Chapter 11 Twelve King Kong
Ma Cheng got off the horse in front of Huaiyang Tower and looked at the restaurant, only two guys stood at the door.
The guys in restaurants in Ming Dynasty were much better than those in later generations. The two guys recognized Ma Cheng, the famous waste second-generation ancestor, too much. When they saw this guy coming again, they rushed forward to greet him: "Second Master, you are here again! Please come inside!"
Ma Cheng handed the reins to a friend and asked, "What? Do you recognize the second master?"
Nonsense, who doesn’t recognize you as a waste in Fengyang City? But the guy didn’t dare to say that in his heart, so he quickly flattered and said, “The villain naturally recognizes the Second Master. A handsome and handsome man like the Second Master can come to Huaiyang Tower, which is really brilliant!”
Ma Cheng laughed at the guy's flattery: "Little kid, you are so good at talking! Haha!"
A guy opened the curtain for Ma Cheng, and Ma Cheng stepped in. The Huaiyang Tower was very spacious. The first floor was filled with tables, but there were no people. The second and third floors were private rooms. Standing on the first floor, you could see the corridor on the second and third floors, but the private rooms were closed and you couldn't see clearly inside.
The guy said to Ma Cheng: "Second Master, or Tianzi No. 1?"
Ma Cheng nodded and followed the guy upstairs. Gu San followed, but Xu Dahu and others did not come up, but sat down next to several tables on the first floor.
Ma Cheng looked at Xu Dahu and the others, and then asked, "Dahu, why don't you come up?"
The guy smiled at the side and said, "Second Master, they have a low status. They can go up to the third floor to eat. Just wait a while to cook a few meat and vegetables for them!"
The status quo in the Ming Dynasty was very strict, and that guy said it was right. Even Gu San was Ma Cheng's Changsui, so he could not eat with his master. This is the system.
But Ma Cheng came from later generations. Although there were all kinds of bad things in later generations, it was tens of thousands of times better in human rights than in the Ming Dynasty. When Ma Cheng heard that the guy was wrong, he cursed: "Fuck, these people are my brothers in the army, let them all come up!"
The guy was a little embarrassed. There were still many customers on the third and second floors. If these military men were allowed to go to the third floor, would Huaiyang Tower still do business?
"Third Master, these military men have low identities, they..." Before the guy finished speaking, his face was slapped by Ma Cheng.
"Don't you, these soldiers are protecting me. What should I do if I get injured in your restaurant? Do you believe it or not, I will lead the army to demolish your restaurant as a pig's nest?"
The guy was beaten by Ma Cheng and couldn't look at the shopkeeper on the first floor. The shopkeeper saw that the matter was like this and had no choice but to say: "Second Master, there are private rooms on the third floor, and there are so many people on the table!"
"That's not simple. Just move the big table on the first floor up!" Ma Cheng saw a big table on the inside of the first floor, which could seat fifteen or sixteen people, so he pointed to the table and said, "What? Are you afraid that I won't pay for my meal?"
The shopkeeper knew that Ma Cheng's son was Governor Fengyang and a real local snake. Although the boss behind Huaiyang Tower was no less than Ma Shiying, he would not have had a chance to fall out with Ma Shiying for this little thing. The shopkeeper had no choice but to nod to the clerk and let Xu Dahu and eleven soldiers go upstairs.
Xu Dahu and others saw what Ma Cheng said just now. To be honest, the status of the Ming Dynasty soldiers is really low. Now Ma Cheng can speak for them makes Xu Dahu and others very grateful. Xu Dahu walked up to the second floor and bowed and said, "Second Master, thank you for yours!"
Ma Cheng raised his feet and patted Xu Dahu on the shoulder, feeling shocked, and then said with a smile: "Dahu, I know that it is not easy for you to fight for the country. Today, the young master treats you to the guests, eat whatever you want!"
The guy who was slapped did not dare to speak, so he could only scold Ma Cheng in his heart, but he still had to lead the group to the Tianzi No. 1 box.
The private room is hosted by officials, so the layout is very elegant. Although the calligraphy and paintings on the wall are not genuine, they are also copied by famous painters. However, Ma Cheng didn't know about this. He came around the private room and looked around and said, "Isn't it nothing! Who painted the picture of the donkey driving on the wall!"
The guy took a look and Ma Cheng was talking about a picture of "Liaoxue Mountain Travel" painted by Ma Yuan, a great painter of the Song Dynasty. Of course, this is not the original work of Ma Yuan, but it was also copied by Wang Jian, a great painter in the late Ming Dynasty. Wang Jian was a juren in the sixth year of Chongzhen and served as the prefect of Lianzhou. He was known as the "Nine Friends in Paintings" together with Ma Cheng's uncle Yang Wencong and the great painter of the Ming Dynasty, Dong Qichang.
That guy didn't dare to be happy when Ma Cheng said this painting as a picture of driving a donkey. Anyway, what your second generation ancestor wanted to say was what he wanted to say.
It was nothing special when Ma Cheng looked around. At this time, a guy brought up the big table on the first floor. Ma Cheng called Xu Dahu and others to sit down. At this time, the guy brought the recipe up: "Second Master, please order food!"
Ma Cheng didn't read the recipe at all, and he didn't recognize traditional Chinese characters. He directly said to the guy: "According to this recipe, the previous book!"
The guy hadn't seen such a dish before. He was stunned for a long time and asked, "Second Master, what did you say?"
Ma Cheng said angrily: "I have never seen the big world in the small place. I said that I would do it all according to this recipe. Do you understand?"
The guy asked in surprise: "Second Master, there are nearly a hundred dishes here, all of them are here?"
Ma Cheng said angrily: "What do you mean by trashing your mother? Just ask you to get on. Can you still lose your money?"
The guy thought it was right, so he went down to let the kitchen prepare.
Xu Dahu and others sat on the same table with Ma Cheng very restrained. This was illegal in the Ming Dynasty. Xu Dahu sat for a while and stood up and said, "Second Master, your kind brothers are grateful for your kindness. Why don't we go downstairs!" After Xu Dahu said that, he was about to go downstairs.
Ma Cheng is going to win people's hearts today. These people are all elite troops in the army. In the future, he will be able to become grassroots officers.
When Ma Cheng saw that these military men were about to go downstairs, he quickly said, "Dahu, don't leave. It's not too late to leave after I heard from you!"
Xu Dahu and others looked at each other, then Xu Dahu bowed and said, "Please give me the order!"
"Big Tiger, you know that I don't study at a young master, so I want to ask my father to arrange an official position for me. I want to join the army. After all, the country is in turmoil now, so joining the army can serve the Ming Dynasty. Well! Let me tell you the truth! I hope you can help me and train new recruits?"
Xu Dahu was all veterans of aged age, and training new recruits was of course no problem, but it was too sensational for the Governor’s son to join the army. However, Xu Dahu was relieved when he heard Ma Cheng say this. As long as he asked them for something, it would be easy to deal with. Xu Dahu was not a fool. There must be a reason why Ma Cheng suddenly treated them so kindly. Xu Dahu didn’t want to be used as cannon fodder.
After hearing Ma Cheng's words, Xu Dahu quickly bowed and said, "The training of recruits is subject to Dahu. As long as the general manager allows him, Dahu will definitely help the young master with all his strength!"
Ma Cheng nodded when he heard Xu Dahu say this: "Okay, since you are all colleagues in the army, don't treat me as the second young master of the governor, we are all brothers!"
Although Ma Cheng said that, Xu Dahu didn't dare to really call Ma Cheng a brother, but after that, Xu Dahu and others sat down to have a meal with confidence.
Ma Cheng looked at the eleven people, all of whom were in their twenties, and they were at a good age. Ma Cheng asked, "What are you names?"
"Second Master, the villain is called Duan Hongyi; the villain is called Anzhennan; the villain is called Anzhenxi; the villain has no big size, others call him Xie Si; the villain does not have big size, and the villain is called Tian Liu; the villain is a personal soldier of the Gu family, called Gu Xing; the villain is called Xu Dingguo; the villain is called Dong Ba; the villain is called Xue Gui; the villain is called Wang Shuang!"
These ten people are from Guizhou, so there are three ethnic minorities. Duan Hongyi is the Miao people, the An brother is the Yi people from Guizhou, An Zhennan is the elder brother, and An Zhenxi is the younger brother.
Ma Cheng looked at these ten people, plus Xu Dahu, exactly eleven people. If he could accomplish anything, these people would be his own team.
"Okay, Xie Si, I will give you a name, Xie Guangkun; Tian Liu, you are Tian Boguang!" Ma Cheng suddenly remembered the bald Xue Guangkun on TV and Tian Boguang who walked alone in the Smiling and Proud Wanderer, and said these two names.
After receiving the name, the two of them quickly stood up and bowed to thank them. This name given by the master is extraordinary, and only the closest people can receive this treatment.
Gu San beside Ma Cheng felt excited. He was originally a military householder, but he was too old to fight, so he was sent to the Ma family to be the slave. Now when he saw Ma Cheng pulling everyone, he quickly said, "Second Master, why don't you be considered a villain! Please give the villain a name too!"
Ma Cheng glanced at Gu San. After all, Gu San served him in front of him and behind him for the past two days, so Ma Cheng asked, "By the way, what's your big name?"
Gu San's face turned red when he heard Ma Cheng's question. Sisi said aily: "Second Master, my father had no knowledge back then, so he gave me a big name called Gu Goudan!"
When Ma Cheng heard this, he was so happy. Ma Cheng knew that Gu San was a hereditary 100 households, and such 100 households were to be kept in the Governor's Office of the Five Army. Is Gu San's file also Gu Goudan?
"Gu San, are you also called Gu Goudan on the files of the Fifth Army Governor's Office?"
Gu San nodded with a red face, Ma Cheng smiled enough and said, "Okay, for your sake, you will have Gu Changwei in the future!" Ma Cheng also had a whim and gave Gu San the name of the famous director in the future.
Today, Ma Cheng named the twelve people casually. What Ma Cheng didn't know was that these twelve people would follow Ma Cheng to fight all directions in the future and become the twelve kings under Ma Cheng's command. Each of them was a general who was the only one. Of course, this is a later story, and I will talk about it later.
The Twelve King Kongs still don’t know their future legendary life, and they are still only the Twelve Big Heads.
At this time, the dishes in Huaiyanglou were ready and came up like flowing water. Although Xu Dahu and others were Ma Shiying's personal soldiers and had a good income, they had never eaten the food made in restaurants of Huaiyanglou. After getting Ma Cheng's permission, the twelve people shook their cheeks and chewed them.
Chapter completed!