Ma Cheng's desire to clean up Ma Xi is not entirely out of anger for his mother Gu, most of the reasons are still disdainful of the intellectuals' pretending to be high.

Although Ma Cheng also graduated from college in later generations, he entered the society early, plus Ma Cheng graduated from a third-rate bachelor's degree, in the later generations, when doctors were everywhere and master's degrees were not as good as dogs, bachelor's degrees could only be regarded as getting rid of illiteracy, and they were not intellectuals. Ma Cheng suffered a lot after participating in the work, although it cannot be said that his personality is distorted, but he is very disgusted when he sees those intellectuals behaving in a cozy manner.

Traveling to this chaotic era at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Ma Cheng found that his family was intellectuals except for himself, not to mention his father Ma Shiying and eldest brother Ma Luan, one Jinshi and one lifter, even Ma Xi, who was raised by the little lady, was a child, and he was much stronger than the semi-literate Ma Cheng in terms of learning.

Ma Cheng didn't dare to despise Ma Shiying and Ma Luan, but it wouldn't work if a little lady dared to argue with Lao Tzu. Therefore, Ma Cheng hated Ma Xi to the core, coupled with the old lady Gu's hatred of the house and Wu to clean up Ma Xi, Ma Cheng stood up to help Ma Xi, of course, Ma Cheng's idea was not to help Ma Xi escape from Gu's clutches, but to get Ma Xi, an intellectual, to bully and relieve his anger.

Ma Cheng left the governor's yamen and returned to his barracks, and saw Xu Dahu standing on the side from a distance, lying on the ground alone in front of him.

Xu Dahu let out a sigh of relief when he saw Ma Cheng coming back, and hurriedly ran to Ma Cheng's side to salute and said, "Sir, this Ma Ximo general really can't take care of it!" Ma Cheng heard Xu Dahu say this, only to find that the person lying on the ground was his younger brother Ma Xi.

In the morning, Ma Cheng followed Ma Shiying to Lu Jiude to negotiate, and the rest of the soldiers continued to train under the leadership of Xu Dahu of Baihu, and everyone else was easy to say, but they didn't expect that after this Ma Xi saw his rival Ma Cheng leave, he didn't listen to Xu Dahu's command at all, and just didn't participate in the training.

Ma Xi thought very clearly in his heart, you Xu Dahu has a hundred households, and you still want to take care of yourself? So Ma Xi simply ignored Xu Dahu's order.

Xu Dahu really couldn't help it when he looked at Ma Xi like this, although Ma Cheng confessed before leaving that he could physically punish Ma Xi, but Xu Dahu knew that Ma Xi was Ma Shiying's son, although he was a concubine with a low status, but this kind of identity was not something he could move from a small household.

There was no way Xu Dahu had to persuade Ma Xi bitterly, but the one who knew that Ma Xi didn't listen to Xu Dahu at all, and finally lay on the ground and played a scoundrel.

Ma Cheng saw that the one-meter-eight strong man Xu Dahu was sweating, and knew that Xu Dahu really couldn't do anything about his younger brother, Ma Cheng said with a smile: "Okay, I know, Dahu, you go and take others to train!" Leave this guy to me! ”

Xu Dahu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Ma Cheng say this, bowed and saluted and followed the team to train.

Ma Xi saw that Ma Cheng was back, he was afraid that Ma Cheng was whipping him, so he quickly sat up from the ground and asked vigilantly, "Ma Cheng, what are you going to do?" If you dare to whip me again, I will go to my father and sue you!" ”

Ma Cheng looked at the embarrassed Ma Xi, the original plain white scholar's robe was no longer clear in color, a pair of satin-faced cloth shoes had been lost, and there was still one left on Ma Xi's feet. Ma Cheng was very relieved to see that this originally sanctimonious third brother was tossed like this by himself.

Ma Cheng came to Ma Xi and squatted down and asked, "Third child, why don't you go to training?" ”

"Ma Cheng, my father said that I should be the secretary, why do you want me to train with those Qiu Ba? The master is a child! Ma Cheng, you treat me so badly, I will go to my father to sue you in a while! ”

Ma Xi originally thought that Ma Cheng would be angry after he finished speaking, but he didn't expect Ma Cheng's face to change at all, and he still looked at himself with a smile, which made Ma Xi's heart very bottomless.

Ma Cheng laughed for a while and said, "Okay, you're going to go to your father to complain, go now!" ”

Ma Xi didn't expect Ma Cheng to say this, and it took him a long time to react, and Si Ai Ai asked, "What?" You.. Are you really going to let me go back? ”

"Of course, you can ask your father when you go back, if your father says that you are the secretary, then you can not participate in the training in the future!"

Ma Xi heard Ma Cheng say this and quickly got up from the ground, and was just about to run back when Ma Cheng said: "Wait, what if your father doesn't promise you?" ”

Ma Xi sneered: "Hmph, if my father doesn't agree, then the master will be your big soldier when he comes back!" ”

"Okay, it's good to have your words!" After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he waved his hand to let Ma Xi go back.

Ma Cheng had just finished discussing with Ma Shiying, and knew in his heart that Ma Shiying would never let Ma Xi go back to study so easily, if Gu's anger was not dissipated this time, then he didn't know when he would have another attack in the future.

It was about the same as Ma Cheng's estimate, and after a while, Ma Xi walked back dejectedly. When Ma Cheng saw him like this, he knew that he had touched a nail at Ma Shiying's place, Ma Cheng stepped forward with a smile and asked, "Third child, how is it?" Did your father promise you to go back to school? ”

Ma Xi shook his head expressionlessly, Ma Cheng was very happy to see him like this: "Haha, Ma Laosan, Lao Tzu knows what you think in your heart!" Do you think that Lao Tzu is a waste second ancestor, nothing more than a better background than you, why is he a head stronger than you everywhere? Right? ”

Ma Xi narrowed his eyes when he heard Ma Cheng say this, and said, "Yes! Ma Cheng! That's what the master thinks! You are a waste who can't read, why do you press the master everywhere? Isn't it your concubine, and I'm the concubine! Why? Why? Why is origin so important? ”

Ma Xi has been instilled with the idea that you are a concubine since birth, and your identity is naturally lower than that of your sister-in-law. On the other hand, Ma Xi obtained the status of a child at a young age, although he cannot be said to be a prodigy, but he is much stronger than most people. Originally, Ma Xi thought that he had surpassed the limitations of his identity with his own efforts, but he thought that a concubine was a concubine, and he would have to be subject to his mother-in-law Gu for the rest of his life.

Ma Xi is only a fifteen-year-old child, and the weight of this identity has already made him reach the limit, and now the resentment in his heart has been led out by Ma Cheng, Ma Xi can no longer control his emotions and squatted on the ground and cried bitterly.

Seeing that Ma Xi's tall shell of the scholar was smashed by himself, Ma Cheng was very happy in his heart, and Ma Cheng said with a smile: "Haha, Ma Laosan, do you think Lao Tzu is a waste?" But you know that this small army is completely trained by Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu has to get up early every day to train with them, and the rain and thunder will not move! You read a few broken books and got a child identity that isn't bullshit, and you think you can ride on Lao Tzu's neck and shit and fart? Ma Laosan, let me tell you, you are a waste, a waste who is not even as good as me, the second ancestor! ”

What Ma Xi cares about the most is the identity of this child, listening to Ma Cheng insulting him for the only thing he has obtained with his own efforts, Ma Xi can no longer control his anger, and when he stands up and spreads his hands, he is about to step forward and fight with Ma Cheng.

But Ma Xi is just a scholar, there is Ma Cheng's opponent, Ma Cheng kicked Ma Xi to the ground, and then picked up the whip and whipped Ma Xi several times, hitting Ma Xi rolling all over the ground. Seeing Ma Xi like this, Ma Cheng scolded: "Ma Laosan, today Lao Tzu told you that your army is decided, and my father has agreed, you only have two ways to go, one is to climb back like a dog and continue to be your bullshit third young master, and the other is to get up for Lao Tzu and continue to train!" ”

Ma Xi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, then got up and stared at Ma Cheng with resentful eyes: "Okay, Ma Er!" You remember, today the master swears in front of you! The master is stronger than you, the second ancestor of waste, and even if you are a soldier, you are better than you! ”

After saying that, Ma Xi took a firm step to join the queue and began to participate in training.

Ma Cheng smiled when he saw Ma Xi like this, and didn't pay attention to it, and waved his hand to call Gu Changwei, who was watching the excitement on the side: "Gu San, get a military uniform for this guy Ma Xi!" ”

After solving Ma Xi's affairs, Ma Cheng began to officially start training, and Ma Cheng knew that tomorrow the whole army would go to Huai'an to welcome King Fengfu, and then cross the river to Nanjing to support King Fu to ascend the throne, and the next step was to develop in Nanjing.

There is not much time left for Ma Cheng now, and in the coming year, Ma Cheng must train a new army of 5,000 elites, less than this number will not play an absolute role in the war at all. You must know that no matter what kind of forces in China are now, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and your 5,000 people can't make waves in front of hundreds of thousands of enemies.

And now the more than 100 people in front of him are the grassroots officers of Ma Cheng in the future, and it is Ma Cheng who controls the capital of the 5,000 new army, so Ma Cheng is very strict with these 100 people, and he trains them completely according to the strength of the army in later generations. In addition to the queue, even the internal affairs were trained according to the army of later generations, and the intensity of this training has exceeded that of the Ma Shiying standard battalion by more than ten times.

During the training, Ma Cheng found that although Ma Xi participated in the training for the first time, his understanding ability was much stronger than that of those peasants, and he could respond to Ma Cheng's various orders in a timely manner, at least he didn't have to be like those peasants who couldn't distinguish between the left and right feet.

Ma Cheng forced Ma Xi to join the army originally just to clean up this third brother who was above the top, but now seeing that Ma Xi is so outstanding, Ma Cheng feels that he is not recruiting some readers, these stinky old nine's comprehension ability is much stronger than that of farmers. Although Stinky Lao Jiu has all kinds of stinky problems, Ma Cheng knows a famous saying in later generations, the army is a melting pot, no matter what kind of scrap iron you are, you will definitely be trained into steel when you arrive at the barracks.

Ma Cheng knew that the scholars in the Ming and Qing dynasties had a noble status, and if it weren't for the fact that there was no way to live, basically no one would run to serve as soldiers, so it was basically impossible to get those stinky old nine to voluntarily come to be soldiers. However, Ma Cheng has the means, and Ma Cheng is determined to get hundreds of scholars to enter the army to be cannon fodder after he goes to Nanjing.