Summary of the previous chapter: Hua Yue proposed to integrate the small factions in the Cao Gang, while Ma Xiaoquan felt that it was the best strategy to stir up the two factions

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When Ma Xiaoquan woke up, Hua Yue had already woken up and had prepared breakfast.

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and reached out to take it, Hua Yue slapped the back of his hand, and said angrily: "Go wash first, really, after getting up, my mouth stinks~~"

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and walked out of the bedroom with his mouth covered.

Outside the bedroom, the two subordinates saw that Ma Xiaoquan had come out, and hurriedly surrounded him.

Ma Xiaoquan frowned and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"My lord~" A tall subordinate led by him took two steps forward and said respectfully, "My lord, there is someone making trouble at the construction site~"

Ma Xiaoquan glanced at the tall subordinate, and happened to meet the tall subordinate's slippery gaze, the two looked at each other, and the tall subordinate hurriedly lowered his head.

"Oh~ making trouble, isn't it?" Ma Xiaoquan said, "Which faction are you, Henan or Fujian?" ”

The tall subordinate was stunned and didn't dare to speak.

Ma Xiaoquan stretched out his hand and put it on the tall man's shoulder, and the gravity super energy was activated instantly, and the tall man felt as if his shoulders were bearing a hundred-pound salt bag, which was extremely heavy.

With a "poof", the tall man was finally overwhelmed and knelt down in front of Ma Xiaoquan.

Ma Xiaoquan let go of his hand with satisfaction and said, "Whether you are from Henan or Fujian, you can solve your own affairs, understand?" ”

"Big people and small people don't understand what you mean?"

Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "As for me, I just want to collect money normally, what about other things, you can handle it yourself, go back and tell your boss, this afternoon, I have a banquet, invite him to participate, of course, it's okay not to participate, whether you are from Henan or Fujian, if you don't come, my banquet will be as usual, of course, the consequences."

The tall man stood up in a hurry, nodded and said, "Yes, the little one knows, and the little one retires~"

As soon as the tall man left, several of the younger brothers behind him also withdrew, and Ma Xiaoquan watched those people leave, and shook his head with a wry smile.

"Crunch" The door opened, Hua Yue walked out, and she also heard the conversation between Ma Xiaoquan and the tall subordinate just now.

"What? Got it again? Hua Yue asked slowly.

Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Well, but I also said it, I will hold a banquet this afternoon and invite them to ~~"

"And would they like to come?" Hua Yue said worriedly.

Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "I must be willing to come, and if I don't want to come, I have to come, hehe~~"

Hua Yue looked at Ma Xiaoquan puzzled, shook his head and said, "What the hell are you thinking?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan rolled his eyes and said, "Sister Yue'er, please help me write a few invitations, the two major factions should not only invite, but also the other small factions!" ”

Hua Yue nodded: "Okay, I'll go now~"

Cao Gang, Henan faction.

"Boss, the chief steward has sent you an invitation~"

On the head seat of the faction, a thin man snorted and said, "Bring it up~"

When the invitation card arrived, the thin man opened it and read it, shook his head with a smile and said, "This new manager is not simple, he wants to invite me, it's a little interesting."

There were a few subordinates standing under the thin man's seat, and one of the fat men said: "Boss, doesn't this chief steward want to learn from the Hongmen Banquet and secretly stumble on us, right?" ”

The thin man nodded and smiled: "I also think so, well, Zhang Er, you send more people to guard outside the chief steward's banquet hall, and once you hear the sound of smashing glasses, bring people to rush in, understand?" ”

"Yes, Boss~~"

Cao Gang, Fujian faction.

"The new Ma San Steward wants to entertain me?"

"Well, yes, the boss~ The invitation is here, I'm afraid there will be a problem, so I'll read it first~"

"Hmph, you're careful, okay, then I'll go for a trip~"

"Chief, what if the chief steward has an ambush?"

"Ambush? Well, when you say this, it seems that there is a bit of an intention of the Hongmen banquet, so you get some people, put on the whole guy, wait outside the banquet hall, and once you hear the sound of smashing glasses, rush in~"

"Yes~Boss"

The leaders of the Cao gang and other factions gathered.

"Eh, this chief steward has been here for a few months, and he only remembered to invite us to a banquet?"

"Yes, yes, do you think the chief steward is beating our idea and not letting us continue?"

"It's hard to say, you look at the deeds done by the two major factions in Henan and Fujian, to be honest, if it goes on like this, we won't have anything to eat~"

"Yes, yes~"

"Shhhhh

"Shall we go then? This invitation has been sent~"

"Oh, to be honest, I'm not very literate, but I can take a look, well, let's go~ Anyway, we're barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, right~"

"Well, okay, I'll go if you go~"

"Okay, then let's go too~"

At noon, Ma Xiaoquan was handling official business in the study, and a small man did not knock on the door, but directly pushed the door open and went in.

Ma Xiaoquan seemed to sense the arrival of the little man, he didn't look up, and continued to be busy with his work.

"How's it going?" Ma Xiaoquan asked while writing with his head down.

The little man said respectfully: "My lord, the leaders of several factions have already agreed to your banquet~"

"Oh?" Ma Xiaoquan raised his eyebrows, put down his pen, and raised his head, "Really?" Very good~ You did a good job, go get the reward~"

"Lord Xie~" The little man bowed, "My lord, there is one more thing~"

"Well, let's talk about it~"

"I heard that the people of Henan and Fujian seem to be secretly ambushing outside your banquet hall~"

"Oh, okay, I know~ You step down~"

"Yes~~"

As soon as the little man left, Hua Yue walked out from behind the screen.

"Actually planning to ambush outside the banquet hall? Do they want to do the following? ”

Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "It's not going to be, they're not stupid, killing the court officials is a capital crime~"

"Rao is like this, the previous ones were either forced to leave, or they were killed halfway after leaving"

Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "When did I say that I was leaving, if the factional dispute of the salt transport does not subside, the business of the salt transport will not be able to proceed, and my road to hegemony will not be opened."

"The road to hegemony?"

Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Copper mines and salt transportation are only the premise, in the later stage, I will take half of the world's income~"

"Is this possible?"

Ma Xiaoquan smiled: "Of course it's possible, but the money will never be finished, and I have a limit, after all, the world will be chaotic for a while."

Hua Yue was surprised: "You mean, the Ming Dynasty will"

Ma Xiaoquan stretched out his hand and made a whisper, Hua Yue understood, nodded and said nothing.

"Don't worry, when it's about the same, I'll tell you, so that you Hua family can also have a respite~ But the world was chaotic like that, and your Hua family can stand tall, so you must have your own set of rules for escapism, right?"

Hua Yue nodded.

"That's not bad~" Ma Xiaoquan stood up, walked to the window, and muttered, "Hey, I really want to go back~"

In the afternoon, Ma Xiaoquan waited in the banquet hall on time, everything was ready, just waiting for the leaders of the various factions to arrive.

After a stick of incense, the leaders of several small factions came, and Ma Xiaoquan politely greeted them and asked them to sit in front of him.

These leaders were all stunned, originally thinking that it would be okay to sit on the side seat, but who expected the chief steward to let him sit closer, how dare this?

Ma Xiaoquan saw that a few people were hesitant to choose, and said with a smile: "Do you think you dare not sit in front of the official?" ”

Several people looked at each other and nodded.

"It's okay, then everyone look at it and sit down~"

Several people bowed their heads and sat on the side seat farthest from Ma Xiaoquan.

Ma Xiaoquan shook his head, these small local factions had been excluded in his heart.

At this moment, the leader of the Hokkien faction came, and at the same time he came in, he also brought several people with him.

Seeing Ma Xiaoquan, the leader of the Fujian faction bowed his hand to him slightly, and said politely: "My lord, I'm here, where do you sit?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan said with a smile: "Your Excellency's big 'Fujian' character makes it clear to the official at a glance, and the brothers in Fujian sit in front of the official, well, as for the left and right, you can look at it, right?" ”

"Well, good~" The leader of the Fujian faction hummed, walked straight to the right hand side of Ma Xiaoquan's main seat, and sat down quietly.

Ma Xiaoquan nodded secretly in his heart, this Fujian faction can become a big faction of this Cao Gang, and the internal management is very strict, well, at first glance, it is related to Lu Zhan, I have to say that Lu Zhan, the person who is attracted by the dog, has such a little quality

While pondering, a rough male voice came from a distance outside the door: "I'm sent from Henan, where do you sit?" ”

When the leader of the Fujian faction heard this shout, his brows furrowed slightly.

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and stood in the center waiting for the other party's arrival.

A chubby man stepped into the banquet hall, walked up to Ma Xiaoquan, looked at it lightly, and said with a big grin: "Lord Steward, right?" We're here, where are we sitting? ”

Ma Xiaoquan made a gesture of invitation backwards, and said: "Your Excellency is very bold, at first glance, it is the eldest brother of the Henan faction, well, the front seat of this official has been reserved for you~"

"That's pretty much the same~ Huh, isn't it?" The boss of the Henan faction saw the boss of the Fujian faction sitting on the right, and said unhappily, "Chief steward, I want to sit on the right, what do you think?" ”

The leader of the Hokkien faction sat motionless, did not raise his head, and did not express any opinion.