Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan, on behalf of the Ma family, cooperated deeply with the Hua family, ran outside for more than a year, and spent a total of more than two years and three years outside, and the two finally established the prototype of a business empire

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Huayue was the first time to come to Beijing, and Huayue was very excited about the prosperity of the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and gave Bei Mingxue two silver tickets, and instructed her to lead Hua Yue and Hua Qingqing to take a good tour of Beijing, Bei Mingxue nodded, and the three girls left happily.

Ma Xiaoquan did not go home immediately, but first went to Bauhinia City to greet Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse.

Zhu Youxiao is still obsessed with carpentry work, and he is still the carpenter emperor who ignores the government.

Ma Xiaoquan stood at the door of the Yangxin Palace, and waited until Zhu Youxiao finished the carpentry before going in to meet the emperor.

Zhu Youxiao was very happy to see Ma Xiaoquan, and immediately ordered someone to set up a banquet to entertain him.

In Zhu Youxiao's view, Ma Xiaoquan has been out for more than two years, completely for this Ming Dynasty, in order to assist him, it is strange to say, since Ma Xiaoquan left, the war in Liaodong seems to have subsided, and it has not been more than two years

There is something too big about the military situation, which makes Zhu Youxiao very happy.

In fact, the "Ma Xiaoquan" who left Beijing was his stand-in, and the real Ma Xiaoquan went to work on his own business.

Zhu Youxiao didn't know about this, coupled with Wei Zhongxian's deliberate concealment, which led to Zhu Youxiao's always liking Ma Xiaoquan in his heart, although Wei Zhongxian took advantage of Ma Xiaoquan's absence to slander him many times, and even mobilized Tian Ergeng and others to come

impeached him, but Zhu Youxiao remained unmoved.

The reason for this is that Ma Xiaoquan settled a few henchmen before leaving, and every once in a while, he sent secret letters back from Ning Yuan to report his safety to Zhu Youxiao, and on the other hand, it was also because of Li Qinghan, the "god of fire."

Niangniang", so that Zhu Youxiao has always thought that Ma Xiaoquan is a loyal minister.

For such loyal ministers, Zhu Youxiao likes it very much, although Ma Xiaoquan has not been in Beijing for a long time, but as soon as he came back, Zhu Youxiao immediately issued an order, announcing that Ma Xiaoquan would be promoted to half a level.

Ma Xiaoquan was originally the deacon of the second rank of Jinyi Weizheng, and now he has been promoted by half a level, which is equivalent to being from the first rank, in other words, Ma Xiaoquan's official position can basically compete with the first assistant of the cabinet.

Ma Xiaoquan is also very happy, although Zhu Youxiao is not very literate and obsessed with carpentry, but he is affectionate and righteous, it is really a pity that such a person died prematurely.

That night, Zhu Youxiao kept Ma Xiaoquan to spend the night in the Yangxin Palace, and the two of them had a good talk all night.

In the early morning of the next day, Ma Xiaoquan and Zhu Youxiao went to court together, and met Wei Zhongxian halfway, Ma Xiaoquan patted Wei Zhongxian's shoulder proudly, and said: "Father-in-law Wei, I haven't seen you for a few days, don't come unharmed?" ”

Wei Zhongxian was depressed in his heart, but he still had to smile on his face: "Lord Deacon, don't come to harm~"

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wei Zhongxian and said, "Zhongxian, Ma Aiqing is now from the first grade, many things, you have to cooperate well, understand?" ”

Wei Zhongxian was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Your Majesty, when is Ma Xiaoquan him?"

Zhu Youxiao said disapprerovingly: "Oh, Ma Aiqing and I talked all night last night, Ma Aiqing has been reporting to me in the past few days when Ma Aiqing is not in the capital, well, Zhongxian, haven't you noticed that in the past two years, Liaodong has been there."

Isn't the war too tight? ”

Wei Zhongxian's heart was full of hatred, but his face was respectful: "Yes, this is thanks to the emperor's wisdom~"

"Well, okay, okay, you go down~"

Wei Zhongxian glanced at Ma Xiaoquan and retreated respectfully

Ma Xiaoquan returned to the capital, and naturally he inevitably greeted a group of officials, because he is now promoted to half a level, almost the same as Shoufu, plus he is a "real power faction", so the officials in the court are polite to him

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Ma Xiaoquan sighed secretly in his heart, although the official residence is from the first grade, it can be seen that among the officials who greeted him, there are few sincere ones.

After the morning was dispersed, Ma Xiaoquan was about to go home, but Liu Yijing suddenly stepped forward and grabbed him.

"Lord Liu?" Ma Xiaoquan looked at Liu Yijing, "Something?" ”

Liu Yijing smiled awkwardly and said, "Lord Deacon, can you take a step to speak?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan hummed and followed Liu Yijing to a secluded corner.

"Lord Liu, if you have anything to say, please say it~"

Liu Yijing sighed and said, "Lord Deacon, Xiangxiang him"

Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand: "Well, I know everything about Liu Xiangxiang~"

"Lord Deacon, I'm hey~~"

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Lord Liu, you married Xiangxiang to Tian Ergeng's nephew, I think you have something unspeakable, right?" ”

Liu Yijing smiled bitterly and did not speak.

"It's okay, as long as Tian Ergeng's nephew is good to Liu Xiangxiang, it's enough~" Ma Xiaoquan patted Liu Yijing's shoulder and turned to leave.

"Lord Deacon?" Liu Yijing stopped Ma Xiaoquan, Ma Xiaoquan turned his head, and Liu Yijing asked, "Lord Deacon, are we still friends?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "As long as Lord Liu's position is firm, I think we will still be friends~"

Liu Yijing nodded heavily and snorted

Out of Bauhinia City, Ma Xiaoquan hurriedly rushed to the Ma family's compound, and halfway there, he met Tian Ergeng.

Tian Ergeng already knew that Ma Xiaoquan was promoted to a first-class product, as the saying goes, the official level crushed people to death, not to mention that Ma Xiaoquan is also a Jinyi guard, and he also has real power.

Tian Ergeng stepped forward and gave Ma Xiaoquan a sour hand: "Hehe, Brother Ma, congratulations, you have been promoted again~"

Ma Xiaoquan could hear Tian Ergeng's sourness, but he stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling person, and Ma Xiaoquan responded politely: "Where is Brother Tian, no matter what, are we still colleagues of Jinyiwei, hehe Brother Tian is the commander."

Well, there are some things, I still have to ask Brother Tian for advice, hehe"

Tian Ergeng laughed: "Okay, I still have something, then Brother Ma, we'll see you tomorrow~"

Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly, and watched Tian Ergeng leave.

At this moment, Hua Yue suddenly appeared in front of Ma Xiaoquan.

Ma Xiaoquan was surprised: "Yue'er, did you go home with Bei Mingxue yesterday?" ”

Hua Yue said embarrassedly: "I didn't dare to go back, you are not there, Li Qinghan is there, I am a little afraid to face it~"

"Hey, what about Bei Mingxue and Hua Qingqing?"

Hua Yue said: "We all stayed in the inn temporarily, you went to the palace yesterday and didn't come back, so we didn't go"

Ma Xiaoquan sighed: "Gotta ~ Let's go back together, well, what did you buy yesterday?" ”

Hua Yue was a little embarrassed and said: "The girl in the North Darkness bought more, so I bought two clothes"

Ma Xiaoquan pursed his lips: "Hmph, that girl from Bei Mingxue must have spent all the money I gave, right?" ”

Hua Yue nodded lightly.

"Hey, I know~ Let's go, let's call Shangbei Mingxue and Hua Qingqing, let's go back together."

After meeting with Beiming Xuehua Qingqing, Ma Xiaoquan knew what it meant to be terrible, although he had prepared in advance, and he also knew that Beiming Xuexue was lavish, but he didn't expect it to be so exaggerated.

Ma Xiaoquan gave Beimingxue 300 taels of silver tickets yesterday, according to normal calculations, a family of three, a month of life is only 2 taels of silver, Ma Xiaoquan gave 300 taels, enough for 150 families to live for a month.

The combat effectiveness of the Northern Stygian Snow is not strong, and with a fierce flower, not only is there nothing left, but it also owes more than twenty taels.

Ma Xiaoquan sighed, originally he wanted to reprimand Bei Mingxue, but found that she didn't buy it for herself, and this truckload of New Year's goods included almost all the people of the Ma family.

In view of this, Ma Xiaoquan could only endure a stomachache.

Several people arrived at the gate of the Ma family's compound, and Bei Mingxue jumped out of the carriage and happily knocked on the door.

The door opened, and a young man poked his head out, and when he saw that it was Bei Yingxue, he asked, "May I ask this girl, are you here to worship the god of fire?" ”

Bei Mingxue was stunned for a moment: "Fire God Niangniang? Oh, you said Sister Qinghan, oops, Ma Xiaoquan, Sister Qinghan really has to be the mother of the god of fire~"

Ma Xiaoquan jumped out of the carriage with a smile, walked to the door, and said with a smile: "Xiaoliang, I haven't seen you for more than two years, have you grown taller?" ”

When Jia Ding saw Ma Xiaoquan, he was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "My lord, my lord, are you back?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan picked up the family, patted him on the shoulder, and ordered: "Go, go and call some people, come and move the New Year's goods in the carriage to the main hall." ”

"Yes, yes~~"

Ma Xiaoquan turned his head, walked to the carriage, lifted the curtain, and greeted Hua Yue and Hua Qingqing.

Hua Yue raised her head, looked at the Ma family's compound, and praised her: "Don't say it, the house in Beijing is just good-looking~"

Hua Qingqing pursed her lips and said sourly: "Hmph, that's not as good as at home~"

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said, "Okay, let's go in first~"

Several people entered the compound, and just after a few steps, a little boy suddenly ran out, jumping up and down and seemingly unstable.

Rao is like this, the little boy is still running forward hard, shouting "Ride a horse to fight, ride a horse to fight"

Immediately afterwards, the two maids ran out, and said as they ran: "Little master, slow down, slow down"

The little boy ran in front of Ma Xiaoquan and suddenly stopped.

Ma Xiaoquan also noticed the little boy, squatted down, and looked at him.

The little boy bit his fingers, and a pair of big watery eyes kept looking at Ma Xiaoquan.

Hua Yue also squatted down, looked at the little boy's appearance, and said, "Ma Xiaoquan, why do I think this little baby looks a little like you?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head: "Like? How is that possible? ”