After Ma Cheng finished speaking, the atmosphere in the room immediately cooled down, and Jin Chun didn't know what this Ma Cheng wanted to do, but Zhang Guozhu, who was sitting next to Ma Cheng, knew that Ma Cheng meant to knock Jin Chun. If Ma Cheng really wants to deal with Jin Chun's poor creatures, then it will not be 200 personal soldiers, but tens of thousands of new troops.

Zhang Guozhu has not received much of Jin Chun's filial piety this year, and there are tens of thousands of taels of silver before and after, and now Zhang Guozhu naturally wants to come out to speak to ease the atmosphere.

"Jin Chun, have you committed the great crime of treason, do you still want to be gracious? However, my handsome family has the virtue of a good life, as long as you can repent and be loyal to my family from now on, you can naturally protect you from the harassment of local officials! ”

Although Jin Chun was timid in front of Ma Cheng, he was a glamorous underworld boss in Shandong, and he didn't understand what Ma Cheng and Zhang Guozhu meant by singing and harmonizing, just to get more benefits from himself. But Jin Chun couldn't help it, he left his hometown and took thousands of brothers from Shandong to Nanzhili to beg for a living, originally thought that Nanzhili's grain gang peers could help them, but when he thought that his peers were enemies, the main gang of guys was more ruthless to them than the government.

In order to survive, Jin Chun had to take refuge in the Manchu Dynasty, but he knew that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was more complete, and he had existed in Nanzhili for less than a year, and now Jin Chun had become a rat crossing the street, and everyone shouted and beat him.

Jin Chun, who has been in the society for many years, knows that the poor do not fight with the rich, the people do not fight with the officials, and the state violence machine is in the hands of Ma Cheng, which is definitely not something that Jin Chun, a leader of the underworld, can fight against.

"Little Lao'er is willing to offer 30,000 taels of silver, please smile at the general!"

Jin Chun brought a lot of money from Shandong, but in order to open up the situation in Nanzhili in the past few years, he has spent almost the same, and these 30,000 taels are the last assets.

Jin Chun had already poured out his pockets, but Ma Cheng didn't say anything, but said with a smile: "Bendu is hungry, Jin Chun, didn't you invite Bendu to dinner?" Let's have a seat! ”

Jin Chun heard Ma Cheng say this, and had no choice but to get up and start eating, and the dinner was set in the garden of Jin Chun's back house. The spring breeze in February is full of poplar flowers. Watching the garden grow green and eating the food prepared by Jin Chun is really a unique flavor.

Jin Chun is from Shandong, and the cook at home is also from Shandong, so the banquet prepared today is naturally also Shandong cuisine. Although the eight major cuisines have not yet been formed in China at the end of the Ming Dynasty, as the oldest Shandong cuisine, it has developed and formed, and there is basically no big difference from that of later generations.

Ma Cheng is a northerner, although Jiangnan cuisine is finely made, but there is a kindness to Lu cuisine? So seeing the table full of hometown dishes, Ma Cheng really moved his appetite.

Ma Cheng was honestly unwelcome, stood up and brought over a plate of roasted sea cucumbers with green onions, shook off the whirlwind chopsticks, opened the mouth of the noodle bag and began to chew, and the Jinfu family members who were waiting around looked at him one by one.

Although Jin Chun was born in the grain gang, the Jin family has been rich for several generations, and he has already developed a noble atmosphere. On the other hand, this Ma Cheng, although he was born in the Ma family of the Dashi clan, his appearance as a starving ghost is not much different from the homeless people who have been hungry outside Zhenjiang City for half a month.

In fact, this can't be blamed for Ma Cheng's lack of interest, the Ming Dynasty generally ate two meals, breakfast at about nine o'clock in the morning, dinner at about three o'clock in the afternoon. But there were three meals in Ma Cheng's army, breakfast at about six o'clock, lunch at twelve o'clock at noon, and dinner at six o'clock in the evening.

Today, Ma Cheng had a busy morning after eating some breakfast in the morning, and just about to have lunch, Zhang Guozhu came to him for dinner. In addition, after walking from the barracks to Donghu Village for more than an hour, it was now more than two o'clock in the afternoon, and Ma Cheng, who had not eaten for a day, was hungry and could control it when he saw the familiar food.

Ma Cheng ate all the two dishes of braised pork trotters with green onions, and only then did he have some bottom in his belly, took a sip of wine from his wine glass and asked, "Jin Chun, why didn't you arrange a troupe?" ”

Today is talking about arranging Ma Cheng to eat, but Jin Chun's identity dares to sit next to Ma Cheng as an accompaniment? So now only Ma Cheng and Zhang Guozhu are sitting on the table, Jin Chun, an old man in his fifties, can only stand beside Ma Cheng with a wine jug and pour wine for Ma Cheng at any time.

Now when Ma Cheng asked why there was no troupe, Jin Chun hurriedly replied: "This is naturally there!" General, please! After saying that, Jin Chun waved his hand to his family, and after a while, several people in costumes came to the garden and began to perform for Ma Cheng.

Today, Jin Chun is preparing for Ma Cheng is the bridge section of the White Snake Legend in the middle of the lake to borrow an umbrella, Xu Xian and Xiaoqing's actors look average, but the actor of the White Lady looks good, this Tsing Yi is 1.7 meters tall, has a graceful figure, and has a crisp voice, which makes Ma Cheng's eyes shine.

Because of nutritional problems, women in the Ming Dynasty were generally about 1.5 meters tall, like Ma Cheng's wife Gu Miaoyin and Gu Xiying, it was really rare to reach a height of 1.7 meters. Ma Cheng came from later generations, and he liked women's bodies to be fit and straight, and the beauty of the jade style in the Ming Dynasty really couldn't accept it.

In addition to the height of the Tsing Yi in front of him meeting Ma Cheng's standards, the more important thing is that he has a good figure. Ma Cheng's wife Gu Miaoyin and Gu Xiying are tall enough, but these two girls practice martial arts all year round, and Gu Miaoyin can collapse a table with one palm, this kind of woman doesn't have to think about her figure, every time Ma Cheng and Gu Miaoyin are like being raped, so that now Ma Cheng is a little afraid to sleep with Gu Miaoyin.

But the Tsing Yi in front of him is different, in addition to his height, his figure is graceful, and his every move is full of women's gentleness, which really makes Ma Cheng like it more and more.

Jin Chun was standing beside Ma Cheng, and when he saw Ma Cheng's smiling and obscene expression, he knew which Tsing Yi this guy had a fancy. However, today's Jin Chun's arrangement of which Tsing Yi came to power is precisely this purpose, this Tsing Yi was bought by Jin Chun from Suzhou at a large price, in order to make friends with Ma Cheng, a hungry ghost in color.

"General, this Tsing Yi was specially prepared for the general by Xiao Lao'er, and his stage name is Chang Suqing!"

Ma Cheng nodded again and again when he heard this: "Wonderful! Chang Suqing and Bai Suzhen, it's really wonderful! ”

After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he turned to Jin Chun and said: "Jin Chun, it's rare that you have this filial piety, Zhang Guozhu said that you want to carry the army's military rations, and the governor can promise you to buy it at an official price, but you have to ensure the quality of the grain, and you must not use any sediment and stale grain to perfunctory the governor, if the governor is not satisfied, you know the consequences!" ”

Jin Chun was overjoyed when he heard Ma Cheng say this, and he could buy grain in various places in Nanzhili in the name of Ma Cheng's Jiangnan Governor in the name of Ma Cheng's Jiangnan Governor. You must know that now the war is in chaos, the price of grain is very expensive, one stone of rice has risen to five taels of silver, but the official price is still one or two and a half yuan, which is several times the windfall profit.

Jin Chun knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, and said: "

Please rest assured that even if the villain eats the leopard gall, he will not dare to harm the general's army! The villain guarantees that the military rations supplied to the generals are the best new rations! ”

Ma Cheng nodded: "Okay, get up." Lao Jin, do you have a son? ”

Jin Chun didn't know what Ma Cheng meant, he looked at Zhang Guozhu hesitantly, and only after seeing Zhang Guozhu nodding did he say: "The villain has two dogs, the eldest son Jin Mao is taking care of the affairs of the grain gang, and the youngest son Jin Sheng, who has just turned twelve years old and is studying. ”

It seems that these boatmen don't want their children and grandchildren to eat this kind of meal for the rest of their lives, Ma Cheng nodded and said: "Okay, this governor is in a good mood today, and I will promote your eldest son Jin Mao to the rank of a brocade guard of a thousand households!" ”

Jinyi Wei Qianhu is a five-grade officer, which can be regarded as a middle-level officer, Ma Cheng can appoint a military attache below the second rank, and the general soldier can be appointed at any time, not to mention such a small Qianhu.

Ma Cheng said casually, but Jin Chun was overjoyed, Jin Chun, who had thousands of households, didn't care too much, but the name of this Jinyiwei was too scary. The spies of the Ming Dynasty were rampant, and the highest level was Dongchang, but the Dongchang people were the emperor's cronies, and Jin Chun, a local old hat, couldn't look down on people if he wanted to make friends.

But this Jinyiwei is different, Jinyiwei and Dongchang have different responsibilities, Dongchang mainly focuses on officials, but Jinyiwei has to take into account both officials and the people, so the reputation of Jinyiwei in the people is more stinky than Dongchang.

Jin Chun was originally a grain gang boss in Linqing, Shandong, and he was used to seeing the appearance of Jinyiwei's swaggering through the city on the canal, every time Jinyiwei crossed, Jin Chun and these underworld people had to greet each other with a smile, and they had to send a lot of valuable road money when they left, so Jin Chun was really envious and afraid of the three words Jinyiwei.

But now it's different, Jin Chun's son has also become a thousand households of Jinyiwei, so isn't it a family with Jinyiwei? Thinking that his family can also swagger through the market like Jinyiwei in the future, Jin Chun really feels bitter.

In fact, Jin Chun is a native old hat, and I don't know what Ma Cheng means by this honor. There are many rules in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, and the names and roles of various officials are different.

Ma Cheng is doing whatever he wants, and it is impossible to give a boatman a real job of being a thousand households, but giving him the rank of a thousand households is already very face-saving for Jin Chun, if Ma Cheng didn't want to buy Jin Chun to work for him, it would be impossible to come to Jin Chun's house for dinner.

Ma Cheng just wanted to buy Jin Chun as a thug and clean up the Donglin Party in Nanzhili in the future, but Jin Chun didn't think so. He saw that Ma Cheng was so important to himself, and he thought further, his Jin family has been a boatman on the canal for more than a hundred years, if the operation is done properly, it is very likely to jump over the dragon gate and change his identity.

"The villain thanked the general for his reward, and the villain asked the general for one more thing, I don't know if to talk about it?"

Ma Cheng was in a good mood now, looked at the little beauty who was singing, and asked, "Say, as long as it's not a difficult matter, Bendu can satisfy you." ”

"General, the villain has a daughter, who has just turned twenty-eight years old, and she looks like a shy flower, and she wants to send it to the general's pillow and serve the general!"

Do you want to give your daughter to yourself? Ma Cheng was stunned when he heard Jin Chun say this, and then laughed.