The Ma family mansion in the southwest of Tokyo City, here is the mansion of Ma Quanyi, a famous general in the early Song Dynasty, Ma Quanyi was brave and strategic, deeply trusted by the two emperors of Song Taizu and Song Taizong, and the highest position was the official worship of the East Cabinet Door Envoy, the Privy Council undertook, and the Privy Council was promoted to sign the book.

It's just that since the death of Ma Quanyi, the Ma family has been like most of the generals, and there are no outstanding characters in the family, so they can only watch the family decline step by step, and finally the Ma family mansion has become the Ma family mansion, from a distance, the Ma family mansion is still a vast area of buildings, but when you get closer, you will find that many buildings in the Ma family mansion have already become dilapidated, and many of the Ma family's branches have also found another way out, leaving only one of the long houses still guarding the afterglow of the Ma family's mansion in the past.

Originally, there were not a few generals like the Ma family who were gradually declining, if nothing else, the Ma family would probably go on like this, until they consumed the last bit of residual shade left by their ancestors and became ordinary people, but now the Ma family has taken a turnaround, and this turnaround is in the Ma family's generation of head Ma Derang.

Ma Derang has been tall and powerful since he was a child, and he himself likes to practice martial arts and read military books, which is quite the style of his ancestor Ma Quanyi, but as the so-called times create heroes, Ma Quanyi was born in troubled times, and finally left a lot of foundation for his descendants with his own ability, but Ma Derang was born in the most peaceful Renzong period, although the Great Song Dynasty has the two great enemies of Liao and Western Xia, but they are still peaceful with each other, and people like Ma Derang are useless at all, plus their Ma family is declining. didn't even have a way to send him to the forbidden army, and as a result, Ma Derang was so high or low. I stayed at home for decades, and in the end I was in my forties and still didn't achieve anything.

Although some people feel sympathy for Ma Dejan's experience, more people are watching jokes from the side, and even many people make fun of him in person, thinking that Ma Derang's life has passed in such a mediocre way. But no one thought that Ma Derang's eldest son Ma Tong was too obese, and his wife used the power of his mother's family to send Ma Tong to Zhao Yan to lose weight, which led to the establishment of the later military academy, Ma Tong quit because he couldn't stand the suffering, but Ma Derang was cheeky to go to the military school instead of his son, and trained with a group of little guys who were enough to be his son every day, which attracted greater ridicule from the Ma family, and said everything behind his back. Even his wife persuaded him to give up, but Madejean stubbornly persisted.

As the so-called "hard work, the sky does not pay", Ma Derang's persistence finally paid off, he joined the Western Army after graduating from the military academy, just in time for the battle to destroy the summer, in this battle he fought steadily, from a small capital head to the battalion commander, and was later promoted to the military capital Yu Marquis. Although Marquis Yu can only be regarded as a middle-level general in the army, he has Ma Derang's qualifications. In the future, it is almost a sure thing to be promoted to the command of the army, and it is not impossible to even be the commander of the army, you must know that this is the highest general of the local army, and it is definitely a high-level in the army.

It is precisely because of Ma De's personal efforts and promotions that the depressed Ma family has finally regained its vitality, and the Ma family can regain their waist when they go out. spoke with a bit of confidence, and those who looked down on and ridiculed the Ma family in the past were also so far away that they hid away, and many people took the initiative to visit and try to repair the relationship between the Ma family.

In the past few days, the Ma family's mansion has been even more lively, because Ma Derang was transferred back from the northwest, and this time the imperial court rectified the forbidden army in the capital. As a result, Ma De let his army be transferred back almost the first batch, and took advantage of this opportunity, many people came to visit with gifts, after all, Ma De made a bright future in the future, and he could make friends with him in the future.

Seeing the lively scene at home, Ma Derang was also very happy, and personally received the people who came to visit one by one, after all, although the Ma family has signs of revival, but the foundation is still too thin, at this time it is absolutely impossible to offend people, and the family is all on his own It is not very safe, so as early as a few years ago, he sent his son, nephew, etc., who were more competitive in the family to the military academy, and there are people graduating this year and next year, and the next generation of these Ma families will gain a firm foothold in the army like him, and then the Ma family will be regarded as truly having a foundation.

Today, Ma Derang refused all the people who asked to see, and let people prepare a sumptuous banquet early, specially used to entertain a person, for the arrival of this person, the Ma family also attaches great importance to it, not only Ma Derang personally accompanied, but also several of his brothers, as well as a few people who are more promising among the children and nephews, it can be said that the important people of the Ma family are here.

"Brother Zhe, I said at the beginning, as long as you come to the capital, I have the best liquor here, how about you taste the taste of this wine, is it better than the alcohol in our army?" Ma Derang raised his wine glass and said loudly to the middle-aged man in his thirties in front of him with a smile. The northwest is bitterly cold, and most of the people in the army are addicted to alcohol, but it is forbidden to drink in the army, only the military doctor has alcohol, and some people who are good at drinking like life will ask for a little alcohol by being injured, and then mix it with water as wine to drink.

I saw that this middle-aged man was extremely tall, even if he was sitting there, he was still a head taller than the other people who were sitting, and his figure was also extremely powerful, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, square ears and wide mouth, and his cheeks had a bit of northwest wind and frost. I saw that this extremely tall middle-aged man drank all the wine in the wine bowl in front of him, and he couldn't help laughing at the moment: "Good wine, although it is not as spicy as the alcohol in the army, but it has a long aftertaste and endless aftertaste, and this wine cannot be seen in the northwest!" ”

"Haha~, that's natural, the alcohol in the army is supposed to heal wounds, and there is no other taste except spicy, but what we drink is more than five years old, this thing can't be bought with money, fortunately, someone sent a few jars some time ago, otherwise I can only ask you to drink three years of aging, and the taste is a little worse!" Ma Derang laughed again at this time, the tall man sitting in front of him was Zhi Kexing, it was a coincidence, when he was promoted to Yu Hou before, he happened to work under Zhi Kexing, who was the commander of the army, and the two worked together in the northwest for several years, not only with tacit understanding, but also with a very good personal relationship, this time was transferred to the forbidden army in the capital together, Ma Derang, as a landlord, naturally wanted to set up a banquet to entertain him.

"Father, in fact, five years of aging is not a top wine, I heard that His Royal Highness King Yue still has ten years of aging there, I heard that just smelling it can get drunk, but unfortunately His Royal Highness King Yue hides it very strictly, and it is easy not to show it!" At this moment, a young man sitting below also said with a smile, I saw that this young man was about twenty years old, his figure was also very strong, and his appearance was somewhat similar to Ma Derang, it was his son Ma Yong, who had just graduated from the military academy this year, and Ma Yong was also going to be assigned to the forbidden army in the capital, but Ma Yong was unwilling, but insisted on going to the Hebei Army, because he felt that he could exercise himself in the frontier, which made Ma Derang also very happy, and personally went to intercede with Zhang Zai, which satisfied his son's wishes.

"Haha, you don't know this, in fact, His Royal Highness King Yue is not good at wine, but he has a group of friends who are good at wine, such as Brother Ping of the Huyan family, Brother Song of the Cao family, and Su Zizhan Those literati, all of them are good wines, and they often run to King Yue, so it is estimated that there is not much wine in the hands of His Royal Highness King Yue." Ma Derang laughed again, he was the first batch of cadets in the military academy, and he had the most contact with Zhao Yan, so he also knew the most about Zhao Yan's affairs.

Zhi Kexing, who was sitting next to him, heard Ma Derang's father and son mention Zhao Yan, and his face showed a very interested look at the moment, and he thought about it and said: "Brother Derang, your father and son both graduated from the military academy, I wonder if you can tell me about the things in the military academy?" ”

"Uncle Zhe, if you want to listen to the things in the military academy, you have to ask me, my father has graduated from the military academy for many years, and the military academy has changed a lot over the years, my father is definitely not as clear as me!" At this time, Ma Yong was the first to speak, he was a self-acquaintance, and he could talk to anyone.

"You stinky boy, although I graduated from the military academy, I also pay a lot of attention to the military academy, and I know no less than you!" Ma Derang was very unconvinced.

"Haha, Brother Derang, what are you fighting with the child, and I also think that Ma Yongxian's nephew is articulate, and he must be better than you!" Zhi Kexing also laughed at this time, he actually saw that Ma Derang attached great importance to Ma Yong's son, and this time he also wanted to take this opportunity to introduce Ma Yong to himself, so that Ma Yong's path in the army could be wider in the future.

Ma Yong also let himself say when he heard Zhi Kexing, and he became even more frowning, and he took a big sip of wine and began to speak, he started from the origin of the military school, and then talked about the development and changes of the military school in recent years, as well as some courses in the military school, of course, he would never dare to spread some secrets in the military academy that could not be passed on, even if Zhi Kexing was a general in the army.

Zhi Kexing also listened very seriously, speaking of which he lost his father since he was a child, and took on the responsibility of the family when he was a teenager, although he had heard of the military academy before, but he had never had the opportunity to come to study, but in recent years, he found that there were more and more generals from the military academy, and there were almost no mediocre talents, which made him also have a strong interest in the military academy, and now when he heard Ma Yong's story, a bold idea suddenly surged in his heart, and he turned his head to Ma De and said: "Brother Derang, do you think if I want to go to the military academy to study, will the military academy want me?" (To be continued......)