Need for Uncle

Chapter 23

Chapter 22 Murong Junhua
Ma Xiaoshuai frowned slightly, a little surprised. According to his original thinking, since Dongfang Mu was willing to arrange an official position for him, he naturally had to consider what he was good at. Logically speaking, he should be a civil servant. The military commander is obviously an official position linked to the military.

"Grandpa, this rear commander..."

Dongfang Mu finally turned around, looked at Ma Xiaoshuai who was showing doubts, and said slowly: "The rear army division is the yamen in charge of military supplies, usually there are not many things, Qingshui yamen"

Although Ma Xiaoshuai was puzzled, he nodded, knowing that Dongfang Mu's arrangement this time naturally had his own intentions.

"It's all up to grandpa's arrangement, I have no objection."

"kindness……"

Dongfang Mu turned around again, and looked at the courtyard again with fascination.

"Have some breakfast in the hall, and I'll be there later."

Ma Xiaoshuai saluted and immediately left.

Walking on the road in the hall, Ma Xiaoshuai kept frowning, thinking secretly.

According to the vague memories of Unlucky Uncle, this post-military commander who was rumored to be Qingshui Yamen is actually not that simple. Just saying that he is in charge of most of the country's military supplies is also a top priority position. There is nothing to do most of the time, but no one ignores the importance of this position.

While thinking, Ma Xiaoshuai soon came to the hall.

In the huge hall, there were only the butler Wang and one or two maids who brought things up.

"Uncle."

Seeing that it was Ma Xiaoshuai, Steward Wang hurried up to say hello, but when he saw Ma Xiaoshuai frowning, it was obvious that he had something on his mind, and he was smart enough not to disturb him.

"kindness."

Ma Xiaoshuai answered absent-mindedly, and sat down.

Soon, Dongfang Mu, dressed in court clothes, came in.

"Let's eat."

Dongfang Mo said to Ma Xiaoshuai who stood up and got his luggage, then sat down and drank hot porridge.

Ma Xiaoshuai ate without taste, keeping his head down.

The breakfast was finished in silence. After the meal, Dongfang Mu took Ma Xiaoshuai out of Xiangguo's mansion, but at this time two sedan chairs were parked outside the door, as well as several bearers and a pair of servants with knives.

Ma Xiaoshuai got into the slightly smaller sedan chair at the back, and Dongfang Mu was naturally the one in front.

"beautiful"

Amid Steward Wang's yelling, a group of people set off in a mighty way.

There is not much difference between Murong Kingdom's Shang Dynasty system and the ancient history of Ma Xiaoshuai's original world. Basically, it is open all year round. Every morning, some important state affairs are discussed. Generally, officials with a rank of two or more civil servants must be present. Most of them are away, and most of those who can go to court every day are generals in the military who have been idle all their lives.

Ma Xiaoshuai was reading the memories of the unlucky uncle, and felt the sedan chair stop after a while, presumably it had arrived.

After getting off the sedan chair, Ma Xiaoshuai walked to Dongfang Mu's side, and looked up at the gate of the imperial city.

Majestic, solemn, majestic.

This is Ma Xiaoshuai's first feeling, it seems that no matter where he is, regardless of cultural differences, most of the palaces where emperors live are like this, they pay attention to grandeur and majesty.

However, although the Imperial Palace of Murong Kingdom is majestic, it is still inferior to the Forbidden City that Ma Xiaoshuai has seen. Ma Xiaoshuai lived in BJ before and was lucky enough to visit the Forbidden City, so he was not too shocked. .

"Master Dongfang, good morning."

"Morning."

At this time, it was the time to go to court, which was equivalent to the peak time when Ma Xiaoshuai went to work and went to the company. A lot of civil servants and military generals in court uniforms gathered. When they saw Dongfang Mu, they all greeted each other. Ma Xiaoshuai glanced at him. As expected, the smiles on the faces of most officials, big and small, looked fake when they greeted each other. Of course, there were a few exceptions, and Dongfang Mu was also very polite to these people.

A group of officials naturally discovered the young man behind Dongfang Mu. Most of them seemed to know some news, and they didn't show any surprises. They just saw that Dongfang Mu didn't introduce him, so they didn't come forward to say hello. , Everyone knows that this kind of thing happens in every family. It seems that a kind of tacit understanding is formed when they meet for the first time. Generally, they don't ask questions or say hello.

Seeing this scene, Ma Xiaoshuai was also very happy, and followed Dongfang Mu silently, with his head bowed.

Saying this, a certain kind of officials approached the palace in twos and threes. After passing through a gate, there was a huge open space in front of it. The ground was paved with blue bricks, which was flat and clean. There was also a group of neatly standing eunuchs.

"Defu, I'm going to court next, so I'll bring you here." Dongfang Mu said to Ma Xiaoshuai while walking.

Ma Xiaoshuai nodded, as expected.

And at this moment, a little eunuch wearing a tall hat came over and saluted Dongfang Mu.

"Master Xiangguo."

"Well... lead Mr. Zhang to the rear army division."

Dongfang Mu stopped and gave instructions to the little eunuch.

"Yes."

The little eunuch probably kept his head down because of his inferiority, and when he heard Dongfang Mu's words, he walked up to Ma Xiaoshuai and lowered his body again.

"Master Zhang, please follow me."

Ma Xiaoshuai nodded, bid farewell to Dongfang Mu, and walked away with the little eunuch.

Passed through the side door, walked all the way, the eunuch walked in front and never spoke, and Ma Xiaoshuai didn't bother to get close to people, so he ignored him, looked around while walking, and soon arrived at the destination.

At this time, there was a large courtyard built alone, with a high gate, red paint, and a large golden plaque, with a few large characters written in flamboyant shapes - Houjunsi.

Stepping through the gate, the two walked in one after the other.

At this time, a middle-aged man in official uniform came over, and the little eunuch immediately stopped and carried his luggage.

"Master Li."

The middle-aged man who was called Mr. Li waved his hand, ignored the little eunuch, but turned his attention to Ma Xiaoshuai who had always refused, and raised a slightly deep smile.

"Zhang Defu?"

Ma Xiaoshuai nodded, thinking that it was probably arranged by Dongfang Mu.

"Go down." Master Li waved his hand to the little eunuch, and then said to Ma Xiaoshuai: "Master Zhang, follow me."

Ma Xiaoshuai cupped his hands and followed him forward.

Not long after, the two of them entered a house with a red-painted door. Ma Xiaoshuai smelled a strong smell of tobacco just now, which made him a little surprised. Could it be that there is tobacco in this world?
But then, the doubt in Ma Xiaoshuai's heart was replaced by a bigger surprise.

Because he saw a person who shouldn't be here—the middle-aged man who used to give questions for the second competition in the street challenge.

This middle-aged man with a pissed off face and a bit of a gangster seems to have a high status in the rear military commander. At this moment, he is sitting at the head of the big hall, with the familiar arrogant expression on his face, leisurely and leisurely. Zai is drinking tea, holding a... cigarette pouch in one hand! ! ? ? ?
That's right!Ma Xiaoshuai is sure that he is not mistaken, although in the 21st century with advanced technology, this kind of thing is rarely seen, but movies and TV dramas will appear from time to time, so Ma Xiaoshuai is no stranger to this kind of thing, it just makes him very troublesome. What's more, he searched all the memories in Unlucky Young Master and found no such thing in this world. It seems that there is no trace of tobacco.

"Haha, Zhang Defu, I told you we will meet again."

The middle-aged man laughed heartily when he saw Ma Xiaoshuai, and Ma Xiaoshuai nodded with a wry smile.

"Sir here is..."

"Oh, just go around"

The middle-aged man put down his teacup, but he didn't put down the cigarette pouch, and motioned for Ma Xiaoshuai to sit down, biting the obviously expensive cigarette pouch, and puffing away.

Taking this opportunity, Ma Xiaoshuai looked at the whole hall for a while. There were seven or eight desks, large and small, and some people, young or old, who were busy with official business were sitting in the huge hall. It was very similar to the office in the original world. Those high-tech computers and phones were replaced by a complete set of paper, ink, paper and inkstone, and a lot of messy booklets.

"Defu, you will take office here in the future, how do you feel?"

The unknown middle-aged man continued to puff and chat with Ma Xiaoshuai.

Ma Xiaoshuai turned his head and replied with a smile: "It's okay."

The middle-aged man nodded, seeing Ma Xiaoshuai staring at the cigarette pouch in his hand, he laughed, sat up, lifted the pouch towards Ma Xiaoshuai, and said, "Why? Are you interested in trying it?"

Ma Xiaoshuai waved his hands with a wry smile, thinking what the fuck did you do to me?
The middle-aged man seemed to know that Ma Xiaoshuai would not pick it up, so he turned around and sat back.

"Sir, can you tell me your last name now?"

"what?"

The middle-aged man scratched his head in surprise, "Didn't I tell you?"

Ma Xiaoshuai cast an affirmative look, which meant that he did not.

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "My name is Murong Junhua."

Ma Xiaoshuai's heart skipped a beat, Murong?Royal name?
"Telfu has eyes but doesn't know Taishan, how many offenses he had in the past..."

Seeing Ma Xiaoshuai's seemingly panicked explanation, Murong Junhua waved his hands impatiently, and said, "Stop doing this with me, sit down and talk to me."

Ma Xiaoshuai returned to the chair with a grateful expression, but he scolded his mother in his heart, he's another pretender who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger.

"Xiao Shuai, I watched you compete with Qian's girl last time, and I don't understand how you learned such a weird question? And who is that Xiao Ming? Why do you always talk about him?"

Ma Xiaoshuai broke out in a cold sweat, thinking that this Xiao Ming was quite famous.

"No, that Xiao Ming is just a title, whatever you want."

Murong Junhua nodded, and smiled with some aftertaste.

"But when I think of the old guy's embarrassing appearance, I want to laugh, haha, you boy."

Ma Xiaoshuai smiled awkwardly, then suddenly remembered something.

"Mu..."

"Call me Uncle Murong, that's what Xueyu called me when she was a child."

Murong Junhua saw Ma Xiaoshuai's embarrassment that he didn't know how to address him, so he took the initiative to speak.

Ma Xiaoshuai nodded and continued: "Uncle Murong, where did you get that thing in your hand?"

"You know this thing?"

Murong Junhua was a little surprised, "There are not many people who know about this."

Ma Xiaoshuai smiled, "I've seen it before, I've seen it before."

Murong Junhua looked at Ma Xiaoshuai with a three-point puzzled and three-point strange expression, and said: "This thing is very rare, even the tobacco in this pipe is very rare. As far as I know, Murong does not produce this kind of product in China. Plant something."

"Then you..."

Murong Junhua smiled smugly when he said this, "Well, I dragged someone from Cong Ziyu Country to sneak here. Even the cigarette pouch and a catty of tobacco cost me 500 taels of silver. This is a low price given by an acquaintance. Ordinary people just want to smoke, but there is no way to get it.”

Ziyu Kingdom is one of the three major countries in the world, along with Murong Kingdom and Yunshui Kingdom. It is located in the northwest of Murong Kingdom. The land is barren, but its territory is very large. There has always been constant friction with the border guards of the Murong country, and the reason is always because of spying on the rich land of the Murong country.

Ma Xiaoshuai secretly collected all his memories, obtained a large piece of information, and suddenly realized.

"So there are very few people in Murong who can afford tobacco?"

"Less is less, but it's not nothing."

When Murong Junhua spoke of this, he sighed fiercely, "Businessmen who exploit the common people and corrupt officials, there are quite a few people who can afford it. The reason why they are rare is that businessmen are afraid of losing money and officials are afraid of revealing their wealth. It is also enjoyed secretly, so ordinary people seldom see it.”

(End of this chapter)