Ma Cheng said angrily: "Gu Changwei, now in the army, don't call me the second master in the future, you know?" ”

Gu Changwei saw that Ma Cheng was angry, and quickly changed his title and said, "I know, the villain knows!" You're an adult in the future! ”

Ma Cheng looked at Xu Dahu and the other eleven people and said, "What? Didn't we eat together in Huaiyang Building before? Why don't you dare now? ”

Xu Dahu saw that Ma Cheng insisted on this, and smiled: "Hehe, since the adults said so, then the general and the others will be presumptuous!" After Xu Dahu finished speaking, he was the first to sit down beside Ma Cheng, and the other ten people saw that Xu Dahu sat down one after another according to the size of his official position.

Xie Guangkun was the most unlucky, he had just been whipped three times, and although he was not bleeding now, he didn't dare to sit at all. But he didn't dare to disobey Ma Cheng's order, so he had to grit his teeth and insist.

Ma Cheng saw Xie Guangkun like this and said, "Everyone stand up and eat standing today!" ”

Everyone didn't know, only Xie Guangkun knew why Ma Cheng was, and immediately knelt down on one knee and cried and said, "Thank you for your grace!" In the future, the general will obey the orders of the adults! ”

Ma Cheng stepped forward to help Xie Guangkun and said in a harmonious voice: "Fourth, I beat you just now because you didn't obey orders, how can your subordinates fight this battle if they don't obey your orders?" But since everyone is a robe and a brother, how can a brother watch you not sit down? So let's eat standing with you! ”

Ma Cheng's hand is very beautiful, Xu Dahu and others are all military men who don't read, where they know the kind of crooks that the literati buy people's hearts, and they were moved to tears by Ma Cheng's words, and they knelt down on one knee and said that they were willing to die for Ma Cheng in the future!

Ma Cheng helped the eleven people up one by one and said: "Lao Tzu has heard such a sentence, the four irons in life are to carry a gun together, to go through the window together, to go to prison together, and to prostitute together!" Now we are just a horse spoon mixed rice to eat, and everyone will be brothers in the future! ”

Ma Cheng's vulgar language resonated among the eleven people, and everyone laughed and said, "I didn't expect adults to be temperamental!" ”

At this time, the cook brought the meal, and there was naturally no small stove under Ma Cheng's orders, just like those ordinary soldiers, it was steamed bread and gruel, plus a big fat slice per person.

Ma Cheng said to the eleven: "Okay, let's start eating!" After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he was the first to pick up the piece of fat, and went up with a big mouthful, and then chewed and swallowed it without chewing.

Xu Dahu and the other eleven people were also unkind when they saw Ma Cheng eating first, and began to gobble it up. Although they are all officers, they belong to the grassroots officers, and they have just been able to eat enough, and they are also very greedy for this kind of big fat.

But Ma Cheng is different, Ma Cheng is clothed and fed, and he has never eaten this kind of boiled fat in salt water in later generations and in this life. In later generations, although Ma Cheng's family was rural, they would not cook fat meat directly in salt water when cooking. What's more, the people of later generations ate finely, even if they eat braised pork, they have to be varied, and this kind of fatty meat slices can be eaten there.

But if you can't get used to it, you can't help it, Ma Cheng wants to make an appearance of officers and soldiers today, and there is no way Ma Cheng can only swallow his big fat meat with his eyes closed. This piece of big fat meat is really more than two taels, Ma Cheng felt fat and greasy in his throat after eating, this feeling made Ma Cheng unable to eat anything, so he had to drink gruel as a companion.

Xu Dahu and the others ate very happily, as the pacesetter of the governor's yamen, they could eat meat once every ten days, but when it was their turn, there was nothing left. Now what is in front of him is real fat, so Xu Dahu and the others are very happy to eat.

As for those ordinary soldiers, Ma Cheng selected ordinary farmers, these people may not be able to eat meat once a year, and now they can eat meat and are even more grateful to Ma Cheng.

The soldiers were smiling when they ate, but Ma Cheng was a little sick to his stomach, there was no way, it was really uncomfortable to eat such a big piece of fat in his stomach. Ma Cheng called Gu Changwei, who was standing aside, over: "Gu San, don't boil the meat directly in salt water from tomorrow, get some soy sauce peppercorns or other seasonings to make it well!" ”

What did Gu Changwei hear? I also have to get some seasoning to make it well! This is the barracks is not a place to raise an uncle, and it is already very good to eat meat for these Qiu Ba, do you still have to do it carefully?

Gu Changwei was puzzled: "Second master, no!" My lord! Today's two meals a day have cost five taels of silver, and tomorrow if you do what the adults say, you need to spend more, this money... Gu Changwei was very embarrassed, after all, all he was spending now was his own money, and Ma Cheng didn't say when he would be able to get new money into his account, so Gu Changwei's one hundred taels of silver couldn't last a few days.

Ma Cheng heard Gu Changwei crying poor here, and scolded: "The silver is solved by me, what are you worried about?" Tomorrow we will do what I say! In the morning, it is steamed porridge with pickles, and at noon, the rice must have meat, and each person cannot be less than two taels! It's also steamed porridge with pickles at night! You know? ”

Gu Changwei had no choice but to give up the order.

Now that it was getting late and everyone had finished eating, Ma Cheng asked the officer to lead the soldiers back to the barracks to rest, and he took his concubine Gu Xiying home to sleep.

Gu Xiying gave Ma Cheng a beating today, and pouted angrily along the way. Ma Cheng was amused when he saw her big mouth, and asked, "What's wrong?" Little sister is not happy today? ”

Gu Xiying glanced at Ma Cheng: "Didn't the second master talk to the slave family before?" Didn't you say that the slave family is your dear baby? Why are you scolding the slave family today? ”

It turned out that this was the case, Ma Cheng touched Gu Xiying's big hand and said, "You are the second master's woman, of course the second master likes you too late!" But don't forget that the male protagonist is outside the female protagonist, in front of outsiders, you have to save face for the second master, do you know? ”

Gu Xiying turned her anger into joy when she heard Ma Cheng say this, it was very simple, what Ma Cheng said had already regarded Gu Xiying as the hostess, Gu Xiying said happily: "Okay, the slave family will definitely not contradict the second master in front of outsiders in the future!" ”

Ma Cheng looked at Gu Xiying and smiled, and asked, "Why didn't you eat just now?" Is the meal unappetizing? ”

Gu Xiying heard Ma Cheng say this and replied with a bitter face: "Second master, the slave family is really not used to eating that kind of salted boiled fatty meat!" Although Gu Xiying's family is not rich, their lives are not bad. Gu Xiying's father and ancestor are military officers for generations, and his elder brother is still hereditary in a hundred households, in addition to the Yulu given by the imperial court, there are dozens of acres of good land in the family, although it can't be said that he eats meat every day, but it won't take ten days to eat meat, so Gu Xiying is really not suitable for the food just now.

Ma Cheng looked at no one around him, and whispered: "Actually, I haven't eaten enough for the second master, otherwise, go back and let Chunlian go to the small kitchen to see if there is anything else to eat, let's have another meal?" ”

Gu Xiying was overjoyed when she heard Ma Cheng say this, and quickly nodded in agreement. Ma Cheng saw Gu Xiying's red lips and big mouth, and his lower body was a little restless, and he whispered in Gu Xiying's ear: "Little sister, are you hungry, do you want to eat some of the essence of the second master first?" You can be beautiful! ”

Gu Xiying took a sip when Ma Cheng said this, and then nodded with a red face.

The next day, Ma Cheng got up early, and today Ma Cheng will formally train those pro-soldiers. Although Ma Cheng is not used to getting up early, there is no way, this army is all Ma Cheng's hope, and Ma Cheng must not relax. You can't do it yourself as the Lord, do you expect your subordinates to do it?

So Ma Cheng got up before dawn and asked Yahuan Chunlian to wash herself. Gu Xiying saw Ma Cheng get up so early and pouted, "Second master, get up so early?" ”

Seeing Gu Xiying's jade body across Chen Ma Cheng's heart, but the matter was important, Ma Cheng had no choice but to say: "Little sister, if you want to go out with the second master, get up early, or you won't have to follow today!" ”

Gu Xiying stopped hearing this, her ideal was to be the second Qin Liangyu, and Ma Cheng didn't let her hurry up and freshen up with Ma Cheng.

When the two of them were ready to leave the courtyard gate, Dongfang had just turned slightly white.

Ma Cheng took Gu Xiying to the barracks on the edge of the school field, and heard the sound of sleeping inside, and everyone didn't get up.

Ma Cheng saw that there was not even a vigil on duty in front of the barracks, so he was so angry, this Xu Dahu was too negligent, how could he not be on duty?

Ma Cheng went to the kitchen to find an iron bucket, then found a rolling pin, stood at the door of the barracks and knocked on it.

Now the sky is slightly white, the surroundings are very quiet, how far the sound of knocking on the iron bucket is heard, these soldiers who are still sleeping get up in a panic one by one, shouting that the water is gone!

Xu Dahu also thought that he was out of the water, and as soon as he got up, he saw Ma Cheng standing on the bed with an angry face, and the frightened Xu Dahu hurriedly stood up and shouted, "My lord, why did you come so early?" ”

Ma Cheng's gloomy face asked, "What about the one on duty?" Why is there no vigil on duty? ”

Xu Dahu was aggrieved when he heard this, he was only a hundred households, and he used to be on duty and had a waiting guard in the army, and he was a low-level officer as long as he was in charge of the soldiers.

Xu Dahu was just about to explain, but Ma Cheng turned around and had already left the barracks, leaving a sentence and saying, "Let them come out as a team!" ”

Xu Dahu had no choice but to vent his anger on those unlucky soldiers, Xu Dahu scolded viciously: "You dogs, didn't you hear the words of the commander? Why don't you get dressed and go out? ”

Although these soldiers were in a hurry, fortunately they were still displaced yesterday, and they had no clothes on them, only one piece of clothing to cover their bodies, and many of them did not even have pants. Everyone quickly put on their rags and ran out to stand in several rows.

Ma Cheng stood in front of the barracks with a gloomy face, watching this group of muddy guys run up to him and stand in several rows.

Ma Cheng looked at the rows of different lengths and uneven teams in front of him, and said loudly: "Soldiers, from today onwards, you are not peasants, you are a soldier under the standard of the Governor of Fengyang of my Daming Dynasty, and your responsibility is to fight for Daming for life!" From today onwards, I will get up at dawn every day and stand in line around this school field! After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he looked at the circumference of the big school field of more than five miles, Ma Cheng estimated it and said: "Run two laps around the school field every day, and you can only have breakfast after running!" ”