In the State Pastoral Mansion, Ma Yue sat on the top and clapped his hands, and then asked: "By the way, why did you come with Shiping, is there something wrong?" ”

"Didn't you ask your subordinates to find cotton last time, and your subordinates have already brought back the seeds!" Zhang Shiping said, took out a few cotton seeds from his arms, and said, "Please see, this is it!" ”

Ma Yue finally saw the cotton seed he dreamed of, and with this thing, many people in Liangzhou will not have to be frozen next winter! Thinking that the people under his rule would not have to be frozen in the future, Ma Yue bowed his hand to Zhang Shiping and said: "Shiping, in a few years, you will know how worthwhile your trip is!" Thank you to the people of Liangzhou on an early generation! ”

"Ouch, you can't do it, you can't do it!" Zhang Shiping hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed in fright, "Isn't it natural for the villain to run for the sake of the king, how can he be worthy of such a big gift from you." ”

"Wenhe, Shiping, first house." Ma Yue led the three of them into the room, sat by the fire, and then asked: "Look at the problem of food and money, what should you do?" ”

Jia Xu and Zhang Shiping glanced at each other, doing things with such an envoy, every time they meet, there are all kinds of problems...... Jia Xu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Ma Yueruo is in charge of a rich and noble place, but it is Liangzhou, a place that is extremely poor, and he faces a tragic reality with a vision of prosperity and strength all day long, which is indeed very sad to think about.

Instead, the horse said playfully: "Envoy, I can't help the grain, but if you want money...... There are still some ways for subordinates, and the money is fast! ”

"What...... You don't want me to go to the generals on credit, do you? Ma Yue felt that Ma Yue couldn't play any good strategies to make money, so he said angrily: "If you don't talk about it, a group of brothers and I fought to the death to get some wealth, absolutely not." What's more, treating the symptoms but not the root cause is not good. ”

"No, no, I'm thinking, if you think the money is too tight, just go to war!" Ma Yu stood up as he looked outside the house, waved his hand and said: "Now whether it is Han Sui of Jincheng or Song Jian of Wudu, they may not be our opponents, fight a battle and arrest all the prisoners, let Zhang Xiaozi's people sell their teeth, sell them to Chang'an, and change hands for a lot of money!" ”

Ma Yue's eyes widened, and he watched the horse play, as if he had never known this brother before. Human teeth, trafficking in prisoners of war. His face changed, "Horse play! Is this a human thing? You dare to tell me! ”

"No, envoy Jun, Ma envoy Jun, you open your eyes and see, Han Sui Song Jian, which of them doesn't have his own human teeth under his hands? Don't talk about them, how long have you not been to Longxian Market? You sit in the Ming Hall in a state shepherd, just outside the city, where you sell cattle in the East Market, there are slave traders every ten years, you can't see it! Everybody is doing it, why can't you do it? ”

Ma Yue grabbed his hair and looked at Jia Xu and Zhang Shiping, the two of them obviously knew this kind of thing all along, and lowered their heads one after another, Ma Yue took two steps back, pursed his lips, and asked, "Where did the slave on the hand of the human tooth come from?" ”

Don't talk about it, don't talk about it, run back from Longxi for half a month of starvation and cold, and be scolded when you come back, squatting by the stove at this time and pretending not to hear. Seeing this, Zhang Shiping hurriedly said: "Envoy, I can't complain about General Ma about this, there are people everywhere, where do the subordinates know where the people come from, the subordinates told you, it's probably the hungry people who can't open the pot to sell their relatives, Yi Zi and the like, and then the prisoners that General Ma said...... It's one of a kind. ”

"Wenhe, how long will it take for the three counties of Liangzhou to completely abolish human trafficking? I need your staff office to come up with a way for me, this kind of thing must not happen again! ”

"Envoy, I'm afraid that even the Staff Office can't come up with a way to abolish human teeth at the moment." Jia Xu arched his hand and said, "You listen to the explanation." If you want to repeal it, you need to figure out two points, how did this come about. And then there's where people go after they've been bought and sold. Explain it to you below, and you will understand why it cannot be abolished. ”

"First of all, on the way, there are 'self-sale', 'selling', 'slightly selling', 'plundering', etc., and in terms of whether or not to redeem, there are 'live sales' and 'absolute sales'. Sell it alive, that is, pawn it, and redeem it when you have money; Absolute sale means to sell forever and cannot be redeemed. This has already begun. Not to mention the previous dynasty, the founding of the Han Dynasty also had a difficult and difficult period, fighting rice for 5,000 yuan in disaster years, half of the victims starved to death, and even people ate each other! Emperor Gao ordered the people to sell their sons in order to survive. Jia Xu seriously told Ma Yue about the origin of human teeth, and then said: "Its origin is tradition, deep-rooted for thousands of years, and it is not only bad, but even can make people live. Then you have to kill people and steal goods, rob property, and cause chaos. ”

"You know where to go, but where to go? Most of the ordinary people who take care of their homes and homes are bought strong men. The soldiers and tenants of the Gaomen Mansion are also mostly bought soldiers of the defeated army. Even the maids who serve your wife in our house were bought. It can be said that the biggest buyer of human teeth is the big family, not to mention the Central Plains, just our Hanyang County, who is the one who buys the most slaves? It's definitely not an envoy, but there must be ten before the crown, and the tenants of your grange are all bought, and thousands of people are bought in large quantities, although you haven't seen them, but they are all in your name. Then there are the generals, captains, and captains who show off their martial arts for you on the battlefield, these are our own people. Who else is there? The Jiang family, the Zhao family, the Liang family, and the Ren family, and among them, many people are from these clans, and even under the generals. ”

"In order to make the prestige of Kansai under the eyes of the king, you can naturally abolish it if you want to, and you only need an edict." Jia Xu sighed and said solemnly: "But you have to think clearly, once it is abolished, the impact on the currently stable Liangzhou is immeasurable. What's more, if you are abolished in the three counties, can't those people go to Longxi, Jincheng, and Wudu? Useless! When the time comes, the human teeth will only sell our captives, and the money will be earned by the enemy. ”

"Difficult, isn't there a way to abolish it?" Although Jia Xu explained it very clearly, Ma Yue was still a little difficult to accept, and said: "It is natural for a soldier to be paid as a soldier and die on the battlefield. If you fail, you will be reduced to a slave, but how innocent is a soldier! ”

"I thought that this would be the case at this time. Each took a step back, and the three counties of Hanyang banned the sale of soldiers, and the defeated army was all charged into each department. Jia Xu shook his head, with a slight smile on his face, he didn't expect that the dignified Ma Yue would sigh because of those lowly slaves to the bones, he said: "This is an incompetent general who can even affect the three armies, and it is also a wake-up call. ”

Just when everyone was silent, Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "Envoy, the problem of money and food is difficult to supply for the time being, but we can solve the problem in the long run." Hanyang and even the whole Liangzhou have little grain, one is not much land, and the other is afraid of drought, and the seeds are sown and die without rain for two decades. To solve this problem, the subordinates planned to build a canal west of Hanyang, divert Lingshui for irrigation, and connect the seven counties of Hanyang. In this way, although it hurts money, as long as there is no major drought and the water is not exhausted, Hanyang grain can be guaranteed, and the Anding Canal will be repaired again in the coming year, and Liangzhou will be supplied with the power of the two counties! It's just that this canal has been built over the years...... At the same time, it can restart the policy of regular liquidation before the Qiang Rebellion. ”

Chang close the position, is the Han Dynasty for the political initiative, from the Xiaowu Emperor Chao mistake. The official warehouse is used to buy a large amount of grain at a low price and hoard it, and sell it at a low price when the price is high, so as to control and regulate grain prices.

"No problem! This kind of move to benefit the people is in favor of it! Ma Yue said brightly: "When the former emperor was alive, there was thirst for Wu and overturned, and when the spring comes, we will ask Liu Bad to prepare to catch up, and we must make Hanyang rich!" ”

"Envoy, take a step to speak." Jia Xu bowed his hand to Ma Yue, and then walked out with Ma Yue. Although it was cold and windy outside, Ma Yue knew that Jia Xu must have something to say, so he asked, "What, what does Wen He want to say to me?" ”

"You are an envoy, you have the power to conquer Xiliang, and you have the strategy of megatron the world, but when you treat the generals under your command, please don't do this to outsiders like me." Hearing this, Ma Yue hurriedly said: "Wenhe said that he was joking, how can you Jia Wenhe be my outsider, you are my confidant." ”

Jia Xu waved his hand and said with a smile: "If you can't hold a strong bow with a sword like this, hey, you are lifting it down." In the next article, I would like to talk about a number of generals who are like princes, so that the king must not take it lightly, and the hearts of these generals are more important to you than the hearts of the people. Don't let a small amount go wrong...... The precedent of Han Sui and Zhi Wudai is ahead. ”

Ma Yue squeezed his eyes, Han Sui was not incompetent, and he was not born with a backbone, and it was not all caused by the old Wuwei man in front of him. Of course, he couldn't say this, but nodded calmly to Jia Xu and said, "It's okay, I know it in my heart." ”

Today's Jia Xu's words really reminded Ma Yue that even if Song Jianhan collapsed and Liangzhou belonged to his family, it was still not a time for him to be relaxed. The departments of Liangzhou, the generals under the eldest brother Ma Teng are all small princes with military power, and if one is not handled well, it will be a disaster for Liangzhou today.

In fact, Ma Yue is an optimist, and he has already eased up when Ma Yue went out, and he doesn't need Ma Yue's apology at all.

Ma Yue entered the house with a calm face, apologized to the horse seriously, but the horse was at a loss, and hurriedly waved his hand and asked: "Oh, Jun Hao, what are you doing, our brothers still need to see each other like this?" ”

"It's not an outsider." Ma Yue said: "A friend is not a subordinate, a friend is not an enemy, and a friend does not need to be loyal, because there is no betrayal between friends." Horses play, my friends are getting fewer and fewer. ”

Somehow, Ma Yu heard Ma Yue say this, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

"But horse play, you are my friend."

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Zhangjiachuan can produce ordnance self-sufficiently, and the craftsmen work day and night, and the guns, spears, axes, shields, and crossbows are constantly produced, and even the siege weapons are somewhat readily available. The military strength of the Han army in Liangzhou is getting stronger and stronger.

Cotton can be deeply rooted in the border of Dahan in the second year, and the ditch irrigation that exhausts the financial resources of the state government also means that the grain production of Hanyang County will rise steadily in the future, and the poor people of Liangzhou will have more opportunities to survive.

Although the general trend of the world is still chaotic, all this marks that Liangzhou Ma has truly gained a foothold in this barren and fierce land.

All this is getting closer and closer to Ma Yue's ambition.

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Volume IV, Conclusion.