In Fufeng County these days, everyone has a festive smile on their faces. And the topic of conversation in the neighborhood has also shifted to Ma Chao's wedding.

As early as a few days ago, the group of civil and military generals under Fufeng County immediately began to discuss the matter of the big wedding ceremony. Aunt Liu is naturally the main figure, according to her meaning, Ma Chao belongs to late marriage (yes, in the Han Dynasty, if you get married at the age of seventeen, it is already a late marriage.) But fortunately, there are three daughters-in-law as soon as they marry, and they don't disgrace the Ma family, so they naturally have to do a big job.

And Ma Chao's matter is all up to Aunt Liu, after all, Ma Teng's death and Yun'er's death hit Aunt Liu a lot, and now there is something that can occupy her heart, so that she will not always indulge in sadness and nostalgia, Ma Chao is naturally supported by raising his hands. Especially recently, Ma Chao feels that he is also a local tyrant, and he is naturally much happier to spend money.

Ma Chao's big wedding did not use a penny of Fufeng County's income, and even the gold, silver and jewelry that Ma Chao brought back from the dock were all deposited into the household: all his wedding expenses were spent on his own money.

Now, if you pull a random person from Fufeng County and ask Fufeng who is the richest, there is no surprise that he will answer that it is Ma Chao. Although Ma Chao tried his best to suppress those local tyrants and landlords who annexed land, he spared no effort to cultivate some wealthy households under certain norms. And among them, the one who stands at the forefront, hehe....... Even if Ma Chao has no intention of supporting it, it is the Ma family that is undisputed.

When he entered Fufeng, Ma Chao was a doer. His farms, ranches, arsenals, and infirmaries are now regular. Especially on the side of the Hanqiang Trading Office, the Ma family is still an absolute shareholder.

In the first year, the Ma family has been sticking to Yongzhou. But this year, Yongzhou has gradually improved - Ma Chao spent a few dollars to organize a wedding, which is naturally normal.

These days, many times it is not yet dawn, Aunt Liu has sent a few groups of servants out to buy, although many shops have not yet opened, but Yongzhou Mu wedding is not an ordinary thing? Accompanied by a team of Ma family guards, they knocked on the door of the shop and explained their intentions to the sleepy-eyed shopkeepers.

Originally, Ma Chao's prestige in Yongzhou was high and everyone respected him. And these bosses heard that Ma Chao was going to get married, and sent people out to procure it, and everyone had no complaints. Therefore, after these sweeps, the news of Ma Chao's wedding gradually spread.

All the people of Fufeng County are speculating about which day Aunt Liu will choose as an auspicious day. And these days, the Zhenxi General's Mansion was full of lights, all the guards changed into brand-new straight military uniforms, and a full set of honor guard equipment was also taken out. Outside the banquet hall was busy, with servants running back and forth. In the first few days, Ma Chao felt a little fresh, but after seeing too much, he let it go.

And at this moment, he was even more embarrassed and was once again kicked out by Aunt Liu, for exactly the same reason as before, saying that he couldn't see the bride before the wedding, which was unlucky. In addition, he was suspected that he had lost the majesty of the head of the family by helping him, so he didn't even have the opportunity to meet his daughter-in-law privately under the guise of helping.

Ma Chao insisted on obeying Aunt Liu's stubbornness: this daughter-in-law, he not only met before getting married. Even, two of them have even done the affairs of husband and wife. If it really responds to what Aunt Liu said, 'If you don't see each other before marriage, you act like participating in business', then Ma Chao really thinks that Sanxing and Shangxing are a pair of good friends who have been wronged.

On the way out, Ma Chao kept thinking, was he a little too slack? Since I wanted to launch the three-province six-ministry system, I almost just wanted to be the shopkeeper. Now that the imperial examination is being held, the Ma family can't say that they will come back with a fortune. And that result, will it lead to tedious affairs or more idleness?

Walking around, seeing that the people of Fufeng were talking about his wedding, Ma Chao felt that he had thought too much: I will talk about the future in the future, and the most important thing I should do at present is to be my groom official honestly, and it is right to train Cai Yan who has not yet been 'in the future'.

After that, Ma Chao rode Xiao Hei to a notice, looking at the imperial examination notice and the students in the outer circle, he couldn't help but stop, wanting to see how he was playing. And when Ma Chao saw a student with tears in his eyes, and carefully looked at the scene of crying after the list on the notice was confirmed, he felt that it was a little late for him to take the imperial examination: he should have given these poor scholars a hope and a way out earlier!

Through this scene, Ma Chao can be sure of what kind of impact Yongzhou's imperial examination has set off in the Han states! It should be like dripping water into the boiling oil pot, causing the land of the Han Dynasty, which was not very peaceful, to explode and boil immediately......

Those who don't have any background and don't feel that they have a bright future may have been waiting for a long time. Some of them are bold and impatient, and it is estimated that they can't think too much about it, but after hearing the news that the Ma family in Yongzhou can recommend themselves to take the exam, I am afraid that they will directly put on the package on their backs and embark on the journey to help the wind.

These scholars may not be talented, but they are the masters of a lively mind and a tenacious character. For example, in front of him, Ma Chao saw with his own eyes that he was still wearing straw sandals woven of silk and linen in this early winter season, and his feet had been worn out by the rush all the way, and those chilblains and coagulated blackened blood had already told Ma Chao how much hope he had to come here. And when the sentence on the list he has been chanting is 'Scholars from all over the world, regardless of age, regardless of background, no need to recommend', after the sixteen characters, he looked up to the sky and cried, what kind of sad excitement was it?!

As a result, Ma Chao stepped forward and asked the man, "Dare to ask why Mr. is crying?" ”

"Oh....... The scholars who came to participate in the imperial examination in Xia Nai saw that the words 'no need to recommend' were written on the list notice, and they were in a mood for a while, and they made the son smile. When the man saw Ma Chao coming to answer, he quickly sorted out his emotions, and even patted the already ragged and thin cloth on his body, and bowed back.

Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, this action and demeanor, it can be seen that the person in front of him should have had good etiquette. Puzzled in his heart, he asked again: "Why is Mr. so emotional after reading these four words alone?" ”

"Seeing that the son's clothes and armor are bright and his appearance is extraordinary, he must be the queen of the big family. As a result, the son did not know how difficult it was for the Han Dynasty Shu clan Han Shi to enter the office. The world's scholars, if there is no celebrity to recommend, it is difficult to enter the elegant hall of Hao's head and poor scriptures. However, Ma Chao, the head of the Ma family in Yongzhou, personally took the imperial examination, although he only said that he recommended capable people, but if the guess was good, after he finished the imperial examination, he would never recommend anyone! That person saw that Ma Chao was extraordinarily noble and polite, so he was naturally willing to say a few more words to Ma Chao.

But Ma Chao's heart couldn't help but tremble this time, but on the surface, he still pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Why did Mr. say this?" That Ma Chao took so much pains, but he didn't recommend anyone, is it because he is full of food? ”

Ma Chao said this very carefully. After all, now that he is helping the wind and saying bad things about Ma Chao, even if he is not arrested by the officials, he will be beaten by the masses who miss Ma Chao's kindness and can't take care of himself. But even though he was careful about this, he was still heard. I saw that behind the man, after Ma Chao said the word 'full', a timid girl's voice came: "Brother, I'm hungry again......"

At this time, Ma Chao saw that there was a hungry little girl behind this person. The little girl was dressed in some thick clothes that obviously did not fit, and although she was shivering a little from the cold, she did not have the slightest frostbite. It seems that along the way, she was well taken care of by her brother.

Seeing this, Ma Chao couldn't help but say: "If Mr. doesn't dislike it, I hope to have some food with him, and chat while eating." ”