Three Kingdoms New Malaysia Super League

Chapter 186
"The elder brother is different from the subordinates. Although they share the love of literature, history and classics, the elder brother likes Confucianism, and advocates loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. This subordinate prefers Huang Lao's rule of inaction... Although the same mother, the elder brother and the subordinate have had a gap since childhood. Xi Er said. Therefore, I deduce that elder brother will not abandon the dark to the bright, and secondly, he will not be swayed by my persuasion." Wei Dan clasped his hands and said, his eyes were full of indifference.

But in fact, Ma Chao clearly found that Wei Dan was watching him intentionally.After Ma Chao rolled his eyes for a moment, he opened his mouth and said: "The super self-propelled army invaded Yongzhou, and it has long been suspected of usurping. Brother respects the emperor, loves the country, and treats the people generously. Naturally, I can't send troops to attack the city, so I came to ask for advice. I got a word from Mr. Afterwards, it seems that Tianshui County still needs a long-term plan."

"The young master is generous and merciful. Pursuing the righteous way to put down the rebellion in Yongzhou is the great move of the way of heaven. However, the elder brother is stubborn and unreliable. It is really sad and deplorable." After hearing Ma Chao's apology, Wei Dan also relaxed his mind a little. , a compliment to Ma Chao.

"Sir, you are joking. In troubled times, the fittest survive. What I did this time is just to protect myself." Ma Chao said again apologetically, without the arrogance of a winner at all.

"Chao is in Fufeng. It's been a long time since Mr. Wei Dan is good at all books. He is especially good at inscriptions, and he is especially proficient in ink-making techniques?" After the formalities were over, Ma Chao finally brought up this topic.

"The young master is interested in making ink?" Wei Dan was a little puzzled. You know, Wei Dan is a famous calligrapher in the Three Kingdoms. " and "Baoguo" (Lu You's "November [-]th Wind and Rain" was shamefully changed by Ma Chao to his own name, which is really suspected of being a masterpiece.) The genius of these two famous poems came up and asked himself whether he Proficient in ink making?
"Making ink is a major event in the book industry. If you get good ink and match it with Fufeng paper, wouldn't it be the luck of the world's scholars?"

"The young master has the world's scholars in his heart, and his subordinates are ashamed!" When Wei Dan heard Ma Chao's explanation, he was really shocked by Ma Chao's great feelings.No more worries about surrender.Even, he felt a faint resentment towards himself: Ma Chao, known as the unicorn of the Ma family, had a good reputation in Yongliang and Liangzhou, how could he be a ruthless jackal?I feel extremely ashamed that I used the villain to measure the belly of a gentleman!

"My subordinates have some experience in making ink, but this is not a one-day job. If you want to make good ink, you need to study it carefully..." After a pause, Wei Dan hurriedly I shared my ink-making experience with Ma Chao: "A certain fine fine mellow smoke is smashed, and sifted in the tank with fine silk to remove the grass and dust. Careless. For one catty of ink, soak five liang of good glue in the bark juice of cedar. Cen, also known as the veneer of fan chicken in the south of the Yangtze River, its skin is green in water, degummed, and the color of ink is improved. You can put five chickens in white to remove yellow, and more Take one tael of real stone cinnabar, one tael of musk, and finely sieve them together, and put them in an iron mortar. It is better to pound hard than to burn. Pound [-] pestles, and the more pestles the better. The ink should not pass through February and September, and it will be defeated when it is warm. It smells bad, but it’s hard to dry when it’s cold. Tong Rong sees the wind and the sun shatter, and it can’t weigh more than two or three taels. Mo’s big trick is like this, Ning Xiao is not big..."

Ma Chao was at a loss when he heard that, except that he heard that the ink-making process involves removing impurities, ingredients, pounding, mixing ink, etc., and the rest, he knew nothing about the raw materials and craftsmanship.Anyway, in the end he knew that making ink was an extremely difficult craft, and it would take a lot of time if he wanted to mass-produce it on an assembly line.

"Since that's the case, I'll make you a master ink maker, and I'll transfer you to Ma's Armory to refine the ink-making process. Would you like it, sir?" Ma Chao thought to himself that he was the leader, so he didn't want to care about these details.

"Ma's arsenal? Master ink maker?" At this moment, Wei Dan was at a loss: Why didn't he understand any of the terms in the young master's mouth?
"The Ma family's arsenal is the place where the Ma family's development department...invented new techniques. You will know when you arrive. And the master ink maker is a self-appointed official position of the Ma family, belonging to... the sixth-rank official rank."

Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan, two master iron craftsmen and craftsmen respectively, were only seventh-rank officials under the rule of the Ma family.However, Wei Dan himself is a seventh-rank sheriff, if he seized his Guangwei county, transferred him to his Ma's arsenal and became a seventh-rank official, how could he feel at ease?As a result, Ma Chao deliberately raised Wei Dan's treatment in the Ma's Armory.

Ma Chao's small calculation is that Han Feng is in charge of everything in the Ma's Armory anyway, and Wei Dan will be given an inflated position, just with a little more salary.But once Wei Dan's ink-making process takes shape, one more item will be added to the top products of the Ma family.And although this ink is not a profiteering product, it can make the Ma family famous if it can't stand it!The soft power gained in the meantime is not comparable to those real money.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, there was a preliminary admiration for literati calligraphy and painting.Its excellent pen, ink, paper and inkstone, the four treasures of the study, are even more sought after by those scholars.After the birth of Fufeng Paper, Ma Chao's reputation rose to fame among scholars. If there is another kind of good ink that's like a stone for a hundred years, and a little bit like lacquer, how can Ma Chao not become a wind-like ink among scholars? figure?

How could Wei Dan, an upright and peaceful person, know the small things in Ma Chao's heart?Hearing that Ma Chao not only promoted his official position, but also fully supported his beloved career, he was overjoyed, and immediately bowed down: "My subordinates must have worked hard to create excellent ink for the young master!"

"Sir, you are joking. It is your merit to seek blessings for the world's scholars. How dare Chao Chao specialize in his beauty?" Ma Chao said modestly, but he thought in his heart: fame and wealth, I want both!Wei Dan, you just sign this contract of selling yourself safely, and turn into a golden rooster and lay golden eggs for your brother!

Wei Dan boasted about Ma Chao again and again, and finally packed his luggage happily, and was escorted by two hundred Ma's troops to Fufeng.

After finishing Wei Dan, Ma Chao turned to look at Pound and said: "Ling Ming took down Guangwei County without bloodshed this time, and he didn't make life miserable, but he also got Wei Dan's gold...Respectful and virtuous, it is really enlightenment." You have penetrated the essence of the art of war. You can be the first in this battle!"

"The young master is absurd, this plan was made by Xiaozhi, and he just waited for a few hours, how dare he take credit for it?" Pang De replied solemnly, with a whole body of righteousness.

"Don't be arrogant in victory, don't be discouraged in defeat. Don't be greedy for merit, don't take advantage of profits, you are a good general." Ma Chao praised, but he was very pleased: this historical brave general, under his own influence, finally began to become a general. !

"This time there are two counties of Tianshui and Longxi that have yet to be conquered. This merit has already been recorded. After capturing the two counties again, we will reward them together!" Ma Chao said, looking at Pang De, Fazheng and Ma Dai.

"Thank you, Young Master!" The three of them clasped their fists together and saluted, while Ma Dai blinked at Fazheng: You are really right, we really are the first one!
"I don't know what good strategy you guys have for the battle of Tianshui?" Although Ma Chao said to the crowd, his gaze was on Jia Xu and Fazheng.

"The young master has a plan in mind, why bother to play with each other again?" Fazheng jumped out, rolled his eyes and said, "Why don't the three of us write down the plan of breaking the sky and water in our hands, and see if it is what the hero sees?" Slightly the same?"

Both Ma Chao and Jia Xu's eyes lit up, and they also found it interesting. After ordering the guards to bring pens, they both wrote two words in their hands.After unfolding it, all three of them showed sinister smiles, which made all the soldiers of the Ma family army chill...

All three of them had the same word in their hands: Yishan!
(End of this chapter)