On March 18, the 12th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, at dawn, Ma Mingfeng accompanied Yang Wencong, led Wu Jing, Chunwang and others, and led more than ten carriages and more than twenty men to set off in a mighty manner.

The nominal leader of this caravan was Wu Jing, and of course it was Ma Mingfeng, but Ma Mingfeng had been hiding in the car with Yang Wencong and did not show up. All matters in the caravan were taken care of by Wu Jing.

The caravan set out from a cargo warehouse near Ma Mansion, first by land, all the way to Xiaguan, and then changed to water routes. At this time, more than ten large ships were ready, and all of these ships were employed by Wu Jing. The water route was mainly from Nanjing to Yueyang, passing through cities such as Anqing, Jiujiang, and Wuchang along the way, with a journey of more than a thousand miles.

Everything was ready, the sails were rising, and the fleet headed west. At that time, the southeast wind was blowing, and it was just the wind. The fleet headed west. At that time, the river was magnificent, with a cool breeze whistling, and the horses whistling and roaring, with a very joyful expression.

After finishing the wind on the deck, Ma Mingfeng returned to the cabin and discussed the knowledge with Yang Wencong.

Although it is on the road, learning cannot be interrupted. Now is a great time to prepare for the exam, and Ma Mingfeng cannot afford to delay it.

But when the fleet had been leaving for less than an hour, the fleet suddenly stopped.

Ma Mingfeng was very surprised and hurried out of the cabin to see what was going on.

But Yang Wencong said lightly: "Why do you have to do this? Just wait for the result in the cabin. Anyway, you are just a guest on the boat."

Ma Mingfeng smiled faintly after hearing this. In order to reduce trouble, he did not tell Yang Wencong the truth. He only said that he took a caravan to Guiyang Mansion, but he had only left for a short while and trouble was about to come to his door.

As soon as Ma Mingfeng walked out of the cabin, a friend ran over and said, "It was Admiral Cao Jiang who led the ship to block our way. The other party used the excuse that Jiang Fang wanted to inspect our caravan. The shopkeeper had to come and tell the boss a little and quickly go to see the Governor Cao Jiang. They can't let them go to the ship for inspection, otherwise most of our cargo would be taken away by the other party."

Ma Mingfeng frowned. He had never expected that the Ming army would be so corrupt that an ordinary caravan would take the opportunity to extort money and get so much.

However, Ma Mingfeng could only go to meet Liu Kongzhao according to Wu Jing's instructions.

Because he knew in advance that Liu Kongzhao and Yang Wencong knew each other, Ma Mingfeng specially pulled Yang Wencong over.

So Ma Mingfeng walked slowly on the boat, arrived at the front of the fleet, got on the other party's ship, and bowed to the leading officer and said, "My nephew Ma Luan has met Liu Shiwang."

The officer was naturally Liu Kongzhao. He was more than seven feet tall, with a white face and looked gentle, but there was a meat bag on his forehead, which looked a bit funny.

When Liu Kongzhao heard that the young man in front of him called himself Ma Luan, he smiled and said, "It turns out that he is Ma Yaocao's son. You are really the owner of this fleet? When your father talked about this, I was a little unbelievable. Now I know what it means to be young and promising? I'm sure you'll tell me, I heard that you're going out today, but I'm going to send someone to wait for you here."

"I am really sorry for my uncle." Ma Mingfeng also knew that the other party was polite on the surface, but in fact he wanted to get benefits. So he quickly took out a hundred taels of silver and sent it to the other party, and said with a smile on his face: "For such a big wind, Uncle Shi must be very hard. Please accept it with a little care."

However, Liu Kongzhao did not accept his silver coins and said in a deep voice: "What does this mean by nephew? Do you really treat me as such a despicable person? Besides, even if you look at your father and your uncle, I can't do this. Let me tell you the truth. The reason why I saw you today is mainly to see how Ma Yaocao's son looked like? He could meet the eternal absolutes of the Yan Locking Pond Willow."

"So my uncle is so noble and noble, it seems that my nephew misunderstood." Ma Mingfeng quickly took back one hundred taels of silver and said with admiration to Liu Kongzhao.

"Haha, you don't have to wear a high hat for me. I'm seeing you today, and I don't listen to you wearing a high hat. It's better to see you than to hear it. Since I saw you today, I want to ask you for help. If you can help with this, I will ensure that your caravan does not need to pay any taxes on the Nanjing Riverside section, nor will he be harassed by any sergeant."

"Shi Bo is so serious, but I can't afford to take care of it. Just give me instructions if you have anything to do. I will do my best to serve you." Ma Mingfeng felt that since Liu Kongzhao mentioned his relationship with his partner before, the matter of asking for help should be related to it. Fortunately, when he was a child, he had already memorized the rhythm of the meter enlightenment and Li Weng's rhyme, so it should not be difficult to recite poems and write poems.

Liu Kongzhao nodded, held his head back, and then whispered: "Since that's the case, I'm not polite. This is the thing. Yesterday I met Hou Fangyu, a little devil on the street. He publicly mocked me for being uneducated. He also gave me a strange couple and threatened that if I could match it within three days, he would retreat every time he met me. Otherwise, as long as he was, I would avoid it. Although I was unwilling to accept it, this couple was really too difficult. I couldn't match it even if I thought hard. I remembered you, and I happened to know that you were going to set off today, so I waited for you here."

"I don't know what Miaoge is? I must have tried my best." When Ma Mingfeng heard that it was indeed a Miaoge, he felt relieved. There were thousands of couplets in his mind, and there were definitely many Miaoge, so he was not very worried about this.

Liu Kongzhao said in a deep voice: "The taro is raised on the jade head, the taro is withered on the taro, and the jade head is crying."

"It turns out that it is. Although it is not difficult to match, Hou Fangyu is also detrimental enough. I use this couplet to mock Liu Kongzhao." Ma Mingfeng looked at the meat bag on Liu Kongzhao's head. Isn't it like a taro? Originally, this couplet was used to describe the scene of a jade-headed bird digging taro, but it was cleverly used to satirize Liu Kongzhao's meat bag. Liu Kongzhao's skin was relatively white, and it was also possible to say that it was a jade-headed person. This word was particularly good. It originally meant digging, and here it means "long". A taro-like meat bag on the white jade-like head. This sentence is full of picture feeling. If it weren't for Liu Kongzhao's face, Ma Mingfeng would not be able to help but applaud.

But no matter what, since Liu Kongzhao asked to come to the door, Ma Mingfeng could not help, let alone the other party promised his great benefits. Not to mention, just this long trip could save him at least 100 taels of silver. Moreover, Ma Mingfeng could not only do business once, so he would have to use it for more in the future.

So Ma Mingfeng pondered for a moment and said slowly: "The monk travels on the river, the monk is quiet on the river, the monk is quiet."

"Mirely, wonderful!" Liu Kongzhao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he laughed: "This time I see what else does that kid have to say? In the future, the kid can only retreat from the brothel where I, Liu Kongzhao, will be able to win the ranks of talent. Thank you, thank you, when you come back, Uncle Shi invited you to have a drink and let you meet my Nanjing courtesan Liu Rushi..."

"Late life is leaving..." Ma Mingfeng was speechless and thought silently: "I met Hou Fangyu while shopping in the brothel. As a result, I was ridiculed and couldn't swallow this breath, so I came to me. What's the matter..."

"My dear nephew walked slowly, I almost forgot one thing. Anqing commander Xu Liangxian was once my general. I will write you a letter. It will be much more convenient for you to get to his place."
Chapter completed!