"How?"
Ma Chao asked sadly.
He really didn't know how he walked through the official road of Chang'an.
After Yingchuan Academy, Ma Chao returned with a full harvest.
Not only did he achieve his expected goal, he also captured Chen Qun, the future Sikong Master of the Wei Kingdom.
What's even more gratifying is that both the Xun family and the Chen family seem to value the Ma family, especially Chen Ji, and introduced several of their accomplished disciples to Ma Chao.
After Chen Ji took the lead in expressing his stance, the Six Dragons of the Xun family also recommended their favorite students to Ma Chao.
Ma Chaozhou was so happy that he accepted the order.
He also drafted a letter of intent to cooperate with Yingchuan College in talent cultivation, specifying that after the Ma family passed the imperial examination in the future, those students who failed the examination would like to further their studies.
Then the Ma family can pay the tuition and come to Yingchuan Academy to study.
After being named on the gold list, he was transferred to the Ma family government agency.
Those old foxes immediately saw how great this suggestion was for the reputation of Yingchuan Academy.
When Ma Chao was sent away respectfully, the six dragons of the Xun family and the two elders of the Chen family sent him thirty miles away, and they were still in trouble when they returned.
Pretty.
But after leaving Yingchuan this time, Ma Chao did not return to Wancheng.
Instead, it follows the line of Yiyang, Yongning, and Mianchi, and enters Sili in the north.
After passing through Caoyang, Hongnong and Tongguan, it goes straight to Chang'an.
When passing through Hongnong County, Ma Chao also paid homage to Linghu County Sheriff, who set fire to the area and perished in the fire along with the locusts when the locust plague came.
Along the way, Ma Chao once again experienced the ruthlessness of natural disasters.
In Ma Chao's imagination, the end of the world is just a tragic scene of fields being barren and overgrown with thorns and weeds, mulberry forests being abandoned and covered with residual leaves and wild cocoons, and farmhouses in the city being burned down and still smoking.
But reality hit Ma Chao's fantasy, and he found that his thoughts were too wonderful.
After the drought and locust disaster, Sili fell into a dead silence.
The people who stayed here were in dire straits and were starving to death.
Out of ten rooms and nine empty rooms, there is still one room left.
But when Ma Chao looked around, he saw almost no human habitation.
After the locust drought had passed, there was still a trace of green there.
Apart from the cracked land and the ground barren of any grass, Ma Chao could see everything.
Covered in grayish yellow.
Occasionally, there is a slight crowing of a chicken or a barking of a dog, which is all signs of weakness.
It seems that their only remaining role is to cry out to the sky about their helplessness.
Along the way, Ma Chao, Ma Chao's personal guards and the students all looked gloomy and gloomy.
Ma Chao, in particular, was heartbroken.
After entering Chang'an, Ma Chao saw the occasional merchants selling furs and livestock on the streets, the steam coming out of the porridge shop set up by the Ma family, and the victims left behind who were busy working on the aftermath of Chang'an's reconstruction.
I even saw Cai Yan personally teaching those young children to read aloud.
Ma Chao's expression softened a little.
But, it's just a little bit more relaxed.
As soon as he entered the Weiyang Palace, before Ma Chao could take a sip of water, he called Huangfu Li from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and ordered Huangfu Li to place these students first.
Afterwards, he came to the Chancellor's Desk, summoned Zhong Yao, Meng Da, Han Feng and his virtuous assistants Liu Yue, Diao Chan, Fu Shou and Shadow Chief, and began to inquire about the relief work and the movements of the surrounding princes.
"Husband, Yue'er has to admit that you know people well."
There was not much decadence on Liu Yue's face.
Although it could be seen that she had been overworked recently, she was still in good spirits: "Guan Shanxue, Li Zihao and Yu Pan, they are indeed Businessmen, for the previous sale of palace treasures, Guan Shanxue directly held auctions throughout the Western Regions and sold them for sky-high prices; but although Li Zihao did not dare to do so, Jizhou held an auction, but they secretly contacted the wealthy households in Jizhou, and after whetting the appetite of the wealthy households, they sold the treasures in the palace at high prices.
There was also Yu Pan, who was simply worse than locusts, and the wealthy households in Sili were confiscated.
No valuable thing in the house can escape his eyes.
Even that guy can guess where the rich and famous people have buried their treasures."
"Oh."
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After Liu Yue's shot, Ma Chao immediately felt refreshed and asked, "How much money will we get back this time?"
"We have recovered as much as 900,000 guan, and there are still more treasures that have not yet been sold.
I estimate that I can get at least another million guan back."
When Liu Yue said these words, his eyes shone a little.
There is still the resentment that she had when she was a princess of the Han Dynasty who was unwilling to resell the treasures in the palace.
She is already as happy and inexplicable as a rich woman who suddenly made a fortune.
And her dazzling amorous feelings made Ma Chao suddenly fall in love with her: the torment of not having sex with a woman for more than a month made Ma Chao almost forget that he was still a man.
"Two million dollars."
Ma Chao immediately wanted to jump up, hug Liu Yue and take a bite.
You must know that Yongzhou's annual tax revenue is only 22.7 billion dollars.
And two million guans, that is, two billion money, is enough to spend 30,000 soldiers for a year.
If it were to go to war this time, the Ma family's 30,000 cavalry would be enough to fight for another month.
"Husband" Fu Shou couldn't help but feel a little disgusted when he saw Ma Chao being so happy, and said in a sweet voice: "I have good news here, too."
"Yeah."
Ma Chao became more and more energetic and said without hesitation: "Shou'er, how much did you sell it for?"
"Husband" Fu Shou became a little angry.
After stamping his foot, he rolled his eyes at Ma Chao and said, "You just want to sell Shou'er in exchange for food."
"The husband is wrong, the husband is wrong."
Now that Fu Shou is the financial owner, Ma Chao does not dare to offend her.
Regardless of whether you are in front of your subordinates or not, this gesture must be sufficient.
Fu Shou was also a person who understood the general situation.
When he saw Zhong Yao, Meng Da, Han Feng and others looking up at the sky, he gave Ma Chao a look that he would deal with after going home, and then he said: " Thanks to my husband's reputation of migrating thousands of miles to save people.
The eldest brother contacted various merchants and called on merchants to take it from the people and use it for the people.
In addition, the business plan of the husband's new policy indeed attracted them to come to Sili for business.
As a result, various merchants donated money.
There are more than one million guan, and there are 300,000 dan of grain and fodder.”
"So many" Ma Chao was already a little excited at this time: In this way, the 30,000 Ma family cavalry can fight for another month.
"Not only that."
Seeing how happy Ma Chao was, Han Feng couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "The winter wheat, potatoes, black beans, soybeans, rape, sugar beets and other crops on Ma's farm have been harvested.
Although the planting area is still somewhat insufficient, it is sufficient.
We have the ability to provide for the victims of the disaster in Sili, and when the autumn harvest comes in September, Yongzhou will be able to feed Sili."
"Oh," Ma Chao said with joy: Nanyang County and the western part of Yingchuan County can also harvest a lot of food.
And if the miners from the arsenal can successfully find coal mines in Luoyang, then the entire Sili victims can survive this winter smoothly and survive until the spring planting tomorrow.
Although Luoyang does not have more coal than Taiyuan, which is Jinyang during the Three Kingdoms era, it does have coal mines, and there are quite a lot of them.
Ma Chao still knows this bit of geographical knowledge.
With food to feed him and coal mines to keep him warm, Ma Chao felt as if a big stone had been dropped in his heart.
"Not only that, thanks to my lord's success in prevention, there has been no plague raging in the Sili area."
Zhong Yao couldn't help but come forward to report at this time, and also told Ma Chao an even more gratifying news: "And in the Sili area The locust plague has been effectively controlled.
Thanks to the example of Dr.
Hua, many victims of the disaster ate locusts.
The rice porridge prepared by Majia Porridge Shop used locust powder as seasoning.
The minister who was loved by the victims also tasted the fried locusts.
As the Lord said, it tastes like chicken and is not greasy, so it is an excellent food."
After Zhong Yao finished speaking, he showed his white teeth and smiled.
But after the three girls Diao Chan, Liu Yue, and Fu Shou heard this, the happy expressions on their faces immediately turned into disgust and depression.
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When Ma Chao saw this, he couldn't help laughing, and his previous depression was swept away: In this way, if God does not perish, the Ma family will even be able to advance the grand strategy of supporting war with war.
It's true that Ma Chao will never let the Ma family suffer in poverty for two years.
What he wants is to attack with all his strength, to kill, to seize the Ma family's cavalry, and to travel across the rich land of the Han Dynasty.
Use other people’s granaries to feed your own people Digest slowly, hide your strength and bide your time.
Isn’t that what time-travelers do?
Who knows?
Time-travelers come here just to break the rules and create miracles. s: Finally, I would like to thank Falcon Xiong and Liuli for their rewards.
That’s it for today.
Four main chapters and one extra chapter, the mission is completed.
Finally, I sincerely wish everyone a Merry Christmas, good health and happiness: