Ma Guiren is happy, which is indeed a big event.

Even if Ma Guiren lives in seclusion, it is difficult to ensure that he can keep it secret. I can't see anything for the time being, but in two or three months, I won't be able to hide it. And stay in this Luoyang capital, it is difficult to guarantee that the emperor will suddenly have a whim, and if he wants to summon Ma Guiren, then it will be a big deal.

Therefore, Liu Xian felt that no matter what, he had to send Ma Guiren out of the capital and to a safe place where he could keep it secret within two or three months.

But now the key issue is that the emperor will definitely not agree to Ma Guiren leaving the capital. At least you can't return to the plain palace of Liwu County, Jizhou.

Of course, if Liu Xian is desperate to leave the capital with Ma Guiren and return to his own territory of influence, it is definitely okay, and I believe that no one will stop him. But in this way, it is equivalent to completely tearing up the face with the court. And the efforts I have made in Luoyang will also flow with it, and the efforts will be in vain.

You must know that there are still more than three years before the death of the emperor and the real historical time for the Han Dynasty to enter the division of princes. Now give up the operation of Luoyang Capital and give up the fixed interest income that he has now, Liu Xian is really reluctant.

Looking at the entire Han Dynasty, there is no place that can make money faster than in this Luoyang capital. Three years, and another three years of operating in Luoyang Capital, is comparable to Liu Xian's ten years of operation elsewhere.

If you want to plot the Han Dynasty, revitalize the Han Dynasty, and build an ideal country you want, the money spent is really incalculable, and there is not enough money to spend.

Think about Liu Xianxian, raising the army, engaging in education, building cities, building intelligence systems, and development plans in various aspects, and so on. What is there that doesn't cost money? To put it mildly, now there are more than 300,000 people in Yangshi County and Liulin City, and these people once had to find a way to feed Liu Xian. How much money has been invested in this?

Raising soldiers and horses, opening academies for education, building Liulin City, expanding Yangshi County, and expanding and rebuilding some county towns near Yangshi County are actually pure expenditures. Now the money Liu Xian earns in Luoyang is actually used in these aspects.

Let's do the math. No matter what name it is, it's a group of people. Now there are about 50,000 horses, not counting the Yellow Turban captives.

It is counted at 50,000 Malaysians. How much does it cost them to eat, weapons and equipment?

It's good to eat Liu Xian fifty yuan per person every day. Just eating is 2.5 million yuan a day, or 75 million yuan a month. In addition, 50,000 sergeants are made of standard military uniforms, which are divided into summer clothes, autumn clothes, and winter clothes, each of which requires two sets, and then there are military shoes and military boots? What about winter hats? What about the military quilt? What about military tents? Each soldier needs different needs according to different classes, and they all have armor and bracers or something, and some have full-body armor. And then all sorts of weapons, bows and arrows, and so on.

Every month, each soldier had to be paid a certain amount of money. Even according to the lowest-ranking soldiers, the military salary of 1,000 to 2,000 yuan is already very small for them in a month. This would cost more than 100 million dollars, to say the least.

It can be seen from this that the cost of raising 50,000 military horses is amazing. Can ordinary people afford to raise so many military horses?

It can also be seen that in the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei Liu ran away, and his early military horses were basically two or three thousand people, and when he occupied Xuzhou for a time, he did not let go of his hands and feet to recruit troops. Later, he defected to Liu Biao in Jingzhou, and when he was stationed in Xinye, Liu Bei's troops were not many. This, in fact, is not that Liu Bei does not want to let go of his hands and feet to recruit troops, nor does he not have so many soldiers, the key is that Liu Bei does not have the financial resources to support him to raise troops.

Not to mention Liu Bei, there are so many other large and small princes, their troops are actually not too many, usually tens of thousands.

Therefore, Liu Xian's income from normal operations in Luoyang is actually just enough for Liu Xian to maintain these expenses.

Of course, this is only theoretical. is to follow Liu Xian's practice, and directly let his military horses be carried out according to the regular army, so that there will be such a big cost. But in reality, it doesn't really cost so much money. Or that Liu Xian doesn't need to spend so much money every month with such real money.

For example, in terms of eating and drinking for tens of thousands of military horses, Liu Xian actually did not need to directly spend money to buy military rations. Because these tens of thousands of military horses will also participate in farming, just like the tuntian system, so that when they are busy with farming, they can collectively open up wasteland and participate in farming. Since the beginning of spring ploughing in 185, this year has passed, and there have been two periods of grain harvest a year, in which the grain is equivalent to growing itself, and there is no need to spend additional money to buy.

In addition, military uniforms and quilts were also produced by the textile workshop opened by Liu Xian, or they were made by mobilizing the people and then purchased at a fair price. So, these expenses are not too much. In terms of weapons and equipment, most of the sergeants brought their own, and a small part were made by the craftsman workshop established by Liu Xian.

But in any case, it is really not an easy task to raise so many military horses. What's more, this is still Liu Xian, it is Liu Xian's complete control of Yangshi County and Liulin City, and all aspects go hand in hand, and only by developing together can we raise troops like this. At the moment, I'm afraid no one can really do that.

As for someone like Liu Bei, who doesn't even have a stable territory of power, it is simply too likely to raise troops like this and not be able to raise so many men.

Even like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, before they realized that they wanted to stand on their own feet and develop their own territory of influence, they would not be able to raise so many military horses at once. Because even if they had money in their family, they wouldn't let them spend it like that. They themselves are not willing to spend so much money.

In general, Liu Xian's operation in Luoyang Capital is indeed related to the future development, and now is the best time for Liu Xian to accumulate grain. If there is no need, I really don't want to give up my business in the capital.

Today, Liu Xian's private room on the fourth floor of the skybuilding.

Ma Guiren, Kong Xue, Cai Yan, and Huang Wudie are all there. As for Lai Ying'er, together with Diao Chan, he went to prepare for the stage performance.

On the four-storey floor, it's actually not easy to enjoy the performances on the small stage below. Because it's too high, the angle of the relationship. Actually, the best ones are on the second and third floors, so that you can better appreciate the situation of the small stage below.

However, Liu Xian considered this situation when he asked people to build the sky tower. Therefore, some amplified speakers were deliberately made so that the sound could still be transmitted from above. Of course, you have to open the inward windows to hear this.

In addition, the four-storey building is mainly for the outward, standing by the outward window, you can enjoy the farther scenery in Luoyang City.

Liu Xian didn't open the inward window, he didn't plan to listen to Ying'er's songs, if he wanted to hear them, he could hear them at home at any time.

Liu Xian opened the window to the outside, although there was a cold wind blowing in, but he could enjoy the scenery of the lights outside.

The four women inside were all wearing thick robes and were not worried about the cold.

"Husband, what is your head really made of? How can you come up with so many puzzles? And couplets? Hey...... Half moon? Typing a word for this riddle? It's fat, isn't it? And this mystery question, which looks like a poem. The red line hangs the green ball, hangs it on the tree, and is not afraid of wind and rain, but is afraid of thieves stealing. Hit a fruit? Oops, what is this? Husband, tell someone. ”

Cai Yan also read at this time: "In winter, the dragon is lying, and in the summer, the branches and leaves are open, the dragon's whiskers grow upward, and the pearls are lined down." Is this also a hit fruit? Yes, yes......"

Cai Yan frowned, thought for a while and said, "It's grapes?" It must be, right? Husband? People have seen grapes grow. That's what it feels. “

"The willows on the moon are a little fragrant. How can this be said? Hit a flower? “

"Okay, don't guess, if you guess correctly, there are no prizes, these are all taken down and hung up for guests to guess. Yan'er, don't say any grapes, as soon as I hear you, my saliva will flow, and I want to eat it. Xian'er, in this winter, what sweet and sour fruits are there, get some for others. Ma Guiren interrupted the two women.

Ma Guiren's reaction was earlier, so he always wanted to eat sour things.

"Yes, green apples and green dates, I have already asked people to get them. In addition, cherries and oranges will soon be available, and you will be able to find them in a few days. Liu Xian said: "In addition, there are raisins, which can be used by people now." ”

"Okay, Xian'er has a heart." Ma Guiren said with a smile, pointed to Kong Xue and Cai Yan, and said, "Remember to get more, I think Xue'er and Yan'er are more greedy than others." ”

"Well, I've been craving sour things these days." Kong Xue and Cai Yan both nodded.

Huang Wudie was listening, and looked at the stomachs of their three daughters with some envy, although she couldn't see anything, she still had a little loss.

She also wanted to have a child for Liu Xian, but Liu Xian also told her that she hoped she could wait a few years before asking for it. In fact, except for Ma Gui and Cai Yan, even Kong Xue is only seventeen or eighteen years old now, and there is really no need to rush to have a child. When Liu Xian and Huang Wudie were together, they did deliberately take some measures, so other women would be happy, but Huang Wudie would not have it for the time being.

Liu Xian saw Huang Wudie's reaction in his eyes, patted her jade hand, winked at her, signaled that she didn't have to take it to heart, and then handed over the written riddles to her, and asked her to take them to the people in the sky, so that people could hang them out and let the pedestrians on the Lantern Festival flower street guess the riddles.

In this Lantern Festival activity, Liu Xian was simple and rude. As long as pedestrians and tourists guess the riddle correctly, they will send lanterns or money, or send consumption coupons in the sky. Get a pot of wine and a famous dish or something.

The riddles that are hung out are like this, but the guests who consume in the sky tower can guess a puzzle at the same time on the spot, they don't have to say it, write it out, and within a certain time, if they guess the riddle correctly, they will be directly served with food or free orders.

In addition, there are couplets as well, the sky tower is out of the upper couplet, and the guest answers the lower couplet.

Now, these activities are being carried out enthusiastically.

With Liu Xian here, there are really a lot of puzzle couplets. In addition, there are proposition poems, if the guest makes a good poem according to the proposition, then the consumption is free, and the poem made by the guest will be framed and hung in the sky tower for people to enjoy, and the guest author is famous.

After Huang Wudie left, Ma Guicai said to Liu Xian with some worry: "Xian'er, what do you say people should do now?" It won't be long before you can see the abnormality of someone's stomach. It doesn't matter if you stay at home, but I'm worried that the emperor will summon us, and in addition, the emperor has been sending a lot of people to keep an eye on us, and people are worried that they won't be able to hide it for long. ”

"Yes, husband, it doesn't matter if they have anything to do with Sister Yan, but Sister Ying ...... her," Kong Xue also said a little worriedly.

"Don't worry, I'm trying to figure it out." Although Liu Xian didn't have a better way at this time, he could only comfort Ma Gui first: "Anyway, I've thought about it, Sister Ying, you really shouldn't stay in the capital." After a while, I will find a way to send you out of Beijing and to a safe place, so that you can raise the baby with peace of mind. ”

"It's not appropriate to stay in the capital, but how do you send people out of the capital? I'm afraid that as soon as people leave, the palace will know. Ma Guiren frowned.

"There's always a way." Liu Xian thought about it and said: "It's a big deal, I'll look for a woman who is about the same size and appearance as Sister Ying, and then put on makeup, pretend to be you and stay in the Plains Mansion to hide people's eyes, and then quietly send you out of the city." If there is really no way, then what if we just leave the capital? ”

"No, did you say that the emperor was going to summon people? What is fake is always fake, and it cannot be hidden. ”

"That's right...... Well, there you have it! Liu Xian suddenly thought of Empress He, and said, "Then go directly to the Ming court, and you have to leave the city and leave Beijing." When the time comes, you can use the excuse to accompany Empress He to the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum. As for me, start arranging it now, and when the time comes, you will stay in the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum. ”

Empress He had already told Liu Xian that she planned to live in the palace of the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum for a period of time. But you have to have the right excuse to get there.

Empress He just wanted to have a chance to have a tryst with Liu Xian. Now, Liu Xian felt that he could use it to send Ma Guiren to the palace of the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum. As long as you make arrangements and replace the people there with your own people, then you will be able to keep the secret of Ma Guiren's happiness. In fact, even if there is no Ma Guiren, Liu Xiandu has to be arranged by Queen He. Otherwise, it would be difficult to keep the tryst with Queen He confidential.

"No." Ma Guiren shook his head and said, "Queen He has to at least have an excuse to go to the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum at least when the Qingming Festival is over." There are still two months to go. In addition, the Xishan Imperial Mausoleum is not far from the capital, what if the emperor will also go to worship the imperial mausoleum during the Qingming Festival? ”

Liu Xian thinks about it, there will indeed be such a situation.

However, this doesn't work, that doesn't work, what has to be done?

At that moment, from the outward window, there was a commotion.