People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 404 New Life

In the far suburbs of the capital, in a corner of an industrial area where many factories are gathered, Liu Xie and Fu Xie walked together into a newly built factory shed. The metal door of the shed was closed. The two men walked to the door and looked at each other, then Fu Xie took the key from his waist and unlocked it.

Accompanied by the sharp sound of metallic creaking as the door opened, the scene inside the factory shed suddenly came into the sight of the two.

The air was filled with a woody smell and a cool feeling, which made Liu Xie take a deep breath. The woody smell came from the wooden machines in the factory, while the cool feeling came from the spaciousness and shade inside the factory.

As you step in, there is a hard concrete floor under your feet. Although dust can be vaguely seen floating in the air when the sunlight shines in, the interior space is actually very clean. Not only is the road surface flat and clean, but even the rows of machines are covered with white cloth.

“This is my factory!”

Although Liu Xie was not unfamiliar with the situation before him, when he saw the results of the cause he had been working hard to prepare for, his voice trembled with joy.

Perhaps the last time he was so happy was the day he witnessed Dong Zhuo’s death.

Although the factory in front of him is completely incomparable to the great empire he once had, that great empire was ultimately just a false dream for him. The factory in front of him, although small, is his first real career in his life, a career that completely belongs to him!
This career carries my new hope for life and is also a signal for me to say goodbye to the past.

From now on, there will no longer be any Han Emperor Liu Xie in this world. There will only be an ordinary businessman named Liu Xie from Xuanxia. With this identity, he will open a new chapter in his life.

Fu Xie also laughed. After letting go of his obsession and surrendering to Xuan Xia, this was also a relief for them.

Although he failed to save the Han Dynasty and instead destroyed it with his own hands, he did not feel any guilt.

He understood very well that the big man was just like an old man struggling in pain with illness in front of a sickbed, and no one could change the outcome of death. In this case, he would send the big man away with his own hands and give him a decent ending. This might be the last thing he could do for the big man.

If the Han Dynasty is really going to perish, the world will usher in a new destiny, and this destiny will definitely fall on Xuan Xia. Fu Xie has no doubt about this.

Facts have also proved that Xuanxia today has undergone tremendous changes compared to when he left. The prosperous business and industry here are in stark contrast to the withered and cruel reality in the south, which is the extreme difference between heaven and hell.

Fu Xie couldn't imagine that Xuan Xia had any possibility of losing the war, but now he no longer cared about it.

Now he is just an ordinary Xuanxia citizen. Although compared to ordinary people, he has been burdened with the shackles of not being allowed to enter officialdom or join the religion for three generations, there is no other difference.

He quickly adapted to his new identity. Xuan Xia was indeed unfriendly to the old aristocracy, but it still left them a way out. In today's era of prosperous industry and commerce, most of the old aristocracy would spontaneously flock to it, and Fu Xie and Liu Xie were no exception.

The Xuanxia court still retained a degree of tolerance towards the aristocratic groups who voluntarily surrendered and submitted, which allowed Fu Xie and Liu Xie to have a fortune to start their careers.

Now, after nearly a year of careful preparation, this business has finally taken its first step. "Doing business is not easy. Choosing an industry is the first hurdle. Then we have to investigate the project, contact upstream and downstream merchants, and then purchase land, build factories, buy equipment and recruit workers. It took almost a year to go through all this."

Recalling the past year's experience, Fu Xie couldn't help but sigh: "Fortunately, everything is on the right track now. Once the factory is opened, it will be time for the flowers to bloom and bear fruit."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xie also agreed deeply. This year's experience had forced him, an emperor who was ignorant of the world, to become a businessman.

There are many tricks to doing business, and Liu Xie only felt the difficulties after he had devoted himself to it. In comparison, his previous life as a puppet emperor was not much easier.

But it was precisely because of these difficulties that Liu Xie deeply felt the gains.

The sense of accomplishment of overcoming difficulties and running a business bit by bit is something he has never experienced before. Seeing the factory completed and the business getting started, Liu Xie is also full of enthusiasm for the future.

"Now there is only one last thing left. How to recruit some useful talents? Does Nan Rong have any ideas?" Liu Xie lifted a piece of cloth, revealing a brand new textile machine underneath. He asked while looking at it carefully.

At a time when wool textiles were still the mainstream, after comprehensive comparison of various textiles, Fu Xie and Liu Xie came into the view of cotton textiles, a relatively new category.

Compared with wool textiles which are mostly used in winter, cotton textiles have significantly stronger applicability. Moreover, cotton textiles are more comfortable than linen sweaters and cheaper than silk. They can be said to be a very versatile textile.

The two men had sharp eyes and quickly judged that this emerging textile might be the mainstream commodity in the future market. If they could smell the business opportunity in advance and get ahead of the market, the business could grow bigger.

When the two men inspected the cotton raw material market again, they were pleasantly surprised to find that there was actually no shortage of this cash crop. The imperial court had been vigorously promoting cotton planting in recent years, and now was the right time.

The two men placed their career hopes on cotton textiles and were now waiting to recruit some available talents to manage the factory. In the past, the gentry had their own talents to employ, but now times had changed and there were no more housekeepers and servants to work for them.

Not only do workers need to be recruited, but managers also need to find and recruit them themselves.

Fu Xie had an idea: "The college students of Xuanxia Academy have always been popular in the eyes of various businessmen. We probably can't compete with them, but if we can recruit some high school graduates, it will be enough. Xuanxia's teaching is very practical, and the talents of these high school students may not be inferior to those of scholars. When the time comes, I will go to the city school to discuss it, and maybe I can get a recommendation from the school."

Liu Xie smiled when he heard this: "That's great. Education is universal here and there is no shortage of talent. When we open in half a month, we will be completely on the right track. I must make our business bigger and stronger and spread it all over Xuanxia!"

Fu Xie nodded, and he was actually looking forward to it. He failed to defend the Han Dynasty, but now he was leading the descendants of Liu to open up a new battlefield. Isn't this a continuation of his ideal?

(End of this chapter)