When the army arrived at Qiuzi, it was already the beginning of November in the first year of Zhide.

On the banks of the Sihun River, along the banks of the river on both sides, there are large and small buildings, high chimneys are everywhere, spitting black smoke and dust into the sky, and there is a piece of gray fluttering everywhere in the field of vision, three blue-gray bridges are erected on the big river, and there is an endless stream of carriages coming and going on the bridges.

This is today's Ma family workshop, which now occupies an area larger than the nearby city of Qiuzi, where the rudiments of modern civilization have emerged, as evidenced by the three concrete bridges. With this, there is the drawback of modern civilization, and the pollution caused by the heavy use of coal has made the entire workshop area basically uninhabitable.

The entire workshop area was surrounded by a high wall, and a large number of soldiers were stationed outside, and if the Sihun River passed through the city, the turbulent water currents pushed the waterwheels on the shore, providing the necessary power to the workshop. Although it was winter, the river did not freeze, but the amount of water was less, and the impact on production was not too great.

In the center of the workshop, there is a building with a fortress, which is where Master Li Xiu lives. The Ma family workshop can achieve today's achievements, the biggest contributors are Gao Qianqian and Li Xiu, Gao Qianqian's credit lies in the development, and the various ideas of Ma Xuan into reality is Li Xiu master.

The water of the Sihun River passing through the city is a little black, and it is no longer drinkable, and the whole workshop area can smell the choking smell of soot. Overall, though, the Ma family's workshop feels thriving, and something is quietly being nurtured in the area.

The things produced in the workshop are mainly military, but there are also some civilian things, such as cement. Most of the people in the nearby grange have become workshop workers, and much of the hard-earned land has been left uncultivated. No one pays attention to health, and there are not many people wearing masks in the entire workshop area, although masks are distributed free of charge. But it's no wonder. Some things are not so easy to change, and telling these Hermes-epitek dust that they may have killed them is undoubtedly playing the piano to the cow, and few people will believe it. When Ma Ling saw Gao Qianqian, this girl herself was not wearing a mask, she was dressed in black and gray, and she smiled and showed two rows of white teeth.

"There are not many craftsmen who are willing to return to Chang'an. After all, if you go back, you will return to the general as a regulatory jurisdiction, and without the money here, not to mention the status, our side is extremely respectful to them, and they are treated like people. There are also a few who want to go back, all of them are old and want to return to their roots, they just want to go back with money and silk to enjoy happiness, but they don't want to go to prison again. Brother Ma Lan, if you want Chang'an to have the ability to manufacture these ordnance, this matter is actually a bit difficult to do. ”

Ma Lan reached out and patted the dust on Gao Qianqian's body. put a clean mask on Gao Qianqian's face again, and her movements were extremely gentle. A slight smile appeared in Gao Qianqian's eyes, and she gently leaned on Ma Lan's shoulder.

"The craftsmen have made great contributions to the city, and they are not willing to return to the prison as prisoners, and no one can force them. It's okay if no one wants to go, I'll send detailed information to Zhang Xun, and let him have a headache for the rest. However, Xiao Zhang Tanhua is still capable. In the future, it will definitely be able to create things such as the Yuanrong crossbow and fire thunder. ——The old people who want to go back to Chang'an have already been arranged? ”

"Hmm. It's already arranged. When it is spring, send them back. In the future, the monthly rate of five yuan per person per month is nothing to them, but it is just a little bit of our heart, and they are not bad at this little money. I told them that as long as the general was still in the west. As long as they're alive, the money will always be there. The old men cried when they heard this, and said that only the great general in the whole world regarded the craftsmen as human beings......"

The mask covered her mouth and nose, Gao Qianqian's voice sounded a little more coquettish, and Ma Ling nodded. The Anxi army can have today's prestige, and these craftsmen who will be the prisoners have also made great efforts, and such people naturally have to be treated well, even after leaving Anxi.

"Master Li Xiu is very willing to go to the river, and he doesn't plan to return to Chang'an. Now he is full of turning your vision into reality, and he no longer mentions the matter of rehabilitating Zhaoxue for his father. By the way, he's built several types of artillery, and he's been waiting for you to come back and take a look—huh? ”

Gao Qianqian was talking, when she was suddenly hugged by Ma Luan's waist, and her little face turned red in slight surprise. Although this is her husband, but after all, he has never been to the door, let alone ...... There are so many people here.

"Brother Ma Lan, you ......" Gao Qianqian said in a low voice, her little face was as red as a red cloth, but she felt that Ma Lan gently kissed her earlobe, and then a voice sounded in her ears: "Girl, marry me!" ”

There were indeed a lot of people nearby, and they looked at each other, and quickly turned their heads away. Gao Qianqian's little face turned even redder, and she said in a low voice: "Brother Ma Xuan, you let go-people were going to marry you......"

"Girl, in a few days, marry me seriously."

"Huh?" Gao Qianqian's body trembled slightly, "Brother Ma Xuan, what did you say?" ”

"Girl, I want you to be my wife, within ten days."

"Ten days—but people...... People haven't prepared any dowry yet......" Gao Qianqian's heart was pounding, almost falling to the ground, and her voice trembled.

"It's enough to have you, what dowry do you want."

"Oh!"

Being held tightly in Ma Lan's arms, Gao Qianqian's heart was extremely chaotic, sooner or later there would be this day, or this day should have come a long time ago, and when this day really came, she suddenly became extremely nervous.

It was so sudden, she didn't know anything beforehand, and she didn't have any preparations.

Seeing Gao Qianqian's appearance, Ma Ling didn't say more, such a thing is a major event in his life, and Gao Qianqian's reaction was actually what he expected. It's not that I'm unhappy, I'm just a little nervous. After all, to give herself completely to a man, any woman will be nervous at this point.

However, with Gao Qianqian's personality, the tension should not last long, after all, it is a real love affair, and she is naturally willing.

There were a lot of people working in the workshop, and many of them hid their bodies, but they still couldn't help but look this way. Gao Qianqian's face was tender after all, and she finally struggled to break free from Ma Lan's embrace, Ma Qian looked at her beautiful little face, and was also very much looking forward to the moment in a few days.

Since the last time through the southern foot of the green mountain into the river, Ma Lan this is the first time to return to Qiuci, the northern expedition back to the west of the moraine, is to bypass the entire green ridge and then through the Yili River Valley to the north of the garden, did not pass through Qiuzi, more than two years have passed, the Ma family workshop has changed greatly, has made him unrecognizable.

At that time, the Ma family workshop was only on the side of the Sihun River, and had not yet begun to burn cement, and there were no three concrete arch bridges on the Sihun River. This is a bit of a modern industrial city.

Of course, the entire city is the result of Gao Qianqian's efforts, and all of them are the Ma family's industry, that is, his private property.

The workshop is very large, and there are a lot of newly built things, Gao Qianqian led Ma Ling to continue to look at them one by one, but he seemed a little absent-minded. When she was about to walk to the area where Li Xiu was, Gao Qianqian suddenly bit her lip: "Brother Ma Xuan, is Yang Youniang also going to Anxi?" Are you going to marry her too? ”

"yes." Ma Lan rubbed her little brain melon and smiled gently, "That's natural, otherwise I will have a reputation for resisting the will." She'll be here in a few days, and you'll all be my wives by then—girl, aren't you happy? ”

"No, it should be like this, if you don't marry her at the same time, people won't worry-then after you marry us, will the three of us have to sleep in the same bed?" Gao Qianqian's expression was a little strange, and she said in a low voice.

Ma Ling twitched the corners of her mouth, looked at Gao Qianqian's nervous look, nodded with a smile, and said solemnly: "Of course, you are all my wives, naturally you all have to sleep in the same bed with me, what's the matter, don't you want to?" ”

"Not really." Gao Qianqian snorted, "It's just—it's just a little awkward." ”

This girl has always been neat and neat, rarely showing her little daughter's attitude like this, Ma Lu also felt funny when she looked at her, and reached out and pinched her little nose.

"It hurts!" Gao Qianqian glanced at Ma Lan.

This girl was worried about this matter, Ma Lan also felt a little funny, and the two walked into the castle where Li Xiu lived, and also saw several cannons cast by Li Xiu. The sound of the test gun was extremely loud, and it didn't make Gao Qianqian come back to her senses. Several kinds of artillery made Ma Lan extremely satisfied, Li Xiu's products must be high-quality, and if he did not reach zero and his own satisfaction, Li Xiu would not officially take it out.

I talked to Li Xiu about the establishment of a few more workshops in the river, and told Li Xiu a few new ideas, and the things that were originally proposed have basically been realized by Li Xiu, and after knowing these new ideas, Li Xiu was extremely excited. Looking at the appearance of the guy, Ma Lan felt that he would probably be able to see the Tang Dynasty officially enter the era of flintlock pistols in his lifetime.

After bidding farewell to this scientific madman, Ma Lan left the workshop and did not return to the Dadu Protectorate in Qiuzi City, but went to his own grange. Like the pastures at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, the Grange is no longer of much value to the Ma family today, but it has an extremely important symbolic significance.

Ma Qian came back, and Gao Qianqian also accompanied her back to the grange, and after meeting the seventh uncle together, Gao Qianqian hurriedly went to bathe and change clothes, dressed up refreshingly and refreshingly, looking extremely moving. Ma Lan's gaze became a little intense, Gao Qianqian also sensed something, glared at Ma Lan with a red face, and said, "I'll arrange for someone to accompany you tonight." So he hurriedly ran to the backyard.

"It's not my ...... sooner or later," Ma Lan said in her heart, looking at this bright girl, her heart was extremely refreshing.

It took a long time for Gao Qianqian to go, and Ma Lan accompanied Qibo to talk for more than an hour, and Gao Qianqian didn't come out. When Ma Lan accompanied Qibo to dinner and returned to his residence in the backyard of the Grange, he found that Gao Qianqian was there, pulling a Turkic girl and asking questions. (To be continued......)