Ma Xiuying still underestimated the lust of men, and when she went out in the morning, she threatened to give Zhu Yuanzhang, who was a local businessman, but when she returned home in the evening, she told her that she planned to take a few beautiful concubines.

It turned out that there was a donation of money from foreign businessmen, and the merchants of Ying Tianfu suddenly became a lot more honest, and they all realized that the method of forcibly tying up Zhu Yuanzhang would not work, and hurriedly offered to fund the Western Wu Army free of charge. But there are still people who don't give up and ask Li Shanchang to say a few more kind words in front of Zhu Yuanzhang to promote the marriage.

I don't know how much Li Shanchang has received from these business gentry, and he actually embellished his advice impeccably, "Since the prince commanded the army, the people of Wu have lived and worked in peace and contentment, leaving no roads behind, and never closing their doors at night. They were grateful to the prince from the bottom of their hearts, and they dared to coerce the prince for half a point. They thought that only the prince was worthy of sitting on Jinluan, so they wanted to be tainted with a trace of dragon energy. According to the minister's view, this is to treat the prince as the emperor, and rush to offer beautiful women to please the prince. It is ridiculous to say that these fools are ridiculous, but their vision is accurate, and they can see that the prince is the real son. ”

Li Shanchang's sycophants made Zhu Yuanzhang's whole body comfortable, and the tight lines on his face gradually eased, besides, except for Sun's in the backyard, other women were pregnant, and it was time to fill some women. He feigned displeasure and said: "If I don't agree to their request, I say that I despise them, but if I agree to them this time, I am afraid that next time they will have an inch, endlessly." Just let them submit a list, and I will choose a few women at random, and the rest will be destined to all the soldiers. Not only did these soldiers get benefits, but also broke off the idea of those rich gentry wanting to marry their daughters to me. ”

Li Shanchang understood it, and immediately asked someone to present a number of portraits of women who had been made into a book a long time ago, and personally told Zhu Yuanzhang about the temperament characteristics of each woman, from the neighborhood rumors to the boudoir secrets, almost word for word.

Zhu Yuanzhang was satisfied, pointed at him and laughed, "You old thing has worked hard." ”

Li Shanchang flattered: "It is the duty of the minister to share the worries of the Lord. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and the matter of choosing a concubine was decided. The gentry achieved the goal of marrying Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Shanchang successfully completed the requirements of the gentry, and Zhu Yuanzhang got a few beauties for nothing, which can be described as a great joy.

Ma Xiuying couldn't laugh, Li Shanchang put his hand into his backyard. What the hell is this old thing trying to do? Flipping through the roster in her hand, Ma Xiuying saw that the women of Hu, Han, Yang, Liu, Zhao, Zhou, and Zheng in Zhu Yuanzhang's circle were all charming and charming, and although the remaining women were not as charming and moving as these families, they were also rich and graceful. Thinking that these women were presented to Zhu Yuanzhang as gifts by their families, and by Zhu Yuanzhang as rewards to their generals, she couldn't help but feel sad for the fate of these women.

She shook her head and said disapprovingly: "I don't know how many people will be offended like this, it is you who people want to stammer, not your generals." If you don't like it, give them back the list of women, and don't trample on them. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled indifferently: "I have asked the Ministry of Rites to order the selection, I heard that the generals have crowded into the Ministry of Rites to ask for places, and it is estimated that the officials of the Ministry of Rites will be offered up by those rabbit cubs as grandfathers." Hehe, it is their blessing that these women can enter the family of the generals, how can they trample on it. I will trample on those merchant gentry, and since they want to exchange their daughters for profit, I will fulfill them. ”

At this point, Ma Xiuying could no longer blame Zhu Yuanzhang's behavior, and tactfully persuaded: "You can't mess around like this in the future, even if you don't like those rich gentry, but their daughters are innocent, you marry them to an old general like Zhu Liangzu, do you know if they are willing in their hearts?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang glared, "Zhu Liangzu should be strong, why can't he take a concubine?" Besides, my soldiers are all men who stand up to the sky, why don't they want to? Accustomed to temper, they were put in a cell for three days, and they were willing to marry a pig. ”

Ma Xiuying was angry, "If your daughter comes out of the cabinet in the future to marry an old man with gray hair, are you willing?" ”

is related to the happiness of his daughter, Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude changed suddenly, "This king is here, who dares to wronged my son?" ”

Ma Xiuying took the opportunity to persuade: "Compare your heart to your heart, you want your daughter to marry a wishful husband, and other parents are not the same." You are so messy about marrying, how can those parents be embarrassed? ”

"Forget it, forget it, I don't care about these idle things in the future." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand indiscriminately and revealed the matter.

A few days later, the Ministry of Rites informed the local squires that except for the women of Hu, Han, Yang, Liu, Zhao, Zhou, and Zheng who were selected by Wang Zhu Yuanzhang, the rest of the women were promised to various generals.

The women who can be on the roster have a bit of grace, and their family backgrounds are also good, and the generals are naturally happy about this flying Yanfu, and they all thank Zhu Yuanzhang for his grace.

However, except for a few big families who were accepted by Zhu Yuanzhang as concubines, the hearts of other wealthy gentry were half cold, and they never thought that Zhu Yuanzhang would be so messy.

In the past, if the emperor drafted a woman who didn't like it, he would send it back to his hometown, but who knew that Zhu Yuanzhang would marry all the women who were not selected without their consent. You must know that some of the generals under Zhu Yuanzhang are fifty or sixty years old, and they have already married and had children. These parents felt sad when they thought that their daughter not only did not become Zhu Yuanzhang's concubine, but also had a cheap son-in-law who was older than themselves in the family. They tried to ask Zhu Yuanzhang for an explanation, but under the maintenance of Hu, Han, Yang, Liu, Zhao, Zhou, and Zheng, the matter was finally resolved.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very proud, and said to Ma Xiuying: "What you are worried about has not happened, I will block his spear with his shield and let them fight by themselves." ”

Ma Xiuying couldn't help but laugh when she looked at this clever man, but she was deeply worried in her heart. Marrying is a power that can only be exercised by parents, and Zhu Yuanzhang's overstepping his subordinates and making promises of marriage will sooner or later arouse the dissatisfaction of others.

Later, Xie Zaixing turned his face because he was dissatisfied with Zhu Yuanzhang's marriage of his second daughter Xie Cui'e to Xu Da without his consent, and finally surrendered to Zhang Shicheng. This is a later story, so I won't show it for the time being.

Taking advantage of Zhu Yuanzhang's good mood, Ma Xiuying persuaded again: "Don't underestimate other merchants, they really can't compete with Hu, Han, Yang, Liu, Zhao, Zhou, and Zheng with their own strength, but if these small households get together, their momentum is not weaker than a few large households, in the final analysis, our military needs still rely on these retail households, after all, there are only a few large households, but there are thousands of retail households." ”

Li Zhu Yuanzhang said stupidly: "But I have said everything, how can I take it back?" ”

Ma Xiuying thought for a while and suggested: "Ask your generals to marry these women and welcome them home, even if they take concubines, they must be beautiful, so as to eliminate the grievances in the hearts of the rich gentry." ”