Xu Shu sighed: "With Feng'er's temperament, he is indeed more suitable for joining the army." "It's a pity, my current title is Changsha Taishou, and everything is subject to Xiangyang, otherwise, the teacher will be the general of the Hui Army, and the senior brother will just be your subordinate general." Kou Yan regretted.

"None of this is important, Taishou doesn't have to take it to heart. Xu Shu said indifferently. turned to a deep groan: "However, when you talked about Xiangyang, your subordinates remembered one thing. Liu Cong is the heir of Jingzhou Mu, but the title of General Zhendong will not necessarily fall on his head, and there will inevitably be a storm at that time, and you may not be able to stay out of it. ”

"Well, what the teacher said is very true, but it's too early to think about this, Liu Jingzhou is in good spirits, at least he hasn't forgotten to watch out for me, I'd better not speak obediently. Kou Yan said half-jokingly: "Besides, Liu Cong has the support of the clan behind him, and Liu Qi has nothing behind him, even if the family is separated, what can he get? It would be good to be able to save his life." Unless...... Hey, that's it, it's all a shadowless thing...... Let's wait and see what happens. ”

Xu Shu nodded, with undisguised appreciation in his eyes. He was very happy in his words: "Lord Taishou is far-sighted, and his subordinates are ......" "Teacher...... Don't praise me anymore, what I can think of, you must have thought of it a long time ago. I'm your student, even if I'm a taishou, I'm still your student, and you're supposed to discipline me!" Kou Yan was praised, but he was not happy.

"Praising you for the teacher is not because you are too guarded, but because your ideas are correct. Xu Shu explained: "Yan'er, you should be more confident. ”

The conversation between the master and apprentice came to an abrupt end, and neither of them continued the conversation. Every day after that, Kou Yan would go to Xu Shufu on time to attend classes. In the same hall with Ma Yan, Deng Ai, Ma Liang, etc. Xu Shu did not express an opinion on this, nor did he give special treatment, but Deng Ai was nervous about Kou Yan's arrival for a long time.

On this day, Kou Yan was in class, Hu Cao Peng Ma Liang came in a hurry, and as soon as he came in, he couldn't wait to speak: "Lord Qiyu Taishou, I, my eldest brother and second brother are here!" When Kou Yan heard this, he understood in his heart that this was Ma Yan's credit, so he blurted out: "This young man's credit is not small!" Ma Yan was also very excited when he heard this, and it was even more difficult to hide his joy when he received Kou Yan's praise: "Will the adults go back now?"

After asking, I realized that I had trespassed, so I immediately bowed my head: "Subordinate, subordinate ......" "Yes, I'll go back to meet them......" Kou Yan said good-naturedly.

After speaking, he took leave from the teacher and returned to the Taishou Mansion with Ma Liang. Ma Jing and Ma Tong (named apocryphal, no exam) have already been waiting in the house. Kou Yan met them in his study. The five brothers of the Ma family are very different in age. Ma Jing is over forty years old, elegant and gentle, similar to Ma Liang. At first glance, he is a pedant, and he has been a small county official before he left office, and he has no ambition.

Ma Tong is younger than Ma Jing, but he is almost thirty years old, and his tone and demeanor are somewhat similar to Ma Yan's, full of sharpness. Unlike Ma Yan, his sharpness is even better, and he has a resolute and resolute character that has long been formed.

Kou Yan's eyes lit up when she saw Ma Tong, this person might be able to! So, she smiled: "I used to hear Ji often mention the two of them, but I didn't expect to meet again so soon." ”

The words were said to Ma Jing, counting this meeting, Kou Yan and him had already met three times. Ma Jing smiled gently, not pretentious, no nonsense, just said softly: "The younger brother in the family is taken care of by Lord Taishou." The old man has a sense of guilt. So the whole family came. ”

The implication is that I came to you out of gratitude for arranging my two younger brothers so well. It's not because you have a lot of promise here.

Of course, Kou Yan heard his voice, but she was not angry, but said with a smile: "The arrival of the two of you is a matter of relief for Changsha County. I won't say more, both of them are Jingzhou talents, I lack everything here, and civil officials are even more lacking, Jianchang has just arrived, and there is a lack of Taishou, what does Zhongchang (Ma Tongzi) mean?"

Ma Tong never expected that the first time they met just now, Kou Yan threw out such an attractive olive branch. When Jianchang was under the rule of Soochow, it was equivalent to a special administrative region. The only place under its jurisdiction that can reach the scale of a county is Haidu. The rest are scattered small villages. The area and population did not reach the size of a county, but its supreme administrator, Lieutenant Jianchang, was a civil and military position, and his civil service was comparable to that of Taishou.

Now, Kou Yan said that Jianchang lacked civil officials, and asked himself what he wanted, obviously to do this county guard himself, that is, Taishou. You must know that Kou Yan herself is just a Taishou, if she seals out another Taishou, it will undoubtedly announce to Xiangyang that she is independent and has become a separatist force. Ma Tong was shocked, and couldn't help but look back at his eldest brother Ma Jing.

Kou Yan's next target is Ma Jing: "As for you, uncle, it is now the alternation of summer and autumn, which is not the best time to control the water, but I can't wait for winter, the rain is less this summer, I am worried that if you don't dredge and build a dam in time, the spring flood will suffer, you came just right, I want to ask you to coordinate and supervise this matter, in order to speed up the progress and benefit the people's livelihood in time." ”

"Wow!" Ma Jing replied simply: "The subordinates obey the order." "Okay, then I'll make you a businessman and have full authority to deal with this matter. Kou Yan immediately threw out the corresponding official position. Ma Jing's engagement and Ma Jian's engagement are not the same concept, Ma Jian is engaged under Changshi, and his boss is Xu Shu. And Ma Jing is directly responsible for Kou Yan, Kou Yan's private placement.

On the side, Ma Tong saw that Lao Cheng's serious eldest brother almost agreed to the other party's solicitation without hesitation, thinking about himself, his face was straight: "My subordinates are willing to go to Jianchang." ”

"Jianchang City is full of dangers, and there are Dongwu thieves all around, have you figured it out?" Kou Yan looked at him with a smile. "The subordinates have figured it out!" Ma Tong has a heart, and he has the posture of going up and down the mountain and going down to the oil pot. "Okay!" Kou Yan smiled at this time: "Youzhong often goes to Jianchang, I have no worries."

The two of you have just arrived in Changsha, and you will soon have to go your separate ways, so you will stay in the city for the past few days, get together with Ji Chang and Youchang, and by the way, Meng Chang (Ma Jingzi) can also familiarize yourself with affairs. As soon as the words fell, the two people on the opposite side stood up and bowed in unison, and saluted Kou Yan: "Wow!

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Although Ma Jing and Ma Tong are not famous in history, their talents cannot be compared with those who have left their names in history. But this is the first time that the eldest lady has recruited talents with the mentality of a lord. Either way, this head is off to a good start and deserves praise.