After reading Zhang Ping's letter, Cao Ang didn't bother to go to the kindergarten to apologize to the teacher. He walked alongside Mao Ba Nian and went straight to the study to find Cao Cao.

Seeing them coming in, Cao Cao put down the book in his hand and looked up and asked, "How come you two are together? Is there something wrong?"

Mao Ba Nian bowed and said, "I have met my lord, and I have reported it urgently in the Eight Hundred Miles of Liangzhou."

Cao Ang took the opportunity to hand over the letter. Cao Cao took it and was furious when he saw it. He slapped the table in anger and stood up and yelled: "Damn Ma Teng, extremely shameless."

In recent years, the Han Dynasty has prospered in business and increased in products. In order to ensure the maximization of interests, many aristocratic families have organized caravans to go to the Western Regions.

When he went to the Western Regions, he had to pass Liangzhou. Seeing that it was profitable, Ma Teng set up a checkpoint in Tianshui County. He stopped the caravans and forced them to sell the goods to Liangzhou. He also set up a checkpoint in Jincheng County to block the caravans from coming to Han from the Western Regions. He sold the goods he forced from the caravans in the Central Plains to them and let them return the same way, which was equivalent to cutting a piece of the Silk Road and sitting in the middle to make the difference between the two sides.

But he also knew that the aristocratic families in the Central Plains were not easy to mess with. The goods collected were 30% higher than the cost price, so that the caravans in the Central Plains would not lose money. The caravans in the Western Regions would be killed. The price would be increased by five or six times. Do you like to buy them?

The Western Regions caravans came to the Central Plains to purchase goods. If they could get goods in Jincheng County, they would naturally run to the Central Plains lazy. Although the price of goods in Jincheng is high, what does it matter? They can transfer them back to the Western Regions and sell them five or six times more. If they really can't do it, they can go to a farther rest. The farther the distance, the higher the price. In the end, the consumers are still cheated.

Ma Teng used this method to block the middle of the Silk Road. When the second dealer made a fortune, he was happy that the merchants in the Central Plains were in pain. He worked hard to produce goods and organized a caravan to transport them to Tianshui County. Just to work for you Ma Teng, your surname is Ma, and your face is so big.

If the aristocratic families were tolerated, they might have tolerated it. After all, those with Ma surname were not easy to deal with. Now it is not possible. Many aristocratic families carry loans and have to pay interest every month. If they are cheated by the Ma family like this, how can they live in the future?

The aristocratic family is fine, at most they don’t make money or make less money. Those pure businessmen without backgrounds and newly-started poor graduates cannot withstand this kind of disaster.

After the implementation of the college student entrepreneurship plan, more than 600 graduates were deceived by Cao Ang to borrow money. Many graduates joined the entrepreneurship ranks. After that, they went to Guanzhong to build factories and nearly 100 people were preparing to do import and export trade.

Zhang Ping, a poor scholar who Cao Ang valued the most, was the first one to go to Guanzhong. He went to Chang'an to rent land to build a factory, buy machines to make wool materials. With the support of policy and the help of Xu Huang, who was guarding Guanzhong, everything went smoothly. Unexpectedly, he was robbed by Ma Teng on the way to the Western Regions. Although he did not lose money, the little money he earned was not enough to pay back the interest. How could he bear it in the long run?

Zhang Ping wrote to Cao Ang for help.

After scolding, Cao Cao sat back on the chair helplessly, searched his eyebrows and said, "No need to ask, it must be the idea of ​​that stupid guy from Fa Zheng, so let's talk about anything else."

Mao Banian smiled bitterly: "Now many caravans gathered in Guanzhong and were angry, and they were yelling to ask General Xu Huang to send troops to attack Tianshui. It is estimated that it will not take long before the major families will report together."

"Attack Ma Teng?"

Cao Cao frowned and thought for a while before asking, "Zi Xiu, what do you think?"

Cao Ang smiled bitterly and said, "The time has not come. Now all the projects in the Central Plains have been launched one after another. We are all spending our energy on this. In addition, Zihuan is about to go out to sea, and all the yamen are busy with this matter and cannot escape it."

"On the other hand, Ma Teng unified the ten counties of Liangzhou, and when robbers earn a lot of wealth, the people's hearts and morale are high, it is impossible to easily win them. Once they fall into a stalemate, the big-eared thief will definitely make a fuss, and we will be very passive at that time."

Cao Cao said unhappily: "What should I do? Let him block the key to the Silk Road and suck our blood. Have you calculated how much money will be lost in one day if I continue like this?"

Cao Ang smiled and said, "No war does not mean that there is no way to deal with him. We can give him an economic blockade and let him play with him by himself."

"oh?"

Cao Cao became interested and said, "How to block it?"

Cao Ang said confidently: "The court came forward to turn all the existing goods in Guanzhong into strategic reserves. At the same time, he ordered major factories to reduce production, suspend exports to countries in the Western Regions, and then asked Bingzhou Mining Group to recover all investment in Liangzhou and move them back to the Central Plains. Finally, he ordered General Xu Huang to block the border and not put a Western Regions caravan in, so that they could get out of where they came from, and we would not do this business."

"Liangzhou is barren, and many raw materials for products have to be purchased from Zhongyuan. Without raw materials, he can only catch blindly if he has the skills and workers."

"As soon as the border is blocked, the types of products on his side will be reduced by at least 80%. The ones that can be taken are probably only wool wool made of wool, and tea, silk, porcelain, salt and other products that are most popular among the Western Regions. Who do you think can't stand it first?"

"As for opening another commercial road from Hanzhong or Yizhou to Jiangnan, it is purely a dream. Hanzhong is blocked by Zhang Lu. We can just give him some benefits and let him block the border. It doesn't matter if Zhang Lu doesn't follow. The difficulty of Shu Road is as difficult as going to the blue sky. There are cliffs everywhere and people can't get through, let alone big trucks. The first thing a merchant considers when doing business is cost issues, and only fools who lose money can do business."

"It would be even better if Ma Teng couldn't stand it and attacked us first. As the defensive side, we have morally tenacious."

“Economic lockdown?”

Cao Cao leaned against the chair and thought for a long time before saying, "This is a trick to kill a thousand enemies and lose 800 yourself. Why don't Ma Teng know that our losses will definitely not be small."

After all, it's for money.

Cao Ang said indifferently: "So what, the Central Plains states are vast and wealthy. Without foreign trade, we can transfer domestic sales. Liangzhou is different. Without Central Plains, it is a dead end to provide goods."

Cao Cao waved, "You two go and do your business, call Xun Yu and Zhong Yao for me."

The two bowed and left, and after leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion for eight years, they ran to find someone, while Cao Ang took a carriage and headed straight to the kindergarten.

When he arrived at the school gate, he showed his identity and walked in swagger. After walking a few steps, he heard a tender cry, killing, fighting, and rushing. If it weren't for the tender voice, he would have thought he had come to the battlefield.

Cao Ang couldn't help but speed up his pace. When he arrived at the playground, he was stunned. He saw nearly a hundred students fighting in two waves, which was very lively. When he looked closely, he was quite well organized.

These guys are OK. They learned how to arrange troops in open crotch pants. How could they be when they grow up?

After glanced in the crowd a few times, he finally found Cao Sheng who was beating him up with an unknown child. Cao Ang's muscles trembled a few times, walked over and pushed away the boy scout who was "battled", grabbed Cao Sheng's collar and lifted him up.
Chapter completed!