Chapter 675
"How?" Ma Chao asked this with a sad expression. He really didn't know how he walked through the Chang'an official road.

After Yingchuan Academy, Ma Chao can be said to have returned with a full load. Not only did he achieve the expected goal, but he also won Chen Qun, the future Master Sikong of the Wei State.What's even more gratifying is that both the Xun family and the Chen family seem to value the Ma family, especially Chen Ji, who also introduced several of his disciples who had achieved success in their studies to Ma Chao.

With Chen Ji's first statement, the six dragons of the Xun family also recommended their favorite students to Ma Chao.And Ma Chao was so happy from ear to ear, he accepted everything.He also drafted a letter of intent to cooperate with Yingchuan College in cultivating talents, specifying that after the Ma family's imperial examinations in the future, if those students who failed the exams wanted to pursue further studies.Then the Ma family can afford the tuition and come to Yingchuan Academy for further study.Until the title of the gold list, it will be charged to the Ma family government agency.

With this proposal, those old foxes immediately saw how great it would be for Yingchuan Academy!When Gong sent Ma Chao away, the six dragons of the Xun family and the two elders of the Chen family sent him directly for thirty miles, and they were still pissed when they returned.

But after leaving Yingchuan this time, Ma Chao never returned to Wancheng.Instead, along the line of Yiyang, Yongning, and Mianchi, it enters Sili in the north.After passing Caoyang, Hongnong and Tongguan, it goes straight to Chang'an.While passing through Hongnong County, Ma Chao also paid homage to the governor of Linghu County who set fire to the fire and died with the locusts when the locust plague came.

Along the way, Ma Chao once again experienced the ruthlessness of natural disasters.In Ma Chao's imagination, the end of the world is just a tragic scene of barren fields covered with thorns and weeds, abandoned mulberry forests covered with residual leaves and wild cocoons, and burned cities and farmhouses emitting thick smoke.But the reality hit Ma Chao's fantasy directly, and he found that his thinking was too good.

After the natural disaster of drought locusts, Sili was dead and silent, and the people who stayed here were in dire straits, precarious and starving for thousands of miles.Ten rooms and nine empty rooms?There is still one room left!But when Ma Chao looked around, there was almost no human habitation; wild grass?After the locust drought, where is there still a trace of green?Except for the dry and cracked land and the barren ground, Ma Chao's eyes were covered with gray and yellow.

Occasionally there is such a hint of chicken crowing and dog barking, which is all weak.It seems that the only function they have left is to cry out to the heavens for their helplessness...

Along the way, Ma Chao, Ma Chao's personal guards and those students all looked gloomy.Ma Chao, in particular, was heartbroken.

After entering Chang'an, Ma Chao saw occasional merchants selling fur and livestock on the street, as well as the porridge shop set up by Ma's family emitting heat, and the remaining victims of the disaster were busy working on the aftermath and reconstruction of Chang'an.Even, I saw Cai Yan personally teaching those young children to read aloud.Ma Chao's expression softened a little.But, it's just a little less.

But as soon as he entered Weiyang Palace, before Ma Chao had time to drink, he called Huangfu Li from the Ministry of Officials, and ordered Huangfu Li to put these students down first.Afterwards, he came to Shangshutai, summoned Zhong Yao, Meng Da, Han Feng and his virtuous assistants Liu Yue, Diao Chan, Fu Shou and Ying Ying, and began to inquire about the relief work and the movements of the surrounding princes.

"Husband, Yue'er has to admit your knowledge of people!" Liu Yue's face is not very decadent. Although she can see that she has been overworked recently, she is still in good spirits: "Then Guan Shanxue, Li Zihao and Yu Pan are really good friends! He is a business master, Guan Shanxue directly held the auction to various parts of the Western Regions for the sale of the treasures in the palace, and sold them at a sky-high price; while Li Zihao did not dare to hold the auction in Jizhou, but he secretly contacted the big family in Jizhou and asked him to pay a high price. After satisfying the appetites of those wealthy households, he sold the treasures in the palace at a high price. There is also that Yu Pan, who is simply worse than locusts. No valuable thing can escape his eyes in the confiscated homes of wealthy households in the Sili area. .Even, that guy can guess where those rich and famous families buried their treasures!"

"Oh?" After Liu Yue's booster shot, Ma Chao immediately felt refreshed, and asked, "Then how much did you get back this time?"

"As much as 90 guan have been recovered, and there are still follow-up treasures that have not yet been sold, I estimate that at least another million guan can be recovered!" When Liu Yue said this, his eyes were a little bright.Where is the grudge that she didn't want to resell the treasures in the palace when she was the princess of Wannian?She was as excited as a rich woman who suddenly made a fortune.And her dazzling charm made Ma Chao suddenly fall in love with her: the torment of not being close to a woman for more than a month made Ma Chao almost forget that he was still a man...

"Two million guan?!" Ma Chao really wanted to jump up and hug Liu Yue and take two bites!You know, Yongzhou's annual tax revenue is only 200 billion yuan.And 220 million guan, that is, 200 billion yuan, is enough to consume 20 soldiers for a year!If it were this battle, the Ma family's [-] cavalry would be enough to fight for another month! !
"Husband!" Seeing Ma Chao's joy, Fu Shou couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive, and said softly, "I also have good news here."

"Huh?" Ma Chao became more and more energetic, and said indiscriminately, "Shou'er, how much did you sell for?"

"Husband!" Fu Shou was a little annoyed. After stomping his feet, he gave Ma Chao a white look: "You want to sell Shou'er for food so much?"

"My husband is wrong, my husband is wrong..." Now that Fushou is the patron, Ma Chao dare not offend her.Regardless of whether it is in front of his subordinates or not, this gesture must be done well.

And Fushou is also a person who knows the general situation. Seeing Zhong Yao, Meng Da, Han Feng and others all looking up at the sky, he gave Ma Chao a look of "I'll take care of you when I get home", and then said : "Thanks to my husband's fame of relocating disaster victims thousands of miles and saving the common people. My father and elder brother contacted various merchants, calling on merchants to take what they got from the people and use it to the people. In addition, the business plan in the husband's New Deal really attracted them Come to Sili for trade. As a result, various merchants from all walks of life have donated a total of more than one million yuan of money, and 30 shi of grain and fodder!"

"So many?!" Ma Chao was already a little bit elated: In this way, the [-] horse cavalry can fight for another month!
"Not only that!" Seeing that Ma Chao was so happy at this time, Han Feng couldn't help but also stepped forward and said: "The winter wheat, potatoes, black beans, soybeans, rapeseed, sugar beet and other crops on Ma's Farm have been harvested. Although the planting range is still somewhat insufficient, but It has enough ability to supply the disaster victims of Sili. And when the autumn harvest comes in September, Yongzhou will be able to feed Sili!!"

"Oh..." Ma Chao beamed with joy: Nanyang County and the west of Yingchuan County can also harvest a lot of grain.And if the group of miners from the arsenal successfully found a coal mine in Luoyang, then the victims of the entire Sili would be able to survive this winter and survive until tomorrow's spring planting time! !

Although Luoyang does not have more coal than Taiyuan (that is, Jinyang in the Three Kingdoms era), it does have coal mines, and there are quite a few.Ma Chao knew this bit of geography.But with food to wrap his stomach and coal mines to keep warm, Ma Chao felt as if he had let go of a big rock.

"Not only that, but the master has done a good job in prevention. There is no plague in the Sili area." Zhong Yao couldn't help but stepped forward to report at this time, and also told Ma Chao a more gratifying news: "And the Sili area The plague of locusts has been effectively controlled. Thanks to Dr. Hua’s example, many victims eat locusts. The rice porridge made by Ma’s Porridge Shop is seasoned with locust powder, which is loved by all the victims... I also tasted the deep-fried locusts, as my lord said, it tastes like chicken and is not greasy, it is the best food."

After Zhong Yao finished speaking, he showed his white teeth and smiled slightly.But when Diao Chan, Liu Yue, and Fu Shou heard about it, the joyful expressions on their faces immediately turned disgusted and depressed.When Ma Chao saw this, he couldn't help laughing, and his previous depression was swept away: In this way, the Ma family will never die!Even, it is possible for me to promote the grand strategy of 'supporting war with war' in my heart!
good!Ma Chao will never let the Ma family suffer for two years in the slump. What he wants is to attack with all his strength, to kill, to rob!Let the cavalry of the Ma family ride all over the rich land of the big man.Use other people's granary to raise your own people! !
Digesting slowly, keeping a low profile?
Is that what the time traveler did? !As everyone knows, people who travel through time come here to break the rules and create miracles!

(End of this chapter)

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