Ma Cheng was recommended by Ma Luan, and at the same time saluted several people in the room and called him brother, and these people also stood up and saluted back.

Although Ma Cheng has no fame, after all, he is Ma Shiying's sister-in-law and the younger brother of Ma Luan's mother, so these people don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, and they all give some face. And now that Ma Shiying has just become the first assistant, he has not completely torn his face with the Donglin Party, and everyone has to maintain the little face left.

After the salute, everyone sat down according to their age and fame, and Ma Cheng did not sit at the bottom naturally. Ma Cheng hugged his fists and smiled: "A few brothers, the younger brother used to admire the name for a long time, and now it is really a blessing to meet a few brothers!" ”

This is not Ma Cheng's sycophancy, except for Xu Fuyuan, who is not very famous, the others are all famous. Xia Yunyi and Chen Zilong didn't talk about it, and fought until the last moment for the Ming Dynasty. Wu Weiye and Hou Fangyu are also very famous in later generations, Wu Weiye's round song is popular all over the country by the light of Lu Ding Ji, and Hou Fangyu is also remembered by later generations by the light of his concubine Li Xiangjun.

Everyone loves to hear good words, especially this kind of sycophancy. The eldest Xia Yunyi said with a smile: "Brother Zhonghe is really good at talking, Brother Fool is only a six-grade master now, but he can't be called a virtuous brother!" It's a good brother who is a good man, and he has made many achievements in Cilin, so he can deserve the admiration of Zhonghe's virtuous brother! ”

Chen Zilong heard Xia Yunyi say this and laughed: "The younger brother can catch up with the two brothers these two times, and those obscene words and vulgarities can't be in the hall of elegance!" ”

Ma Cheng heard that these stinky old nine complimented each other endlessly, and he was very anxious. He came to see Chen Zilong this time, and it was best to take Chen Zilong under his command, and now these guys are patting each other on the back so that Ma Cheng can't interject, so Ma Cheng is very anxious.

Ma Cheng finally waited for Chen Zilong to finish speaking, and hurriedly interjected: "Brother Chen, the younger brother heard that the eldest brother Chen has compiled the complete book of agricultural administration of Lord Xu, as well as the compilation of the Emperor Ming Jingshiwen compiled by the eldest brother, I wonder if the younger brother can go to the eldest brother for advice when he has time?" ”

The Encyclopedia of Agricultural Administration is an encyclopedia compiled by Xu Guangqi, a great scientist in the late Ming Dynasty, who spent his life compiling a variety of fields, including astronomical calendars, engineering and technology in addition to agricultural knowledge. Although Ma Cheng knows some basic mechanical knowledge, he is only half-baked and has no practical experience at all, so this book of agricultural administration is very important to Ma Cheng.

As for Chen Zilong's compilation of the Emperor Ming Jingshiwen, it is not simple, this book is based on the principles of Meiji chaos, reserving similarities and differences, detailing military affairs, and emphasizing economy, and the content is very rich, including politics, military, enlistment, finance and economics, farmland, water conservancy, school culture, code system, etc., and according to the many practical problems encountered at that time, some of these articles are added marginal notes, expressing many of Chen Zilong's political views.

Scholars have vanity, no matter who they are, the stronger their ability, the more powerful this vanity is, so Chen Zilong was very happy when he heard Ma Cheng mention these two huge books that he had spent countless efforts compiling.

But happy to be happy, Chen Zilong still had to be modest on the surface and said: "Brother Xian's words are serious, the whole book of agricultural administration is the hard work of Master Xu, and Brother Fool is just sorting it out." As for the compilation of the Emperor's Ming Jingshiwen, it is just an ordinary anthology, but it cannot be praised by the virtuous brother! ”

Ma Cheng saw that Chen Zilong was slapped, and hurriedly said: "Brother Chen, the younger brother is now appreciated by the emperor and is in charge of the Shenji Camp, can the younger brother ask Brother Chen to help the younger brother?" ”

Ma Cheng originally thought that according to his protagonist's aura, as long as his tiger body was shaken, Chen Zilong would definitely bow his head and bow, and then become a strategist under him. But Ma Cheng thought wrong, although he is the chief soldier, Lao Tzu is also very good, but you are not bullshit now, there are only 2,000 soldiers under him, Chen Zilong is in the middle of the military department, and after a few years, he is directly Wupin Zhizhou, where can he help you with a waste second ancestor?

If Ma Cheng is like Zuo Liangyu and Gao Jie, with tens of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of soldiers, and then come to recruit Chen Zilong, it will probably make Chen Zilong a little tempted, now, don't mention it!

Everyone in the house didn't expect Ma Cheng to be able to recruit talents in such a red way, and everyone in the house was stunned for a while, even Ma Cheng's eldest brother Ma Luan didn't expect that his second ancestor brother was so ignorant, and he was really embarrassed.

At this awkward time, a person walked in outside and laughed loudly: "A few brothers, the younger brother is late!" ”

Before the words were finished, a handsome man in a white robe and a turban came from outside the cabin. When the people in the room saw him come in, they quickly stood up and saluted.

"Haha, it's too late, I'm going to punish myself for three cups in a while!"

Ma Luan was very embarrassed just now, so he took this opportunity to relieve himself, and hurriedly said: "Brother Bijiang came at the right time, shouldn't Brother Xu start the boat?" ”

The proprietor of this meeting is Xu Fuyuan, who calls him the richest. Xu Fuyuan heard Ma Luan say this, and hurriedly ordered: "Come on, let's go, let's sail!" ”

The boatmen on the boat heard what the guests said, and quickly untied the cable and sailed the boat into Xuanwu Lake.

It is now June, just in the summer, the climate is neither cold nor hot, there are many cruise ships on Xuanwu Lake, the breeze on the lake blows, coupled with the boating on the lake, so that the people in the boat feel relaxed and happy.

After the boat sailed into Xuanwu Lake for half a mile, it was not in the palace, although the scholars on the boat did not take the toad Zhu Yousong seriously, but after all, the national law was there, and it was not worth breaking the law for no reason.

The boat stopped under the operation of the boatman, and then lowered the anchor, Xu Fuyuan smiled: "A few people, the boat has stopped, and now the wine and food are not ready, why don't we go up and watch the scenery?" ”

The ship is divided into two levels, with the cabin below, and the upper four sides are hollowed out without walls, which is suitable for viewing from afar.

Everyone applauded when they heard Xu Fuyuan say this, and left the cabin to board the observation deck, where the scenery was really much better than below. There are many cruise ships around, and the sound of silk and bamboo can be heard from some of the cruise ships. Hou Fangyu's eyes lit up and said, "Gong Yan, why don't we learn from them too?" Call the kabuki to play and sing, and you and I can listen to the song and watch the scenery at the same time. ”

Xu Fuyuan also agreed very much when he heard Hou Fangyu say this, and hurriedly called the prepared kabuki up, and then said: "Brother Chaozong, these are not at the level of the Li family, I laughed!" ”

"There, she is not feeling well today, or the little brother will definitely bring her to present a song!"

Ma Cheng heard Hou Fangyu say this and knew that Li was Li Xiangjun, and when he heard that he didn't want to see the famous Qin Huai Bayan today, Ma Cheng thought viciously in his heart: "Not feeling well? I guess I got uterine fibroids because of too much intercourse! ”

Everyone didn't know Ma Cheng's dark thoughts, so they went up to the observation deck above and sat down according to their identities, and after a while, the kung fu boatman put some dim sum and preserved fruits on the table, and two seventeen or eighteen kataka came up and began to perform. Xu Fu ordered a "Yue Yue" from afar, and now the north is in turmoil, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty occupies Beijing, which is very similar to the Southern Song Dynasty, so it is very popular to say Yue Quanchuan here in Nanjing.

These two kaki are from Suzhou, and the performance is also Suzhou Pingdan, Ma Cheng, a northerner, can understand this kind of Wusu local repertoire, so when other people listen to the play, Ma Cheng began to work on the pastries on the table.

These pastries are well-made, especially rice cakes, which have acquired the charm of later pastries. This rice cake is as white as jade, and it melts in the mouth, which is very delicious.

Just now, because Ma Cheng slapped Chen Zilong's fart, Chen Zilong had a very good impression of Ma Cheng, and seeing that he liked to eat rice cakes, he quickly pushed a few portions of pastries made of rice to Ma Cheng's side.

"Zhonghe, these rice cakes are made by Wufangzhai in the city, this half-moon Wufangzhai didn't know where to get a batch of frosting, the quality is very good, so these rice cakes can be made so well!"

It turned out to be white sugar produced by his own family, and it seems that Ma Shun's business is doing well, and he will sell the product so quickly.

Seeing the people around him listening attentively, Ma Cheng whispered to Chen Zilong: "Brother Chen, now that the country is in turmoil, it's a pity that a talented person like Brother Chen stays in the court!" The younger brother wants to lead the troops to recover the Ming Dynasty, can't Brother Chen come to help the younger brother? ”

Chen Zilong laughed secretly in his heart when he heard Ma Cheng say this, what identity can he use to help you a little general soldier? However, Chen Zilong had a good impression of Ma Cheng, and he was not very easy to talk about, so Chen Zilong said: "Brother Xian, when you can hold hundreds of thousands of male soldiers like Yue Fei in the future, Brother Chen will naturally go to help you go straight to the Huanglong Mansion!" ”

Ma Cheng heard Chen Zilong say this, and knew that his status was low now, and others looked down on him. But Ma Cheng can't help it, and now these people in Nanjing don't believe that the Ming Dynasty will fall in a year. Seeing that these intellectuals were still listening to the play, Ma Cheng sighed and lowered his head to try to deal with the pastries on the table.

Soon the aroma of food came from downstairs, and Ma Cheng's nose was very sensitive, and he smelled a smell of vinegar as soon as he smoked it.

"Brother Xu, why does it smell of vinegar?" Ma Cheng thought that he had his favorite pot-wrapped meat at noon, but Ma Cheng didn't know that pot-wrapped meat was invented during the Republic of China, and there was no such thing in this era.

Xu Fuyuan said with a smile: "Brother Zhonghe has a very sensitive nose, the chef of this family is invited from Hangzhou, and the vinegar fish from West Lake and sister-in-law Song soup are very authentic, let Brother Xian try it later!" ”

Wu Weiye was fascinated when he heard the play, and when he heard that the meal was about to start, he hurriedly said: "Gong Yan, the scenery here is very good, why don't you bring the food up, how about we talk while drinking?" ”

Wu Weiye's words were unanimously approved by everyone, and Xu Fuyuan also instructed the boatman to move the wine table to it.

The meal was quickly put on the table, and Xu Fuyuan stood up and beckoned everyone to take their seats. Xia Yunyi was the oldest and sat in the middle, Xu Fuyuan was the master and sat in the chairman, and the rest of the people sat according to their identities, Ma Cheng was still the youngest, so he could only sit on the edge of the stairs, but next to him was the second youngest Hou Fangyu, sitting next to Ma Cheng.