The ideal is plump, but the reality is skinny. Moreover, how full the ideal is, how skinny the reality is.

Ma Chao originally thought that he could already build the first heavy cavalry and hoplite infantry in the late Han Dynasty, but the fact is that according to Han Feng's confession, equipped with all the weapons and equipment, all the craftsmen in the arsenal did not eat, drink, sleep or sleep, and it would take two years to create 10,000 sets of neat equipment. Not to mention, it also involves the training of soldiers and the selection of war horses. If such a terrifying force can really be made, according to Han Feng's estimate, it will take three years.

At the moment, Ma Chao was a little crazy. An emergency meeting was immediately held, but this time Ma Chao, who is usually amiable, has changed. is either a whisper of encouragement, or a majestic intimidation, and even enlists the generals to refute Meng Da, and in the end, even the tricks of sprinkling and rolling and messing around are used, and he acts like a demon king.

It seems that if those strategists still don't agree with their big money plans, I'm afraid that Ma Chao will still slap the table (let the carpenters in the arsenal make it) and roar wildly, under this strong pressure, Zhang Ji first expressed his submission, and Meng Da finally wanted to fight with Ma Chao, but in the end he had to be intimidated by Ma Chao's yin power, and contributed some of the old foundations that Fufeng, Xinping, and Beidi counties had saved hard.

As a result, the three monopolies of Ma's Ranch, Ma's Shop, and Ma's Arsenal first ushered in the first expansion and growth. Whether it is personnel, floor space or its importance, it has all been raised to a point where it was not expected in ancient times.

With the actions of the three companies, Ma Chao also carried out an investment promotion activity alone. An outer castle was built around the old castle of Fufu-gun, which was almost five times the size of the original inner castle of Fufu.

Merchants seek profits, and after the Ma family's business quietly rose earlier, a large number of merchants poured into Fufeng City. Purchasing distilled spirits, roasted tea, paper and other items here, the Ma family shops also saved the cost of publicity and sales, and dumped the jewelry, animal skins, herbs, livestock, and war horses of the Western Regions collected from the Qiang people in Fufeng County. As a result, more and more businessmen regarded Fufeng County as the big Shanghai of the 70s and flocked to it. As a result, it also brought the specialties of the Han states, making Fufeng County famous all over the world and rich in the world.

The reason why Ma Chao built the new city is that the original old city has long been insufficient, so the expansion of the new city provides space for businessmen in various states.

In fact, when it comes to business, Ma Chao doesn't know much about it, and there is only one investment promotion strategy, that is, those who buy land to build shops during the expansion of Fufeng City will be exempted from taxation within one year, and one-tenth of the income tax will be levied after one year. Now the war between the Han Dynasty and the merchants have never been taken seriously, so they have always been the target of the powerful landlords. These businessmen naturally chose Fufeng County without any doubt, of course, if they couldn't grab it, they also set up shops in Xinping and Beidi counties, anyway, the policy of these two counties is the same as that of Fufeng County, except that they do not build new cities and cannot be exempted from paying taxes for one year.

When it comes to taxation, businessmen are almost about to weep bitterly, and such a low tax rate of 10 taxes is absolutely unimaginable in the era of heavy agriculture and suppression of business. What's more, the Ma family also promised to ensure the reasonable operation of the shop. If there are trade entanglements within the three counties, you can also complain to the business association and adjudicate fairly!

Of course, Yongzhou, which is outside the three counties, also hopes that you will take risks, and if the transaction is successful, then there is not much to say. If you encounter thieves and robbers, it's very good, those soldiers of the Ma family army are worried about improving their military merit level. And if you have suffered a great grievance in other counties, rest assured, the business association will put pressure on him in the name of the Ma family. Even, the rumors that the Ma family had long wanted to use troops in other counties and counties outside Yongzhou have spread all over Yongzhou.

What's more, if you are bold, have long eyeliner, and have a wide path, and provoke other princes, it doesn't matter. Temporarily aggrieved, when the Ma family dominates the fourteen states in the future, um...... At that time, you should still admit that you are unlucky, because the forces that offended you may have been eliminated long ago. As for you, even if you make a selfless dedication to the Ma family.

Of course, the last one is purely conjecture, and the businessmen will not be stupid enough to contribute to the Ma family. As for the other above commitments, the Ma family has done what they said one by one. As a result, Ma Chao received pressure from all sides, especially the opposition at the conference table.

Although those strategists were powerful, their thinking was different from that of modern times, and they all believed that agriculture was the foundation of the country, and that allowing merchants to gather would lead to social instability. Ma Chao withstood the pressure again this time, worked desperately to fight with these strategists, fought with the Confucians, and interpreted Zhuge Liang's demeanor in advance.

And the old fox Jia Xu has been silent, and Yang Fu has followed Ma Chao recently, and he has also remained neutral. In the end, a month later, Meng Da stood in Ma Chao's camp instead, because he was dumbfounded with a month's financial income and expenditure statement, and blocked the mouths of those Confucian scholars at once.

"Money is a bastard, but no money is not good! You can only starve people to death when you farm, how can you get equipment and weapons? If you don't have money, your young master won't give you money in the future! Or send you a bunch of grain at the end of the year, see if you are still happy! ”

This is Ma Chao's last statement, sonorous and powerful. And when everyone thought of the gold that was distributed every quarter, and they could easily buy anything they wanted in Fufeng County, their eyes were a little golden, and they didn't say anything anymore.

Since then, this investment policy has also become an important part of Ma Chao's new policy, which has played an unimaginable effect, and for a time salt, tea, ironware, wood, fur, medicinal materials, porcelain, silk, linen and other products from all over the country have flocked to it, and it has become a large wholesale market under the rule of the Ma family.

Fortunately, Ma Chao was prepared in the early days, and he divided the outer city of Fufeng County into many business areas, for example, the west of the city is a wholesale area for medicinal materials, so the shops selling medicinal materials are all concentrated here. This not only facilitates market management, but also can effectively understand the flow of goods and prevent tax evasion.

Of course, needless to say, the inner city of Fufu County is a large grocery store and information distribution center. If you want to go shopping in Fufeng County, hehe, practice your small body first......

Spring went to summer and came again, and Ma Chao, who was already the largest trader in the late Han Dynasty at this time, roared at Pu Yuan and Zheng Hun in the arsenal: "Young master, I spent so much effort that I almost sold myself to triple the size of the arsenal, but you have only created 3,000 sets of equipment for me until now?" ”

After Zheng Hun and Pu Yuan listened, their faces turned red, they really felt from the bottom of their hearts, and they were a little sorry for the young master......