Chapter 124 Honors and Economic Warfare

Standing on the temporary wooden platform, the captive soldiers below this time were no longer trembling, but all had vaguely agitated expressions.

Without him, it's just because the young master is holding a merit ceremony today.

Looking at the dark crowd under the stage, Ma Chao, a decadent little technician from his previous life, did not panic at all.Unhurriedly, he took out a round pie-shaped medal plate—this was specially made by Ma Chao for the forge house, and the four thick Chinese characters "Ma Family Elite" were engraved on the front.

"Xiao Tian of Ma's army went deep into the enemy's territory alone in this campaign. He was clever and skillful. He tricked the candidates to attack and opened the three gates of the city with both inside and outside. Immediately assume the position of Chief of Guards. He will also be awarded a bronze 'Ma Family Elite' medal, and all officers of the same level should be saluted!" Ma Chao's voice sounded loudly, and finally said generously: "Xiao Tian, ​​come to the stage to confer Xun!"

As soon as Ma Chao finished speaking, Xiao Tian, ​​who was in a trance like in a dream, trembled excitedly, and walked onto the stage in a panic.Ma Chao stepped forward to support Xiao Tian's precarious figure, straightened his clothes for Xiao Tian, ​​and solemnly pinned the bronze medal of "Ma Family Elite" on Xiao Tian's chest.

Seeing the shy appearance of the mighty and alert man in front of the unbelievably handsome Ma Chao made the soldiers present feel a little funny, but then a feeling of disappointment arose from the bottom of their hearts: the young master personally awarded the honor , such glory, why doesn't it belong to me?

Xiao Tian endured it at a loss.Ma Chao pulled Xiao Tian and turned to face the audience, and solemnly saluted Xiao Tian.

But at this time, Xiao Tian, ​​who was more than capable of coping with the enemy army, panicked and trembled with excitement, but he didn't know what to do.Finally, under the signal of Ma Chao's eyes, he returned the military salute with great excitement.

After that, Ma Chao suddenly raised Xiao Tian's arm, and shouted: "Xiao Tian, ​​the elite of the Ma family!"

After a short period of silence, "Xiao Tian", "Ma Family Elite", "Young Master, Long Live!" and other shouts came one after another, and the deafening shouts from the audience rang together.

Afterwards, the other soldiers who had made military exploits came to the stage to receive their awards one by one, and they all looked so excited that they couldn't find Bei.

However, the people presenting the awards this time are not Ma Chao, but Pang De and Brother Chou.The medals awarded are all made of black iron.

After listening to Han Feng's explanation, the soldiers realized that not all the medals were made of bronze. According to the size of the military exploits, the young master specially formulated four metal medals of different grades: gold, silver, copper and iron.

Soldiers with medals show that the Ma family is grateful for the blood and achievements of the soldiers for the battle.Soldiers with medals are more honored among their peers and enjoy higher treatment!

As a result, the soldiers have a clear understanding of the military exploits, which further motivates the soldiers to strive for higher military exploits.

The strategists below who attended as guests couldn't help but admire Ma Chao in admiration when they saw that Ma Chao had collected the morale of tens of thousands of tigers and wolves under him with such a small trick.

In the days that followed, the weather was calm, except for something bad in Xinping County.

According to the information from the shadows, because the turmoil in Xinping County had just ended, it was facing a crisis from the Eastern Qiang soldiers. The war was imminent, and people were in panic.All of a sudden, the price of grain in the county soared, and a stone of corn sold for [-] yuan, and various daily necessities such as cloth, oil, and salt also rose accordingly.This caused great headaches for Ma Chao and others. They had to fight an economic battle on an invisible battlefield, and spared no effort to deal with the economic crisis caused by panic.

In fact, according to Ma Chao's investigation, the situation is not as bad as imagined. There are not a few rich and wealthy households in Xinping County. Most of them have enough food, and Ma Chao also holds the big granary in Fufeng County.Besides, the end of summer is here and the autumn harvest is just around the corner.In a short period of time, there is no worry about food shortage in Xinping County. The current crisis is just that people panic on their own, allowing those rich and wealthy households to hoard food and take advantage of the loopholes.

Although Ma Chao has not taken over Xinping County in name, he has acted very tough in this crisis, which can be described as iron and blood. In fact, Ma Chao and his subordinates are also quite angry about this: We people fight with our lives Death can be regarded as stabilizing the situation in Xinping County. You wait for these black-hearted bigwigs to want to hold back and make huge profits. They are simply impatient to live!
Ma Chao wondered, do these people think their heads are tougher than machetes?Since you don't want the common people to have a better life, then don't even think about it. After a while of discussion, Zhang Ji and Meng Da respectively recruited some wavering factions among the wealthy households, and immediately started martial law throughout the city.

Afterwards, a large number of Xiliang iron cavalry rushed into various wealthy families and arrested the whole family of these guys. After some intimidation and threats, the price of rice gradually stabilized under the efforts of everyone. At the same time, under the overall planning of Yang Fu, Fufeng , The food from Beidi was also transported into Xinping County in batches in a planned way, which stabilized people's hearts to a certain extent.As a result, the Ma family's momentum in Xinping County has risen to a higher level, and they are almost about to swear allegiance to the Ma family.

However, the imperial court still did not reply for a long time, and Ma Chao didn't know whether Dong Zhuo's resentment would be offended by his doing so.However, it was already done, so Ma Chao let it go.The big deal is to raise the banner of anti-Dong and unite with the Eastern Qiang tribe to fight back. It is expected that Dong Zhuo will not be able to bear it in a hurry.

After this incident, Ma Chao's thoughts were all on the economic development of Fufeng County.On the one hand, they ran around more frequently in the Ma's arsenal, and on the other hand, they rushed to the Ma's farm to see the growth of new crops.During this period, Cai Yong and Yun'er also accompanied him all the time, but their relationship improved a lot.

In addition, what Ma Chao cares most about is Han Sui's news. According to reliable information, Han Sui will come to Fufeng County in three days to hold talks with Ma's family.

Regarding this meeting, Ma Chao actually had a solid idea in his heart. It was nothing more than hello, me, hello, everyone, they knew each other well, and they would not reach out to make trouble in secret.By the way, there is also your daughter and Ai Jiang, you can also want to go back, but these two people have been eating and drinking here for nothing for so many days, you must have fun, right?

During the period, the old guy Hua Tuo approached Ma Chao once, saying that the establishment of the medical center was almost done, and the staff was basically in place, only the first batch of students was missing.

However, Ma Chao did not strongly support the students' admission promotion, but asked Hua Tuo to first establish a research institute to help him research a drug, a drug that can make animals feel emotional: as the Ma family army continues to grow, men who are skilled in horse bow There are more and more, and it is a waste of resources to be used as infantry.However, the birth rate of war horses in Ma's Ranch is too low.In desperation, Ma Chao had no choice but to make a bad move.

But even Ma Chao could not have imagined that his fame would be ruined on a small bottle of medicine in the end... So much so that the peace talks with Han Sui, the surrender of the two counties, and the future policies and strategies of the Ma family army, etc. events, have had some small impact.

(End of this chapter)

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