If the Anxi army wants to sweep the river, the Ma family workshop is the foundation, and Li Xiu is one of the most critical figures. This time, a large number of generals and colonels of the Anxi Army were rewarded by the Son of Heaven, but Li Xiu could only hide in the workshop, not only did he not have his share of the reward, but he didn't even dare to let outsiders know his identity.

For Li Xiu, Ma Lan also has a sense of apology in his heart. However, this is not the time for Li Xiu to appear in public, because the previous recital of Li Xiu's illness and death was written by him himself, which is equivalent to admitting the crime of bullying the king.

Li Xiu was immersed in the many wonderful ideas that Ma Lu told him, and he didn't seem to care about them. However, for Ma Lu, Li Xiu's exploits are not allowed to be erased, and Li Xiu must be given a considerable reward in the future.

"Brother Ma Lan, will this thing be made for me?" Gao Qianqian held the flintlock pistol and couldn't put it down, looking at Ma Luan and begging. She usually looks capable, but at this time, she begged Ma Lu in front of so many people, obviously she really likes this flintlock pistol.

"Okay, here you go." Ma Lan smiled and nodded.

Gao Qianqian laughed happily, Li Xiu took the flintlock pistol from Gao Qianqian's hand, and explained the usage to Gao Qianqian again. Ma Lan only noticed at this time that this flintlock pistol actually even had insurance.

For Li Xiu's skillful hands, he also admires it even more. Li Xiu took the bag containing gunpowder and a bag of lead bullets and handed them to Gao Qianqian.

"Brother Ma Lan, what is this thing called? You name it! Gao Qianqian held the handle of the gun and said.

Ma Lan nodded, thought for a while and smiled: "This thing fires with flint, it can be called a flintlock pistol, and the moraine is full of gravel in the Moxi River, so you can call it the Desert Eagle!" ”

"Okay, it's called the Desert Eagle!" Gao Qianqian smiled happily, and her little nose was wrinkled.

Li Xiu made a total of three such flintlock pistols. Gao Qianqian wanted to take a handful, so he took another one and gave it to Ma Lu.

Ma Lan looked at the arquebus samples made by Li Xiu again, and was also extremely satisfied. This arquebus has a body length of four and a half feet, a barrel of more than three feet, and a simple and reliable structure, which is suitable for a large number of equipment of the Eighth Army in Hezhong.

Li Xiu's products are all produced by the ultimate before they are willing to be taken out, and striving for perfection is his consistent style.

Ma Lan asked Li Xiu, the cost of each of these arquebuses does not exceed 30 yuan, which is mainly due to the high cost of steel parts. For Ma Lan, the price is still acceptable.

Of course, Gao Qianqian is still responsible for production, and it is impossible not to leave Gao Qianqian's profits, and the specific price of selling to Anxi Army will have to be discussed with Gao Qianqian.

Ma Lan came to Qiuzi and did not enter the city, and went to his own grange as soon as possible, in order to see what progress Li Xiu made here. The situation here made him extremely satisfied, not only the improvement of gunpowder and the appearance of firearms, but also the transformation of the Eight Bull Crossbow. After Li Xiu's improvement, the range of the eight-bull crossbow has reached 1,200 steps, which is 200 steps more than the original history of the Northern Song Dynasty Wei Pi's transformation of the eight-bull crossbow to achieve the ultimate range of 1,000 steps, but the weight is greatly reduced than the original old-fashioned eight-bull crossbow. Once this terrifying weapon is equipped with a large number of Anxi troops, it will be a nightmare for the Hu people and the steppe barbarians on the battlefield.

Li Xiu's box crossbow, which Li Xiu originally valued very much, was still being modified. According to Li Xiu, it is also a semi-finished product, and it is not easy to take it out for the general to see.

After leaving the Grange, Ma Lu took the athletes to Qiuzi City and saw Feng Changqing again.

Imperial Doctor Feng Changqing is now the Marquis of Jiaohe County, and Ma Lan has been in Chang'an for several months, but the will to reward the generals of the Anxi army has already arrived in Anxi. In the past few months, Feng Changqing has presided over the affairs of Anxi alone, and the Feng doctor after the marquis has done his best. Seeing Ma Lan's return, Feng Changqing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"How's it going in the middle of the river?" Ma Lan didn't have time to greet Feng Changqing too much, so he asked directly.

Feng Changqing said: "Ma Xiang-"

"The doctor can call me Renjie, Ma Ling will always be a junior in front of you, and the doctor should not be polite to me."

Feng Changqing shook his head and said with a smile: "The top and bottom are orderly, how can you mess up the dignity and humility?" Ma Xiang, now the situation in the river is relatively calm, Li Siye, Li Fei Yuanli, Duan Xiushi and they continue to pass on the news, and now the big cannibal has not made the slightest movement south of Wuhu Water. The city has been built into a male city by Li Siye and them, and three small cities and many fortresses have been built around it, and the horse shop beacons have been spread all over the river, and now the river is no different from Anxi. In the past few months, there has been no major fighting, mainly to build the city and build beacons to set up horse shops and camel shops. At present, in addition to the Anxi New Army and Li Siye's troops, there are also 30,000 Sogdian elite soldiers of the King of Qinhua, and nearly 20,000 soldiers from various Western Turkic departments to help the war. ”

"What about immigration? How's it going? Ma Lan asked.

Feng Changqing smiled: "Everything is going well. Now the Han people who have moved in have all built their houses, and all of them are located in Anxizhou, surrounded by our army. The land along the river is indeed extremely fertile, and there is nothing that the old men do not like. According to the merits of the military, the land has been divided, there is no shortage of seeds and farm tools, there are no ploughing cattle, and a batch of inferior horses that cannot go to the battlefield are bought from the Turks, and it is still possible to use them to pull plows. Now they are waiting for the weather to get warmer, and once the weather gets warmer, they will start farming. You also know the temper of the Anxi men, and they are panicked when they see their land idle. ”

Ma Ling breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "The doctor has worked hard." ”

Feng Changqing smiled: "This is nothing. The Son of Heaven said that the poor families in Guanzhong who could not afford to pay the rent should be forced to immigrate to Anxi, which was a major event. Ma Xiang, I don't know how many immigrants from Guanzhong will be there this time, but the intention is that all immigrants will be resettled in the river within a year, and it will be difficult to do it if there are more people. ”

Ma Ling smiled bitterly and said: "In the second province of Gyeonggi in the Guannai, there are more than 450,000 immigrants!" ”

"Four hundred and fifty thousand!" Feng Changqing exclaimed.

"With so many immigrants in one year, Your Majesty is really crazy!" Ma Lan shook his head. In Chang'an, he didn't dare to say this, but now in Anxi, he finally couldn't help it.

Feng Changqing's face was pale, and he said in a deep voice: "Ma Xiang, the matter of eating the king's loyalty to the monarch is to live up to the word loyalty." As a courtier, how can you accuse the monarch of the father! 450,000 people, we try our best to settle for Your Majesty, how can we complain! ”

"The doctor is right, Renjie has been taught." Ma Lan twitched the corners of his mouth.

Feng Changqing is also a person, in front of his majesty, he spoke disrespectfully, and being reprimanded was simply self-inflicted.

"450,000 immigrants, Yongye Tiankou divided fields together to tens of millions of acres! It is not enough to rely on the land in the river that can be cultivated. The land in the river is concentrated on the banks of the Wuhu Water and the Yaozhi Water, and on the banks of the Nami River, and some oases are too small for military camps to allow immigrants to station. In other words, the immigrants not only had to settle in the land of the nine surnames, but also expanded to the west and south. Feng Changqing frowned, and immediately began to think about how to solve this problem.

This is the case with a person like him, who never thinks about whether his will can be fulfilled, but how to achieve it. In the original history, Feng Changqing's only stain was to boast to Li Longji that Haikou could quickly pacify An Lushan's rebels, which was also due to his temperament.

Ma Ling nodded and said, "It is inevitable to expand outside the land of the nine surnames, which is why I am in a hurry to come back." We have to expand outward and grab more land before we can settle these migrants. ”

Feng Changqing said: "No matter what, the first thing is to send all the immigrants to the river." If you can't grab enough land, don't force it for the time being, if you don't have a hundred acres of mouth, you can divide the permanent industry, and more than ten acres can do it, so that the people can be self-sufficient in the river. Once you settle down, you can slowly expand outward, and sooner or later you will fulfill your promise. ”

Ma Lan shook his head and said, "No! The land matter must be completed this year, and I have been regarded as a traitor by the people of Guanzhong because of the immigration matter. If I don't keep my promise this year, the people will hate me even more. Leaving his hometown and coming to the river, but without the promised land, under the raging feelings, he is afraid that he will immediately provoke a popular uprising. ”

Feng Changqing shook his head and said: "Ma Xiang is too worried, the people of Guanzhong are stoic by nature, and as long as they have a bite to eat, they will not rebel." ”

Ma Lan said: "That won't work either! The eight armies in the river are coming, and before each army reaches the river, we must prepare enough land to meet them. I took the blame for His Majesty this time, but I don't want to carry it forever. I want to leave a name in history, but what I don't want to leave is notoriety and infamy! ”

"Ma Xiang—"

"That's it!" Ma Lan is categorical.

Other things are easy to discuss, but this matter is not negotiable.

The people of Chang'an scolded him and he didn't care, anyway, he didn't want to stay in Chang'an for long, Anxi and Hezhong will be his foundation in the future, his reputation among the Anxi people is already in full swing, but the immigrants in Hezhong hate him very much, and this must be changed.

"Since horses cherish their feathers, then I'll do my best!" Feng Changqing nodded.

"Doctor, Anxi's matter is still hard for you, I will take Jian'er to the river in a few days. There may be big changes in the big food country this year, which is a great opportunity for us. The people in the immigrant river were divided into eight armies by the Son of Heaven, and the first to arrive was the Lantian Army, and there were more than 5,000 sets of Mingguang armor with the Lantian Army......"

Ma Lan looked at Feng Changqing and told him carefully. For Feng Changqing to sit in Anxi, he is a hundred reassuring, and he even has some dependence on this famous veteran in history.

His narrative was a bit messy, and it became orderly as soon as Feng Changqing sorted it out. Half an hour passed, and the reception of the migrants from the river became in order.

The merchants of the Hanaka group had no experience in traveling to the river, so their task was only to bring the immigrants to Anxi. As for going to the river through the South Road of the Green Mountains, this is what Ma Lan and Feng Changqing need to deal with.

After finalizing the reception of the Eighth Army in Hezhong, Feng Changqing also reported to Ma Lan about the situation of the newly trained Anxi New Army.

In the past five months, the Ma family workshop has produced more than 800 Yuanrong crossbows, more than 3,000 riding crossbows, and more than 60 new-style eight-bull crossbows, all equipped with enough crossbow arrows. The Son of Heaven's will to allow the Anxi Army to expand its army had already arrived in Anxi, so Feng Changqing had already recruited 5,000 athletes in advance. These athletes were not recruited from the Han people in the four towns, but all of them came from the three prefectures of the western part of the country, and the targets of the recruitment were not limited to the Han people, but included some Turkic people who had been completely sinicized in the three prefectures of the western part of the country.

These Yuanrong crossbows, riding crossbows, and eight-bull crossbows have all been equipped into the hands of the athletes, and there are still nearly a thousand athletes who have not received weapons and are waiting while training their riding skills. (To be continued.) )