With Han Sui's escape, the capture of Yuzhong also means that Xiliang was completely in the hands of Ye Zhao. From now on, Ye Zhao's land began to the south, central Yunnan area, and ended in Zhangye in the north, and ran through the north and south, with a distance of more than 3,000 miles. Even the newly developed flying boat would take one month to fly from Zhangye to Yunnan!

"Good job!" When Ye Zhao received the information in Bingzhou, in the prefect of Jinyang, it was already February. The earth had begun to warm up, and there was a hint of green between the mountains and forests. Looking at the letters sent by Li Ru to Ma Chao, Ye Zhao couldn't help but applaud.

Conquering Xiliang not only represents the expansion of Ye Zhaozhi's land, and there will be no worries afterwards, but also represents the Silk Road, which will be completely controlled by Ye Zhao. Ye Zhao is very clear about the wealth this road can bring, especially now that the technology of flying boats is very mature, which is similar to the earliest airships. Manpowered propellers can accelerate and control the direction of the flying boats and can withstand long-range flights.

The emergence of the flying boats means that Ye Zhao's caravan can fly farther away for trade, and even establish diplomatic relations with Kushan and rest, and communicate with each other. Moreover, Ye Zhao is an absolute leader, and the profits brought by this can also promote the development of species and allow the Han Dynasty to plant more crops, which plays an extremely important role in people's livelihood or the wheel of the entire history.

"Lord." Xi Zhicai looked at Ye Zhao with a smile, and signaled to Ma Chao.

"Meng Qi, don't be surprised, I'm a little out of my composure." Ye Zhao smiled and asked Ma Chao to take his seat.

"No wonder." Ma Chao was also straightforward, Ye Zhao was just polite, but he said it was not strange, which made everyone in the hall somewhat unhappy.

Dian Wei glanced at Ma Chao with a sideways and groaned.

Ye Zhao was also stunned. After all, he was used to the social methods of the Central Plains. Although he had always tried every means to break the circle of scholars, there is a saying... When you stare at the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you. In the words of this era, it is that those who are close to the red are red and those who are close to the ink are black.

Ye Zhao was planning to break this circle, but at the same time he was constantly contacting and understanding this circle. In addition, his predecessor was originally from the Confucianism. These etiquettes of taking off their pants and farting were subtly integrated into their bones. Not to mention him, even a rude man like Dian Wei, who has been with Ye Zhao for a long time, can understand these things, what can be said and what cannot be said. Now that such a young man suddenly comes, his honest way of speaking makes Ye Zhao a little novel and funny.

Ma Chao was stared at by a group of people and felt uncomfortable all over, and frowned and looked at these people.

Ye Zhao smiled and nodded and said, "Wenyou asked you to come here, I must have already said it."

"The general of the Imperial Palace knows that this time we are coming to fight against the Xianbei people for the Lord." Speaking of war, Ma Chao's spirit was obviously a little different. He bowed to Ye Zhao and said, "I don't know when the lord wants to move troops? The general of the Imperial Palace is willing to be the vanguard."

Ye Zhao smiled even more happily when he heard this. He looked at Xi Zhicai and said, "Looking at Meng Qi reminds me of an old friend who was so young and passionate back then."

"Lu Bu?" Dian Wei looked at Ma Chao and blurted subconsciously, his expression and temperament, Ma Chao was indeed somewhat similar to Lu Bu.

Although Ma Chao has been in Xiliang for a long time and has never set foot in the Central Plains, he has also heard of Lu Bu's name. After the battle at Hulao Pass, Lu Bu was vaguely known as the world's number one general. He couldn't help but feel a little proud and subconsciously straightened his chest.

"But this doll costs Lu Buwu, which is quite impressive." Dian Wei said, touching the hard stubble on his chin.

When Ma Chao heard this, he was immediately exploded. He went to the battlefield at the age of twelve. Over the years, he has been in the Western Liang Dynasty, whether it is Qiang or Han people, there is no general. Even if Han Sui's tent is so amazing, he is still killed by him three shots. He may not be convinced that he is not as good as Lu Bu. After all, Lu Bu became famous more than ten years ago. At the beginning, Lu Bu was at its peak. Now more than ten years have passed, Lu Bu is almost forty years old. At this age, most generals have begun to slide from their peak. Although Ma Chao has not reached its peak, he is not even half as good as Lu Bu, right?

It is necessary to know that between the generals, not to mention 50%, 20% are the gap in their realm. How could Ma Chao convince him? He then slapped and said, "What this general said is too underestimated."

"Ha?" Dian Wei looked up and down at Ma Chao, and suddenly smiled, "What, don't accept it?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Chao snorted coldly, without saying anything, but his expression had already explained everything.

"Lord, this truce is still some time now. I will want to compete with Ma Chao for a while." Dian Wei clasped his fists at Ye Zhao.

"The swords and guns are blind, don't hurt the harmony. If you want to compare, it depends on who will kill more enemies in the future." Ye Zhao shook his head. As soon as Ma Chao came, he started to attack others, and he had some intention of being awesome. Even if Ye Zhao wanted to establish this power, he was not ready to use such a rough method.

"Master!" Ma Chao bowed to Ye Zhaoyi and said, "When General Mo was in Xiliang, he heard that the powerful generals under his command were like clouds, and he yearned for them. Since this general is interested today, General Mo asked the lord to allow General Mo to discuss with this general for a while."

"Go, let's take some action in the yard." Ye Zhao waved his hand and signaled him to compete in the yard. How could Ma Chao's temperament explode at a glance? Dian Wei could arouse him. Lu Bu would at least have some ideas. Ma Chao saved all his thoughts and let Dian Wei suppress his arrogance, otherwise this would not be easy to use.

"Here!" Dian Wei and Ma Chao were overjoyed when they heard this, glared at each other, and headed out the door.

Ye Zhao didn't know how Ma Chao's martial arts were at this moment, but he was not interested in seeing it. Dian Wei would help him weigh it. The 25-year-old Ma Chao might have reached the top level in martial arts, but judging from the character Ma Chao showed now, Ye Zhao was not optimistic about him. After all, Dian Wei is already an old man, and has fought with Lu Bu, Guan Yu, and Zhao Yun. He has also had a fight with top military generals. Even though Ma Chao has this level, he has been fighting with some weak chickens in Xiliang for many years, and his experience is much worse. At least now, he is not Dian Wei's opponent, so it is better to let Dian Wei smash his aura, which makes him think that Zhongyuan is the same as Xiliang.

"Don't worry about them, continue with the topic just now." Listening to the jingling sounds outside, Ye Zhao greeted Xi Zhicai and several aides and said: "Qiu Chi has established an alliance market in Wuquan, but several tribes have gone back on their word, refused to accept it, and even plundered the property of these tribes' alliance, telling Guan Yu that there is no need for these tribes to exist. To purge them and establish authority, it is also to let these tribes that accept our conditions know that we are their backers."

"Now there are only a few tribes, and the cattle, sheep, wars and horses that can be provided are limited. After the spring begins, these tribes can be encouraged to use their connections on the grassland to attract more tribes to join, and to form a three-legged situation on the grassland again."

"Lord, although the market is built, it is still in the investment stage. The horse vendors in Bingzhou have their own purchasing channels and are not willing to cooperate with our army. Some people have moved eastward to Jizhou or Youzhou." A staff member bowed and said, "I suggest that these vendors be permanently refused to participate."

"Word of intention." Ye Zhao shook his head: "The connections in their hands are our needs. How can we permanently keep these talents from leaving temporarily? Do big things and look farther."

"But if these people are not dealt with, more vendors will follow suit."

"Businessmen seek profits and will come back in the future when they find business opportunities. Don't worry about this. Now Wuquan Market is not large, and vendors from Yongshu are enough to digest the output of this market. If they don't want to come, it's not their turn to eat this first bite of meat. In addition, the Silk Road has been opened, and the market here can directly connect with Zhangye to sell goods from the Western Regions into the grassland. With these alone, even if all the vendors in Bingzhou have run away, our economic context will be enough to operate on its own. When they turn around, even if we don't stop it, we will not have the current preferential policies to support it." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

"Also what is the current demographic of Bingzhou?"

"The statistics have been completed. The population of Bingzhou is now bounded by Luliang Mountain. The population is gradually increasing to the south. To the north, it is sparsely populated, like Wuquan, and there is no place to be good. The proportion of Han people is seriously insufficient. At present, the population of Bingzhou is about 230,000 households, and the population is about 800,000." A staff member in charge of counting the population bowed.

The population of a state is even lower than that of a large county in the Central Plains. No wonder Yuan Shao did not react much when he lost Bingzhou. He probably didn't like it.

"Spring plowing has arrived, and there are not many farming fields in Bingzhou. The promotion of manure needs to be stepped up. I hope it can be completely decided next year." Ye Zhao pondered.

"Don't worry, lord, it has been promoted since last year."

With previous experience in Chang'an, the officials I brought this time are already very skilled in promoting these new things.

Everyone discussed the future direction of Bingzhou. After Ye Zhao solved it one by one, he was about to disperse, but Ma Chao walked in with Dian Wei's support, trembling step by step. His handsome face was blue and purple, and it was much swollen, with no idea of ​​the reason.

Dian Wei's eyes were black, but he seemed to be nothing.

"So fast?" Ye Zhao smiled at Ma Chao, who had even lost his weapons.

"This kid has some skills." Dian Wei smiled at Ye Zhao and said, "But although the kung fu is good, the infantry battle is not very good."

Ye Zhao glared at Dian Wei, "Film War?" As Ye Zhao's personal bodyguard, since the cavalry war has had Danxi, it has made up for the shortcomings of Dian Wei's cavalry war, but it can only be said to be good. But when it comes to infantry warfare, even if Guan Yu and Zhao Yun are off the horse, they are not opponents of the point. They use infantry warfare to fight Ma Chao, which means they are not familiar with bullying Ma Chao, but they can be praised by Dian Wei. It seems that Ma Chao has already had some skills at this time.

"Meng Qi is exhausted all the way, so let's go and rest first, and we will hold a banquet for you tomorrow." Ye Zhao looked at Ma Chao and said with a smile: "Let the military Chinese medicine craftsmen take a look later."

"Thank you!" Ma Chao was obviously much more well-behaved than before. He was not so sharp and his spirit became much more decadent. It was obvious that Dian Wei had a great impact on him. After saying that, he turned around and left with the servants.

"How?" After seeing Ma Chao leave, Ye Zhao looked at Dian Wei.

"The ability is not bad, but if it is said to be a few years earlier than Lu Bu," Dian Wei shook his head and said. He had fought with Lu Bu, so he could naturally understand the gap between the two sides better.
Chapter completed!