Liu Biao used the vacated official positions in these counties to aggressively entrap the major families in Jingzhou, and because of the strong support of the families, the situation in Jingzhou stabilized at once.

The Ma family is still slightly lacking in manpower and financial resources because of the withering of talents, and no family children have been appointed by Liu Biao.

It took Liu Biao less than a year to control the seven counties of Jingzhou except Nanyang County, and stationed troops in Xiangyang to observe the changes of time.

Liu Biao, as the pastor of Jingzhou, when the chaos in Jingzhou has appeared, can lure in a good way, and negotiate with each other, so that the thieves in the territory can also be effective for it.

The patriarch of Ma has no official body, and can concentrate on training his son at home, and the five sons are slowly growing up, all of them are very outstanding, and the talents of the "Ma Five Constants" are well-known in the township, and their influence is getting bigger and bigger.

Because of the chaos in the world, the warlords fought everywhere, and their names were not good, but Jingzhou was under the governance of Liu Biao, the public security situation was good, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, which was a pure land.

In those war-torn places, such as Guanxi, Yanzhou, Yuzhou and other places, there were thousands of scholars who came to Jingzhou.

Liu Biao was able to comfort them, and the scholars were funded, able to settle down to study, and could be protected.

Because the boundaries of Jingzhou have been cleared and the four borders are peaceful, Liu Biao opened a scholar, sought Confucian scholars, and ordered Qi Wuhong, Song Zhong and other scholars to write the "Five Classics and Verses".

There are also some famous scholars who have opened the museum to teach apprentices, the most famous of which is naturally the Lumen Academy, which is dominated by Pang Degong and has many famous people such as Huang Chengyan and Sima Zheng.

The Ma family is a big family, in addition to a lot of land, there are also involved in all walks of life, Ma Liang and their five brothers, it can be said that they have their own strengths, and they have become the backbone of the family.

Ma Jian and Ma Liang, still during their studies, the other three brothers have already been in charge of the Ma family, Ma Tan's parents are both people who are close to the age of sixties, and they are basically no longer in charge of things, and they have begun to take care of their lives. But Ma Tan's father's patriarchal identity has not yet been inherited.

Ma Tan's eldest brother is over 30 years old, and his prestige in the Ma family is not bad, and he has the qualifications to take over the patriarch, so it stands to reason that he can take over the position, but Ma Tan's father has always refused to hand over power.

Originally, Ma Tan's father had high expectations for his eldest son Marven, and his son's moral essays were taught by him himself, which can be regarded as outstanding.

Marven has been trained by the family, and he is also highly praised in the local area, and there is great hope of being promoted to Maocai.

However, after Ma Bochang was fourteen years old, he did not know whether it was to share his father's hard work or because of his personal interests, he was not too enthusiastic about studying those empty knowledge, gaining fame and fame, and refused to study anymore, but was particularly concerned about the family's agricultural affairs.

At the beginning, he just wanted to share his father's worries, took the initiative to take care of the family's land, often worked in the fields with the tenants, and was particularly interested in the cultivation of grain, vegetables and other crops, and was very talented.

The planting methods he learned from those old farmers, his advantage of knowledge was immediately apparent, and he combined book knowledge with improved planting schemes, and the crops grew better and yielded higher.

Because Ma Bochang participated in the cultivation of crops on the family's fields, the Ma family's grain production increased steadily, and the clan recognized Ma Bochang's ability very much, and he gradually gained a great reputation in the local area.

Although Ma Tan's father did not like Ma Bo often concentrating on farming and delayed his studies, he often reprimanded and supervised, but to no avail.

Emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce was the basic national policy set by the imperial court, and the government at all levels attached importance to agriculture and took agriculture as the foundation, restricting the development of commerce, so the teaching of agriculture has also become an important indicator for evaluating the performance of local officials.

The Han Dynasty implemented the system of three elders, the three elders are mainly in charge of the education of the township, for those township farmers, the so-called education, in addition to etiquette and moral norms, is mainly to teach the peasants, the three elders elected by the township, most of them need to know the agricultural affairs, otherwise, it is difficult to convince the public.

In the Han Dynasty, there were clear regulations on the selection of the three elders: first, they should be over 50 years old, and second, their personal virtue could serve as an example for the people. At the same time, it is stipulated that only one of the three elders in each township and any one of the three elders in the county must be limited, and they must be selected from among the three elders of the township.

Although Ma Bochang is only in his early thirties, because of his rich experience in farming, he was personally elected by the previous three elders in the township as the successor three elders, because in addition to his age, Ma Bochang is the most suitable candidate for the three elders.

Because the three elders are elected by the local government, as long as they can do it, the government will not veto it, therefore, Ma Bochang has become the youngest of the three elders, and there is no one!

After Ma Bo became the third elder, he did not have secret skills to cherish himself, and took the initiative to teach them to the villagers, and the grain output in the township increased rapidly, ranking among the best in the entire Chengnan County.

Because of the remarkable achievements in agriculture and mulberry, in accordance with the relevant regulations of the imperial court, Ma Bochang was actually recommended as the third elder of the county.

After taking over as the third elder of the county, Ma Bochang made persistent efforts to live up to expectations, and he spared no effort to promote excellent grain varieties and advanced planting methods, and the grain output of the entire Chengnan County has risen to a higher level.

Food is fundamental, Jingzhou is also because of the abundance of food to maintain stability, Ma Bochang's name spread throughout Jingzhou, and the patriarch Ma has been verbally praised by state, county, and county officials many times because of his "good teaching son", which can be regarded as a long face.

The government attaches so much importance to agriculture because as long as there is food, there will be stability, and the people under its rule, as long as they have food, will naturally be content with the status quo, work harder, and create more wealth.

The eldest son, Ma Bochang, did not follow his own training plan to embark on a career in office, and the Ma patriarch was very disappointed in his heart!

But no matter what, Marven can be regarded as a success, although he still doesn't like it in his heart, Ma Zhou no longer continues to interfere in his son's affairs.

After all, the patriarch of Ma taught his son well, and he couldn't live up to his name, so he shifted his energy to educating his second son, Ma Zhongchang.

At the beginning, Ma Yong was very good, obedient to his father's arrangement, and practiced martial arts every day, which made him very happy!

Because in troubled times, being able to practice a good martial art is a safety guarantee for the entire Ma family.

As the saying goes: "Poor literature and rich martial arts", Ma Zhong often practices martial arts, and the cost is not low! I have to eat a lot of meat every day, but fortunately, the Ma family has had a bumper harvest in the past few years, and there is no shortage of food.

Ma Zhong often practiced martial arts very hard, he can bear hardships and stand hard work, especially rare, he is interested in eighteen kinds of martial arts, everything, everything has to be practiced, Ma patriarch sees it in his eyes, and he is happy in his heart!

The patriarch of Ma even thinks that the Ma family is going to produce a famous general again, because all famous generals in ancient and modern times are "all eighteen kinds of martial arts", and the second son Ma Yong is working in this direction!