Three Kingdoms New Malaysia Super League

Chapter 231 Salt is a Good Thing!

Regarding the matter of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Education also drafted a draft, and after being reviewed by Yang Fu, it was reported to Ma Chao when the time was right.Of course, the construction of this Ministry of Officials is a bit huge, basically the same as the difficulty of implementing the New Deal.Therefore, Ma Chao did not expect to see the draft before leaving Fufeng.

The current matter is to first issue the appointments of the county sheriffs, and then move the things that promote the New Deal to the county sheriffs.As for what happened to these people after Ma Chao came back from Chang'an, everything is still unknown.

However, in the current situation of the Majia Group, they can only cross the river by feeling the stones.Summarize experience from success, sum up lessons from failure, improve the integration step by step, and finally establish a sound system to realize the powerful revival of the Ma family.

The discussion on this matter can end here.Next, there is the matter of Han Sui and Yan Pu's visit.

In fact, this kind of thing is well known to everyone, and there is nothing to discuss about it.It is nothing more than discussing the bottom line and demands of the horse family, and then using various means to defeat the other party in the negotiation field.

Regarding Han Sui, Ma Chao and all the bigwigs have very simple opinions: first, the Iron Qiang Alliance moved eastward to disintegrate Han Sui’s peripheral forces; second, to develop trade between Yongzhou and Liangzhou. Previously, the previously negotiated [-]-[-]% was changed to [-]-[-]%;
These are the most beautiful results in the imagination of Ma Chao and the big guys.But at the same time, they also knew that with Han Sui's wily and calculating virtue, he would definitely use Han Ying, weapons, BMW and other means to bargain with them again.

Dealing with a Han Sui, Ma Chao felt that his headache was enough, but the problem was that there was another Zhang Lu's emissary: ​​Yan Pu.

In fact, when Ma Chao learned of Yan Pu, the emissary sent by Zhang Lu, Ma Chao felt uncomfortable all over.Because this Yanpu, in history, was the one who married Ma Chao's wife!
Historically, after Ma Chao was defeated by Yang Fu, he defected to Zhang Lu.Seeing that Zhang Lu governed counties and counties with morality, he was depressed when he learned that Zhang Lu could not accomplish anything.

After the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei occupied the four counties in the south of Jingzhou. He was in the gap between Cao Cao and Sun Quan, and it was difficult to make a difference. He dreamed of extending his tentacles to Xichuan.However, that silly boy Liu Zhang invited Liu Bei to Xichuan to help him defend against Zhang Lu in the north of Shu County. Liu Bei was overjoyed and quickly led the troops to Xichuan. According to the previous agreement, Liu Bei was stationed at Jiameng Pass.After receiving Liu Zhang's money and food supplies, not only did he not attack Zhang Lu, but he spread his kindness at Jiameng Pass to buy people's hearts.

Facing such a serious situation where beating wolves fails but attracting tigers, Liu Zhang's subordinate Huang Quan persuaded Liu Zhang to seek help from Zhang Lu, because the change in the situation had turned them from enemies into allies.Huang Quan said: "The two rivers, the East and the West, depend on each other. If the West River is broken, the East River will not be protected. If you are willing to send troops to rescue, my lord promises to give you [-] states and counties as a reward."

Zhang Lu didn't want to agree, but Ma Chao was not a hero who had lived under others for a long time, so he took the initiative to ask Ying Ying to fight.However, Liu Bei already had Zhuge Liang in his hands at that time, and he used a little trick to separate Ma Chao, which made it impossible for Ma Chao to advance or retreat. After Liu Hui persuaded him, he returned to Liu Bei.However, Ma Chao's family members who were stranded in Hanzhong had a terrible fate: his son Ma Qiu was killed by Zhang Lu himself, and his wife Dong Shi was given to Yan Pu by Cao Cao after Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao.

Therefore, for Hanzhong Zhang Lu and this meritorious Cao Yanpu, Ma Chao has half a favor and owes nothing.Especially this Yan Pu who made Ma Chao wear a cuckold!
Before that, Ma Chao only wanted to keep the two families safe and sound, and never took the initiative to provoke Zhang Lu.In the end, Ma Chao didn't look for trouble, but Zhang Lu took the initiative to provoke Ma Chao.Now that I know how powerful the Ma family is, I took the initiative to apologize.

Sorry for the fart!

Ma Chao really understands: these important military and political affairs are not like children's play games, saying that after a fight and an apology, it will return to the past!
When the battle of Guangwei County started before, although no swords or guns were used, it was also doomed that the Ma family and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong would never have any intersections again.In terms of political games, the most important thing is the four-sided vertical and horizontal technique.And if the Ma family didn't even have the means and courage to deal with this, it would be ridiculous and generous.

What's more, Ma Chao has always been greedy for an important strategic material in Hanzhong: salt produced in Hanzhong!

In ancient times, it was not as convenient as it is in modern times. Whenever there was no salt in the cooking, I went to the supermarket to buy a bag, and when I came back, I found that the dish was not burnt, so I just added salt and fried it, and then served it...

During the Han Dynasty, both salt and iron were strategic materials, and they were both run by the government. That is to say, if you want to buy salt, you have to go to the government to buy it, and you can’t buy too much at a time, just like the planned economy.

Hanzhong is a large county that produces bittern salt, but in Ma Chao's impression, Zhang Lu, an unlucky boy, doesn't know what a legal society is, and manages counties and counties with religious methods, and there are no officials at all.Therefore, Hanzhong allowed Zhang Lu to do this, so the salt industry did not form, let alone scale.

If we take this opportunity to make the salt industry in Hanzhong bigger and stronger, implement monopoly operation, form an industrial chain, sell Liangzhou and beyond the Great Wall, and even further places.The benefits are absolutely terrifying!Ma's GDP will definitely not be as simple as just doubling!To use Taijun's words: the benefits are great!
Therefore, no matter how uncomfortable Ma Chao felt about Yan Pu's visit, he still had to be smart about his calculations: Last night, Ma Chao thought about the matter of brine and salt, and felt that it was really possible from the root cause. .

First, Zhang Lu belongs to the kind of idealists who only rely on people's subjective initiative and do not consider objective laws. This can be seen from the fact that he governs a county with religious ideas.This point shows that Zhang Lu is a representative of the metaphysical school, and a further inference is: he does not see the value of salt.

Second, what Zhang Lu accepted was the Taoist thought of doing nothing, and he didn't have that kind of awareness at all in terms of business and financial management.And Yan Pu accepted the orthodox Confucianism, and he still recognized the social position of 'scholar, farmer, businessman'.That is to say, even if Zhang Lu or Yan Pu saw the value of salt, they would think that going into business is a 'commercial business', which hinders the name...

Therefore, these two conditions determine that Zhang Lu and Yan Pu are unlikely to prevent themselves from getting involved in the salt industry in Hanzhong.But judging from the current situation, Zhang Lu is still here to make connections this time, and he shouldn't lose face because of this "small matter"...

Therefore, after this discussion, Ma Chao, in addition to agreeing with the strategy of "combining horizontal and vertical, and using it lightly" discussed by those big bosses, deliberately proposed the important strategic resource of bittern salt.After being nurtured by Ma Chao, the big brothers have already advanced a lot in thinking than those pedantic Confucian scholars, and they all said that they can try to get in touch with this matter.When necessary, commercial cooperation can also be realized.

Meng Da was particularly concerned about this, and even suggested to Ma Chao after the discussions among the bigwigs: "My lord, the Hanzhong Salt Industry must be in your hands. If this negotiation is acceptable, a certain recommended father Go to Hanzhong for a return visit..."

After hearing this, Ma Chao was shocked, and was moved by Meng Da's spirit of earning money for the Ma family: Meng Da, you are indeed the number one financial officer of the Ma family!To make money, he even dared to sell it to his father! !
(End of this chapter)