Fu Zhu introduced: "Wei County trial, the word is south, upright, good at strategy, good at military affairs, I heard that the lord of Jizhou assassin history, specially recruited to vote!" ”

Ma Chao was overjoyed, but he was not surprised that he was matched to vote, and now that Hebei and the two states are under his control, it is impossible for a talented person like the trial to fail to see the situation. The judge family is a great family of Wei County, and its power is comparable to that of the Taiyuan royal family. Under Ma Chao's high-pressure policy, these super families have only three ways to go: the best strategy is to join Ma Chao and get involved in politics, although they have lost most of their land, they can develop and grow politically; The middle strategy is to be submissive, and after losing the land, he watched the family being slowly weakened; The next strategy is to move the family or fight against it, and the confrontation with it is undoubtedly to hit the stone with an egg, and the move can move away the family property but not the land.

"I have met the champion Hou, thanks to the love, I should have come to serve the general half a year ago, just because I prepared a meeting gift for the general, it was delayed for half a year, and the general is not strange!"

Ma Chao hurriedly helped up the trial, and said happily: "With Zhengnan coming to help, there will be no more civil strife in Jizhou, and there is no need to be afraid of foreign enemies!" But I don't know what gift Mr. prepared for Chao? ”

The judge didn't answer and asked: "Does the general know that there is a mansion in this Yecheng that is comparable to the Luoyang Palace?" ”

Ma Chao thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I have never heard of this, who would dare to be so flamboyant as an ordinary official or even a powerful family to build a mansion comparable to a palace?" ”

The judge said: "Does the general know about the eunuch Wang Fu?" ”

"Naturally, I know that Wang Fu was the culprit who killed Liu Kui, the king of Bohai, and Empress Song, and was later imprisoned by the minister Yang Biao and others, and died of blame!" Speaking of this, Ma Chao's heart moved, and he frowned: "Could it be Wang Fu"

"Not bad! It is the house of the eunuch Wang Fu. Wang Fu is a native of Wei County, Jizhou, since he was a child, he entered the palace as a eunuch, and built a very large mansion for his family in Yecheng after gaining power, in addition to covering a slightly smaller area, its luxury is better than that of Luoyang Palace! Later, Wang Fu was sentenced to the three clans, and his family property was confiscated, and the house was bought by his father for a lot of money. Half a year ago, I heard that the general waved 30,000 troops to Jizhou to destroy the thieves, and I knew that the general had the heart to take Jizhou, so I sent people to step up the repair and decoration. Today, since we have come to meet each other, it is indispensable to give a gift of meeting! I hope the general won't be disgusted! ”

Ma Chao was overjoyed, and he had been troubled by the house problem beforehand. The scale of Jizhou Thorn Mansion is not large, and the office is still enough, but it is insufficient for the whole family to live in. He now has the Empress Dowager Dong in his hands, and in the future, he will wait for the opportunity to get Liu Xie to Yecheng as a puppet, and it is not bad that Liu Xie can't get Liu Wei, it is absolutely necessary to build a large mansion as a palace. At the moment, he said humbly: "How can this be made?" How can this general, a state assassin and a general of the imperial court, accept other people's property casually? Mr. Shen said a price, and he would have bought it! ”

The judge smiled: "The general is polite, this house is not the power of my trial family, the Guangping Fu family brother and the Zhongshan Zhen family have also made a lot of efforts, it is actually a small gift from the three major families of Jizhou on behalf of the thousands of people in Jizhou, and the general's refusal to accept this house is to refuse the gratitude of the people of Jizhou to the general!" ”

"This" Ma Chao hesitated slightly, feeling that it would be hypocritical to excuse himself, and hugged his fists and said: "It's hard to be gracious, I will be ashamed of it!" But I didn't know if the head of the Zhen family had been in Yecheng! ”

Frustratedly said: "Zhen Yi is in the Assassin's Mansion at the moment, but Brother Zhen is a local official, so it is inconvenient to participate in our deliberations, so I wanted to introduce it to the lord afterwards!" ”

"Hurry up, please, how can such a heroic person not make friends!" Ma Chao was overjoyed in his heart, with Zhen Yi in his hands, could Zhen Mi escape from his palm? Zhen Mi should only be seven years old now, it's still good to have a Lori cultivation, in addition, Zhen Mi also has Zhen Jiang, Zhen Tuo, Zhen Dao, Zhen Rong four sisters, it is said that the four daughters are all in love with the country and the city, if they are not married, they can give Zhang Liao and Chen Zhi and Zhang He the three of them a red line, these two have reached the age of weak crowns, and they should have married a wife a long time ago.

Under Ma Chao's strong request, Fu Zhu had no choice but to invite Zhen Yi in. At this time, Zhen Yi was nearly fifty years old and had served as the commander of Shangcai County. The Zhen family was originally a business family, but Zhen Yi was quite obsessed with his career, and when he couldn't get an official, he spent a lot of money to buy a county to make it enjoyable. Zhen Yi has three sons and five daughters, the eldest son Zhen Yu, who is nearly thirty years old, has taken over the family business. The second son, Zhen Yan, raised filial piety, served as a general rafter in history (Yuan Shao was a general), and the third son Zhen Yao, only fifteen years old, was quite famous in the local area, and he was filial piety in history.

"Zhongshan Zhen Yi meets Champion Hou!"

Ma Chao hurriedly returned the salute, hugged his fists and said: "Mr. Zhen doesn't need to be polite, the Wuji Zhen family is a prestigious family in the world, and it is quite famous for benevolence and righteousness." Three years ago, there was a great drought in Jizhou, and the Zhen family raised 500,000 grains and grass to relieve the people; Last year, Zhang Chun of Zhongshan State rebelled, colluded with Wuheng Hulu to plunder the local people, and the Zhen family donated 300 million yuan, 200,000 grains and grass, and 100,000 catties of fine iron to help Jizhou assassin Wang Fen to beg for thieves, all kinds of righteous deeds are admirable. The last time the soldiers came to Changshan, they intended to visit, but because of the tight war in the southern Cangyan Valley and failed to do so, it was often a pity. ”

Zhen Yi said: "The champion Hou has won the award, the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, and the reason why the Zhen family has today depends on the people of the world." Now that the people are in trouble, how can my Zhen family stand by and watch? I only hate the limited ability, and I can't take care of it! But the champion Hou is different, and the land of the state is a barren land, there are countless thieves and robbers, but under the governance of the champion Hou, it has undergone earth-shaking changes in just one year, compared to loving the country and the people, the champion Hou should be the champion of the world, and now the general is the history of Jizhou Thorn, how dare I Wuji Zhen family not do their meager strength? ”

Ma Chao was ecstatic in his heart, his reputation was really good, he had worked hard for nearly three years, and now it finally blossomed everywhere. With the help of the two major commercial families of the Hedong Wei family and the Wuji Zhen family, there is no need to worry about the logistics support problem in the future, even if there is a drought in Bingzhou and Jizhou, the 150,000 army will never lack food and grass. The most important thing is that economic warfare can be fought through the commercial networks of the Wei family and the Zhen family, and if used properly, it can eliminate one of the princes without spending a single soldier.

"Mr. Zhen is so grateful! There is still a shortage of Bo Cao in Jizhou Thorn History Mansion, and I don't know if Mr. Zhen is willing to take up this position! Just like Hedong Weijia Wei Kai, he is in charge of Jizhou's money and grain! ”

Zhen Yi was overjoyed, this official was much better than the county order, and he hugged his fists and said: "So I don't dare to ask for it!" ”

Ma Chao hurriedly helped Zhen Yi up, and said with a smile: "With the help of the Zhen family, why worry about the injustice in the north?" Why worry about the uncertain world? Why worry about the big man not prospering? ”

"Congratulations to the princess! Congratulations to my lord! Frustrated, the crowd and others said hello.

Ma Chao said: "Tongxi! Rejoice! Rest assured, how much ability you have, how much stage you will be able to give you to show. If there is a great chaos today, the situation of the princes will be more serious, the Han Dynasty will want to prosper, first of all, to pacify the four northern states, just by the strength of one person, but also need a large number of military talents and internal affairs talents, to be able to get the help of all the heroes of Jizhou here, it is a super honor, please accept my worship first! With that, he lifted up his shirt and bowed down.

Frustrated, judged, Min Chun, Zhen Yi and others hurriedly knelt down to return the salute, but their expressions were excited, although they knew that Ma Chao's move was suspected of buying people's hearts, but with Ma Chao's identity, it was not easy to do this!

After everyone got up, Ma Chao said again: "There are great talents in Zhengnan, especially good at strategy and military affairs, so he will take the position of Yicao and participate in military and political discussions with the public. If the general is not bad, starting next year, there will be a large-scale military disaster in the world, which will last for decades, Jizhou is the place of the four wars, and we must be fully prepared to ensure that nothing goes wrong! ”

The judge said confidently: "The lord has merging and the two states of Ji as the fundamental place, destroying the power of the three tribes in the north, and tens of thousands of soldiers in a hundred battles, and there is no shortage of good generals who stand alone, if you add me and other civil servants and strategists and the advantages of producing horses and grain in Jizhou, you only need to take it step by step, do not make fatal mistakes, and have the strength to calm the world!" Wei County's judge is willing to serve the main public dog and horse! ”

After getting the judge and the Zhen family, Ma Chao finally gained a firm foothold in Jizhou. After the dismissal, everyone discussed the matter of purging the local officials in Jizhou until late at night, and at the same time made a preliminary conclusion on the money and grain situation in Jizhou. Jizhou is worthy of being the land of heavy capital in the world, and there are nearly 1 million hus of grain and grass hoarded in Yecheng alone, and if all the grain hoarded in the county treasury is concentrated in Yecheng, the preliminary estimate is that there are 6 million hui grain and grass.

Historically, during the period when the princes discussed Dong, Jizhou played the role of a grain and grass supply base. Han Fu is the state pastor recommended by Dong Zhuo, and he has been able to mobilize so much grain and grass in less than half a year after taking office, which shows that Jizhou's grain production is not a lie! Later, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan conspired with Jizhou, and they also fancied Jizhou's grain. If Han Fu is a Ming master, the two poor ghosts Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao will definitely not be able to take Jizhou, and they will also be consumed.

The next day, Ma Chao, Ma Xiu, and Ma Yunlu visited Wang Fu's mansion under the leadership of the trial and others. I saw that this house occupies an area of one-tenth of Yecheng, which is more than two or three times larger than Taiyuan Wangjia Wubao. You must know that Yecheng is one of the best cities in the north, only worse than Luoyang and Chang'an, and even Jinyang City is far inferior to Yecheng.

The high walls of the house are towering, there are rockeries, ponds, gardens, and pavilions in the house, and there are nearly 500 exquisite houses, and it is not a problem to live one or two thousand people, it is simply a city within a city.

Ma Chaoda was satisfied, and immediately sent Ma Xiu back to Jinyang to transfer 10,000 Xiliang infantry troops and 3,000 Shenwei battalions to come over, and at the same time took the families of the generals who stayed in Jinyang City, as well as Du Xiuniang, Yang Wan, Cai Yong and others to Yecheng. Only Ma Dai led 10,000 Xiliang cavalry to be stationed near Jinyang, plus Tian Feng and Li Yan, as well as 70,000 elite soldiers in the hands of Zhang Liao, Lejin, Wenpin, and Ma Tie, and there were still 80,000 troops entrenched in Bingzhou, of which 30,000 were cavalry.

Jizhou has 10,000 cavalry of Zhao Yun, Xu Huang and Zhang He have a total of 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry troops, Huang Zhong has 7,000 cavalry and 15,000 infantry troops, plus the 3,000 Shenwei battalion and 10,000 Xiliang infantry troops brought by Ma Xiu and nearly 30,000 local county soldiers and sailors in Jizhou, there are 90,000 soldiers and horses in the entire land of Jizhou that can be mobilized. With the strength of the two states and the cavalry of the Southern Xiongnu, Ma Chao had 200,000 soldiers and horses at this time, and most of them were elite soldiers, which was enough to compete with Dong Zhuo. (To be continued.) )