Praise me when you open your mouth? This person is very good at winning people's hearts! Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly said: "It's over, these are what villains should do." ”

Ma Zhixiong said expressionlessly: "It's not a prize at all, don't be modest, I don't like to talk about entertainment, let's get straight to the point and talk about the reality." ”

He paused here, turned his head to Ma Qianjiu and said: "Go to my account and pay a hundred taels of silver to Zhu Ba, I am not in the mansion, you guys don't have to worry about doing things, Zhu Ba has made such a great contribution, why don't you even have a decent reward?" ”

Ma Qianjiu said in a low voice: "The master rewarded him with twenty taels of silver, and the third lady also rewarded him with a few sets of clothes, shoes and socks......

"Go! What is the use of this reward? Ma Zhixiong waved his hand and said: "The face of my Ma family and the safety of my second brother are only worth twenty taels of silver and a few sets of clothes?" One hundred taels is less, but I am afraid that others will be jealous if I reward more, so I will only give him one hundred taels for the time being, and I will reward him later. ”

Ma Qianjiu hurriedly went to get the silver.

Ma Zhixiong said to Zhu Ba again: "This second brother of my family, alas...... Dad and the third sister both know that they want to reward you, but he, the main master, has not said anything, I will compensate you on behalf of the second brother, you don't go to your heart, and help my family do things in the future. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, thinking in his heart: This Ma Zhixiong is really a powerful character, while rewarding me, he deliberately used the reward to set off the difference between him and the second young master, which made me hate the second young master even more and appreciate his appreciation even more...... If I were just an ordinary cowherd with no knowledge, and he said these two words, I was afraid that I would be ruined and become his loyal dog.

Controlling people's hearts was originally Zhu Yuanzhang's specialty, but now there is a guy of the same type as him, and he can't help but be unvigilant.

Ma Zhixiong pointed to the chair next to him, motioned for Zhu Yuanzhang to sit down and speak, and said at the same time: "By the way, Zhu Ba, this time I am impressed by the matter of dealing with Chen County's order, I want to ask you, what is going to happen to our Ma family and the Zhang family in Chengcheng?" ”

The other party is a person who does practical things and does not tell lies, so Zhu Yuanzhang did not hide it much, stretched out two fingers and said: "Two methods." ”

"I want to hear about it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said in a low voice: "The first method is to use the power of the shirt family to completely shoot the Chengcheng Zhang family to death...... The second method is to borrow the power of the shirt family and the Chengcheng Zhang family to turn the war into a jade silk ......"

Ma Zhixiong smiled dumbly: "Your two methods are borrowing the momentum of the shirt family, but the specific plan is in the opposite direction, and the eight poles can't hit the same direction, what are your considerations?" ”

"The first way is to consider that the two sides have already made a feud, and if we don't kill each other, we may be attacked by the other party at any time." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "It is impossible for the eldest young master to stay at home all the time, and soon he will go to Xi'an to run a rice village, in order to completely solve this trouble once and for all, he must slap the Zhang family to death, so as not to leave trouble." ”

"Well said!" Ma Zhixiong smiled: "But since ancient times, the people don't fight with the officials, we don't have the ability to shoot the Zhang family to death, if you want to frame the Zhang family again, the shirt may not be fooled, it is estimated that by now, the shirt also guessed that Chen Guanyu is not from the Donglin Party, he was misled by you, but he wants to save face and will not say this." ”

"That's right, that's why I thought about the second option." Zhu Yuanzhang snorted and said with a smile: "The shirt family and we jointly scared away Chen Guanyu, and the Chengcheng Zhang family must have known about it." Chengcheng * county seat is more than 70 miles away from Baishui * county seat, the news spread slowly and chaotically, now he must not know what the relationship between the shirt family and our Ma family is, we just take advantage of the strength of the shirt family, at this time on the door of the Zhang family in Chengcheng to show goodwill...... Zhang's family is under pressure from the shirt family, and he will definitely eliminate his past suspicions with us...... If he delays a little longer, when he finds out about the true relationship between the shirt family and our family, he may have to make a demon moth again. ”

"Good!" Ma Zhixiong slapped the table and said loudly: "Good strategy!" You're really a Lingli person. ”

After listening to the story told by Ma Qianjiu just now, although he was also amazed at the outstanding ability of this Zhu Ba, he still didn't believe it in his heart, how could a cow baby in the countryside be so powerful? Most of them are untrue, or mistaken. But after listening to Zhu Ba's words, his perception has completely changed, and he unconsciously regards Zhu Ba as a think-tank-level figure.

He can actually use the residual potential of the shirt family to this point, this insight, not to mention just Baishui * County, even if it is put in the bustling Xi'an Mansion, it is one in a hundred.

Ma Zhixiong thought carefully for a while, he is a businessman, and what he pays attention to is that harmony is the most important thing in everything, and harmony makes money. So when I heard Zhu Ba's second method, I immediately agreed with it in my heart. His mind also spun quickly, and he immediately thought of a question: "What if after the peace talks, the Zhang family finds that the shirt family has no friendship with our family, and he wants to regret it?" ”

"This is not difficult to do, from now on, our family will work hard to improve the relationship with the shirt family, as long as this relationship becomes a real relationship and can withstand the examination of the Zhang family, he will not dare to act rashly." Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously.

"No way!" Ma Zhixiong actually refused: "Our family has a jinshi pole, and the shirt family is just a nouveau riche, this time I have lost face by sticking it to send it to the field, and I can't have anything to do with the shirt family in the future." ”

"This ......" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled dumbly, although this Ma Zhixiong is a powerful character, but he also has this kind of blind pride? Really...... He has passed the exam, and he has a bit of the disdain of a scholar who looks at the sudden rich, and with this kind of arrogance, it is difficult for him to become a big weapon after all. After all, the Ma family is a gentry family in the countryside, how can it be so easy to become a great person?

Zhu Yuanzhang no longer put forward his opinions, and waited for Ma Zhixiong to make his own decision.

After a few breaths, Ma Zhixiong raised his head and chuckled: "By the way, since ancient times, there has been an excellent way to negotiate peace, which can tie the two families tightly together, and it is not ...... to turn against Mei."

"You're talking about harmony?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh.

"That's right, kiss!" Ma Zhixiong became proud: "Although the second brother is twenty-four years old this year, he has not yet married a wife, and the third sister is fifteen years old this year, and she has reached the age where she can talk about marriage. The third sister married the son of the Zhang family, and the second brother married the daughter of the Zhang family, killing two birds with one stone. ”

And pro? Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became disgusted in his heart, he was very disgusted with the pro-policy in his previous life. Under his influence, the Ming Dynasty 276 years, no harmony, no compensation, no land, no tribute, the Son of Heaven guarded the country, the king died in the community, although the Ming Dynasty produced many stupid emperors, but no matter how stupid the emperor was guarded by the iron bones of the Ming Dynasty, no descendant ever lost his face to him. Unexpectedly, he was reborn and reincarnated, and he actually ran into a patriarch who took his younger siblings to play with him, which really made him not know what to say.

Ma Zhixiong smiled at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "What do you think of Heqin's strategy?" ”

Ma Zhixiong was very proud, but Zhu Yuanzhang was not interested, and said in a low voice: "This kind of thing is related to the second young master and the third young lady, how can I have room for people like me to intervene, the eldest young master will make his own decision." ”

Ma Zhixiong didn't notice Zhu Yuanzhang's unhappiness, in fact, even if he noticed it, he wouldn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "That's right, you are not qualified to speak about this kind of thing, I have to deal with it personally." The third sister is easy to handle, but the second brother is a troublemaker...... Come on, go to the inner courtyard and invite the second young master. ”

After a while, Ma Qianjiu came back first, one hundred taels of silver was packed in a small blue cloth bag, heavy, and he handed the silver bag to Zhu Yuanzhang. That's a lot of money. The purchasing power of silver in the Ming Dynasty is extremely strong, and a high-quality maid is only worth twenty taels of silver. The little girl who is almost a little bit can be bought for only five taels of silver. If you use silver to buy food, one tael of silver can buy 1,000 baked cakes, and the price of the price in the future generations is calculated with one yuan and one baked cake, and one tael of silver is equivalent to 1,000 yuan. One hundred taels of silver is 100,000 yuan.

Ma Zhixiong rewarded Zhu Yuanzhang with such a large sum of money without frowning, and he was indeed willing to pay for it.

Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be grateful and accepted the money, and was about to say goodbye and go back to his hut when the second young master Ma Zhibin walked in. As he walked, he shouted dissatisfiedly: "Is the eldest brother back?" Ah! Why didn't you go to the inner courtyard first, but called me to the front yard when you came back? What's the matter? ”

"Second brother! You've been messing around at home lately......" Ma Zhixiong's face sank.

Seeing that his face changed, the second young master, who was usually out of tune, suddenly shook, obviously he was a little afraid of his eldest brother. Although when the eldest young master was away, the second young master always showed off his might at home, acted recklessly, and put on a posture of "I'm not afraid if you call the eldest brother" in front of Ma Qianjiu, but when he really stood in front of Ma Zhixiong, he still felt his feet and stomach flashing, and he didn't speak very neatly.

"I'm not messing around!" The second young master hesitated for a long time before protesting: "The Zhang family came to us first to grab water, and then I asked the people from Xigu Village to call back, and they beat the people from Xigu Village again, and then I asked the people from the Qi Steward Organization to call back...... It's all for a reason and for an effect. ”

"There's a cause and an effect, a fart!" Ma Zhixiong was furious: "You are the county master of Chengcheng * County, what are you?" Scholars? Lift people? Scholar? You're not even a fart, why are you fighting with others? ”

"I ...... We have a jinshi pole at home! The second young master argued strongly.

"The Jinshi pole is Daddy's, not yours. But Zhang Douyao can be the county magistrate himself, which means that his family's Jinshi pole is his own! Ma Zhixiong said angrily: "You will only cause trouble to our family, and let your father worry about you when he is old." ”

The second young master was dumbfounded, and he didn't dare to fight anymore.

Ma Zhixiong waved his hand and said: "I have decided, tomorrow I will send someone to send gifts to the Zhang family, and by the way, I will propose to the Zhang family, and repair the relationship between our family and the Zhang family, you must stop messing around." ”

"Propose?" The second young master was at a loss: "What is this going to do?" ”

Ma Zhixiong said in a deep voice: "I want you to marry Zhang Douyao's daughter and marry the third sister to his son." ”

"What?" The second young master jumped up suddenly.