The most important thing for a man in his life is his degree, he is greedy and greedy, he is addicted to drinking, he is good at making trouble, he does not cause trouble when he has nothing to do, and he does not fear when he has something to do.

If you grasp this degree well, no matter how stupid a person is, he will not live a bad life. Once you exceed this degree, no matter how smart a person is, he will fall apart.

Isn’t the old saying that people’s eyes are black, and the heart is red. Sometimes, when the eyes are red, the heart becomes dark. When the heart is black, it is not far from bad luck.

Ma Teng is like this now. I don’t know if he was afraid of being poor or what happened before. He ignored the money when he saw it. He set up a card at both ends to buy and sell it. The backhand was five or six times the profit. In addition, the local factories in Liangzhou made money so fast. It is not an exaggeration to say that he made money every day. If this momentum continues, he can recruit tens of thousands of troops at the beginning of the next spring and equip all the equipment.

Liangzhou has strong folk customs and the Western Liang cavalry is the best in the battle of the Han Dynasty. If it weren't too poor, the world would have been in troubled times.

Now that the financial crisis is resolved, it is time for Xiliang to show its skills.

Walking in the morning, I cleaned the streets, but it was still a little slippery. Looking at the stalls on both sides and the Western Regions who were bargaining in Chinese, Ma Teng's heart was warmer than just drinking a bowl of hot mutton soup. He smiled foolishly: "There are many Western Regions caravans coming to Jincheng recently. You have to collect more goods from the Central Plains caravans. The opportunity to make money is not to be missed."

You are so confused. People from the Central Plains family are really fools.

Knowing that he would not listen, Fa Zheng couldn't help but persuade: "Father, merchants are all animals that seek profit and avoid harm. Although the price we purchase is 30% higher than the cost price, the Zhongyuan caravan does not make money in terms of round trip freight. Who would come if you don't have money to make? According to the child, let's remove the Tianshui level."

How could Ma Teng withdraw money? Hearing this, he said in pain: "If it really doesn't work, increase the purchase price by 20%, or we send people to the Central Plains to purchase goods by ourselves. In short, the Western Regions caravans must not cross Jincheng, and the Central Plains caravans must not cross Tianshui, otherwise what can we make? Xiaozhi, my father knows that this is a one-time transaction that will last for a long time, but you don't know that the people of Liangzhou are afraid of being poor, and finally waiting for a chance to get rich, how can they give up easily? Even if we want to stop now, the soldiers will not agree."

Fa Zheng: "..." He wanted to scold a short-sighted person, and he swallowed it again when he spoke.

Ma Teng is right. How high can you expect people who have been struggling on the food and clothing line for many years?

What the poor always consider is immediate benefits. It is not that they do not want to consider the long-term, but that there are too few sustainable resources that cannot support the day when they see long-term benefits.

The first thing they have to consider is survival, and they are just a little bit of it. As for the future, they really don’t care about it.

Fazheng was also helpless about this and could only take one step at a time.

Fortunately, potatoes and sweet potatoes have a very good growth in Liangzhou and have extremely high yields. Liangzhou can now be self-sufficient. Even if the Central Plains caravan does not come, they will not be unable to survive.

Besides, if the mountain doesn’t come, I will go to the mountain. If they don’t come, they will let the Western Regions caravans go there. Anyway, as long as they pass the Silk Road, they will have to leave them to buy wealth, and they are not afraid.

As for Cao Cao's attack, it's even more not a problem. Liangzhou is now well-equipped with sufficient troops and food, and the attack is insufficient to defend. Liu Bei is also eyeing him, and Cao Cao wants to attack Liangzhou and dreams.

Thinking of this, Fa Zheng also felt that this is good now, and making a fortune is just one.

The three of them were happily riding a fast horse and rushing around. From a distance, you could hear the rushing sound of horse hooves and the shouts of "Get out of the way". When you look closely, it turned out to be Pang Rou.

Pang Rou rushed closer and dismounted, handed a newspaper and said, "Lord, young master, military advisor, something happened."

Ma Teng snatched it and was stunned when he saw it. He subconsciously handed it to Fa Zheng, muttering to himself: "It's over."

The newspaper wrote a secretly blockade order from the imperial court to Liangzhou, which ordered the aristocratic caravans in the Central Plains not to send a grain of rice into Liangzhou, and at the same time, they were not allowed to let Liangzhou caravans enter Guanzhong, completely blocking the Silk Road.

Since it’s not fun, don’t play. This is obviously a table lift.

Fa Zheng looked up at the sky and sighed a long sigh and said, "Without the Western Regions, the inventory of most factories in the Central Plains will be backlogged, and the output will decrease. Taking advantage of the slack farming work, the losses will increase exponentially over time. In the end, it is incalculable that Cao thief is Cao thief, not ordinary with courage."

The world is changing too fast now. If you don’t learn for a day, you may fall behind. Fa Zheng has great ambitions and does not allow himself to fall behind. Half a year ago, he sent someone to collect new books on mathematics, economy, science and engineering, biochemistry, civil engineering, etc. in Xudu, and developed a good habit of reading newspapers. He reads every issue of newspapers. After persisting, he learned some of the economic outlines and knew what the imperial seal of blockade means. He said: "Send people to watch the people of Bingzhou Mining Group, take good food and drink, and don’t let them leave."

When Liangzhou attracted investment, Bingzhou Mining Group was the first to enter under Yuan Shao's dispatch. In recent years, it has built roads and schools and hospitals, making indelible contributions to the development of Bingzhou. However, the investment time was too short, and many projects were under construction and took a long time to complete. They evacuated them, so who would clean up the mess?

Pang Rou smiled bitterly and said, "It's too late, and construction cannot be started in winter. Many people from the mining group went home for the New Year a few months ago. The left-behind personnel received an order to burn all the construction drawings on the spot. What's the use of seizing people without the drawings?"

Fa Zheng's eyes turned dark and he murmured to himself: "It's over."

Ma Teng asked: "What will happen if the border is blocked for a long time?"

Fa Zheng sighed: "The Silk Road is our wealth path. Without it, Liangzhou will have to go back to a few years ago. This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the Central Plains are developing too fast now, almost every day. When people are moving forward, we are still standing still or even regressing. In less than five years, the gap that is already big will be widened again. At that time, the imperial court's guns and cannons will continue to spread. No matter how elite our Western Liang cavalry is, the body of the mortal body cannot withstand the bombardment of gunpowder."

Thinking of the power of the cannon, Ma Teng couldn't help but shudder and said viciously: "Then let's take action first. While their cannons are not too much, they will capture Chang'an and then surrender to Liu Bei. I don't believe it. Without him, Butcher Zhang, I would have to eat a pig with hair?"

Fa Zheng continued to shake his head and said, "The time has not come. We blocked the border and offended the Central Plains family too harshly. Once the attacking family will be shared with Cao Cao, and defense is much easier than attacking. Cao Cao needs nothing at that time. Just order Xu Huang to build a defense line in Guanzhong to waste us. His family's great business can afford it. We can't do it."

This is not OK, and that is not OK. Ma Teng was angry and said in a bad tone: "What do you think you should do?"
Chapter completed!