Guan Ping said that he had a father-in-law who had not married yet, which made Ma Chao confused.

Because her mother was killed, her father loved her younger sister quite much and never asked her to get married early, preparing to find a son-in-law who is worthy of her.

But before I found it, my father died of illness, and after the war in Weishui, the Ma family had just gained a foothold in Longyou.

Therefore, Ma Yunlu's marriage has never been put on the agenda.

But even if his sister is so two or three years older than Guan Ping, she would not be paired with his father-in-law!

How old is his father-in-law?

Did Guan Ping not even know what to do?

Don't even think about it!

I still regard him as a good brother.

He actually wanted to find a wife for his father-in-law. Is there anyone who is a brother like this?

Then my sister's appearance is not something that ordinary people can match, let alone an old man.

No, this matter is absolutely not possible.

"General, don't hesitate so much. You can consider it. My father-in-law is Zhao Zilong, Changshan!"

As soon as Guan Ping finished speaking, Ma Chao raised his eyebrows slightly.

His father-in-law is Zhao Zilong, Changshan?

Then this marriage is not something that cannot be considered.

The first thing is to have a relationship with Liu Xuande, and the most direct and suitable marriage partner is Guan Ping.

Unfortunately, Guan Ping has already got married. How could my grand Ma girl be a kid for others?

"I just heard that you have two ladies, but I don't know whose daughters they are?"

"My two wives are both surnamed Zhao, one is the daughter of Zhao Zilong in Changshan, and the other is the sister of Zhao Shuang in Jiangdong."

Ma Chao picked up the wine glass: "So you only have one father-in-law?"

"Well, there is only one. My father-in-law's personality is also very good. I just mentioned it, but I don't know if my father-in-law can agree."

"What?" Ma Chao immediately put the wine bottle on the low table with a snap:

"My decent girl from the Ma family, your father-in-law actually has to consider it?"

"My father-in-law is more cautious. After all, men and women are in a pair, so should they look at each other right?"

"That's true."

Ma Chao nodded in agreement. Ordinary men really couldn't catch his sister's eyes.

"After you return to Yizhou, let me tell you about this matter."

Guan Ping just nodded and smiled, and did not say anything about this matter.

Now we are joining the group to keep warm, and we need each other, so it is normal for marriage to join us.

"By the way, Brother Guan, Yang Fu and others have not had the next move yet. So, will Yan Wen continue to be locked up?"

Ma Chao couldn't wait to sharpen his knife and establish his authority.

"It's only been a few days, and I guess they haven't discussed specific countermeasures yet."

Guan Ping spread the map on the low case and said, "Why should we talk about General, what else do you do next?"

"Oh, Brother Guan has any good plans?"

Ma Chao showed great interest in this. He was in elementary school for marching and fighting, and he was really not very good at how to appease the people's livelihood.

Otherwise, they would not want to win over the local tyrants in Jicheng, so that they can use it for their own purposes and further control Jicheng.

"I heard that the general's ancestor Ma Yuan had thousands of cattle, horses and sheep and tens of thousands of hu of grain because of the fields and maids in Liangzhou. Is it true?"

Ma Chao nodded. This matter should be true. Anyway, he said so. The specific time was too long, so he was not very clear.

Anyway, the Ma family fell later, otherwise his father would not have married a Qiang daughter.

"This is a mixed way of agriculture and animal husbandry. Then the Qiang disaster was greatly affected.

Then there were the disputes between the princes and the place was destroyed. Looking around, there were very few people, I heard that Dunhuang had no prefect for twenty years?"

Ma Chao was a little surprised. Why didn’t I know about this?

Why does Guan Ping even know this?

Their family has been in Huaili, Yongzhou for more than ten years. As for Liangzhou, they have never joined the Qiang disaster or rebellion.

Liangzhou is really desolate now. If it weren't for the defeat in the Wei River Battle, Ma Chao wouldn't have run to Longyou to lick his wounds.

Whose territory is from Liangzhou? Is it Ma Chao or him?

"Don't you know?" Guan Ping raised his eyebrows and explained:

"When you come to a place, you will naturally have to inquire about local affairs everywhere and sort out the powerful households in it, so as not to be sold."

Ma Chao nodded repeatedly, thinking that fortunately his father and Liu Bei had an old age, otherwise how could he have the chance to invite Guan Ping?

Guan Ping paused and said, "If we want to gain a foothold in Jicheng, we will suppress Haoyou, help Xun Powei, and advocate fairness."

"Brother Guan, what do you mean?"

"There are more than territorial land in Haoyou's tribe, but the small people have no soil to stand up. Naturally, we have to cut some of them from Haoyou to supplement the small people so that they can survive."

"So we're going to kill these Haoye?"

Ma Chao was confused. Killing all these people would inevitably have a great impact.

"Of course it's not up to us to do it. They can kill each other, half of them die or half less, and the land will be vacant."

Guan Ping did not think about letting Ma Chao fight the local tyrants here to share the land, otherwise all the scholars in Liangzhou should have turned against him.

This is the fastest way. In fact, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there is no shortage of land, but it will take a lot of time to renovate the land.

Now Xiahou Yuan and others won’t give you too much time, so they can only dial out some from Haoyou’s cake.

"Well, then I'll wait for them to rebel, and there's a reason."

Ma Chao was not surprised at all about Guan Ping's idea of ​​resolutely aggregating land.

He heard that Cao Cao did this in the Central Plains.

But most of his subordinates are military camps, and those people need to hand over more food.

Starting from Dong Zhuo, their Xiliang army snatched wealth from wealthy families and powerful people, and the Qiang, Hu, Di people living here are all like this.

Whoever is stronger, then go out and grab it.

"The most important thing is that the general should always regard himself as a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, so as to attract more Han people, strengthen himself, and resist Cao Cao."

"clear."

"I will say three more points, the general can make a decision on his own."

Guan Ping also thought about building Liangzhou into a standard attraction firepower point and making more preparations for winning Hanzhong.

"Brother Guan said something bluntly."

"First, after removing some powerful people, another group of outstanding talents will be used, such as the children of the families who donated the most food this time, suppressing evil and upholding righteousness in public opinion and measures.

Second, open up and protect the Silk Road, develop trade, and meet the needs of Hu merchants for silk.

By then I can convince my uncle to ask the Hu merchant to buy Shu brocade, and then the general will collect taxes along the way to seek profits.

The third is to attach importance to prisons, light taxes, encourage farmers to develop water conservancy."

After hearing this, Ma Chao immediately stood up and bowed to Guan Ping and said, "Thank you, Brother Guan, for teaching me."

Guan Ping stood up and returned and said, "General, don't have to do this. I will help you now, and you will also help me in the future."

"must."

Ma Chao said solemnly that no one has taught him such development.

Since the Battle of Weishui, all he has been thinking about is to fight back to Guanzhong and regain what he had lost.

It is to prove that he is no worse than Han Sui's old man. If it weren't for the drag of his teammates, how could he have suffered such a big defeat?

Who doesn’t have the will to avenge his previous shame?

"Then Uncle Liu wants to take Yizhou?"

"Of course, we will take Hanzhong again by then, and we will join forces to attack Chang'an together."

Ma Chao expressed his clarity that he knew that Zhang Lu from Hanzhong had no great ambitions.

To have more in-depth cooperation with Zhang Lu, it is better to have better cooperation with Liu Bei.

The most important thing is that Ma Chao found that his mind in planning was not as good as Guan Ping.

What kind of strategist should the two men under Liu Xuande be?

I really want to meet you.
To be continued...