A few days later, Cao Ang arrived in Youzhou, and this time he was greatly shocked.

He finally walked into Beiping City, which had changed dramatically from the last time he came.

At this time, there were many workers working intensively to build the library.

The library is very large and several floors high.

Now the overall structure has been built and is being renovated internally.

The library is the tallest building in the city, much taller than the Empress Dowager's palace.

Cao Ang found a hotel to stay in, and everything in the city was new to him.

It's a brand new city, a very active city.

"No wonder my father attaches so much importance to it, it turns out that Zhang Ming is the future opponent."

"Zhang Ming is hiding too deeply, and he is unwilling to compete for hegemony on the surface, but in fact, he already has a deep foundation."

Cao Ang walked around the street, and the wide and clean streets made him feel very comfortable.

The pedestrians who came and went were not vegetable, but they were full of energy.

It's amazing, it's rare, it's not easy.

If there is a great chaos today, the princes are conquering, and the princes are not oppressing the people in order to expand their strength.

Cao Ang knew from his heart that Cao Cao also oppressed the people, but not to the extent of being harsh.

Didn't Zhang Ming oppress the people?

He went out to look for a circle, and he had already sent someone to inform Guo Jia and Dian Wei.

Guo Jia and Dian Wei lived in other places, and Cao Ang deliberately met at the inn and did not take the initiative to find them.

It took more than two hours to go back.

Not long after he returned, Guo Jia came with Dian Wei.

"Two uncles, I can be regarded as seeing you, and the two uncles have been wronged."

Cao Ang saluted the two, and Guo Jia and Dian Wei also hurriedly returned the salute.

The three of them sat down, and Cao Ang said: "Two uncles, although the war has been over for a long time, but the war has been going on one after another, and my father really has no money, and now that he has just collected taxes, he will immediately send his nephew here." ”

Guo Jia expressed his understanding to Dian Wei.

Cao Ang then asked, "Two uncles, is that Zhang Ming embarrassed you?" ”

Guo Jia and Dian Wei glanced at each other, Zhang Ming was very good to them, gave them a lot of freedom, and went out casually, except for not being allowed to go out of the city, the rest were arbitrary.

Dian Wei even planned to escape quietly with Guo Jia, but Guo Jia vetoed it.

Escaping may be possible, but once discovered, the risk is too great.

The road to the south is too far, if Zhang Ming goes crazy and even directly sends troops, it will be even more harmful at that time.

Guo Jia said: "Fortunately, we were not too embarrassed. ”

Dian Wei snorted coldly and said: "Zhang Fei is torn, and after he comes back, he won't fight with me, it's very boring, and he has grown meat." ”

"Ahem, cough, cough..."

Guo Jia hurriedly coughed and reminded Dian Wei, who said that these were not appropriate.

Dian Wei is embarrassed.

Cao Ang didn't dig deeper, since it was fine.

Cao Ang said: "Two uncles, in addition to forming an alliance with Zhang Ming this time, we also have to buy newspaper paper, I don't know if it is possible to do two things?" ”

Cao Ang looked at Guo Jia, it was useless to ask Dian Wei about this matter.

Guo Jia thought for a while and said: "An alliance is unlikely, I have been studying Zhang Ming since I arrived here, and his plans are very big, and he will not let Yuan Shao aim at himself." ”

"Now Yuan Shao also regards Zhang Ming as a secondary target, and Zhang Ming has laid a large number of defenses on the front line, all of which are mainly defensive operations."

"In this way, Yuan Shao finds it difficult to attack Youzhou, so he will choose other directions, and now the biggest threat is us, and Yuan Shao will still keep his eyes on us."

Cao Ang couldn't help but be disappointed that Cao Cao had given him this task, but he couldn't do it.

"As for buying paper for newspapers, I don't think it's a big problem."

The next day, Zhang Ming asked Xi Zhicai to tell Cao Ang that he would meet him in person.

Cao Ang made some preparations, took Guo Jia and Dian Wei to the Prefecture Governor's Mansion and met Zhang Ming.

"Hahaha, Master Cao Ang, we meet again."

"My father asked me to greet the Protector General, the two uncles are with you, so I bothered you a lot."

Zhang Ming asked people to sit down, and then said: "Gongzi Cao Ang has worked hard all the way, but he has to live here for a while longer." ”

Cao Angzhi shook his head and said: "There are a lot of things at home, my father often has headaches, as a son of man, it is better to go back as soon as possible to help." ”

"Okay, then it's not reluctant, as for the handover, it's good to find Zhicai when the time comes."

Handover, handover what? Of course, it's money and hostages.

Cao Ang continued: "There are still some things going north this time..."

Cao Ang proposed the matter of the alliance, but Zhang Ming directly vetoed it.

And offered to buy paper, Zhang Ming immediately agreed, a piece of paper 12 copper coins.

"General Protector, a piece of paper 12 copper coins, too high, right? Your newspaper is only 11 copper coins. ”

Zhang Ming raised his eyebrows and said: "The newspaper has been losing money and has never made money, and this paper has been sold to you at cost price." ”

The newspaper loses money, it's true, it was hard to break even, but Zhang Ming built a lot of transfer stations, and more than a dozen people followed horses in a base, which was too expensive.

"Okay, then we'll buy it."

Cao Ang agreed, and did not plan to continue bargaining.

Zhang Ming also did not allow them to bargain, the cost of the other party's newspaper must be much higher than his own cost, Zhang Ming allowed them to publish newspapers, but they were not allowed to have a lot of influence.

After negotiating, Cao Ang continued: "This time, we also want to continue to buy salt, and we also want to buy some tea. ”

Doing business, naturally there is no problem, Zhang Ming likes to do business the most, so he agreed on the spot.

After chatting for a long time, at noon, Zhang Ming held a banquet to entertain the three of them.

After that, they departed and chose their own time to leave Youzhou.

This time, Cao Ang brought all the money and quickly completed the handover with Xi Zhicai.

After the handover, Guo Jia and Dian Wei were free, but their group did not leave immediately.

It takes a while to buy salt tea, and they take advantage of this time to shop around.

Cao Ang took Guo Jia and Dian Wei to the side of the library.

Here, there is also martial law for soldiers, and they can't get in under any circumstances.

"Uncle, what does it mean to be in such a tall building?"

Cao Ang looked at the tall building and said.

This high-rise building was finally built into six floors, and the area of one floor is very large.

"Hey, students from all over the world, I don't know how many will be attracted to it."

"The eldest son, I know that this Zhang Ming has printed a large number of paper books, some of which have been freely bought and sold in the market, although the price is relatively high, but knowledge can no longer be monopolized, in Youzhou, there are many ordinary people reading, and the roots of the family have been dug up."

Guo Jia sees things that ordinary people can't see.

Because he has seen too many civilians studying in Youzhou, and many civilians have begun to serve as middle- and lower-level officials.

In Youzhou, there is a quick way, which can at least allow you to learn about 2,000 words in half a year.

Then I will distribute the teaching materials and learn as I go.

With such a large group of scholars, Zhang Ming no longer needs to rely on the family, and Zhang Ming can start a war with all the families.