Ma Yun hummed a little song, happily returned to his house, and said to Zhang Shun and Peng Shuang: "Today, the king ordered me to send an envoy to the Central Plains in five days, and you have prepared something for me to prepare for the envoy in the past two days." ”

Zhang Shun bowed his head and said, "Yes, please rest assured." ”

Peng Shuang was obviously taken aback, and said, "What, if the master wants to send an envoy to the Central Plains, how can it be done?" How dangerous it is along the way. ”

Ma Yun smiled casually: "This is a great thing that is beneficial to my Chu State, a major event that is beneficial to the people of the world, even if there are some dangers, it is worth it, don't say more, go and prepare." ”

Peng Shuang was a little unhappy, his eyes blinked, and he was about to speak, Ma Yun continued to say to Zhang Shun: "Zhang Shun, after I leave, in the palace, you have to worry about more snacks." ”

Zhang Shun said: "Yes, the old slave obeys. ”

Ma Yun continued: "You go and prepare my luggage first, well, that, what?" ”

"Master!" Peng Shuang said dissatisfied. Looking at Peng Shuang's appearance, Ma Yun knew that she also wanted to go, in fact, Ma Yun also wanted her to go, after all, the journey was lonely, and there was a beautiful woman to accompany her, but the Central Plains was chaotic, and there were many uneven times in the world, and she grew up in the palace since she was a child, and she had never been wronged, maybe something would happen when the time came, and it would be lively along the way, so she couldn't go.

Ma Yun looked at her and smiled: "Do you also want to go to the Central Plains?" Okay, I'll take you with me. ”

Peng Shuang said happily: "Really? A gentleman said, it is difficult to chase a horse. ”

Ma Yun smiled: "Of course it's true, by the way, Shuang'er, what is the main income of our house?" ”

Peng Shuang was stunned for a moment, and then said quickly: "In different palaces in our house, every year the prince of Chu will have some rewards, as well as the official government's silver, but the main income depends on the land rent in Zhuangzi." ”

Ma Yun said: "We still have Zhuangzi? There are a few of them. ”

Peng Shuang stretched out his fingers and counted: "Zhangzhuang is one, we have two in Langzhou, there are two in Hengzhou, and last year the prince placed three more in Yuezhou, a total of 8 Zhuangzi." ”

Ma Yun was taken aback, Yaya, Lao Tzu actually has so many Zhuangzi, Ma Yun continued to ask: "Then how much does our palace collect from these Zhuangzi a year." ”

Peng Shuang continued: "Wuzhuang is the largest, with a tenancy of about 300 strings of iron money a year, while the tenant rent of Zhuangzi in Qiantang, Yuezhou, and Mingzhou is less, with a total annual income of more than 1,000 strings. ”

"Well, so to speak, hey, I still want to get more money to contribute to the country." Jack Ma said.

"Didn't the prince let Li Banxian do business?" Peng Shuang lowered his voice and said, "Wouldn't there be money in that case?" ”

Ma Yun said distressedly: "Li Xiang's money is from the treasury, I want to add some income to the palace, I have already agreed with Li Xiang, we will personally represent the palace to do business, it seems that Wu Cheng can only go." ”

Peng Shuang thought for a while, lowered his voice and said: "Master, there are not many people under your command who can use it, or I won't go to the Central Plains, I'll do this business." ”

Ma Yun put on a reluctant look and said perfunctorily: "Hey, then it has to be like this." When I have a chance in the future, I will take you to the Central Plains to play. ”

Peng Shuang smiled and said: "Lord, you agreed, and you are not allowed to regret it in the future." ”

Who knew that Ma Yun inadvertently said these words, Peng Shuang actually remembered them for a lifetime, when Ma Yun was chased by Zhao Kuangyin and had no way to escape, and was almost ready to learn from the Chu overlord Wujiang to kill himself, it was Peng Shuang who used a so-called promise to make Ma Yun regain his strength, of course, this is all a later story.

After comforting Peng Shuang, Ma Yun walked to the study, Li Xiang and Wu Ban had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Ma Yun come in, they immediately asked Ma Yun to sit on the upper seat, Li Xiang shook the fan lightly, with an unfathomable smile, as if he already knew what Ma Yun was thinking; And Wu Ban was anxious, eager to know the result of Ma Yun's face saint.

Ma Yun took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Sure enough, as expected by the two gentlemen, the matter has been done." ”

Wu Ban breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the prince." ”

Ma Yun continued: "Moreover, the king also asked me to continue to lead the history of the Yuezhou assassination, so I want to sum up with the two gentlemen what we should do next." ”

Li Xiang said: "I don't know the prince, how do you want to make this Yuezhou Thorn History?" After that, he looked at Ma Yun with Wu Ban.

Ma Yun said: "Although Yuezhou is small, it is indeed very important to me, this place is bordered by the river in the east, Changsha in the south, the waterway transportation is relatively developed, and the business style here is more prosperous, I want to lightly tax and encourage agricultural business, the two gentlemen think it is okay." ”

Ma Yun means that I want to be a rich man in business, but I am embarrassed to say directly: Brothers take off their shoes, let's go to the sea. So Ma Yun expressed it so euphemistically.

Unexpectedly, Wu Ban said: "Think twice, businessmen are mercenary, how cunning and treacherous people are, if they are not handled properly, I am afraid they will make waves and cause a lot of trouble." ”

Ma Yun shook his head, and said in his heart, didn't you point at the monk and scold the bald donkey? This ancient scholar was really more hostile to businessmen, and after thinking about it again, he said: "It is true that businessmen are mercenary, but if they can formulate reasonable policies, guide them according to the situation, and seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, won't they be able to turn disadvantages into advantages?" ”

Wu Ban was quite unimpressed, and was about to speak. Li Xiang put away the goose feather fan and said: "What the prince means, but it is said that the troubled times fight for the world, and it all depends on financial resources. Now that the turmoil is old, and the financial resources of all parties are already tight, the time to save the people of Li is coming soon, and the people in Yuezhou are small and poor, even if they pay more taxes, it is difficult to support such huge military expenditures, so do you want to borrow businessmen to raise funds? ”

Ma Yun laughed and said: "Borrowing business to raise funds is only one of the purposes, what do the two gentlemen think of my Dachu state affairs?" ”

Wu Ban thought for a moment and said: "Although Chu is large, it is mostly underdeveloped, with Tang in the east, Han in the south, and Shu in the west. ”

Ma Yun said with a smile: "Mr. bluntly said that in a word, if we want to save ourselves, we should first strengthen the armament, but strengthening the armament requires a lot of money, the people are not rich, and the tax cannot be too heavy, therefore, the road of taking money from the peasants cannot meet the needs, so we can only focus on business, now the warlords are divided, the world is in chaos, and the goods from the north and the south are not connected, if we can encourage commerce, trade between the north and the south, and do business in the world, we will no longer have to worry about taxes." ”

Wu Ban was stunned, as if he had never thought about it, and Li Xiang seemed to be a little surprised. Hehe, we people from the 21st century are just different. Ma Yun couldn't help but sigh.

Li Xiang said slowly: "The prince's idea is unique, and there are many possibilities, but this business is by no means an overnight thing. Li Xiang seemed to think of Jack Ma's interview with him. Then he said: "As the saying goes, for those who are in power, they will not fight for the people's profits. The prince can formulate reasonable policies to guide businessmen. ”

Damn, to put it bluntly, officials can't do business. Ma Yun thought about it and felt that this was right, if the officials were all covered in copper smell, then the common people would be unlucky, but those who want to be officials can't do business, how can Lao Tzu be a rich man.

Wu Ban added: "Lord Wang, you must be cautious in business, as soon as this wind opens, if officials compete to follow suit, Da Chu will die." ”

Li Xiang continued: "To encourage commerce, we must also have strong means, so that businessmen cannot be arbitrary, otherwise it will be difficult to do it in the future." ”

Wu Ban asked, "Merchants are wandering around, how should they be managed?" ”

Li Xiang said with a smile: "Merchants have to obey the management when they come to my Yuezhou, and the key is how to let them come to Yuezhou." ”

This Li Xiang is still quite capable, this kind of person is actually unknown in the five generations, it is really common for thousands of horses, but Bole is not often. This matter is talking and talking, how to make it a question of Wu Banti, Li Xiao replied, and Ma Yun, the chief official, was put aside, at first Ma Yun couldn't help but interject two sentences, and then even Ma Yun himself felt that it was not in line with reality, forget it, let them operate the specific strategy, after all, people grew up in this environment, and they are familiar with the situation.

At the end of the meeting, Ma repeatedly emphasized his determination to participate in business, but Li Xiang and Wu Ban were silent. As a result, Ma Yun thought that they agreed, and for this reason, Ma Yun happily announced: The Yuezhou Economic Development Conference was successfully concluded in a peaceful atmosphere.