Chapter 1207 Accelerate

The effect of Zhang Yu's two-handed preparation is still very good.

As far as public opinion is concerned, this Ma Teng has already started to encounter some difficulties, and many aristocratic families who were very supportive of him are now gradually beginning to shirk with various reasons.

Ma Teng was elbowed in many places.

He is not going to attack these aristocratic families and businessmen. In that case, he may really lose a lot of support for patrolling.

Ma Teng asks them for money, and will compensate them later.

But these aristocratic families led Ma Teng to the warehouse.

"I only have these goods, you can get as much as you want."

"There is no money, but there are many warehouses for goods."

"The road is cut off. I will give you what I want these goods for. I don't have any money."

Ma Teng wanted to buy more iron ore, and when he asked them to borrow money, Ma Teng suddenly realized that he couldn't borrow much money, it was all goods.

Seeing the goods in one warehouse after another, Ma Teng panicked.

Ma Teng has been paying attention to military affairs recently, and he really doesn't know what's going on.

He also knew about the price reduction of various goods before, but he didn't care.

It is not normal for commodity prices to rise and fall. This substantial price reduction is also beneficial to them. They can buy more commodities and make more money.

It was a good thing in the first place, but Zhang Yu had a big price cut and a big promotion, and those businessmen spent all their money to fill up the warehouse.

Nowadays, every family is facing bankruptcy, and there is no other way if it does not go bankrupt. There are so many people in the family, and there is no income, and it will collapse all at once.

Most importantly, the westbound road was blocked.

Ma Teng directly refused to allow businessmen to go to the Western Regions, and the Silk Road was not allowed to go.

Because the strongholds they set up could not bear too many people, and those strongholds had to receive the Roman army.

In this way, in just a few months, the merchants in Liangzhou were in trouble.

At first, they thought it was only temporary, but now the news spread,

This Ma Teng has no chance of winning at all.

With Ma Teng making such a fuss, these merchants and aristocratic families could only be buried with him.

However, these merchants and aristocratic families are not fools. Ma Teng has soldiers and horses in his hands, so he must not force it, and he must cooperate very well, otherwise he will not know how he died.

When Ma Teng wanted to borrow money, they put pressure on him.

How much, Ma Teng said himself.

It's not that they don't support it, but they are very supportive.

Support, as much as you want, I will pull you as much goods as you want.

There is really no money, but the goods will be given to you from warehouse to warehouse.

Ma Teng went around and came back, but didn't ask for much money. In the past, these aristocratic families were very cooperative. When Ma Teng was short of money, if he asked them for it, they could raise a large sum for him.

It's alright now, it's all been tricked by Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu directly asked them to turn the money into goods, and so many goods were piled up in the warehouse, even if he had money, Ma Teng was too embarrassed to take it.

Ma Teng knew that the Silk Road would not open so early.

Once opened, they will perish.

This is related to the rise and fall of the Ma Teng family, how could it be ignored.

Ma Teng attached great importance to it, and he sent troops to directly cut off the Silk Road.

Only when it is broken can the Roman army come over smoothly.

But now, he encountered a new crisis.

"Everyone, the situation is not good. We will face a huge financial crisis." Ma Teng urgently summoned his staff.

Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard this. Is this a financial war? Or a currency war?

They have wealth, but no cash.

That warehouse represents wealth, but those wealth cannot be used for circulation, let alone to buy iron ore or pay wages.

"My lord, you can ask these businessmen to go to the bank to borrow money. Although Liangzhou does not have it, there are other places, and they can borrow money."

Ma Teng shook his head straight at the words of an aide, it was possible before, but not now.

If that's the case, Ma Teng is afraid to push all these businessmen to Zhang Yu's side.

Ma Teng is very uncomfortable now.

He couldn't think of any way to do it, but he couldn't do without solving this matter, and sooner or later there would be a big mess.

Ma Teng was already in a hurry.

"This matter must be resolved, and it cannot be delayed for too long, otherwise these aristocratic families may be kidnapped by Zhang Yu and defect." Ma Teng said.

There is no market for these goods in Liangzhou, so they can only be shipped to the West.

But now the road to the west is not open.

They don't know how long it will last. If it keeps dragging on, it will be very bad for them.

The battle situation on the front line is not very optimistic. Ma Teng and the others generally have the upper hand and take advantage of a lot.

But Zhang Yu had more and more soldiers and horses, killing tens of thousands of people was useless at all, but it was very uncomfortable for them to lose tens of thousands themselves.

Ma Teng was very anxious in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face.

"My lord, we can recruit some people from these aristocratic families and fill them directly into the army. This can help these aristocratic families to reduce some of their burdens, and prevent them from having too many people in their hands and causing chaos." An aide said.

Ma Teng patted the chair with his hands, and then said: "That's right, but we have to make an agreement with the family."

Ma Teng suddenly realized that there were many young men in the hands of these aristocratic families, and some of them even had a lot of armed forces.

This is a tradition here. They are located on the border. In the past, grassland peoples often invaded suddenly. They would organize their own people to protect themselves.

It is very costly to raise these people nowadays, and it is very dangerous for these big families and big businessmen to lose their business sources and money.

Whether it's getting up to make trouble, or becoming Zhang Yu's internal support, Ma Teng will weaken them.

Ma Teng immediately arranged for people to go, and asked each family to arrange a certain number of people to come to him, and he would organize these people into the army.

Ma Teng moved quickly, and more than 30,000 people gathered in a few days.

"Ma Teng doesn't believe us, but we have always supported him."

"It's nice to say, but it's not that you're afraid of us."

"Without power, there is no right to speak, and we don't know how to kill us in the future."

"This Ma Teng is probably going to raise a knife."

Not long after Ma Teng took action, various rumors came, some were spontaneous, and some were sent by Zhang Yu's spies.

All kinds of rumors are very unfavorable to Ma Teng, which is to drive them apart. The relationship between Ma Teng and the family is gradually splitting.

"As long as the problem is solved as soon as possible, everything will be fine." After receiving the news, Ma Teng knew that there was no way to change it, so he could only continue.

If they fail, they will be forever lost. If they succeed, they will be able to recover as long as they are given some compensation in the future.

Ma Teng didn't stop and asked people to speed up the progress.

The situation in Liangzhou is not good, and Ma Teng has already accelerated his progress regardless of everything.

At this time, after several days of preparation, Zhang Yu sent five thousand troops to go deep into the desert.

"Zilong, this time you are asked to go on an adventure, you must be careful, and return if you can't do anything, the most important thing is to live."

Zhang Yu sent Zhao Yun to go. This matter is very important, and there must be a strong general.

Zhao Yun clasped his fists and said, "My lord has shown me a mountain of kindness. This time, it's about the righteousness of the nation. I will definitely complete the task."

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