After passing the urn city, he entered the city. Xinyang gave Zhu Hongsan a good first impression. He did not imagine that he had been destroyed after the war. The houses in the city have been cleared against the city wall, leaving a twenty-meter-wide horse path. This is to quickly mobilize troops when the enemy sieges the city. At the same time, it can also prevent the enemy from using fire attacks.

A large pit was dug every 100 steps on the horse road, and a large tank was buried in the pit, which was to prevent the enemy from digging tunnels. There were tunnel caves, arsenals, warehouses and other facilities built behind the city wall.

Seeing that the defense facilities were complete, Zhu Hongsan couldn't help but become interested in the generals guarding the city. He asked Ma Rufeng beside him, "Rufeng, who is the general who guards the city in Xinyang? I think all the facilities are arranged in an orderly manner. This general is not simple."

Ma Rufeng nodded and said, "Now the Xinyang garrison is the governor, the general Jin Shenghuan. General Jin is extraordinary. He is from Liaodong. After Liaoyang was captured by the Qing Dynasty, his whole family was captured, and he was the only one who escaped. Later, he entered the pass and surrendered to the general, Zuo Liangyu, and accumulated merits and promoted to the governor, Tongzhi."

When Zhu Hongsan heard this, he remembered that Jin Shenghuan was the big traitor who was with Li Chengdong anyway? However, Jin Shenghuan was much stronger than Li Chengdong, a slave of the four surnames.

He listened to Ma Rufeng and continued: "Now the Eight Kings Zhang Xianzhong is attacking Nanyang, and General Zuo is also fighting with Zhang Xianzhong in Nanyang. Our Xinyang is too close to Nanyang. In case of precautions, General Zuo sent General Jin to Xinyang to assist in defense. Everything my uncle saw was arranged by General Jin. It was under his leadership that we could defeat the three sieges of the bandits."

After hearing this, Zhu Hongsan nodded and thought, "We should contact Jin Shenghuan in the future. Traitors may not be all wastes. Tong Yangjia next to him is like a monkey, and he can climb a tree by sticking hair."

Xinyang City is not big, it depends on the population of 50,000 or 60,000, which is the size of Wuchang County. But this is a good city in Zhongzhou, which has been war-torn for a long time. Zhu Hongsan saw that most of the shops along the street were closed, and one-third were open. Some grain restaurants and other things were closed.

Ma Rufeng said: "My father ordered that it was strictly prohibited to buy and sell food, salt and other materials during the war, in case someone was on the ground to raise prices and harm the interests of the people."

Zhu Hongsan didn't expect that Ma Jiyuan would have these two tricks. He also knew about the economic control during wartime. He used to hear Ma Xiaofang say that his elder brother was an old pedant nerd. It seemed that he could not be partial to him. Zhu Hongsan became interested in his elder brother-in-law and father-in-law for the first time.

Ma Ruyan walked while introducing the customs and customs of Xinyang. Soon he came to the Xinyang Prefecture Yamen. Zhu Hongsan had never been far away before, and this time he saw the government offices except Wuchang County Yamen for the first time. However, Zhu Hongsan was deeply disappointed. Did all the government offices in the Ming Dynasty have the same virtue and were dilapidated? The two stone sculptures at the door were different from those in Wuchang County, and there was no difference between the others. The same yamen, the same steps, and there was also a land temple at the door.

Zhu Hongsan thought maliciously, was it because Zhu Yuanzhang was bullied by local officials when he was begging for food, otherwise he would have bullied local officials like this after he took power. If there weren't two pillars next to him, it would have been poured out.

When Ma Rufeng saw Zhu Hongsan's disappointment, he hurriedly said, "Uncle, this is the case in all government offices in the world. If the officials do not build the government office, this is the ancestral system."

Zhu Hongsan said, "It is stipulated that the officials will not repair the yamen, but this cannot be done either. Look at the door, the tiles in the lobby are half broken, and there is a pool of shit at the door. You can't scan it? There is no way, but you won't be disgusted if you don't clean it?"

Ma Rufeng made Zhu Hongsan blush and said, "There were originally yamen runners to clean it. Isn't this a bandit siege? They all asked their father to move to the city to defend the city."

Ma Rufeng didn't want to explain more about this topic, and then said, "Uncle, please come with me into the inner hall. My father and two brothers are waiting for you. I will arrange for someone to take them to the playground to stay temporarily."

Zhu Hongsan nodded and turned around and ordered Tong Yangjia, Zhao Guodong and others to camp. He led Zhu Hongyi to follow Ma Rufeng into the second hall.

The second hall is the second hall of the county government. Ma Jiyuan's family was in the back house and did not let Zhu Hongsan enter the inner house. Zhu Hongsan knew that this was because he was a royal family. There was a regulation in the Ming Dynasty that officials and royal family could not meet in private in the secret room. However, Zhu Hongsan walked through Feng Ziyong's inner house like a city gate, and he did not feel unhappy when he saw Feng Ziyong. Ma Jiyuan was still playing this, and Zhu Hongsan was a little unhappy. He came from Huguang to pick up their family, but he couldn't even meet him. He pretended to be a big-tailed wolf.

After entering the second hall, I saw a handsome man of 45 or 6 years old sitting on the Grand Master's chair in the middle. The Ma family's children were all handsome men. Needless to say, Ma Jiyuan was a bit like the famous actor who played Zhuge Liang in later generations. Maybe he had been an official for a long time and felt very arrogant. There were two young men standing next to him, both of whom were about twenty years old. Zhu Hongsan heard Ma Ruyan say that these should be his two brothers.

This Ma Rufeng is Ma Ruyan's younger brother. Ma Ruyan also has a younger sister. Ma Ruyan was only eight years old when Ma Ruyan got married. But I didn't see it today.

Zhu Hongsan didn't care what Ma Jiyuan was thinking. He didn't wait for him to give up his seat, and sat down with Ma Jiyuan. Zhu Hongyi stood behind him.

Ma Jiyuan frowned and said, "My brother-in-law has worked hard all the way. I have read the letter I have given to me by my second brother. As for how to arrange for you to wait first, I will reply to you after thinking about it."

Zhu Hongsan once told Ma Jiyuan to wait. Can he wait? This place is so chaotic that he doesn't know when Zhang Xianzhong will come to attack Xinyang. These 1,800 people are not enough for Zhang Xianzhong to get stuck in the gap between his teeth.

Zhu Hongsan thought of what he said, and opened his mouth and said, "Brother, it's best to send me a letter now. I'll repair this for a day and will rush back to Huguang the day after tomorrow. I can't stay in Xinyang's Four Battles for a long time."

The young man behind Ma Jiyuan opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Ma Jiyuan. Ma Jiyuan said: "Now Xinyang is in crisis. As a local official, I am responsible for defending the territory. I will not leave. It just so happened that my brother-in-law brought thousands of people and also participated in the defense of the city. After defeating the bandits, I will let my brother-in-law return to Huguang."

Zhu Hongsan heard this and said angrily: "Damn, are you going to die and you still want to take me?" But without saying that, Zhu Hongsan pressed the fire and said: "Brother, I don't know. The people I brought are all my servants. They don't seem to have the obligation to help you defend the city."

The young man behind Ma Jiyuan couldn't hold it anymore and stood up and said, "As a royal family, can't my uncle do his part to the court?"

Zhu Hongsan curled his lips and said, "You are that little bastard. Is your elder's part of the conversation so that you can interrupt? Is this how your father educates you?"

Although the young man was a few years older than Zhu Hongsan, Zhu Hongsan was his relative uncle. His aunt was his wife, and this was all considered among the three tribes. If Zhu Hongsan rebelled, the Yi tribe would have this young man. On the contrary, Ma Rufeng had no great responsibility because he was born in the vassal.

Zhu Hongsan said this very seriously. As an orthodox Confucian intellectual, Ma Jiyuan considered etiquette and law more than life. He slapped the table and shouted, "Ma Shaoguang, why don't you kneel down to apologize to your uncle."

The young man, Ma Shaoguang, immediately knelt down and said, "Shaoguang is young and ignorant (Damn, he is five years older than Zhu Hongsan, is called younger?). Please punish him."

Zhu Hongsan waved his hand and said sarcastically: "Get up, I, a person from another surname, cannot afford to be the gift of your Ma family. Besides, if you bite me, can I still bite the dog?"

Zhu Hongsan said this and Ma Jiyuan's face turned green. Ma Jiyuan waved his hand to let his son get up and said to Zhu Hongsan: "Zhu Hongsan, I don't care about you, but as a member of the Ming Dynasty, you can't leave here. Let's defend the city first. Rufeng, lead your uncle to the garrison." After saying that, he ignored Zhu Hongsan and waved his sleeves to lead his two sons back to the inner house.

Zhu Hongsan was so angry when he saw Ma Jiyuan leaving. But there was no way. In order not to make Ma Ruyan sad, he had to pick Ma Jiyuan's family away.

Zhu Hongsan pressed the fire and looked at Ma Rufeng standing in front of him and said, "Does your father have dry stools? Why are he so angry?"

Ma Ruyan didn't dare to answer the conversation, and smiled embarrassedly, saying, "My father is actually a good person. He just has a little serious."

Zhu Hongsan cursed: "Damn, I'm just for Ruyan's sake. Otherwise, I'll care about your family's broken affairs, whether to die or not is my fault."

Ma Rufeng heard Zhu Hongsan mention Ma Ruyan, and saw that there was no one around him, and asked in a low voice: "Uncle, how is my sister? She is in good health."

When talking about Ma Ruyan, Zhu Hongsan's anger disappeared. If he had been physically compatible with Ma Ruyan before, Zhu Hongsan was really ashamed of Ma Ruyan after seeing Ma Ruyan's son die. After all, he killed her husband's family and could not save her son.

Zhu Hongsan sighed and said, "Ruyan's son has been in poor health since he died. I was stronger before leaving. I don't know how it is now."

Ma Rufeng's eyes turned red and said, "My sister treats me the best when she is at home. I really want to go and see my sister."

Zhu Hongsan patted Ma Rufeng on the shoulder and said, "Boy, call me brother-in-law when there is no one."

Ma Rufeng nodded and called out to brother-in-law.

Zhu Hongsan was also very satisfied and said, "How about this, you can connect your mother and your sister, let's not care about your father's old age. How about I take you back to Huguang?"

Ma Rufeng was so scared that he was sweating profusely and said quickly: "I dare not, but I dare not, this makes people know that I will escape by myself. How can I live in the future?"

Zhu Hongsan cursed: "Damn, there are so many scholars. When is it time? Let's take care of everyone if you have a father, my mother and I have a marriage."

Ma Rufeng hurriedly said, "Don't dare, don't dare."

Seeing Ma Rufeng as a bear, Zhu Hongsan stopped forcing him. He stayed there first and then talked about it. If he really couldn't do it, he would throw a rake and stop serving the monkey. It's important to have a concubine, but it's not as important as his own life. Only when he saves his concubine's life, he doesn't have any.

After thinking it through, Zhu Hongsan said, "Okay, take me to the resident. I want to see how I live there first."
Chapter completed!