With the surrender of Guan Cheng, some of the remaining small groups of pirates either secretly went ashore to become ordinary people again, or sailed south away from this sad land, the coastline of Qingdao and even Qingzhou suddenly quieted down, and fishermen could go out to sea to fish with peace of mind, everything seemed to return to the peaceful years of a few years ago.

"Ming Gong, Guan Hai and others marched smoothly, the Haoqiang rebellions in Luxiang and other places have been put down one after another, and only Beihai Kong Rong in other counties has complained about Ming Gong's move, and said that he can't get sick, and the affairs of Beihai State are handled by officials at all levels.

The work of clearing fields in Jinan, Qi and other places is also progressing very quickly, and the people can catch up with spring ploughing. ”

Ma Qiang listened to Guo Jia's report, nodded and said, "That's good, as for Beihai... Kong Wenju is like this, but he hasn't taken much care of the affairs of Beihai Kingdom...

Fengxiao, you are more familiar with the situation of the Shi clan, are there other figures in this generation of the Confucian family? ”

"Baocheng Marquis Kong Wan died early and had no children, and now it is his brother Kong Zan who guards the temple, but it is Kong Zanzi Kong Xian who wants to attack the knight, Kong Xian and Kong Rong are the same generation, this person is still young now, and he is still learning at home."

"That's good." Ma Qiang secretly remembered it in his heart and continued to ask, "What about the salt farms in Qingzhou?" ”

"It has been compiled into a book, please take a look at it."

Ma Qiang took a booklet handed by Guo Jia, and while reading it, he compared the topographic map of Qingzhou hanging behind him.

As early as the Shang Dynasty, Shandong had begun to use underground brine to make salt, and the Qi State in the Guanzhong period vigorously developed the salt and iron industry, making the Qi State strong for a while and becoming the first hegemon in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Therefore, many heroes in Qingzhou also rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and make money by boiling salt in water.

As a descendant, Ma Qiang naturally knows how much benefit this salt has.

Salt merchants have been synonymous with local tyrants in all dynasties.

In later generations of China, during the Anti-Japanese War, the salt tax became an important economic pillar of the Chongqing government.

It wasn't until after liberation that salt became so cheap that no one cared about it.

Salt is not only flavored, it also plays an important role in pickling and preserving, which is so important to Ma Qiang.

If there is no salt, Ma Qiang's plan to ask for grain from the sea will probably be a piece of carrion.

"Sure enough, it's all about frying salt... It's so unenvironmentally friendly. ”

Ma Qiang was watching, and outside Huang Xu walked in and reported, "Ming Gong! Mi Zhu and Mi Fang ask to see! ”

"Oh? The Mi brothers are here? Please! Fengxiao, I still have to think about this salt thing, and I'll talk about it later. ”

Mi Zhu walked in with Mi Fang and saluted Ma Qiang.

Ma Qiang waved his hand to let the two sit down, Mi Zhu looked at Ma Qiang, and couldn't help but sigh.

Who would have thought that Ma Qiang would be so ruthless, in less than a year, he took advantage of the Yellow Turban Rebellion to sweep the entire Qingzhou, and even relied on Qingtian's strategy to kill the opponents of his clan.

Mi Zhu is strictly speaking, he is also a strong man, and he has a lot of land, but he is very supportive of Ma Qiang's policy of clearing the fields, on the one hand, most of his fields are bought by Qian Zhengdaguang, and the Mi family, who has no support from high-ranking officials, has always been cautious, on the other hand, he has traveled south and north over the years, and he understands that if the land annexation continues, even if there is no Yellow Turban Army, there will be a Red Turban Army.

"Zizhong, I asked someone to bring you the article, have you read it?"

Mi Zhu nodded and said, "Ming Gong's text, I read it many times day and night, and I only felt that there was a new understanding every time, so I didn't dare to slack off and came to meet Ming Gong." "The end of the world

"The expansion of the plain money village is imminent, and now it is only Qingzhou, I think when the world's businessmen discover the benefits of money tickets, it will inevitably be popular in the world.

Such a big plate, ordinary people can't serve it, I want to hire you as the chief shopkeeper of the expanded Oriental Money Village, I don't know what you think? ”

Mi Zhu was a little hesitant, as a businessman, he was extremely optimistic about the future of Qian Zhuang, but he didn't just want to be a businessman!

Ma Qiang also saw Mi Zhu's hesitation, and he smiled and said, "Qianzhuang has an important status, and once something happens to Qianzhuang in the future, it will shake the foundation of Qingzhou and even the world."

Such a position, naturally can not be just a businessman, the future chief shopkeeper of Oriental Money Bank, will also be engaged in Qingzhou! ”

Ma Qiang: This is an official position to appease Mi Zhu.

Mi Zhu immediately reacted, this money village will be no different from the treasury of Qingzhou in the future, and if you control this place by yourself, are you afraid that there will be no high-ranking officials in the future?

Mi Zhu bowed at the moment and said, "Ming Gong is kind, and Weichen must serve!" ”

Ma Qiang nodded, the Mi family can be regarded as completely pulling himself into the car.

Although I'm a little sorry Uncle Liu... Oh, I can't call him Uncle Huang yet, but I'm not the owner of the Red Star Camp that day after all, so I can weaken you a little.

"Good! In addition, I plan to set up three businesses, one is called Qingdao Ocean Fishing Company, one is called Qingzhou Salt Industry Group, and the other is called Qingzhou Canning Factory.

The three fishing companies are responsible for catching marine fish, the salt industry group is responsible for drying salt, and finally the Qingzhou canning factory is responsible for salting the fish and transporting and selling it.

I see that your brother Mi Fang is also quite talented, among these three companies, I don't know which company he is willing to help me take charge of? ”

Later generations said that Mi Fang, most of them despised him, and felt that he, as Liu Bei's brother-in-law, actually backstabbed Guan Yu and dedicated Jingzhou, and let his brother die depressed.

But Mi Fang also showed great loyalty in the early stage, when Lu Bu broke Liu Bei, Liu Bei escaped alone, Mi Fang and Liu Bei converged after several twists and turns, when Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao, Mi Fang looked for a month, and finally found Liu Bei, behind Xinye, Changban Slope, Mi Fang never thought of surrendering, but turned his back on Liu Bei when Liu Bei was the strongest.

Ma Qiang didn't know what Mi Fang thought at that time, but at least what Ma Qiang knew was that Mi Fang was not a simple betrayal, he was also loyal.

Now Ma Qiang is willing to give Mi Fang another chance to see how he is.

When Mi Fang heard that Ma Qiang was also going to make himself a businessman, she suddenly became anxious, got up and said, "Why does Ming Gong look down on me?" I don't want to be a businessman, I am only willing to be a general! ”

As he spoke, Mi Fang pulled out his sword, looked at Huang Xudao, and said, "Please also ask Ming Gong to observe my swordsmanship!" Let's see if I can do it! ”

Mi Fang scared Mi Zhu half to death, this drew his sword in front of him, and if he encountered a bad-tempered prince, he could be pulled out and cut down.

Huang Xu felt Mi Fang's provocation, smiled, and looked at Ma Qiang, Ma Qiang also felt that Mi Fang's performance was greatly beyond his expectations, and nodded and said, "Zizhong, don't panic, I didn't ask my wishes, but it's not mine, it's okay, Huang Xu, you go and try him!" ”

Huang Xu responded, drew his sword and jumped in front of Mi Fang, and the two immediately fought together after giving a salute.

After only a few moves, Ma Qiang found that Mi Fang was completely inferior, Huang Xu's martial arts were taught by Huang Zhong and others, his swordsmanship even consulted Zhao Yun, and accompanied Ma Qiang to experience many fights, where Mi Fang can compare, less than Shihe, Mi Fang's sword was beaten to the ground by Huang Xu.

Mi Fang lowered his head, his mood was extremely low, he didn't expect his martial arts to be so unbearable, and he even wanted to cry.

Is this how bad you are?