Chapter 442: Better than Sorrow and Defeat in Peace

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At this time, there is a slight sense of warmth, but in the house or to light a fire to keep warm, small doors and small households often make a brazier in the house, some families get a stove to make a fire, but no matter what kind of fireworks are heavy, people always have such and such discomfort. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Wang Tong was very unaccustomed to this when he was a child, and he slowly adapted to it over the years, he got up and walked with Ma Fang to the place where the wine banquet was set up in the side hall, and there was no smoke in the house on the way.

"There is no fireworks, but it is as warm as spring, I don't know how Master Ma warms this house!"

When he asked, Ma Fang and Ma Lin both looked back at him, and the maids and maids around him were also surprised, this look Wang Tong was quite familiar in that life, dressed in tatters and walked into some high-end place, the service staff were all this look, nothing more than ridiculing the poor who had never seen the world. But everyone was on the fence here, Ma Fang naturally didn't fit to deal with it like this, and said with a smile: "The earth dragon made of this house, the old man is old, and he pities the wind and cold, so he did this."

Speaking of the earth dragon, Wang Tong knows what it is, the rich and noble people of Beijing have dug brick roads under the mansion, and in winter they make fires, and the heat pours into these tunnels, baking the ground, the heat is lighter than the cold air, and if it keeps rising, the whole house will heat up.

However, the amount of firewood and coal consumed by this earth dragon is extremely huge, and the ordinary rich business officials on the Beijing side cannot afford to use it, and some people may not be able to use it every day, Wang Tong still remembers that Chen Sibao and his family said that he made money in Tianjin Wei, and when he returned to Beijing, he also burned the earth dragon every day, and Xiangchengbo's family was like this, not to mention other people. And even if it is in the palace, that is, there are earth dragons in several warm pavilions and the like, and you have to use a mink hat and cloak when you go out of the house.

Wang Tong stomped his feet lightly, he was wearing thick-soled leather boots after coming to the Northland, and it was no wonder that he couldn't feel the temperature of the ground. From the living room where the guests are greeted to the dining hall, if it is about thirty steps, the others are just that, but Ma Fang's side is supported by two maids on the left and right, but Wang Tong noticed that Ma Fang's steps are very calm and his body is very balanced, this is not the appearance of needing someone to support him at all.

The two maids in front of the door saw the host and guest coming, and hurriedly bowed down and lifted the curtain, I have to say, when I came to this handsome mansion, I could see that the maids who were waiting up and down had a bit of a posture, and it was not too much to say that it was beautiful, but the makeup was really thicker, and the style of clothes was also more fancy, and the girls in the mansion seemed to be dressed like this, Wang Tong had never entered any big family, but he also knew that this kind of dress was too glamorous, and the Jingshi Qin Pavilion was still a place of fireworks, and the girls in it were much more elegant than this.

Before entering the hall, there was a faint fragrance, but the smell was like the aroma of plum blossoms, but there was a bit of wine in it, which made people quite comfortable.

When I walked into that hall, I saw a few plum blossoms! $ in large wooden barrels, placed in the four corners of the hall, presumably brought in from the outside during the feast.

The tableware on the round table is all made of silver, with a square thick bottom of about two inches below, and a disc on top, which is covered with a lid.

Needless to say, in the side feeding place, Wang Tong hopes to eat something special game from the north, but the banquet of the Li family is the first-class table of the Jingshi Restaurant, and this routine is still in the Ma family, it is nothing more than a few more delicacies, and the tableware is exquisite and expensive, but it is very similar to what was eaten in Fushou Mansion back then. "Oh, the poison under this silver plate should be lit with soju, no wonder it's still steaming."

"Gonggong Cai is very knowledgeable, the old man heard that there is this method in the Wei Mansion in Nanjing, the Xuanfu is bitterly cold, and it is rude to let the guests work at the table, but the dishes are easy to cool down when they are ready, so I came up with this method."

Ma Fang's eyes lit up when she heard Cai Nan's words, and she said with a smile, with a rather self-contained look on her face, Wang Tong followed with a smile, no wonder in addition to the fragrance of flowers, there was also the smell of wine.

However, the silverware is divided into two compartments and the spirits are lit to keep the temperature of the meal, which is really a luxury in this era, he has not heard anyone do this in Jingshi and Tianjin Wei, Wei Guogong is the world's first-class noble family, Ma Fang can actually compare with him, it is really good.

The atmosphere at the banquet was very good, and after Wang Tong was ready to explain in detail to Marin how to defeat and kill the Tartars on the grassland, Marin's hostility subsided a lot.

Xi Wangtong and Cai Nan's shock and admiration for the luxury of the mansion made Ma Fang's interest much higher, and their attitude towards the two of them changed from enthusiastic to cordial.

After sitting down, he served the cold dishes, the vermilion glazed porcelain plate, and Cai Nan, who was still heavy, stared at the porcelain plate in front of him for a long time, and hesitated before he spoke: "Master Ma, if our family is not mistaken, this is the Jun porcelain that was only imitated in Jiangxi last year, tsk, Tianjin Wei is only available at the end of the year, I didn't expect that Lord Ma has already used it......

After saying this, Ma Fang was stunned, but laughed, Ma Lin on the side also shook his head slowly with a smile on his face, Ma Fang's laughter stopped, and then he said: "Gonggong Cai, this is not an imitation, this is the high-grade Jun porcelain produced during the Zhenghe period of the Northern Song Dynasty, according to experts, this is still the ...... used by Song Weizong and Master Li."

Wang Tong had a smile on his face, but he suddenly became extremely bored, is this still the nine-sided land of the Ming Ping Domain, the wind and snow, competing for luxury, the mansion of the Marshal Ma family of Xuanfu, and the mansion of the deputy chief soldier of the Li family, are all extremely luxurious, the generals are dressed as scribes, and they are all making a fuss about enjoying food here, thinking about the soldiers in tattered cotton jackets on the street, thinking about the timid generals and soldiers in Zhangjiakou Fort, and then thinking about the purpose of this trip.

Over there, Ma Fang had already talked about the romance of Song Huizong and Master Li, Wang Tong didn't want to listen to it anymore, so he simply raised his glass and said:

"Before the lower officials came to Xuanfu, I heard people along the way about the great military exploits of Lord Ma, when Emperor Shizong Su was in the twenty-ninth year, the Tartars entered Weiyuan, and Lord Ma moved forward bravely, and one person killed the enemy and rode more than 100 horses, this kind of majesty is really admired by the officials."

Wang Tong's deeds of war deeds have made Ma Fang famous all over the world, and it is this great achievement that has given Ma Fang today's rich and noble official position, Wang Tong mentioned it at this time, and Ma Fang was also very proud.

However, from the beginning of Longqing to the present, the record of the horse coupon is nothing more than the Tartar attack on a certain day, Ma Fang led the troops to attack, and the Tartars were defeated and fled, but they did not mention any killing level, nor did they mention any specific process.

The Tartars went south to plunder, and if they couldn't grab anything, they always had to retreat to the grassland, and if they were retreated, the imperial court would not send someone to verify, so it could naturally be said that it was a big victory, and Wang Tong naturally would not say this.

"At that time, the old man was young, and he fled back from the Tartars, and he was brave and brave, so there was such a rash thing, and the holy grace was vast over the years, and the old man was sent to guard one side, and the old man knew that he wanted to be stable, and everything was safe first.

Wang Tong and Cai Nan couldn't say anything at this time, they just nodded with a smile, seeing that the mansion is so rich, people are indeed reluctant to advance, but Ma Lin on the side said: "Can you please tell me how to kill the enemy on the grassland, I am really curious about Lord Wang's incredible victory?" ”

Among such military feeds, there are also those who want to know how to fight, Wang Tong has a lot of high regard for this Ma Lingao, nodded with a smile at the moment, and opened his mouth to speak.

However, this great victory on the grassland has little to do with wisdom and strategy, the calm response is on the one hand, and the improvement of equipment is even more on the other, the cart is the city, and the guns are far away, which offsets the advantage of the mobility of the Tartar cavalry, and makes the bow and arrow shooting that the Tartars are good at lose its effect, and it is the fundamental reason for the victory.

After explaining for half an hour, Ma Lin listened attentively, but Cai Nan touched Wang Tong and glanced towards the main seat, where Ma Fang was a little napping.

Ma Fang is in good spirits, he is fed from Datong to Xuanfu, decades have been spent in the battle with the Tartars, Wang Tong said that these winning strategies should be interesting to him, listen to the strategy more focused than Ma Lin, Wang Tong said is also wonderful, but I didn't expect Ma Fang to listen to sleep one by one r one by one "Lord asked the lower officials to come to the house, is for the lower officials to share their worries, the lower officials are here to thank you!" ”

Everything is luxurious, but Wang Tong was a little irritable, so he simply picked out the topic directly, and Ma Fang, who was still drowsy just now, woke up at this time, and said with a smile: "Yun Sheng asked for eight hundred over there, but I don't know how much Huwei Camp wants to keep?" ”

Wang Tong was stunned when he heard this, the other party meant that except for the Ma family that was retained by the family, he would buy them all, it was really a big spirit, he groaned there, and Ma Lin, who was sitting opposite, stood up with a stiff smile, hugged his fists and said: "Lord Wang, I feel a little uncomfortable in my lower body, I will retire first, please forgive me." After saying that, he hurriedly left the table, and when Ma Lin came out of the house, Ma Fang smiled helplessly and opened. Said:

"The old man's son, he has a bow and a horse, but his brain is not very bright, he always likes to talk about what righteousness, and what level he wants to take immediately, if it is so easy, the court will have to do a lot of ...... on nine sides" "Tiger-Wei Ying keeps two hundred for himself." Wang Tong didn't hear Ma Fang's emotion, and opened his mouth to report a number, Ma Fang nodded with a smile, and said, "The rest of the old men will belong to the old man!" "Three hundred taels each!"

Since this Ma Fang's mansion is so luxurious, Wang Tong simply asked for more, 1,200 grades, 360,000 taels of silver, which is not a huge amount ......of money, Ma Fang smiled on his face, and said gently: "This is easy to say, but the old man can't take out so much silver at one time."

Thank you for your support, Ma Fang did have great achievements in the Jiajing period, but after Longqing, his military exploits were very vague, and the thieves often retreated, but the actual achievements were rarely described and Ma Fang was extravagant in the chamber and the princes, which is also recorded in the historical notes.