Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan planned the rise of the Ma family, and first had to engage in real estate

+++++++++++++++++++++ 20th day of the first month of the second year of the Tomorrow Apocalypse (1622 A.D.).

Ma Xiaoquan went to the palace early in the morning, walked to the gate of the Forbidden City, and was stopped by a guard.

Ma Xiaoquan was a little annoyed, raised his head and shouted: "Presumptuous, do you know who I am?" ”

One of the guards said expressionlessly: "I don't know, and I don't want to know!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan grabbed the guard: "Believe it or not, I'll kill you now?" ”

The guard snorted very coldly and said, "If you want to kill, you have to scrape whatever!" ”

"Hey~~" Ma Xiaoquan smiled, let go of his hand and nodded, "Not bad, if there were more people like you in the Ming Dynasty, it wouldn't be like this for you~" Ma Xiaoquan said, pulled out the small token hanging on his waist and threw it to the guard.

The guard took the small token, looked at it for a while, and then said respectfully: "Master Ma, please!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan nodded, passed by the guard's side, suddenly stopped, and said, "What's your name?" ”

"The subordinate is called Yang Dong!"

"Yang Dong, well, okay, I made a note of it."

Through the gate, Ma Xiaoquan went straight to the Palace of Nourishing Heart.

Arriving at the gate of the Heart Cultivation Palace, he happened to meet Wei Jinzhong.

Ma Xiaoquan grabbed Wei Jinzhong and said politely: "Father-in-law Wei, where are you going?" ”

Wei Jinzhong straightened his clothes and snorted coldly: "You don't care about me." ”

"Huh? Grandpa Wei, why are you so cold to me, I haven't messed with you recently, have I? ”

Wei Jinzhong said: "You didn't mess with me, but I don't want to pay attention to you." ”

Ma Xiaoquan let go of his hand and scratched his head, made a helpless move, and let Wei Jinzhong leave.

Looking at Wei Jinzhong's distant back, Ma Xiaoquan said to himself: "The old guy came so early~~"

Walking into the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, after a few turns, Ma Xiaoquan saw Zhu Youxiao, the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

Zhu Youxiao also got up early today, and after breakfast, he began his carpentry research.

At this moment, Zhu Youzheng was concentrating on drawing a carpentry design, and Ma Xiaoquan stood quietly aside, waiting without saying a word.

Half an hour later, Zhu Youxiao raised his head and let out a long sigh of relief, only then did he notice Ma Xiaoquan.

"Eh, Ma Aiqing, when did you come?"

Ma Xiaoquan said respectfully: "Half an hour ago, Weichen saw that the emperor was drawing, and he didn't dare to disturb, so he waited a little longer. Ma Xiaoquan said, stepped forward, looked at the picture drawn by Zhu Youxiao, and exclaimed, "The emperor is really a genius, this woodworking pattern is comparable to the artist's art drawing." ”

It's a good thing for everyone to listen to, Zhu Youxiao heard Ma Xiaoquan praise his pattern, and said with a smile: "That's natural, right Ma Aiqing, last year you went out to find the Mo family's organ classics for me, but there was a result?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Your Majesty, there is a result, but I was intercepted and killed halfway through, and I lost it again."

"What, lost?" Zhu Youxiao didn't seem to care much about Ma Xiaoquan's lies, and in fact, he didn't see that Ma Xiaoquan was lying, "Well, if you lose it, you lose it." ”

Ma Xiaoquan said: "Your Majesty, in fact, you can create a woodworking book that is more powerful than the Mo family." ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that?"

Ma Xiaoquan borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and said: "Your Majesty, recently the training ground of the Central Group Army of my Ming Dynasty needs to be renovated, and it happens that there are a lot of ordnance equipment that needs to be replaced. ”

"Trained ordnance" Zhu Youxiao said to himself, seemingly hesitating.

Ma Xiaoquan struck while the iron was hot: "Yes, Your Majesty, think about it, the soldiers use the ordnance you designed and manufactured, whether it is wooden or metal, it must be a double confidence, I will not fall for ten thousand years!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan is purely talking nonsense, with the current national strength of the Ming Dynasty, even if foreign races do not invade and occupy, it will not last long, but Zhu Youxiao, this kid, does not care about the government at all, and he has no knowledge of the information from the outside world.

Ma Xiaoquan continued to strike iron: "Your Majesty, the minister still has one more thing, after you develop the ordnance armament, you should need a new venue for training, um~ So the minister thought, please ask the emperor to make a holy decree and appoint the minister to do the renovation of the training ground outside Beijing." ”

Where could Zhu Youxiao figure out Ma Xiaoquan's foolishness, nodded and said: "Well, Ma Aiqing is dedicated to the country, I am very happy, I will stand now!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan raised his eyebrows and swallowed his saliva fiercely.

At this critical moment, Wei Jinzhong suddenly came in.

Wei Jinzhong saw what the emperor was going to write with a pen, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, what are you going to do?" ”

Zhu Youxiao raised his head: "Oh, it's Jinzhong, you came just in time, call the eunuch Bingbi to me, I want to make a holy decree." ”

Wei Jinzhong glanced at Ma Xiaoquan and asked, "Your Majesty, what holy decree do you want to make?" ”

"Well, that's the case, Ma Aiqing built a design and manufacture of ordnance for my Ming soldiers, and it just so happened that the training ground of the Central Army was no longer good, so I thought that Ma Aiqing would be responsible for renovating it."

Wei Jinzhong was shocked when he heard it: "Your Majesty, don't do it~"

Ma Xiaoquan scolded secretly in his heart, and also stepped forward and said: "Father-in-law Wei, what do you mean by this, do you want to be a eunuch with dictatorship?" ”

"You!" Wei Jinzhong gritted his teeth in anger.

Ma Xiaoquan said to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, the matter of the training ground cannot be delayed, otherwise your enthusiasm will be in vain." ”

Wei Jinzhong said: "The emperor must not, the Ministry of Engineering is responsible for the renovation of the training ground, and Lu Zhan of the Criminal Department has always been responsible for them. ”

"Lu Zhan from the Criminal Department of the Ministry of Industry?" Zhu Youxiao thought about it, nodded and said to Ma Xiaoquan, "Ma Aiqing, what Jin Zhong said is right, it seems that this matter should be done by the Ministry of Industry, well, there is also that Lu Zhan." ”

Ma Xiaoquan was furious in his heart, Wei Jinzhong's dog-day thing didn't come sooner or later, but now he came and disrupted his plan.

Wei Jinzhong sneered in his heart, and said in his heart Ma Xiaoquan, you stinky boy also want to get involved in the project of the training ground, hmph, the project of the training ground must be taken over by me Wei Jinzhong

Since the emperor had spoken, Ma Xiaoquan and Wei Jinzhong could not say more, and after a while, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu came.

Zhu Youxiao asked the Ministry of Engineering: "The training ground needs to be renovated, how are you preparing for this job, I heard that Lu Zhan from the Criminal Department is also involved?" ”