Ma Chao, who returned to Chang'an, has been depressed and faintly anxious these days.

Others don't know, but Diao Chan understands Ma Chao's thoughts. Therefore, even though she was pregnant, in addition to the tedious intelligence work that was sorted out by Duanmu Ruoyu, the vital information, Diao Chan still conveyed it to Ma Chao in person.

Ma Chao naturally knows Diao Chan's thoughts, but when the two meet now, there is always an indescribable estrangement.

"Husband, about Jiangxia's official hat chair, the concubine already has more information." Although the lower abdomen has not yet bulged, Diao Chan, who has adapted to the status of a pregnant woman, will gently stroke her abdomen with her hand from time to time. The nature of maternal love is undoubtedly revealed.

But after Ma Chao heard the news, his face hesitated slightly. However, it was only a moment's work, and then, he came to Diao Chan's side, leaned over and stuck to Diao Chan's lower abdomen, and said: "After working together for so many years, I finally got a baby number." It's just that this super baby still needs seven months of incubation, which is really tiring........."

"Husband, when you say this, don't you compare your concubines to hens?" When Diao Chan heard this, her pretty face couldn't help but blush, and she directly punched Ma Chao. However, no matter how angry she was, she didn't push Ma Chao away and whispered on her abdomen: Perhaps, Ma Chao's nonsense words can only be understood by his children, right?

"Cicada, don't run around lately, you were caught by other princes, and our Ma family will be miserable." Ma Chao got up, and after seeing Diao Chan's feigned anger, instead of reining in, he said to Diao Chan very seriously.

But Diao Chan was taken aback, he couldn't think of why Ma Chao would say this, and couldn't help but say solemnly: "Chang'an's precautions are solid, and the concubines will naturally not leave the Ma family for half a step........."

"No, I'm not afraid that the enemy army will enter and snatch you. I was afraid that you would look at me when I didn't like it, so I took the initiative to take refuge in another family. And at that time, can you still tell that person........" Ma Chao jumped after speaking, and after hiding in a place out of reach of Diao Chan, he learned the action of Diao Chan stroking his abdomen, squeezed his eyebrows and said: "I have captured the Ma family as a hostage!" ”

In Ma Chao's opinion, this joke, which was very cold in his previous life, will definitely make Diao Chan a little happier.

Unexpectedly, Diao Chan just chuckled, and did not smile as expected, let alone chase and play with Ma Chao. Instead, after taking out a piece of wind paper, he said: "Husband, you don't have to deliberately tease and comfort your concubines like this. The matter of Jiangxia's official hat chair is not only the knot in the husband's heart, but also related to the technology, commodities, military, politics, and even future development of the entire Ma family. So ........"

After Ma Chao heard this, his face gradually turned stunned. Looking at Diao Chan's tranquil face, he suddenly understood the problem between him and Diao Chan: since Diao Chan was pregnant, her mind quickly turned to the child. The communication with him, more often, is to talk about work in the capacity of the director of the Ma family's intelligence department.

Moreover, not only Diao. Ma Chao was also vaguely aware that Liu Yue had this tendency recently.

This change is understandable for Ma Chao. Although he has a very close relationship with Diao Chan and Liu Yue, it is undeniable that he lives in the late Han Dynasty when men were superior to women. And the acquaintance and marriage between them is still the kind of crooked marriage, which is not at all different from the formal path of pursuing with Cai Yan and finally tying the knot. Therefore, even though the relationship between them is very deep, out of the nature of women, Diao Chan and Liu Yue still naturally tend to put all their love and energy on their children.

What's more, the two of them share the important work of the Ma family. Therefore, during this period of time after Ma Chao's return, he felt that the two of them felt about themselves, and their work was more like husband and wife.

And this made Ma Chao very guilty and uneasy. Coupled with the fact that he has been troubled by everything recently, the occasional hint of anxiety is inevitable. However, these are only performances in the backyard. Above the court, Ma Chao is still the prince who is not shocked and knows everything.

Before, what Ma Chao did was to deliberately want to have a harmonious relationship with Diao Chan. But at present, it seems that the effect is not great. As a result, Ma Chao simply sat down and said, "The matter of Jiangxia's official hat chair will be put aside for the time being." What I want to know at the moment is the information between Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and most importantly, between Lu Bu and Cao Cao in Yanzhou! ”

"Hanzhong Zhang Lu ........" After Diao Chan heard that Ma Chao no longer continued to study the matter of the official hat chair, his expression couldn't help but flash a hint of joy. However, Ma Chao didn't notice this look. And Diao Chan pretended to reminisce before he spoke: "Over there in Hanzhong, don't worry about it for the time being." After Han Feng entered Hanzhong, according to his husband's instructions, he really found some good projects........."

As early as the end of the battle between Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang, Ma Chao was worried that Zhang Lu would bite the Ma family in extreme poverty. And at the moment, the main energy of the Ma family is obviously placed on it. Therefore, Ma Chao didn't want to devote too much energy to taking care of Hanzhong, Xiongnu and other places. Therefore, it is really the most appropriate to fall behind on the Xiongnu issue for a while, and to use another trick to delay the army against Zhang Lu.

And this strategy of delaying the army is naturally the most suitable to start from the root. Therefore, as soon as the Battle of Hanzhong ended, the Ma family acted as a good person, first the Ministry of Rites comforted Zhang Lu, and then sent Han Feng to Hanzhong to seek projects that would benefit Hanzhong and the Ma family, so as to alleviate a series of military and ideological contradictions between Hanzhong and the Ma family.

According to the news obtained by Diao Chan, after Han Feng entered Hanzhong, he found that Hanzhong was indeed a treasure land for one day. Among them, black rice, tangerines, medicinal herbs and tea are all rare and good. And because of the unique natural environment, the prospects of its aquaculture industry are also very promising.

Among them, black rice has always been a tribute to the emperor in Chinese history, which has the effect of nourishing yin and nourishing the kidneys, nourishing qi and strengthening the body, and brightening the eyes and invigorating the blood, and its value can be imagined. It's just that most of the people in Hanzhong don't dare to plant this low-yield crop. After all, no matter how high the nutritional value is, it is not worth starving.

And the embarrassing situation of tangerines in Hanzhong is not much different from that of black rice. The poor environment determines that the people of Hanzhong cannot afford to consume such high-quality products.

However, medicinal herbs and tea have developed in Hanxiao, but they have definitely not embarked on the road of commodity economy. As for aquaculture? The people of Hanzhong may have raised livestock and birds in their families, but they rarely ate the meat of those livestock and birds.

At the end of the day, it's still one word: poor!

However, when Han Feng talked about these cooperation with Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu, who was already stimulated by the Ma family's commodity economy, was red-eyed. It was as if the mind had been opened. Not only did he agree with Han Feng's suggestion, but also increased the breadth of cooperation between the two. He also said again and again that Hanzhong was also willing to carry out in-depth cooperation with the Ma family, and even the desire for a military alliance and a good alliance for Qin and Jin was quite obvious.

Of course, for Han Feng, who is already an old fritter. Except for those matters of product cooperation, he made the decision, and he delayed other things again and again on the grounds that he was not in his position and did not seek his own politics.

And the most recent information I just got is that Han Feng has discovered the huge business opportunity of rape flowers in Hanzhong. Due to the unique environment and location of Hanzhong, the oil yield of rape flowers grown in Hanzhong is higher than that of other regions. According to Han Feng's estimate, the oil pressed from the wild rape flowers in Hanzhong alone can be supplied to all restaurants in Yongzhou and Sili. If the planting is vigorously promoted, it can meet the needs of all the people under the rule of the Ma family.

In this era, although oil is different from heavy military assets such as coal and iron ore, it is also a new industry that is profitable and related to people's livelihood, just like purified salt and roasted tea. At least, under the rule of the Ma family, those people who have become wealthy will cook vegetables with water when entertaining guests, but it is quite shameful. Not to mention, the pressed rape flowers can also be made into vegetable cakes for war horse feed.

Moreover, it is foreseeable that the cooperation between the Ma family and Hanzhong will continue to be broader and deeper. As a result, Diao Chan said that Ma Chao didn't have to worry about it, which was really conservative. In Ma Chao's rough view, the Ma family only needs to have a three-to-five-year cooperation with Hanzhong, and after fully mastering the economic lifeline of Hanzhong, it is not impossible to directly let Hanzhong surrender his hand!