Ma Chao has always longed for a strategist, a strategist like Zhuge Liang in Romance.

Because if Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang encountered him in this situation, Liu Bei only had to say: "It is really a pity that such a good general has not been reused by the enemy." Sir, how can I bring this good man to me? ”

Mr. Zhuge Liang in the romance will smile coincidentally, and then plan cleverly, and within a few days, the general will fall at Liu Bei's feet.

But in fact, Ma Chao also knows that novels are always just novels. No matter how smart Zhuge Liang is, he can't be so heavenly. And his subordinates Jia Xu and Guo Jia will not be weaker than Zhuge Liang in terms of strategy alone, but for the matter of subduing Zhao Yun, the advice given by the two is only eight words: convince people with virtue, and the future will be long.......

And Ma Chao came this day, and he came straight to the day of the joint auction of the Ma family, the Guan family, and the Li family. These days, Ma Chao has been paying attention to the resettlement of cylinder cars and overturned cars outside Chang'an: the Yellow River, the mother river, flows through Chang'an, and even in winter, the water volume has not dried up. Ma Chao felt that he had placed the thousands of cylinder trucks and overturned trucks in advance, and then mobilized tens of thousands of servants to dig wells to prepare for drought, which should greatly alleviate the drought problem this spring.

It wasn't until Liu Yue personally drove Ma Chao back from the farmland that Ma Chao suddenly thought that ten days had passed, and it was the day to agree on a joint auction with the two families.

The date of the auction was determined by the three families as the twentieth day of the first lunar month, and the purpose was to rush to Chang'an when the taste of the New Year was not exhausted and the big families were free, and the eyes of the wealthy and powerful families in Yongliang, Sili, and Hebei were all brought to Chang'an. And the effect was as expected by the three companies, and the response was enthusiastic.

Wealthy families from all over the world knew that the Ma family, which was in full swing, was going to hold an unprecedented auction of holy relics, and they showed great interest. In particular, Liu Yue was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, so he used the role of the propaganda team of the Ministry of Rites, so that rumors flew all over the place, and some said that the Ma family wanted to auction the glass holy sculpture that had been paid tribute to the Son of Heaven; Some say that the Ma family auctioned rare treasures obtained from outside the Western Regions; Others say that the Ma family's auction is fake, in essence, it is to let the rich lords of the Han world see which wealthy family has such a rich party as the Ma family........

But no matter what you say, the first shot in the first year of Xingping was fired by the Ma family: the scouts of the Ma family's army, everyone held a large stack of invitations in their hands, and the red invitations were written in gold powder. It was sent by the scouts to the hands of the wealthy families in Yongliang, Sili, Ji, Saiwai and other places with the big red horse family and 800 miles in an expedited manner.

The location of the auction is the Longmen Inn that Ma Chao decided very early on - when it was mixed into Chang'an, the Longmen Inn was a well-known landmark in Chang'an - and now after the Ma family took over rightly, in order to cooperate with this joint auction, Ma Chao spent a lot of money on renovation and reconstruction.

For the restaurant hall in front of the Dragon Gate Inn, Ma Chao did not move at all. After taking down the courtyard at the back, Ma Chao asked the craftsmen to build a strange big house, and then found various craftsmen to decorate the house, and placed dense chairs inside, and the number plate was pasted on the back of the chair. There are many small rooms on the second floor, the best of which are built in golden, with soft Persian carpets that almost bury the ankles, and many arm-thick copper pipes laid in the rooms, which are used to circulate ice water in the summer, and can be connected to the coal stove to be heated in the winter. It can definitely be called warm in winter and cool in summer, warm and pleasant. To summarize it in a modern sentence, that is: high-end atmosphere and grade, low-key luxury has connotation, unrestrained foreign atmosphere has depth, simple and fashionable international .......

The circular dome and the echo wall design of the cloister are absolutely in the style of ancient Roman design. As long as you speak on stage, the whole hall will hear you. The glass spotlights embedded in the walls only require a few bright butter candles to illuminate the entire stage as if it were daytime. When Ma Chao brought the auction host Yu Pan to familiarize himself with the scene, he asked proudly: "How is it?" Isn't it crazy to drag a cool cock to blow up the sky? ”

And Yu Pan's face was flushed, and finally raised a thumbs up and replied to Ma Chao: "Awesome!" ”

Everything is ready only for the east wind, and in winter, the least lacking is the east wind. In the blink of an eye, the twentieth day of the first lunar month arrived as scheduled. Ma Chaoduan sat in the most luxurious private room on the second floor in the hall, hugging the beauty left and right, and saw that there were really a lot of people below. Among them, there are many familiar faces with him: Rigu Deji of Tsing Yi Qiang; Zhong Yuqiang of Baimaqiang; Huangyangqiang's Duotamu et al. These people have long been derived from the hen that lays golden eggs in the Hanqiang Trading House, and they have made a lot of money. When he was extremely bored, he was willing to come to Chang'an to participate in this auction, which is really a typical example of a man becoming bad when he is rich.

In addition, Yu Fuluo, the representative of the Xiongnu, came, and there was a large group of noble leaders of other Xiongnu tribes that Ma Chao did not know. In the end, it is the envoys who are still fighting with Ma Chao, as well as the rich and powerful families in the four states of the Han Dynasty. Even, Ma Chao heard that the Wei family in Hedong and the Zhen family in Jizhou also came. It's just that it is not Ma Chao's rival Wei Zhongdao who comes from Hedong, nor is it Zhen Mi who is famous all over the world from the Zhen family....... As a result, Ma Chao has little interest in these two.

is thinking about when he will be able to get through this year's disaster, so as to step out of the shackles of the division and go to Ma Chao, who is on the cusp of the crowd in one fell swoop. Suddenly felt that the lights in the hall dimmed, and the stage in the middle became brighter, Yu Pan walked to the center of the stage, his demeanor was neither humble nor arrogant, and he said Xinran: "Today, the Han Hussar General planned it, and the first auction in Chang'an was supported by all the virtuous people from all over the world. After that, Yu Pan did not give a courtesy, showing the arrogance of the Ma family as the host, and left freely.

Seeing this, Ma Chao nodded silently: This Yu Pan, facing the scene of almost a thousand people in the audience, without even a trace of trills in his tone, is a usable talent. And Li Zihao and Guan Shanxue are not things in the pool....... Presumably, these three people will be the right-hand men of the Ma family's business in the future.

The songs and dances performed on the stage are the heavyweight dances of the Han Dynasty. According to the regulations of the weekly rites, there are eight dances, six dances, four dances, and two dances, which are performed when worshiping the Son of Heaven, the prince, and the doctor. Historically, only the Son of Heaven could enjoy the honor of the Eight Dances. The princes (kings) and the prime minister of the state can enjoy the six dances, while the feudal doctors can only enjoy the four dances.

Ma Chao is now a hussar general with a golden seal and purple ribbon, and he has been crowned with the honor of Jiuxi, so he can enjoy the Six Dances. Six dances are six people, divided into six rows and six columns, a total of 36 people, when dancing, the dancer holds the pheasant tail feather in the right hand, and holds the duck in the left hand, respectively, there is the meaning of standing and standing sound. Each movement represents a word, a piece of music, and a group of movements. As the lights and music slowly blended, the dancers became accustomed to the popularity of the hall and began to bend their waists and dance sleeves to express their soft, flowing dances.

Originally, the arrangement of the Six Dances was just a political necessity. And Ma Chao didn't have much interest in ancient songs and dances. However, when his heart gradually melted into the colorful and flying dance scene, and clearly felt its free and elegant, he gradually felt a kind of ancient and solemn. That kind of dignified is by no means heavy, Ma Chao feels that it is a vivid spiritual portrayal of his solid courage and strength. After the whole dance, Ma Chao was given a cultural impression that swept the world and covered the universe, which made him very shocked in his heart.

And after this dance, the whole hall was so quiet that even a needle could be heard falling to the ground, even those Qiang, Xiongnu and other alien races who didn't know anything were shocked by the surging culture of the Han people like a dream.

Ma Chao was the first to come back to his senses, looking at the reactions of those people in the hall, and couldn't help snickering in his heart: "Yes, the effect has been achieved, it's time to harvest the slaughter wealth.......