"Ma Ling is grateful to have a doctor to help me. Ma Lu is just a martial artist, and if there is no doctor to help, he will definitely achieve nothing. Ma Lan looked at Feng Changqing and said respectfully.

"Iniquity! Unjust! Ma Lan, Ma Lan, is your rise a disaster for the Tang Dynasty or a blessing for the Tang Dynasty? Feng Changqing shook his head again and again, his expression was gloomy, he limped out of the gate, and left on his horse.

Ma Lan respectfully watched Feng Changqing leave, and then got on the horse and rushed back to the grange.

He knows his own affairs, and if he didn't have Feng Changqing in charge, he really couldn't do anything. The original Guanzhong man was a martial artist, although he was from the later generations, he was just a mortal in the later generations, but he just read more books, with his current ability, it was not easy to gain a foothold in the land of the four wars. So what I said to Feng Changqing just now was definitely not a compliment.

He really needed Feng Changqing to help him, and of course he was sure that Feng Changqing would definitely do it. Wang Zhengjian was the chief general of Anxi, he stood on Ma Lan's side, although Feng Changqing had different opinions, he could only do his best for the Han people of Anxi. There is no problem with the quality of a person like him.

The role of the Beiting Protectorate was originally to separate the Eastern and Western Turks, and the role of the Anxi Protectorate was to guard against Tibet. The old general attacked the broken leaves but couldn't defend them, so he could only burn things down with a fire, and he was depressed, so he chose to believe in Ma Lu, and let him take such a risk.

Back then, Pei Xingjian re-established the four towns, and Wang Fangyi was able to build a city and defend it after occupying the broken leaves, that was because the ten tribes of the Western Turks had long been accustomed to obeying the Tang Dynasty and rebelled at any time, but after all, they were afraid of the great military might of the Heavenly Khan. After the construction of Broken Leaf Castle, the Han people multiplied in it for 50 years, with a population of more than 10,000. If there are a few more decades, I am afraid that the broken leaves will be like Xizhou back then, and it will become the territory of the Han people forever.

A few years ago, when Wang Zheng saw the Turquoise cavalry attacking the broken leaves, the situation was very different. The broken leaves have been returned to Tuqi for a long time, and the local Han people are almost extinct. And the Tuqi Shi Fei Ashina clan, has not been subject to the Tang Dynasty's decree for a long time, and the tribes of the Qianquan Grassland have not much reverence for the Tang Dynasty, and Wang Zhengjian will inevitably become a lone army if he stays in Broken Leaf Town. Therefore, although the old general was unwilling, he could only burn down Broken Leaf City and then return to the North Court.

Without the rise of the Sulu Khanate, and the Western Turkic tribes still belonged to the Ashina clan, it would have been much easier for the Tang Dynasty to reopen the Broken Leaf Military Town. It's a pity that this time is different from the past, although the Western Turks have been repeatedly defeated by the Tang Dynasty, and the tribes have been forced to gradually move westward, they are no longer willing to sincerely submit to the Tang Dynasty.

Ma Lan rode his horse slowly on the road leading to the Grange, watching the snow melt on the poplar and red willows beside the road, wrinkling his brows and thinking.

Wang Zhengjian also put the burden of reopening the Broken Leaf Military Town on his head, which can be regarded as a great trust, so he had to think about this matter.

The Turgish Khanate was basically defeated, and the most powerful west of Jinshan were the Qarluq tripart. If you want to reopen the Broken Leaf Military Town, you will have to face a powerful Turkic tribe.

It is recorded in the history books that Gao Xianzhi's defeat at the Talas River was due to the betrayal of the Qarluqs, but in fact, the Qarluqs just saw that the big cannibals were powerful and seized the opportunity to withdraw from the battlefield first, and did not really dare to attack the Tang army. Otherwise, how could Ge Lulu Ye Hu send a messenger to pay tribute in the eleventh year of Tianbao, how could the Tang Dynasty Son of Heaven accept his tribute, and how could it be impossible for the Anxi army to send troops to conquer the three divisions of Ge Lulu after the return of the army.

Of course, escaping from the battle is already a betrayal for the Tang Dynasty, but this kind of betrayal is different from falling to the big cannibal to flank the Tang army. The Tang Dynasty may not have the idea of punishing the three tribes of Gelulu, but soon after the Anshi Rebellion broke out, China had no time to look west, and even Anxi Wanli Frontier was discarded, how could it take care of the Qarlu tribe far west of Jinshan.

The record of the three parts of Qarlu in Chinese historical materials came to an abrupt end after the Anshi Rebellion. Fortunately, the black-clothed food is also a real civilized country, and the historians of Baghdad have also left a lot of precious information, so that Ma Ling can know that after the Tang Dynasty withdrew from Anxi, the Qarluqs also established a huge steppe empire, and it lasted for hundreds of years.

After that, it was the Turks who came into contact with the Great Cannibals, and gradually became influenced by the religion of the Great Cannibals and converted to Huda. As a barbarian tribe on the border of the Great Food Empire, the Turks had strong military strength, they first participated in the Great Cannibal army as mercenaries, and then replaced the Persians as the core force of the Great Food Army, and then the Turks deposed the caliphate in Baghdad, effectively taking charge of the empire, and the Turkic monarch became the caliph's designated sultan. This situation was maintained until the era of Genghis Khan's rise.

Of course, this is an extremely long process, and China has changed generations several times in the process.

The impact and integration of the Turkic tribes and the Great Cannibals was a major event in the Islamic world. And in this day and age, this convergence has not yet happened, or is about to happen.

Now between the Turkic tribes and the Great Cannibals, separated by the Sogdians in the river. The Sogdians are still clinging to their Zoroastrianism and are unwilling to renounce their faith. The Turkic tribes, under the leadership of the Sulu Khan, fought with the Great Cannibals in the river for decades, and were still enemies of life and death, so they naturally would not be affected by the Great Cannibal religion.

In addition to seizing this fertile oasis for the Han people, it also had the intention of separating the great cannibals from the Turks and preventing the Turks from converting to Huda. Speaking of occupying Hezhong and reopening the Broken Leaf Military Town, it can actually be regarded as one thing, both in order to open up more territories for the Han nation, and to allow Han culture to influence more areas.

The Turkic people of this era are very different from the Turkic descendants of later generations, except for the so-called blue Turkic nobles Ashina clan and the later rise of the Turkic Shihuang Khan family, most of the Turks are black-haired and black-eyed, and belong to the "Mongol race" like the Han people, and are not much different from the Han people in the Central Plains. Before the influence of the Great Cannibals, the possibility of integrating the Turkic people into the Chinese cultural circle still existed.

If not, then the best thing to do is to eliminate it completely. In any case, it is absolutely unacceptable to let the powerful steppe Turks become Hu Da's followers.

The reopening of the Broken Leaf Military Town will not only reopen the northern Silk Road and open up the trade route with the Byzantine Empire, but also allow the Han people to gradually occupy the majority here, and the Han culture will gradually affect this place. This is also an extremely important thing in order to expand the area of Han cultural influence.

Thinking all the way, I didn't realize that I had arrived near the Grange. This year's winter is relatively long, and the land has not yet thawed in mid-February. The Grange was already bustling with activity, and black smoke could be seen from the blacksmith's shop from afar.

Ma Ling told Gao Qianqian that it was better to use coal as fuel, and now he regrets it. Dozens of blacksmith stoves were piled up in the grange, making a miasma of smoke and soot floating everywhere. Let her move these things away from the mansion and not listen, saying that she is afraid that others will steal the skills of the Ma family to make shoes. Just kidding, what kind of skill is this, a smart person can quickly imitate one when they get one.

As for Ma Luan's statement that inhaling soot will affect the body, he was directly ridiculed by Miss Gao. Now these dozen blacksmith stoves are working day and night, and the people in the village are all dirty. Dozens of beautiful concubines live in the backyard, all of them are made to smell of soot, so that Ma Lan is not much interested in touching them now.

The farmers did not have anything, and most of the men of each family went to work in the blacksmith shops. With a sledgehammer with a lot of strength and a small amount of strength, you can get 100 copper coins every day, which is enough to buy two buckets of white rice. Where can the Zhuang family have any income in winter, and what can they not be satisfied with such treatment, they are all grateful to the future head of the family, and keep talking about the benefits of Gao Qianqian.

Although Ma Lan came from later generations, the extravagant habits of Ma Lan, a man in Guanzhong, still affected him to some extent. This Zhuangzi was made like this by Gao Qianqian, and it really can't be lived. Gao Qianqian didn't listen to him, so she had to wait for the frozen soil to melt and live in a house outside the village again.

When Ma Lu arrived at the gate of the village, he met Gao Qianqian head-on. The little girl rode a strong horse in a strong suit, followed by a dozen villagers, and was about to go out with a few heavy carriages. Seeing Ma Lan, Gao Qianqian's beautiful eyes immediately bent like a crescent moon, waved her whip and ordered the villagers to go first, and she herself rode a horse to Ma Lan's side.

"Brother Ma Lan, you're back!"

Looking at Gao Qianqian's delicate appearance, Ma Ling smiled and stretched out her hand, gently wiped a piece of black ash from her face, and said, "Those rough guys, just let the dealers do it." Thousands of pounds of shoes left and right, why do you want to send it in person! ”

"Our farriers cost five dollars for a set! This is thousands of dollars, I don't feel at ease when I hand it over to others! Gao Qianqian chuckled. Over the past few days, she has gradually gotten to these intimate actions of Ma Lan. Although it is a bit of a rudeness, she still likes Brother Ma Lan like this.

"Is a set of shoes so valuable?" Ma Lan smiled and said, "Now that many shops in Qiuzi City have begun to sell shoes, what's so special about our shoes?" ”

"It's nothing, the most important thing on our farrier is the mark of the four characters of 'Anxi Maran', and you can know at a glance that it was built by our family. With your current reputation in Anxi, who wouldn't want to buy a set of such shoes? Where is a set of five taels expensive? I'm going to raise the price in a few days! ”

Ma Ling twitched the corners of her mouth, and said in her heart that this girl is really a genius, and she actually has the concept of trademarks. In this era, it was common for things to be named, but they were generally the mark of the craftsman who made the object, and it was never the case that the name of the head of the family was marked like this.

"Brother Ma Lan, you won't be angry, right?" Gao Qianqian smiled, "This is to trample your name under your feet, for the sake of money, don't be angry, okay?" ”

Ma Lan smiled: "Am I such a stingy person? You also know how short of money I am, and for the sake of money, where do I have to account for? ”

Gao Qianqian said: "The farriers made by our family are still few sold on the market, and most of them have been bought by Duan Junzi. He said that this time the Anxi Army needs a lot of shoes, and he wants to wrap our shoes, but I didn't promise him. ”

"You sold it all to Chenggong? Is it also a set of five dollars? Ma Lan frowned.

"yes. He wanted me to give him something cheaper, but I wouldn't. Gao Qianqian smiled.

Ma Luan's face sank slightly.