Chapter 1386: Expressing Attitude

After Cao Jie went to Bingzhou, the Bingzhou nobles who heard the news naturally welcomed him warmly.

Whether it was to invest in the soap workshop or the steam engine workshop, the Bingzhou nobles were very enthusiastic.

Everyone wanted to get a piece of the pie from the business that was sure to make money.

After learning that Cao Jie had come to Bingzhou, the Youzhou nobles brought gifts to Bingzhou to meet Cao Jie.

Mainly, they wanted to learn about Bai Feng's true attitude from Cao Jie.

Cao Jie was naturally not in the mood to meet these Youzhou nobles at first.

When there was money to be made, they didn't care about Hanzhong. Now that they were about to make no money, they immediately came up to flatter?

Cao Jie naturally didn't like this attitude very much, so he rejected all the Youzhou nobles who came to visit him.

After being turned away by Cao Jie, the Youzhou nobles finally panicked.

If they couldn't invest in the steam engine workshop, they would lose a lot in the future!

The Youzhou nobles, who could tolerate anything except the money flying away from them, began to ask the Bingzhou nobles to act as a matchmaker, just to be able to visit Cao Jie.

After receiving the benefits provided by the Youzhou nobles, the Bingzhou nobles began to express to Cao Jie that the Youzhou nobles had realized their mistakes and wanted to apologize to Cao Jie in person.

Cao Jie then gave the Youzhou nobles a chance to meet.

Of course, not all the Youzhou nobles.

The Youzhou nobles named Yan Nangui, who was elected as a representative, finally went to meet Cao Jie.

"I pay my respects to Her Highness the Princess!"

After seeing Cao Jie, Yan Nangui was very humble and his attitude was very correct.

"Your Highness the Princess, we, the Youzhou nobles, are willing to bear the anger of you and Hanzhong Hou for the problems caused by the soap workshop."

"I only ask you and Hanzhong Hou to give us a chance to invest in the steam engine workshop!"

Cao Jie sneered in his heart when he heard this.

These nobles who pursue fame and fortune also disgusted her at this time.

However, for the development of Hanzhong and Dawei's industrialization, the steam engine workshop and soap workshop will be built in Youzhou sooner or later.

"Well, Hanzhong Hou and I are clear about this matter."

"Hanzhong Hou and I don't like the actions of you Youzhou nobles."

"But seeing that you are sincere and the governor has retired, the Youzhou nobles can invest in the soap workshop and steam engine workshop."

When Yan Nangui heard the first half, his heart suddenly sank.

When he heard Cao Jie personally say that he could invest in the steam engine workshop, his heart was hot again.

There is always a way out!

At this time, Yan Nangui wanted to laugh three times.

As long as he could invest in the steam engine workshop, the previous losses from building the soap workshop and producing soap would not be a big problem!

So without waiting for Cao Jie to finish, Yan Nangui began to thank him:

"Thank you, Princess, for your understanding, and thank you, Hanzhong Hou, for your generosity!"

"We will follow the lead of Princess and Hanzhong Hou in the future!"

Cao Jie's expression finally eased a little after hearing this.

"Well, I hope you can do what you say."

Then Cao Jie spoke.

"Please rest assured, Hanzhong Hou, we will definitely do what we say!"

Yan Nangui immediately patted his chest and answered loudly after hearing this, almost swearing.

Cao Jie nodded after hearing this, and then continued to say to Yan Nangui:

"But because you made a mistake first, Hanzhong Hou and I will not be able to deter the nobles in other states and counties if we don't punish you slightly."

Speaking of this, Cao Jie looked at Yan Nangui with a sharp look.

Yan Nangui's heart was shocked when he heard this, thinking that what should come will come sooner or later.

"I understand! We will follow your and Hanzhong Hou's punishment!"

In order to invest in the steam engine workshop and to continue to earn a lot of money in the future, Yan Nangui had to bite the bullet and said to Cao Jie.

"Well, it's good that you know it in your heart."

"Hanzhong Hou and I are not so unkind, and the punishment for you is also very simple."

"When the soap workshop and steam engine workshop are built in Youzhou, whether it is the cost of land or the cost of craftsmen, it will be borne by your Youzhou gentry, and the silver required for investment will be calculated separately."

"Is this request achievable?"

After Cao Jie finished speaking, he stopped talking and waited for Yan Nangui's reply.

These conditions are naturally not a problem for Yan Nangui and other Youzhou gentry on weekdays. They even think that they have taken advantage of Bai Feng.

But the Youzhou gentry, including Yan Nangui, who had invested in the soap workshop before and lost a lot of money, would not feel happy about picking up a bargain after hearing this news.

There was no way. Who made them blindly optimistic before? Because the Liangzhou and Yongzhou gentry had invested, they expanded the scale of the soap workshop again.

"It can be done!"

After Yan Nangui finished speaking, he felt his heart bleeding.

They had naturally paid for the cost of building the soap workshop.

However, all the soap workshops in Youzhou will belong to Hanzhong for free.

And the investment in building a steam engine workshop is more than three times greater than that of a soap workshop. This is what Yan Nangui and other Youzhou gentry learned from the Bingzhou gentry.

For the Bingzhou gentry, the cost of building a workshop must naturally be included in the shares, but the Youzhou gentry did not have this treatment.

"Okay."

"When the soap workshops and steam engine workshops in Bingzhou and Yanzhou are completed, the next one will be Youzhou!"

Seeing Yan Nangui agreed so readily, Cao Jie stopped talking and told Yan Nangui the result directly.

"Thank you, Princess!"

"Okay, I'm tired, you can go back."

After Cao Jie finished speaking, he waved his hand and let Yan Nangui go.

Neither Bai Feng nor Cao Jie wanted to give up the Xianbei market.

They also believed that the Youzhou nobles who guarded the mutual market would definitely agree to the conditions they proposed.

The Youzhou nobles could accept a little face and earn less money at the beginning.

What they couldn't accept was that they saw the nobles in Bingzhou, Yanzhou, Liangzhou and Yongzhou making a lot of money because of steam engines and soap, while they themselves didn't even make a hair

After Yan Nangui returned to the inn where he stayed, other Youzhou nobles immediately came to ask him about Cao Jie and Bai Feng's attitude.

Next, Yan Nangui told the other Youzhou nobles what Cao Jie said.

"This is really too much!"

Some Youzhou nobles felt indignant.

"Be careful with your words!"

"Shut up!"

More Youzhou nobles were glad that as long as they could invest in the steam engine workshop, they would not lose anything.