There are more than 4,000 Anxi Jian'er who followed Ma Lan, and they were the Han family children who were stationed in Qiuzi and Yanqi towns before the war.

Among the four towns of Anxi, the three towns of Shule, Qiuci and Yanqi form a line on the oasis at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, guarding the most important middle road of the Silk Road. The South Silk Road where Khotan is located is close to the Kunlun Mountains, too close to Tibet, and the North Silk Road at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains passes through the territory of the Western Turkic tribes. Nowadays, in the whole Anxi territory, the most prosperous is Shule, Qiuzi, Yanqi and Jiaohe County along the Silk Road Middle Road.

Feng Changqing is Gao Xianzhi's deputy general, after Gao Xianzhi entered the court, he was the number one person in Anxi, after Feng Changqing came to Shule, the jurisdiction of these more than 4,000 soldiers should belong to Feng Changqing. However, when Feng Changqing left Shule Town, he still only brought his own hundreds of guards and pro-army, and these more than 4,000 Anxi athletes were still thrown to Ma Lu.

The reason for this, Ma Lan is naturally clear, and even a moral gentleman like Duan Xiushi understands it very well. This time, Ma Ling made a rule in Shule Town, giving a huge pension of 150 yuan to each of the war dead, and it was an eternal example. That being the case, what to do in Shule Town is also to be done again when you get to Qiuzi and Yanqi.

Such a blatant city favor is a taboo for generals. However, this kind of thing will be welcomed by all the soldiers, and even Feng Changqing can't stop it. If he came forward to prohibit Ma Lan from doing this, he was afraid that he would immediately provoke the soldiers to mutiny.

Feng Changqing is a serious person, how can he go to this troubled water for no reason, since he can't stop it, he simply let it go and let Ma Lan finish this matter. As for the benefits and all the consequences of this matter, Ma Lan will bear it himself, and it will not have anything to do with him.

"Renjie, these things can be done by you, but the wealth obtained from the march should still belong to the treasury. When this is done, the rest of the wealth will be delivered to Anzai. Duan Xiushi looked at Ma Lan and said in a deep voice.

Ma Lan smiled, and before he could speak, Du Huan sneered: "Cheng Gong, how to deal with the wealth, even Doctor Feng didn't interfere, Cheng Gong is just waiting, and he can't take care of this matter!" ”

Duan Xiushi straightened his face and said coldly: "I'm here, so I can't see anything treacherous." Is it a gentleman's work to enter a private door obtained from the bloody battle of the three armies? ”

Du Huan pursed his lips and sneered: "However, after General Gao broke through the Shi Kingdom, Jin Zhu entered the private house, and Cheng Gong was also in General Gao's army that day, and he didn't hear a word to stop him, so why do you behave like this today!" ”

"The situation of that day was different from today!" Duan Xiushi blushed and said.

"What's the difference? It is nothing more than a tall general, with a high position and power, and he is feared by the public. My general and Cheng Gong are old friends, and Cheng Gong just wants to deceive him. Du Huan sneered, not giving Duan Xiu real face at all.

Since the launch of Sa Mojian, although he only joined the army in the office, he has won Ma Lan's new position, which can be said to be a monopoly on power. And now that Duan Xiushi came, he directly assumed the position of Du Yuhou, and took away a lot of his power. This has already made the family dissatisfied, but Ma Lan and Duan Xiushi are old friends, and he has great trust in Duan Xiushi, since he thinks he is Ma Lan's mastermind, he can naturally only accept the idea of the main general.

And now that Duan Xiushi asked to hand over the wealth to the treasury, Du Huan naturally couldn't bear it. He comes from a family of gate valves, how can he not understand that many times money is more useful than merit? Ma Lan returned to Anxi, if he didn't have wealth around him, what would he do to fight the bigwigs in the DPRK and China, and what would he use to win over the generals in Anxi? If you don't take care of these people, wanting to dominate Anxi is simply an empty word, even if it is a great feat, it may just be an empty one. In that case, his and Ma Lan's dreams in the river will become a castle in the air, which will never be realized.

What's more, according to convention, some of the wealth in this will also be his own. Duan Xiushi is simply cutting off people's financial means by doing this, and he is naturally unwilling.

Du Huan's words were like swords, guns, and halberds, and Duan Xiushi's face turned pale with anger, but he couldn't refute it. After all, Du Huan was right, in the ninth year of Tianbao, the tall general broke through the battle of Shiguo, and he was also in the army. The tall general brought a large amount of wealth into the private house, and he really did not say a word.

"Okay, okay, join the army, don't talk about it. Chenggong, Du Huan has always been straightforward and fast-talking, you don't have to go to your heart. Seeing that the two were tense, Ma Lan hurriedly spoke.

Duan Xiushi is a good moral gentleman, but Anxi is a frontier, and the Jiedu envoy is a prince, in charge of the right to kill and seize. It is rare for Duan Xiushi to be able to do it alone, how can he be asked to point directly at the fault of Gao Xianzhi, the envoy of the Four Towns Festival? In that case, he wouldn't be able to stay in Anthy at all.

Anxi Duan Junzi, this reputation has made Duan Xiushi and harmed Duan Xiushi. After so many years of repeated meritorious deeds, he is still just a small general, because of his name as a gentleman.

"Renjie, I have been friends with you for many years and know that you are not a greedy person. Tell me for yourself what you are going to do with these riches! Duan Xiushi had a cold face and looked at Ma Luan.

"Naturally, I won't all of this wealth go into private homes. However, it is also impossible to hand over to the government treasury. Ma Lan smiled.

"Renjie, what do you mean—" Duan Xiushi frowned.

"Turning it over to the treasury is just to become the capital for those Hu businessmen to collect money, what is the benefit to my Anxi Jian'er? Included in the private house, hehe, how can I, Ma Renjie, be such a villain! ”

Ma Lan looked at Duan Xiushi with a smile and said slowly: "This wealth will be handed over to Cheng Gong and the army." My Anxi athlete's pension will depend on these in the future. ”

Duan Xiushi understood what Ma Lan meant, it turned out that he had set up a rule in Shule Town, and the pension for the Anxi Army dead was one hundred and fifty yuan, which was not just a lie, but had already made a plan.

Such a fortune plundered from the Sogdians in the river was best used to compensate the dead. It would be impossible to ask the treasury of the Metropolitan Protectorate to bear this expense. Everyone knew that the treasury was just an empty shell, and most of the wealth in it was released to the Hu merchants of Qiuzi, which became their capital for operation on the Silk Road.

"Cheng Gong, now you know that you are a villain in vain!" Du Huan sneered, where was he willing to let go of this opportunity to hit Duan Xiushi.

"The general is so ashamed that his subordinates have such a long-term plan." Duan Xiushi was silent for a moment, a solemn look suddenly appeared on his face, and he looked at Ma Lan and said, "It's just that doing this doesn't seem to be in accordance with the rules, and Doctor Feng may not be able to get by." Last year's Western Expedition, Dr. Feng almost looted the Anxi Mansion Treasury, how could he give up such a large amount of wealth! ”

Ma Lan looked at Duan Xiushi and couldn't help laughing. Duan Junzi is Duan Junzi after all, he really pretends to be a border soldier in his heart, and when he heard about Ma Lan's plan, he immediately changed his name, which is really ready to treat Ma Lan as a general. And the angle from which he now considers the problem immediately turned to Ma Lu's side.

Ma Lan was extremely happy to be able to get the allegiance of this bull fork character who was written into "Song of Righteousness" by Wen Shaobao. He looked at Duan Xiushi and smiled: "Chenggong, you can't help but underestimate Doctor Feng." As he spoke, he dragged a wooden box from under Kang Qingqing's feet and opened it directly in front of Duan Xiushi.

Inside the wooden box, it is filled with all kinds of huge gems and squirrel, which is dazzling.

Kang Qingqing looked at these and lowered his head slightly. Most of the things in this were originally her family's, but now they have been snatched by Ma Lan.

Duan Xiushi looked at those huge fist-sized squirts, and couldn't help but gasp. These are even greater than what General Gao got in Shiguo, and the value of each piece is indescribable.

"General, these are ......"

Ma Lan grabbed a piece and held it in his hand, and said with a smile: "These are my biggest gains in the river this time, most of them are tributes to the Son of Heaven, and some are entrusted to the Son of Heaven by the Tocharian Leaf Protector and the Protector King. I won't hide these ordinary gems from you, I was originally going to send them to Chang'an and hand them over to the ministers. My people were intercepted by Doctor Feng and you on the Khotanese Road, these things were originally in the hands of Doctor Feng, do you know, why all of them went to my hands? ”

Duan Xiushi was silent for a moment, and then said, "Doctor Feng is doing this, could it be ......"

Ma Lan nodded and said with a smile: "The wealth transferred to me is to help me fulfill the promise I made in Shule Town. Chenggong, if Doctor Feng wants to send these things to the Anxi Mansion Treasury and bring them back to Anxi directly, how can he leave them to me? ”

Duan Xiushi and Du Huan both nodded.

"These are tributes, and these are sacrifices from the king of the vassal kingdom to the Son of Heaven, and the Feng Dafu has withheld all of them, and he is not going to give any of them to the Son of Heaven, just to use them for the purpose of compensating the fallen soldiers in the future. Even dared to deduct the tribute, and Doctor Feng also took some risks. If we return to Anxi and hand over this wealth, won't it make Dr. Feng waste all his efforts? ”

Duan Xiushi looked at those treasures and nodded vigorously.

"General, I am not an old-fashioned person, even so, according to what you said, these riches are in the hands of me and Du Huan in the army, and they are used exclusively for the purpose of compensating the fallen soldiers. It's just that in my hands, it's impossible for you to take it back again! ”

Ma Lan smiled and nodded, he came back from the dead, he had already seen everything, and a little wealth was nothing.

Looking at the black mud and snow outside the window, Ma Lan sighed slightly, and said softly: "Brother Cheng, looking at the whole Anxi, there are only two people who can make Ma Lan admire. One is Cheng Gongyou, the gentleman of Anxi Duan, and the other is Doctor Feng. The only one who can do his best for Anxi athletes is the two of you. ”

Duan Xiushi took it back from Ma Lan's hand and put it in the box, covered the box and dragged it to his feet, and said, "The general praises falsely, Xiushi really doesn't dare to be." As for Doctor Feng, the general admired him so much, why did he force Doctor Feng to give up the position of the envoy of the festival? ”

Ma Lan smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "If Doctor Feng is twenty years younger, Ma Lan will definitely be willing to attach himself to Jiwei and follow Doctor Feng to fight everywhere." It's a pity that he is already old, and if he does anything, he will not allow me to set foot in the river. Capturing the river is my greatest wish, even if he is a Feng doctor, he has no choice but to be sorry. ”