Chapter 618    Each has its own plans (29)

Uncle Ma took some trouble to visit Jiangdong and paid a price far exceeding the budget.

But Uncle Ma often thinks it is worth it. He has settled the election of Shangshu Cao and achieved the established goal, which is worth the trip.

With an official background in Jiangdong, the Ma family's industry and business in Jiangdong had no worries.

Uncle Ma is not the kind of person who is worried about gains and losses. He has long focused on how to let go of developing the business in Jiangdong.

His clear positioning may not be able to become bigger and stronger under Sun Quan's suppression, but he can slowly erode some market share and make business improve, which is not in vain for his huge investment in Ji Yan.

Uncle Ma is indeed a good at business, and he has already had a plan for Jiangdong's business layout.

He is planning to use the rich specialties of the Nanman region to open up the market in Jiangdong.

The so-called Nanman area has a considerable territory, including Jianning County, Jingke County, Yueli County and Yongchang County.

The Ma family’s business grew and grew stronger due to cooperation with the Wuxi Man tribe!

Now, the loss of Wuximan's supply of goods and the Jiangdong market has also been lost, which has led to the decline in the entire Ma family's business.

This is not a major mistake in Ma Shuchang, the helm of the Ma family business, made in the decision-making, but the consequences of the changes in the overall trend of the world.

Uncle Ma often chose the Nanman area as a breakthrough because the forces of the Ma family and the Sha family moved to Yueli County.

The barbarians and specialties here are similar to those of Wuxi Man, and Uncle Ma often becomes familiar with them.

Compared with Wuxi Man, which is adjacent to Jiangdong, the goods in the Nanman area have no advantage in variety, and are hundreds of miles away.

This distance of hundreds of miles is nothing in the developed transportation now, and it only takes a few hours to go.

However, in the Three Kingdoms era when transportation was underdeveloped, transportation costs were very high.

Take military ration transportation as an example. The most labor-saving method is water transportation, but going up against the current requires a large number of boaters, and the cost is not small.

The transportation on land is only human and animal power, and in a dangerous place, it will be exploited by bandits and road bullies, which is a great price!

In ancient times, the reserve and transportation of food and grass were very important. During the Warring States Period, the Battle of Changping between Zhao and Qin State and the State of Qin State was finally defeated by insufficient food and grass.

Therefore, to win a war, the storage and transportation of food and grass are the top priority.

If it is a labor force expedition, even if the requisitioned civilians transport grain, the land transfer cost is only the consumption of food for civilians. In the end, half of the food obtained by the army will be considered efficient.

After Cao Pi ascended the throne, in terms of strength, Liu Bei of Xichuan was the weakest military strength after the defeat in the Battle of Yiling.

Especially after Liu Bei died, Shu Han should be a soft persimmon, and it should be the first choice for Cao Pi to attack with his elite troops and sufficient food.

In fact, Cao Pi only symbolically carried out a five-way attack on Shu, and sent Cao Zhen to attack Yangping Pass once. The rest of the time, he was attacking Sun Quan because Xichuan was long and dangerous, and it was difficult to transport food and grass.

Cao Pi chose the location of attacking Jiangdong in Guangling, which was recognized by most of the strategists and generals because the grain reserves of Qing and Xu prefectures were sufficient for a war.

The transportation problems in the Nanman area are not difficult for Ma Shuchang. It just so happened that his own mule and horse team and fleet had been idle for a long time, so it was useless.

Moreover, the Nanman area is wide, with rich resources and low prices.

Moreover, Wuximan's products are limited, and the supply of goods is in short supply in Jiangdong.

Although the cost has increased, the profit margin is not small.

Uncle Ma often foresees that as long as the supply is sufficient, his business in Jiangdong will definitely get better and better.

Time is money, and in the future, Jiangdong Market became Ma Shuchang's business entity. He did not stay in Jiangdong for more time, but rushed back to Xichuan without stopping.

Although Ji Yan was dealt with this time, Uncle Ma spent a lot of money. He almost drained all the working capital in all the shops in Jiangdong and even sold a batch of goods at a low price.

If the working capital and goods of these shops are not quickly replenished, let alone setting up new semicolons, the existing shops will soon be closed.

The Ma family's business in Wuximan was originally dominated by Sun Lang, but now it has been completely replaced by Sun Quan, and the Ma family's investment in Sun Lang's name has also been wasted.

As a backbone family under Liu Bei, who was hostile to Sun Quan, Sun Quan could not allow the Ma family to participate in his business.

Sun Quan could tolerate the existence of other Ma family shops in Jiangdong, but he still had the idea of ​​winning over the Ma family.

Moreover, Sun Quan attached great importance to the Ma family in Jiangdong and promoted Ma Zhong to become Pan Zhang's army Sima.

Ma Zhong belongs to the branch of the Ma Wu lineage and is not considered a big family in Jiangdong. Ma Zhong himself is not very outstanding in martial arts, but his family background is a qualified general.

Because of Sun Quan's heavy use, Ma Zhong captured Guan Yu and his son Guan Ping and others in Linju and made contributions.

In fact, Ma Zhong himself did not make much contribution to capturing Guan Yu. The reason why he was widely commended by Sun Quan was equivalent to releasing goodwill to Ma Liang, Ma Su and others.

Ma Su's family and Ma Wu's family have a deep relationship. Although they are not close to each other, they are also in the same mood.

The rise of the Ma family's hippo family was inseparable from Ma Wu's assistance.

Sun Lang was deprived of his wealth by Sun Quan. If Wuximan was still Shamoke in charge, it would not be difficult for Uncle Ma to start a new stove.

But after Shamoke and Ma Liang pretended to die and pierced their names, the head of Wuximan was replaced by Shi Bo.

When Shamoke and Shi Bo competed for the Barbarian King, Ma Liang and Ma Su participated, the quarrel was very unpleasant.

Ma Su even had a quarrel with Shi Bo's capable subordinate Shi Dong. Even without Sun Quan's intervention, Shi Bo would definitely not agree to the Ma family's business in Wuxi Manxing.

Uncle Ma often reflected on it for a long time, feeling that he could not worry about the business in Sun Quan's hands, nor could he cooperate with Wuximan anymore, so he could only give up this market completely.

The Ma family's business fell to a trough and it was struggling.

As the helmsman of the Ma family business, he has the responsibility to make ideas and find solutions.

Fortunately, the situation in the Nanman area has been initially opened, and it is not difficult to catch up with the Wuximan share in time.

Uncle Ma often came to Yueli County with confidence and enthusiasm.

He didn't even go home to rest, so he headed straight to the large warehouse of Ma's family, hoping to immediately withdraw funds and goods to replenish them into the shops in Jiangdong.

Who knew that the Ma family’s large warehouse in Yueli County was already empty.

Along the way, Uncle Ma Chang also heard that the Southern Barbarians were not peaceful, and he was also a little worried.

But then I thought about it, with the military strength of the Ma family and Sha family in Yueshi County, there should be no problem in ensuring the safety of their own industries, not only in terms of protecting the country and ensuring the safety of their own industries.

But in such a large warehouse, all the goods were lost, and it must have been a military disaster!

(End of this chapter)
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