Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan took advantage of the opportunity to steal Lu Zhan and the Minister of Industry...
The Minister of Industry and Commerce snorted coldly: "Of course you can't make the decision... But with your ability, Heng Heng, you should be able to turn this big thing into a trivial matter, right?"
Ma Xiaoquan raised his eyebrows but said nothing.
The Minister of Industry and Industry smiled, put his hand into his arms, took out a thick wad of silver notes, and slapped it on the table in front of Ma Xiaoquan.
"Master Shangshu, what do you mean?" Ma Xiaoquan pretended to be surprised.
"Ma Xiaoquan, we Ming people don't tell secrets. Here is one hundred thousand taels. I hope you can take care of yourself!"
Ma Xiaoquan's face darkened, he grabbed the banknote and stuffed it back to the Minister of Works: "Sir, this is your fault. Let alone one hundred thousand taels, you can take 200,000 taels and I will do the same."
No."
"What, two hundred thousand taels?" Minister of the Ministry of Industry listened half-heartedly.
Ma Xiaoquan shrugged and said: "Master Shangshu, as the saying goes, if we eat meat, my brothers must drink soup."
"Ma Xiaoquan, what do you mean?"
Ma Xiaoquan said, "Eh? Master Shangshu, there is no point in taking a humble position. A humble position is just to follow orders."
The Minister of Industry's face turned livid, he gritted his teeth, took out a thick wad of banknotes from his arms, and threw them on the table.
"This is 120,000 taels, Ma Xiaoquan, don't be too greedy!"
Ma Xiaoquan laughed out loud, clasped his fists at the Minister of Industry and said: "Don't worry, Lord Minister, I will definitely send your brother-in-law back to you in vain."
"Huh!" Minister of the Ministry of Industry swung his sleeves and turned away.
With a "bang" sound, the door of the room was thrown loudly by the Minister of Industry.
Ma Xiaoquan clapped his hands and immediately walked in with three royal guards.
Ma Xiaoquan took out a few large silver notes and threw them to the three people: "This is 10,000 taels, take it to drink with the brothers."
The three Jin Yiwei were overjoyed. Good guy, when working with other officers, they usually only get one or two hundred taels at most. Today is so beautiful. Master Ma actually gave me a thousand taels of notes, and the one gift was ten pieces.
This is quite a fortune.
"Sir, is this...is this a bit too much?" A guard in brocade clothes said. He thought Ma Xiaoquan was testing the three of them.
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "Brothers, you have worked hard, and you are also tired of following me. It is almost enough to use the money to drink and play with girls. Well, but you three remember to keep your mouth shut, otherwise don't blame me.
polite."
The three of them looked at each other and said respectfully: "It's your Excellency!"
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand: "Okay, everyone, go out. Don't keep the money alone. Share it appropriately with other brothers, so that you can also have face."
The three of them said in unison: "Thank you for your advice, sir!"
...
After the three Jinyi guards left, Ma Xiaoquan immediately divided the remaining silver notes into three parts. The largest part was 150,000 taels, which Ma Xiaoquan kept for himself. The second part, 50,000 taels, was used as funds for Ma Xiaoquan's management.
, the third part contains 10,000 taels, which is the pocket money for Ma Xiaoquan’s daily activities.
After sorting out the banknotes, Ma Xiaoquan immediately set off and came to the main commander's office.
Mo Daozheng said that he suddenly saw Ma Xiaoquan walking in and said with a smile: "Ma Xiaoquan, are you here to give me money?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "I can't hide anything from you, Mo Dao, haha, that's right, I just made a blackmail, I'll keep the bulk of it, my Ma family still needs to run, I hope you don't think it's too little for these 50,000 taels."
Mo Dao chuckled and did not refuse: "Fifty thousand taels, not bad, a lot. Yes, I heard that you recently took over the engineering work at the training ground. How is it? How is the progress?"
Ma Xiaoquan shrugged: "Of course there is no progress, otherwise I wouldn't have anything to do."
Mo Dao smiled and said: "Anyway, I'll let you enjoy the meal this time. As for Master Shangshu's brother-in-law, I think I'll let him go."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "It's natural to let go. Are you using people's money to eliminate disasters for others? Haha..."
Mo Dao nodded, his expression suddenly serious as he said: "Ma Xiaoquan, maybe I will give up the command of the Jinyi Guards in the near future."
"Oh? Why?"
Mo Dao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I have other things..."
Ma Xiaoquan knew what the other things Mo Dao was talking about were, so he changed the topic and asked: "After you, who will be the official commander of the Jinyi Guards?"
Mo Dao chuckled and asked, "Ma Xiaoquan, are you willing to be the commander?"
Ma Xiaoquan laughed loudly: "I don't think it's all lies, but as far as I know, in addition to the one you are commanding, there are no less than ten deputies, large and small. I, Ma Xiaoquan, am new here, so I may not be able to do this yet."
"Well" Mo Dao nodded, "Then in the days to come, I hope you will keep a lower profile!"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "That's natural!" After saying that, Ma Xiaoquan and Mo Dao handed over to each other and left the room.
...
Two days later, three royal guards sent back the brother-in-law of the Minister of Industry. Indeed, as Ma Xiaoquan said before, the brother-in-law returned home fat and white. Of course, one of his legs had been broken.
The Minister of the Ministry of Industry grabbed his brother-in-law's collar very angrily and cursed: "I told you not to mess around, but you look like this..."
The brother-in-law cried and said: "Brother-in-law, you must make the decision for me. That Ma Xiaoquan bullied me too much. Not only did he beat me, he also insulted you, saying that you are a loser who relied on my father-in-law to get to the position!"
Minister of Industry Yi listened to the fire: "What? He...he actually..."
It is true that the minister of the Ministry of Industry came to the position because of the prominence of his father-in-law, but this matter can only be discussed in private. If it is mentioned in person, wouldn't it be a scab?
"Ma Xiaoquan, we will fight to the death!"
...
In Ma's house, in Ma Xiaoquan's bedroom, Ma Xiaoquan is playing Go with Bei Mingxue.
"Ah Sneeze" Ma Xiaoquan rubbed his nose and murmured, "Who cursed me?"
Beside Ma Xiaoquan, Bei Mingxue said with a smile: "Humph, you must have offended someone, otherwise you wouldn't have sneezed continuously. Ma Xiaoquan, don't be a scumbag and be willing to admit defeat!"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly and sighed: "Who said I was a swindler? Well, well, well, that's the dress you mentioned, right? I'll just buy it for you."
Bei Mingxue giggled and took Ma Xiaoquan's arm: "Ma Xiaoquan, you are so kind!"
Ma Xiaoquan raised his eyebrows and thought to himself: How about me? Hum hum, that piece of clothing is nearly one hundred taels, I think it is money, hum hum.