After Ma Fang said this, Ma Qi finally understood and suddenly realized: "So that's it... Gao Pragmatic, that little guy needs something like this to give him a name. Only with a famous name can he have the opportunity to do something like this." This prince is reading with you!"
Ma Fang chuckled and twirled his beard and said: "He is from the Gao family in Xinzheng. Judging from the fact that Mr. Gao Ge took him with him to train him personally, he should be the best among the next generation of the Gao family. Then he will be the best in the future. I will definitely not take the path of Enyin Guan. Sooner or later, I have to refer to it. Generally speaking, since you are participating in the scientific examination, your past reputation does not matter much... But that refers to the results of the scientific examination. It’s not of much use, and you have to hide your name anyway.”
When he said this, he narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "However, our young master's vision is terrifyingly far-sighted... He is not thinking about whether he can pass the imperial examination at all, but he is thinking about what he will do after becoming a Jinshi in high school. reputation."
Ma Qi stared at his commander in a daze, and asked blankly: "How...how do you see this?"
"How can you see that?" Ma Fang laughed and said: "You think, this reputation will not affect future exams anyway. Generally speaking, who would care? However, our young master not only cares, but also attaches great importance to it. Borrowing a group of servants to help Liu Weiming put down the thieves was a big deal, so why wasn't he thinking about the future? But his future... was almost doomed. There was only one single-plank bridge for the high school gold medal list, so he wasn't thinking about the high school. Think about it later, what is it?”
Ma Fang paused and then said: "As for you saying that he gained this reputation to be the prince's companion... If there is no book "Longwen Whip Shadow", it would make some sense. But you just said, then The book has been spread around the capital. Although I haven’t read any books, I can’t tell whether they are good or bad. But since even the people from the Hanlin Academy didn’t jump out to find fault, it can be seen that there is still something powerful - since he If you can be the prince's reading companion based on your ability, then what are you going to do with those things that you don't have?"
"Oh..." Ma Qiyi suddenly realized, but the secret was revealed immediately: "But if he is so capable, and can become the prince's companion based on his ability, and feels that he will definitely pass the imperial examination in the future, then these famous names now What's the point of having a head? Now that he has become the prince's companion, even if people don't take him seriously, they will at least give the prince a face. As long as they are not those high-ranking officials in the court, no one will look for him foolishly. Trouble. As for the high officials of the imperial court, even if they are looking for trouble, they will go to Gaoge Lao. How can they ignore their status and argue with a child? In this case, this reputation... no matter how good it is, it is of no use! "
"So you still don't understand the tricks of those literati." Ma Fang said: "Tell me, our generals have a great reputation, what's the use of it?"
Ma Qi said: "Of course it will be useful. For example, warriors from all over the world will come to join us, and the enemy will be invincible when they see my banner, etc."
Ma Fang raised his eyebrows and asked again: "What about the reputation of civil servants?"
"Wen Chen..." Ma Qi was stunned and scratched his head: "Commander, please don't tell me, it's a humble position... I don't seem to understand the use of the reputation of a civil servant."
Ma Fang sneered and asked: "Is there any scientific official who is full and full, and the Sage Master says that Haigang Peak is corrupt and bribery?"
Ma Qi was stunned again and subconsciously said: "How is it possible? How could Haigangfeng be corrupt and accept bribes? Isn't it that the censor took someone else's money to slander Haizhong Cheng?"
"You see, this is the power of reputation." Ma Fang laughed: "Even if he is falsely accused, others will not believe it at all... Do you still think that reputation has no effect on civil servants?"
Ma Qi once again suddenly realized: "So that's it!" But he immediately had new doubts: "But the reputation of this young master Gao is different from that of Haigang Feng. His reputation seems to...not have such an effect. ?”
Ma Fang twisted his beard and asked: "Then what do you think his reputation does? Or I might ask this, after hearing his deeds, what kind of person do you think he is?"
"I feel humble..." Ma Qi thought for a while and replied: "Actually, I don't feel much about humbleness. I just think that this young master Gao looks very smart and courageous. He deserves to be the nephew of Mr. Gao Ge."
"Look." Ma Fang clapped his hands: "Then it's over, smart, bold, heir to the Gao family's mantle."
"Oh... the commander-in-chief is saying that this is what he wants?"
"Yes, this is what he wants." Ma Fang nodded and added: "But you are not telling the whole story."
Ma Qi hurriedly said: "I am humble and stupid, please give me some advice from the commander-in-chief."
Ma Fang calmly took out a gold-gilded greeting card from the desk and said, "I won't show it to you. Anyway, you can read less than me. This greeting card is from Bailixia." Come, Cao Gan wants to see me...what do you think his signature is?"
Ma Qi was startled and subconsciously said: "Cao Gan's signature can't be anything other than Cao Gan's."
"The greeting card he gave me before was signed "Cao Gan, Bailixia Mu'en Xiaoxiao". Ma Fang laughed and raised the greeting card in his hand: "But this time, his signature was 'Sanshenyuan Baili'." Cao Gan, the young man in charge of affairs in Lixia, is here."
Ma Qi asked in surprise: "Sanshen Garden? Whose property is that? How did Bailixia come under the name of Sanshen Garden?"
"It seems that there is something wrong with your inquiries in Beijing." Ma Fang frowned and said: "This Sanshen Garden is the Cherry Spring Villa that Gao Pragmatic Young Master received as a gift. He changed the name himself. He named Cherry Spring The other courtyard is divided into the Shensi courtyard, the Shenyan courtyard and the Shenxing courtyard according to the upper, middle and lower floors. In addition, Bailixia was also taken under his name. Now it seems that it is probably treated as a separate courtyard, and Cao Gan is Bailixia. It’s up to the stewards of other courtyards.”
Ma Qi was taken aback and asked hurriedly: "That's a big trouble! Marshal, there is something between Bailixia and us... Well, and even if Bailixia won't sell us, how can we get horses here in the future? manage?"
Ma Fang glanced at him and suddenly laughed. Ma Qi scratched his head inexplicably: "Commander, humble position... did humble position say the wrong thing again?"
"No, it's nothing wrong." Ma Fang pointed to the greeting card with a smile and said, "But you don't have to worry, because Cao Gan has already said roughly in the greeting card that from now on Bailixia will be with us. The relationship between them will only become closer, and the cooperative business will expand a lot..." He paused briefly, with an interesting smile on his face, and said slowly: "And, this is our senior The young master signaled him to do so."
"That's great!" Ma Qi was overjoyed: "With Young Master Gao's words, from now on our matter will be handled by Gao Ge!" But he suddenly remembered something important: "But... it's not that... The commander-in-chief wants to switch defenses with General Zhao? What about this business?"
Ma Fang twisted his beard and said: "I and Mr. Zhao are both under the protection of the Gao family now. It doesn't matter whether I do this business or he does it. But your worry is not unreasonable. After all, we need it most." The army of war horses is our Ma Family Army."
"Then let's..."
"Cao Gan said here that Young Master Gao asked him to open the trade route to Datong." Ma Fang showed a mysterious smile: "What a coincidence!"
