Since he knew that it was a scam, Ma Qiang was not interested in this old man, and waved his hand and said, "Forget it, there are people outside who will deal with him." ”

Zhao Yun understood that Ma Qiang didn't want to attract too much attention, so he accepted the sword.

As for the outside, there were naturally sergeants who secretly protected Ma Qiang to arrest him for an officer.

The slightly chubby Confucian smiled and shook his head and was about to leave, Ma Qiang saw that this Confucian was a little familiar, and he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while, so he said, "This gentleman, we seem to have met." ”

The Confucian man turned around and said, "Ma Xiangguo has a good memory." ”

Zhao Yun whispered to Ma Qiang and said, "Duke Ming, this person seems to be the person who was behind Lord Yan at that time. ”

Ma Qiang sighed and said with a smile, "It turned out to be an old man in the army in the past, and the military situation was complicated at that time, and he hadn't asked for the name of Gao." ”

Jia Xu rolled his eyes and said, "My surname is Duan, a native of Liangzhou, and a single name is a Wen." ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Duan, I heard that Lord Yan Bo recently became a guest of Liu Yuanjun, I don't know Mr. Duan?"

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "Since Guangzong, I have traveled around to study, and I heard that this Quanzhou has been a lot of excitement recently, so I came to see, Ma Xiangguo is here?" ”

"I am a good friend of Zhang Shengnai, the county magistrate here, and I have discussed with Liu Yuanjun to prepare to develop Quanzhou into the future commercial center of Youzhou, and place all the Yellow Turban prisoners of war here."

Business center?

Jia Xu listened to Ma Qiang's later language, although he felt a little strange, but he also understood.

"A business center? Could it be that Youzhou will be heavy on business in the future? ”

"Youzhou is poor, compared to farming, no matter how hard you work, you can't compare to a place like Jizhou, you can only get rich by relying on industry and commerce."

"Business and commerce? Ma Xiangguo, can you say more, Wen is very interested. ”

At this time, venison and other things began to be served, and Ma Qiang chatted with Jia Xu about some of his thoughts while eating.

"I think that the food in the world is not enough to eat, but the food does not appear where he should appear, such as Youzhou, where there is a perennial shortage of grain, and Qingxu Jingji, there is a surplus of grain all year round, and those who can dispatch and transport these grains are either the imperial court or the merchants, I can't do the affairs of the imperial court, but the merchants can lure them with profits, so Liu Yuanjun and I are ready to vigorously develop the salt and iron in Yuyang and other places, and then reduce the taxes here in exchange for money and grain."

Jia Xu pondered for a while, and suddenly asked, "If Ma Xiangguo is allowed to govern Liangzhou, how will Ma Xiangguo govern?" ”

Ma Qiang shook his head and said, "I haven't been to Liangzhou either, I don't understand, I can only talk nonsense, Brother Duan, you are from Liangzhou, don't laugh at me." ”

"Please advise!"

Ma Qiang looked at the west, sighed, and said, "Actually, Liangzhou should be very rich." ”

"Why?"

"To the west of Liangzhou, there is the country Guishuang, and further west, there is a large country called the Anxi Empire, and further west, there is another country that can be compared with my Han Dynasty, called Daqin, also known as Rome.

These three great countries and our Han Dynasty can be described as the four major empires that stood side by side in the world, all of which have vast areas and large populations, but as the saying goes, one side of the water and soil supports one side of the people, and our four big countries have different products, such as our silk, where it can be compared to gold.

And whether it is to come and go, my Han must go to Liangzhou to get to the three countries, if the trade route is opened up, and the grand occasion of the Silk Road is reproduced, where will Liangzhou be poor, I am afraid that the money will not be spent. ”

"Ming Gong, in that case, why don't you go to the court and let the court reopen the Silk Road?" Zhao Yun listened to it on the side and couldn't help but say excitedly.

Ma Qiang looked at Duan Wen, who was smiling bitterly, and then said, "Zilong, you don't know, I have chatted with the military advisor about this topic before, this Silk Road, the imperial court has reopened several times, but each time it will be truncated." ”

"Why is that?" Zhao Yun asked puzzled.

"Are there bad people?" Lin Zhi waved his little fist and said, "In the past, there were bad people who didn't let Daddy sell mountain goods and blocked our way out of the mountain, right, Sister Qingcheng?" ”

Qingcheng nodded and looked at Ma Qiang, she was also curious.

Duan Wen didn't wait for Ma Qiang to speak, he said first, "I am from Xiliang, but I know this story, in the past, Wang Mang usurped the Han, so that the countries of the Western Regions betrayed the imperial court, until the sixteenth year of Yongping, Ban Dingyuan was ordered to send an envoy to the Western Regions, and the Silk Road had to be reopened, but two years later, the Xiongnu captured Cheshi, Yanqi and Qiuzi rebelled, and the road was cut off again,

Twenty years later, in the ninth year of Yongyuan, Ban Dingyuan sent the deputy envoy Gan Ying out of the Western Regions for another 40,000 miles, and the distant countries of Mengqi and Doule all came to submit, but after the death of the emperor, I had many events, and the capital was guarded, and it was Ren Shang, a disciple of Deng Xun, who succeeded Ban Dingyuan. ”

Zhao Yun asked puzzledly, "Why is this?" Isn't that a good officer? ”

Ma Qiang smiled and said, "The Western Regions is a more bitter and cold place than our Youzhou, where most of the sinners are in the past, as the saying goes, if the water is clear, there is no fish, and if the person is observed, there are no disciples. ”

Zhao Yun nodded somewhat understandingly.

And Jia Xu looked at Ma Qiang with something more in his eyes.

Jia Xu said, "After the chaos in the Western Regions, Ren Shang not only did not have the ability to quickly pacify, but also felt that it was an opportunity to earn military merits, and by virtue of his own identity, he wantonly waged war with the Qiang people, since then, Xiliang has no peace, more than ten years, military expenditures totaled more than 24 billion, the government is empty, the border people and the inner counties are innumerable, and the two states of Liang are wasted, and after the Qiang rebellion is pacified, the imperial court is almost poor and cannot make money, let alone reopen the Western Regions.

In another twenty years, Ban Yong, the son of Ban Dingyuan, served as the chief of the Western Regions, Ban Yong and Zhang Lang crusaded against Yanqi, Yuli, and Weixu, and the Three Kingdoms surrendered, and the Silk Road was opened again! ”

Listening to Duan Wen telling the story, everyone couldn't help but be a little stunned, in these few short sentences, I don't know how many heroes and heroes died in the yellow sand.

"And now?" Zhao Yun hurriedly asked.

"Now? Liangzhou has only been in Sanming for more than ten years, and the imperial court has just pacified the moth thieves, how can they have the energy to engage in the Western Regions, and in my opinion, Xiliang is about to be chaotic. Ma Qiang said as he took a bite of venison.

Jia Xu couldn't help but glance at Ma Qiang again, he also had such a judgment, so he didn't return to Liangzhou.

As the so-called gentleman does not stand under the wall.

"Ma Xiangguo, I'm still curious about the construction of Quanzhou, why don't we go and see it again?"

"It's okay, I heard that many businessmen have been moving recently to buy houses and shops here, so you can take a look around."

Chatting and eating is always fast, Ma Qiang saw that Duan Wen was interested, so he invited him to check around.

After all, there are now more than 100,000 people in Quanzhou, which is already a big county, and it is just to buy a mansion and put it, and it is also waiting to make money.