After Ma Mingfeng returned to Guiyang, he only left a thousand taels of silver for the cost of many things such as schooling and exams. He handed over the rest to Wu Jing and asked him to buy white rice and then transported it to Nanjing to secretly stockpile it up.

Wu Jing was very moved by this because it was enough to prove that Ma Mingfeng trusted him and could give him more than 5,000 silver patterns to him without reservation. Such a demeanor was definitely rare in the world.

Therefore, Wu Jing made up his mind to do his best to serve Ma Mingfeng in the future and would never betray him at any time.

On the one hand, this is certainly a reward for Ma Mingfeng's trust, but on the other hand, it is also because Wu Jing can see that Ma Mingfeng is indeed a talent and his future achievements are limitless. Although he was once a wealthy person, he has lost all his strength and can only be a shopkeeper in a regular manner. It is impossible to be as pioneering as he was back then.

Wu Jing did not stop. He separated from Ma Mingfeng when he arrived in Guiyang, and even did not go to the Ma family mansion.

Ma Mingfeng knew Wu Jing's intentions, so he did not try to keep him. He just invited everyone to have a good meal at a big restaurant in Guiyang, and then separated from them.

After dinner, Yang Wencong also returned to his home. The two made an appointment to rest for three days. Three days later, Yang Wencong took Ma Mingfeng to take the provincial examination and met with relevant officials to improve Ma Mingfeng's local literary name.

Ma Mingfeng then returned to his hometown, accompanied by Chunwang, with a complicated mood.

Ma Mingfeng's hometown is thirty or forty miles away from Guiyang City, but the Ma family's land can extend from its hometown to Guiyang City, and there are many properties in their family in the city.

When he saw this scene, even Ma Mingfeng couldn't help but gasp. He hadn't come back for many years, and the Ma Luan who possessed him had a relatively vague memory in this regard, which led to his lack of impression of the property of his hometown. It was not until then that he finally understood how powerful the Ma family's power in Guiyang was.

In fact, it is no wonder that the Ma family took over as commander of Guizhou Guards for seven consecutive generations. Ma Shiying's father, Ma Mingfeng's noble grandfather, had six brothers, among which the eldest, second, third and fourth were all from official backgrounds. At the same time, the Ma family also married each other with famous families in Guiyang, the Yang family, Yue family and others. The noble aunt married Yue Qijie, the son of Yue family, and is now the deputy envoy of the Bazhou military; one of the noble aunts of Ma Luan married Gu Congxin, the descendant of the Zhenyuan Hou Gu Cheng, and now the hereditary commander of Guiyang; another noble aunt married Yang Wencong, and his noble cousin Ma Shiao married Yang Wencong's sister.

The Ma family married a prominent family in Guiyang, and its family power grew stronger and stronger. It is truly a well-known big family in Guiyang.

"I really didn't expect that my family would have so much wealth. Since this is the case, I would not need to spend this thousand taels of silver. I would keep this thousand taels of silver and build a big industry in the future. Then, let Mr. Wu come and take a look, so that he would not think that I am a playboy and spend this thousand taels of money at will."

However, Ma Mingfeng suddenly thought of another question: "Since the Ma family has so much wealth, does it take for the cheap dad to embezzle those taels of silver? It seems that this matter should not be as simple as recorded in history. It is very likely that the cheap dad was framed. As for why he was framed? Hehe, in the power struggle in the late Ming Dynasty, what else can be found besides party struggles?"

Ma Mingfeng decided that if he had time in the future, he could explore this issue carefully, and there might be unexpected gains.

Just as Ma Mingfeng walked to a place not far from his doorstep, a little kid about ten years old suddenly ran over and said with joy on his face: "Brother, when did you come back? You miss me so much."

Ma Mingfeng naturally knew that this was his naughty brother Ma Seo. In his impression, this kid didn't like studying very much. He ran around like a wild horse every day. Because he was young, Ma Shiying left him in his hometown and handed him over to his wife, Ma Mingfeng's cheap mother Li, to take care of him, and took the older Ma Luan by his side for education.

In fact, Li should have lived with Ma Shiying in Nanjing, but because Ma Shiying's parents were old and needed someone to take care of him, Li stayed to take care of the elderly. Later, the old man passed away, Ma Shiying was mourning at home, and was later sent to the governor Xuanfu. Before Li could set off, he got the news that her husband was dismissed. Ma Shiying felt that he was living in Nanjing, and he was even more unwilling to let his wife be treated with other people's eyes. He firmly asked Li to stay in his hometown to take care of his young son Ma Seo, which led to a long-term separation between Ma Shiying and Li.

At this time, Maxi looked a little bad. She was dirty all over, her clothes were broken, a big hole was pulled out of her sleeve, a big hole was exposed on her pants, and a dirty handprint on her face. Behind Maxi was seven or eight children of similar age, all of whom were all in a mess.

"Second brother, what's wrong with you? Where did you get into trouble again?" Ma Mingfeng raised his face and asked Ma Xi in a deep voice.

Ma Xi curled his lips and said, "Do you care? You are going to enjoy your blessings with your father, why are you asking so much?"

Ma Mingfeng was stunned and remembered that this kid was not afraid of anyone except his father Ma Shiying. Although Ma Mingfeng was his biological brother, because he had been away for a long time, Ma Luan had never liked to be in charge of business, so this kid was not afraid of him.

But then Ma Xi saw the sword adorned between Ma Mingfeng's waist, and his eyes lit up and said, "What is this?"

After saying that, he snatched the consciousness and grabbed the scabbard in his hand. He grabbed the hilt of the sword with his other hand, and pulled out the sword.

However, he did not expect that a big hand suddenly grabbed his hand that drew his sword, which made him unable to use any strength. He had to say in disappointment: "I'm just looking at it, why are you so stingy?"

Ma Mingfeng said in a deep voice: "Swords are powerful tools, how can they be fun? If you accidentally hurt others, you may even hurt yourself. How can you move such things from every child?"

"Stingy is just being stingy. What excuses are you looking for?" Ma Xi pouted, then let go, and said to Ma Mingfeng: "Mom is at home. She will definitely be very happy when you go to see her. By the way, don't say that you have seen me after you meet your mother. Mom has always liked neatness and would be unhappy to see me like this. You are his son, and you just came back. You don't want to see your mother sad as soon as you come back, right?"

After saying that, Ma Xi grimaced at Ma Mingfeng and ran away.

"Hey, where are you going?" Ma Mingfeng asked loudly when he saw Ma Xi running away with his friends.

"Don't worry about me, you mother and son are intimate and intimate. I'll be back in a while." After Ma Xi said these words, he disappeared.

Looking at his naughty brother, Ma Mingfeng couldn't help but shake his head. Unfortunately, he didn't have any extra time now, otherwise he would have to clean up his body.
Chapter completed!