Starting boy Ma Kongqun

Chapter 53 The sky is filled with flowers and clouds are in the sky

Today's "Wanma Hall" is in a vigorous and upward stage, with a high-spirited atmosphere from top to bottom.

Although there were many casualties in the last battle in the Changbai Mountains, Ma Kongqun was extremely considerate in the care and condolences afterwards, which made the "Ten Thousand Horses Hall" united and happy to hear the battle.

After hearing that the hall master was about to lead a group of people on an expedition to pursue the criminals who dared to offend the majestic interests of the "Ten Thousand Horses Hall", all the participants were gearing up and fighting high.

As for those who were not selected, they were disappointed. They felt that they did not practice hard enough, so they did not enter the Hall Master's eyes, so they worked harder to polish their archery and sword skills, hoping that they would have the chance to gain the Hall Master's trust and reliance next time.

Ma Kongqun was discussing the expedition with Gongsun Duan in the study. His uncle Hua Fengchun brought two boys aged fourteen or fifteen.

After Hua Fengchun greeted Ma Kongqun, a young man with a handsome face called Ma Kongqun "cousin" very familiarly, and another thin young man called "Brother Ma" slightly cautiously.

One of them is called Hua Mantian, the youngest son of Hua Fengchun, who is also the cousin of Ma Kongqun; the other is called Yun Zaitian, who is one of the elders of the three families of Gongsun, Hua and Yun of the "Pegasus Ranch", the predecessor of "Wanma Hall". children.

Because they were a few years younger, they were unable to enter the circle of Ma Kongqun's group of young friends. The former had a cousin relationship with Ma Kongqun and behaved quite naturally, while the latter seemed a little nervous in front of the increasingly powerful Ma Kongqun.

Ma Kongqun smiled and waved the two of them to stand aside. He smiled at Hua Fengchun who was sitting next to him and said, "Uncle brought these two boys to see me today, but what's the matter?"

Hua Fengchun sighed: "Kong Qun, these two children will be fifteen years old now after the Chinese New Year. You guys have already done a lot of great things at this age, so I discussed it with Sister-in-law Yun and let them come out to learn Try to do something. They practice the martial arts you passed down hard, and they are also sensible and clever. If they can be trained and trained, they should be able to help you. "

Ma Kongqun looked at the two young men with expectant eyes, and smiled without any hesitation: "Even if uncle didn't tell me, I would still be planning this matter. In the past few years, all the little brothers in our ranch have been planning on it." When he grows up, it’s time to take him out to experience the ups and downs of the world. We have been friends for a lifetime, and I hope all the brothers in the ranch can become talented."

He said this from the bottom of his heart, even though he knew that in the future these two gentle and respectful little guys would plot to force him away and seize his property.

But if you think about it carefully, there may be factors of greed and ambition between the two of them, and it may not have nothing to do with the original person.

It seems that after he murdered his sworn brother Bai Baiyu's family and annexed the foundation of "Shen Sword Hall", he was probably afraid that his subordinates would imitate him, so he clung to power and refused to trust anyone.

However, people who are working with you now will not be willing to work as workers for the rest of their lives in the future, so you always have to give people some tangible benefits and let people see a little hope of transcending classes.

A person has worked hard for more than ten years with blood and sweat to help you build a huge foundation. But when he discovers that there is no place for him to stand in this foundation, he will naturally feel unwilling and resentful.

Now that Ma Kongqun has replaced him, he first believes that he will not be as stingy as his original self. As long as his subordinates show sufficient ability, he will not hesitate to bestow corresponding power and wealth. Secondly, he also believes that he has enough ability and prestige to make his subordinates more stingy. His subordinates are always in awe. In this way, if you are graceful, if you have the ambition that you should not have, you can only try to try whether the "cicada wing knife" is still sharp.

Therefore, he immediately made arrangements to temporarily recruit Hua Mantian and Yun Zaitian into the Eagle Guard to learn some things with him. After two years of experience and accumulated enough experience, they can be released to take on a functional position.

Hua Fengchun was naturally very satisfied with this arrangement. She also gave a serious lecture to the two boys at that time, telling them to listen more and watch more and not to talk too much. They were not allowed to make their own decisions, and they had to obey Ma Kongqun's orders in everything. One thing that needs to be remembered right now is that he is now different from Ma Kongqun. He must be polite in front of others. He must never call him brother or brother. He can only call himself "master" and "subordinate". ".

The two boys were extremely happy and excited. At that time, they just nodded like chickens pecking at rice.

At the "Ten Thousand Horses Hall", all preparations for the expedition were roughly completed, and Xiao Biejie, who had gone out to inquire about the news, finally returned.

Ma Kongqun summoned several leaders of the "Ten Thousand Horses Hall" and invited two guests, Ximen Rou and A Fei, to attend and asked Xiao Bielie to talk about the information he had collected in public.

Xiao said goodbye: "Speaking of which, the group of Japanese who robbed and massacred our merchant ships this time were actually important figures in the Japanese country. Now the general of the Japanese shogunate is called Ashikaga Yoshiteru, but the power of the shogunate has been stolen by the powerful minister Miyoshi Nagakei. Ashikaga Yoshiteru Konoe, brother-in-law and the direct son of the Konoe clan of the Japanese powerful family, wanted to stand up for his brother-in-law, so he gathered a group of experts and planned to assassinate Miyoshi Changqing. Unfortunately, his plan was not kept secret. Not only did the assassination fail, but his identity was also exposed, so he had to take him with him. A group of retainers escaped from the Japanese mainland and came to the Ming Dynasty by boat. Who knew that this group of bereaved dogs could be so cruel and vicious? After encountering our merchant ship at sea, they killed them without saying a word!"

Hua Fengchun was a little confused: "Since these Japanese people came to Ming Dynasty in exile, why did they create troubles along the way?"

Xiao Bieli sneered: "According to the news from our hidden stakes, the guard Yingming has now subdued several groups of Japanese pirates along the coast of Zhejiang in a short period of time with the threat of force and our property." , gathered thousands of troops. I guess this young master may not be reconciled to the previous failure, and has not given up the idea of ​​​​becoming an enemy of Sanhao Changqing. He wants to recruit all kinds of Japanese pirates who are ravaging the Ming Dynasty coast for his own use, and counterattack the Japanese country in the future. Avenging shame."

Sun Chun looked worried: "I have heard that the Japanese pirates have been very rampant along the southeast coast in recent years, and can even gather tens of thousands of troops to attack cities and seize territory. If they are really gathered by him, let alone whether they can counterattack the Japanese, for us, the people along the coast of the Ming Dynasty The multiplication of threats is inevitable."

Ma Kongqun asked: "How is the imperial court's defense in Zhejiang now?"

Xiao said goodbye: "Since Hu Zongxian promoted Qi Jiguang as a staff general, and defeated the Japanese pirates who came ashore many times, the originally rotten situation has improved somewhat. Now Qi Jiguang has recruited and trained [-] new troops in Yiwu. The military discipline is strict and the combat effectiveness is not high. The folk name is 'Qi Jiajun'. I heard that Qi Jiguang once swore that he would use this 'Qi Jiajun' to quell the Japanese invasion and restore peace to the Ming Dynasty."

Ma Kongqun pondered for a moment and then said: "If it were those Ming Dynasty soldiers who had long since rotted away, we would have been able to hide as far as we wanted. After all, we are not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but only teammates who are like pigs. Now it is Qi Jiguang, the famous general. We can try to cooperate to a certain extent with the 'Qi Family Army' that he trained. Farewell, please send a message immediately to ask our people to pay more attention to this person's news."

Then he looked around at the crowd and said: "Although the Japanese country is small, its martial arts is very strong. As far as I know, its domestic status is equivalent to that of our country's Shaolin, Wudang, Huashan, and Kunlun. There are no less than twenty martial arts sects, like the waning moon." Musou-ryu, Itto-ryu, Tenryu Secret Technique Style, Yagyu Hero Sect, etc. are all known as leaders. Moreover, Japanese martial arts sects highly value actual combat, and many sects send their disciples to infiltrate the Japanese pirates, using the lives of our soldiers and civilians to hone their martial arts skills. We are going south this time. Expedition, no matter what, we have to measure the quality of these Japanese masters."

(End of this chapter)