Huang Taiji smiled slightly, nodded and said, "Master Ma is indeed very cheerful. Okay, then let's all raise our glasses and give a toast to Master Ma."
Ma Xiaoquan swallowed the meat in two mouthfuls, stood up with the wine glass in hand, and said: "The Great Khan is too polite. I am a guest, so naturally I have to respect the Great Khan first, um, and the leaders of the tribes." After that, Ma Xiaoquan looked up to him.
Head, drink the wine in the glass in one gulp.
Don't reach out to hit the smiling man. Although the tribal leaders here are a little bit unkind to Ma Xiaoquan, Ma Xiaoquan can take the initiative to show his kindness, and they can't refute his face.
Everyone picked up the wine glasses together, and after Huang Taiji drank the wine in the glass first, they drank the wine in their own glasses.
The wine the Jurchens drank had a stronger taste, and the brewing quality was not as good as that of the Han people. After Ma Xiaoquan drank a glass of wine, he felt that his whole throat was extremely spicy. Fortunately, there was meat next to it, so he quickly tore off a piece and threw it in
After chewing it a few times and swallowing it, I felt better.
Just when Ma Xiaoquan was about to tear off the meat and eat it for the third time, a tribe leader suddenly asked: "Master Ma, I heard that in your Ming Dynasty, apart from the emperor, Wei Zhongxian has the most power, right?"
Ma Xiaoquan thought to himself: It’s finally here.
Smiling slightly, Ma Xiaoquan said: "Well, that's right~"
"Then it is said that Mr. Ma is a second-grade deacon and receives a first-grade salary. Is that true?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "That's right~"
"Then Wei Zhongxian, I heard he was an eunuch, right? I just can't figure it out. How can an eunuch hold so much power in the court? Are all your Han emperors fools?"
"Ahem~~" Huang Taiji deliberately coughed twice and looked at the tribal leader who asked the question. Although he meant to remind the tribal leader to use words, in fact, the expression on Huang Taiji's face could not be concealed.
of pride.
Ma Xiaoquan laughed and said: "This elder brother is right. How can a eunuch become the person with the greatest power besides the emperor? But... that eunuch did it. To be honest, I can't do it either."
I don’t admire him.”
"Haha, Mr. Ma is really honest. Okay, then, Mr. Ma, I heard that your relationship with Wei Zhongxian is not harmonious. Is that true?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "How is this possible? My relationship with Eunuch Wei is still good. Otherwise, when I beat you in Ningyuan last time, Eunuch Wei would have plotted against me long ago."
"You~~" The leader's eyes widened, and he was choked by Ma Xiaoquan's words and could not finish the next sentence.
Ma Xiaoquan glared at the leader, raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and was about to stretch out his hand to tear the meat. Suddenly, not far away, another leader spoke.
"Master Ma... In the last battle of Ningyuan, you Han people did take advantage, but to be honest, it was all because of the Hongyi cannon, right?"
Ma Xiaoquan sighed and thought to himself, can't you let me have another bite of barbecue? Such delicious barbecue only tastes good when eaten hot.
"Haha, this elder brother is right. Yes, we can fight you back only by relying on the Hongyi cannon."
This leader was not as excited as the leader just now. Although he was very dissatisfied with Ma Xiaoquan's choice of words, he nodded politely and said: "Hongyi Cannon, you Han people can't do it, right?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Of course we can't make it anymore, so we buy it. Hey~~ we have money, we can buy it from the Semu people or the Hongyi Maozi people. In addition, we are trustworthy in doing business. We never rob, and we don't owe anything."
That’s why those people like to do business with us. They not only sell us cannons, but also send people to teach us how to use them..."
"You, what do you mean? Don't we Jurchens care about credibility when doing business?"
"Haha~~" Ma Xiaoquan smiled meaningfully and did not answer any more, but his expression said everything.
The leader sighed, shook his head, and said no more.
...
At this time, the hall fell into a brief silence. Ma Xiaoquan took this opportunity to tear off a piece of meat. He ignored the people sitting in the hall and just focused on himself, and started eating it.
"Master Ma!" A leader who was sitting not far from Huang Taiji suddenly stood up and bowed his hand politely to him, "I am Baigshi Ma Debi with a yellow flag..."
Before the leader could finish speaking, Ma Xiaoquan made a loud noise and spat out half of the water he had just drank.
Ma Xiaoquan stood up embarrassedly, quickly held up his hands, lowered his head and said: "Uh, Master Madby, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I ate a little too hard, sorry, sorry..."
It seemed that the leader knew the ambiguity of his name in Chinese, but it also seemed that he didn't care. He just shook his head and asked, "I heard that most of Mr. Ma's family members are in Liaodong?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "You should know this best, shouldn't you ask me?"
"Haha..." Madby grinned, "Then if one day I, the Jurchen, take over Liaodong and meet Mr. Ma's parents, brothers and sisters, how do Mr. Ma think we should entertain them?"
Ma Xiaoquan frowned and his heart trembled.
"Haha, Master Madby spoke too early. Brother Yuan Chonghuan is guarding Liaodong. I believe that even if you put in all your efforts, it will be in vain."
"Really? Then we'll just wait and see~" After Madby finished speaking, he politely cupped his hands and sat down without saying a word.
...
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned. It seemed that he lost this round. Well, this Madby competition is not easy.
Huang Taiji laughed, clapped his hands twice and said: "Okay, this banquet is for Mr. Ma, you can't make things difficult for Mr. Ma. Besides, Mr. Ma is here on behalf of an individual, not the Ming Dynasty...
..”
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and expressed his gratitude to Huang Taiji.
Huang Taiji raised his glass and said, "Master Ma, come on, let's have another drink. After this one, there will be something pretty to entertain Master Ma."
Ma Xiaoquan raised his eyebrows and thought, "What's pretty?" If you Jurchens want gold, silver and jewelry, I'm afraid they won't be able to get much. If you tell me what's pretty, it should be a beautiful Jurchen.
After drinking this glass of wine, just as Ma Xiaoquan expected, after Huang Taiji clapped his hands twice, a group of Jurchen women walked out from behind the screen.
Ma Xiaoquan looked up and was shocked.
These women are tall and have good-looking facial features. More importantly, the pair of white rabbits on each of their chests are surprisingly large.
In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, men generally did not pay much attention to women's breasts. Ma Xiaoquan had also read many books. Most of the descriptions of beautiful women in them were oval faces, good hip-to-hip ratios, thin waists, etc.
There is very little description of breasts.
Huang Taiji seemed to notice Ma Xiaoquan's surprise and said with a smile: "Master Ma, do you think these women are very good?"
Ma Xiaoquan pretended to squint his eyes and hummed lightly, but in fact, he deeply admired the size of these women's breasts.
"Haha... You Han people only know how to look at faces and buttocks. We Jurchens also look at breasts!" Huang Taiji nodded unabashedly.
Ma Xiaoquan cursed loudly in his heart, but he pretended to know the expression on his face and nodded loudly.
"Master Ma, if you like it, you can choose one and take it away!"
Ma Xiaoquan was shocked. Daishan had said this to him before, and now Huang Taiji said again, did the two brothers agree to test him?
To be honest, Ma Xiaoquan was lying if he didn't want it, but he knew very well that he was short-handed in taking advantage of others, especially the Jurchens.
"Haha~" Ma Xiaoquan smiled, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you Khan, but I have a problem. I don't get reward for my merits, so I don't take what others have in vain."
Huang Taiji said: "Haha, I'm not letting you take it for free. I'm just curious. I heard that Mr. Ma has two beautiful ladies. Is it true?"
Ma Xiaoquan frowned, Xin Dao Dai Shan seemed to have asked, and Huang Taiji asked again, what do these two brothers mean?
"Haha..." Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and planned to put it off.
Why was Huang Taiji willing to let Ma Xiaoquan just prevaricate? He finally seized this opportunity and asked, how could he give up?
"I wonder if Master Ma thinks who is more beautiful compared to my Jurchen woman or Master Ma's woman?"
Ma Xiaoquan lowered his head and rolled his eyes, raised his head and said with a smile: "Well, everyone must have their own merits, haha~~"
"Eh? How can Mr. Ma say that each has his own merits? I think Mr. Ma is a real person. Why not call Mr. Ma's two wives to Shenyang and let us take a look."
Ma Xiao's face darkened and he thought to himself, Huang Taiji, is your fox tail exposed?
"Haha, I'm really sorry..." Ma Xiaoquan said, "Actually, both wives are no longer in the capital!" Ma Xiaoquan lied.
"He's gone? What happened?" Huang Taiji seemed to be more concerned than Ma Xiaoquan.
"This is troublesome to say. How should I put it? Both wives are pregnant. Since I am not in the capital right now, I asked them to go back to their parents' home to raise their babies."
"Pregnant?" Huang Taiji frowned, feeling a little unwilling.
Ma Xiaoquan nodded, raised his glass and said, "Thank you, Great Khan, for your warm hospitality. I still say the same thing. I am here to express my condolences to the First Khan (Nurhachi) in my own name..."
Ma Xiaoquan completely cut off the topic just now with one sentence. Huang Taiji had no choice but to nod: "Yes, yes~~"
...
Because of Ma Xiaoquan's words, the originally lively banquet suddenly became quiet.
Huang Taiji waved his hand a little irritably, and the Jurchen woman standing in the center of the hall stepped back respectfully.
Ma Xiaoquan covered his mouth and burped, and secretly glanced at Huang Taiji from the corner of his eye.