Ma Cheng rode back to his house listlessly, and happened to meet Ma Shiying in front of the door.

Ma Shiying just became the first assistant today, and when he was in high spirits, he saw his son come back and asked with a smile: "Cheng'er, what's wrong?" Why listless? ”

Ma Cheng saw that it was his own son, handed over the horse to the family, and then sighed and said, "Dad, my son just went to the Shenji Camp, I'm really disappointed!" ”

Ma Shiying is the governor who leads the troops, so he naturally knows what virtues the Ming Dynasty army has, and the army in Fengyang has to deal with the rogues all the year round, so it can still be seen, Nanjing has not fought in nearly a hundred years, and it is strange that the army can be better!

"Hehe, you don't need to say that you know what the situation is as a father, is it that there are not enough soldiers and the armament is lax?"

"Dad, you are really discerning, just like Dad said!"

Ma Shiying was in a good mood when she first became the first assistant today, and when she saw her son asking, "What?" What needs to be done for the Father? ”

Hearing Ma Shiying ask this, Ma Cheng hurriedly said: "My son wants to recruit soldiers alone, and he wants to make firearms by himself, but I don't know if I can do it!" ”

If Ma Shiying really didn't dare to agree a few days ago, because although Ma Shiying was the secretary of the military department at that time, his actual position was the governor of Fengyang, and the secretary of the military department was just a false title. But now it's different, Ma Shiying stayed in Nanjing as the first assistant, and the book of the natural military department has changed from virtual to real.

"This is simple, your Shenji Battalion has a five-thousand-strength establishment, you can make up for the missing places by yourself, and then go to the military department to register a number! As for the manufacture of firearms, there is some trouble, although the Ministry of Industry has an Weapons Bureau, but the best craftsmen are in the Palace Weapons Bureau! ”

Ma Shiying pondered for a while and continued: "Now it is Han Zanzhou who manages the military battle bureau, and his father is not familiar with him!" Otherwise, for your father, I will assign the craftsmen of the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry to you, and you will see for yourself first! ”

Ma Cheng was overjoyed when he heard Ma Shiying say this, the Shenji Battalion was at least short of 4,000, didn't that mean that he could recruit 4,000 soldiers? There are also craftsmen from the Ordnance Bureau, who are much stronger than the craftsmen in the army he found in Fengyang at that time, Ma Cheng hurriedly bowed down and thanked: "Son, thank you father!" ”

Ma Shiying saw Ma Cheng so respectfully and smiled: "This is the first time that you kid is so respectful to your father!" Ma Shiying is a father, so he naturally wants to see his son concentrate on serious things, and now he is very relieved to see that the second ancestor who used to be a mixed man finally has some appearance.

At this time when the father and son were in harmony, someone on the side shouted: "Master Ma! Governor Ma! Please save the lower officer! ”

Ma Cheng turned his head and saw that it was a middle-aged man in his thirties, shouting loudly at the door.

This was in front of Ma Shiying's house, and naturally a family member stepped forward to intercept him, but the man shouted for help.

"Master Ma, the next official is Xu Zhenye of Fengyang County, and he gave you five thousand taels of silver!"

This fool shouted at the gate to give Ma Shiying a gift, and the angry Ma Shiying scolded: "The madman who came here, the official is as clear as water and as cheap as a mirror, where can he accept your bribe?" Get rid of this madman! ”

After Ma Shiying finished speaking, he waved his sleeves and entered the house, Ma Cheng only remembered when he heard the man say this, isn't this the Fengyang Zhixian Xu Zhenye, because Yue Qijie set fire to Huaiyang Tower, this guy is estimated to have been implicated and lost his position.

Four or five people from the Ma Mansion came up to beat up the unlucky Xu Zhenye, who was originally not bad, wearing a white linen robe and a short beard. Now he was beaten on the ground by his family, his clothes were torn, and his beard was cut off in half.

Ma Cheng really couldn't bear to see the scholar being beaten so badly, so he stepped forward and waved his hand to drive away the family, helped Xu Zhenye up and asked, "Lord Xu, why did you become like this?" ”

Xu Zhenye didn't know Ma Cheng's identity, but seeing that Ma Cheng and Ma Shiying looked close, he knew that it must be Ma Shiying's close person, so he quickly took Ma Cheng's hand and said, "This brother, can you help me?" Seeing that you are close to Master Ma and help me say a word, I really can't live! ”

Xu Zhenye cried bitterly after speaking, and Ma Cheng was very funny when he saw such a big man crying: "Lord Xu, what the hell is going on?" Aren't you Fengyang Zhixian? How did you end up in Nanjing? ”

Xu Zhenye wiped his tears and said: "Brother, don't you know, Lord Ma's second son is very stubborn, and he killed Wei Guogong's relatives in Fengyang, and it was I who came to guide me to resolve the enmity between Master Ma and Wei Guogong." But I knew that Ma Ergongzi was really not a thing, and afterwards in order to kill people and extinguish his mouth, he burned Wei Guogong's industry, and the fire was too big to burn Fengyang Nancheng, and Fengyang Governor Zhang blamed it, so he took my official position to the end! ”

Ma Cheng listened to Xu Zhenye babbling here, and knew that this unlucky guy was really unlucky, although he was Xu Hongji's godson, but Xu Hongji was annoyed that he didn't maintain his own industry, so he didn't reach out to help Xu Zhenye. At the same time, most of the money Xu Zhenye has made in the past few years has been given to Ma Shiying, who originally wanted to be promoted to another level, but he thought of encountering this matter. The matter was too big in the fire, and Xu Zhenye should have been exiled, but Ma Shiying saw that for the sake of the five thousand taels of silver, he was exempted from the official position and never used it.

Xu Zhenye lost his official position and returned to Nanjing, and used the rest of the silver to deal with those officials in the ministry, originally wanted to make a comeback, but he knew that he ran into Zhang Shenyan of the Donglin Party who was the secretary of the ministry, Lao Zhang originally hated Ma Shiying, and when he saw that Xu Zhenye was the magistrate of Fengyang, plus Xu Zhenye had a lawsuit, this kind of filthy official still wants to be an official? So Zhang Shenyan burned Xu Zhenye's files, and sent the person who received Xu Zhenye's money home.

In this way, Xu Zhenye's official position and money were empty, and now there is nothing, Xu Zhenye has no choice but to come to Ma Shiying, hoping that Ma Shiying will look at the face of the five thousand taels of silver he gave and find an errand for himself.

Xu Zhenye fell to this point is completely Ma Cheng's responsibility, Xu Zhenye said that he was angry and forgot that this was Ma Shiying's mansion, and began to scold Ma Cheng, the second ancestor.

The Ma Fu family was very funny when he heard Xu Zhenye scolding Ma Cheng here, this guy really pointed at the monk and scolded the bald donkey, didn't he know that this was the second young master of the Ma family in front of him?

Ma Cheng was also very angry, Fengyang's incident had nothing to do with him in the first place, and it was Yue Qijie's idea to set fire to it, and now the basin was buckled on his head.

Ma Cheng scolded: "Lao Xu, don't say it, do you know who Lao Tzu is?" Lao Tzu is the second young master of the Ma family that you scolded, Ma Cheng! ”

Xu Zhenye heard Ma Cheng say this, it was really a cold breath from his heart to his ass, and he scolded him in front of Ma Cheng himself, can this still be good?

Xu Zhenye hurriedly knelt on the ground and hugged Ma Cheng's thigh and shouted: "Second young master, the villain is not scolding you, the villain is scolding Yue Qijie who eats people's food and doesn't pull people's, talks about people and doesn't do things!" ”

Xu Zhenye also sent five hundred taels of silver to Yue Qijie at that time, and asked Yue Qijie to say a few good words in front of Ma Shiying, but knowing that Yue Qijie was more inferior than Ma Shiying, Ma Shiying at least helped Xu Zhenye, Yue Qijie didn't help at all, and gave an idea to Lord Zhang, the prefect of Fengyang, to let Xu Zhenye come out and carry this black pot.

Ma Cheng saw that Xu Zhenye was very sleek, and his tone changed quickly, Ma Cheng smiled and said: "Old Xu, do you know who Yue Qijie is, that is the second master, my aunt, and his wife is my father's sister!" ”

Xu Zhenye was dumbfounded when he heard Ma Cheng say this, everyone is a relative, can they let themselves go? Is this the end of it?

Xu Zhenye thought so, but Ma Cheng didn't take it to heart, Yue Qijie, this old thing, was very damaged, and Ma Cheng had also suffered a lot of losses from him, and now Xu Zhenye scolded Yue Qijie to make Ma Cheng feel a sense of confidant.

Ma Cheng picked up Xu Zhenye and asked, "Old Xu, what are you doing now?" ”

Xu Zhenye bowed his head and said: "I lost my official position, and the money I have saved in the past few years is gone, this time I have no way to live and can only take my family back to my hometown to farm!" ”

"Okay, if you don't follow the second master, I'll do it! It just so happens that there is still a shortage of literate people under the second master! Ma Cheng took a fancy to Xu Zhenye's officialdom experience, Ma Cheng had suffered a lot of losses because of his lack of officialdom experience before, this Xu Zhenye has been in officialdom for more than ten years, and he will definitely be able to help himself in many things.

Xu Zhenye was a little reluctant to hear Ma Cheng say this, Xu Zhenye was a lifter, and Ma Cheng's eldest brother Ma Luan had a fame, let a person lift someone to a Bai Ding as a follower, Xu Zhenye couldn't let go of this figure.

Ma Cheng knew what this guy thought when he saw Xu Zhenye, Ma Cheng sneered and asked, "Hehe, who else is in your family?" ”

Xu Zhenye didn't know what Ma Cheng meant, and replied casually: "There is still an old lady alive, a wife and a concubine, and a son and a daughter!" ”

"Okay, Lao Xu, you insulted Yue Qijie just now, what if the second master leaked these words to Yue Qijie? Lao Xu, do you know what kind of virtue Yue Qijie is, it is estimated that you will definitely be exiled this time, of course your son will go with you, and your wife and daughter are estimated to be going to the Jiaofang Division! But Lao Xu, don't worry, the second master, I am a nostalgic person, and I will definitely patronize your wife and daughter's business! ”

Xu Zhenye listened to Ma Cheng's vicious methods and scolded this second ancestor in his heart is not a thing, but what Ma Cheng said is also right, the more Qijie will be repaid, Xu Zhenye's words scolding him really reached his ears, and he must not let Xu Zhenye go, it seems that only the second ancestor in front of him can protect himself.

Xu Zhenye thought that he had no choice, so he had to bow down and salute: "Okay, my subordinate Xu Zhenye has seen the master!" ”

Ma Cheng secretly scolded Xu Zhenye for not knowing how to lift, and when Lao Tzu is powerful in the future, you don't want to come to Lao Tzu!

However, Xu Zhenye is also the first senior intellectual received by Ma Cheng, and Wang Xian was a talent in the past, and he can only be regarded as an intermediate intellectual, so Ma Cheng is still very happy.

Ma Cheng patted Xu Zhenye on the shoulder and asked, "Okay, Lao Xu, this is a hundred taels of silver tickets, you take it to settle down first, and then my family will find the second master!" After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he transferred the one hundred taels of silver sent by Qi Tai to Xu Zhenye from his arms.

Xu Zhenye was very happy to see that he had just joined the company, and hurriedly took it over to arrange for his family.