Chapter 754 Cement and Wool (additional update for late summer birthday)

Above the case, there is a burned stone. Han Feng said that after this kind of stone was smashed, it hardened overnight.

Ma Chao knew that this thing was the Han Dynasty version of crude cement. Although there is a book tutorial, the craftsmen in the brick kiln still tested hundreds of times before finding the standard for mixing the proportion of limestone, iron powder and sandstone. After this process was established, the kiln has entered the stage of large-scale firing. However, the follow-up work is still complicated, and a certain amount of slag, pulverized coal, gray gypsum, etc. can only be made after entering the cement grinding process.

That is to say, this stone is just cement clinker at this time. But even so, Ma Chao was very satisfied. Although the subsequent ratio mixing will take some time to explore, the early advent of cement has solved a major problem in the construction of the Ma family. The shortest and most significant performance is to save food!

After the entry of the Xiongnu and two earthquakes in Chang'an, the Ma family has been stagnant in the restoration of the wall of Chang'an because of lack of money. One of the most important reasons is that when building a wall in the Han Dynasty, it was necessary to use glutinous rice to solidify stones. Nowadays, people don't have enough to eat. Where can there be extra glutinous rice for the restoration of the wall?

However, another good news is that the wall of Chang'an does not seem to need to be repaired until the cement is fully developed.

Today, under the rule of the Ma family, the main enemy of the Chang'an Wall is the Xiongnu in the north. However, yesterday, the Xiongnu envoys came to help the wind, which really made Ma Chao guess correctly: they came to show their goodwill.

Ma Chao has never ignored the role of beauty tricks. It's just that he didn't expect that Wang Huayu, Situ Wang Yun's niece and the beauty who experienced the great catastrophe, had achieved such shocking results as Ma Chao in just a few days!

According to the Xiongnu messenger, Wang Huayu achieved the hegemony ambition of the old Xiongnu king on the first day of his arrival in the Xiongnu tribe. Other Han women did not even see the faces of the Xiongnu nobles at all, which became the stepping stone for Wang Huayu. The next morning, the old king of the Xiongnu issued an order to withdraw 100,000 Xiongnu warriors and sent envoys to express his desire to communicate well with the Ma family.

Before the Xiongnu messenger sent the envoy, he also heard the news that the old king of the Xiongnu wanted to establish Wang Huayu as the family. Even, when the messenger was halfway, he was caught up by the subsequent messenger and added the number of cattle, sheep and horses dedicated to the Ma family!

The bones of the Xiongnu want to be able to make such a move. Even if it is not the first time, it is absolutely unheard of in a hundred years. It can be seen that the old king of the Xiongnu has even obeyed Wang Huayu.

Thanks to Wang Huayu's withdrawal of the Xiongnu, the Qiang people almost heard the news. While Ma Chao's remaining power was not exhausted, he quickly attacked the four counties of Liangzhou.

The Qiang bandits this time are obviously different from the past. This time, they seem to have come specifically against the chaotic army and mountain thieves on the side of the four counties. Except for those stubborn people, they have hardly harassed any family. However, the 200,000 troops of the Qiang people still woke up to those shrewd superiors.

Wuwei is the closest to the Qiang tribe, but the Qiang people have nothing to do with Wu Weiqiu, and then think of Ma Chao's relationship with the Qiang people. Xiping County's performance was the first to react. First of all, he proposed that several counties in Liangzhou should return to the Ma family; Zhangye County Taishou and Luan refused, and his subordinates Zhang Jindutong arrested the Taishou and responded to the performance; Jiuquan County Taishu Xinji rose up to resist Qiang soldiers and was besieged by 50,000 Qiang soldiers. The xiao showed it to the public, and Jiuquan County fell. Wuwei County has always lived in Qianghu. Before the three tribes in the county were restless, they received a notice from Yan Jun and Zhang Bang to join the Chengma family...

It can be said that since Ma Chao returned to Fufeng, all the good news has been received. The Yan family in Jincheng was completely razed, and Liangzhou will return to the Ma family in a few days. The people who support the wind are healthy, prosperous and rich, and the benefits of the new policy have gradually emerged. Now the goodwill of the Xiongnu has made Ma Chao see another dawn.

Yes, Ma Chao will not refuse his friendship with the Huns. However, he was not entirely because he saw that Wang Huayu had successfully confused the Xiongnu Lao Wang, but because he saw the huge market of millions of people in the Xiongnu.

In the face of interests, even if Ma Chao bows down, he will never frown. Just because he knew that ancient wars were about economy and population. Now that the huge and completely unexplored market of the Xiongnu is in front of him, how can he once again use the unique 'economic aggression' tactics of the Ma family?

As long as the waist is bulging, the fist will naturally be hard. And the fist is hard, and it's easy to say about face, fame, submission and so on.

If you can cut meat with a blunt knife, Ma Chao will never punch when the Ma family's fist is still soft. And this is the advantage that the time travelers see longer than the ancients.

From this, the Xiongnu messenger came to Fufeng County and came back happily. Not only did he get a beautiful grateful letter written by Ma Chao, but he also brought Fufeng distilled wine, tea, Fufeng paper, refined salt, coal and other Fufeng specialties. Moreover, I also deeply remember what Ma Chao said the most when he left:

"wool! The Ma family bought a lot of wool! No matter how many there are, the Ma family will accept it!"

The messenger was surprised by Ma Chao's strange request for a long time. The wool thing was thrown almost everywhere on the grassland, and Ma Chao, a great man riding general, actually mentioned that kind of pickle over and over again. After thinking hard, the messenger said on his own initiative, "General, don't worry, the villain will send hundreds of cars to the general in the coming day to show his heart."

"No!" Ma Chao shook his head seriously and said very seriously, "I said that the Ma family is buying wool for five yuan a catty, and the child is not deceived. And hundreds of cars are not enough at all! What I want, all the wool on the whole grassland, how much to collect!"

The messenger finally looked at Ma Chao away with a stupid look. Ma Chao, who smiled and said no, sent the messenger for a long time in the wind. The sincerity and hope made the messenger feel ashamed to laugh at Ma Chao.

"Meng Qi, what is the use of wool?" Guo Jia tightened his tight clothes, smiled casually, and said bluntly, "You have always been ruthless and unpreventable. But this time, I really can't think of the benefits of that wool for my brother?

"Brother doesn't know that Ma's arsenal has invented a textile machine, which can spin cotton and wool to make clothes. And the Xiongnu still drinks blood, wears clothes and hangs clothes..." When Ma Chao said this, he seemed to be hesitant, as if he was weighing a very important event.

"It's not the Xiongnu, but our Han Dynasty. When winter comes, it is also the fur to keep out the cold." Fazheng interface, he has always known Ma Chao's methods of different times, and this is a moment to peep through the sky.

"If we buy the Xiongnu's wool and make it into clothes, which is light and warm, then do you think the Huns will wear the wet and troublesome fur again?" Speaking of this, Ma Chao seemed to be relieved. After taking a deep breath, he continued to say, "Buy five penny, and then sell it to the Xiongnu. And the Huns have at least one million people, and everyone needs one, and the Ma family can greatly speed up the recovery process..."

When everyone heard the words, they immediately looked at Ma Chao. At the same time, I think of the Fufeng specialty that Ma Chao specially asked the Xiongnu messenger to bring back: distilled wine that can dispel the cold, coal for heating in winter, exquisite white purified salt, and indispensable tea for nomadic peoples... The Huns have little reason to refuse these things!!

In this way, not to mention ten or five years, it can even be said that as long as the trade is smooth this year, the wealth flowing in from the Xiongnu tribe can completely restore the vitality of the Ma family!

It is also because of these economic means that Ma Chao took control of the Qiang people. And now it seems that Ma Chao is going to repeat his old skills to the Xiongnu?