Originally, Ma Jinnan was drinking tea and chatting with friends in the teahouse, and happened to meet a few familiar officials from the early dynasty, and then everyone sat together and chatted. [Full text reading]

Chatting and chatting, Ma Jinnan heard two news that shocked him very much: one is that Zhao Youjin of the Zhao family was promoted to the dean of the Eagle Pavilion Academy by His Majesty the Emperor today, but this is secondary, the main thing is that the Zhao family was actually handpicked by His Majesty the Emperor and directly promoted to the Marquis family!

And the person who opened his mouth to recommend to the emperor and thus help the Zhao family to be promoted was none other than Lin Yu of the Lin State Mansion!

After learning the news, Ma Jinnan didn't even care about drinking tea, and hurriedly ran home, wanting to have a good chat with Ma Yingying and inquire about the news.

As a result, when he came back, he found that Ma Yingying was not at home, Ma Jinnan immediately ordered his subordinates to find Ma Yingying back, after all, this kind of thing is too tempting for family promotion, this is a symbol of strength!

If Lin Yu can also help the Ma family be promoted to marquis, then in the future, even if the Ma family is a cow and a horse for Lin Yu, he will not hesitate to do so!

"Uh...... Yes, Daddy, how do you know, wow?" The fat man was a little weak-hearted, and a cold sweat flowed behind his back. He always thought that he was very secretive and should be able to avoid his father's eyes, but he didn't expect to be exposed.

"Cut, if you don't even know this, how can I still be your old man?" Ma Jinnan first glanced at Ma Fatzi, and then said: "Okay, let's not talk about these useless things first, I am in a hurry to find you back, I have a serious matter to discuss with you, this matter is not only related to the status of our Ma family in the imperial capital in the future, but also related to the future road of the Ma family." ”

"What...... What's the matter, daddy, why are you so serious all of a sudden, I'm so sick to it......! Could it be that I am going to do something bad?" Ma Fatzi looked at Ma Jinnan a little nervously, in his impression, his father seemed to rarely have such a serious time.

"You kid, how can you talk? That's right, when I went to drink tea today, I heard a news......" Ma Jinnan sat down on the main seat and told him about the promotion of Zhao Youjin to the marquis that he had just heard.

"Oh...... What does that have to do with us?" asked the fat man, a little confused.

"You brainless thing!" Ma Jinnan looked at Ma Fatzi with hatred, "You also know that the Zhao family, although they are all earl families like our family, but that Zhao is both old-fashioned and serious, usually with clean sleeves, and does not like flattery, and does a thankless job, so no one has supported him before, and the actual situation is worse than our Ma family, but today with Lin Yu's help, the Zhao family is suddenly awesome!

Scratching his head, Ma Fatzi still looked at Ma Jinnan with a confused expression.

Looking at Ma Fatman's appearance, Ma Jinnan couldn't wait to knock his head open to see what was inside!

After glaring at Ma Fatzi for a while, seeing that he still looked inexplicable, Ma Jinnan had no choice but to break it and said, "I heard that you have been very close to Lin Yu recently. So I thought, let you go and get close to Lin Yu, let him also think of a way, can you help our family also be promoted to the marquis family, what do you think?"

Ma Fatzi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and asked very suspiciously: "I said Dad, didn't you look down on the Lin family before......?" Uh, dealing with Lin Yu, why did you suddenly change your mind now?"

Ma Jinnan was a little embarrassed, touched his nose and said, "Who knows how that little gentleman's energy suddenly became so big...... I inquired, the wind direction in the imperial capital has really changed a little fast recently, and the Lin family has fought with the Situ family a few times, and each time it seems that Lin Yu turned the tide and directly stepped on the Situ family. Isn't it true that I observe the situation and know the times!"

Ma Fatzi's eyes rolled, and he looked at his father with a little suspicion: "What, dad, tell me the truth, did you go to the Situ family, but they ignored you, so you moved your mind on Lin Yu?"

"Uh...... It's not that people ignored me, it's just that the conditions they put forward were too much. Ma Jinnan shook his head, "Our family has to hand over eighty percent of the annual income to Situ Wuji, so that we can say that he can be our family's backer, how can you say this can be done!

He originally thought that it would be enough to give a few thousand taels a year to Situ Wuji, but he didn't expect that the old guy would open his mouth and offer such a sky-high price.

"So you want me to go to Lin Yu for help, and without spending a penny, let him help our Ma family be promoted to the Marquis family? Then our Ma family can take advantage of the situation to rely on the Lin family? I said Dad, this advantage is not as good as yours, right? You are really good at this abacus!" Ma Fatzi knew that his father was in such a hurry to let him come back, it was absolutely nothing good, but he didn't expect it to be like this, he didn't hold back for a while, and he despised Ma Jinnan.

"Yo ho! I said you little rabbit cub, you just talk to you Lao Tzu like this? And what kind of expression do you have? Is it easy for Lao Tzu to support this family alone? To put it nicely, we are a family of earls, but in this place of the imperial capital, if you throw a stone out, you can kill a child of the earl's family. If we don't want to improve our strength, how can we continue to mix in the imperial capital in the future? Do you want to go back to your hometown and farm?" Ma Jinnan was annoyed and angry, pointing at Ma Fatzi and scolding.

Ma Fatzi was a little furious by his father's yelling, and said with an aggrieved face: "How can it be so easy to be promoted to marquis......? Besides, Dad, you don't know that Du Chao's position was robbed of his head in front of him, and how much money did they spend to get in? Now that this position has been obtained by the Zhao family, where is there still a seat for our Ma family! Now come and yell at me, really, why did you ......go earlier?"

"You ......" Ma Jinnan knew that he was wrong, and he couldn't open his mouth to scold his son, so he could only put on a parental shelf, and said solemnly: "In short, you go and have a good relationship with Lin Yu first, maybe one day he will be able to get a marquis for our family?" Okay, this matter will be handed over to you, and the future of our Ma family will be in your hands!"

After speaking, Ma Jinnan didn't wait for his son to object, patted Ma Fatzi's shoulder heavily, and then turned his head and went out to do his own business. Only the fat man was left sitting alone in the chair in a daze, with a blank face, not knowing what he was thinking......