Three Kingdoms New Malaysia Super League

Chapter 745 Cement and Wool

On the table, there was a burnt stone.Han Feng said that after this kind of stone was smashed, Huo Shangshui hardened overnight.

Ma Chao knew that this thing was the Han Dynasty version of crude cement.Although there are book tutorials, the craftsmen in the brick kiln still tried hundreds of times before they found the mixing standard of limestone, iron powder, and sand.After the establishment of this process, the kiln mouth has entered the stage of mass firing.However, the follow-up work is still complicated, and a certain amount of slag, pulverized coal, gray gypsum, etc. need to be added, and the cement can only be made after entering the cement grinding process.

In other words, at this time, the stone is nothing but cement clinker.But even so, Ma Chao was very satisfied.Although it will take some time to explore the subsequent mixing ratio, the advent of cement in advance has solved a major problem for Majia Construction.The shortest and most significant performance is: save food!

After Chang'an passed through the Huns' entry and two earthquakes, the Ma family had stagnated in the repair of the Chang'an city wall because they had no money.And one of the very important reasons is that when the city walls were built in the Han Dynasty, glutinous rice was needed to solidify the stones.But now in the Sili territory, people can't get enough to eat, so where can there be extra high-quality glutinous rice to use for the repair of the city wall?
However, there is another good news that the city walls of Chang'an seem to need no repairs until the cement is fully developed.

Now under the rule of the Ma family, the main enemy of the Chang'an city wall is the Huns in the north.However, when the envoys from the Huns came to Fufeng yesterday, Ma Chao guessed right: they came to show their favor.

Ma Chao has never ignored the role of beauty tricks.It's just that he didn't expect that Wang Huayu, Situ Wangyun's niece, that beautiful woman who had experienced a catastrophe in troubled times, would achieve such a result that shocked Ma Chao in just a few days!

According to the Huns envoy, on the first day Wang Huayu arrived in the Huns tribe, he achieved the dominance ambition of the old king of the Huns.The other Han women, who never even met the Xiongnu nobles, became the stepping stones for Wang Huayu.And the next morning, the old king of the Huns issued an order to let the [-] Huns warriors retreat, and sent envoys to express their willingness to make good friends with the Ma family.

Before the envoy of the Huns went on a mission, he also heard the news that the old king of the Huns wanted to make Wang Huayu the Yan family.Even, when the envoy was on the way, he was overtaken by the envoys who followed, and the number of cattle, sheep and horses dedicated to the Ma family was added!

Even if it is not the first time for the Xiongnu who want to rob the sky, it is definitely unheard of in a hundred years.It can be seen from this that the old king of the Huns has even reached the point of obeying Wang Huayu.

Thanks to Wang Hua's words to make the Xiongnu retreat, the Qiang people almost moved after hearing the news.Taking advantage of Ma Chao's remaining prestige, he quickly harassed the four counties of Liangzhou.

This time the Qiang people invaded the frontier, obviously different from the past.This time they seemed to be targeting the rebels and bandits on the troubled side of the four counties. Except for those who were stubbornly resisting, they hardly harassed any family members.It's just that the 20 strong army of the Qiang people watched over them covetously, which made those shrewd superiors wake up.

Wuwei is the closest to the Qiang tribe, but the Qiang did not commit any crimes against Wuweiqiu, and then thought about the relationship between Ma Chao and the Qiang.Qu Yan of Xiping County was the first to react, and first proposed that several counties in Liangzhou surrender to the Ma family; the prefect of Zhangye County and Luan refused, and his subordinates, Zhang Jin and Du Tong, arrested the prefect and responded to Qu Yan; the prefect of Jiuquan County Xin Ji raised his troops to resist the Qiang soldiers, and was besieged by [-] Qiang soldiers. The owl's head was displayed to the public, and Jiuquan County fell.But Wuwei County has always been mixed with Qiang and Hu, and the Hu people of the three tribes in the county did not get restless, so they received a notice from Yan Jun to surrender to the Ma family...

It can be said that since Ma Chao returned to Fufeng, he has received all good news.Yan's family in Jincheng was completely razed, and Liangzhou will soon be returned to Ma's family; the people of Fufeng are peaceful, prosperous, and prosperous, and the benefits of the New Deal have gradually appeared; and now that the Huns have shown favor, Ma Chao sees another dawn.

Yes, Ma Chao will not reject the friendship with the Huns.However, it was not entirely because he saw that Wang Huayu had successfully confused the old king of the Huns, but because he saw a huge market with millions of people in the Huns.

With interests at the forefront, even if Ma Chao was asked to bow his head and surrender, he would never frown.Just because he knows that in ancient wars, the fight is about economy and population.But now, the huge and untapped market of the Huns is right in front of them, how could he not once again display the Ma family's unique "economic aggression" tactics?
As long as the pockets are bulging, the fists will naturally be hard.And when the fist is hardened, it is easy to talk about face, status, surrender and so on.

If he can cut flesh with a blunt knife, Ma Chao will never punch when the Ma family's fists are still soft.And this is exactly the advantage that people who travel through time have a longer-term perspective than ancients.

As a result, the envoys of the Huns came to Fufeng County, they were completely happy, and they returned with full enjoyment.Not only did they get a thank you letter written by Ma Chao himself, but they also brought Fufeng distilled wine, tea, Fufeng paper, purified salt, coal and other special products of Fufeng.Moreover, I deeply remembered the sentence that Ma Chao said the most before leaving:

"Wool! The Ma family buys wool in large quantities! No matter how much there is, the Ma family will keep it!"

The envoy was surprised for a long time by Ma Chao's weird request.That wool thing was thrown almost everywhere on the grassland, and Ma Chao, a big man with a hussars, actually mentioned that pickled thing again and again.After the envoy was puzzled, he made up his mind and said: "Don't worry, general, for those things, the villain will send the general hundreds of cars in the future to show his heart."

"No!" Ma Chao shook his head seriously at the time, and said very seriously: "I said before that the Ma family buys wool at five yuan per catty. It's easy to deceive. But a few hundred cars are not enough! I want Yes, harvest as much wool as you have on the entire grassland!"

The emissary finally watched Ma Chao leave with eyes like a fool.Ma Chao, who smiled and said nothing, sent the envoy a long way in the wind. His sincerity and hope made the envoy feel ashamed to ridicule Ma Chao.

"Meng Qi, what is the use of the wool thing?" Guo Jia tightened his clothes, smiled casually, and said bluntly: "You have always been ruthless in your shots, making it hard to guard against. It's just this time, because Brother, I really can't think of it, what is the benefit of that wool?"

"I don't know, my brother. The Ma's Arsenal has invented the textile machine, which can spin cotton and wool to make clothes. But the Xiongnu still drink blood, wear clothes and hang fur..." When Ma Chao said this, his expression seemed to be different. Hesitating, as if weighing a very important event.

"It's not the Xiongnu, or our Han Dynasty. When winter comes, we also use furs to keep out the cold." Fazheng said, he has always known Ma Chao's methods that are very different from this era, and this time is the moment to see through the secrets.

"If we buy wool from the Huns and make clothes that are light and warm, do you think the Huns will wear those wet and troublesome furs again?" At this point, Ma Chao seemed to be relieved and pleaded heavily. After taking a deep breath, he continued: "Buy five Wen coins, and sell Bai Wen coins to the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu have at least one million people, and as long as everyone needs one piece, the Ma family can greatly speed up the recovery process..."

When everyone heard this, they immediately looked at Ma Chao.At the same time, I thought of the special products of Fufeng that Ma Chao asked the Hun envoy to bring back: the distilled wine that can keep out the cold, the coal for heating in winter, the refined and white purified salt, the indispensable tea for nomads...these things, the Huns almost There is no reason to refuse! !
In this way, let alone ten years or five years, it can even be said that as long as the trade goes smoothly this year, the wealth flowing in from the Xiongnu tribe can fully restore the vitality of the Ma family!
It is also because of these economic means that Ma Chao firmly controlled the Qiang people.But now it seems that Ma Chao is going to repeat the same tricks on the Huns?

(End of this chapter)