I rode and slashed unparalleled in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 169 Trade Route
Inside and outside Huanglu Fort, the lights are brightly lit.

After the great victory came the great celebration. The defenders here and the reinforcements brought by Su Yao filled banquets inside and outside the city to celebrate this epic victory.

The focus of their discussion was naturally Su Yao, whose heroic appearance was deeply imprinted in each of their hearts.

"Have you heard? Have you heard?"

"Those barbarians all call Governor Su the General of Heaven!"

"General Tian?"

"The gods who descended from the sky are protected by the gods, so they can win every battle. They are not the same thing as ordinary people like us."

"Really? I've long noticed that Governor Su doesn't look like a mortal anymore. It turns out he's a god descending to earth!"

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Su Yao didn't pay attention to the discussion at all.

Ma Jia, a native of Youfufeng, Sili County, claimed that his ancestor was Ma Yuan, the general of Fubo of the Han Dynasty.

If the identity of the messenger cannot be determined, then there is a question mark as to how credible the information he reported is.

And
"I am a horse dealer in Fufeng. I have been ordered by the young commander Tuchuan of Baibo Army in the east of Hedong. I have been here for a long time as the governor. I have something important to report."

These rebels united with the Wuhuan people and massacred and looted the border areas. The horses that Ma Jia had worked so hard to save were robbed, and the business was burned. Several years of accumulation were lost in one day, and he ended up with only his own life.

But when Su Yao saw him, he unexpectedly discovered that this person was not a visitor from the government, but a businessman.

"Etc., etc."

However, the good times did not last long. As the rebellion in Liangzhou intensified, the Xiliang rebels repeatedly attacked Sanfu. As a merchant home that relied heavily on peaceful trade, the Ma family suffered heavy losses.

Under the light of the torch, Su Yao stretched out his hand to shout stop. He was a little confused about the NPC's situation:

"The villain Ma Jia has met Governor Su!"

Ma Jia himself has been learning horses since he was a child, and is well versed in the art of looking at horses and raising them.

What the hell is this? A hodgepodge?
Na Ma Jia was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then whispered with an embarrassed look on his face:
"If you're a villain, it's a long story."

Speaking of this, the middle-aged man couldn't help but shed tears in his eyes.

"Are you a Fufeng horse dealer? Under the orders of the commander of the Baibo Army in Hedong, you became a messenger from Jinyang?"

"It's okay, I have time."

However, I don’t know whether he pretended to be his ancestor or something else. In short, in his generation, there is obviously no great blessing. His family just took advantage of Fufeng County’s favorable position at the border with Xiliang. The family has been selling horses for generations. Business, quite wealthy.

So Su Yao sat upright, took a bite of the roasted leg of lamb, and listened to the businessman's story.

Because the person in front of him at this moment made him feel a little confused.

Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju's rebellion suddenly broke out in Youzhou.

It's too awful.

Therefore, Ma Jia, who was quick-thinking, left the land of Sanfu's foundation and went to Youzhou in the north to engage in his own business. He made some small money and was waiting to develop and expand.

This man dressed in Hufu is the messenger from Jinyang.

It is really difficult for ordinary people like him who do not have a formal family background to survive and develop in troubled times.

"So you came to Bingzhou again?"

"The governor is wise."

It's very simple. There are only a few places in Dahan Horse Market, Liangzhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou. These three places either have horse farms operated by the imperial court or are border areas close to the grassland.

If Ma Jia does not want to settle for mediocrity and relies on craftsmanship to make a living, Bingzhou is the only place left for Ma Jia to make a living.

But, he didn't need to tell Bingzhou's story, Su Yao also understood it.

It was the Huns' rebellion at the beginning of this year that completely cut off Ma Jia's last hope.

"If this horse dealer fails, I'll just think about walking around with salt."

"Wait, is it okay to sell salt?"

If Su Yao remembered correctly, the salt and iron franchise should have been established by this time.

Selling salt privately, I didn't realize that he was still a smuggler.

"Young man, there really is nothing you can do about it."

Ma Jia looked bitter

"I guess there is no end to the road. The villain's friend in Hedong happened to be a local official at that time. Hedong is also the center of the salt industry, so he called the villain over and wanted to do some private work through the road. money"

"Then the Baibo Army came again?" Su Yao was speechless.

".Dudu Shengming."

Good guy, you are too disappointed. Wherever you go, you collapse?
"Fortunately, the group of Baibo thieves are in urgent need of horses and people who know how to use horses. The villain has this skill at his side and has not encountered too many misfortunes." So, after finally going around in circles, the frustrated horse dealer was lurked in the Baibo Army. Xu Huang and Tu Chuan were discovered and recruited into the downline.

This time, he was sent out to take advantage of the Baibo Army's dispatch of troops to Taiyuan in an attempt to establish a horse market with various Xiutu tribes.

He first quietly took Xu Huang's family out and ran to Jinyang to report the news.

Then he got some advice from Hong'er and others who had just entered the city, and informed Su Yao of his return route. He took the customs clearance warrant and came to Huanglu Fort in advance to wait.

"I see"

After Su Yao checked Ma Jia's identity documents and found that there were no problems, he had an idea and thought of the use of this person.

"Then you don't have to go back in the future. It just so happens that I have opened up the access to the grassland and can open a business. You will be responsible for a caravan here from now on and establish the horse trade with the Huns."

"what?"

Ma Jia was confused and had no idea how Governor Su jumped to this point.

But even though he couldn't understand it, he was still pleasantly surprised by the gold ingot that seemed to fall from the sky.

He had witnessed with his own eyes how powerful the young general in front of him was.

From a village to a governor in a short period of time, and now that the Huns' rebellion has been put down, it is time to return to the capital to receive rewards.

It can be said that the future is bright and boundless!

If we could get in touch with him and join him, it would be something that many wealthy gentry and businessmen could only dream of.

Unexpectedly, he just came to deliver a letter, but he could be entrusted with the important task of running a business?

And it’s still his old profession!
Moreover, with the name of this governor and the foundation laid by this governor, Ma Jia could even guess how smooth this journey would be.

Even worse, they will still be doing a separate business.

Let me ask, which firm can compete with their governor who supported Shan Yu?

Oh my god, what kind of happiness is knocking on the door? Is Ma Jia finally about to change my fortune?

What Ma Jia thought was indeed correct, and he even thought a little simpler.

After all, he didn't know that Su Yao had married a Hun princess at this time, and he didn't know that Shan Yu later supported her so much that he not only completely exempted them from commercial taxes, but even sent some bodyguards to escort their caravan.

But even so, Ma Jiadu was so excited that her eyes filled with tears.

If it weren't for the cold eyes of the young governor across from him, he would have wanted to kneel down, hug the savior's thighs and howl.

Indeed, Su Yao himself has no savior consciousness, and his behavior is very simple. How could he fail in this kind of money-making thing?
This is not because Su Yao is greedy for money by nature, but because of poverty.

Poverty, yes.

Su Yao is not rich.

Su Yao is no longer alone in the past. Not only does he have a newly married wife and a bunch of maids and servants in his home to support, but he also has more and more partners and private soldiers who rely on him for personal pay.

Although he had gained a lot from the wars along the way, most of the spoils were either turned over to the court, distributed by him to his subordinates to improve morale, or directly spent on military expenditures to support his increasingly larger army.

This is also the reason why he immediately dismissed the gold-swallowing beasts and drove them back as soon as the war ended.

After all, Su Yao's own private wealth has never been much.

His biggest income during this trip to the Huns was the fixed income from the fiefdom granted by the Chanyu and the generous dowry from the princess.

At the end of the war and the loss of captured supplies, the balance of income and expenditure has been completely broken.

Therefore, how to make money for himself has become Su Yao's most urgent matter.

The opening of shops and caravans is the most profitable project in the True Three Worlds, except for the income from the territory in the middle and late stages.

Even in the later stages of the game, if managed properly, the income from the caravan can be as good as the territory's tax revenue.

But the key point is to run it properly.

The income from the caravan is quite unstable.

It is not only affected by many aspects such as the value of the goods and the skills of the caravan leader, but more importantly, the prosperity of the place and the safety of the roads.

After all, the investment in opening a business is not small. Once the caravan is robbed, all the money will be lost.

So safety always comes first.

This is why Su Yao only started to consider caravans after he completely cleared the Huns map.

The horse trade between Han Dynasty and the grassland was extremely profitable. He had long wanted to get involved in this matter, but he had been suffering from the lack of suitable manpower to take on the task.

Now that a skilled businessman suddenly comes to his door, why would he not use it?

So after accepting this businessman's subordinate and finalizing the decision to set up a business when he returned to Jinyang, Su Yao finally remembered that this guy also had the identity of a messenger:
"So, what exactly are you here to avenge?"

(End of this chapter)