Enter the first chapter of V, the second chapter of today, I hope that the brothers will support. There is still a chapter at twelve o'clock

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"It's getting late, you should stay here first. After so many days of fatigue, take a good rest for a few days, and then go to Qiangtang in a few days. Ma Lan looked at the stunningly colored Xinghu woman with a tired face and said softly.

"Okay, I'm really tired." Michelle nodded, leaned back in her chair, and closed her eyes slightly.

Her breathing suddenly became long and even, and she fell asleep so quickly.

"It's really tiring." Ma Lan twitched the corners of his mouth.

In such weather, it is difficult to cross a few ices and return to Anxi from Qiangtang to Anxi. This stubborn and proud Xinghu woman is completely fighting for her life, not for the Anxi army, but for him alone.

The two beautiful girls of the Long family curled up in the brocade quilt, looking at this proud Xinghu woman with some curiosity, Ma Lan sighed softly, got up and walked to the Xinghu woman's side, picked her up and put her on the bed.

The two little girls of the Long family looked at each other, and their little faces were suddenly full of shy smiles. Ma Lan knew that these two little girls were crooked, so she smiled and stretched out her hand to rub their little brains, got up and walked out of the door.

This is the new Ma Family Grange, which has become empty since those concubines were sent to Chang'an, and there are no people in many small courtyards in the backyard, only two young girls of the Long family live here next to Ma Lu's residence. Gao Qianqian would occasionally come over to take care of it, but this girl spent most of her time in the original Majia Grange, where she had countless affairs to worry about.

Uncle Qi has completely given up his identity as the housekeeper of the Ma family, and concentrates on tending to the fields in the new Ma family Zhuangzi, wanting to sort out more Zetian for the Ma family. The old man stubbornly believes that the field is the most important thing, and no amount of gold, silver, pearls and jade can compare to hundreds of acres of fertile land. The old man slept vigilantly at night, and as soon as Ma Lan came out of the backyard, the door of the old man's house opened.

Ma Lan asked Qibo to go outside the Grange to invite Zhao Yang in, it was not a matter to stay outside on such a cold day. Zhao Yang was extremely shy, and when he saw Ma Xuan, the main general, he was extremely nervous, and when he didn't see Mi Xue, his expression was slightly weird.

"Uncle Qi, find a room for him to rest. This posterity must have been exhausted after such a long journey. Ma Lan patted Zhao Yang's shoulder and looked at Qi Bodao.

"Young man, come with me." Uncle Qi smiled, looking at Zhao Yang as if he was looking at his own son and nephew.

Zhao Yang arched his hand towards Ma Lan, just took two steps, suddenly sniffled, and said in a low voice: "What a strange fragrance." ”

"What scent? Why didn't I smell it? Ma Lan smiled.

Zhao Yang sniffed vigorously a few more times, hesitated for a moment, pointed in a direction in the backyard, and said, "It's over there, there's a fragrance over there." ”

The reason why Ma Lan was impressed by Zhao Yang was that this kid's nose was extremely sensitive. Following the direction pointed by Zhao Yang, Ma Ling nodded with a light smile and said, "Okay, let's go and rest!" ”

Zhao Yang followed Qibo away, and Ma Lan returned to the backyard and walked straight into the small courtyard where Kang Qingqing lived before.

Behind the shadow wall, the poppies have dried up. Kang Qingqing was not here, and no one paid attention to these "miracle medicines" at all. Ma Lan promised Kang Qingqing to take care of these magic medicines for her, but how busy he was, where did he remember such a trivial matter.

The direction that Zhao Yang pointed to just now should be here. It is supposed to be this plant that gives off a strange fragrance.

Kang's royal family regarded poppy as a miracle medicine, Kang Qingqing once used tobacco soil to put it in Feng Changqing's food, wanting to kill Feng Changqing, but now half a year has already passed, and Doctor Feng is still alive and kicking. The power of this kind of thing is not as great as Kang Qingqing thought at all.

In his previous life, he didn't read carefully, and he only knew that the poppy juice was used to smoke after the Ming Dynasty, so he took it for granted that the poppy was also introduced to the Central Plains in the Ming Dynasty.

The poppy has long been introduced into the Central Plains, and is regarded as a precious and rare ornamental flower, with the name of rice sac flower, poppy flower, etc., it is recorded in the new book of the "Materia Medica" of the Chen Zang Ware of the time, the Chen Zang has been dead for less than 20 years, and this book has only recently been transmitted to Anxi, and Ma Lan has just gotten.

If the Kang royal family has a unique way of using opium poppies, it is that they have learned to use opium poppies to harm people. The "Collection of Materia Medica" only records the medicinal value of poppy seeds, and the Tang people of this era only planted opium poppies for ornamental and medicinal purposes, and the amount of cultivation was very small.

The poppy is not a demon, what is made of the poppy is the devil. The Tang people don't know how to harm people with poppies, and Ma Lan would rather they never know.

It is already winter, the poppy has dried up, and it is no longer possible to collect the juice to dry up and harm people. However, such a large area of poppy bushes can harvest a lot of seeds.

It took Ma Ling a moment to collect all the poppy fruits, put them in Kang Qingqing's room, and then cut off all the poppy stems, piled them up and burned them.

This kind of thing that costs people's lives Ma Ling just wants to stay away, and he doesn't want the people in the grange to get a little dirty. The seeds were naturally given to Kang Qingqing, and they barely fulfilled the promise given to her.

The fire was blazing, and a strong strange fragrance permeated the grange.

As soon as Zhao Yang lay down, he smelled this strange fragrance. He wanted to come out and see what was going on, but this was the general's mansion, and he didn't dare to trespass at will, so he had to stay in the room honestly.

Seeing that all the poppy stems had turned into ashes, Ma Lan left Kang Qingqing's courtyard and walked back to his room.

The Xinghu woman slept very deeply, and her eyebrows stretched out to look extremely reassuring. On weekdays, she is like a vigilant female leopard, and she will only be so calm when she is by his side.

The two girls of the Long family are still delicate and attractive, but Ma Lan is not interested, looking at the Xinghu woman who is sleeping deeply, and unconsciously falls asleep.

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Early the next morning, Michelle got up and said goodbye and left. Zhao Yang saw Mi Xue and the general come out together, and remembered what Mi Xue had said at Baishitan, and his expression became even more strange.

Ma Lan originally wanted Mi Xue to rest for a few days before going to Qiangtang, but this Hu girl was extremely stubborn, saying that there were still important things to do over there, and she must leave today. In desperation, Ma Ling had no choice but to give her a warrant to go to the secret camp of Anxi agents to find twenty more good men to go to Qiangtang together.

When Zhao Yang heard that he was going on the road again today, his face was suddenly full of bitterness. But seeing the madwoman's look and knowing that her decision could not be changed, he was worried about the madwoman's safety, so he had no choice but to leave.

After sending Mi Xue and Zhao Yang away, Ma Lan returned to the room and saw that the two delicate girls of the Long family suddenly moved, so she directly lifted the brocade quilt and pulled the second daughter to make a big deal of absurdity in the morning light, making up for all the debts last night. It wasn't until the two girls told each other in jerky official words that Ma Lan left the Grange refreshed.

For such a thing, he has completely adapted to it, and can even be said to enjoy it. Now he only thinks of himself in his previous life occasionally in his sleep. And now, with the busy business, the number of times I dream back to my past life is becoming less and less.

The two little girls were still too young, and if they were so ridiculous in their previous lives, they would inevitably have a great sense of guilt, but now galloping on the young and soft body of the little girl of the Long family, he only had the pleasure of indulgence, but he did not have any burden.

Unconsciously, he was no different from other Anxi army veterans. The bottom line that once stretched in my heart is collapsing one by one. The difference between him and the nobles in this world is getting smaller and smaller.

Riding the horse away from the Grange and galloping towards the original Grange, wanting to meet Gao Qianqian, Gao Qianqian had already gone to Qiuzi City for two hours.

Counting the time, when Gao Qianqian left the Grange early in the morning to inspect the various shops of the Ma family firm in Qiuzi City, she was in the dark between the two girls of the Long family. Ma Lan looked at the winter sun that was almost overhead, and felt ashamed in his heart.

After all, he is the head of the Ma family, and these things should have been his responsibility, but now Gao Qianqian is carrying all the responsibilities on his shoulders, just because he promised to marry her.

After going around the workshops and chatting with Uncle Fang, seeing that everything in the grange was in order, he understood that this was all Gao Qianqian's credit, and Ma Ling was even more reluctant in his heart.

The only thing that can repay her is to fulfill the promise made to her.

"The news from Chang'an should come soon. After the marriage contract with the Yang family is dissolved, the matter of going to the Gao family to propose marriage must be carried out in advance, and there can be no more accidents. Ma Lan thought to himself.

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Today, the various workshops of Majia Grange are fully supplying the military supplies of the Anxi Army, and most of the other businesses are temporarily put aside. With the addition of the skilled craftsmen who were in charge of Chang'an City, the output of steel crossbows that were being produced at full strength increased rapidly, and more than 30 crossbows could be made every day. At this rate, by the time the troops are dispatched next year, the athletes of the new army in Anxi will basically be able to handle each other.

This kind of riding crossbow is lightweight, the range is also good, and the crossbow arrows made of pure steel ensure enough power, and when they are fully equipped, they are the last line of defense of the new army of Anxi in the face of the enemy. When this kind of riding crossbow is fully equipped, the old-fashioned crossbow arrows in the original crossbow array will basically be eliminated except for the powerful Ba Niu crossbow and Fu Yuan crossbow.

The more powerful Yuanrong crossbow is in the process of Li Xiu's transformation, and Ma Lu also went to Li Xiu's separate workshop to take a look, in fact, it can be said that the transformation has been completed. The weight has reached the original scheduled five catties or less, and the range is sufficient, but Li Xiu is not willing to give up, saying that it has been determined that the weight of the Yuanrong crossbow can be reduced to less than three catties, and the range can be slightly increased, and he is unwilling to finalize and mass production.

Two months was originally agreed, but now it has just passed a month. Li Xiu has been living in the workshop for a month, dirty, with a long beard and unkempt hair. Ma Lan saw that he couldn't follow him like this, so he had to let him go.

Li Xiu's ability, Ma Lan has been completely convinced. Once the Yuanrong crossbow is mass-produced to form combat power, it not only has the range and power of a hard crossbow, but also has a firing speed that exceeds that of a bow and arrow, and will become a terrifying weapon second only to the Eight Bull Crossbow in the Anxi Army.

With this kind of thing, the disadvantage of the small number of Anxi Han troops will no longer be a problem, and even the less strong warriors can easily kill the enemy with this sharp weapon. (To be continued.) )