Chapter 65: Idleness
Gao Qianqian is extremely famous in Qiuzi City, and it can be said that everyone knows it. After Ma Lan entered the city, he asked a few passers-by, and successfully found Gao Qianqian.
The city is located next to the wealthy area of the Grand Metropolitan Protectorate, and is the most expensive area. In just a short period of time, Gao Qianqian has already bought several large mansions here, and the original owners of several mansions, Hu Shang, who is quite powerful in Qiuzi City, are moving. Gao Qianqian led a group of short-clothed men to stand outside, urging loudly, looking at this posture, it was clear that they were ready to demolish these houses and build workshops immediately.
Seeing Ma Luan's arrival, Gao Qianqian wrinkled her little nose, as if she had forgotten her previous unhappiness.
"You're not persecuting, are you?" Ma Lan asked. This is Anxi, and Hu Shang is also a citizen under his rule, and he doesn't want to ruin his reputation.
"General, where can it be?" A Sogdian in charge of the housing agency laughed, "You don't see how happy they look, where do they look like they are being persecuted?" The price given to them by the eldest lady is thirty percent higher than the market price! The extra income from the sale of this mansion is worth a year's income for them! ”
Ma Lan nodded and said, "That's fine." To do business on the ground in Anxi, it is better to be kind. ”
Gao Qianqian snorted: "I'm not a kind person, I'm just in a hurry to buy this land." If I could snatch the land for nothing, I wouldn't give them a single copper plate. ”
Ma Ling smiled, this is Gao Qianqian's personality, she has always been a person who refuses to suffer. Now she is a businessman, and she must follow the rules of a businessman, otherwise, how can she be polite to these Hu merchants.
The Hu merchants happily moved all kinds of belongings out of the mansion, and after saluting Ma Luan, they left happily. As soon as Gao Qianqian gave an order, more than 100 men in short clothes poured into the courtyards of the houses connected together and began to demolish the buildings inside. Looking at this, Gao Qianqian wants to connect these houses together and build a big workshop.
"Brother Ma Lan, why are you so free today? Don't you have to go back to the barracks today? Seeing that those short-clothed men were working quite hard, Gao Qianqian nodded with satisfaction, looked back at Ma Lan and smiled.
"I'm not going anywhere today, I'm here with you. You're too tired these days, so you have to take a good rest and don't work so hard. Ma Lan smiled gently.
Gao Qianqian's eyes showed surprise: "Really? Are you really with me today? As he spoke, he looked at the sky for a while, and couldn't help but pouted again, "There are only two hours left in the day today, really!" ”
"What's there, and tomorrow, I'll be with you tomorrow. Girl, just leave these things to them, and let's go out of the city. ”
As he spoke, Ma Ling turned over and stretched out his hand to Gao Qianqian.
Gao Qianqian's little face suddenly turned red, but she obediently stretched out her little hand.
Sitting in the saddle with Ma Lan, Gao Qianqian's little face turned even redder, but she didn't forget to tell the leader of the man in short clothes: "Give me a good job, who dares to steal and play tricks, carefully I will uncover his skin tomorrow!" ”
"Work for the eldest lady, who dares not to be unsatisfied!"
"Remember to send me my mount to the Majia Grange!"
"Got it, Miss."
Ma Ling didn't wait for Gao Qianqian to say more, his heel lightly touched the horse's body, the spurs hit the mount, and the war horse neighed in pain, and he had already rushed out quickly.
This spur was also produced by Gao Qianqian, he just mentioned it to this girl, and this girl successfully figured it out. Due to the troublesome manufacturing, it is only a small batch of trial production for the time being, and it has not yet been introduced to the market.
Ma Lan's mount is a good horse from the Fergan Basin, the Fergan Basin is the ancient Dawan Kingdom, this ** is the so-called Pegasus, the divine horse is abnormal, carrying the two of them effortlessly, and soon it is out of the city of Qiuzi.
Gently hugging the girl in front of him, he galloped all the way along the Sihun River. Gao Qianqian kept talking about business at first, and then slowly quieted down, leaning comfortably in Ma Lu's arms, enjoying this rare moment of tranquility.
Compared with the first time I saw her a few months ago, the little girl lost at least ten pounds. Ma Lan smelled the smell of fireworks wafting on her body, looked at the delicate collarbone slightly exposed under her robe, and felt only sorry in her heart.
He really owes her so much, she takes on too much responsibility for him, and does too many things. Originally, she was in Qiuzi City, and she was an arrogant and domineering female overlord, and she didn't have anything to worry about at all. And now, all the big and small things of the Ma family are on her shoulders.
From a distance, I saw a manor in the poplar and red willows, with red walls and black tiles that were very conspicuous, completely different from the surrounding granges. Gao Qianqian saw that the manor immediately came to her senses, sat up straight, pointed to the manor and said with a smile: "Brother Ma Lan, the new Ma family Zhuangzi is almost finished, and we will live here tonight." Don't worry, those beauties of yours are all fragrant now, and there is no sooty smell anymore, giggles! ”
Ma Ling smiled: "No matter how good they are, they can't compare to my Qianqian." I won't go to anyone today, so I'll accompany my family Qianqian. ”
Gao Qianqian glanced at Ma Lan with disgust, and snorted: "It's good to say it now, I'm afraid that I won't be able to help it after a while." ”
Ma Ling laughed dryly and said, "Isn't that my Qianqian still haven't passed the door!" When Qianqian and you pass the door, I won't go anywhere, so I'll accompany you Qianqian. ”
Gao Qianqian is still a girl, where can she hear such words, she can't help but blush, and she covers her face with her hands and is ashamed.
The person she likes said such a thing, she was really happy, feeling that Ma Lan's big hand began to be restless, Gao Qianqian's delicate body trembled, and quickly took Ma Lan's hand away from her lower abdomen, and said weakly: "Then you will go to Chang'an to find my father to propose, what's the matter with such a drag." ”
Ma Lan smiled and withdrew his hand, only to feel that his fingertips were smooth and abnormal, and his heart said what kind of wonderful taste it would be if he really became a couple in the future.
"Of course you want to propose, isn't this waiting for the reward from the imperial court. Bian Lingcheng said that I can be a marquis, and I will go to your house when I am a marquis, and I am more sure that it is not. Otherwise, it will be ugly to be kicked out by your father. ”
"Before you officially get married, you are not allowed to exceed the courtesy!" Gao Qianqian snorted.
Ma Lan smiled and nodded. After all, this was a thousand years ago, and even if it was a strange woman like Gao Qianqian, it was impossible to accept his too intimate actions. If he really wanted to do something to her, she would naturally be irresistible, but it would be extremely troublesome afterwards.
After returning to Qiuzi City for such a long time, more than thirty beautiful concubines in the backyard have come to sleep, and it can be said that he has tasted all kinds of wonderful tastes, but as time goes by, he is more looking forward to becoming a man of Gao Qianqian.
This period was busy training the new army, and the new Zhuangzi had been in operation for so long, and Ma Lan had not been here once. Ma Lan knew that if he went in now, he would immediately be surrounded by those warblers and swallows, and he would inevitably have to make a big deal of absurdity. The best way to avoid this from happening is not to go in for a while.
Gao Qianqian felt a little weird about Ma Lan's insistence, her eldest brother Ma Lan was famous for his prodigality, and she hadn't been close to women for so long, I'm afraid she couldn't help it. Although he couldn't understand it, seeing that Ma Lan insisted, he had no choice but to follow him.
The two rode around Zhuangzi and found a shallow place to cross the Sihun River, and Gao Qianqian proposed to go to his own pasture in Tiangu Land to have a look. Ma Lan knew that she was concerned about the Ma family's property there, and she was not at ease with Ge Qiu'er, so she smiled and relied on her.
The valley is fed by glacial meltwater and can be grazed all year round. Relying on the memories left by the men in Guanzhong, Ma Lu walked nearly 100 miles after crossing the Sihun River and successfully found his own pasture.
The scale of the ranch has far exceeded Ma Lu's expectations, and the Turkic herdsmen under Ge Qiu'er have reached more than 500 people, which can already be said to be a small tribe. The number of sheep and horses in the valley is far beyond Ma Lu's imagination.
Ge Qiu'er was extremely happy to see Ma Lan coming. The little girl ordered a few slave girls to boil it in snow water and bathe it well, and then she saw her master again with a well-behaved face.
Seeing this, Gao Qianqian didn't know what Ge Qiu'er meant. This most childish-looking Turkic girl was the favorite of Brother Ma Lan among the concubines, and she couldn't say anything.
After asking Ge Qiu'er, Ma Lu learned that there were two small tribes that had recently started a war, one of them was defeated, and the victorious side sold all the young slaves to her, more than two hundred people, so that there were so many of her men.
It is common for the foothill tribes to fight for pastures, but few of the Western Turkic tribes dare to offend the Tang Dynasty, Ge Qiu'er has Ma Luan behind him, and he occupies such a huge valley, but the nearby tribes do not dare to come and rob it. The winner turns the loser into a slave, and the loser will think that it is justified and there is no resentment.
The tribes of the steppe have always been like this, and only force can make them fearful. The Western Turks were reluctant to provoke the Tang people easily because they had been defeated by the Tang Dynasty too many times. The Turkic tribes west of Jinshan have forgotten what fear is because they have not been at war with the Tang Dynasty for too long, and recently several governors of the Anxi Protectorate are gradually reminding them. However, the steppe tribes in the foothills of the Tianshan Mountains to the east of Jinshan have never forgotten what fear is.
The tens of thousands of sheep and thousands of horses grazed by these more than 500 people, including these more than 500 young Turkic slaves, were the property of the Ma family. For the sake of the face of these industries, Gao Qianqian also decided not to worry about Ge Qiuer. Ge Qiu'er didn't let her interfere in the affairs of the ranch, and Gao Qianqian interrupted to reveal it.
As twilight approached, Ge Qiu'er was about to pull Ma Ling into her tent. Gao Qianqian saw Ma Luan's appearance and knew that he had already moved, so she could only snort sullenly.
This Turkic girl is the most understanding and the most able to serve, and she will never refuse Ma Lan's request, watching the little girl's immature face work hard between her legs, Ma Lan forgot about everything else for a while, and enjoyed this wonderful taste.
With Ge Qiuer, it is often a sleepless night. The energy that the whole army began to accumulate poured into the little girl's thin body, and the spring breeze was a few degrees overnight, which was refreshing.
Although I haven't slept all night, I am refreshed in the morning. Looking at the little girl curled up on the carpet again, I said that I was too forgetful this time, this girl didn't have to go out today.
The sound of horses' hooves could be heard in the distance, breaking the quiet of the valley in the early morning. Ma Lu walked out of the tent quickly, and the Turkic herdsmen had already made a vigilant gesture.