Chapter Thirty-Nine: Shang Hui's Overtures

For Shang Hui's initiative to show goodwill, Ma Sanbao did not refuse, he also wanted to win over Shang Hui's forces earlier, don't look at Shang Hui's demotion to the first class, but he is still a second-grade official position, the status of this second-grade official position is several grades higher than his own nine-grade sesame official status, and the interpersonal relationship behind it is still very wide, after all, Shang Wei is a purely self-made official, he got up early and followed Zhu Yuanzhang's side to set up all kinds of military exploits before he sat in his current position.

In the Ming Dynasty, it is not impossible for an official to be able to sit in a high position like Shang Hui without being greedy, but Shang Wei is a former prime minister, and he lives such a simple life, so that Ma Sanbao can't help but respect this Qing official who serves the country and the people.

"Wenhe, I look at you as a talent, and I don't have any gifts for you, you are still young, so let's do it, I'll help you set a family business, what do you think?" Shang Wei's words made Ma Sanbao choke on tea, he kept coughing to alleviate the embarrassing situation at the moment, he couldn't imagine that one day he would even have to be arranged by others, in his worldview, the so-called love is just a natural love between the two loves, but he never thought that the marriage match needs to be arranged by others.

"This, I'm still young, I think it's too hasty to arrange a marriage match for me so early?" Ma Sanbao frowned, although he had never been in love, but at the age of his body, he was only eight or nine years old, so it was too early for him to arrange a marriage match at his age.

"It's not early, you don't know, a lot of neighborhood people, you got married at the age of twelve, you only have a few years, the little girl is still young, but more than ten years old, I can let her wait for you for a while, and when you grow up, you two will get married, how about it?" Shang Wei opened his mouth, he has a daughter under his knees, and Ma Sanbao is the same age, there is only a one-year difference between them, but Ma Sanbao is no one, don't look at his body that is only eight years old, but he has a thirty-year-old soul, as soon as he heard that the girl introduced to him by Shang Wei is still young, he is a little difficult to adapt, although he picked up Qiao'er of about the same age in the industrial park, but it is also a joke.

Not to mention in the Ming Dynasty, there was the most famous marriage event during the Three Kingdoms period, that is, the marriage of Sun Quan's sister to Liu Bei, in the era of his previous life, there was also a form of commercial marriage, but he really couldn't accept the young child daughter-in-law, if this is a novel, the plot arranged on Ma Sanbao will definitely be a girl next door who has grown up.

Shang Wei's kindness Ma Sanbao didn't know how to refuse for a while, and he was immediately speechless when he was able to come up with countless ways to get married, what else could he do? He has never seen such a scene in his previous life or in this life, and there is no marriage between Zheng He and the daughter of the former prime minister in history.

"Prime Minister, it's not that I want to refuse, I haven't seen your daughter yet, emotional marriage, or need to be happy with each other, will this kind of marriage be a little inappropriate, will it be a little too hasty for your daughter?" Ma Sanbao thought about it, or decided to refuse Shang Wei in person, he was afraid of disappointing a girl, he was in Daming in addition to two more silver, and he was also a backer of the Four Highnesses, maybe one day the backer of the Four Highnesses would be unreliable, his roots were not solid enough, and he still needed a certain amount of time to continue to grow, Shang Wei sent a daughter to him as his wife In case something goes wrong in his future life, wouldn't it be in vain?

Ma Sanbao thought about a lot of conjectures about his future, Shang Wei didn't have so many concerns, in his eyes Ma Sanbao is promising, for Shang Hui, this is also an investment, Ma Sanbao is currently the largest potential stock in the entire Nanjing City, the young master of other families may not have the potential of Ma Sanbao, behind it is the backer of His Royal Highness, obviously, Ma Sanbao's temptation to Shang Wei is greater than others.

"The little girl is not at home today, and when he waits, I will definitely let the little girl visit you at the door, so let's make up our minds." Shang Wei picked up the teapot and added tea to Ma Sanbao's teacup, extremely enthusiastic, it seemed that he really regarded Ma Sanbao as his cheap son-in-law, this former imperial historian was extremely optimistic about himself, which made Ma Sanbao a little crying and laughing, if it weren't for the task, he would have wanted to slip away.

"I must call Zhu Di next time, I will come alone, I can't control the scene at all! Why is this Shang Wei so good to me, I can see it, he is not the kind of person who is a good male pet, he is also optimistic about me, but he is too enthusiastic, right? Ma Sanbao thought in his heart, he also understood why he became a sweetheart, after all, he was an important member of the imperial court to help the imperial court investigate Hu Weiyong's anti-party faction, Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely optimistic about him, and the self-made Shang Wei naturally had to have a good relationship with him.

For a while, the atmosphere was extremely embarrassing, because Ma Sanbao had the meaning of refusal in his words, Shang Wei was quite resentful, he was also a former prime minister, and his daughter wanted to marry Ma Sanbao and would be rejected by Ma Sanbao, he felt that Ma Sanbao was a little disdainful, after all, no father wants his daughter to be unworthy of others, Shang Wei is even more so, he also has the arrogance of being a former prime minister, although he values it, but the other party obviously doesn't look down on his daughter, which makes him unhappy.

"I heard that Wen and you are quite fond of writing poems, I have a lot of books here, if you like anything, you can take it." Shang Hui's most attractive thing to Ma Sanbao is not the marriage, but the collection of books in his mouth, although I don't know what Shang Wei has in the collection, but it arouses the bookworm in Ma Sanbao's heart, he likes to read books in his past and present lives, otherwise he will not have many insights into the history of the Ming Dynasty, and now that he heard that there are books to read, he immediately put the embarrassment of the previous marriage behind.

Under the guidance of Shang Hui, Ma Sanbao came to Shang Hui's usual reading room, the study can be said to be the most spacious room in Shang Hui's mansion, Shang Hui's study room is placed with hundreds of classics, the dazzling bookshelves make Ma Sanbao dazzled, he doesn't know how to start for a while, whether it is a collection of poems from the previous dynasty or a book of soldiers, miscellaneous books, in Shang Hui's bookshelf it is readily available, even the books about the production of arms Shang Hui's bookshelf are also placed.

"So many books? It seems that the prime minister still likes to read books and read articles. Ma Sanbao's face was full of envy, in his previous life, he did not have such a large collection of books, if these books were kept in his time, each one was a genuine antique, and its value could make Ma Sanbao a billionaire in his previous life.

"You still don't call me prime minister, I'm not that kind of identity now, speaking of which, my collection of books is placed in the entire Nanjing City, I say second, maybe only Your Majesty dares to say first." Shang Wei smiled, quite proud, his collection of books, can be said to be the most in the Ming Dynasty Nanjing City except for the Imperial Palace, even if it is the Ministry of Rites, they do not necessarily have as many books as Shang Hui, he covers a wide range, basically all aspects of the book Shang Hui is involved.

At present, there are countless collections of books, Ma Sanbao has no idea where to start for a while, and the current collection of books is much more than Zhu Di's collection, Zhu Di only has some poems and military books, and Shang Wei's collection of books is really outrageous.

"Huh? There was a history of navigation during the Yuan Dynasty? Suddenly, a book attracted Ma Sanbao, this is a book about the Western Regions and navigation, in Ma Sanbao's previous life, the historical record of the Yuan Dynasty is not as rich as the Ming Dynasty, after all, the Yuan Dynasty is just a dynasty that only exists for a hundred years, and he is not aware of the navigation history of the Yuan Dynasty, seeing that there is a book on the navigation history of the Yuan Dynasty, which immediately aroused Ma Sanbao's interest.

Out of his yearning for the sea, he misses his days on the deck very much, looking at this book, he can also be regarded as giving himself some psychological comfort, after all, he has to follow Zhu Di for several years, and the next time he goes to the sea, he doesn't know if it is the Year of the Monkey.

When Shang Wei saw Ma Sanbao pick up a most inconspicuous book, he even wanted to persuade Ma Sanbao to change it, he didn't like this book at all, the so-called navigation was not so tempting for Shang Wei, however, seeing Ma Sanbao's excited look, Shang Wei's words stopped talking.

The description of navigation in the Yuan Dynasty was held in Ma Sanbao's arms, this book is a very thin book compared to other books, but he is still very curious about how the people of the previous dynasty carried out navigation, after all, in this dynasty is not as much advanced technology as he was at the beginning, and he wants to know how the people of the Yuan Dynasty deal with the danger, his body is Zheng He's, and he will go to the West in the future, how can he go down to the West if he doesn't know how to deal with it?

With just one book, Ma Sanbao naturally wouldn't be so easily satisfied, and he walked to another corner of the room, intending to carefully search for what Shang Wei had in this collection of books worthy of his attention.

"Oops!" In the corner of the bookshelf, holding the book, Sanbao accidentally kicked a soft object, and he fixed his eyes to see that a little girl was squatting in the corner of the bookshelf and looking out.

"Shhhh The little girl raised her head, a pair of eyes like black gems stared at him tightly, don't look at the girl Although she is small, she is an out-and-out beauty embryo, "Don't let my father find out, I don't want to go to private school today, so I sneaked away." ”

Hearing the girl's words, Ma Sanbao reached out and touched the back of his head, the girl in front of him was very good-looking, even Qiao'er was a little inferior in front of this little girl, maybe only the medicine fairy could be comparable to the little girl's appearance, for a while, Ma Sanbao, who thought he was a gentleman, was a little difficult to forget this girl's face.

"The Prime Minister is your father?" Ma Sanbao whispered tentatively, the girl in front of him was so good-looking that he couldn't help but want to chat with the girl.

"No, my father is the butler of the Prime Minister's Mansion, you go quickly, don't let the Prime Minister find out." The girl blinked her big eyes and said anxiously to Ma Sanbao, seeing that Shang Wei was about to walk to this bookshelf, the girl hurriedly got under the table not far away.

"Okay, I'm leaving." Ma Sanbao whispered, holding the book and walked to the other side of the bookshelf, he wanted to see what books attracted him over there, but he still agreed to the girl's request and did not let Shang Wei find the girl's traces.