Summary of the previous chapter: Although taking over the salt transportation was smooth, the follow-up management was even more difficult

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Hua Yue saw that Ma Xiaoquan was silent, and said, "Why can't you bear it?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and sighed: "It's not that I can't bear it, I just think it's done, then I'm no different from those boring people in history~"

Hua Yue became interested, moved a chair and sat in front of Ma Xiaoquan: "Then tell me, what is it like to live over there?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "Overall, life is definitely much more stable than it is now, but this infighting is tsk, how to say it, as long as there are people, there will always be struggles." ”

Hua Yue was obviously dissatisfied with Ma Xiaoquan's perfunctory, and pouted: "You are so annoying, okay, I won't bother you, I'll go to rest~"

Ma Xiaoquan nodded and hummed.

Hua Yue got up, walked to the door of the study, stopped suddenly, turned her head and asked, "Ma Xiaoquan, is it okay for me to stay?" ”

"Huh? The"

Hua Yue chuckled: "I'm joking with you, okay, I'm going to rest~ Well, don't miss me too much~" With that, Hua Yue walked out of the study, leaving a faint fragrance.

Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head with a smile, this Hua Yue, although she is older than her [actual age], but sometimes she feels like a little girl, really

The next day, Ma Xiaoquan began to investigate the Cao Gang in person.

Although Ma Xiaoquan is the general manager of this piece of salt transportation business, he has to rely on the Cao Gang in actual operation.

There are several factions in the Cao Gang, all of which are people from different places, in short, the Fellow Gang.

Ma Xiaoquan can also understand that localism with Chinese characteristics has existed since ancient times, and the villagers have tears in their eyes when they see them.

It's just that as an outsider (from Beijing), if Ma Xiaoquan wants to insert his feet in these guys of the Cao Gang, it is basically impossible, but

After two days of investigation, Ma Xiaoquan finally found some doorways.

The two largest factions in the Cao Gang are Fujian and Henan, and these two factions have a large number of people and are very aligned.

Although there are more people in the remaining factions, they seem to be a little worse than the people of the two factions in Fujian and Henan, and the most important thing is that these small factions are still fighting

Ma Xiaoquan shook his head helplessly, and the night before yesterday, he was chatting with Hua Yue about infighting with Chinese characteristics, and he had already discovered a lot in the past two days.

At night, Ma Xiaoquan asked Hua Yue to discuss countermeasures.

After listening to Ma Xiaoquan's investigation and analysis, Hua Yue suggested that Ma Xiaoquan could start with those small factions and win them over.

Ma Xiaoquan was puzzled, even if he co-opted those small factions, in terms of strength, they were still inferior to the two factions in Fujian and Henan, but because of the complex personnel structure of the factions that were drawn together, it would become more difficult to manage.

Hua Yue nodded and explained with a smile: "Ma Xiaoquan, although those small factions are few and uneven, if they are put together, they are also a force to be reckoned with~"

Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly: "Having said that, but how to win over, what to do after winning, this is also a headache, besides, even if we are temporarily pulled together, we can't always spend in this gang, and after we leave, this place will definitely return to the original state~"

Hua Yue was silent.

Ma Xiaoquan thought about it again and said, "Instead of co-opting those small factions, I think it's better to start with two big factions!" ”

Hua Yue said: "How do you say this? ”

"Well, first of all, although these two factions have temporarily gathered together to oppose me, in fact they are secretly fighting each other; Secondly, the backers of these two factions are Wei Zhongxian and Lu Zhan, these two are the common enemies of my Ma family, so it seems that both factions have to fight against me, but under the temptation of financial interests, no one can be completely loyal."

Hua Yue interrupted: "Ma Xiaoquan, do you mean that you want to bribe the two major factions?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled, shook his head and said: "They have already robbed most of the income of this salt transport, what else can I bribe them, Yue'er, if we want to deal with such people, why should we do it ourselves?"

"What do you mean?"

Ma Xiaoquan sneered and said: "Since these two major factions are so powerful, then I will follow them, and I will not refuse any of them to ask for me~hum~~ For more benefits, they will fight one day." ”

"So what do we do first?"

Ma Xiaoquan smashed his mouth: "The first step is to set up a Hongmen banquet to play."

Hua Yue's beautiful eyes flashed, and there was a look of hope on her face: "Ma Xiaoquan, if you enter the officialdom, you must also be a great character~ Eh, I'm a little curious, who did you learn these methods from?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "If I say to Xiao Cao, oh no, learn from Cao Cao, do you believe it?" ”

Hua Yue nodded: "Of course I believe it, it's just right, now I have some time, you can tell me about your time in the Han Dynasty."

Ma Xiaoquan sighed, it was hard to refuse, so he could only nod and tell Hua Yue a paragraph.

Hua Yue listened very carefully, many things Ma Xiaoquan said were not recorded in the history books, especially the evaluation of Cao Cao, which was even different

Hua Yue has read Chen Shou's "Three Kingdoms", and also read Luo Guanzhong's "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms", for the two authors of these two books, Hua Yue has always felt that they wrote correctly, and after listening to Ma Xiaoquan's story today, Hua Yue knew that it was still the "Three Kingdoms" that was reliable. Of course, Ma Xiaoquan also said a pertinent opinion: After all, this "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was made during the Wei and Jin dynasties, and it is more or less a bit of a winner's posture

"Oh, I see, Ma Xiaoquan, what do you think of Cao Cao?"

Ma Xiaoquan snorted and said: "Very talented, much stronger than Liu Bei and Sun Quan, Yue'er, you praise me for having political acumen, but you don't know that if I compare with Cao Cao, I can't even reach thirty percent of other people's homes, but that guy has a hobby, well, as far as I know, he has more than 100 numbers for women alone."

"What? Are there so many? ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "Of course you can't write so much in history books, but I've experienced it."

Hua Yuemei's eyes narrowed slightly, and said, "Ma Xiaoquan, according to what you say, why do I think that the eight women you married in the Han Dynasty are fake, right?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smashed it and said: "How is it possible, my eight wives have entered the genealogy of my Ma family~"

Hua Yue sighed: "Then tell me, who are you other than marrying the eldest lady of our family?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and scratched his head: "Diao Chan"

"What? Diao Chan is your woman? Hua Yue didn't believe Ma Xiaoquan's words, "I remember that it's not written in the book?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan said: "Can you believe all the things in the book?" Hey, to put it mildly, Ma Xiao, the son born to me by Diao Chan, is the second-generation head of the Zi family, if it weren't for the fact that the Zi family didn't accept it at the beginning, I wouldn't have agreed to let Xiao'er take care of it~"

"I see, in this way, the Zi family and your Ma family also have a deep relationship~"

Ma Xiaoquan sighed: "It's been more than a thousand years, even if it's related, it's long gone~"

Hua Yue sighed and continued to ask, "Who else?" ”

"Well, Hua Yuelin, is also the ancestor of your family, to be precise, he is Hua Yuexin's sister, uh, I also married~"

"Ah~" Hua Yue was surprised, slapped Ma Xiaoquan, and said angrily: "Ma Xiaoquan, you are such a scoundrel, you want a sister and a sister"

"Hehe, you can't blame me, besides, I also accepted my senior sister, hehe"

Hua Yue couldn't listen to it anymore, glanced at Ma Xiaoquan, and said, "Okay, okay, you busy man, I just want to ask you, how many women do you want to marry when you come here?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "Yue'er, to be honest, I just want to be cold."

"Qinghan, do you mean Li Qinghan?"

"Hmm~~"

Hua Yue smiled bitterly and said, "I haven't fought with her before, but I didn't expect to fight with her for you, but I still haven't argued~"

"Ma Zhi?" Ma Xiaoquan blinked, "I see, I heard Qinghan mention it, saying that she had a rival sister Yue'er before, it turned out to be you." ”

Hua Yue shook her head: "Hey, but it's okay, the two of us are getting along now, I have confidence, Ma Xiaoquan, you will definitely be inseparable from me~"

Ma Xiaoquan was not easy to answer, and he didn't dare to answer, and he didn't even dare to show a trace of his expression.

Hua Yue is indeed a good woman, but because she is a member of the Hua family, Ma Xiaoquan always feels that Hua Yue is close to him because he wants the Ma Hua family to be close to the alliance, that is to say, Hua Yue is not completely sincere to Ma Xiaoquan, and it is also mixed with the development of the family's interests

"Uh, it's not early, Yue'er, you should go back and rest~"

Hua Yue looked at Ma Xiaoquan and suddenly said, "I'm not going back~ I'm going to live with you today~"

Ma Xiaoquan jumped, and hurriedly waved his hand: "How can this be?" ”

Hua Yue smiled: "Ma Xiaoquan, I came with you, and I am managing this salt transportation together, and now the people of the Cao Gang regard me as your wife, do you say that I shouldn't live with you?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan sighed secretly in his heart, this Huayue is simply too direct.

"Okay then, you sleep in the bed, I'll make a bunk~"

Hua Yue didn't ask for anything more, she nodded, and lay down on the bed with her clothes.

Ma Xiaoquan exhaled, it seemed that Hua Yue was also beating a drum in her heart, otherwise she would not have slept with her clothes.

This night, nothing happened