Zhang Sheng did not disappoint Ma Qiang, and after Ma Qiang proposed that he hoped to lease the Zhangjia Iron Mine and Yanjing, Zhang Sheng and Lu Ning agreed without hesitation.

The two sides signed an agreement that Ma Qiang would lease Zhang's iron mine and salt wells on an annual basis, and Zhang Sheng would get 30% of the final output, and the remaining 70% would go to Ma Qiang, and Ma Qiang would also be responsible for the operation of the mine and the living materials needed by those prisoners.

In other words, Zhang Sheng doesn't have to care about anything, he can sit and wait for dividends.

Due to the collapse of the Zhang family, Zhang Sheng has no manpower on his hands, and this kind of treatment is actually the best solution for him.

"Sister, thank you very much for this."

Zhang Sheng was inconvenienced, so Lu Ning sent Ma Qiang to the door.

"Thank you for what, if you hadn't prepared that day, our husband and wife would have died in Jixian County a long time ago." Lu Ning lowered his head and said, "Brother Xian, it's not easy for you to eat those 40,000 people, but as long as you have soldiers and horses in your hands, others won't dare to directly clash with you."

But be careful above the court, those big clans have relatives and friends in the court, I heard that you have sent someone to contact Zhang Rang, my brother has also written to inquire about this matter before, the virtuous brother wants to do something in the future, or to get close to the Shi clan.

My brother and Zheng Xuan are senior brothers, if you are interested, I can ask my brother to introduce you on your behalf, so that you can worship under Zheng Xuanmen, with the qualifications of a virtuous brother, it is not difficult to enter the inner door, so that in the future, others will not regard the virtuous brother as a eunuch. ”

Lu Ning didn't know that Ma Qiang had sent Jian Yong to Luoyang to continue to follow Zhang Rang's path, so he said this, Ma Qiang couldn't help but feel a little moved, of course, he also understood that this was because of the closer cooperative relationship between himself and Zhang Sheng.

As long as the matter of Yuyang Iron Mine is completed, in the future, the Yuyang Zhang family represented by Zhang Sheng will be prosperous and lose both with the Red Star Battalion, and even the Lu clan of Zhuojun will also have a close relationship with the Red Star Battalion.

This is the rule of the game of the scholar clan in this era, pulling a thread and moving the whole body, you think that you are only dealing with a family and a surname, but the protégés of this surname, relatives and friends, can connect each other into a huge network, so that you fall into it and can't extricate yourself.

Zheng Xuan, this name even Ma Qiang in later generations feels like thunder, in a sense, Zheng Xuan is the first person in Confucianism in this period, even Lu Zhi, Xun Shuang and others are slightly inferior in Confucianism compared to him.

How exaggerated Zheng Xuan is, after he made a note on "Yi", the "Yi" of Shi, Meng, and Liang Qiu was forced to be abolished, and after he made a note on "Guwen Shangshu", Ouyang, Xiahou's "Shangshu" was lost because no one learned it anymore, and after he annotated "Poem", no one read the "Poem" of Qi, Lu, and Han.

Moreover, there are thousands of disciples under Zheng Xuan, plus the disciples of his senior brother, it can be said that as many as tens of thousands of scholars have a relationship with him, such a big man, as long as Zheng Xuan is willing to make a move, not to mention that Ma Qiang took Zhang Rang's way, he is Zhang Rang's own brother, and he can also wash the pillars of the Chengshi clan.

But don't say that Ma Qiang has no interest in Confucianism at all, even if he does, Zheng Xuan is now "farming and studying" in Donglai County, and he has no time to study.

"I understand my sister's kindness, but I don't have any skills at all now, I'm afraid I won't have anything to do with Zheng Gong."

"Hey, of course I know that you can't go to Donglai now, I remember that you are proficient in mathematics, Zheng Gong also likes mathematics, you can use letters to apprentice, so let's do it, Brother Xian, you write some of your experience in mathematics, I will ask someone to send it to Zheng Gong, if he likes it, he will accept you."

Oh? Can you still take correspondence courses?

This can be true, but although Zheng Xuan is the greatest Confucian scholar of this era, he is the greatest scientist of this era!

Kindness! It's that self-confidence!

In Confucianism, Ma Qiang saw Zheng Xuan, and he was not worthy of lifting shoes for him.

But in mathematics, Ma Qiang didn't believe it, if he couldn't crush it, he would have listened to the lessons of Wu Wenjun and other masters in vain.

Ma Qiang promised to write some mathematical ideas to Lu Ning when he went back, and then he took his leave.

Walking on the road, Kou Xian said happily, "If Ming Gong can invest in Zheng Gong's inner door, it will really be a great joy." ”

"Although Zheng Xuan is a great Confucian, his influence in the court is still relatively low."

"Although this is the case, it can be regarded as a layer of relationship, and many things may become beneficial to Ming Gong in the future because of this relationship."

"Above the court, it is still a pattern where the Ten Standing Servants and He Jin are evenly divided, and others may not be able to speak." Ma Qiang shook his head, feeling that Zheng Xuan's path was just to walk as idle chess, and he couldn't take it too seriously.

"Does Ming Gong have any difficulties in the Luoyang court?" Huang Zhong, who was in the back, suddenly spoke.

Ma Qiang and Kou Xian looked back at Huang Zhong, and couldn't help but feel a little strange, even if they are in difficulty, can you still help me in the court?

You are Huang Zhong, not Huang Chengyan.

"Sort of, I let Xianhe go Zhang Rang's way, and the court will inevitably treat me as a eunuch in the future, and trouble is indispensable." Ma Qiang scratched his head.

"If that's the case, a certain family can explain a message or two for Ming Gong and the general."

？？？

What the?

"Hansheng, you said you could hook up with He Jin?"

Although he felt a little strange about the words of the hook up, Huang Zhong still understood what Ma Qiang meant.

"I am in the same county as the general, he lost his mother earlier, lost his father when he was young, and he didn't like to study, he likes to hunt and shoot arrows in his spare time, I am the first archer in our county, so we often play together, and I also taught him archery." Huang Zhong stroked his beard and smiled, his eyes full of memories.

I'll take it, you Huang Zhong is the real hidden, and you still have such connections.

Anyway, you have such a strong connection, why did you become famous so late?

This is Ma Qiang's own disknowledge, Huang Zhong became famous late because of his late appearance in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in fact, Huang Zhong was worshiped by Liu Biao as a Zhonglang general in the third year of Chuping, and he was one of Liu Biao's first few generals, and it was not too late to become famous, but it was the early days of the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, but because Liu Biao was trapped in Jingzhou, Lao Luo didn't write anything about him.

Ma Qiang suddenly felt that he had missed 100 million, and he knew where he could go, so he didn't need to let Jian Yong bribe the ten permanent servants.

Forget it, it's all fate, I will have a meeting to discuss it in the future, and I still have to call a few more people, who knows what kind of connections these heroes in the late Han Dynasty have.

"Forget it, it's too late if the road is not smooth now."

Ma Qiang really wants to popularize the telegraph throughout the Han Dynasty, which is too delayed!