At the same time as the development of the big city, the two enclaves of Qingdao County and Bianjing County were temporarily separated from the battlefield. Tao Ying didn't dare to take such a big risk to develop these two places now, after all, advanced equipment can be sold, but technology can't be known to others.

Therefore, the cold weapon manufacturing plant was temporarily set up in Juye City in Shanyang County, Pengcheng City in Pengcheng Kingdom, Xiapi City in Xiapi County, Guangling City in Guangling County, and Suzhou City in Suzhou Prefecture.

These cities, when the Guanghuai River is dug through, can be reached by water transportation in a straight line. Moreover, Xuzhou has developed water conservancy, and these bulky weapons can be transported to the princes of various provinces to sell through water transportation.

The production base has been established, and Xuzhou Cold Weapon Manufacturing Corporation has set up its own sales company in Pengcheng. Therefore, such a new large-scale cold weapon factory will begin to show to the world.

In order to let other princes know, Tao Ying also specially publicized the Xuzhou Cold Weapon Manufacturing Corporation in the newspaper, and prepared to produce steel knives to send to the surrounding princes for them to experiment.

March is coming, and two major events have happened in March for Pengcheng. The first major event was the announcement of the Xuzhou Cold Weapon Manufacturing Corporation in Pengcheng to the city. The company is next to Xuzhou Firearms Manufacturing Corporation, covering an area of more than 500 acres.

The second major event was that Cao Cao sent an envoy to take Cao Pi back to Yanzhou. The death of his eldest son Cao Ang made Cao Cao a little sad, but fortunately, his wife Cao had many sons and wife. The eldest son died, and Cao Pi became the eldest son, so Cao Cao wanted to welcome Cao Pi back.

The envoy followed the river to Pengchengguo, and the new changes in Pengchengguo surprised the envoy. After the Surabaya River entered the territory of Xuzhou, it was constantly widened, and ports of different sizes were set up on both sides, and Pengcheng was a particularly large port. After going ashore, the envoy went to Pengcheng to visit Zhang Zhao.

In mid-March, the envoy came in a carriage to visit Tao Ying, who was guarding filial piety in Taoling Town. Zhang Zhao and the others were busy with government affairs and couldn't get away, so they had to send an adjutant to see them off.

In the spring of spring, Tao Ying suddenly remembered what happened at this time of last year, and the battleship he was taking at this time last year went to the south. In later generations, the south was the most developed place in China, but Suzhou in the Han Dynasty was a desolate place.

The envoy followed Pengxiao Avenue all the way towards Taoling Town, which is located between Pengcheng and Xiao County, and Pengxiao Avenue passes by. Looking at the wide roads, neat farmland, and scattered villages planned everywhere, the envoy couldn't help but nod.

Still in the hall halfway up the mountain in Taoling Town, Zhou Tai invited the envoy to come in, and after the envoy came in, he said to Tao Yingji: "Yanzhou Liu Ye has seen Taozhou Mu!" ”

"Liu Ye?"

Hearing that it was Liu Ye Tao Ying who hurriedly got up and asked Liu Ye to excuse himself, he remembered this person. He started in the Battle of Guandu, when Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses piled mounds to attack Cao Cao, and it was this Liu Ye who invented the stone-throwing cart to beat Yuan Shao's army to the deterioration. And this man is also quite resourceful, a rare inventor and military strategist!

If you could hire this person as your own military adviser, how many!

It's a pity that this person has already taken refuge in Cao Cao, Cao Cao has a way of employing people, and he can't pry his corner with him! Thinking of this, Tao Ying walked to Liu Ye and sat beside him.

"Mr. Liu is also surnamed Liu, could it be that he is a descendant of the royal family?"

After Tao Ying asked, Liu Ye nodded. Liu Ye had heard of Tao Ying's name, but he didn't want Tao Ying to be so young. At this time, Tao Ying was only twenty-five or sixteen years old, and Cao Cao was twice as old as him.

But at this time, Cao Cao's territory was only occupied by Yanzhou, while Tao Ying occupied the entire territory of Xuzhou except for Langya State, and also occupied Suzhou County in the south of the Yangtze River.

"The name of the second son is like thunder in Yanzhou. It's really a blessing to see the second son today! ”

Liu Ye got up and gave a salute, this Liu Ye is not very old at this time, he looks like he is thirty years old, which is the year of his establishment. At this time, there were still a few years before the Battle of Guandu, so Tao Ying asked Liu Ye again what position he occupied in Cao Cao? Liu Ye's face was a little embarrassed, could it be that this Tao Ying is also a person who likes an official position?

That's right, he didn't have much time to join Cao Cao, and he mainly worked hard for the Han family, so his official position was not big. After all, Yanzhou is also full of talents, especially civil officials. The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were concentrated in Xudu, and Cao Cao's subordinates had Xun Yu, Guo Jia and other ministers at the moment, where could Liu Ye, who had just taken refuge, be highlighted?

Liu Ye reported his official position a little embarrassed, and Tao Ying shook his head after hearing it. Liu Ye thought that Tao Ying was disgusted with his official child, so he felt that Cao Cao's move was not to pay attention to him, but he didn't want Tao Ying to say: "I look at Mr. Guan is also talented!" Wife Cao, oh bah, Cao Gong doesn't know how to reuse talents, it's a pity. ”

Hearing Tao Ying say that he was a talent, Liu Ye, who was pregnant with a talent, turned pale to the side, but he calmed down randomly. After all, he is a wise man and will not show himself in front of outsiders. If you are an envoy, how can you slander your lord in the enemy's position?

"The difference between the two sons, Cao Gong is virtuous, and the sages are vying for it, I want to compare with Xun Yu and Guo Jia, like a firefly like Haoyue!"

Liu Ye first praised Cao Cao's reputation for knowing people, but Liu Ye knew that the best person in the world was Xu Zijiang. It's a pity that he can't find him to calculate a hexagram for himself, but there are still people in the north who can peek through the heavens and choose talents without sticking to one pattern, and that is the second son he wants to visit.

Originally, there was nothing for him to do in Xuzhou, but Liu Ye wanted Tao Ying to calculate a hexagram for him, so he volunteered to come to Xuzhou.

"Under the bright moon, how can fluorescence be bright? A manly man, he always has to make a career to glorify his ancestors. Since Mr. can't be reused there, why don't you come to my Xuzhou, how about I want to cut the land of the East China Sea and commission it with Mr.? ”

Seeing that Liu Ye was a little modest, Tao Ying took the lead in throwing out a big bait.

Xuzhou, Liu Ye knows better, that's because he likes to invent, and Liu Ye treasured many books such as "Naturalist" and "Future World" published in Xuzhou. As long as Tao Ying in Xuzhou wrote a new book on this subject, he could always ask his friends in Xuzhou to buy two copies and send them to Yanzhou as soon as possible.

The two books in Liu Ye's collection were about to be torn by him, and he was reluctant to put them down. In the future world, there are many whimsical things, Liu Ye wants to know how they were invented, and Tao Ying once wrote about the first industrial revolution in a book "Physics", and wrote about a horse-like train that can run without grazing, what does this first industrial revolution look like?

Liu Ye was too interested in everything, he really wanted to find a chance to ask the second son, but he was a dignified state pastor in Xuzhou, and he was a sesame petty official, how could Tao Ying see him?

Liu Ye heard from his classmates in Xuzhou that many schools had been opened in Xuzhou, and Tao Ying taught these schools in person, so Liu Ye wanted to come and defect, but because no one recommended him, he finally had to go to Cao Cao.