soap factory are now beginning to complain that their dividends are too small."

Bai Feng couldn't help being stunned when he heard this.

Good guy, are you starting to look down on me and Cao Jie now that you can make more money?

Bai Feng found it a bit funny that the nobles pursued interests in this way.

Since you want to make money so much, let me make it!

Bai Feng, who already had a new plan in mind, no longer wanted to interfere with the nobles' construction of soap workshops.

At this time, nearly half of the states and counties in the Wei Dynasty wanted to benefit from soap.

If Bai Feng really tried to stop him again, he would be directly against the nobles of Wei.

The nobles are not enemies to Bai Feng yet.

Then they cannot be physically eliminated.

And according to the current productivity, it is just a new batch of nobles.

"Jie'er, I already have a new idea."

"Since the Youzhou nobles can choose to find another way, we don't have to limit ourselves to the soap workshop!"

Bai Feng's pattern has been opened.

Cao Jie couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

As long as Bai Feng can find a solution, she will be relieved.

Otherwise, Cao Jie really doesn't want to see the soap workshop maintain its current scale in the future.

This is all her hard work.

At the same time, Yizhou.

Xiahou Dun was also paying close attention to the actions of the Youzhou nobles and Bai Feng's response strategy.

For Xiahou Dun, who witnessed Bai Feng making a lot of money through soap workshops and steam engines in the past two years, he believed that Bai Feng's purpose was not to earn more money.

The emergence of steam trains can prove that Bai Feng has a longer-term plan.

Otherwise, soap workshops and steam engines are already so profitable, and there is no need to invest in the manufacturing of steam trains and nitroglycerin/dynamite.

After using nitroglycerin/oil explosives in Yizhou's mines, Xiahou Dun was very satisfied with the power and mining effect of nitroglycerin/oil explosives.

After using nitroglycerin/oil explosives, the mining progress of Yizhou, whether it is coal or iron ore mining, has been greatly improved.

The silver expenditure on mining has been reduced by 20% compared with before.

What Xiahou Dun is concerned about now is how Bai Feng will deal with the Youzhou gentry who united the Liangzhou and Yongzhou gentry in the struggle for interests in soap.

According to Xiahou Dun's understanding of Bai Feng, he is not a person who will easily give in.

"There will be a good show to watch in the next period of time, hahaha!"

The gentry in Yizhou are also very enthusiastic about this matter.

For them, Yizhou's soap workshop must follow the steps of Bai Feng and Cao Jie.

Unlike Youzhou, Yizhou is closest to Hanzhong and can also enjoy the greatest benefits brought by Hanzhong's development.

Abandoning friendly relations with Hanzhong is really not worth the loss.

Of course, it is still very interesting to see the nobles of Youzhou and other states and counties competing with the Marquis of Hanzhong for the interests of soap.

It would be best if other states and counties could do their own business, so that no one would compete with them for the good things in Hanzhong.

For a while, the nobles of the entire Wei Dynasty set their sights on Hanzhong and Youzhou.