Civil, military, and miscellaneous talents gathered, and Cai Yong, who rarely laughed in front of Ma Chao, stroked his gray beard for the first time and laughed: "Chao'er, all the talents in the world are from the Ma family, so the difficulties of the princes can be leveled down!" ”

Facing Cai Yong's comfortable smile, Ma Chao also pursed his lips and smiled lightly. Over the years, Cai Yong has gradually integrated into the Ma family, and the relationship with Ma Chao has also thawed significantly, and the relationship between the two is more often a courtesy between Weng and his son-in-law. But this time, after Ma Chao just smiled, his eyebrows then locked a sigh: "Lord Taishan is too optimistic, this is just the beginning......"

Subsequently, Ma Chao quickly held a group meeting and began to throw up his arms and do a big job. Fortunately, after six years of running-in and development, the Ma family's new policy has been quite perfect. Under the diligent compilation of Buqi, there is already a complete version of the "Administrative Rules" within the system of the Ma family government group. At the same time, with the vigorous popularization and development of printing, Ma Chao's practical ideas on governing the world are rapidly spreading throughout seven states, one Sichuan and four counties with this book carrier model.

During this period, Ma Chao also devoted himself to political affairs. Fortunately, chopping wood does not mistake sharpening the knife skills, with the gathering of a large number of elite talents in governing the world and the supplement of the middle and lower grass-roots officials, and under the efficient and systematic system of officials in the three provinces and six ministries of the Ma family, the four places of Merzhou, Jizhou, Youzhou and Jingzhou under the rule of the Ma family have not yet moved towards a unified model, and the old pattern has been quickly broken, and some of the powerful clans who refuse to submit to the Ma family have been wiped out by the shadow overnight. During that time, the two warm and cold colors of the galloping iron horses and the joy of the people who got the land became the main theme of the land of the four states.

At the same time, new technological industries such as crops, textiles, smelting, and handicraft trade, which are unique to the Ma family, have also spread across the land of Sizhou. Those new officials and students lit three fires and threw themselves into this battle with great enthusiasm and honor. Soon, the arrogance of scholars and the aura of talking about the mystical scriptures in them were worn out. In the actual battles again and again, some of them, who were once industrious, even began to go into battle shirtless, mixing with the old peasant porters.

But even so, this silent battle was not all smooth sailing. Grain cannot grow from the ground in a day, and business negotiations cannot be integrated into the seven states at a clear price. People need to drink water, eat, clothe, and shelter, and use tools to work, and the new type of zigzag plow, cocoon cart, rotary cart, irrigation water drainage, and other buildings are distributed to various places, and it takes hundreds of workshops to work for several months, and spending money is like flowing water.

Moreover, there are many people, afraid of accidents, afraid of chaos, afraid that the people below will not understand the hardships of the people and fill their pockets and harm the people, and afraid that there will be a major event, and the treasury will be empty and countless parries...... After finishing the imperial examination and busy with development, in the past three months, Ma Chao was so busy that he hit the back of his head with his feet, and he also took time to carry out a brainwashing and popularization campaign.

However, Tiangong is not beautiful, and after surviving the Spring Festival, Sizhou ushered in another rainstorm. This rain has been raining for seven days and seven nights, and the horizontal embankment is in an emergency everywhere.

On the embankment of the Wei River in the north of Chang'an City, the wind roars angrily, the rain arrows are like locusts, and the Wei River, which has always been calm, is like a wild horse that has escaped the reins, rushing from west to east, with a resolute momentum without hesitation, carrying the cold wind, spitting white foam, washing the embankment, and making a rumbling loud sound. In the center of the river, the water level is higher than the embankment, and beyond the embankment, you can see the white waves.

Ma Chao immediately ordered all the officials below the Taishou to go to the embankment, and the troops everywhere were urgently mobilized to strictly guard against it to ensure the safety of the embankment, the safety of Chang'an City, and the safety of the fertile fields in the 800-mile Guanzhong. Zhong Miao personally sat on the embankment of the Wei River for several days, encouraging the soldiers and civilians to fight, and finally fainted.

Ma Chao heard about this on the embankment and ordered him to be sent home. Then go and visit him. He had woken up, looking at the layers of rain curtains outside the window, but sighed slightly: "Lord, we are a little too eager for quick success......" Ma Chao understood what Zhong Xuan meant, and the great cause of unification was ahead. All his policies and directives were rushed to rapid development, and a large number of water conservancy facilities were built, destroying the flood control function of the embankments on both banks. As a result, a torrential rain may make the Ma family's years of hard work come to naught.

"Lord, a hundred-year-old tree, flourishing under the roots. The foundation is unstable, everything is vain......" Zhong Xuan said this sentence and fell into a deep sleep.

Ma Chao sighed for a long time, and after instructing his subordinates to take care of Zhong Xuan, he returned to the embankment. When I went up to the embankment again, I saw Han Ying and Lu Qiling mixed in the army in civilian clothes, covered with muddy water, and they couldn't see their true faces at all.

"You two, how did you get here?" Ma Chao asked.

"The Guards are all in force, and so are our Female Tiger Battalion." Lu Qiling didn't raise her head, and immediately replied.

"Nonsense!" Ma Chao scolded loudly: You are women, you know no! You don't know the dangers on the embankment, so hurry up and take the female tiger battalion back to your home! ”

Han Ying was dissatisfied and loudly reprimanded: "Don't look down on us women!" If it weren't for something important, Mother Yan and the other sisters would have to come! ”

Ma Chao was even more anxious when he heard this, but before he could speak again, Lu Qiling solemnly saluted Ma Chao: "Husband, we are both the wives of the Ma family and the officers of the female tiger battalion, so we should come to this embankment!" We are inferior to Master Cai's mother in domination and education, we are not as good as Sister Yue and Sister Shou in business and trade, and we have no ability to spy on and monitor the world by military aircraft. If this husband refuses us to perform the duties of the Ma family wife and the soldier, please leave us with a letter of resignation! After saying this, Lu Qiling pulled Han Ying away, and fought the flood elsewhere.

Looking at their backs, Ma Chao's voice couldn't help but choke a little, and shouted, "Ugly brother, you take a few people to protect them." ”

Seven days later, the torrential rain finally stopped, and at that time, on the embankment, in addition to Ma Chao, there were also old men such as Jia Xu, Lu Bu, Cai Yong, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, as well as Zhao Yun, Xu Rong, Li Yan, Meng Da, Xun You, Li Ru, these important generals and ministers of the Ma family, watching the surging white waves gradually subside and go down the river, these big people who usually don't smile burst into a gratifying smile.

Thankfully, the flood did not cause a large-scale flood, except for a few carts and a small number of fields. The foundation of the Ma family has not been destroyed, and everything is still possible. The good news is that this natural disaster is no longer full of rumors when the Sili earthquake occurred, and many people have participated in flood control and disaster relief on their own during this period, and their trust in the Ma family has been quite firm.

However, thinking of Zhong Xuan's sick worries and the muddy figures of Lu Qiling and Han Ying, he couldn't help but have a sour nose as strong as Ma Chao. Since then, Ma Chao has no longer been in a hurry for quick success, and has begun to invest a lot of manpower and material resources in infrastructure construction. Based on Chang'an, the entire Ma family then moved towards an orderly development model that would benefit the future generations.

It was easy to survive until the bumper harvest of winter wheat in June, and with a large amount of grain and grass reserves such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn before, Ma Chao took a breath of relief. In any case, the rest of the time is a struggle to accumulate combat power and military resources. Ma Chao is quite satisfied with this, after all, compared with the Sun family, who already has signs of civil strife, and Liu Bei, who is fighting with Nanban Meng, he is already one step ahead.

It's a pity that Cao Cao in Yanzhou has made a lot of prosperity there than the Ma family, and Tuntian, seeking talents, and reforming have made efforts one after another. At this moment, it has entered the stage of the second round of military expansion. This made Ma Chao very puzzled by the situation, and after Diao Chan took out a piece of information, Ma Chao's face became very entangled and strange, and he didn't know how to evaluate Cao Cao's person.

"Cao Cao made his fortune on this?" Ma Chao stroked his forehead, a little incredulous: "Our business leads directly to the Western Regions, Jiaozhou, and the northern frontier, and it is not as fast as Cao Cao's organization to touch the golden captain and make a fortune from the dead?" ”

"Husband, don't you know that although the style of thick burials flourished in the royal emperor, it was really popularized in the princes, ministers and local officials. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, there were more than 3,000 pieces of funeral goods in a mere hundred households, of which one-third were gold, silver and jewelry, that is, thousands of pieces! And the place where Cao Cao is based in Yan and Yu has always been a treasure land of feng shui with many talents, and there are not 1,000 tombs of princes and ministers around, but 800. Although Cao Cao's move is somewhat despicable, it is indeed a way to get rich quickly. ”

"That's right," Ma Chao nodded, very agreeing, and then said deliberately: "Moreover, this Cao Cao only opened this way to get rich after I agreed with him to send troops to drive away Jiangdong Sun Ce and cancel the debts of the four counties of Youzhou...... This guy, if he doesn't get rid of it for a day, it's really a problem for his henchmen. ”

After saying this, Ma Chao's eyes flashed, but his eyebrows were slightly furrowed, but his mouth seemed to be smiling. Seeing this, Diao Chan couldn't help but smile: "Husband, don't you also want to make a fortune from the dead?" ”

"What, what's the matter...... Ha, haha......" Ma Chao smiled in disguise, and then replied embarrassedly: "I'm sorry for those people." You see, people are dead, and the money hasn't been spent yet, what's the picture...... Ay! ”