Three days later, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao, and Ma Chao arrived in Meiji.

The next time, Ma Yue feasted at the Pingxi General's Mansion, and Jia Xu, Fu Zhu, Guan Ning, Li Su, Fa Zhen, Fa Zheng, Fu Xie, Pei Yuanshao, Zhou Cang, Ma Chao, Gan Ning, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, Xu Huang, Fang Yue and other civil and military generals gathered together, as well as Cai Yong, Liu Miao (prisoner), Lu Su, Zhen Yi, Qiao Xuan, Mi Zhu, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and others also attended as guest secretaries (forced).

In addition to these people, Zhongshan businessmen Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping also sat high as guest secretaries, which made the two of them quite proud, although the merchants of the Three Kingdoms were rich but their status was very low, it was difficult to get into the hall of elegance at all.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in this Kwantung War, our Liangzhou Legion inflicted heavy losses on the Kwantung warlord group, but it also paid an extremely heavy price, hundreds of thousands of loyal and brave soldiers were killed, and the civil, material, and financial resources of Guan and Liang have been exhausted, and they can no longer afford large-scale conquests." Ma Yue said this, his eyes swept over everyone's faces, and he said in a deep voice, "In view of the current difficult situation, General Ben and the military division have formulated a ten-year recuperation strategy, but how to recuperate in the past ten years, General Ben still wants to hear everyone's opinions. ”

"My lord, I have something to say."

Ma Yue's voice fell, and Liangzhou stood up in frustration.

Ma Yue said with his hand: "Then it doesn't hurt to note but say." ”

He arched his hand and said in a condensed voice: "The population has increased under the rule of the lord, and it has exceeded three million so far!" The pyramid system is only suitable for the Western Regions and Mobei, and the law of Tuntian is limited to a corner of the northern region, so it is imperative to formulate a complete legal system as soon as possible, restore the county system, select capable people from the Guan and Liang scholars to serve as county guards and county magistrates, and then appoint a subordinate official to carry out local government affairs, only in this way can the prosperity and stability under the rule of the lord be ensured. ”

"Hmm." Ma Yue nodded, "Then the note continued." ”

Frustration said: "From the ten counties of Liangzhou, Wudu, Hanyang, Anding three counties, plus Fufeng, Feng Yi, Jingzhao a total of six counties to establish Yongzhou, Chang'an, set up the Department of Thorn History, Yuliangzhou seven counties are still Liangzhou, the governance of Guzang, also set up the Department of Thorn History, respectively govern the two states of the big and small government affairs, Hetao, Mobei and the Western Regions can still follow the pyramid system set by the lord. ”

Ma Yue said: "Then I think, who is worthy of the history of the two states?" ”

Frustrated: "Lord Fazhen can be the history of Yongzhou, and Lord Fu Xie can be the history of Liangzhou." ”

"Good." Ma Yue pondered for a moment and said loudly, "According to the note, divide the three counties of Wudu, Hanyang, and Anding from Liangzhou, plus Fufeng, Fengyi, and Jingzhao, a total of six counties, to set up Yongzhou, govern Chang'an, and use Fazhen as the history of Yongzhou!" The remaining seven counties of Liangzhou are still Liangzhou, and Fu Xie is the history of Liangzhou. ”

Fa Zhen and Fu Xie hurriedly got up and hugged their fists and said, "The lower official will receive the order." ”

He added: "The matter of governing the two states can be postponed, but the most urgent task at the moment is to formulate a complete set of legal systems. ”

Ma Yue said: "Since you say this, you must have a plan in your heart, why don't you say it and listen to it?" ”

"I do have some ideas." Frustrated and hugged his fists, "Since the lord wants to hear it, then he will speak bluntly." ”

Ma Yue said: "But it doesn't hurt to talk about it. ”

Frustrated: "There are three original factions of the Legalists, Shang Ying's emphasis on the law, prudence to the situation, Shen uncertainties, and Han Feizi's collection of the strengths of the three schools, thinking that the three complement each other and are indispensable, and I think it is true. The law, the law to govern the people, the powerful, the sovereign should have absolute power, the sorcerer, the strategy of implementing the criminal law. ”

"Then note that this is not true!" The frustrated voice fell, Guan Ning came out of the ranks, and said generously, "The pre-Qin rule of law, although it was strong for a while, but only the second died, the two Han Dynasty since Emperor Wu monopolized Confucianism and deposed the hundred schools, which has lasted for more than 400 years. ”

Frustrated: "Confucian etiquette and righteousness can be used to educate the people, but the governance of the country requires severe punishment and harsh laws, although Emperor Wu deposed the hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone, but he still ruled the world by law, isn't this a fact?" ”

Guan Ning said: "To rule the world by law, in fact, to stop evil with evil, can be said to abandon the original and chase the end, only need to govern the world with etiquette and righteousness, in order to persuade the people to be good, so that the world is governed." ”

Frustrated: "People are evil, how can everyone respect etiquette and righteousness." ”

Guan Ning said: "People's surnames are good, and evil is not effective in education." ”

It seems that Guan Ning is in love with Fu Zhu, Fu Zhu believes in Legalism, Guan Ning believes in Confucianism, and the two began a-for-tat debate because of which school of academics the monarch should use to govern the world, although Ma Yue is a person in the future, he actually has no culture, but Confucianism still knows a little.

Confucianism can greatly consolidate the dominance of the ruling class, Confucius and Mencius apprentices divided the people of the world into three, six, nine and so on, and on this basis, formulated the "three outlines and five constants" and other strict human etiquette, so that the kings of all dynasties can enjoy the lofty sense of being high and accepting the worship of all the people in the world, so since the two Han Dynasty, the successive dynasties have spared no effort to promote Confucianism.

All in all, Confucianism has obvious advantages, that is, it can enable all people in the world to abide by their duties, live in an orderly manner, and make a great contribution to the stability and prosperity of society! But Confucianism also has a fatal weakness, its revered way of etiquette and righteousness can easily emasculate the blood of the Han people, and it has a fatal killing power against doctrines that do not conform to Confucianism.

As a modern person, Ma Yue is clearly more inclined to rule the country by law.

"Don't fight!" Ma Yue Huoran stretched out his hand to stop Guan Ning and Fu Zhu from continuing to argue, and said in a deep voice, "According to what the note says, the rule of law is the rule of law, but considering the regional differences between Mobei and the Western Regions and Guan, Liang and Hetao, this general thinks that there must be two prerequisites for the implementation of criminal law in Mobei and Western Regions, so you need to listen carefully." ”

Frustrated, he said, "Listen to me." ”

Ma Yue said in a deep voice: "In addition to the Han people in Mobei and the Western Regions, there are also a large number of Hu people, what the general wants to say is that the Han people are first-class, the Yueshi people, the Qiang people, and the Wuhuan people are second-class, and the people of the Western Regions, Xianbei people, and Huns are third-class, and the first-class Han people enjoy privileges, and the third-class Hu people can be exempted from the crime, and the second-class Hu people can be commuted, and the second-class Hu people will be severely punished for killing the Han people, and the third-class Hu people will kill the Han people~~ Yiqi Nine Clans! ”

Frustrated, he said, "It's written." ”

Ma Yue said: "Also, the Han people living in Mobei and the Western Regions, whether they are immigrants or soldiers, should encourage them to take more concubines and have more children, and one concubine will be rewarded with 100 yuan, and 10,000 yuan will be rewarded for ten children!" Second-class Hu people are only allowed to marry wives and not take concubines, and they are not allowed to have more than two children! Second-class Hu people are not allowed to marry wives or have children! If there is a violation of severe punishment, this article ~~ is also written into the criminal law. ”

Ma Yue deliberately added this article to continue the population policy laid down before, and its goal is to integrate within two generations (the so-called integration is to let Han men marry Hu and have children), eliminate foreign barbarism, and make the Han people the only ethnic group living in the Mobei grassland and the Western Regions.

In this way, the Wuhu, Turkic, Khitan, Dangxiang, Jurchen, Mongol, Houjin and other northern nomadic peoples in the Central Plains will never appear again, even if there are still northern nomadic regimes in later generations who go south to conquer the agricultural regimes in the Central Plains, it is just an internal struggle of the Han people, and the danger of destroying the country and exterminating the species does not exist.

Everyone present looked as usual, and did not show much surprise. After all, in this era, the xenophobia of the Han people is extremely serious, and the idea that they are not of our race and their hearts must be different can be said to be deep-rooted, and Ma Yue's policy of obviously maintaining the dominance of the Han people, suppressing the Western Regions, and Mobei Hu people can be said to have won the hearts of the people.

Zhen Yi, Cai Yong, Lu Su, Kuai Liang, and Kuai Yue even slightly changed their views on horse butchers because of this, thinking that although this person had a reputation as a butcher, most of them were infamous for slaughtering foreign barbarians, but on the contrary, they took good care of the interests of the Han people, and were far more merciful than many Kwantung warlords.

Frustrated, he said, "Grant orders." ”

Ma Yue said: "This matter is so decided, then it is necessary to draw up a set of criminal laws as soon as possible, and then select appropriate officials to implement criminal laws in Yong, Liang, Hetao, Mobei, Western Regions and other places, so as to end the current chaotic and disorderly situation as soon as possible and realize the rule of law." ”

"Obey the Lord's decree." ”

"In addition to restoring the county and county system and establishing the criminal law, there is another more important matter, and General Ben thinks it is urgent!" Ma Yue said this, and turned his gaze to Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang, "It has been several years since Yuanshao, Zhoucang, and Mobei were set up for several years, and this general has successively transferred three thousand old troops, three thousand Bingzhou elite soldiers and three thousand Hedong elite soldiers to your command, plus the meritorious soldiers who were later intermittently sent to Mobei, the total number has exceeded 10,000 people!" General Ben has long said that in addition to suppressing the countries of the Western Regions and the Xianbei in the east, the task of your three ten thousand households is to do more women and give more cubs, and in the past few years, how many little wolf cubs have been laid out by the three ten thousand households? ”

[Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang had a total of 30,000 Mobei iron cavalry, of which 10,000 were Han Chinese, and each person was assigned at least ten women to encourage them to have a large number of children, and the other 20,000 were composed of Wuhuan cavalry, Yueshi cavalry, and Qiang cavalry, each of whom was only allowed to marry one wife, and no more than two children were born. ]

At the end of the fourth year of Zhongping (187 years), Fang Yue broke the Xianbei Kebi Neng Department in the Wolf Juxu Mountain, Mobei Naiding, Ma Yue then set up the left, middle and right three ten thousand households, so far it has been a full six years, and the first batch of wolf cubs born that year should now be almost as big as a horse war.

Zhou Cang said to Pei Yuanshao: "General Yuanshao, let's talk about it." ”

"Okay." Pei Yuanshao nodded and said to Ma Yue, "The newborn children of the left, right, and right ten thousand households together have more than 40,000, of which there are nearly 20,000 boys. ”

"What? It's been six years, and there are less than 20,000 wolf cubs? ”

The horse butcher's disappointment was obvious, this number was obviously very different from his estimate at the time, at this rate, twenty years later, it would be good to have 200,000 wolf cubs on the Mobei grassland, of which the most adult was 20,000 or 30,000.

Pei Yuanshao said: "Boqi doesn't know, the climate in Mobei is too bad, and he has to resist the attacks of the Ding Ling people in the north, the Xianbei people in the east and the sporadic horse thieves at any time, many children have not survived the cold winter and war after birth, and they have died, if it weren't for this, there would be more than 50,000 wolf cubs in the three ten thousand households!" ”

"Huh~~" Ma Yue patted his forehead and frowned, "This is General Ben's negligence." ”

Jia Xu's expression moved, and he suddenly said: "There is a plan that may solve the worries of the lord." ”

"Oh?" Ma Yue said happily, "Wen He speaks quickly." ”

Jia Xu said: "The descendants of the three ten thousand households in Mobei are the main military force of the lord in the Central Plains in the future, and he thinks that he should provide them with a good living environment as much as possible, and start strict military training for them since childhood!" In view of this, the lord can set up a large camp in the Hetao, take all the mothers to the camp to give birth, leave immediately after giving birth, and the newborn will be taken care of by the experienced mothers who have raised children, and when they are a little older, they will select elite veterans to teach them the skills of technical attack and cavalry archery, and choose their sensitive and good scholars, and teach them the military book formation by the full study of soldiers, so that within 30 years, the lord can get 100,000 elite divisions and thousands of capable generals at his fingertips! ”

Kuai Yue and Lu Su, who were in the guest position, changed color in an instant when they heard this, both of them are soldiers, so they know how powerful it is, if the horse butcher really adopts Jia Xu's suggestion, then decades later, when the first batch of wolf cubs grows up, I am afraid that no one in the world will be able to compete with the horse butcher!

Kuai Yue and Lu Su's eyes focused on the horse butcher for a moment, and the thick worry was already written on the faces of the two, would the horse butcher adopt Jia Xu's strategy? If the horse butcher adopted, Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang, as well as the soldiers of the three ten thousand households in Mobei, would they be willing to send their children to the camp?

"Okay, that's it!"

To Kuai Yue and Lu Su's surprise, the horse butcher agreed to it.

Kuai Yue and Lu Su were awe-inspiring in their hearts, and the two once again appreciated the horse butcher's bold and decisive style, in terms of this ability, the horse butcher can indeed be called a generation of heroes, he can lead eight hundred rabbles from the vertical model of the Central Plains, and then sweep the Mobei and Western Regions with thousands of elite cavalry, and establish outstanding martial arts throughout the ages, it is really not accidental.

Ma Yue said to Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang: "The children of all the soldiers in Mobei must be sent to the Hetao camp to be raised, and Lao Pei and Zhou Cang, your children must also be sent to the camp to be raised, even the children of this general are no exception!" The preparation for the construction of this camp is fully responsible for the military division, and when the camp is completed, the general will send Ma Zheng, Ma Zhan, Ma Yang, and Ma Qi to the camp! The 20,000 wolf cubs in Mobei must also be sent to the Hetao as soon as possible. ”

Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang gasped, got up and said in a condensed voice: "Obey." ”

Even the horse butcher himself has decided to send his four sons to the camp, what else do Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang have to say? However, some people obviously don't think so, Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang's words fell, Guan Ning stood up again, hugged his fists and said: "Lord, Ning is unhappy if you don't say a word." ”

Ma Yue said solemnly: "Sir, please speak." ”

Guan Ning said: "This Hetao camp is only used to train troops and generals, but it cannot train the lord, and Ma Zhenggongzi, as the eldest son of the lord, will inherit the great cause of the lord in the future, so he doesn't have to go to the camp, right?" Ning Cheng was valued by the lord, and he should do his best to teach Gongzi Zheng what he had learned all his life, and never dared to slack off. ”

Ma Yue was irritated when he heard this, he really didn't want his eldest son to be trained by Guan Ning to become a nerd, the successor of the horse butcher, even if he didn't have the ruthlessness and courage of the horse butcher, at least he shouldn't be a master full of benevolence and morality, right? But he can't say this, and if he says it, he will offend the Confucian children led by Guan Ning.

The Confucian forces of Guan, Liang, and Hetao, the horse butcher took a lot of effort to win them over, and the education of Ma Zheng and Guan Ning is a very important premise! Although Confucianism cannot be used to govern the country and level the world, it is still good to be used to educate the people, especially now that there is a serious shortage of talented people in the Guan, Liang, and Hetao areas, and the basis of talents is a large number of literate readers.

Ma Yue asked Jia Xu a little helplessly: "What about the opinion of the military advisor?" ”

Jia Xu looked at his face and knew that Ma Yue had compromised in his heart, but because of his bad face, he was soft to Guan Ning, and he just wanted to say it through his mouth, so he took the opportunity to say: "I think what Mr. Guan Ning said is not unreasonable, this Hetao battalion can train excellent generals and elite soldiers, but it will definitely not be able to cultivate a competent lord." ”

Ma Yue said: "Since the military advisor also thinks so, then Gongzi Zheng doesn't have to go to the camp." ”

Guan Ning said: "The lord is wise. ”

Ma Yue said again: "There is another matter, General Ben wants to hear the opinion of Zezhu. ”

Frustrated, he said, "My lord, please speak." ”

Ma Yue said: "Previously, Guan, Liang, and Hetao should be taken care of by you, and when you hear it, you will bow down and do it yourself, and the general is very worried about your body, from today onwards, the government does not have to control matters such as salt making, iron making, charcoal mining (coal), and freight transportation." ”

As soon as Ma Yue's words came out, Mi Zhu, Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping immediately pricked up their ears.

"Lord!" "Salt, iron, and charcoal mining are related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and they are major matters, how can the government let them go?" ”

"Letting go is not the same as letting go." Ma Yue said, "The salt mill, iron mill, charcoal quarry, horse farm, etc. are still owned by the government, and the merchants are only responsible for operating and paying taxes to the government!" Merchants are not as mercenary as the government, so they can make the most profit with the smallest resources, and can make the efficiency of the salt mills, iron mills, and charcoal quarries faster and higher. Only in this way can our army's logistical support be faster and more effective in wartime. ”

The horse butcher's trick is actually a contract responsibility system, which contracts the salt mills, iron mills, charcoal quarries, and military horse farms owned by the government to individual businessmen to operate, and the government is only responsible for dividends and taxes. Self-employment is more flexible and efficient than collective management, which is a household name in the 21st century, but in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era, no one could understand it.

Although he was deeply wealthy, he was also confused, and asked Ma Yue in confusion: "Let the businessman run it, isn't all the benefits taken by the businessman?" ”

Ma Yue shook his head with a wry smile, knowing that he was not clear about the explanation, so he said in an unquestionable tone: "This matter is so decided, then there is no need to persuade again, you can post notices in all counties and counties as soon as possible, so that powerful and interested families and merchants can take over the operation of iron mills, salt mills, charcoal mining fields, and horse farms in various places." ”

Seeing that there was uncertainty on his face, the horse butcher finally added: "Then note, General Ben is also worried about your body, you really can't work like this anymore." ”

The unhappiness in his heart disappeared, and he said gratefully: "Thank you, lord." ”

Ma Yue suddenly said: "Salt-making, iron-making, charcoal mining and other things can be let go of the business, but there is a major matter that needs to be done personally." ”

Frustrated, he said, "Obey the orders of the lord." ”

"This big thing is coinage!" Ma Yue exchanged glances with Jia Xu, and said in a deep voice, "General Ben plans to build a mint yard in Hetao and mint five baht coins on a large scale, and coins other than five baht coins will be gradually banned from next year, and only five baht coins will be allowed to circulate under General Ben's rule three years later." ”

Of course, the most profitable business in the world is to make money, do you say that the banknote printing factory can not make money? Only by keeping the power to make money in their hands, after liberalizing the commercial trade, could the horse butchers ensure that there were enough coins to buy the necessary weapons, armor, horses, and grain from the merchants.

For this idea of the horse butcher, Fu Zhi seemed to understand, and happily hugged his fists and said: "Dare to disobey his orders." ”

……

Jixian County, Thorn History Mansion.

"Help! Come! Come on~~"

Under the dark night sky, an extremely terrible howl suddenly sounded in the backyard of the Thorn Mansion, and Sun Zhan, the Thorn Shi Gong of Youzhou, suddenly woke up from the nightmare, only feeling a cold sweat behind him, and the whole person seemed to be fished out of the water. Thinking of Fang Cai's dream, Gongsun Chan couldn't help but shudder excitedly.

In Fang Cai's dream, the brothers Ma Butcher and Ma Chao tied Gongsun Chan in front of Cai Dian Yingling's meritorious deeds, and were cutting the flesh from him one by one, and the meritorious deeds of cigarettes were crowded, and suddenly Ma Teng's bloody head appeared, staring at Gongsun Chan with resentful eyes, and roaring loudly in an extremely poignant tone~~

"Master, are you okay?"

The voice of concern sounded from the side, and then the lights came on, and the soft and delicate beauty of the little concubine Tian came into the eyes of Gongsun Zhan, which made Gongsun Chan feel a little better, Gongsun Chan took a deep breath and asked Tian, "What time is it now?" ”

Tian said: "It's almost four watches." ”

"Whew~~"

Gongsun Zhan breathed a long sigh of relief, only to feel sleepy, so he got up in his clothes, and ordered the house slave to summon his confidant Shan Jing to the assassin's mansion overnight. When he heard that Gongsun Zan was calling, he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly left the warm bed of the concubine and brought two generals to the assassination of Shifu.

In the hall of the Thorn Mansion, the candle flame was faint, casting a bleak light on Gongsun Chan and Shan Jing, outlining a large shadow on the contours of their faces, looking as hideous as a ghost, Gongsun Chan sighed faintly, and asked Shan Jing with great anxiety: "Shan Jing, Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang in Mobei really have no changes?" ”

Shan Jing said: "There is no abnormal movement!" ”

Gongsun Zan said again: "What about Ma Chao's 20,000 iron horses? ”

"Not either." Shan Jing said, "The villain's spies have been all over the outside of the Saiwai, and if Ma Chao's 20,000 iron horsemen have any wind and grass, they will never be able to hide the eyes and ears of the villain." ”

"Hmm~~" Gongsun Zhan bowed his head slightly, and said worriedly, "That's weird, don't Ma Butcher and Ma Chao plan to avenge Ma Teng?" It's not the horse butcher's surname if you don't report it! Or, in a fierce battle with the Kwantung Coalition Army, the horse butcher has really been injured and is no longer able to send troops? ”

Shan Jing nodded and said, "That's it." ”

"Hmm." Gongsun Chan said, "Has General Ben asked you to find the person you are looking for?" ”

Shan Jing said in a low voice: "Back to the lord, I have found it, and now it is on the villain's mansion." ”

"Oh?" Gongsun Chan said, "How is this person's martial arts?" ”

Shan Jing said: "This person has been a chivalrous man in Liaodong for many years, and there are countless horse thieves and bandits who have died under his sword, and his martial arts can be imagined." ”

"Really?" Gongsun Chan said, "Bring General Ben to take a look." ”

Shan Jing said respectfully: "The villain will go back to the house to invite." ”

After that, Shan Jing got up and said goodbye.

In less than a meal, Shan Jing led a biao-shaped big man into the hall, and the big man hugged his fist to Gongsun Zhan and said: "Villain Tian Meng, see General Gongsun." ”

Gongsun Zhan hurriedly said, "Strong man, please get up quickly." ”

……

Hetao Meiji, Pingxi General's Mansion.

Ma Yue waved his hand, signaled everyone to be silent, and waited for everyone to be quiet, before he stood up and said loudly: "The matter of internal affairs is discussed here, and there are several major events to be announced in public by General Ben." ”

Everyone at the table also got up one after another and made a gesture of deafness.

Ma Yue looked around at everyone, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said loudly: "The thief Liu Bei killed hundreds of officials in a vain attempt to bring disaster to others, trapping this general in a desperate situation of disloyalty and injustice, Cao Ying, Yuan Shao and other Kwantung warlords have sinister intentions and do their best to slander them, and this general can be described as difficult to argue. ”

After a pause, Ma Yue continued: "Fortunately, there are gods on the head, and Lord Cai Yong was able to tell the truth about the Luoyang bloody case to the world for the rest of his life, and thanks to the Lu family, the Zhen family, the Mi family, the Qiao family and other Kanto families, they did not abandon it, and the family moved to settle in Guanzhong. ”

Cai Yong, Zhen Yi, Lu Su, Qiao Xuan, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang and others looked cold, the family moved to Guanzhong not out of their own volition, but was forcibly captured by the horse butcher, the horse butcher can say these words in a grand manner, this cheek is only afraid that it is thicker than the city wall of Meiji City.

Ma Yue's eyes showed a cunning look and said: "In order to thank the several great families for their support to General Ben, and by the way, also express the closeness of General Ben, General Ben intends to take the two daughters of Old Captain Qiao, Qiao Xiyan (Da Qiao), Qiao Zhaorong (Xiao Qiao), Mi Zhu's sister Mi Huan, and Cai Yong's daughter Cai Yan as concubines. ”

Qiao Xuan, Mi Zhu, Mi Fang, and Cai Yong had a bitter look on their faces when they heard this, and now they are under the fence, and the marriage of their daughter and sister has long been up to them, since the horse butcher said this, who can stop it? Anyway, it's in vain, Qiao Xuan and the others are too lazy to open their mouths to object.

Ma Yue said again: "Lord Zhen Yi's five daughters all have national colors, the eldest daughter Zhen Jiang can be matched with the general Dian Wei, the second daughter Zhen Tuo can be matched with Pei Yuanshao, the third daughter Zhen Dao can be matched with Zhou Cang, and the fourth daughter Zhen Rong is particularly outstanding, and can be matched with the general's younger brother Ma Chao, as for Zhen Yi's young daughter Zhen Luo, she is still young and can not marry for the time being, I don't know if the general is arranged like this, what does Lord Zhen Yi think?" ”

Zhen Yi was silent, and only snorted coldly.

"Hahaha~~" Ma Yue looked up to the sky and said with a long smile, "Since Master Qiao, Lord Cai, Lord Mi and Lord Zhen have no opinions, these family affairs are so decided, General Ben will order someone to go to Chang'an to bring the young ladies to Meiji, and then choose Huang Daoji to marry together." ”

When Jia Xu heard this, he hugged his fists and smiled: "Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord." ”

Fu Zhu, Guan Ning, Gan Ning, Xu Huang, Fang Yue, Xu Chu and others also came out one after another, clasping their fists and congratulating: "Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord." ”

Ma Yue said happily: "There are no less than hundreds of wealthy families who have moved to Guanzhong, among which there are many daughters with outstanding appearances, Wen He, Ze Note, and You'an may wish to choose from them if they are interested in marrying a wife or taking a concubine, as well as Gan Ning, Xu Huang, Xu Chu, and other generals, if you find someone you like, come and talk to General Ben, and General Ben will make decisions for you." ”

Jia Xu and the others thanked in unison: "Thank you, lord." ”

Women have a low status in the Three Kingdoms, even if they are the daughters of wealthy families, most of them are used for political marriages, although the horse butcher is a bit domineering, but Jia Xu, Fu Zhu, Gan Ning, Xu Huang and others are all his henchmen and civil and military, if these captive wealthy families can get married to Fanmen, it will not be humiliated.

……

Youzhou Ji County, Thorn History Mansion Hall.

Gongsun Zhan set up a banquet to entertain Tian Meng, and he couldn't stop sighing during the banquet.

Tian Meng said angrily: "If the general has something on his mind, why don't you speak directly to the villain?" The villain is not talented, and he is willing to share his worries for the general. ”

Gongsun Zhan Haoran sighed, shook his head and said, "It's okay, strong men and drink." ”

Tian Meng stood up and said sharply: "Doesn't the general look down on villains? The villain said goodbye. ”

After saying that, Tian Meng turned around and left, Gongsun Zhan hurriedly stepped forward to grab Tian Meng and said, "Why is the strong man like this?" ”

Tian Meng said: "In this case, please tell the general what is on his mind." ”

Gongsun Chan sighed and was silent.

The accompanying man saw that the time was ripe, and then interjected: "The strong man doesn't know, and the general is sick, so he sighs." ”

"Si'er is sick?" Tian Meng was surprised, "Could it be that Gongzi is not by the general's side?" ”

Shan Jing sighed and said: "Last year, the Jizhou soldiers pressed the border, and the general was difficult to resist, so he had to send Gongzi to go to Yecheng as a hostage, and then signed an alliance with Yuan Shao under the city, and the Jizhou soldiers retreated to Hebei, and Youzhou was also preserved." The general would rather endure the pain of flesh and blood, but it was all for the sake of protecting the people of Youzhou. ”

"The general is high-minded, and the villain admires." Tian Meng said solemnly, "If the general can be trusted, the villain is willing to sneak to Yecheng alone and escort the prince to return." ”

"No." Gongsun Zan hurriedly said, "Yecheng is the land ruled by the general Yuan Shao, and it is bound to be a large army and heavily guarded. ”

"Dang!"

Tian Meng threw the wine cup on the ground and said excitedly: "For the sake of the people of Youzhou, the general does not hesitate to sacrifice his son as a hostage, in order to save his son, even if he loses his next life!?" After the decision has been made, the general Hugh must persuade again, if not, he will kill himself in front of the general. ”

With that, Tian Meng pulled out his sword and put it on his neck.

"A strong man can't." Gongsun Zhan was so anxious that he shook his hands continuously, sighed for a long time, and said to the house slave standing behind him, "That's it, quickly take the sword and soft armor that this general treasures." ”

……

Meiji, Pingxi General's Mansion Partial Hall.

The charcoal fire in the fire tray was burning brightly, and the whole hall was warm.

Ma Yue lazily leaned on the tiger skin mattress and said to Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang: "Yuan Shao, Zhou Cang, you don't blame General Ben for being ruthless in your hearts, right?" ”

Pei Yuanshao sat up straight and said solemnly: "Where did Bo Qi say that the last general's life was given by you, and everything in the last general is not all yours?" Don't say it's these little bunnies, even if you want to sleep all the women in the general's tent, the last general will never frown! ”

"Go." Ma Yue scolded with a smile, "Lao Tzu is not interested in the mother-in-law in your account, you can keep it and ride it yourself." ”

"Hey, hey." Zhou Cangyin said with a smile, "Lord, this time to conquer the eastern Xianbei, Lao Pei really caught a few Xianbei women, and he was smart." ”

Ma Yue also smiled and said, "What about the water spirit? I don't know how many times I've been ridden by Lao Pei, but I don't ride the broken shoes you have ridden. ”

"Hey, that's." Pei Yuanshao echoed, "The beauties around Bo Qi are called stunning, there is only one Miss Diao Chan, even if you add a piece of the woman in the tent, it can't be compared, and what Qiao Xiyan, Qiao Zhaorong, Mi Huan, Cai Yan or something, if you want to come to the posture, it is not much worse." ”

"Alright, let's stop talking about this." Ma Yue said, "The construction of the Hetao camp and the centralized training of the little wolf cubs are to accumulate strength in the future to conquer the world, you can figure it out, Lao Tzu is already very satisfied, this time to discuss the benefits of Xianbei in the east, you can keep it for yourself, you don't have to divide half of it to transport it to the old camp in Hetao, just don't forget to leave a share for Guan Qi." ”

Speaking of Guan Qi, the three of them remembered Guan Hai, Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang's expressions darkened, and sighed: "Alas, it would be nice if Lao Guan was still there, the four brothers ate meat around the fire plate and drank wine in a big bowl, how comfortable would it be?" Now that there is no one in charge, it feels like something is missing, and it is very tasteless. ”

There was silence in the hall for a while.

After a long time, Pei Yuanshao suddenly remembered something and asked Ma Yuedao: "Bo Qi, there is something I almost forgot to tell you." ”

Ma Yue said: "What's the matter? ”

Zhou Cang said: "The general also knows about this matter, it is Yuan Shao who wants to trade horses with our army with money and grain, my lord, do you see whether this deal will be done or not?" ”

"Of course you do, why not!" Ma Yue replied without thinking, "If you want to form a cavalry, horses alone are not enough, then you also need soldiers who are good at riding!" Besides, we don't sell horses to Yuan Shao, he can still buy them from Zhangji and Xianbei in the east, right? ”

Pei Yuanshao said: "I understand, the last general will send someone to reply to Yuan Shao." ”

Ma Yue thought for a while, and then said: "Lao Tzu still has an idea, let's see if we can sell the horses from Mobei to the south through Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping, two horse dealers!" There is a shortage of horses in the south, and the war horses in the north of Mobei can be sold at a high price, and the proceeds from the sale of horses can be used to buy a large number of daily necessities such as grain, silk, pottery, tea, etc., and sell these goods to Guanzhong, and in the blink of an eye, they can make a lot of money. ”

After all, Ma Yue is a man of the future, and he still knows the importance of commerce and trade to economic prosperity.

Why did the late Qing political axe weaken? It is weak in closing the country and not wanting to open the door to foreign trade!

The horse butcher did not think of transforming the troubled times into a commercial society, with the road traffic and transportation capacity at that time, coupled with the reality of the gate lords and warlords at that time, vigorously developing industry and commerce was undoubtedly a fool's dream, but it was just a joke, and the only thing the horse butcher wanted was to make as much money as possible.

"Make money? Replenishing the treasury? Pei Yuanshao said in confusion, "Boqi, everything in Guanzhong, Liangzhou, Hetao, and even the Western Regions and Mobei is not yours, what do you want is not a matter of words, what do you want to do with this money?" Isn't it redundant to take the money to buy it? ”

"Idiot, are you still a rogue?" Ma Yue scolded with a smile, "You two bastards can remember Lao Tzu carefully, now we are no longer rogues, dealing with the burning, killing and looting of barbarian foreigners, but don't use it to deal with the Han people in Guan, Liang, and Hetao, otherwise Lao Tzu will break your neck." ”

Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang agreed incomprehensibly: "The last general will obey the order." ”

……

East of Meiji City, the official residence of the frustrated award.

As soon as he returned home, a house slave came in to report: "Master, there are three adults who call themselves Mi Zhu, Su Shuang, and Zhang Shiping outside the door. ”

"Mi Zhu, Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping?" Frustrated, his expression moved, and he said happily, "Tea will be served in the living room, and the official will come later." ”

"Yes."

The house slave said yes and took the order.

Moments later, the living room.

As soon as Mi Zhu, Su Shuang, and Zhang Shiping sat down, they saw Fu Zhu walking out of the side door, so they hurriedly got up and said, "See Lord Fu Zhi below." ”

He smiled and said, "Three gentlemen, please take a seat." ”

The four of them sat down and asked with a smile: "The three of them are visiting together, I don't know what is the important matter?" ”

Su Shuangdao: "I am glad to hear that General Pingxi intends to let go of the management rights of the salt mill, the iron mill, the charcoal quarry, and the horse farm. ”

Frustrated and didn't answer, he said to Mi Zhu and Zhang Shiping: "What do you mean? ”

Zhang Shiping said: "The villain family has been selling horses for generations, and knows a little about the horse markets in various places, and is willing to operate the Shandan Military Horse Farm and the Hetao Military Horse Farm for adults." ”

Mi Zhu also said: "Guan, Liang, Hetao several wells have low salt production and too mixed salt, the villain family has lived in the East China Sea for a long time, has been operating salt fields for generations, and is quite influential in Xuzhou, so I want to ask for the consent of the adults, and ask the assistance of General Gan Ning's Jinfan Navy, to transport sea salt from the waterway to sell, I don't know if it is possible?" ”

Mi Zhu, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang, like Su Shuang, are typical businessmen.

Merchants are very profitable, as long as they are profitable, the concept of right and wrong is very weak, so although Mi Zhu was captured by the horse butcher, as soon as he heard that the horse butcher intended to let go of the authority of salt, iron, charcoal, and horse trafficking, he immediately smelled the business opportunity from it and was ready to do a great job.

"Although the official is not familiar with business, he also knows that it is very profitable, since the three gentlemen are interested in selling salt, iron, charcoal, and horses, of course, the official cannot stop it, but there is one rule, the three need to hand over seventy percent of the annual profits to the government." ”

"Seventy percent?" Mi Zhu, Su Shuang, and Zhang Shiping's faces changed greatly when they heard this, and they lost their voices, "This is too much, right?" Up to 30%! ”

Frustrated and frowned: "Sixty percent!" ”

Mi Zhu three people: "Forty percent! ”

There was a look of uncertainty on his face, and he said coldly: "Fifty-fifty points, this is the final limit, if the three of you are still not satisfied, please go back." ”

Mi Zhu gritted his teeth and said in a condensed voice: "Deal, then fifty-fifty!" ”

According to the fifty-fifty share, although the government's dividends are a little ruthless, but after all, the government has laid a good foundation, and the ironworks, charcoal quarries, and military horse farms in Guan, Liang, and Hetao already have a certain scale, and there are a large number of skilled craftsmen and a large number of slaves who only need to provide basic living guarantees.

……

Pingxi General's Mansion.

Ma Yue had just sent away Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang, the two old brothers, Ma Chao took Ma Dai and Ma Xiu to rush in, and when he saw the anger on Ma Chao's face, Ma Yue knew that the news of Ma Teng's death was finally known by Ma Chao! Fortunately, Ma Yue didn't plan to continue to hide it.

"Meng Qi, you know everything?"

"Brother, how did my father die in battle?"

"You know the defeat of the Hetao." Ma Yue's expression was cold, and he said in a condensed voice, "In order to allow Fa Zheng to lead the army to withdraw to Meiji, Uncle Teng led the army to defend Yunzhong, and shook the army of Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zhan, and Zhang Yan with less than 20,000 troops, and finally lost ~~ and died!" ”

"So you say~~ My father's death is inseparable from Gongsun Zhan's traitor?"

"Yes, if there was no rebellion of Gongsun Zhan, my Liangzhou army would not have been defeated in Hetao, and Uncle Teng would not have died on the battlefield."

"Got it!"

Ma Chao nodded coldly, turned around and left.

Ma Yue shouted: "Meng Qi! ”

Ma Chao Huo Ran looked back and roared with a sad expression: "The revenge of killing my father is not shared, and the younger brother wants to avenge his father!" ”

"Of course, Uncle Teng's blood revenge must be avenged, and the blood revenge of 20,000 unjustly killed soldiers must also be avenged, but ~~ is by no means now!" Ma Yue said this, glanced at Ma Chao deeply, and then said, "Meng Qi, do you still remember what your brother said to you when you were in the White Horse Camp in Hebei? ”

Ma Chao trembled when he heard this.

"Meng Qi, you have grown up!" Ma Yue said in a condensed voice, "You should learn to take responsibility!" ”

Ma Chao's expression changed again and again, and finally he knelt down in front of Ma Yue, hugged Ma Yue's thigh and cried: "Brother, my father died unjustly, woo woo~~"

Behind Ma Chao, Ma Dai and Ma Xiu knelt down and wept silently.

Ma Yue sighed, raised his head and said sharply: "Someone! ”

In the sound of heavy footsteps, Dian Wei walked straight in and said sharply: "What does the lord command?" ”

Ma Yue said quickly: "The order will go down, the whole city of Meiji will be vegetarian, and the soldiers and civilians will wear linen and filial piety~~ to comfort Uncle Teng and the 20,000 fallen soldiers in the spirit of the sky~~"

"Yes!"

Dian Wei clenched his fists and took the order.

……

(To be continued)