It turned out that this peddler was originally a thief, and he was good at gambling, not long after Ma Zongheng captured Puyang. At that time, the peddler was in debt, and his wife and children were all taken away by the creditors. In order to repay the debt, this peddler had the audacity to go to the county government to steal, only thinking about Puyang Chuping, Ma Zongheng and his subordinates were busy every day, and every night at the third watch, the guard was lax, so he thought about taking advantage of the night to climb over the wall. I don't know if it's too low luck, as soon as the peddler climbed the wall, he was caught by a group of skilled mysterious people and imprisoned. Ma Zongheng saw him the next day, and after interrogation, he knew that he was not a meticulous worker, so he talked to the peddler and asked him to reform himself, and not only let him pay off his gambling debts, redeem his wife and children, and give him some silver taels to make a book. The hawker was grateful, and since then, if he has been reborn, his life has gradually improved.

But maybe the hawker's appearance was too unbearable, but it scared a chubby, pigtailed little girl cried on the spot. As soon as the little girl cried, several children next to her also cried, which immediately made the peddler at a loss.

"Hehe, these babies are still laughing, although what you said makes sense, it's a pity that they don't understand." At this time, I heard a hearty laughter, a handsome and chic, sturdy young man, walked to the vendor, casually stuffed him with some broken silver, and then took a plate of candy, walked to the girl who cried first, wiped the girl's head, showed a bright smile and said: "Come, you all share these sweets." ”

But I saw that this young man's face was like a crown of jade, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, red lips and white teeth, compared with the peddler, it was simply two extremes. When the little girl saw it, she didn't cry for a while, she took the plate playfully, and didn't forget to thank her a little shyly: "Thank you, brother." ”

When the children next to him saw it, they were also happy, and hurriedly gathered around to share the candy. After a while, the children frolicked away.

"Oh, thank you so much little brother, otherwise I don't know what to do. I was also well-intentioned, but I didn't expect to make these children cry. I gave them all those sweets just now, and I can't ask for your silver taels. Then the peddler came and took back the broken silver that the young man had given him. The young man was slightly surprised, but he knew that these broken silver were enough for this ordinary family to live for a few months, but the peddler was willing to do it, and then smiled and said, "How can there be a reason to come back for the silver taels that were given out?" What's more, if you are a businessman, how can you do a loss-making business? ”

After that, the young man pushed back the vendor's hand holding the broken silver, but the hawker smiled bitterly: "You have too many silver taels, and I can't find them." Little brother, don't embarrass me. ”

"Hehe, that's easy. I heard that you seem to have seen this general, I wonder if you can tell me about this general. I am from the Jiangdong area of Huainan, and I heard that since General Ma ruled the East County, not only the taxes have been greatly reduced, but also there are many policies for commercial benefits, and I want to come to this East County to do some small business. ”

"I see." After all, since Ma Zongheng governed the eastern county, reduced various taxes, and issued various policies that favored merchants, many foreign businessmen and families have come to invest, of course, some big businessmen or big families will come to do research before coming, so as not to lose their money.

At this time, the peddler thought that this young man with an extraordinary temperament was a child of a certain big businessman's family or a clansman from a certain big family, and he didn't think much about it, so he told the young man his original story, and after finishing speaking, he did not forget to praise the young man: "General Ma is broad-minded, can tolerate the world, and is good at governing political affairs, and he pays attention to business.

Don't look at this Puyang City, there are many shops, there are merchants from all over the country, in fact, many businesses have been injected by General Ma, otherwise how dare these outsiders invest a lot as soon as they come? In addition, the marriage between General Ma and the Qiao family has been ironclad, and now the family business of the Qiao family is all invested by General Ma. ”

"In this way, General Ma has invested a lot of capital, but how to divide the profits?" When the young man heard this, he seemed to be very interested, his eyes shone brightly, and he asked in a condensed voice.

"General Ma is really a genius, he wanted a method called sharing, before the capital injection, he will talk to the merchant about the distribution of interests, or five or five, or six or four, or seven three, it depends on how the two parties discuss. Then, take three months as the quarter, and after the profit of each quarter, the distribution will be made according to the previously agreed share. Of course, not every quarter, you can make a profit, and if you lose money, both parties must share it. ”

"So fair? General Ma is the lord of Dongjun, and he doesn't even take advantage of it!? When the young man heard this, he was extremely surprised, and he also showed an incredible expression. The peddler was a little offended when he heard the young man's words, and suddenly showed a slightly displeased expression, and shouted: "Are you one of those traitors who only exploit and harm people when you are General Ma?" He once said with these businessmen and families who came to invest, the way of business, expensive in a sincere word, the world's money is inexhaustible, cooperate with each other, mutual benefit, each take what they need, this integrity-based, in order to be able to flow for a long time, accumulate wealth, and never fade. How can you understand such a truth? ”

After hearing this, the young man was not angry, but his face was full of admiration, and he sighed: "General Ma's words are really the golden words of a businessman. If it is changed in the Taiping era, if General Ma can uphold this way, within ten years, he will be able to do business all over the world and become rich in China!! ”

"Hmph, listening to what you said, but you think that now is a troubled time, and this security cannot be guaranteed, and it is difficult for General Ma to maintain this way? You'd be wrong. ”

"Oh, I want to hear about it!" When the young man heard this, his eyes lit up again, and he bowed his hand, looking like he was asking for advice. The peddler was shocked and said: "General Ma is powerful and invincible, since Lu Bu's death, I'm afraid no one is his opponent." In addition, he invested a lot in the military, and I heard that the profits from taxes and commerce on weekdays were invested in the military seven or eight times out of ten.

Although General Ma has made a lot of money, he is particularly economical in his daily expenses, but he is never stingy with deployment rewards, and the whole city can admire him very much. I don't dare to talk nonsense in his other jurisdictions, but in this Puyang City, those who dare to have the slightest disrespect for him will be hostile to the soldiers and civilians of the city, and if they don't lose a layer of skin, they won't want to escape from here!

In this way, it can be seen that General Ma has won the hearts of the people, and he has invested so heavily in the military, which will naturally pay off, and I heard that he has been collecting a large number of famous craftsmen from all over the world, and improving various weapons such as armor and weapons. Moreover, there is no shortage of tiger generals such as Zhang and Pang who are good at fighting under him, and there is no shortage of generals who are good at training and arranging formations.

And General Ma also considered the aspect of security, so he would only invest in the business under his jurisdiction, and with the strong military support, those merchants and families would naturally invest with confidence. And General Ma used various pro-business policies to attract merchants and families from all over the world to transfer wealth. Don't say it, if this continues, Dongjun, which started first, will become the richest treasure in the world in less than five or six years!! ”

The hawker is eloquent, and when it comes to the power of the horse, there are endless words. After hearing this, the young man couldn't help but shake his head, and said secretly: "Genius, what a genius." Such a good businessman, throughout the ancient and modern times, I am afraid that no one can be around him. Moreover, this Ma Xi is not only good at business, but also has martial arts to dominate the world, and to seek to determine the country. Although there are still many fools in the world, thinking that Ma Xi is just a brave and unscrupulous horseman, but judging from the current situation in Yanzhou, if Ma Xi does not have superb strategy, how can he still have the upper hand everywhere under the attack of Yuan Shao and Liu Dai? ”

"Okay, I've told you so much, I'm tired too, so let's not take advantage of you, I won't take advantage of you, these silver taels will be returned to you, how about these should be my remuneration and the money to buy that plate of candy?" The peddler drew a few pieces of silver from the other and pushed the rest towards the boy.

The young man came back to his senses, his eyes shimmered, and he pushed the vendor's hand back, and said with a smile: "This big brother, just what you said just now, to me, it can be said that it is worth a thousand gold." Otherwise, I would not have made up my mind to cooperate with General Ma. If you like this little silver, you can take it. ”

"Ah, you're going to work with General Ma? This, are you from a great family in Jiangdong? ”

When the peddler heard this, he immediately changed color, and then he didn't believe it, but he knew that the people from the big family were very proud, and talking to them, pariahs, was already considered condescending, how could he say it for so long?

And I seem to have drunk him just now?

The young man smiled, and while turning around, he left a sentence and said, "My surname is Sun, and the eldest brother has to keep it secret for me." ”

"Koto!!" The peddler was startled, shouted, and then hurriedly covered his mouth, and secretly thought in his heart: "Jiangdong Sun family!" This young man is amazing, no wonder he is so generous! ”

However, he said that while the young man surnamed Sun was inquiring about intelligence, on the other side of the palace of Puyang County, Ma Zongheng had just heard the report that Liu Bei was ambushed by Bao Xin, and although the deployment under his command was almost dead, because Guan Yu killed Bao Xin in the army of 10,000 people, Liu Bei was able to escape from the chaos.

Ma Zongheng listened, but his expression froze, and after a long sigh, he looked at Cheng Yu and said, "This is the result you want." ”

Ma Zongheng began to understand why one of the conditions that Cheng Yu proposed at the beginning was that Ma Zongheng could not regard him as a minister of the humerus. His plan was too poisonous and insidious, and Ma Zongheng really couldn't like him, and disdain what he did.

But when he offered Cheng Yu's plan, he clearly expected that there might be such a result, but he couldn't refuse!

"I know that if this result comes out, most of it will be hidden from the lord. But for the sake of the lord's great cause, this bad guy should always have someone to do it. Otherwise, if the lord defeated Liu Dai in the future, he dragged on because of his scruples about the unnecessary righteousness and old feelings, so that Yanzhou could not be pacified quickly, and was finally attacked by a strong enemy, wouldn't it be a failure? Cheng Yu's solemn face looked particularly calm, and he said lightly.

Ma Zongheng sighed again and shook his head helplessly.

It turned out that when Cheng Yu originally designed Bao Xin to ambush Liu Bei, he had two purposes, one of which was of course to take the opportunity to eradicate Liu Bei, and the other was to see that Guan and Zhang both had the ability to take the head of the enemy general among the ten thousand troops, thinking that Bao Xin but if Liu Bei was forced into a dead end, at that time, if Guan and Zhang wanted to resolve this crisis, the best way was to capture the thief and capture the king first. And once Bao Xin dies, the Jibei area will inevitably fall into chaos. Liu Dai will not let go of this great opportunity to pacify the rear, that is, he will eradicate the remnants of Bao Xin with lightning speed. At that time, Ma Zongheng will have a reason to send troops to rescue him and conquer Yanzhou in one fell swoop!

Moreover, as Cheng Yu Shicai said, if Bao Xin does not die, even if he attacks Liu Dai day by day, then what should Bao Xin do? And although Bao Xin's prestige is not as good as Ma Zongheng, he is higher than Ma Zongheng in terms of seniority and official position, who dares to guarantee that he is willing to lead his troops to join Ma Zongheng, and then he can assist Ma Zongheng to pacify Yanzhou in peace?

Therefore, the best result is naturally that Bao Xin is locked up and Zhang is removed, and Ma Zongheng can not only avoid a big trouble in the future, but also use this to send troops.