Chapter 6 The Speaker

Ma Teng already had no expectations for Ma Chao, but Ma Chao's first words made Ma Teng immediately excited!
"Father is brave and heroic, with tens of thousands of soldiers under his command. And when the big men are lost and the situation in Xiliang is chaotic, it is time for father to show his grand plans at this time of turmoil!"

What Ma Chao said was actually what Ma Teng was worried about before.But when Ma Chao said this, his surging self-confidence turned the challenge into an opportunity, which undoubtedly gave Ma Teng a shot in the arm.This kind of demeanor really made Ma Teng feel delighted!

"My son is right, but it is precisely because of this that I am worried about my father..." After the joy, Ma Teng suddenly fell into that kind of worry again.After all, Ma Teng was exhausted physically and mentally from the troubles of thinking for many days.

And Ma Chao naturally understood the reason for Ma Teng's reaction: Ma Teng originated in Liangzhou, and Liangzhou is located on the border between Han and Qiang, and the folk customs are fierce and fearless.Especially the Liangzhou cavalry is famous for its great bravery.It has long been recorded in history that Longyou Jingqi rides across the world, and it is known in history as "Liangzhou's big horses run rampant in the world".When Qin Shihuang got it, he wiped out the six kingdoms, and when Tang Taizong got it, he looked down on the world.However, with such a powerful army and such a precious land, there has never been a talented overlord who can conquer the world!
why?The end of militarism cannot be trusted.

Ma Teng's troops in Xiliang are numerous, which is both an advantage and a disadvantage.In particular, his starting point was in Liangzhou, which exacerbated the situation that Ma Teng could only stick to it, but could not swallow the world.The reason for this was after Ma Chao crossed over, after deep thinking, combined with the inferences of those beasts and bricks in his previous life.Finally, there are three reasons for this result:

Economic reasons.In the political history class of junior high school, a fact was clarified long ago.That is, everything must be based on productivity, that is, economics.What does the war expansion need?Isn't it burning money or what?However, the land in Xiliang was barren in ancient times, and its economic strength was far inferior to that of the Guannei Central Plains.Once there is no money, it will be impossible to attract a large amount of labor and maintain a huge source of soldiers. If there are no people and soldiers, then what is the point?As a result, they will fall into a vicious cycle of getting poorer and poorer, and poorer and more beaten.

The rear is unstable.Xiliang is located in the frontier, and ethnic minorities such as Qiang and Hu are nomadic in it.The contradictions between the Han Dynasty and the ethnic minorities have been grievances for a long time, and from time to time, ethnic minorities will come to fight the autumn wind.And these wolves on the grassland have a vicious vision, and they don't know what sustainable development is. Once they find that the frontier defense force in the Han Dynasty is weak, they will bite them hard, making the frontier's strength unable to slow down for several years. Come on.

There is a lack of internal affairs talents and masterminds.In ancient times, those high-ranking people who had read books were mostly elites.In the Liangzhou area, firstly, the folk customs are aggressive and there is no atmosphere of reading at all; secondly, because of poverty, few people have read books.This has led to a serious shortage of talents in Liangzhou, and history has long proved that what is the most lacking in the world?
That's talent!

Without a mastermind, it is impossible to give the Liangzhou warlords guiding principles and strategic plans; without internal affairs talents, it is impossible to consolidate and develop the territory.

Ma Teng may have been vaguely aware of these three points, but they are by no means as brilliant as Ma Chao's conclusions.So, after Ma Chao said these three points slowly, Ma Teng suddenly felt like he was seeing the sun behind the clouds.And the way he looked at Ma Chao seemed to see a ghost!
"Chao'er! When did you have such a realization? It really impressed my father!" Ma Teng didn't shoot the case this time, he jumped up and hugged his eldest son, as if he was hungry and thirsty. It was as if a pervert for many years caught a peerless beauty in one fell swoop.

"Dad, Dad...respect, respect...hey, hey, calm down, calm down, understand!!" Ma Chao struggled hard, but he was afraid of hurting the emotional Ma Teng, so he could only exhale with difficulty to remind him.

"Okay, okay, okay, great..." Ma Teng, who had finally recovered from his nerves, still couldn't help himself. After saying "yes" three times in a row, he could only say one more "that's great".

After Ma Chao struggled, he saw that this dun-like father lost his composure today.Immediately understood the pressure on Ma Teng's shoulders. After pondering for a moment, he immediately put on a confident look, and continued to Ma Teng:

"Father, I still want to ask my son, how can the Ma family get a fortune in this troubled world?"

"Exactly, Chao'er quickly tell me!"

Ma Chao was not in a hurry, but strolled into the camp.Pulled out a piece of cloth more than a foot long from his chest, spread it on the ground before saying: "Father, please look!"

Ma Teng glanced suspiciously at the crooked brush lines on the picture, and the ugly characters on the lines, and after thinking for a moment, he looked shocked and said: "Could it be..."

"That's right! This is exactly the topographic map drawn by my son after chatting with local residents and military sentries for half a month." After Ma Chao finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and put his index finger on the place of "Chencang" and said: "We will immediately My family is at this place right now, but Chencang is a battleground from outside the pass to inside the pass, and the princes of Xiliang and all the heroes in the pass will be eyeing this. Moreover, Qiang Hu will be the first to attack Chencang when they go south to plunder."

"This place is not a place to stay for a long time, let alone a place to occupy and rise!" Ma Chao said with the last word, vowing.

"However, according to Chao'er's opinion, how should the Ma family deal with themselves?" After Ma Teng's vision and thinking were overturned, he immediately found that what Ma Chao said was quite sophisticated and reasonable, so he asked Ma Chao for advice unnaturally.

"Here!" Ma Chao swipe his hand, pointing to Fufeng County: "Fufeng is the land of the three assistants, and it is also the hometown of the Ma family. Father's prestige is high, and it is time to return to Fufeng."

"Huh? Why does my son insist on going back to Fufeng?" Ma Teng also thought about going back to Fufeng County, but he hadn't connected it with the struggle for hegemony at all, so he asked this question.

"There are three reasons: first, as the boy said before, wouldn't it be beautiful for the father to return home in fine clothes? Second, after the Shichangshi Rebellion, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, and most of the troops from the Sanfu were transferred to Luoyang. The defense was weak. While we are plotting; thirdly, Fufeng is an important place in the capital after all, once Fufeng is occupied, we will have more say."

"The right to speak?" Ma Teng is just an out-and-out Eastern Han warlord, he really doesn't know what the right to speak is...

"That's right, the imperial court and Dong Zhuo will never allow Fufeng of the Sanfu Land to fall into the hands of thieves. Uh...it's our hands." Once this eloquent skill is launched, it will naturally be a bit indifferent, Ma Chao Quickly adjusted his thinking and continued: "But Fufeng has become a fact in our hands. Father thought, what will the court or Dong Zhuo do?"

"Send troops to ask for it?" Ma Teng had already begun to not recognize his son: why was he acting like a fool in front of him?
Sure enough, Ma Chao sent a helpless look and said: "Father, after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, he fished in troubled waters and preempted strikes, and he has become the court's speaker. However, as a frontier warrior, he vainly tried to control the entire Han Dynasty, how could he easily?" As expected? If what the boy predicts is right, Dong Zhuo will also suffer a lot, and at this time we occupy Fufeng, it may not be bad news for Dong Zhuo."

"Chao'er, you mean..." Ma Teng wasn't completely an idiot, Ma Chao said it so clearly, how could he not guess it?
"That's right, Dong Zhuo will definitely befriend us. And as long as we find a step, we will immediately turn from thieves to an orthodox imperial army!"

The big brother of the black society wants to be whitewashed, isn't it usually like this? ——A time-traveling man who has watched too many gangster movies.

(End of this chapter)

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