The reason why Chen Xuanli cares about Ma Lan is entirely because Ma Lan defeated his beloved son Chen Dabiao on the exercise ground, which made him very faceless, of course, with his status and mind, he will never retaliate against Ma Lan, he is just a little curious about this kid who can defeat his son. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Chen Dabiao is Chen Xuanli's most optimistic son, and has obtained the true inheritance of his father, the art of war and martial arts are first-class, but now he has lost to an unknown Ma Xuanli, Chen Xuanli can't pay attention to it.

"This Ma Lu seems to be an orphan, and he is not a soldier of the Fourth Army of the North Gate, but a captain of the Anxi Army."

There is only so much that Li An knows, and this is what Guo Yang took the initiative to tell him, otherwise, he would not even know this.

"Captain of the Anzai Military Academy? Li Shilang, Your Majesty said okay, let you select artillery cadets in the Fourth Army of the North Gate, and you actually picked the Anxi Army, isn't this against the holy will? ”

Chen Xuanli was shocked when he heard this, he always thought that all the artillery officers and soldiers were all from the Fourth Army of the North Gate, but he didn't expect that this Ma Xuan turned out to be a captain of the Anxi Army, which greatly surprised him, and he didn't know how many artillery officers and soldiers that were not recruited by Li An from the Fourth Army of the North Gate.

Li An said with a smile: "The soldiers of the border army are brave and fierce, I have already told Your Majesty that I will select suitable talents from the soldiers of the border army who go to Beijing to join the artillery unit, and Your Majesty also agreed, but this is not a big deal, and the general does not know." ”

"I see, since even Li Shilang doesn't know Ma Lan's origin, then why don't we go and greet him, I just want to have a good chat with Ma Lan and ask him who he is trained from."

Chen Xuanli made up his mind to find out Ma Lan, the Anxi military captain who defeated his beloved son.

Of course, Li An would not refuse Chen Xuanli's request, and took Chen Xuanli to the camp of the First Artillery Brigade, and found Ma Xuan, who was celebrating, and was about to become the head of the Third Brigade of the Tang Artillery Brigade.

Of course, in the camp of the 1st Artillery Brigade, there is another team that is celebrating, that is, the 1st Artillery Corps of Chen Dabiao, Chen Xuanli's beloved son, although they lost to the 4th Artillery Corps, they at least won the second place, and many of them are about to be promoted, which is of course a good thing to be happy about.

In fact, when the artillery unit was first formed, the five artillery teams under the command of the First Artillery Brigade were all strong talents, and their strength obviously exceeded the five teams of the Second Artillery Corps, so the top two teams that won this time were both teams under the command of the First Artillery Brigade, which was also expected by Li An, but Li An did not expect that the team of the fourth team, Ma Lan, would win the first place, and moreover, he won the first place with an absolute advantage.

"Li Shilang, General."

Ma Lan straightened up and saluted the two.

"Ma Lan, congratulations on winning the first place today, and congratulations to all the officers and men of the Fourth Artillery Corps."

Li An opened his mouth and praised.

"Xie Li Shilang, I will work harder."

Ma Lan was also not polite and responded loudly.

"Ma Luan, you defeated the son of the general in one fell swoop today and won the first place, the general's heart values you very much, and he came to see you."

Li An said and looked at Chen Xuanli beside him.

"The young man is so good, it really impresses Ben."

Chen Xuanli smiled and patted Ma Lan's shoulder, affirming Ma Lan's achievements.

"The general has an overreputation, and he doesn't dare to be a lowly officer."

Ma Lan said modestly.

"Ma Luan, I heard that you are the captain of the Anxi Army, isn't that so?"

"Yes, the general, the lowly post was originally in the Anxi Army, this time I went back to the capital with General Gao to do business, and I happened to meet Li Shilang to select artillery, and I saw the power of artillery with my own eyes, so I volunteered to participate in the selection."

Ma Lan replied truthfully.

"Haha! It turns out that this is the case, no wonder Ben General has never heard of you, it turns out that you are not in the North Gate Fourth Army. ”

Chen Xuanli smiled and greeted Ma Xuan's origin.

"General, lowly Qizhou Fufeng people, grandfather Ma Zhenghui, once the right Weiwei general, father Ma Sheng, once joined the army, lowly father and ancestor died early, no one took care of him since he was a child, wandering around the market all day, doing nothing, a few years ago, he occasionally got "Ma Yuan Biography", deeply inspired, so he left the market, went to Anxi to join the army, because of the accumulation of merit as a regiment of captains, originally planned to serve the border for the rest of his life, to serve the Tang Dynasty with flesh and blood, but since seeing the power of artillery, he changed his mind, so he joined the artillery team."

Ma Lu was very refreshed, and told all his situation in one breath, without any intention of hiding it, of course, there was no need to hide it.

"Right Wei is the general Ma Huizheng? It turns out that your grandfather was a general of Youwei, haha! When your grandfather was a general, the general was still a small captain? It turns out that you are a descendant of Jiangmen, no wonder you can defeat my son, hahaha! ”

Knowing that Ma Xuanli's grandfather was Youwei General Ma Huizheng, Chen Xuanli's heart knot finally opened, and his beloved son did not lose to the nobody, but to the grandson of Jiangmen, so it is not too embarrassing, at least, Chen Xuanli feels that it is not ashamed.

And after Ang Lee listened to Ma Lan's life experience, he suddenly thought, isn't this Ma Lan the famous Tang Dynasty general in later generations? At the time of the Anshi Rebellion, Ma Lan commanded 3,000 elite Anxi troops to aid Fengxiang, and defeated the rebels many times, becoming a fierce general who made the rebels frightened.

"Jiangmen Huzi, what a Jiangmen Huzi!"

Li An praised Ma Lan vigorously and asked: "Ma Lan, you originally planned to serve the Tang Dynasty with your flesh and blood, why did you change your mind after seeing the power of artillery, why is this?" ”

Ma Ling pondered for a moment, tore open the placket of his chest, and replied: "Li Shilang, the humble position is in Anxi, he has fought with strong enemies many times, there are more than ten knife wounds on the front chest and feet, and many comrades-in-arms are even killed in battle. ”

"In just a few years, there are more than ten knife wounds on the chest, it seems that the border army is really bitter!"

Li An sighed and personally sorted out Ma Lan's clothes.

"Li Shilang, there is a reluctant request for a humble position, and I hope that Li Shilang will be fulfilled."

Ma Lan was so excited that he actually knelt down for Li An.

"Hurry up, hurry up, you don't have to make this big gift, just say it directly."

Li An hurriedly helped Ma Lan up, this ancient etiquette of kneeling at every turn, Li An is really not used to it, he really doesn't like it, others kneel in front of him.

"Li Shilang, the border pass soldiers are very bitter, especially the Anxi army, to use 20,000 soldiers and horses, to maintain a radius of thousands of miles of land, to pacify hundreds of small countries, once a war occurs, the enemy army is often several times as much as me, although our Anxi army is well-equipped, but every major battle has a lot of casualties, if the artillery can be deployed to the border pass as soon as possible, it will greatly change the contrast between the enemy and our forces, and in the future with the enemy army, the casualties will definitely be reduced a lot, and I am willing to lead the third artillery brigade to Anxi, for the Tang Dynasty to defend the territory and open up the territory."

Ma Lan said with a straight face.

How could Li An not see Ma Lan's plan, the reason why this guy went to Anxi to join the army was to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, to glorify the lintel, and Duan Xiushi is a virtue, but after seeing the huge power of artillery, he felt that leading an artillery unit into Anxi might be able to make greater feats, cause greater damage to the enemy, and preserve his own vitality.

"Haha! Since Your Majesty asked the official to form so many artillery units and spend such a high price, it is to be transferred to the border pass in the future to deter and conquer the enemy, but at present, the training of artillery is still not in place, the scale of artillery is still too small, and it is still in the development stage, so it is not appropriate to rush to the border pass, at least a year or two later! ”

Li An opened his mouth to persuade Ma Luan not to be too anxious, the formation of artillery is to defend the territory and open up the territory, and sooner or later it will be dispatched, but it must have a certain scale, so that it can be transferred in turns, and once a certain unit is damaged, it can quickly replenish its equipment, so as not to affect the combat effectiveness of the troops.

"Yes, Li Shilang, the lowly position can wait, and the lowly position must be trained well."

Ma Lan expressed his determination loudly.

After encouraging everyone, Li An and Chen Xuanli left the camp of the 1st Artillery Brigade and went together.

"General, you have also seen Ma Lu, what do you think of this person?"

Li An looked at Chen Xuanli and asked.

"This son was born in Jiangmen, he wants to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and he is a very self-motivated young man, much stronger than my dog, and he will have a bright future in the future!"

Chen Xuanli replied convincingly, he could see that Ma Xuan's talent and will were all above his son, no wonder he could easily defeat his beloved son.

"The general is too modest, Ling Lang is still very good, if it weren't for Ma Lan suddenly appearing, Ling Lang would have won the first place today."

Li An opened his mouth to comfort Chen Xuanli, hugged his fists, and parted ways with Chen Xuanli.

Li An will return to the R&D center to have a look, while Chen Xuanli will return to the capital to summarize and analyze the situation of Long Wujun's participation in the exercise.

After 100 artillery pieces were in place, the 3rd Artillery Brigade of Datang and the 4th Artillery Brigade of Datang immediately began to be formed, and officially appointed Ma Lan as the commander of the 3rd Artillery Brigade and Chen Dabiao as the commander of the 4th Artillery Brigade.

At the beginning, whenever he heard the sound of artillery, Li Longji could still be excited for a while, but after a long time, he felt noisy, so that the four artillery brigades were transferred to a position a little farther away from the capital, that is, fifty miles away from the city wall of the capital, so that even if two hundred artillery pieces were fired at the same time, it would not affect the normal life of the capital.

Of course, in this way, if Li An wants to inspect the artillery unit, he will need to gallop for an hour to arrive, which will waste more time, and the frequency of inspection will naturally be reduced.

Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it is the autumn harvest season, the fruits on the trees are ripe, and the crops in the fields are also the season for harvest.

Because the line is too long, the two strategic railways have not been repaired, but the autumn harvest cannot be delayed, and this year's Guanzhong area, in addition to the autumn harvest and autumn ploughing, can not be delayed.

Under the unified arrangement of the imperial court, most of the millions of people who built roads returned to their hometowns one after another to participate in the autumn harvest work, leaving less than 100,000 horses to continue construction.

Among the 100,000 people, in addition to the technical backbone of the R&D center and the railway bureau, there are many strong laborers, and the selection of these laborers is very strict, all of them come from families with surplus labor.

This arrangement can ensure that the laying of the railway will not be completely stopped because of the autumn harvest, but the speed will be a little slower.

This year's autumn harvest is different from previous years, in previous years, manpower was in the autumn harvest, but this year there are thousands of harvesters put into operation, especially in the Guanzhong area, the number of harvesters is the most, Luoyang area of course there are a lot, other areas, because of the yield of harvesters and difficult to find.

With the assistance of these thousands of harvesters, the autumn harvest work is carried out very smoothly, especially in the Guanzhong area, where a large number of harvesters are used, the autumn harvest time is shortened by a whole day, saving a lot of manpower.

After seeing that wheat can grow in winter, all the common people and nobles in Guanzhong choose to plant wheat after the autumn harvest to improve the utilization rate of land and obtain a greater harvest, and the wheat seeds are sold by the imperial court to organize traders and take it as the top priority of official work to meet the needs of all the people in a timely manner.

Throughout the autumn harvest and autumn ploughing, the Guanzhong area was filled with the roar of machines, and of course, the wailing of ploughing cattle was also mixed with it.

Maybe it is because of the fact that the efficiency of the cultivator is too fast, the owner of the ploughing ox always whips the ploughing ox with a leather whip, hoping that the ploughing ox can go faster, but no matter how it is whipped, the efficiency of the ploughing ox can never be compared with the ploughing machine, until the ploughing ox makes a painful wail, and is no longer willing to move forward, the owner of the ploughing ox sighs helplessly, and holds the beloved cow to comfort for a while, and then continues to plow the land slowly.

The development of science and technology is beyond the influence of ordinary people, they can only reluctantly accept it, and conform to the trend of historical development, and gradually abandon many traditional things, maybe a few decades later, it will be difficult to see ploughing cattle in the Guanzhong area.