After Ma Cheng finished speaking, he immediately stood up and ordered his subordinates to open the prisoner car and release Song Yingxing's family.

Song Yingxing has very few family members, in addition to Song Yingxing, there are two men in their thirties, but at first glance, they are farmers who have never seen the world, and they are only willing to accept when they see Ma Cheng wearing a first-class official uniform. The rest are two middle-aged women, probably Song Yingxing's daughter-in-law and the like, in addition to these, there are also a few children, who seem to be Song Yingxing's grandchildren.

Ma Cheng waved his hand and asked his men to go outside the south city to find a few small sedan chairs, and then came to Song Yingxing and asked, "Teacher, dare to ask why the master didn't come?" ”

Song Yingxing didn't answer, but Song Yingxing's eldest son Song Shihui was afraid that the big official in front of him would be angry, so he replied on behalf of his father: "My mother died ten years ago!" ”

It turned out that the old guy's wife died, Ma Cheng's eyes lit up when he heard Song Shihui finish speaking, the old guy in front of him Song Yingxing looked less than sixty years old, and there should be some male functions, and now that his wife has died and become a widower, then giving him the woman he likes should be able to alleviate the old guy's anger.

At this time, the soldiers hired the sedan chair. Ma Cheng personally helped Song Yingxing to get into the sedan chair, and then waited for other family members to get on the sedan chair, then rode on the horse and led the group into the southern city.

The residence arranged by Ma Cheng for Song Yingxing is in Nancheng, not far from Mafu, although every inch of land is expensive here, it is nothing to the current Ma Cheng. Ma Cheng's sugar business has now been fully rolled out, and he can earn more than 2,000 taels of silver per month. There are also steel and ironware in the ironworks, and now there are six iron-making furnaces, which can produce thousands of catties of wrought iron and 100 catties of steel every day. If it weren't for Ma Cheng's desire to keep the iron materials to refine the cannons, these iron materials would be able to earn nearly 10,000 taels of silver every month.

Therefore, after Ma Cheng was optimistic about this big courtyard with the first four entrances and the fifth entrance, he sold it for 1,500 taels of silver without blinking an eyeblink, and at the same time recruited more than a dozen family members to prepare to serve Song Yingxing.

When he came to the door of the new house, Ma Cheng helped Song Yingxing out of the sedan chair, and then pointed to the door and said: "Teacher, this is the mansion prepared for you by the apprentice, and the teacher's family will settle down in Nandu in the future!" At the same time, the apprentice purchased 1,000 acres of good farmland outside the city for the teacher, which could be handed over to the two senior brothers. ”

The farmland outside Nanjing is not cheap, and the good paddy fields cost seven or eight taels of silver per mu, and now Ma Cheng is a thousand acres as soon as he makes a move, so that Song Yingxing, who is in the old god, is moved. In fact, 1,000 acres of farmland is true, but it is all military land, and Ma Cheng is the commander of the school field, managing 24 health posts, and it is not easy to get a 1,000 acres of farmland.

Song Yingxing's two sons, Song Shihui and Song Shiyi, were very excited when they heard that there was a thousand acres of land, but they quickly lowered their heads after being glared at by Song Yingxing.

Ma Cheng comes from the afterlife, and knows that there is nothing in the world that cannot be bought, and if there is, it is that your money is not enough. So this is nearly 10,000 taels of big money smashed down, and the effect was immediately seen.

However, Ma Cheng's thinking is a little simple, although Song Yingxing is not a big official, but he has been at the grassroots level for a long time and has never seen anything, Song Yingxing still has a certain self-knowledge of himself. This Ma Cheng is Ma Shiying's second son, and he is still the commander of Congyipin. What about yourself? is over half a hundred years old, and his official position is only a five-grade governor, so people are willing to spend so much money to envelop themselves.

However, Song Yingxing didn't say anything, and followed Ma Cheng to the mansion. At this time, the house had already received the news, and two tables of sumptuous banquets had been prepared in the hall, waiting for Song Yingxing's family to arrive at the banquet.

Song Yingxing took his two sons to sit at a table, other women and children sat at a table, Song Yingxing didn't care about anything else, he threw off the noodle bag and chewed with confidence, and the other family members also put down their minds and began to eat when they saw the old man like this. Ma Cheng became a small man pouring wine on the side, standing behind Song Yingxing with a wine jug and waiting.

After eating and drinking, Song Yingxing motioned for his two sons to go down with their families first, and then Song Yingxing said to Ma Cheng behind him: "Ma boy, you sit down!" ”

This was the first time Song Yingxing spoke after entering the mansion, and Ma Cheng hurriedly put down the wine jug and sat beside Song Yingxing to listen.

Song Yingxing looked Ma Cheng up and down and then said: "Ma boy, when I first saw your old man, I thought that you were an official by relying on Ma Shiying's Yu Yin, but now I see that your kid is still a little talented, not inferior to your Lao Tzu Ma Shiying!" ”

Ma Cheng heard Song Yingxing say this, and hurriedly said modestly: "The teacher praised it, and the kid can catch up with the teacher by half a point!" ”

Song Yingxing heard that Ma Cheng was going to talk nonsense again, and waved his hand to interrupt Ma Cheng and asked: "Don't talk nonsense, the old man is not your teacher, the old man still knows how many catties and taels he has, but he can't afford to be your teacher." To tell you the truth, the old man has no good impression of your father, no matter what you say, the old man will never come out! "Romance 888

Ma Cheng heard Song Yingxing say this is no exception, Ma Shiying offended the Donglin Party, and was belittled as a good-for-nothing traitor by these guys who have the right to speak, Song Yingxing is just a five-grade Zhizhou, I don't know what is going on at the top, and it is reasonable to listen to the words of the Donglin Party.

Before Song Yingxing came, Ma Cheng knew that this old guy would definitely not be able to agree to help him so easily, so he had already prepared a set of rhetoric.

"Teacher, dare to ask the two senior brothers Gui Geng?"

"The eldest son, Song Shihui, is six years Chinese New Year's Eve old today, and the second son, Song Shiyi, is the year of establishment this year!" Song Yingxing didn't know what Ma Cheng had, but there was nothing secret about his age, so he said it quickly.

"The two senior brothers are past their prime, but they are still farming at home, haven't the teachers thought about it? Even if the two senior brothers are not reading materials, but what about the grandchildren of the teachers? Do you also learn from teachers who work at home farming? ”

Ma Cheng's words hit Song Yingxing's death hole, Song Yingxing's son Song Guolin has been a talent for more than 40 years, and before he died, he never forgot to teach his sons not to cut off the right path of the imperial examination. But in Song Shihui's generation, because Song Yingxing was addicted to other miscellaneous studies and spent all the money in the family, he didn't have the money to send his two sons to study.

Ma Cheng saw that Song Yingxing was silent and did not speak, and then said: "Teacher, as long as you can stay and help the students, the students can guarantee to introduce the two senior brothers to Qian Qianyi's disciples. ”

Song Yingxing has suffered losses without a backstage in his life, and he can only be a county teacher who does not enter the stream. But look at Yang Wencong and Yue Qijie, who are both lifters, one started from Qipin Zhixian County, and the other started from Wupin Kuizhou Mansion Tongzhi, and now the two have become the governors of Zhengerpin, this is the power of the background.

Needless to say, Qian Qianyi, Donglin bigwigs are all over the Ming officialdom, if you get the help of the Donglin Party, it may be difficult to enter the cabinet, but it is too easy to be a four-grade prefect.

Ma Cheng didn't brag when he said these words, now Qian Qianyi has no shame to join Ma Shiying Ruan Dacheng and his gang and become a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, so Qian Qianyi can still sell Ma Cheng's face.

Song Yingxing was really moved when he heard Ma Cheng say this, the future of the family was too heavy. But Song Yingxing has seen through this officialdom, and he didn't want to go to the stinky water of officialdom when he resigned and went home, but the future of the family made it difficult for Song Yingxing to choose, and Song Yingxing didn't know what to do for a while.

Ma Cheng looked at Song Yingxing like this and knew that this old guy must be in a conflict in his heart, but he was not afraid, Ma Cheng still had one last killing move.

"Teacher, the apprentice and Chen Zilong are on good terms, Brother Chen is Xu Guangqi's second disciple, and at the same time he has sorted out Xu Guangqi's complete book of agricultural administration! The apprentice heard that the teacher also wrote a book of heavenly creations, and the apprentice wanted to publish this huge book all over the world for the teacher, so that the whole Ming Dynasty would remember the teacher's name from generation to generation! ”

If Song Yingxing was still hesitant just now, now he won't hesitate after listening to Ma Cheng. Tiangong Kaiwu is Song Yingxing's life's painstaking efforts, he spent eight years to summarize multi-industry manufacturing technology, and build a complete set of scientific system. In the end, with the meaning of "Tiangong and its substitution and opening of things", it was named Tiangong Kaiwu, and Song Yingxing spent all his savings for this book. In fact, the Song family was not like it is now, although it is not rich, it can be regarded as a well-off family, after all, Song Yingxing has been an official for more than ten years.

But all the money of the Song family was Song Yingxing to print Tiangong Kaiwu, in order to print this book Song Yingxing sold the ancestral fields, and his wife had no money for treatment when she was sick, so she could only print a few sets of Tiangong Kaiwu, except for Song Yingxing to a few friends, the other sets were not sold, and they were all collected at home.

Although there was movable type printing in the Ming Dynasty, because the quality of movable type printing was not good, some fine books were still using engraving printing. If you want to publish a book, it is not a small amount, Tiangong Kaiwu has a total of three volumes and eighteen articles, and all the engraving plates will cost thousands of taels of silver, and Song Yingxing really exhausted his family property for this book.

But although the book was printed, no one bought it. Publishers prefer best-selling authors like Lanling Xiaosheng, who don't worry about selling no matter how many copies are printed. Otherwise, it is a scientific research teaching and auxiliary materials, and private schools of all sizes are stably purchased all year round. Who's going to buy this thing? The schematic diagram of the project is compiled at every turn, without considering the reader's feelings at all.

Without the sponsorship of investors and publishers, Song Yingxing plans to print it himself. The money saved by thrift was not enough, so he borrowed money from the eldest brother who was the county magistrate. Then buy a wooden board and ask someone to engrave the lettering, buy paper and ink to sort and print, and finally bind it into a book.

In the days when there were no typewriters, it was very difficult to print a book. This poor scholar who has a problem with eating, knows that his books are money-losing goods, but he still has to do it with all his life. After the first book was printed, Song Yingxing held her with tears in his eyes. Half a life's hard work was not in vain, and he wrote in the preface: I wish this brief will be passed on to future generations, and dare to seek knowledge of myself in the present.