Since Ma Shiying decided to support King Fu, Yang Wencong and Yue Qijie had nothing to say, Ma Shiying arranged for the matter to go out and start preparing separately.

After the two left, there were only three father and son left in the room. Ma Shiying looked at Ma Cheng who was still rubbing his legs, sighed and said, "Luan'er, Cheng'er, there are no outsiders in the room now, you all sit down!"

Ma Cheng didn't know what Ma Shiying left him to say. Ma Cheng teased Ma Shiying's concubine, Aunt Zheng, a few days ago, so Ma Cheng thought Ma Shiying was going to deal with him and attack him.

Ma Luan sat in Ma Shiying's lower head, Ma Cheng sat down next to Ma Luan, waiting for Ma Shiying's speech.

Ma Shiying looked at the two sons and sighed and said, "Cheng'er, you are already 18 years old this year. Do you want to continue like this in the future? You will be a playboy for the rest of your life?"

When Ma Cheng heard that Ma Shiying was not talking about his concubine, Aunt Zheng, he felt relieved: "Dad, you know what kind of level of your son is. Your son wants to sleep as soon as he reads the book. My son is really not a good source of reading!"

After Ma Cheng said that, Ma Luan bowed his hand and said, "Dad, this is all my son's fault. In the past, you were an official in Shanxi. My son did not discipline my younger brother well at home. Please punish me! In the future, my son will urge my younger brothers to study hard and not humiliate the family tradition of my Ma family!"

Ma Cheng really doesn't want to study. He experienced the college entrance examination in his previous life. Do you have to experience it again in this life?

"Brother, just urge your third brother. I am really not a material for studying!"

Ma Shiying sighed when he saw that Ma Cheng was so muddy that he couldn't stand up to the wall, and he couldn't help his son: "Cheng'er, why would you arrange for your father to study at the Imperial College? How about you arrange for you to participate in the selection of officials in the Ministry of Personnel in a few years?"

Ma Shiying has decided to support King Fu, and according to his expectations, he can at least join the cabinet. A vice premier of the State Council has a low-level official position for his son, and there is still some energy.

Who knew that when Ma Cheng heard Ma Shiying say this, he shook his head and said, "Dad, my son doesn't want to be an official, my son wants to lead troops to be a general! Now the world is in chaos, and the Qing Dynasty in the north invades the Central Plains. My son wants to learn from Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, expel the Huns from Mobei, and seal the wolf's servant!"

Ma Shiying smiled bitterly when she heard Ma Cheng say this. He was the general who led the army. When fighting with the Qing Dynasty was as simple as Ma Cheng said. If it was really that simple, it would not be occupied by others.

But Ma Cheng didn't think so. He had just traveled over and didn't know the tragic tragedy of ancient wars, so he looked at the problem too simply.

"Dad, there is a eldest brother in the family who serves as an official, but the outside court also needs our family's support! Just like this time, if one of the four generals is a son, the father will not be controlled by these Qiu Ba!"

Ma Shiying felt right when she heard Ma Cheng say this. Her family is full of civil servants, and if her son is a general, she will gain greater benefits.

Ma Shiying thought for a while and said, "Cheng'er, your uncle told your father about your past ten days when you were not here. I heard that you had recruited a hundred soldiers and started training?"

When Ma Cheng heard Ma Shiying say this, he quickly replied: "Yes, dad! There are too many soldiers in the army now. These guys usually robbed each family and gave up two, but they are not useful when fighting, so their son has to train the new army by himself!"

This is the first time Ma Shiying has seen such a focused expression on Ma Cheng's face. As a father, he naturally hopes that his son will do something big.

"Okay, since you think so, then you will satisfy you. Just be a thousand-household family in the town of your father!"

Hearing that Ma Shiying finally agreed to join the army, Ma Cheng stood up happily and bowed with his hands and said, "Don't worry, my father, I will never embarrass you!"

When Ma Shiying saw the happy Ma Cheng, she sighed and said, "Cheng'er, you can call him that at home, but it's different when you are in the army. If you make any mistakes, you must punish you severely. You have already thought about it!"

"Please, no! Please rest assured Lord Zongxian, please follow the military orders!"

"Okay, go out and find Zhang Guozhu. I have already told him that I have taken military posts for you!"

Ma Cheng happily bowed out when he heard his father say this and reported to Zhang Guozhu.

When Ma Luan saw his younger brother going out, he asked, "Dad, do you really let your younger brother enter the military position? Then the descendants of his younger brother will not be able to take the imperial examination in the future!"

Ma Shiying remained silent after hearing what Ma Luan said, and later said: "Hey, this time this incident made my father know that it would not work without a reliable armed force. Now the country is in chaos, and it is likely that in the future, just like the Southern Song Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, our Ma family cannot hang itself on the tree of the imperial examination. So Luaner, you are an official in the central government and your brother is in charge of the army in the local area, so that our Ma family can be safe and sound!"

Ma Luan thought for a while and asked in a low voice: "Father, do you want to learn from the Xie family of the Eastern Jin Dynasty?"

At that time, Xie An of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was the prime minister in the court, his nephew Xie Xuan and his younger brother Xie Shi were in charge of the army in the local area. Xie An became a powerful minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and made great contributions to his two relatives.

Ma Shiying whispered: "Don't talk about this to outsiders, only you, my father and son know! You will send a letter to your uncle in a while and ask him to send 500 soldiers over and directly under your brother's command!"

Ma Luan also knew that the matter was serious and nodded repeatedly to show that he knew.

Ma Cheng didn't know that he had become Ma Shiying's pawn at this time, and was happily looking for Zhang Guozhu.

Ma Cheng came to the second hall of the Governor's Office and found the Central Officer Zhang Guozhu. Ma Cheng stepped forward and clasped his fists and said, "Zhang Biaozhen, Biao will report to the military order of Lord Zongxian!"

Zhang Guozhu had already received an article from the Governor's Office, but Zhang Guozhu was very optimistic about Ma Cheng, thinking that this second-generation ancestor was just on a whim and would not retreat after a long time.

Zhang Guozhu looked at Ma Cheng and smiled and said, "Second Young Master, I will congratulate you on becoming a thousand households!"

Zhang Guozhu's official position is the deputy general. According to the Ming Dynasty military system, he was seven or eight levels higher than Ma Cheng's thousand households. Now he congratulated Ma Cheng on his behalf. It was such a flattery.

Ma Cheng smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, don't say that. The last general will be Mr. Zhang's subordinates in the future. If you have any instructions, please give me orders directly!"

Although Ma Cheng said this, Zhang Guozhu could take it seriously. Such a second-generation official came to join the army just to gilt, no matter what the later generations of the Ming Dynasty did.

"Mr. Zhang, now the last general is considered a general in the army. I wonder if there are any armor and weapons to be distributed?" Ma Cheng came to Zhang Guozhu to ask for weapons. After all, his 100 people only have the number clothes, and they don't even have simple armor.

"Of course there is this, please follow me!" Zhang Guozhu led Ma Cheng out of the Governor's Office and came to the warehouse next to him. The weapons and equipment stored here are the Governor's Town logo.

The weapons and equipment in the Ming Dynasty were very complicated, and each place had its own military battles, and there was no uniform style of armor. In the north, because the climate was cold, soldiers were mostly equipped with cotton armor. But it was different in the south. The soldiers here were mostly equipped with fish scale armor.

It is said that the fish scale armor is actually not essentially different from the cotton armor. The north is because the weather is cold, and the fish scale armor is added to the outside. The inside of this fish scale armor is cloth lining, and the outside is cowhide. The armor leaves are installed on the cowhide with rivets. However, ordinary soldiers only have half-body armor, and only those intermediate officers are equipped with full-body armor.

Ma Cheng is now a thousand households, and according to regulations, he can wear armor on his body, but in order to flatter him, Zhang Guozhu specially prepared mountain armor for him that only the general could wear.

Shanwen armor is the pinnacle of the history of armor. The whole body of Shanwen armor is composed of two hundred Mitsubishi armor pieces raised in the middle. These armor pieces folded layer by layer can effectively protect the attacks of bows, arrows, swords and guns, and their protection ability is much stronger than that of European plate armor that is like cans.

Shanwen Kai, a highly defensive armor, was the first-level general in the Ming army, and even Zhang Guozhu only had ten sets. Today, in order to flatter the governor, Zhang Guozhu took out a set of precious armor and gave it to Ma Cheng.

Ma Cheng only saw the restoration picture of this kind of mountain armor in later generations. Now he liked it very much when he saw the real thing and said happily: "Mr. Zhang, is this armor for me?"

"This is naturally. Ma Qianhu is the son of the Governor, so he naturally needs the best armor protection!" After Zhang Guozhu said that, he called several Kuding who was in charge of the warehouse and asked them to help Ma Qianhu put on this armor.

Shan Wenkai looked very handsome, but the weight of the full set of armor was 70 or 80 kilograms. Ma Cheng was ignorant of his skills and could wear such heavy armor. After all, Ma Cheng was pressed down by the armor and could not move at all.

Ma Cheng couldn't help but ask with a sad face: "Mr. Zhang, don't you have a lighter armor?"

Zhang Guozhu couldn't help seeing Ma Cheng like this. Who told you that Ma Cheng wouldn't be able to carry such a pair of armor? Zhang Guozhu asked Kuding to take out all the armor and let Ma Cheng choose.

Ma Cheng looked at the mountain armor that was too heavy to wear, and then tried the fish scale armor worn by ordinary soldiers. The whole set of fish scale armor was more than 40 kilograms, but it could not be worn. There were also chain mails worn by cavalry that were easy to move. Finally, he tried the cotton armor. If the iron clips in the cotton armor were removed, the weight of the cotton armor was reduced to more than 20 kilograms, which allowed Ma Cheng to wear it.

The serious cotton armor is not just a layer of cotton jacket, but put several kilograms of cotton wool into the mold, soaked in water and molded repeatedly, and then sewed into thin sheets with a thread mesh, which is qualified to use the sun to prevent expansion. When making armor, several sheets of molded cotton pads are cut and stacked, and components such as leg skirts and armpits are sewn to form a collar full armor. If iron sheets are added to the cotton pads, it is cotton-iron composite armor, and if iron sheets are not added, it is pure cotton pads.

Although the protective ability of pure cotton armor is not as good as adding iron sheets, it has strong protective power in protecting firearms and bows. If they are compared to the bulletproof vests equipped by modern military forces, pure cotton armor is equivalent to the Kevra outer skin part of the body armor, and cotton-iron composite armor is equivalent to the Kevra outer skin with ceramic insert plate.
Chapter completed!