Ma Teng fixed his eyes and saw that it was his eldest son Ma Chao, and hurriedly said: "Chao'er, how can you shout so loudly, be careful that the wall has ears." ”

"What are you afraid of! It was he Liu Xin who did things unfairly first! Ma Chao raised a piece of paper in his hand and said, "Dad, look." Pei Lin and Yang Fu surrendered to him behind their father, and now they have all taken up the post of Taishou, but he left his father here in the cold and ignored it! Is it tolerable or unbearable! ”

Ma Teng made a silent gesture with a "shh ”

Ma Chao handed the piece of paper to Ma Teng and said: "Dad, what is this thing called Dahan Express, which records the appointment of officials, harvests in various places, recent weather conditions, jokes, short stories, and excerpts from the subset of scripture and history. ”

Xiang paper is one of Liu Xin's economic pillars, and it is more expensive than gold outside the area under his control, so Ma Chao feels that the Dahan Express is really a luxury.

Ma Teng took the Dahan Express and took a look, and sure enough, he saw that both sides were densely filled with content, and the middle part was the appointment of the Taishou of the ten counties of Liangzhou, and the names of Pei Lian, Yang Fu and others were among them, but there was no one, so he couldn't help but sigh and said: "People are under the low eaves, how dare you not bow your head!" Nowadays, our family is under the fence, so it is better to be cautious in words and deeds. ”

Ma Chao said nonchalantly: "Dad, I'm not convinced!" No, let's go against him again! ”

"Oh? What kind of mouth is talking about rebellion! ”

Ma Teng was taken aback when he heard this sound coming from outside the door, glared at Ma Chao fiercely, and said, "You shut up for me, be careful of the trouble coming out of your mouth!" ”

The big man who went out to close the door just now had his hand subconsciously pressed on the saber on his waist, and when he waited for Ma Teng's order, he was about to rush out of the door and kill people.

I only heard a soft sound of "pop", and the latch that had just been inserted was actually broken in two from the middle, and the door opened with a "creak", and a tall young man slowly walked in. Although he was smiling, he seemed to have a boundless domineering aura, shocking everyone in the courtyard, and Ma Teng and the big man beside him were a little out of breath.

Ma Chao was a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, his hands were on his waist, and he said angrily: "Who are you?" Did you break this latch? ”

Here, two more scribes came in from behind the young man, but Ma Teng recognized them as Fu Zhu and Tian Feng, and hurriedly shouted: "Chao'er must not be rude!" ”

Then he turned to Fu Zhu and Tian Feng and said, "How can the two gentlemen be free today? ”

Fu Zhu smiled and said: "General Ma yells every day to see the lord, but now the lord is in front of him, but you don't know it." ”

Ma Teng knew that the young man in front of him was Liu Xin, so he hurriedly shook it to the ground and said, "The last general Ma Teng will meet the lord!" ”

Liu Xin stepped forward, helped him up, and said, "General Ma was able to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, Liu is very pleased. I don't know if I'm still used to living in Xiangyang these days? ”

Ma Chao shouted on the side: "I'm not used to it! Why are others sealed as Taishou, but my father doesn't have an official position! ”

Liu Xin looked him up and down, and said with a smile: "Liu heard that General Ma has a son named Ma Chao, who is brave and brave, could it be that he is not this little brother?" ”

Ma Teng hurriedly said: "Back to the lord, it is the little Ma Chao." The child is young and ignorant, and he hopes that the lord will not sin. ”

Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "The young man should be strong-blooded, if he is timid, it will be difficult to become a big man in the future." Ling Lang is a talent, and General Ma really gave birth to a good son! ”

Ma Chao had just spoken, and when he saw Ma Teng's sharp eyes, he snorted softly, but his eyes were still glaring at Liu Xin.

Liu Xin didn't care, and still smiled and said: "Ma Chao, do you know that today's Taishou is only in charge of civil affairs and not in charge of soldiers. And your father started a family, but dealing with civil affairs is not his forte, so Liu did not entrust him with too much responsibility, but he didn't expect to provoke your unhappiness. Hahahaha...... Okay, Ma Chao, I'll reveal it to you first, I plan to appoint your father as the left squire of the military department. ”

Seeing the blank faces of Ma Teng's father and son, Tian Feng said with a smile: "General Ma may not be too clear, so Tian will explain it." The lord of my family has set up six departments: officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers, and each department has a secretary and a servant on the left and right. The Ministry of War is in charge of the transfer of soldiers and horses in the world, the selection and inspection of military generals, and the weapons and horses are under the control of the Ministry of War. The left squire of the military department is also a pivotal position, and Tian is here to say hello to General Ma! ”

Ma Chao listened to it for a long time, but he still didn't understand, and muttered: "It's so troublesome, it's still not worth one party." ”

Frustrated Zhengse said: "Ma Gongzi, the rank of the lord general is from the ninth rank, the county order is the seventh rank, the Taishou is the fifth rank, and the left waiter of the military department is the third rank, who do you say is important and who is light?" ”

Ma Chao said angrily: "That's not as good as leading thousands of troops and horses to gallop across the field!" ”

The appointment of Ma Teng as the left squire of the military department was the result of Liu Xin's repeated considerations, which not only showed his certain status, but also could not let him be directly in charge of the army. However, in the eyes of Ma Teng's father and son, it is more affordable to hold heavy troops and control one side alone, so Ma Chao disagrees with such an appointment.

Ma Teng knew that he was staying in Qingshan, and he was not afraid of no firewood, he was afraid that Ma Chao would not care about the severity and annoy Liu Xin, so he hurriedly shouted angrily: "Chao'er! How can you speak in front of the lord, don't retreat! ”

Liu Xin's real goal of subduing Ma Teng was actually this young and vigorous Ma Chao, otherwise he would have eliminated Ma Teng as soon as he ordered to attack Han Sui.

"Wait!" Seeing Ma Chao retreating unconvinced, Liu Xin waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "Ma Chao, look at your father, he is already a handful of years old, full of vicissitudes, you are a son, shouldn't you let your father enjoy a few days of stable life?" You still want your father to go to the battlefield to fight bloodily, don't you have a little filial piety? ”

Ma Chao was stunned, he subconsciously felt that Liu Xin's words were a bit far-fetched, but he couldn't think of how to refute them for a while, so he stayed there suddenly.

Liu Xin's voice suddenly became louder, almost roaring: "Ma Chao, wake up!" It's not your dad who should really pick up a knife and gun and charge into battle, but you! ”

This burst of drinking made Ma Chao startled and speechless. Ma Teng was quite surprised by Liu Xin's words, and hurriedly said: "Back to the lord, the child is young......"

Liu Xin's face softened suddenly, and he laughed and said, "Tiger father has no dog, Liu believes that Ma Chao will not disappoint you." Since ancient times, heroes have been teenagers, General Ma, if you don't let Ma Chao give it a try, how do you know if he can do it? ”

Ma Chao didn't wait for Ma Teng to answer, he had already taken the lead and said, "Dad, the child is willing to give it a try!" ”

Liu Xin patted Ma Chao's shoulder and said with a smile: "Yes, Ma Chao, I really didn't misunderstand you." I heard that your ancestor was a general of this dynasty, do you want to make contributions to my Han Dynasty and become a generation of famous generals of the Han Dynasty? ”

Ma Chao replied without thinking: "Yes!" ”

Liu Xin laughed, he knew that although Ma Chao was brave, he had little scheming, and in history, Cao Cao easily made a counter-plan, so he broke his alliance with Han Sui, and later was deceived by Liu Bei, a big-eared thief, but he didn't expect that today he only had a few words to make his blood boil. Liu Xin was determined, struck while the iron was hot, and continued: "However, generals are not so easy to be, and it is even more difficult to become a generation of famous generals. That needs to start from the bottom step by step, and you also need to be familiar with military books and war strategies, during which you have to go through many tribulations, you may be able to endure this hardship? ”

Ma Chao straightened his waist and replied loudly: "Yes!" ”

Liu Xin nodded and said to Ma Teng: "General Ma, are you willing to let Ma Chao join the army?" ”

He asked a little knowingly, how could Ma Teng not agree, not to mention that Ma Chao was still watching there.

Seeing Ma Teng nodding in agreement, Liu Xin said again: "Ma Chao, you may not know the composition of the Han army, let me introduce it." At present, the entire army is divided into four parts: the Flying Tiger Guard, the regular corps, the local army, and the engineering corps......"

Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong led the regular legion, in the battle against Han Sui, the devastating momentum of the regular legion, although Ma Chao only heard about it, but he was fascinated for a long time, so without waiting for Liu Xin to finish speaking, he blurted out: "Lord, Ma Chao wants to go to the regular army!" ”

Liu Xin smiled and continued: "The regular legion is divided into seven major legions and two fleets. Among them, the 1st to 5th legions, each with 100,000 men, were mixed infantry and cavalry; The Sixth Legion was an all-cavalry corps, with 50,000 men; The Seventh Legion was a legion specializing in mountain and jungle warfare, with 20,000 men. Ma Chao, I guess you won't go to the navy, so these seven legions, which one you want to go to, choose for yourself! ”

Ma Teng was secretly shocked when he heard this, but he didn't expect that as soon as Liu Xin's military strength was strong, the strength of the regular army alone would be no less than 600,000 people, but fortunately he didn't resist him at the beginning, otherwise he would really die without a place to be buried. He didn't know that this was just Liu Xin's idea, and the recruitment of recruits was currently being planned, far from reaching such a scale.

All this information about the army is top secret, although it is only an idea, but it will be put into practice soon, but considering that Ma Teng has become the left attendant of the military department, these situations will be known to him sooner or later, so Liu Xin did not hide it from him, but said it all. Of course, this can be said to kill two birds with one stone, which not only familiarizes Ma Teng with the situation in advance, but also deters their father and son.

Ma Chao chose to join the regular army without hesitation just now, because he had more opportunities to charge into battle in the regular army, so as to make great achievements, but he didn't expect that the regular army would also have so many names, but he hesitated and made a choice.

The Chinese people's complex of striving for the first place has a long history, and they not only have to compete for the gold medal in the Olympic arena, but also compete for the first gold. Ma Chao was also undecided about whether to join the First Legion or the Sixth Legion at this time. Since there is a title of "first", it should be the most powerful force, and he himself prefers the spectacular scene of thousands of horses galloping, which one to choose?