Literary, military and miscellaneous talents gathered together.
Cai Yong, who rarely showed his face in front of Ma Chao, smiled for the first time while stroking his gray beard: "Chao'er, all the talented people in the world follow the Ma family.
It's so difficult for the princes to ignore it."
"It's even" Facing Cai Yong's comfortable smile, Ma Chao also pursed his lips and smiled.
Over the years, Cai Yong has gradually integrated into the Ma family, and his relationship with Ma Chao has also thawed significantly.
The relationship between the two has more often been a respectful relationship between father-in-law and son-in-law.
But this time, Ma Chao just smiled and then sighed with regret: "Master Taishan is too optimistic, this is just the beginning."
Afterwards, Ma Chao quickly held a group meeting and started to work hard.
Fortunately, after six years of development, the Ma family's new policy has been quite perfect.
Under Bu Zhao's diligent compilation, there is already a complete version of administrative rules within the Majia Government Group system.
At the same time, with the vigorous popularization and development of printing, Ma Chao's practical thoughts on governance were rapidly spreading throughout seven states, one Sichuan and four counties in this book carrier mode.
During this period, Ma Chao also devoted himself to political affairs.
Fortunately, cutting firewood does not waste time sharpening skills.
With the gathering of a large number of elite political talents and the supplement of officials at the middle and lower levels, and under the efficient and systematic operation of the Ma family's official system of three provinces and six ministries, the Ma family has not yet moved towards a unified model.
In Bingzhou, Jizhou, Youzhou and Jingzhou, the old pattern was quickly broken.
Some powerful nobles who refused to submit to the Ma family were annihilated by the shadows overnight.
During that time, the two warm and cold colors of the galloping cavalry and the joy of the people who received the land became the main theme in the four states.
At the same time, new technological industries unique to the Ma family such as crops, textiles, smelting, and handicraft trade also spread across the four states.
Those young men who were newly appointed as officials were even more ignited and devoted themselves to this illustrious battle with great enthusiasm and honor.
Soon, the arrogance of scholars and the atmosphere of discussing mystical scriptures in them were wiped away.
In the actual battles, some of them, who were once industrious, even began to go into battle shirtless and mix with the old farmers and porters.
But even so, this silent battle was not an easy one.
Food cannot grow from the ground in one day, and business negotiations cannot reach seven states in one go.
People need water to eat, clothing and housing, and they need tools for work.
Just the new curved shaft plow, columbine cart, drum cart, and irrigation water drainage system, if distributed to various places, require hundreds of workshops to work.
Within a few months, spending money was like running water.
I could only see money going out but not money coming in.
Moreover, when there were more people, they were afraid that something would happen, they were afraid of making trouble, they were afraid that the people below would not understand the hardships of the people, and they would enrich their own pockets and harm the people, and they were afraid that if something big happened, the treasury would be empty.
Countless people resisted, busy with the imperial examinations, and busy with development.
In three months, Ma Chao was very busy.
He was beaten on the back of the head with the heel of his feet, and he also took time out to conduct a large-scale brainwashing campaign to spread the law.
However, God was not good at it.
After the Spring Festival, Sizhou ushered in another heavy rain.
This rain lasted for seven days and seven nights, leveling the banks and causing trouble everywhere.
On the Weihe River embankment in the north of Chang'an City, the wind is howling, and the rain arrows are like locusts.
The always calm Weihe River is like a wild horse running away from the reins, running from west to east, with a decisive momentum of no hesitation, carrying the cold wind and spitting white foam, It washed against the embankment and made a loud rumbling sound.
In the center of the river, the water level has reached higher than the river embankment.
Beyond the embankment, you can see the sky of white waves.
Ma Chao immediately ordered all officials below the prefect to go to the embankment, and troops from all places were mobilized urgently to guard against death to ensure the safety of the embankment, the safety of Chang'an City, and the safety of the eight hundred miles of fertile land in Guanzhong.
Zhong Yao personally sat on the embankment of the Wei River for several days, encouraging the soldiers and civilians to fight, and finally fainted.
Ma Chao heard about this on the embankment and issued a death order to send him back home.
Then go visit him.
He had woken up, looking at the layers of rain curtains outside the window, but sighed slightly: "Lord, we are a little too eager for quick success and quick success."
Ma Chao understood what Zhong Yao meant, and the great cause of unification was ahead of him.
All his policies and instructions were directed towards rapid development, and a large number of water conservancy facilities were built, destroying the flood control functions of the dams on both sides.
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As a result, a heavy rain may wipe out many years of efforts of the Ma family.
"My lord, a century-old tree grows under its roots.
If the foundation is unstable, everything is false."
After saying this, Zhong Yao fell into a deep sleep.
Ma Chao sighed for a long time, and after ordering his servants to take good care of Zhong Yao, he returned to the embankment.
When they went to the embankment again, they saw Han Ying and Lu Qiling, dressed in casual clothes, among the soldiers.
They were covered with mud and water, and their true colors could not be seen at all.
"Why are you two here?"
Ma Chao stopped and asked.
"All the Guards are dispatched, and so is our Tigress Battalion."
Lu Qiling replied immediately without raising her head.
"Nonsense!"
Ma Chao scolded loudly: You are women.
Do you know the dangers on the dam?
You are not unaware of the dangers on the dam.
Hurry up and take Tihu Camp back home."
Han Ying was dissatisfied and rebuked loudly: "Don't look down on us women.
If it weren't for something important, Mistress Yan and other sisters would also come."
Ma Chao became even more angry when he heard this, but before he could speak again, Lu Qiling solemnly saluted Ma Chao: "Husband, we are Ma's wives and officers of the Tigress Battalion, so we should come to this dike to rule and educate us.
Madam Cai, we are not as good as Sister Yue and Shou in trade.
Sister, we don’t have the capabilities of Sister Cicada to spy on and spy on the world.
If my husband doesn’t allow us to fulfill our duties as wives and soldiers of the Ma family, please divorce us with a divorce letter.”
After saying these words, Lu Qiling took Han Ying and left, fighting the flood elsewhere.
Looking at their backs, Ma Chao couldn't help but choked up his voice and shouted: "Brother Chou, take a few people to protect them."
After seven days, the heavy rain finally stopped.
At that time, in addition to Ma Chao, there were also people standing on the embankment such as Jia Xu, Lu Bu, Cai Yong, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and other old men, as well as Zhao Yun, Xu Rong, Li Yan, Meng Da, Xun You, Li Ru, and other important generals and officials of the Ma family, looked at the torrential whitecaps gradually calming down and flowing down the river.
These big shots, who were usually serious about words, all burst out with knowing smiles of relief.
Fortunately, the floods did not cause large-scale flooding disasters except for destroying some barrel trucks and a small amount of fields.
The foundation of the Ma family has not been destroyed, and everything is still possible.
The good news is that during this natural disaster, there were no more rumors like the Sili earthquake.
During this period, many people actively participated in flood prevention and disaster relief, and their trust in the Ma family was already quite solid.
However, thinking of Zhong Yao's sickly worries and the muddy figures of Lu Qiling and Han Ying, even though he was as strong as Ma Chao, he couldn't help but feel a little sore in his nose.
Since then, Ma Chao has no longer been eager for quick success and began to invest a lot of manpower and material resources in infrastructure construction.
With Chang'an as the starting point, the entire Ma family subsequently moved into a development model that was orderly and beneficial to the future.
It was finally until the big winter wheat harvest in June, coupled with the large reserves of potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn and other grains, that Ma Chao took a breather.
In any case, the remaining time is a struggle to accumulate combat power and military resources.
Ma Chao was quite satisfied with this.
After all, he was already one step ahead compared to the Sun family, which was already showing signs of civil strife, and Liu Bei, who was fighting with the Nanman Meng Huo.
Unfortunately, Cao Cao's place in Yanzhou was even more prosperous than the Ma family, with farming, seeking talents, and reforms one after another.
At this moment, it has entered the second round of military expansion.
This situation made Ma Chao very puzzled.
It wasn't until Diao Chan came out with a piece of information that Ma Chao's face became very confused and strange.
He didn't know how to evaluate Cao Cao.
"This is how Cao Cao made his fortune."
Ma Chao stroked his forehead and said in disbelief: "Our business has direct access to the Western Regions, Jiaozhou, and Northern Xinjiang, but it is not as fast as Cao Cao's organization to make money from gold captains and dead people."
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"Husband, you don't know something.
Although the trend of lavish burials is popular among the royal family, it is really popular among princes, ministers and local officials.
In the early Western Han Dynasty, a mere 100 households in a district were buried with more than 3,000 items, including gold, silver and jewelry.
Accounting for one third, that is Thousands of them, and the land of Yan and Yu that Cao Cao occupied has always been a treasure land for talented people.
There are not only a thousand but also eight hundred tombs of princes and ministers around.
Although Cao Cao's move is a bit disgraceful, it is indeed a quick way.
The road to wealth.”
"Yes," Ma Chao nodded in agreement, and then specifically said: "Moreover, this guy Cao Cao only started this road to wealth after I made an agreement with him to send troops to drive away Sun Ce from Jiangdong and cancel the debts of the four counties of Youzhou.
If it is not cured in one day, it will be a serious problem.”
After saying this, Ma Chao's eyes flashed, his brows slightly furrowed, but his mouth seemed to be smiling.
When Diao Chan saw this, she couldn't help but smile: "Husband, don't you also want to make a fortune from dead people?"
"What, what's the matter, haha."
Ma Chao concealed a smile, and then replied awkwardly: "I feel sorry for those people.
Look, the person died and the money was not spent.
What are you trying to do?"
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