Chapter 601 Glass for Grain?
The reconstruction work in Chang'an has been stalled due to the disaster relief next year.However, this does not mean that Chang'an has calmed down.On the contrary, among the rivers and rivers everywhere, after receiving the Ma family's silver salary, countless people, along with the old craftsmen of the Ma family's arsenal, are in full swing to install water-taking equipment such as bobbins and dump trucks.

Among them, Comrade Zhou Maitian worked the hardest.I saw that he was either measuring the water level, or selecting points for experimentation. Naturally, he was so angry that he used his grappling hand from time to time to throw a few clumsy guys twice...

However, none of these concerns Weiyang Palace.Especially when the Li family of Jinyang and the Guan family of the Western Regions arrived in Chang'an and saw the imperial palace that symbolized the centuries-old majesty of the great Han Dynasty, Ma Chao felt that even if he had no intention of doing so, he would embarrass the Han family. Instead of building a palace and setting up palaces like Boss Cao, he intensified his efforts and demolished Weiyang Palace! !
Ma Chao's idea is that there will be an earthquake next year anyway.The current situation in Weiyang Palace is also in a semi-disabled state.Therefore, Ma Chao simply did nothing but demolish Weiyang Palace to build a large number of thatched houses and semi-bunker shacks, so that when the earthquake came, the victims would have a temporary place to stay.

And you can imagine what a great infrastructure project the housing plan for millions of people in Sili is. How much wood, bricks, and tiles are needed?At this time, every blade of grass on Sili's ground is an extremely precious resource.Ma Chao had no choice but to bring his idea to Weiyang Palace.

At the end of the third year of Chuping, it was less than ten months before the Spring Festival.The Great Han Hushi General, Yongding Hou Ma Chao, and His Excellency Ma Mengqi quietly ordered, standing on the land of Shenzhou for hundreds of years. The sacred totem of the Han people and the eternal pride of Chinese descendants, standing in the center of Chang'an City, Weiyang City has completely broken ground The construction started, and the [-] Ma family troops all participated in this historic destruction work. Except for the Deyang Hall, Shangshutai, and city wall defenses, the other palaces were demolished within a few days, and countless bricks, stones and tiles were poured out They were continuously transported out to the construction team of victims outside the city. Under Zhong Yao's organization, they established an outpost settlement along the Ma's barracks.

The reason why it was built next to the military camp was to ensure that the stability of the Sili area was the top priority when the disaster came!

Of course, Ma Chao was not stupid enough to do this kind of thing that was poked in the back by the world.During the few days when the Weiyang Palace was demolished, the Ma family army strictly followed the requirements of the General Hussars, started construction at night and night, and worked day and night.Moreover, Ma Chao also planned to use the researched high-tech materials such as cement bricks to repair the Weiyang Palace after the Ma family successfully overcome this difficulty, so as to prevent it from becoming like it is now, with gold and jade outside and ruins...

And the most unfortunate thing is that at this moment, Ma Chao welcomes the Guan family who came all the way from the Western Regions, and the Li family who also came from a long distance, but they are both Han people...

When the two patriarchs were introduced to Ma Chaoshi, they were greatly astonished at the desolation and emptiness along the way to Weiyang Palace, and they were deeply amazed at Ma Chao's generous handwriting...

"Spring is coming...it looks closer to nature..."

Li Zihao and Guan Shanxue clearly remembered that when they met Ma Chao for the first time, Ma Chao explained it to them in this way.It's ridiculous that at that time, the two of them were awed by Ma Chao's majesty, but they didn't see through Ma Chao's destructive nature...

All in all, the first meeting of the three parties was relatively harmonious and satisfactory.After all, the two families are chasing after the Ma family, a military predator, and the Ma family is begging for food and fodder from the two families.What's more, among them, there are two outstanding beautiful negotiators, Liu Yue and Fushou, who act as explanations and thread the needle.

As a result, the three families reached an agreement on the purchase of a large amount of grain and fodder under the pretense of the Ma family's excuse to crack down on wealthy households in Chang'an driving up grain prices.However, when the discussion came to the payment link, Ma Chao smiled secretly, and said: "Gold in troubled times, ancient in prosperous times... Treasures, both of you are from everyone, so naturally you know the principle of preserving value, and the money of the Ma family is really real now. There are some shortages, but there are some items that the two of you may or may be interested in..."

When he said these words, Ma Chao wished he could slap himself: What antiques?In this era, even if you take your used chamber pot back to your previous life, it can probably be sold for several million!In this era, how can there be such a thing as an antique?

However, fortunately, the two of them are indeed people who have seen the world. Seeing Ma Chao beating around the bush like this, they didn't just walk away.Instead, after looking at each other, they agreed to see each other before talking.But when Ma Chao got up, he smiled secretly: It's okay to have a look, but if you really want those things and really keep them, don't blame me, Ma Chao, for being a big profiteer! !

After talking, the group of people came to Liu Xie's bedroom. The reason why they chose this place was to make them think that the objects hidden in His Majesty's bedroom must be of the highest quality.Even so, Ma Chao was still not satisfied, and asked the craftsmen of the arsenal to build a small dark room hastily behind Liu Xie's dark room.

After entering the darkroom, Ma Chao lit the oil lamps in the darkroom, and as the oil lamps were lit one by one, the eyes of Guan Shanxue, Li Zihao, and Yu Pan also changed from a sealed state to a circle rounder than Zhang Fei's. Eye.

"Heaven! Could it be that someone came to the fairy cave mansion?!" Li Zihao was the first to make a sound. He looked at the room full of glittering and translucent glass ornaments, and he went completely crazy. Good: The eagle standing on the rock ready to spread its wings, the horse with all four hooves flying in the air, hey, these two fat and lovely pigs are also good.

Guan Shanxue was taking a breath, and Yu Pan crouched on the ground with her head in her arms in worry: "The room is full, and every item is a rare treasure when taken out. How can this be possible?"

"How much food and fodder do you need to exchange for an immortal collection?!" Finally, Yu Pan carefully put a howling wolf glass ornament of Xiaoyue back to its original place, and murmured: "If such a holy object, if If it is passed on to Xianbei, Karasuma or the Huns, at least it will end in bloodshed!"

Ma Chao was taken aback when he heard the words, and suddenly thought: The Huns worship the heaven, earth, sun and moon, offer sacrifices to their ancestors, and fear ghosts and gods.Before marching and fighting, one must first divination of good and bad luck, and do witchcraft to drive away evil spirits and avoid harm, and harm the enemy.However, among the many beliefs of the Huns, they have always regarded the wolf as the totem of the clan, and believed that every Hun is a descendant of the wolf.Its belief far exceeds the worship of the dragon by the Han people.

The Xianbei and Karasuma tribes were split from the Xiongnu.The firm belief in the wolf totem is no less than that of the Huns.Therefore, can I grasp this point and give Yu Fuluo a little sweetness?
However, the most important thing is to fool the two Patriarchs.As a result, Ma Chao casually picked up a fist-sized transparent glass ball and asked Xiang Yu Pan, "Shopkeeper Yu, how much do you think is a good price for this thing?"

"It's a priceless treasure! Don't dare to estimate it, it's immeasurable!" Yu Pan was obviously frightened by the flawless, transparent and crystal clear glass beads, and continued to murmur, "I don't know where the general got such a treasure. Is the general really planning to exchange this priceless treasure for some cheap and large amount of food and fodder?"

"The two families are also big business families. Didn't you hear that when Chao Chao entered the pilgrimage to see His Majesty, he presented a sculpture of the Nine Dragons?" Ma Chao smiled strangely, and then pointed his fingers together: "These immortals are the ones that Chao came from deep in the desert that time. In exchange for the lives of thousands of soldiers!!..."

And as soon as these words came out, the three of them looked at the glass in the room, and in addition to the previous shock, their eyes became a little more reverent and fanatical: This is a sacred object bought with the blood of thousands of soldiers! ! !

(End of this chapter)

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