Wang Ding personally went to Cai Yong's mansion to ask for this plaque for General Zhenxi's Mansion for Ma Teng.
With Cai Yong's status and reputation, not many people can let him inscribe.
Wang Ding also begged hard and sang a Farewell My Concubine to Cai Yong in exchange for this plaque.
It is enough to show that Wang Ding attaches great importance to Ma Teng.
However, a large part of this is Wang Ding's emphasis on Ma Chao.
Regardless of Ma Chao's character, he will be Wang Ding's strongest general from now on.
Xu Huang and Zhang Liao are no match for Ma Chao.
Moreover, Ma Chao is not at its strongest yet. In the next few years, Ma Chao's strength will improve.
Ma Chao and Lu Bu have many similarities, but compared to Lu Bu, Ma Chao is easier to control.
At least, Wang Ding can know what Ma Chao wants to do and what he will do.
As for Lu Bu, I really don’t know what he will do.
A mansion cannot earn Ma Chao's gratitude, but it also represents the importance Wang Ding attaches to the Ma family.
Wang Ding did not enter the mansion, but said goodbye to Ma Teng outside the mansion.
Ma Xiu and Ma Tie were still young. After Wang Ding left, he felt no more burden and rushed into the mansion immediately.
They are full of curiosity about this new home and full of yearning for their future life.
Ma Teng watched Wang Ding leave, then turned around and stepped into the new mansion, which would also be his home in Chang'an from now on.
In the past few days, Wang Ding has had his mansion cleaned and given a new look, and all the furniture has been replaced with new ones.
Ma Teng and his family only need to prepare their own bedding and can move in directly.
"Wow..." Ma Tie opened his hands and ran across the yard.
"Father, my child likes it here." Matthew also turned around and came to Ma Teng and said.
In terms of size, this new mansion is not as good as their mansion in Longxi County.
But of the two mansions, the one in Chang'an is like a fine decoration, while the one they have in Longxi is a simple rough-hewn.
The two are not on the same level at all.
Even if the mansion in Chang'an is small, it has more than ten courtyards and five to six hundred rooms.
Ma Teng's family moved to Chang'an. Counting the servants and maids, there are only about a hundred people. This mansion is more than enough to accommodate these people, and there are more than half of the spare rooms.
Not only Ma Xiu and Ma Tie like it, but Ma Teng and Ma Chao also like it.
No one doesn’t like living in a beautiful house.
The mansion in front of him also allowed Ma Teng to completely eliminate the worries in his heart.
Even after deciding to surrender to Wang Ding in Liangzhou, Ma Teng still felt a little uneasy about the future and reluctant to leave Liangzhou.
But now, Wang Ding's attitude makes Ma Teng completely relieved.
And he is not really alone in Chang'an, he also has his good brother Han Sui.
Han Sui was subdued by Wang Ding in advance, and there were not so many conflicts between the two brothers.
Ma Teng asked Ma Chao and others to settle down in the mansion. He changed his clothes and went out directly.
Turn left after going out, and after walking for a while, you saw Cai Yong's mansion.
Ma Teng stepped forward and said to the boy at the door: "Excuse me, General Ma Teng of Zhenxi, wants to see Cai Jijiu."
The boy at the door did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly turned around and went in to inform Cai Yong.
Another boy also led Ma Teng in.
Entering Cai Mansion, while still in the front yard, Ma Teng heard someone singing - Sword in hand - Asking the world who is the hero...
Ma Teng stopped unconsciously.
I wish I could let go of the endless heartache, look at the sky, and move around...
But just as he was listening to it, the singing suddenly stopped. A boy walked up to him and said respectfully: "General Zhenxi, please come with me if you invite me."
Ma Teng asked: "Who sang that song just now?"
The boy said: "That was sung by a certain master. It seems to be called Farewell My Concubine."
Ma Teng sighed: "I have heard for a long time that Cai Jijiu is knowledgeable and proficient in music. When I saw him today, he was indeed extraordinary."
He hadn't been to Chang'an for many years, but he didn't expect that Chang'an already had such music that even a reckless man like him could be immersed in.
After walking for another hundred steps, Ma Teng finally saw Cai Yong.
Cai Yong said with a smile: "General Zhenxi, please take a seat."
Ma Teng bowed and said, "Ma Teng, I have seen Cai Jijiu. Thank you very much to Cai Jijiu for writing the inscription for me."
Cai Yong said: "It's a trivial matter, general, you don't need to worry about it."
Ma Teng asked curiously: "Can you teach me the song you just sang?"
Compared with The Book of Songs, Ma Teng likes what Cai Yong just sang.
Ma Teng has no feeling at all about the things literati sang in the past.
Cai Yong said: "This is simple."
Cai Yong likes music, and is even more interested in Wang Ding's unique songs.
If someone is willing to learn, he never hesitates to teach.
The servants in his mansion have now learned several songs.
While Ma Teng was learning to sing, he communicated with Cai Yong. He said three sentences and two were inseparable from Wang Ding.
It was also from Cai Yong that Ma Teng learned more about Wang Ding, and also learned that Wang Ding used the song "Farewell My Concubine" to beg Cai Yong and give him an inscription on his plaque.
It was Wang Ding's love, so Cai Yong would not pretend to admit it. In his opinion, Ma Teng did not need to thank him.
Ma Teng stayed in Cai's mansion for two full hours before bidding farewell to Cai Yong and returning to his mansion.
I hummed softly as I walked along the way.
"I stood in the fierce wind, wishing that..."
He is in a very good mood.
"Father."
As soon as he entered the door, Ma Xiu and Ma Tie surrounded him, and the smile on Ma Teng's face grew stronger.
He likes these two children, they are cute and lovable.
Unlike Ma Chao, who makes him angry every day.
Now I don’t know where I went.
"What did my father just sing? It sounded good." Ma Tie said.
Ma Teng picked up Ma Tie and said, "This song is called Farewell My Concubine. If you like it, my father can teach you."
Ma Teng's own singing is not very good, but he can sing accurately on the beat of the few lines he likes.
The day after Ma Teng arrived in Chang'an, his subordinates Ma Chao and Pang De were transferred away by Wang Ding.
Ma Chao was named the Captain of Fengche, and Pang De was made a partial general, and they were all transferred to Wang Ding's army.
The 10,000 soldiers Ma Teng brought were also taken over by Wang Ding.
Ma Teng has no objection to this.
When I came here, I had already expected this result.
At least he is now General Zhenxi, and Wang Ding has not completely ignored him.
The current situation is much better than Ma Teng expected.
The troops under Wang Ding's command were all trained according to the methods formulated by him and Gao Shun.
Although the new recruits now have their own numbers, changing any general will not affect their battle.
The 10,000 soldiers Ma Teng brought must also receive the same training as new recruits in the military camp before they are allowed to go to the battlefield.
These ten thousand people have not been trained by the Han army. Even if Zhang Liao comes to command them, because their style is different from Ma Teng's, it is easy for the military orders to be unclear.