Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan was invited to the Lu family to meet Lu Zhan. The two broke up on bad terms. At the entrance of the main hall of the Lu family, Ma Xiaoquan met Lu Tian and the eldest daughter of the Zhang family again...
"Wait a minute!" Behind Lu Tian, the eldest daughter of the Zhang family suddenly stepped forward and blocked Ma Xiaoquan's path.
Ma Xiaoquan frowned and said, "Miss Zhang, are you stopping me? What's the matter?"
The eldest lady of the Zhang family turned her attention to Dongfang Qingxue and Bei Mingxue who were beside Ma Xiaoquan, and asked: "Ma Xiaoquan, who are they?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "I can guess the person I'm pulling with my toes! Please give way and don't block my way."
"Ma Xiaoquan!" Miss Zhang family suddenly shouted, "You, you are so presumptuous!"
Ma Xiaoquan rolled his eyes at the eldest daughter of the Zhang family: "You are still letting Wu go, get out of the way!"
After saying that, Ma Xiaoquan pushed the eldest daughter of the Zhang family away without politeness and pulled Dongfang Qingxue and Bei Mingxue out of the Lu family.
Walking out of the gate of Lu's house, Bei Mingxue suddenly put her arms around Ma Xiaoquan's neck and murmured: "Ma Xiaoquan, she is the woman who broke off the engagement with you, right? She's not bad looking..."
Dongfang Qingxue, who never gossiped, squinted her eyes and said curiously: "Ma Xiaoquan, why did you break off the engagement? Tell me, tell me..."
Ma Xiaoquan rolled his eyes at the two girls and said in a low voice: "You two know my true identity, but you still ask so many questions? The divorce is not my divorce, it is the former Fourth Young Master Ma."
The two girls pursed their lips and smiled.
Dongfang Qingxue said: "Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore, but Ma Xiaoquan, you were so domineering just now."
Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head: "Hey, as a man, of course you have to be domineering, hehe..."
Back at Ma's house, housekeeper Ma Tong was waiting anxiously. Seeing Ma Xiaoquan come in, Ma Tong came up to him and whispered: "First generation head of the family, something happened over there in Ningyuan."
"What?" Ma Xiaoquan was stunned and asked in a low voice, "Uncle Tong, what's going on?"
Ma Tong briefly reported Ning Yuan's situation to Ma Xiaoquan, and Ma Xiaoquan's heart skipped a beat after hearing this.
"Hey, what I didn't want to happen happened. It really made matters worse. Uncle Tong, otherwise, I got some money recently and exchanged it for weapons and food to transport to Ningyuan. The war is now tense, and food and salary must be needed.
Keep up."
Ma Tong nodded, his eyes red: "Thank you, the first generation head of the family!"
"Hey, thank you, Uncle Tong. We are one family, and we are relatives. We should not separate relatives from each other, but...our money from Ningyuan was robbed last time.
Although we are going from Beijing to Ningyuan this time, we must keep a low profile. Well, uncle, I may have to trouble you to go to Ningyuan in person."
Ma Tong nodded: "That's exactly what I meant."
"Okay, let's start making preparations. Well, uncle Tong, try to be as low-key as possible when buying food, so as not to let the Lu family notice. I always feel that the money of my Ma family was robbed by the Lu family last time."
Ma Tong said: "Okay, I will be careful."
...
After dinner, Ma Xiaoquan summoned his confidants and ordered: "Everyone, I have recently been involved in the training ground project as a supervisor. So far, the progress is not going well. If you have any good opinions or suggestions, you can mention them."
All of Ma Xiaoquan's confidants are women. Although in the public's mind, women's thinking and action abilities are inferior to men, this is not actually the case. For example, Hua Mulan, Wu Zetian, and Mu Guiying are all heroes among women.
After the girls discussed it and finalized their opinions, Li Qinghan said: "Ma Xiaoquan, why don't we give up selectively."
"Give up?" Ma Xiaoquan dragged his chin and said, "It's not that I haven't thought about this, but if I give up, the rise of my Ma family will be very difficult."
Li Qinghan shook his head and said: "We have already received a large sum of money for the training ground project. If we get involved too deeply, I am afraid that Lu Zhan and the Minister of Industry will come back to bite us."
Dongfang Qingxue said: "Besides, Ma Xiaoquan... I'm afraid Lu Zhan and the Minister of Industry are not the only ones who have a problem with you, right?"
"Well, Qingxue is right. In fact, both Lu Zhan and the Minister of Industry can be temporarily released, but Wei Jinzhong must be strictly guarded, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."
Shui Ling'er said: "Brother Xiaoma, Wei Jinzhong is just an old eunuch, why do you keep emphasizing how scary he is?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly and said: "Shui'er, you will understand in the future. Well, Qinghan and Qingxue's suggestions are correct. I have benefited from the training ground project, and it is time to give up. Everyone, do you have any other good suggestions?"
Bei Mingxue said: "Ma Xiaoquan, there are more than just training grounds outside Beijing. Why don't you consider the merchant market outside the city? I heard that it is quite chaotic and no one has taken over it yet..."
Bei Mingxue woke up Ma Xiaoquan. Ma Xiaoquan was stunned, then he laughed and patted his forehead and said: "Why didn't I think of it? Well, merchant market, hum, this is not bad, I will go to the palace immediately to petition the emperor to put this
Make a decision in advance to avoid long nights and dreams."
After saying that, Ma Xiaoquan rushed out of the room and went straight to the palace.
...
Under normal circumstances, as long as it gets dark, officials are not allowed to enter Bauhinia City. However, Ma Xiaoquan is a royal guard and has a small token given by the emperor, so he can enter and leave the palace at will no matter how late it is.
At this time, Zhu Youzheng was studying carpentry, and Ma Xiaoquan took advantage of his infatuation to submit his own development petition.
Wei Jinzhong happened not to be with Zhu Youxiao at this time, so Ma Xiaoquan fooled Zhu Youxiao into confusion with his nonsense. Emperor Carpenter not only issued a special imperial edict, but also promoted Ma Xiaoquan to half a rank.
Ma Xiaoquan was very happy, but he couldn't show it in front of the emperor, so he had to "sleep ten thousand times, ten thousand sleeps, ten thousand sleeps" and walked out of the Yangxin Hall before covering his mouth and laughing fiercely.
...
It was already late at night when Ma Xiaoquan returned to Ma's house. When he opened the main hall door, all the female generals who were close to him had not rested. Not only that, Miao Xiaomiao also personally brought a cup of ginseng tea to comfort Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan smacked his lips and told the girls that he had won the market project.
There were cheers in the main hall, and Bei Mingxue even kissed Ma Xiaoquan several times on the face.
Ma Xiaoquan suppressed everyone and said cautiously: "Although the emperor has issued an imperial edict on this matter, we cannot be complacent. No matter how we deal with this matter, we have to go through the Ministry of Industry, and Lu Zhan of the Ministry of Industry will definitely know about it.
.....Well, so I plan to put aside the engineering work at the market for the time being and wait for Zhang Jiude to give me a reply."
