Summary of the previous chapter: Cao Cao returned from the expedition to visit Ma Xiaoquan and saw the solar recorder in Ma Xiaoquan's hand. Cao Cao wanted to know who Ma Xiaoquan was, and Ma Xiaoquan smiled and agreed with Cao Cao that when the time was right, he would tell Cao ** what he wanted to know

+++++++++++++++++++ Ma Zheng and Ma Xiaoquan talked about the content of the night, and no one knew.

But Ma Xiaoquan knew very well in his heart, after all, he was one of the two parties.

Ma Xiaoquan was actually surprised, but what surprised him was not the content of the night talk with his son, but the night talk itself.

In the genealogy of the uncle's family, there is a written record, which mainly talks about this night talk.

When Ma Xiaoquan saw this text, he specially asked his uncle. The uncle's reply to Ma Xiaoquan was only seven words: History is like this.

Ma Xiaoquan was very puzzled at the time, thinking that the record of that text was exaggerated. Now he is one of the parties in that written record, and after experiencing it himself, Ma Xiaoquan realized that the recorded record of that text is not exaggerated at all, but the starting point is different.

Of course, since the recorder is not the person concerned, and it seems that the person concerned has not been asked, the account of this night conversation does not get to the point.

"Hehe" Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and said to himself, "The genealogy of the uncle's family is said to have been handed down from the Ming Dynasty, from this point of view, it seems that I have no reason not to go to the Ming Dynasty, well, wait for this mission to end, I'll go and have a look."

Ma Xiaoquan stood up and twisted his waist slightly. At that moment, the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

"Xianggong~~" The person who pushed the door in was Hua Yuexin.

Ma Xiaoquan sighed and asked, "It's Madame, what's the matter?" ”

Hua Yue looked at Ma Xiaoquan and said distressedly: "You haven't slept all night, aren't you resting now?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan stretched his waist and said with a smile: "Well, Madame is really a little sleepy when she says this."

Hua Yuexin lightly tapped Ma Xiaoquan's head, and said angrily: "You're right, what did you and Zheng'er say yesterday, night after night."

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and hugged Hua Yuexin in his arms, and said in her ear: "You want to know, hmmmmmmmm

Hua Yue's pretty face flushed, her delicate body twisted, and she broke free from Ma Xiaoquan's arms: "The body stinks to death, it's all the smell of sweat, wash it off"

Ma Xiaoquan heard that Mrs. did not refuse, and his heart was playful, and he ran towards the water room with a smile on his lips

Since the eldest son Ma Xiao went out, the power of the Ma family has returned to the hands of Ma Xiaoquan. Originally, Ma Xiaoquan intended to cultivate Ma Zheng, but due to the current situation, Ma Xiaoquan still suppressed such an idea in his heart for the time being.

At the end of July of the 22nd year of Jian'an, Cao Cao suddenly visited.

Cao Cao came this time for two things, the first was to ask Ma Xiaoquan how to accept people, and the second was to "report" to Ma Xiaoquan to find the news of Yuanfang.

Since Yuan Fang suddenly disappeared, Ma Xiaoquan has been sending people to search for him, and even cheekily asked Cao Cao to do so.

Cao Cao accepted Ma Xiaoquan's request and immediately took action, not only widely issuing missing person notices within the scope of his own control, but also other states.

But Yuan Fang seemed to have evaporated from the world, and there was no news after checking for so long, so Ma Xiaoquan couldn't help but think that Yuan Fang had encountered an accident.

I just want to think about it, until the last moment, I didn't see Yuan Fang's body or grave, and Ma Xiaoquan would not give up, after all, Yuan Fang still held another key to the solar recorder in his hand.

After listening to Cao Cao's report, Ma Xiaoquan thought for a moment and said, "Xiao Cao, you mean that we should look for it in Yecheng?" ”

Cao Cao nodded: "Exactly, Lord Shangxian, you told me that the last time you saw Yuan Fang was in Yecheng, so if Yuan Fang disappeared, it would also start from Yecheng, so I think we should continue to look for it in Yecheng!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "I also know what you said, but Yecheng is so big, even if you turn to the sky, I'm afraid there will still be fish that slip through the net, and besides, although the current shape looks stable, it is actually very turbulent, Xiao Cao, your kindness is understood by the immortals, but if you rashly make a big move, I am afraid it will cause panic in Jizhou, so this matter, I think it is better to put it aside for the time being."

Cao Cao said: "But Lord Shangxian, the object you said is just a key, aren't you in a hurry?" ”

"Not in a hurry? It's strange if you're not in a hurry, you always feel that Benxian has no doubts, Benxian knows everything, right? ”

Cao Cao hummed and nodded.

Ma Xiaoquan shrugged his shoulders and said, "Actually, this immortal doesn't know more than you. ”

Cao Cao said: "Lord Shangxian, can you say one or two, and I will try to help you share it?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't say it, it's that you don't understand what I said, hehe, of course, this can also be extended to the question that Xiao Cao asked me, you asked Ben Xian who is it, hehe, in fact, this question Ben Xian can answer you now!" ”

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and quickly sat up straight and listened.

"Xiao Cao, in fact, I am the same as you! It's a person! A normal person! ”

When he said this, Ma Xiaoquan had already changed the address he had just given himself from "Ben Xian" to "I".

"People?" Cao Cao was a little puzzled, "Lord Shangxian can marry and have children, of course it is a person, Lord Shangxian, I don't understand what you say?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Hehe, you will understand in the future, I have my own sense of proportion in the affairs of Yuanfang, but it is another thing that your old boy came to me to say, I want to hear your opinion." ”

Cao Cao sighed and said, "I want to issue a merit-seeking order!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "That's good, you can do what you want." ”

Cao Cao shook his head: "The question is how do I write it?" ”

"Huh?" Ma Xiaoquan was taken aback and said, "Haven't you already posted it twice, just do it like the first two times?" ”

"No, no, that's not what I meant, Lord Immortal, I'm thinking about making this time bigger."

"Bigger? How big do you want to be? ”

Cao Cao took out a pair of white silk rolls from his arms and presented them to Ma Xiaoquan.

Ma Xiaoquan unfolded the white silk scroll and read it, and said: "Your talent seeking order is not bad, but there are still shortcomings!" ”

"What's that?"

Ma Xiaoquan did not directly answer Cao Cao's question, but made an analogy: "If I am a capable person, but I am a little bit of a thief, Xiao Cao, do you say you need me?" ”

Cao Cao nodded: "Of course I used it!" ”

"How to use it? Pull it straight to use? ”

"This" Cao Cao hesitated.

"So," Ma Xiaoquan summed up Cao Cao, "you need to write your eclectic and meritocracy on this merit-seeking order, I say this, Xiao Cao, do you understand?" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he suddenly realized: "I understand, haha, I understand, thank you Lord Shangxian, thank you Lord Shangxian, hehe" Cao Cao said, stood up and walked towards the door.

In August of the 22nd year of Jian'an, Cao Cao issued an order to seek talents.

This time the order is very different from the previous content, and strengthened the breadth of communication and release, almost overnight, the order spread throughout the Central Plains, half a month, the vast majority of the northern regions have posted the order.

Because the examples in the meritocracy order are just right, this time, Cao Cao received much more practical results than the previous two times.

At the same time that Cao Cao began to recruit talents, Ma Xiaoquan also began to arrange the follow-up matters of the Ma family.

First, Ma Xiaoquan restarted the relocation of the Ma family compound in Yuyang.

As early as when he learned that Mao Gang had hidden treasures in Yuyang, Ma Xiaoquan had the urge to move, but because the solar recorder had not yet arrived, Ma Xiaoquan temporarily put the plan on hold.

Now that the solar recorder was in hand, Ma restarted the relocation plan.

Ling'er's hometown is in Yuyang County, and when she learned that Xianggong was going to relocate, Ling'er was the first to stand up and agree, and asked herself to go first.

After Ma Xiaoquan considered it, he agreed to Mrs. Ling'er's request.

Moving is a very troublesome thing, Ling'er agrees, it doesn't mean that other ladies will agree.

For example, sable.

Diao Chan did not agree to relocate, which made Ma Xiaoquan a little unexpected, and in desperation, Ma Xiaoquan had to choose a compromise method: that is, if you want to go to Yuyang, you can go, and if you don't want to go, you can stay in Yecheng temporarily.

The relocation was settled, and the rest of the work was carried out slowly.

The second thing, Ma Xiaoquan decided to recruit Mao Gang to come back.

It's just that Mao Gang came back this time, I'm afraid the mentality is wrong.

Dealing with such an apprentice who may defect at any time, Ma Xiaoquan really wants to face the confrontation, but if he is alone, then it is easy to say, but he is now dragging his family and mouth, and he is facing a move, Ma Xiaoquan finally decided to settle Mao Gang for the time being.

At this point, Ma Xiaoquan finally understood a truth: some people don't want to deal with it, but if they deal with it now, there will be a lot of variables.