Although Zhu Yuanzhang was also a cattle herder in his last life, he was a self-improvement cattle herding baby, although he did not have the family conditions to read and write, but with determination and perseverance, he was self-taught, not only writing well, but also knowing how to write poetry. There is a poem written by Zhu Yuanzhang in the "Angry Monk Interrogation" that has been handed down to later generations: Kill millions of soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River, and the sword on his waist is still bloody. The mountain monk didn't know the heroes, so he only asked for his name.

Let's talk about counting! He once had a vast empire in his hands, and he personally reviewed every piece of music. In the battle against corruption, he once personally calculated how many account books he did not know, and killed the corpses of those corrupt officials and corrupt officials who tried to deceive him all over the field. The account books of a squire's house seemed to him to be a trivial matter.

"Can you really read and count? Don't lie to me, the account books are here, you can do it for me. Ma Qianjiu said in a deep voice.

Zhu Yuanzhang took out an abacus from the study, sat down firmly at the table, looked through the account books with the help of the oil lamp, turned the book with his left hand, knocked on the plan with his right hand, his right hand pulled quickly, and an abacus was used very skillfully. ”

As soon as he lifted the pen, his mind moved, not right...... I'm not here to read the chapters, what do I write? And I can't inscribe at will, the calligraphy practiced in the last life, the dragon flying and the phoenix dance, full of domineering, if written on paper, it will be able to penetrate the back of the paper, and the spirit of Jin Ge Iron Horse can not be hidden, I am afraid that it will arouse Ma Qianjiu's suspicion.

He coughed lightly and decided to hide here, so he smiled embarrassedly: "Steward Ma, although I can write, my writing is very ugly, and I don't know many words, how should I put pen to paper in this place?" ”

Ma Qianjiu's heart was relieved, dispelled his doubts, and said with a smile: "You just write a 'delivery here'!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang thanked him, deliberately picked up the brush with an incorrect pen holding posture, and wrote crookedly: "Delivery here...... In the future, Zhu Ba will be responsible for ...... "Even if a person writes well, as long as he holds the pen in the wrong posture, he can't write the usual proud calligraphy, Zhu Yuanzhang's row of characters is crooked and ugly, which is more in line with his identity as a cowherd."

However, these crooked words are also very rare in Ma Qianjiu's opinion, he patted Zhu Yuanzhang's shoulder and smiled: "How did you learn to write and count?" ”

"When you're herding cattle...... I was bored, so I just learned some casually. Zhu Yuanzhang said casually.

Ma Qianjiu smiled and patted Zhu Yuanzhang's shoulder twice: "The young man is good, it's good!" I think you're pretty pleasing to the eye. "This is sincere, after Zhu Ba appeared today, he has been low-key and not eye-catching, but he has been calm and practiced in doing things, showing a calm and unhurried attitude, this kind of person will be pleasing to the eye.

"By the way, what do you think about the second young master sending someone to fight the Zhang family in Chengcheng?" Ma Qianjiu asked suddenly.

If the second young master came to ask this, Zhu Yuanzhang's answer would be: play well, fight well, fight well, and play the face of the Ma family. But when Ma Qianjiu, who was more stable, came to ask, Zhu Yuanzhang's answer was completely different, he thought about it and said in a low voice: "I'm a subordinate, I shouldn't have gossiped about the second young master, but I think the second young master is not doing it right, although our Ma family is rich, but the master has already done it." This official is no longer an official, but a citizen. Since ancient times, the people did not fight with officials, and our family should not fight with the Zhang family in Chengcheng, but should think of a good relationship. For example, this 'trick send', because of the mess with the Chengcheng Zhang family and can't do it, for no reason lost 100 acres of fertile land, in my opinion, the Chengcheng Zhang family will not stop here, and will make a stumbling block to our family, we should now hurry up and prepare a generous gift and send it to Zhang's door. ”

Ma Qianjiu nodded: "You young man really wins my heart, you say, if we want to persuade the second young master, what is the best way to use it?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly, you can't test me for this question, he pretended to think hard for a long time, and said, "I can't persuade you...... The second young master is not qualified to persuade us subordinates, the top priority is to send a loyal family member to Xi'an Mansion as soon as possible, and invite the eldest young master back to preside over this matter, so that there can be a turnaround, otherwise the relationship between our family and the Zhang family in Chengcheng will only get worse and worse, and it will not be regretted until it is too late to be out of control. ”

Ma Qianjiu suddenly woke up when he said this, he had been thinking hard about how to persuade the second young master who was acting nonsense and not doing his job, but he tried many methods to no avail, although the second young master also gave him face, but he was a slave after all, and he didn't dare to point fingers at his master too much. Hearing Zhu Ba's words, he suddenly realized that now is not the time for him, a subordinate, to speak, and he must invite the eldest young master back, otherwise the second young master doesn't know what tricks to play.

Ma Qianjiu said goodbye to Zhu Ba and returned to the front yard, immediately made a decision, wrote a letter overnight, wrote in detail what happened in the Ma family's compound, and then sent a loyal and reliable family servant to bring the letter, and went to Xi'an Mansion overnight.

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After Ma Qianjiu left, the room was quiet, and Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his new home, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise slightly.

There are three rooms in the house, with a living room, a study, and a bedroom. There was only a square table in the living room for guests, and nothing else. The study room is full of things, there is a table, a bookshelf, and four books on the shelf: "Analects", "Mencius", "University", and "The Mean"; "Book of Songs", "Book of Rites", "Book of Rites", "Zhou Yi", "Spring and Autumn" Five Classics. Pen, ink, paper, inkstone, all available, these things are directly distributed from the front yard, and you don't need to spend money to buy them.

The things in the bedroom are relatively simple, a large wooden bed, there is a small cabinet at the head of the bed, Zhu Yuanzhang opened the cabinet, there are some personal belongings of the Qi steward, and there are several large ingots of silver, about twenty taels, and there are a few copper coins, and the reward deducted by the steward last time should be inside.

Logically speaking, these things should belong to the children of Qi Steward, but Qi Steward is alone, and no one inherits these things after he dies. Second Young Master Ma was lazy and forgot about it, and as a result, all the property of the Qi manager fell into Zhu Yuanzhang's hands.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't bother to touch these things, so he let them continue to stay in the cabinet, his eyes were on the world, there was no need to worry about this little property, as long as he obtained the world, all the world's property was his.

As soon as it was dawn the next day, Zhu Yuanzhang got up, first punched, moved his muscles and bones, and then walked to the gate of the side courtyard and stood in the place where Steward Qi usually stood.

When Steward Qi stood here, he always had a look of contempt on his face, and his whole body was full of yin, but when Zhu Yuanzhang stood here and smiled kindly, it didn't make people feel the slightest chill, but there was a kind of heartiness like a spring breeze.

The long-term and short-term workers also got up, and people came out of the courtyard one after another and greeted Zhu Yuanzhang at the gate of the courtyard: "Brother Zhu, ...... early"

"You're stupid, now you're going to call Steward Zhu!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Don't call me Zhu Steward, call everyone Sheng, let's call me Zhu Ba, I and everyone are brothers, you call me Steward, that is deliberately burying me." ”

"Okay, it's still called Zhu Bugs, haha!"

"Brother Zhu got up really early today, haha, it's funny, you usually go out to herd cattle earlier than us."

The long-term and short-term workers walked past him and greeted him one by one, and some of the long-term workers' mothers-in-law also followed their men to greet Zhu Yuanzhang, but the women were much less courageous, and they didn't dare to call Zhu Baba very much, and they all respectfully called him Zhu Steward.

After a while, Wang Er walked out with Yang Chao in his hand, he was going to send Yang Chao to the county government to report the case, and behind him were the two Yang Chao's sworn friends, carrying the corpse of the Qi manager. Seeing that the long-term workers were laughing with Zhu Yuanzhang, he smiled and said: "Hey, you snuckers, don't think that if you change the steward to the Zhu Eight Brothers, you can be lazy, if anyone is lazy and doesn't work, and drags the brothers back, I will beat him with a big fist." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Second Brother Wang is right, our brothers are brothers, and laughter is laughter, but the work that should be done cannot be pulled down." Second Brother Wang, you work hard, help me greet my brothers, don't let the people in the front yard and the inner courtyard gossip about me, if I become a steward, the affairs of the side yard will not work, where will our brothers' faces go? ”

Wang Er laughed and said, "Cheng, I'll help you keep an eye on it!" If we don't have the surname Qi in our hospital, we will only work harder. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled faintly in his heart, the result of Haojie meeting Xiaoxiong is always Haojie used by Xiaoxiong, throughout the ages, without exception.

Wang Er smiled again: "I'll go to the yamen first, the county master may want to summon you to inquire about what happened last night, and you are also one of the witnesses...... But there shouldn't be anything to inquire about in this matter, I will take these two cowards with me, they will testify, the evidence is conclusive, and the county master may not be able to summon you for questioning. ”

At this time, a little maid suddenly ran out of the inner courtyard, looking about thirteen or fourteen years old, a small person, at most only as high as Zhu Ba's chest, wearing a fine maid's suit, and her whole body was clean and neat. She was holding a tape measure in her hand, and when she saw Zhu Yuanzhang from a distance, she immediately shouted: "Is this Zhu Ba, the new steward of the side hospital?" ”

"I am, may I ask who the girl is?" Zhu Yuanzhang replied casually.

The little maid looked at the coarse linen clothes he was wearing, stuck out her tongue and said, "Sure enough, Miss said it...... You're dressed so badly. ”

Well? Do you look down on me for being dressed in tatters? Zhu Yuanzhang was faintly unhappy in his heart, but he didn't have a seizure, he just glanced at her lightly and said, "Who is the girl?" What are you looking for me? ”

The little girl grimaced: "My name is Purple Heart, and I am the maid of the third lady." The people in our inner courtyard also heard about the killing of the Qi Steward last night. The third lady said that the second young master is not attentive to his work, and the new steward's clothes, shoes and socks or something, he will definitely forget to prepare, and asked me to come over this morning to help the new steward measure his body and make a new set of clothes...... I came over to take a look, and sure enough, you are still wearing the clothes you used to wear when you were doing farm work, what's the matter? The steward of our Ma family can't dress like you. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed dumbly, and the unhappiness just now was suddenly thrown out of the clouds, although the third lady of the Ma family was raised in the deep boudoir and no one knew her, she was also a meticulous person.