The next day, officials from all over Gansu Province came to visit Ma Xiaoquan.
These people said they were here to visit, but in fact they were here to explore Ma Xiaoquan's temperament.
Ma Xiaoquan also knew what these people were thinking, but he didn't point it out and just received them one by one.
During the dinner, Ma Xiaoquan asked Beiming Shuangxue to accompany him. With the beautiful lady by his side, the Gansu officials were much more restrained than usual.
Gansu Town is not as prosperous as the capital city, but due to the frequent business transactions, many commodities and objects that Ma Xiaoquan has never seen before can be seen here.
These officials are also experienced people. When everyone comes, they bring gifts. Regardless of the value of the gifts, at least in Ma Xiaoquan's opinion, these guys have put their heart into it.
Picking up a strange-shaped bottle, Ma Xiaoquan asked, "What is this?"
The official who sent the bottle stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Your Excellency, you must have never seen it before. This is from the Tatars. Of course, the bottle was made by us Han people. After the Tatar Ministry bought it from us,
Fill the bottle with essence, adults can open it and smell it, it smells good~"
"Oh?" Ma Xiaoquan was stunned and opened the cork, and a faint fragrance hit his nostrils.
"It's really good~" Ma Xiaoquan handed the bottle to Beiming Shuangxue, who took the bottle, put his nose close to the mouth of the bottle and smelled it again and again, very happy.
Seeing this, another official quickly presented his gift and introduced it to Ma Xiaoquan with a smile: "Sir, please take a look at this~"
Ma Xiaoquan took it over and took a look, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
This is a small knife. The blade is made of pure steel. The handle is engraved with a wolf's head. The whole scabbard is also inlaid with exquisite decorative pieces of various sizes. It doesn't look like a gem, but it has the same luster as a gem.
faint.
Ma Xiaoquan squinted his eyes and pulled out the knife. There was a clatter, and the sound was unusually crisp. The blade was sharpened. Ma Xiaoquan stretched out his hand to touch the blade. The official who delivered the knife immediately stopped him and said: "Sir, this knife is abnormal.
It’s sharp, so be careful~”
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and nodded, then used the knife to scratch a corner of the table. There was a stabbing sound, and a small piece of the corner of the table was scratched off in an instant.
"What a sharp knife~" Ma Xiaoquan nodded appreciatively.
The official who delivered the knife smiled and said: "This is from Yingishar. It is said to be the knife used by their Yarkand Khanate~"
"Oh, Yingjishaer?" Ma Xiaoquan squinted his eyes and looked at the structure of the knife carefully. Well, it was indeed made by Yingjishaer. This knife is a very good collection in modern society.
"Thank you, I like this knife very much~"
The adult who presented the knife smiled broadly and sat down a little arrogantly.
...
Some people were happy and some were worried about Ma Xiaoquan's arrival. Anyone who interacted frequently with Ma Xiaoquan during the banquet had more or less had contact with Ma Xiaoquan, or had been helped by Ma Xiaoquan when he was in the capital. Those who were worried,
Wei Zhongxian had already planned to target Ma Xiaoquan in the coming days.
Most of these people actually didn't want to go against Ma Xiaoquan, but they didn't dare to disobey because of Wei Zhongxian's power.
They were very worried that Ma Xiaoquan would leave Gansu and return to Beijing one day, and then find any reason to impeach him, which would not be worth the gain.
Furthermore, Ma Xiaoquan’s true identity is the deacon of Jinyiwei. What does Jinyiwei do? All the officials present know it better than anyone else.
Although the imperial edict was issued for Ma Xiaoquan to come to Gansu to serve, there is no guarantee that he was arranged by the emperor to come to Gansu to thoroughly investigate certain matters. If that were the case, then all the officials in Gansu Town would be in danger.
After the meal was almost finished and the wine was almost drunk, Ma Xiaoquan suddenly stood up, picked up a glass of wine and said to everyone: "Dear colleagues, as the saying goes, you won't know each other until you fight, and you won't know each other until you meet. I, Ma Xiaoquan, came to Gansu Town today.
For other requests, you can do whatever you need to do, and do whatever you want. I can ignore it, or if you don’t let me do it, I will try my best to ignore it.”
After saying that, Ma Xiaoquan drank the wine in one gulp.
As soon as these words came out, all the officials present were stunned. They looked at each other, not knowing how to respond.
Ma Xiaoquan then poured a glass of wine and said with a smile: "This glass of wine is also my personal thanks to you. I didn't bring anything with me this time. I only relied on the help of my colleagues to stay here. If you have anything personal to do in the future,
, you can come and talk to me, um, forget about official business, haha~~"
After saying that, Ma Xiaoquan drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
At this time, Beiming Shuangxue also stood up. She picked up the wine bottle, went around in a circle, and filled the glasses of every official present with wine. Then she poured half a glass of wine herself, and smiled at everyone.
The official said: "My lords, my dearest daughter, Beiming Shuangxue, is the third wife of Lord Ma Xiaoquan of the Ma family. You used to be in the capital, and you have heard a little bit about your deeds. You come back from time to time to talk to us."
Sentence, it sounds like you are all good people... Later, I followed you to Ningyuan, Liaodong, and witnessed your bravery in fighting against the Jurchens... Now, I followed you to Gansu,
I’ve met all the adults..."
Beiming Shuangxue looked at Ma Xiaoquan, who looked at her approvingly.
Bei Ming Shuangxue smiled slightly and continued: "My little girl is not talented, so in the name of the Ma family's wife, I would like to propose a toast to you all." After that, Bei Ming Shuangxue drank the wine in the cup.
All the officials stood up, picked up their wine glasses, and drank down the wine in one gulp.
Ma Xiaoquan laughed, thinking that these guys were much more down-to-earth than those bureaucrats in the capital.
...
After the banquet was over, the officials left one by one. Ma Xiaoquan looked at the messy scene in the main hall, smiled and said to Beiming Shuangxue: "We should have brought a few servants with us when we came, but it's okay now. These two of us
I'm afraid it won't be until daybreak to clean up."
Beiming Shuangxue nodded and said: "It should be until dawn. Don't think I don't know. You drank all the water."
Ma Xiaoquan laughed, hugged Beiming Shuangxue in his arms, and kissed her hard: "Forget it, let's not deal with it. I'll post a notice tomorrow to recruit a few servants."
Bei Ming Shuangxue suddenly said seriously: "If the collection is open to the public, aren't you afraid that someone can insert someone to come to our place?"
Ma Xiaoquan said with a smile: "I don't care about things here. Even if I'm here, I just want to find out what I do. We won't stay here long, so why worry about that."
"Well, what my husband said makes sense~ Then I'll put up a notice tomorrow."
Ma Xiaoquan huffed and scratched his scalp in embarrassment: "My handwriting is ugly, I told you to write it, I said~"
Beiming Shuangxue burst into laughter.
...
The next day, Ma Xiaoquan went out in person and posted a notice at the gate that he was recruiting servants.
As soon as the notice came out, the crowd immediately gathered around.
Standing at the front of the notice was a literate scholar. He read the contents of the notice sentence by sentence to the onlookers.
According to Ma Xiaoquan's expectation, this was Gansu, not like the capital city, so there shouldn't be many people coming to apply for servants. But the moment he opened the door, the door was packed with people who wanted to apply for servants.
Ma Xiaoquan was shocked. He took a closer look and found that in addition to some Han Chinese, there were also many foreigners who came to apply for servants, and there were even a few foreigners with white skin and yellow heads.
Bei Ming Shuangxue also walked out. As soon as she appeared, the scene immediately exploded. People rushed to get a glimpse of Bei Ming Shuangxue's peerless appearance, and the door was almost squeezed out.
When Ma Xiaoquan saw this scene, he was very helpless. Damn it, the protagonist should be me. Why did I become the little girl from Beiming?
It's depressing, but fortunately, with Beiming Shuangxue, at least I don't have to worry about recruiting servants.
"Everyone be quiet~" Ma Xiaoquan suddenly shouted, and the people present were stunned for a moment, and then they continued to squeeze me and I didn't care.
Behind the crowd, several officials in casual clothes mingled among them. Looking at the uncontrollable scene in front of them, one of them smiled and said: "Ma Xiaoquan underestimates this Gansu town too much. The people here are very difficult to control, and they are also very difficult to control."
If he doesn’t obey the rules, as long as he doesn’t kill people or set fire, he can do whatever they want. If he exposes his woman to the outside, I’m afraid he has already been targeted by those uneasy and well-intentioned people, haha~”
Another person nodded and said: "Yes, Ma Xiaoquan is too stupid. There are not only Han people here, but those foreigners are thinking about causing trouble every day."
The third person said: "Okay, let's take a look first. I originally wanted to cause trouble, but now it seems there's no need~"
...
At the door, the sound of people was getting louder and louder, and more and more people were crowding each other. It was almost uncontrollable.
Ma Xiaoquan breathed out and signaled Beiming Shuangxue to take a few steps back. The latter understood, nodded and took a few steps back, then looked at his man with his arms crossed. Beiming Shuangxue knew that his man was angry and wanted to go crazy.
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At this moment, the two big men crowded in the front rushed up, trying to break through Ma Xiaoquan and rush in front of Beiming Shuangxue. Judging from their appearance, they were not Han people, they were Tatars.
Facing the two unkind Tatars who rushed towards him, Ma Xiaoquan smiled softly, stretched out his hand, and a green flame burst out from the palm of his hand. Then he flicked it quickly, and the flame blasted towards the two men.
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These two people were not good at fighting. If they dared to do something like this, they must be well prepared. They rushed while pulling out the scimitars at their waists and laughing ferociously.
However, when their scimitars touched the green flames, it was just a blink of an eye. Only the handles of the scimitars in their hands were left. Then, the green flames touched their whole bodies, almost
In the blink of an eye, all their clothes and pants were burned clean.
At this moment, the scene was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
The two Tatars stood blankly in front of Ma Xiaoquan, even the words on their crotches were completely forgotten.
Beiming Shuangxue turned away in shame, while Ma Xiaoquan frowned and reminded: "If you don't have any clothes or trousers, how can you still keep the birds open without covering your lifeblood?"