Although wealth is the foundation of a family, it is mainly closely related to the family's talents!

But measuring the number of talents does not mean that there are many children in the family or the scholars who study. In the end, it depends on the number and level of the family's children.

Only when the children of the family serve as rank officials, that is, officials with court salaries, can they be classified as first-class families - this is what is commonly called official families!

Ma Liang was engaged in Jingzhou and was an official with a rank of 600 stones. He was considered a high-ranking official in the countryside. The Ma family's reputation in the local area has risen sharply, and naturally it has entered the ranks of first-class local families!

In recent years, the Ma family's business has developed very well. According to the financial resources of the Ma family, it should have been a first-class family. However, because no one in the Ma family's children has been an official, their status and status are naturally not up.

Although Ma Su was a general under Liu Bei last year, because Liu Bei's position was not high enough, he did not have the right to open a government office and build a yamen. Although Ma Su enjoyed the treatment of Deputy General Zhang Fei, he did not have a serious official position and naturally did not enjoy the salary of the court.

With the financial resources of the Ma family, those salaries were nothing, but they represented the identity and status of officials.

Although the Han Dynasty was already in name only and Emperor Xian of Han was just a puppet, the court was the orthodox.

Although Cao Cao was authoritarian and did not usurp the throne, he only fulfilled the rights of the prime minister and appointed officials, it still required the emperor's will to be considered legitimate!

Even the warlords in various places had their official positions as they were actually granted by the court or had once given official positions, and no one dared to overthrow them.

Even Sun Quan secretly called himself a lonely man, but he still called himself a general who defeated the captives and the prefect of Kuaiji, and he also submitted a letter to the court and paid tribute every year.

Therefore, Liu Bei was still very eager to obtain the position of governor of Jingzhou. Only in this way can he govern Jingzhou right now. At most, he could only assist his nephew Liu Qi.

Liu Bei was justified in separating the country from outside. Although he could not change the situation of Cao Cao's autocracy, it could at least make Cao Cao have some concerns in his actions and dare not usurp the throne and become independent.

The most important thing is that after Liu Bei became the governor of Jingzhou, he could appoint his generals and prefects himself, and he did not need approval from the court.

In this way, Liu Bei could recruit a large number of talents and develop his power without worrying about too few official positions. After sufficient power, he could even send troops to defeat Cao Cao and restore the orthodox Han Dynasty.

Of course, Liu Bei was not busy. He also had his own little thoughts. If the court could return to normal, Liu Bei would have no choice but to be a prince when he went back!

Once Cao Cao dared to abolish the emperor and establish himself, Liu Bei could justify the orthodox Han Dynasty and become the revival of the Han Dynasty. No one could refuse such achievements!

This time, both of the Ma Liang brothers were awarded official positions by Liu Bei, and the news quickly passed back to the Ma family.

The happiest person this time was naturally Ma Su's father, which was his long-cherished wish for many years. Moreover, the Ma Liang brothers are both literary and military, and they complement each other well.

Ma Zhou was happy and informed Ma Liang and Ma Su to go home to worship his ancestors. He wanted to take this opportunity to celebrate!

After Zhang Fei broke Wuling City that day, because of Liu Bei's arrival, Ma Su also led his army into Wuling City. After meeting Liu Bei, Liu Bei arranged for him to reorganize the soldiers of Wuling County.

After the initial reorganization was completed, Liu Bei led his troops to Lingling, and Zhang Fei left a thousand troops to Ma Su, and led another two thousand people from the headquarters to guard Jiangxia for Guan Yu.

This was the first time that Zhang Fei and Ma Su had separated after reunited on the banks of the Dangyang River. The two of them naturally bid farewell. When Liu Bei saw this, he seemed to feel unbearable on his face, but he quickly turned his head away.

Ma Su now also had his own military and horses. In fact, these soldiers were still private soldiers brought out from his family. Although he had gone through several major wars, there were no major losses, and only dozens of cavalry were added.

This time, it seemed that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were deliberately trying to separate Zhang Fei and Ma Su!

At the beginning, Liu Bei separated Ma Su and Zhang Fei for a very sufficient reason. It was because Zhang Fei guarded Jiangxia for Guan Yu, and Wuling was finally settled, so Ma Su was needed to be kept in charge.

After Guan Yu pacified Changsha, Huang Zhong was left to guard Jiangdong. Guan Yu still returned to Jiangxia to guard Xiakou. Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang led the main force back to Jiangxia and looked at Jiangling.

Liu Bei's elite soldiers and generals were all concentrated in Jiangxia County. Although it was to prevent Cao Cao's army from revenge, it could not be too eye-catching. Jiangdong became wary, so Chanling County was changed to Gong'an County, and Zhang Fei led three thousand troops to guard Jiangyoukou.

Putting Zhang Fei here is definitely not a waste of his talent, but because this is a strategic location!

Gong'an County is located on the south bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, connected to Wuyue in the east, Bashu in the west, Hunan in the south, Yuzhou in the north, and it is a strategic location with the Dongting Lake Plain.

At this time, Zhang Fei also asked Liu Bei many times to transfer Ma Su back to help him, but Liu Bei did not agree, because the people of Wuling County were fierce and needed effective generals to take charge, so Zhang Fei had no choice.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, seeing that the battle between Zhou Yu and Cao Ren became more and more intense, Zhuge Liang used his deputy general Wei Yan to exchange for Zhao Yun from Guiyang, and just happened to catch up with Chen Jiao to send people to Xiancheng. Zhuge Liang sent Zhao Yun to take over Jiangling and guard directly.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang led the army back to Jiangxia and guarded the pass to prevent Zhou Yu from going into full war.

Now Liu Bei has obtained Jiangling as his wish, but he is not having a easy life now. He originally planned to use Jiangling as his capital, but he is still entangled with Jiangdong because of the ownership of Jiangling, so he can only make a long-term plan.

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Ma Su was busy in Wuling for half a month, and the business finally came to an end. He finally made time to visit his third brother Ma Xian at Yuelai Inn.

As the highest military commander of Wuling City, Ma Su's status is naturally extraordinary.

As a businessman, Ma Xian has been in the officialdom for a long time and dares not neglect his younger brother, so he holds a banquet to celebrate.

After Ma Su arrived at the banquet, after accompanying his third brother Ma Xian to deal with the local gentry, he accompanied Sha Dong and Sha Qiu to chat and drink tea.

Looking at Sha Dong's charming appearance and affectionate eyes, a strange emotion slowly grew in Ma Su's heart, and the eyes looked at her were full of gentleness!

Although Ma Xian has been doing business for less than ten years, the mall is the place where people's eyesight is trained. He saw the affection between Sha Dong and Ma Su at a glance, and opened his own calculations in his heart.

As the host, Ma Xian had to greet many guests, and he did not stay here for too long.

This is not the first time Ma Su and Sha Qiu's sisters are together, and they get along very well. With Sha Dong's encouragement, Sha Dong bravely confessed his affection to Ma Su. Ma Su didn't know what was wrong and agreed without thinking.

Ma Su was devoted to practicing literature and martial arts at home, and rarely dealt with girls. He was also the only one of the Ma brothers who had not been engaged.

At that time, the families were very popular, and the marriages of the children of those big families generally had to be the most important of the family's interests, but the main one was the eldest son, and the eldest daughter had a greater responsibility.

Ma Su's family is now in the same condition as not to go up or down. Those with relatively low families are afraid that they cannot afford to climb high and have the highest family, and do not want to marry the Ma family without an official background. Therefore, Ma Su's marriage has always been put aside.

Because of his reputation, Ma Liang got engaged to Jiangxia's Xiang family's legitimate daughter early, and he got married when he was eighteen years old.

Perhaps because Man Zai was spoiled, Ma Su's parents also valued his own opinions in his marriage. Although some people came to propose marriage, Ma Su himself refused because in his heart, he always thought of Zhao Pingping in his dream.

Although five years have passed in the dream and everything else has become vague, he can still clearly remember Zhao Pingping's voice and appearance.

Ma Su met Sha Dong at the first time in the battleground of the Barbarian Kings. She was still a twelve or thirteen-year-old little loli.

This time, Sha Dong was already a graceful and beautiful girl, which made Ma Su feel moved. It was not because Ma Su was lustful, but mainly because Sha Dong's appearance was eighty-slight similar to Zhao Pingping in her dream.

Because the Ma brothers are very busy, Ma Xian’s banquet did not last long. After the end, the two brothers had to arrange their own affairs and did not mean to go home together to worship their ancestors.

Although Ma Su has been in Wuling for a long time, he still discussed the matter of going home for leave this time with the prefect Gong Zhi.

Gong Zhi was a smart man. Although he was appointed as the prefect by Liu Bei, he still abides by his duties and did not show off his power. He still did the same job as before, putting Ma Su as his boss.

In addition to handling various daily affairs, he would discuss with Ma Su for a slightly bigger matter.

Ma Su knew Gong Zhi’s meaning. He was originally both civil and military, but these things still couldn’t help him.

He did not shirk responsibility, and gave Gong Zhi a correct idea every time, which was equivalent to giving Gong Zhi a reassurance and letting him go to work.

The two of them cooperated very well. After Ma Su arranged military affairs, he took Xing Daorong's huge hundred-man guard to Majiahe.

This time I went home to worship my ancestors and made the scene so big, it was not Ma Su's original intention, but the process of finalizing the letter from my father Ma Zhou.

According to Ma Zhou's original words: "Since you are returning home in glory, you should be more high-profile, otherwise you will be traveling in glory at night!"

Filial piety is the first priority for all virtues. Ma Su dared not disobey his father's arrangements, but he could not make it well known to everyone. He was very low-key all the way and did not alarm the local government.

Because Majiahe, the hometown of Xiangyang, was still under Cao Ren's rule, Ma Liang had already made some arrangements before he became an official.

Because the Ma family had been tied to Liu Bei's chariot, although the family did not move away, all important figures went to the Majiahe River, which was founded by Ma Xian.

When he was almost home, Ma Su still made a fuss in order to win the happiness of his parents! He was wearing official uniform, riding a tall horse, and carrying a guard. He was majestic and attracted the attention of passers-by. He walked a long circle in the Majiahe Market!
Chapter completed!