Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan released the Ma family's "work stocks", attracting the response of the old servants who have worked in the Ma family for more than ten years, in order to win over the servants...
Returning to the bedroom, Ma Xiaoquan did not quickly go to bed to rest. Instead, he lit an oil lamp and wrote and drew on the table with his fingers.
"Bang bang bang" the door suddenly rang.
Ma Xiaoquan looked up and saw Li Qinghan walking in, holding a small tray with a bowl of ginseng soup on it.
"Ma Xiaoquan, drink some ginseng soup, it was just cooked."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and nodded: "It's so late, why aren't you still asleep? You insist on cooking some ginseng soup for me."
Li Qinghan blushed, walked up to Ma Xiaoquan, carefully placed the tray on the table, and murmured: "You have worked so hard, and your body must be healed."
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled, picked up the soup bowl, took a sip, and praised: "It tastes really good. Qinghan, you came so late, maybe you didn't just bring me ginseng soup, right? Is it possible... or else?"
Are we going to sleep again?"
Li Qinghan rolled his eyes at Ma Xiaoquan: "You're not serious, huh, you're right, Ma Xiaoquan... I don't quite understand, why do you want to do that? I think
Aren't you invisibly dividing the property of my Ma family?"
Ma Xiaoquan took Li Qinghan into his arms and explained: "Split it out? No, no, no, Qinghan, only if the people around you see the vested interests, will they work hard for you. Well, although the age difference among the servants of our Ma family is
They are relatively old, some are old and some are young, but they are all old people. I still have a lot of things for them to do later. After all, my current identity is the deacon of Jinyiwei, and my every move is watched by people.
Look"
"Whatever, if they are not convinced, you can arrest them and beat them up, humph" Li Qinghan said coquettishly.
"How can this be done? Do you think there is no excuse for arresting people? Haha... Qinghan, you don't know. Recently, a group of officials have been impeaching me in front of the emperor every day, which has made me very upset.
,Although they are all exaggerating the facts, the things they impeached me have indeed happened..."
Li Qinghan thought for a while and said: "Ma Xiaoquan, I think the officials' impeachment of you may have something to do with Wei Zhongxian, right?"
Ma Xiaoquan said humbly: "Qinghan, you are right. Dai Zheng is not dead. After he was rescued by Wei Zhongxian, he understood the situation. Wei Zhongxian must take action, but Wei Zhongxian's focus is not with me after all. As long as I don't tell him clearly at the moment,
Even if we fight in public, he still doesn’t care about me, well, just in time, we can step up and eat up the Zhang family’s business.”
Li Qinghan smiled bitterly and said: "Eating the Zhang family's business, Ma Xiaoquan, is not easy. The Zhang family's business is all over Beijing, and even many large and small businesses around Beijing have to rely on the Zhang family. If we don't handle it well, it will cause
A series of things will probably be difficult to handle."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Qinghan, you are right, well, how do you think we should deal with the Zhang family?"
Li Qinghan thought again, blinked and said: "When I was very young, I once heard my father and uncle say something like this. Well, I can't remember the details. The general meaning is, if
If you want to swallow an army, you must attack from its surroundings first, and when it is distracted, attack it with all your strength..."
After listening to Li Qinghan's words, Ma Xiaoquan thought for a while and said with a smile: "I understand, haha, Qinghan, I understand what you mean."
What Li Qinghan actually meant was the "area encircling the center" strategy that is commonly used in modern warfare. During the Anti-Japanese War, the great leader once used this strategy to perfection, and the Japanese were so miserable that they wanted to die.
However... although the "regional encirclement of the center" strategy is commonly used, it is very difficult to implement it. First of all, the problem facing Ma Xiaoquan is that the Zhang family's business is too large and too large.
If they are too scattered, the Ma family does not have that many people for him to command. According to Ma Xiaoquan's judgment, if he wants to swallow up the Zhang family's business one by one, it won't be long before the Zhang family notices it. After all, the Zhang family is now
It's still the thigh, and the Ma family is just an arm, and the arm can't twist the thigh. If the Zhang family starts to counterattack after realizing it, the Ma family will definitely not be able to bear it.
"Yeah" Ma Xiaoquan dragged his chin and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Regarding the Zhang family's business, Ma Xiaoquan had thought about retreating and starting with other small family businesses, but... Emperor Tianqi Zhu Youxiao would die in a few years, although King Xin Zhu Youjian would succeed to the throne.
There was a brief period of peace in the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty was already like a terminally ill old man. No matter how powerful Zhu Youjian was, he could not change the world. What's more, Zhu Youjian was very suspicious and headstrong.
Working with such people will be very dangerous.
So... Ma Xiaoquan is planning... Before the death of Emperor Zhu Youxiao of Tianqi, he must make the Ma family's business very big, and then find an opportunity to suddenly disappear and lead Ma
The family headed to Ningyuan, to that secret location... As for his own mission of finding an underground detector, Ma Xiaoquan could only put it on hold for now.
"A miracle, I hope a miracle happens..." Ma Xiaoquan secretly prayed in his heart. Although the mission he was planning in his mind was temporarily on hold, if there was a chance, he still hoped to find the underground detector first, so that he could release it.
Be serious about making the Ma family rise.
When he came back to his senses, Ma Xiaoquan found that Li Qinghan was really looking at him lovingly, and he couldn't help feeling warm in his heart.
Just as he was about to reach out and hug Li Qinghan again, he saw the other person twist around and slip out from under his arms deftly.
"Sleep well and don't think about it," Li Qinghan said with a blushing face.
"No, Qinghan, will you accompany me? Hehe..."
Li Qinghan shook his head: "I'm here to become popular..."
"Ah? Oh" Ma Xiaoquan sighed. Doesn't menstruation mean menstruation? There is nothing you can do about it.
"Well, then you should take a rest quickly and I'll think about it again, uh-huh."
"Okay, then I'm going out"
"good"
...
Watching Li Qinghan leave, Ma Xiaoquan fell into deep thought again.
Since you have decided to take over the Zhang family's business, you must make careful plans.
The next day, Ma Xiaoquan summoned several family members from his hometown, and they went out to inquire carefully about the Zhang family's business.
Everyone knows that the Zhang family's business is very large, but few people know what kind of business the Zhang family does. Ma Xiaoquan's purpose is very clear. He can't touch the Zhang family's big business, so he will rob the Zhang family's small off-site business.