In just a few days, more than one million rice and hundreds of thousands of livestock were sent, and Ma Chao's robbed family was almost wiped out at once, and now Ma Chao is only poor with gold, silver, copper, iron and other materials. However, Ma Chao is not distressed, because this is a long-term investment and a profitable business. According to the corn as an example, if there is no natural disaster in one acre of corn, it can produce 25 mu of grain (one Hu rice is about 10 kilograms now), and the average person can cultivate at least five mu of land, so that one hundred and fifty Hu can be harvested in autumn, and 45 Hu rice needs to be handed over, except for the commissions and some preferential treatment of the three people of Zheng Gu and Yang Feng, and the steady income of 30 Hu rice, which has increased five times in a year, which is the benefit of the ruler.

Theoretically, 250,000 people can collect 7.5 million yuan of rice in taxes a year, which is enough for an army of 150,000 to eat for two years. Of course, this is only theoretical data, and in fact, there are natural disasters and some man-made factors that will cause the yield to be reduced, but as long as the grassland locust plague can be contained, it will certainly not be a problem to hand over 5 million hu rice.

In ancient times, there were no pesticides, and in the year of the great drought, the locust plague was everywhere, and the overwhelming locusts ate the crops cleanly, and the people did not harvest the grains, eating tree bark, eating grass roots, and even the tragedy of cannibalism and cannibalism. The Hetao area is crisscrossed by rivers and has complete water conservancy facilities, so he is not afraid of drought, but he is afraid of the locust plague brought about by drought, but since Ma Chao dares to mobilize hundreds of thousands of people to settle his fields, he naturally has a way to deal with locusts, so let's not mention this for the time being.

After formulating the relevant policies, Ma Chao handed over the matter to Li Yan, and handed over Fazheng's 2,000 logistics elite soldiers and Pang De's 3,000 Hun cavalry to Li Yan's command. At the same time, let Fa Zheng lead the 3,000 Shenwei battalions under Ma Tie, Meng Da, and Ma Xiu to stay to help, and Yang Yuan led 5,000 elite soldiers to continue to sit in the royal court to prevent the Huns from rebelling and the northern Xianbei counterattack.

More than ten days have passed since all this was arranged, and the weather in the north is getting colder and colder, and the river surface has shown signs of freezing sooner or later. Ma Chao didn't dare to delay any longer, and took Ma Xiu, Ma Tie and Dian Wei led three hundred soldiers to Xiliang directly. It is worth mentioning that Dian Wei's iron rod was forged by Li Tie and his son for several days, and finally became two large iron halberds at this moment, seven feet long, forty-two catties each, a total of eighty-four catties. And another fine iron was selected, and under the requirements of Dian Wei, ten halberds were created, each handle was only more than a foot long, weighing three catties, and extremely sharp.

After a while, a group of more than 300 riders finally rushed back to Xiliang Taishou Mansion in Wuwei County, Ma Teng and his wife were overjoyed after getting the news, and Yang Wan and Dong Xuan, two little Loli who had just fallen in love, stood at the door early and waited. Ma Chao made such a big move in Luoyang, it didn't want to be the Ma family, even if there were few people in the world who didn't know it.

"Husband!" Before Ma Chao got off the horse, the two little Loli pounced on them like swallows.

Ma Chao smiled slightly, and immediately hugged him one by one, while caressing the willow waists of the two girls, he said dotingly: "Have you ever missed me for two months?" My father and mother are all right! ”

At this time, Yang Wan suddenly noticed that Ma Xiu and Ma Tie had narrow expressions, and hurriedly struggled out, and said with a red face: "Everything is fine at home, but my mother is always talking about her husband and three uncles, and my father is also eager to go to Beijing to take up his post, and my husband is undefeated after three consecutive heroes, and my father is very happy!"

Dong Xuan said with a smile: "I heard that my husband found us a princess to be our sister, but I am afraid that my husband will dislike our sister's puliu posture if he marries the princess." ”

Ma Chao stretched out his hand and pinched Dong Xuan's small buttocks, and said with a smile: "Wait until I meet my parents first, and I'll clean you up later." With that, the three brothers stepped in.

"The child meets his father! Meet Mother! ”

"Hurry up, why should your family be polite?" Ma Teng and his wife were full of smiles, and Zou personally helped the three of them up, looking left and right, only to feel indescribably satisfied.

After the three of them sat down and chatted a few words, Ma Teng suddenly got up and said with a proud face: "Meng Qi and my son are brave, this trip to Luoyang has allowed my Ma family to repeat the glory of the ancestor Ma Teng's period, and it is even better. The Ma family not only restored the position of the new resting candidate, but Wu'er also became the champion of the Han Dynasty in four hundred years, and the general of Wei who was more official than the three dukes! What a glorious thing is this glorious grace of the emperor? Even your mother was named Maoling Jun, and the children of the Ma family are all high-ranking officials, so you can't repay such a great favor! ”

Ma Chao secretly said in his heart that it was not good, the Han Dynasty has been in the country for 400 years, and the idea of loyalty to the Han is deep-rooted, and the more famous he is, the more so. Don't talk about Ma Teng, even Cao Ying, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu are now completely loyal to the Han family, until Dong Zhuo entered Beijing to abolish the young emperor, moved the capital to Luoyang and burned Luoyang, so that the majesty of the Han family was completely swept away, everyone knew that the Han family was irretrievable, so they had ambitions to seek their own future, which also opened the prelude to the princes' struggle for hegemony.

"What my father said is that the child is loved by the Son of Heaven, not only is he a high and powerful person, but he is also a relative of the emperor and a relative of the emperor, so he naturally does not dare to have a different heart!" Ma Chao's mind was racing, and he decided to temporarily disguise himself as a loyal minister.

It doesn't hurt to talk to your trusted subordinates, which can increase mutual trust and make them work harder for you, because once they succeed in a big event, they will be meritorious and famous. The most important thing is that these people are all from poor families, and they are used to seeing the suffering of the people, and they can't talk about loyalty at all.

But Ma Teng is not good, the Ma family has been working hard for the Han family since Ma Yuan, and it has been passed down from generation to generation for nearly two hundred years, and the idea of loyalty to the Han has been in the bones. There may be some loosening when he is down, for example, Ma Teng rebelled before, but once he receives a little imperial favor, he will only be more loyal to the Han family. Ma Teng had promised to seek great things, but after receiving the reward at this time, he changed his attitude and decided to be a loyal minister.

Ma Chao naturally won't go against Ma Teng, the Han attaches great importance to filial piety, and he himself is the same, so can he only let him see with his own eyes that the Liu family of the Han family is irrefutable to make him wake up. Anyway, there is still more than a year before Dong Zhuo enters Beijing, and it doesn't hurt to go to Luoyang for a year! After Emperor Ling hung up, Dong Zhuo took it back before entering Beijing.

Ma Teng was very satisfied with Ma Chao's attitude, and said earnestly: "The Son of Heaven summoned me to Beijing is nothing more than a hostage, if you dare to have a heart of disobedience, my mother and I will be slaughtered, and it doesn't hurt to die for my father, but you and the other three brothers will be infamous for being disloyal and unfilial, and will be spurned by thousands of people!" If you don't shirk your office, the Son of Heaven and the ministers of the DPRK and Central China will probably immediately suspect my Ma family, and Yu Wu'er's future will be greatly unfavorable. ”

Ma Chao was stunned, these words have a deep meaning! I can't hide this cheap dad from this little bit of caution. Ma Teng also did this with two hands, Jin Ke temporarily forbeared, secretly accumulated strength, and retreated to keep his high-ranking officials, as long as he did not fall and was not in a hurry to rebel, he would not have an accident in Luoyang, but would become a hot figure in the DPRK because of his own power.

"The child has his own measure, after his father enters Beijing, he can get close to his uncle Ma Yueyan and Yuan Taifu's wife, Ma Lun, and there is nothing to do with Yuan Kui and Uncle Yuan's care! In addition, the child has 300 personal soldiers, all of whom are martial warriors who can open a four-stone bow and pull 500 catties of boulders. For the first time, Ma Chao felt that he had underestimated Ma Teng, and the father and son tacitly moved the topic to other things.

Ma Teng nodded and said, "It's rare for my son to be filial!" But I'm afraid that the land of these Xiliang counties can't be cut off any longer, otherwise wouldn't my father enter Beijing as a hostage for nothing? There are still 60,000 elite soldiers under my command, all of whom are soldiers of a hundred battles, and they are loyal to the Ma family, and there are nearly 500,000 pieces of grain that have just been handed over in the treasury, and there are countless materials such as fine iron, silver money, ordnance, etc., so where to go and arrange it yourself! Dong Zhuo has sent someone to urge him several times, eager to take over this place, as for whether the territory will be handed over to Dong Zhuo or your father-in-law, you still need to make up your own mind, and your mother and I will leave for Luoyang to take office in three days! ”

Ma Chao nodded and said: "Father, don't worry, the child has his own calculations in his heart, Dong Zhuo is the nominal Liangzhou Thorn History, and it is clear and straightforward to take over this place." My father-in-law has just set out to conquer Xianbei, and his own strength has also been damaged, so I am afraid that he can't take care of these counties, so it is better to give it to Dong Zhuofang! ”

Ma Teng nodded and said, "That's very good!" If you want to show loyalty to the Son of Heaven, this place can only be given to Dong Zhuo, although your father-in-law and father were recruited, but the imperial court has always been a local warlord, Zhao'an is just a temporary expedient measure, once the opportunity will be sent to pacify Xiliang, my son can see the situation clearly, and my father is very pleased! ”

Ma Chao secretly sneered, he handed over these counties to Dong Zhuo to harbor evil intentions, because the stronger Dong Zhuo's strength, the greater his ambition will be. The Han family is dead but not stiff, and it is necessary for an ambitious person like Dong Zhuo to be the first bird to completely cripple the Liu family.

Ma Chao not only did not make enemies of Dong Zhuo for a short time, but also secretly helped Dong Zhuo expand his power, but also found a way to get rid of Wang Yun and Lu Bu, and must not let Dong Zhuo die early, it is best to let him abolish the young emperor and then abolish the emperor and then proclaim himself emperor, making the world even more chaotic.

Dong Zhuo has a beastly face, arrogance and luxury, plus he has a strong army, once he gains power, he will definitely poison the world. At that time, the remnants of the Han family will be completely wiped out, the people will be resentful, the world will be united, and it will be a matter of time before the alliance of princes destroys Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo can do whatever he wants as soon as he hangs up, and whoever has the ability to calm the princes of the world can be called the emperor honestly.

After discussing the big things, the family had a reunion dinner together, and during the banquet, Ma Chao talked about the trip to Luoyang carefully, and even Du Xiuniang did not hide it. Ma Teng and Zou were overjoyed, they wished that Ma Chao would have more wives and concubines! The more children and grandchildren, the more prosperous the family will be.

Ma Chao's mother, Zou, is the eldest daughter of the Yiwang clan in Beidi County, Ma Teng was favored by the Zou family when he was young and down, and the Zou family did not agree to this marriage at all. But the two had already made a private agreement for life, and the Zou family eloped with Ma Teng and fled back to their hometown in Fufeng County despite the opposition of the family. The Han Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety, and the Zou family's behavior was a great unfilial act, so he was also expelled from the Zou family, and the two families have not moved for many years.

The husband and wife are in love abnormally, Ma Teng is already a prince after his career, Zou has persuaded Ma Teng to take a concubine many times, but Ma Teng insists on not allowing it, it can be said that the two are rare free-style love at that time.