XXXVIII. Deliberation

People are old and fine, Ma Jiuming has lived for more than 200 years, and naturally understands that what Yang Siqi said makes sense, he didn't think about it before, because he has never thought like this, he has always believed that as long as the Ma family is loyal to the kingdom, the royal family will definitely be sympathetic to the Ma family, and will not lose the loyalty of the Ma family. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Yang Siqi persuaded and explained: "Grandfather Sanzu, we also paid bribes, but we bribed for the sake of our Ma family and all the people in our Ma family's territory, which is a great righteousness." And the royal family's suppression of our Ma family is self-destructing the Great Wall ("What is the self-destructing Great Wall?"). "Of course Ma Jiuming has never heard the term self-destruction of the Great Wall, Yang Siqi can only explain it again), it can be said that if the royal family wants to deal with the Ma family, it is not responsible for the Ma family, that is, it is irresponsible to all the people of the kingdom, from this aspect, no one can blame our Ma family."

Although the actions are the same, but the good and evil are different, Yang Siqi's views on this earth are also accepted by Ma Jiuming, but there is no objection at the moment.

"I'm afraid this is not a small amount of money that can be done, but although my Ma family has a territory, but the wealth over the years has been spent on the Pegasus Legion, the savings are not much, and the current income can only be barely maintained, if it is not for your contribution to the beekeeping method, I am afraid that it is still not enough, where does this money come from?" Although Ma Jiuming accepted Yang Siqi's statement, he felt a headache when it came to practical problems, and he had no money.

Yang Siqi smiled and said: "Grandpa Sanzu, it is not difficult for me to make money, of course it will take some time, but in my heart, there are dozens of ways to make money every day, as long as I let go of it, money is definitely not a problem." ”

Ma Jiuming was dumbfounded, he was still the first person not to take money seriously.

"Siqi, this is no joke, you have such a talent?" Ma Jiuming still didn't believe it.

Yang Siqi smiled and said nothing, he crossed over from the earth, the productivity on the earth is not known how many times more developed than this other planet, as long as some industrial methods are used to greatly increase productivity, this is not a difficult thing, there are many luxury goods and other things, every time you take one out, it is really not difficult to make money, this is the result of information asymmetry.

"It's not difficult for me to make money, but every way to make money is because of confidentiality, I'm afraid that others will easily follow suit, or others will be red and can't see us making money, I'm just afraid that it will bring unforeseen disasters to our Ma family." Yang Siqi sighed.

"Siqi, try to give me an example." Ma Jiuming was a little skeptical.

"Third Grandfather, as far as I know, there are two kinds of salt on the market. One is refined salt, which is worth about 150 yuan per catty, or even higher. But the other is coarse salt, which is only worth about 50 wen per catty. However, I have a method to extract refined salt from coarse salt, and the cost of extracting it is only three or two cents per catty, and we can earn a lot of money on this one. ”

The method of salt extraction and refining is naturally a simple method on the earth, but here, it is undoubtedly an esoteric method, countless people have thought about it for countless years and can't figure out how to extract it.

"Siqi, do you really have such a good way?" Ma Jiuming was so surprised that he couldn't speak, if this method is true, then it is not difficult to make a fortune.

"It's nothing. Again, like ironmaking. I have a method that can make hundreds of thousands of catties of iron per furnace, and the iron obtained is far ten times better than ordinary iron, almost reaching the level of ordinary steel. The cost of such iron is lower than that of ordinary iron, but the price is one or two times more expensive, and as long as the raw materials are sufficient, it is not difficult to earn thousands of gold a day. ”

Large-scale steel refining is naturally difficult for the low-productivity alien planet, but on the earth, the output of steel, just one day, is much higher than the output of this alien planet in ten years. The steel market is far from satisfied.

Ma Jiuming was convinced, the man in front of him seemed to really have countless ways to make money, but the question was, with the strength of the Ma family, could he resist the pressure of this world? Any profiteering industry will provoke countless people and forces, although the Ma family is a hereditary duke, and the strength is not weak, but once there are too many profiteering industries and making money to the point of making people red, they can't resist it.

"Siqi, I'm afraid that this one has to be considered in the long run, do you have some ways to make money that is not small, but it is not too profitable, and it is not easy to make people angry?"

Ma Jiuming felt the pressure brought by Yang Siqi, such as the method of salt purification leaked out, and the Ma family was only afraid of becoming the target of public criticism, so it was better to keep a low profile.

"It's not difficult, I have a lot of such methods, but it requires a lot of manpower and material resources, after all, you can't rely on profiteering, you can only rely on quality and quantity to make money." When you think of a variety of labor-intensive industries, this is not a problem.

"Manpower and material resources are not a problem, my Ma family has a territory of 50,000 square kilometers, and there are millions of people on the territory, these people have lived in our Ma family's territory for generations, and they are very loyal to our Ma family, so manpower is not a problem." Ma Jiuming really didn't pay attention to manpower and material resources, after all, the Ma family has been a hereditary duke for more than a thousand years, and the territory is much more than that of ordinary dukes.

"In terms of making money, it is preliminarily determined that a small part of the profiteering industry plus a large number of labor-intensive industries will not attract much attention, and it can also make some of the people of our Ma family benefit and support our Ma family more." In this regard, Yang Siqi also agreed, after all, in such an era, manpower represents productivity.

Ma Jiuming called Yang Siqi "our Ma family" when he called the Ma family, although he felt that Yang Siqi was dedicated to the Ma family, but he also had a feeling that Yang Siqi was uneasy and kind. He thought for a moment and asked, "Siqi, you are so good, I don't know which family you come from?" I have thought about all the countries, but there is no hereditary family with the surname Yang. ”

Yang Siqi smiled bitterly and said: "Third Grandfather, in this world, I have no relatives, my parents are no longer in this world, my grandparents have long since died, and I have no other brothers and sisters, I have long been an orphan." Yang Siqi was well aware of Ma Jiuming's doubts.

Ma Jiuming looked at Yang Siqi seriously, and from Yang Siqi's sincere eyes, he felt that Yang Siqi was not lying. Since what Yang Siqi said is true, then it is a good thing for the Ma family. If it is a child of another family who marries Ma Mengshi and is still very capable, then it is easy to make the other clansmen of the Ma family disgusted, because no one knows when Yang Siqi will turn the Ma family into another family. But since Yang Siqi is an orphan, there is no such problem at all.

"Siqi, what I asked just now, with your wisdom, I believe you know what I mean, now, let me ask you again, since you are determined to marry Shi'er, and Shi'er is not uninteresting to you, then, can you be willing to let you and Shi'er's children be surnamed Ma instead of Yang?"

Yang Siqi smiled: "Third grandfather, although I also attach importance to the surname of my ancestors and dare not forget my roots, but there is nothing to let my child have the surname Ma, anyway, they are all my children." If we only have one child, let him be surnamed Ma, if there are two children, the first surname is Ma and the second surname is Yang, I believe that the third grandfather will not object, right? ”

"What if there's only one child?" Ma Jiuming asked again.

"If you only have one child, then you can only wait for the grandchildren, and if you have two grandchildren, you can let one surname Yang do. I know that there will always be a generation that will have more than two children. As far as I'm concerned, as long as the ancestors keep incense, it's okay, the surname Yang is good, but it's okay to follow the motherhood. ”

Ma Jiuming has enough strength this time, when Yang Siqi said these words, everything was normal, and there was no problem of rapid heartbeat and blood running like ordinary liars, which proved that Yang Siqi was sincere, and he was completely relieved at this time.

"Siqi, this is really hard for you. Okay, so what are we going to do when we have the money? ”

"The second step is to find ways to strengthen our armaments. In terms of the total number of troops, we can hide our troops from the people. There are many ways to do this, such as we can retire some of our soldiers who are absolutely loyal to us, so that we can recruit new soldiers, so that over time, our retired soldiers will not be a minority, and when there is a real war, we will be able to raise a strong army in a short time. ”

"Secondly, we can carry out large-scale martial arts training for the whole people in our Ma family's territory, and let the retired soldiers train those people, I believe that in a few years, those people should also have a certain military foundation, and these people are our reserve army."

"With such a two-pronged approach, I believe that within ten years, we will still maintain an army of 210,000 on the surface, but in fact, as long as we give an order, we can expand the army to 300,000, 400,000, or even 600,000 at any time."

Ma Jiuming nodded again and again when he heard it, this plan is indeed feasible. However, this plan costs a lot of money. No wonder Yang Siqi puts making money first, and he can't do anything without money.

"What do you do in the third step?"

"The third step is to work on multiple aspects at the same time. First, make friends with the powerful people in the court, let them say good things for us, and dispel the hostility of the royal family as much as possible, and at worst, it can buy us a certain amount of time. Second, we will find a way to attract more masters, if we can bring in a saint-level powerhouse, then the strength of our Ma family can be greatly increased. Third, train a large number of elite troops, the number of these elite troops does not have to be too many, but they must be elite, which is the real strength of our Ma family. Fourth, find a way to spread remarks, saying that the Tiger royal family can't afford our Ma family, regard our Ma family as a thorn in the eye, a thorn in the flesh, and hate it as soon as possible, in short, we will put our Ma family on the moral high ground, even if there is something in the future, people will not scold our Ma family. Fifth, find a way to increase the number of people in our Ma family, if our Ma family can support tens of millions of people, then our available manpower will be more sufficient, and the reserve army will be more sufficient. Sixth, lead countless civilians within the sphere of influence of our Ma family to get rich together, and let the leaders of our Ma family preach in private that as long as they follow our Ma family, they can live and work in peace and contentment, which is called winning the hearts of the people. Seventh, we are trying to win the support of the Bright Empire, as long as we can get a certain amount of support from the Bright Empire, we will have great hope of becoming an independent principality in the future. There are others, I will list them one by one in the future and make a more detailed plan. ”

Ma Jiuming was speechless for a long time, this guy in front of him is a rebel professional, these plans will come as soon as he opens his mouth, did he plan it long ago or did he think of it now? Even if he planned it early on, it could be seen that this man was indeed talented. It is definitely a blessing for the Ma family to have such a person join the Ma family. What's even more rare is that he has no relatives, and he will definitely regard the Ma family as his own, which is definitely a good thing.

Ma Jiuming was very satisfied and said, "Siqi, when you come to our Ma family, I will introduce you to everyone in our Ma family." ”

Yang Siqi hurriedly shook his head and said: "Third Patriarch, there is no need for this for the time being, our strength is still weak now, Shi'er still needs to maintain a relatively detached status, I am not suitable to disclose my identity for the time being, this is good for me and Shi'er." As for what I said, Grandpa Sanzu, you'd better make it up for you and take me out. Personally, if the prestige is too high, this may not be a good thing for me or the Ma family. ”

"But it's your credit."

"No, Third Grandfather, the Ma family is also my own home, and the credit or anything doesn't matter to me. On the contrary, if my prestige is too high, I am afraid that there will be trouble in the future, and it is easy to provoke the criticism of the clansmen. As long as the third grandfather and Shi'er understand me, it is enough. Yang Siqi still opposed.