Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 221 In the first year of Jian'an, books began to sell

Time flies, and the second year of Xingping (195) has passed in a blink of an eye.

With the addition of the infrastructure madman attribute in Xuchang City, the imperial city inside finally gradually took shape.

After several expansions, Xuchang City is now mainly divided into two parts: the inner city and the outer city.

The outer city is about 7.5 kilometers around. The city wall is winding and undulating, shaped like a hill. It is an expansion of the original Xu County location. It mainly accommodates the residences and markets of ordinary people and ordinary officials.The expansion actually started when Cao Hong entered Xu County, and never stopped after Li Dian took over.

As for the inner city, which is today's imperial city, it is located in the southeast corner of the outer city. It is square in shape and covers an area of ​​about two square kilometers.The inner city is well-defined and mound-shaped, about three meters above the ground.

The inner city planning mainly includes Xuchang Palace, Jingfu Palace, Chengguang Palace, Yongshi Terrace, and Yuxiu Terrace.

And Xuchang Palace is the place where Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty lived temporarily in court and the concubines of the harem.

The Xuchang Imperial Palace actually has three layers of city walls, which are Guocheng, Inner City and Miyagi. This is the same as the system of ancient capitals such as Chang'an and Luoyang.

However, the imperial palace is still in the construction stage, so the concubines of the emperor can only temporarily live in the county government office in the outer city.

Yuxiu Terrace is the place where the emperor worships the emperor. Although the palace has not been completed, this does not prevent the emperor from worshiping the late emperor.

At the beginning of the new year, the emperor changed his year name from Xingping to Jian'an, and officially announced to the world that the capital was moved to Xuchang, Yingchuan!

As soon as the edict came out, the world shook!

The feudal lords turned their attention to Xuchang one after another, and people with ideas from all over the Han Dynasty also turned their attention to Xuchang and the emperor.

In the General's Mansion,
Because there were a lot of things to do in the past two days, Lu Yan, a general of Hussars, made a very rare trip to Xuchang.

After learning from Xun Yu that Xun You was in Jingzhou, Lu Yan urged Cao Cao again, asking him to write a letter in person and even conquer Xun You in the name of the Son of Heaven.

"Mr. Lu, I remember you also asked about Xun You's whereabouts when you first met the Son of Heaven." Speaking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but tease: "Then who the hell is Xun You, who can make you worry about it for a long time!"

Where is Xun You sacred?Lu Yan didn't know how to describe it, so he couldn't talk about the achievements in the official history.

After thinking for a while, Lu Yan finally concluded: "Xun You acted discreetly and low-key, full of tricks, and his strategies are not inferior to Zhicai and Fengxiao."

Cao Cao was refreshed when he heard the words, "There are so many talented people in the world! I will write a letter to Xun You. I hope he can come to Xuchang for the sake of the emperor."

Lu Yan nodded, he thought it should be all right this time.

Although Xun You looked down on Cao Cao before, but now that he has an emperor and the great prestige brought by the promotion of new paper, Xun You will definitely respond to the conquest.

Cao Cao took out the most high-end fine paper, which was also the only fine paper that needed to be bought by the number of sheets, and wrote: "Fang is in great chaos today, and when the wise men are working hard, it will not last long for Gu Guan to become a Shu Han."

Lu Yan only saw this sentence in a hurry, and he didn't care about the other content.

Cao Cao's adviser group includes Xun Yu, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu, and now Xun You is about to join, Lu Yan suppressed his emotions and said: "Boss Cao's adviser group has formed, and now there is another wise man." Xun You, with them in the future, I don't need to worry about Boss Cao all the time. Oh, I'm so fucked up about Boss Cao!"

Lu Yan can finally fish happily again!
In fact, except that Lu Yan would occasionally go ashore when major incidents happened, most of the rest of the time he was fishing.
Don't mention this,

Let's talk about a major event that happened in Chenliu County recently.

After returning from Xuchang, Lu Yan and Guo Jia were busy promoting new paper.

As a result, as if mushrooms had sprung up after rain, many bookstores with official backgrounds suddenly appeared in Chenliu City.

In the bookstore, there are all books printed on ordinary quality new paper.

The Four Books and Five Classics are the most basic needs of readers.
There are also some very interesting vernacular books in the bookstore, such as: "Journey to the West", "A Dream of Red Mansions", "Jin Ping Mei". Well, cross this last one out.

At first, the common people still had some scruples. After all, all the books sold in the bookstore were printed on paper!
In the impression of the common people, books made of bamboo slips are extremely expensive, and books made of paper are more expensive than bamboo slips. Wouldn’t buying one make you bankrupt?
But when a poor scholar in a ragged padded jacket brought out three books from the bookstore with tears in his eyes, all the people in Chenliu County finally got bored!

Guo Jia and Lu Yan watched the bookstore from afar.

Seeing the scholar coming out with the book in his hands, someone finally had the courage to go in and ask for the price. Guo Jia couldn't help giving Lu Yan a thumbs up: "Your trick is really powerful."

Lu Yan smiled slightly and didn't answer, but thought to himself: "Take it. Those are all tricks played by later generations and won't be put on the table."

They have saved a lot of savings over the years, and the price of a book is a hundred or so, which is simply too cheap for them!
"It's so cheap!"

"I bought five books for the same amount!"

"Buy! Buy! Buy! My son can finally read!"

The five newly opened bookstores in Chenliu County were sold out in just one day.

Not only that, the people queuing at the door of the bookstore have even lined up from the door of the bookstore to the gate of Chen Liucheng
Since the sales of books far exceeded expectations, Lu Yan, who originally planned to open the bookstore to Yingchuan and other counties, could only temporarily slow down. Of course, his books should be given priority to Chenliu's local area.

Cao Hong is now the leader of the United Chamber of Commerce.

He was accompanied by Zheng Jing, the vice president, and other stewards of the chamber of commerce.

Early this morning, I came to the Hussar General's Mansion to wait.

Without it, they want books, and they need a lot of books to be shipped to other states and counties for sale. Now, no matter what kind of business they sell, they are far less than selling books!

When Xuchang was building palaces and expanding the city in full swing, and Chenliu County was selling books in full swing,
Gongsun Zan in the north also started building large-scale projects in Yijing.

In the past, Gongsun Zan, who was so powerful in the north, lost consecutive battles under the joint confrontation of Liu Yu's generals and Yuan Shao.

Seeing that his soldiers were constantly being damaged, and his strength was getting worse day by day, Gongsun Zan finally chose to lead his troops back to Yi County, turned from offense to defense, and began to imitate Cao Cao and set up a farm.

Yanzhou's strategy of farming has brought a lot of benefits to Cao Cao. Everyone can see this, and there is no secret at all.

Liu Bei in Xuzhou, Yuan Shao in Jizhou, and Lu Bu in Qingzhou had already started to imitate Cao Cao and start farming. Gongsun Zan was already too late.

As for Liu Biao and other princes in the south, they are not short of food
Gongsun Zan chose to build a military fortress on the bank of Yishui, named Yijing Tower.

However, unlike the Yuwu Fortress built by Dong Zhuo, Yijing Tower abandoned all magnificent and flashy buildings, and only made the defense measures to the extreme.

Yijing Tower has stockpiled nearly 300 million dendrobiums of grain and made iron doors. Only Gongsun Zan and his wives and concubines live inside. Men over the age of seven are not allowed to enter.

He planned to fight Yuan Shao with the strong defense of Yi Jinglou, and wanted to consume Yuan Shao alive.

Unfortunately, Gongsun Zan only built a grave for himself.

In the south, Wang Lang, the prefect of Kuaiji, was attacked by Sun Ce in Guling.

Sun Ce crossed the water several times, but all failed. In the end, he adopted Sun Jing's strategy and went around to the rear to steal Wang Lang's butt, thus defeating Wang Lang.

Wang Lang was defeated, but refused to surrender to Sun Ce. Remembering that the emperor was in Xuchang, Wang Lang fled to Xuchang overnight.

(End of this chapter)