Although Zhu Yuanzhang was also a cowherd in his previous life, he was a cowherd who was constantly striving for self-improvement. Although he did not have the family conditions to read and read, he became a self-taught talent with determination and perseverance. Not only did he write well, but he also knew how to write poetry. There is a poem written by Zhu Yuanzhang in "Angry Questions by Monks" which has been passed down from later generations: Killing millions of soldiers in Jiangnan, the sword on his waist is still bloody. The mountain monk did not know the heroes, but only cared about the clerk asking for his name.

Let’s talk about the count! He once mastered a huge empire, and read every memorial himself. In the battle against corruption, he had calculated countless books and killed the corrupt officials who tried to deceive him. In his opinion, the account book of a gentry's side courtyard was a complete trivial matter.

"Can you really know how to calculate the numbers? Don't lie to me, the account book is here, let me see." Ma Qianjiu said in a deep voice.

Zhu Yuanzhang took out an abacus from the study, sat down steadily by the table, used the oil lamp to flip through the account books, flipped the book with his left hand and knocked on the abacus with his right hand. His right hand plucked it quickly, and a piece of abacus was extremely skillful. In a short while, he compared the account books left by the manager. After that, he picked up the pen and prepared to write the inscription on the last page of the account book: "Read it!"

As soon as I picked up the pen, his thoughts moved, and it was wrong... I am not reviewing the memorials, so why should I finish writing? And I can't write inscriptions at will. The calligraphy I practiced in my previous life is full of domineering spirit. If it is written on paper, it will be powerful and can't be concealed by the back of the paper, and the spirit of the sword and the iron horse cannot be concealed, which may arouse Ma Qianjiu's suspicion.

He coughed lightly and decided to hide something here, so he smiled embarrassedly, "Master Ma, although I can write, I write very ugly, and I don't know much. How should I write this place?"

Ma Qianjiu felt relieved, dispelled his suspicion, and said with a smile: "Just write a 'delivery here'!"

Zhu Yuanzhang thanked him, deliberately picked up the brush in an incorrect manner, and wrote crookedly: "The delivery here... Zhu Ba will be responsible for it in the future..." Even if the person writes well, as long as the position of holding the pen is incorrect, he will not be able to write the usual proud calligraphy. Zhu Yuanzhang's row of characters is written crookedly and ugly, which is more in line with his identity as a cowherd.

However, these crooked words were also very rare in Ma Qianjiu's opinion. He patted Zhu Yuanzhang on the shoulder and smiled: "How did you learn how to write and count?"

"When shed cattle... she was bored, so she learned a little casually." Zhu Yuanzhang said casually.

Ma Qianjiu smiled and patted Zhu Yuanzhang on the shoulder twice: "Young man is good, very good! I like you very much." This is true. After Zhu Ba appeared today, he has been low-key and not eye-catching, but he is calm and skillful in doing things, showing a sense of calmness. Anyone who likes this kind of person will like you.

"By the way, what do you think about the Second Young Master sending someone to beat Zhang in Chengcheng?" Ma Qianjiu asked suddenly.

If the second young master asked this, Zhu Yuanzhang's answer would definitely be: Fight well, fight well, and beat the Ma family to save face. But if Ma Qianjiu, who is more steadfast in his work, Zhu Yuanzhang's answer was completely different. He thought for a while and whispered: "I am a servant, I shouldn't have said the second young master's gossip, but I think the second young master is doing something wrong. Although our Ma family is rich, the master has retired.

This retired official is no longer an official, but a civilian. Since ancient times, the people have not fought with officials. Our family should not fight with Zhang, Chengcheng, and should have a good relationship. For example, this time, the "intrigue" was not done because of a broken relationship with Zhang, Chengcheng, and lost 100 acres of fertile land for no reason. In my opinion, Zhang, Chengcheng, will not stop here, and will also hinder our family. We should now prepare generous gifts and send them to Zhang's door."

Ma Qianjiu nodded: "You young man really wins my heart. You said, if we, as servants, want to persuade the second young master, what method should we use?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly. You can't test this question. He pretended to think hard for a long time and said, "I can't persuade you... The second young master is not qualified to persuade you. It is urgent. You should send loyal servants to Xi'an Prefecture and invite the eldest young master to preside over this matter. Only then can there be a turning point. Otherwise, our family's relationship with the Zhang family in Chengcheng will only get worse and worse until it is too late to regret it."

This sentence made Ma Qianjiu wake up suddenly. He had been thinking about how to use how to persuade the second young master who was arbitrary and ignorant of doing serious things, but tried many methods but had no effect. Although the second young master also gave him face, he was a slave after all and did not dare to point fingers at his master too much. Hearing Zhu Ba's words, he realized that now was not the time for him, a servant, and he had to invite the eldest young master back, otherwise the second young master would not know what tricks he would play.

Ma Qianjiu said goodbye to Zhu Ba and returned to the front yard. He made a quick decision and wrote a letter overnight, writing in detail about the incident that happened in the Ma family courtyard. Then he sent a loyal and reliable servant to bring the letter and drove the horse to Xi'an Mansion overnight.

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After Ma Qianjiu left, the room became quiet. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his new home and couldn't help but lift the corners of his mouth.

There are three small rooms in charge, including living room, study room and bedroom. There is only one square table for guests in the living room, and nothing else. The study room is full of things, with a table and a bookshelf, and the four books "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", "The Great Learning", and "The Doctrine of the Mean" are also placed on it; the Book of Songs, "The Book of Songs", "The Book of Rites", "The Book of Rites", "The Book of Changes", "The Book of Changes", "The Book of Changes", "The Book of Changes", "The Book of Changes", and "The Spring and Autumn Annals". All the pens, inks, paper and inkstones should be prepared. These things are distributed directly from the front yard and do not need to spend money on your own.

The things in the bedroom are relatively simple, with a large wooden bed and a small cabinet at the head of the bed. Zhu Yuanzhang opened the cabinet and there were some personal belongings in charge of the affairs, as well as several large ingots of silver, about twenty taels, and a few hanging coins. The reward that the affairs deducted last time should be inside.

In theory, these things should belong to the children of Qishu, but Qishu was alone and no one inherited them after death. Master Ma Er was lazy and forgot about this matter. As a result, all the property of Qishu fell into Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was too lazy to touch these things, so he let them stay in the cabinet. His eyes were on the world, and there was no need to worry about these mere property. As long as he obtained the world, the property in the world would be his.

The next day, just dawn, Zhu Yuanzhang got up, first punched, moved his muscles and bones, then walked to the gate of the side courtyard, and stood in the place where the Qishu official usually stood.

When the Qi Guanjun stood here, his face always had a look of contempt and a yin energy all over his body. However, if Zhu Yuanzhang stood here and smiled with a kind smile, he would not feel the slightest chill, but instead he felt a warm and cheerful feeling as warm as the spring breeze.

The long-term workers also got up, and some people walked out of the hospital one after another and greeted Zhu Yuanzhang at the entrance of the hospital: "Brother Zhu, it's early..."

"You are stupid. Now you are going to call Manager Zhu!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Don't call me Zhu Manager. I'm called everyone aloof, so I'd better call me Zhu Ba. Everyone and I are brothers. If you call me Manager, that's just deliberately burying me."

"Okay, I'll still call me Brother Zhu, haha!"

"Brother Zhu got up so early today, haha, I'm joking. You usually go out to herd cattle earlier than us."

The long-term workers walked past him and greeted him one by one. Some long-term workers' wives also greeted Zhu Yuanzhang with their own men, but the women were much more courageous and didn't dare to call him Brother Zhu, but they respectfully called him Manager Zhu.

After a while, Wang Er took Yang Chao out. He wanted to send Yang Chao to the county government to report the case. Behind him, the two Yang Chao's best friends were carrying the bodies of the company's manager. Seeing the long-term workers laughing with Zhu Yuanzhang, he laughed from afar: "Hey, you guys who are lazy, don't think that if you are the company, you can be lazy. If you don't do anything, you will drag your brothers back, I will hit him with the big fist of the bowl."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Brother Wang is right. Our brothers are brothers, and we are jokes, but we can't take down the work we should do. Brother Wang, work harder, please help me greet my brothers, don't let the people in the front yard and the inner yard talk about my gossip. If I become a manager, the side yard will not work, where will our brothers put their faces?"

Wang Er laughed and said, "As long as I'll help you keep an eye on it! If our side courtyard has no surname Qi, the work will only work harder."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled faintly in his heart. The result of heroes encountering heroes is always used by heroes. Throughout history, there have been no exception.

Wang Er smiled again, "I'll go to the yamen first. The county magistrate may have to tell you to ask about what happened last night. You are also one of the witnesses... But there should be nothing to ask about this matter. I will take these two cowards with them. If they testify, the evidence is conclusive, and the county magistrate may not be telling you to ask."

At this time, a small maid suddenly ran out of the inner courtyard. She looked like she was about thirteen or fourteen years old, and was only as tall as Zhu Ba’s chest at most. She was wearing a fine maid’s uniform, and was clean and neat. She held a roll of tape in her hand and saw Zhu Yuanzhang from a distance, and immediately shouted: "Is this Zhu Ba the new manager of the side courtyard?"

"I am, who is the girl?" Zhu Yuanzhang replied casually.

The little maid looked at the coarse linen he was wearing, stuck out her tongue and said, "Sure enough, the lady said... You are dressed so badly."

Hum? Do you look down on me in tattered clothes? Zhu Yuanzhang felt unhappy, but he didn't have an attack. He just glanced at her lightly and said, "Who is the girl? What's the matter with me?"

The little girl made a face: "My name is Zi Xincai, and she is the maid of Miss Third. The people in our inner courtyard also heard that the family was killed last night. Miss Third said, "The second young master is not concerned about doing things, and he will definitely forget to prepare the new manager's clothes, shoes and socks, etc., and asked me to come here this morning to measure the new manager's body and make a new suit... I came over and saw that, sure enough, you were still wearing the clothes you used to do farm work. What's this? Our Ma family manager can't wear it like you."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed silently, and his unhappiness just now was thrown away from the sky. Although the third lady of the Ma family was kept in the deep boudoir and no one knew it, she was still a meticulous person.
Chapter completed!