Du Fu sighed, shook his head and said: "What the Pei family said is actually not unreasonable, a few pennies and horses can't see it, how can those poor households who can't afford to pay the rent not look at it?" The most important thing for the people is strength, the people of Guanzhong are strong, and it is very common to walk fifty miles a day, the Pei family acts like this, the people may not be resentful, but many people will be grateful. If the people do not object, what good is it to have more chariots, horses, and food? For today's plan, I had to send someone to strictly supervise the Pei family to ensure that the people could eat enough, and the old and weak would have cars and horses to ride. ”

Pei Yan said respectfully: "Ma Xiang, my Pei clan in Shu is a branch of the Pei clan in Hedong, and it has been a family of good deeds for generations, how can I treat the people harshly." The Lantian Army was the first group of marches, and my master said that the people lost on the road must be the smallest among the eight armies. If Ma Xiang doesn't believe in my Pei family, you can send someone to watch what we are doing in the Lantian army, and if there is anything inappropriate, you can mention it at any time. ”

Ma took a deep breath and snorted heavily.

For the first time, he felt that these family gate valves were really hateful, but he already knew very well what kind of person Li Longji was, and it was hopeless for him to retract his words so quickly.

There were already household officials sent to the Lantian Army, and these guys actually didn't report this matter to themselves, which was really hateful and could not be trusted.

"Sir, I know that you are living in Jixian Courtyard, which is really very condescending. If Mr. doesn't feel wronged, he will be a waiting in the Lantian army and take care of these tens of thousands of people to Anxi safely. Ma Lu looked at Du Fu and said.

Du Fu pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Du is willing to go." ”

Ma Lan let out a sigh: "Thank you so much, sir." The Son of Heaven ordered me to control all affairs west of the quicksand, and the Eighth Army in the River is my subordinate, so I don't need to tell the Ministry of Officials about this matter, please come to the army as soon as possible after handling personal affairs. Ma Yong, first give Mr. a few months of money to let Mr. settle his family. ”

He knew that Du Fu's family was poor, and the road to Hezhong was difficult, and it would take a long time to come and go, so he had to give Du Fu some money. Ma Yong took off a few ingots of silver from the back of the pack horse, respectfully handed it to Du Fu, and said with a smile: "I shot a little heavier that day, don't blame me, sir." ”

Silver taels are not legal tender in the Tang Dynasty, but they can be exchanged for copper coins in private. Du Fu is also a downright person, and he didn't have any courtesy, so he took the silver and rode back to Chang'an City on a donkey.

Ma Lan listened to the crying sound from the side of the road, and shook his head helplessly. Even in later generations, such a large migration is extremely difficult to do, let alone in this era.

I don't dare to think about how many elderly people committed suicide in the two provinces of Gyeonggi in Guanzhong, and I don't know how many people died on the road. However, there was no turning back from the bow, he could only hope that the merchants would have some conscience, and not treat the people harshly on the way, so that the people could reach Anxi safely.

According to the plan, an army would leave for Anxi every twenty days, and the last of the Eighth Army in the river would depart in May of the thirteenth year of Tianbao. Ma Lu was extremely irritable, and after waiting for more than an hour, Du Fu rushed back in a carriage.

"The tens of thousands of athletes of the Lantian Army, please sir!" Ma Lan bowed to Du Fu on horseback.

Du Fu returned the salute and sighed: "Today I know what kind of person Ma Xiang is, but I was wrong to blame Ma Xiang in the past." Ma Xiang rest assured that Du would do his best to prevent Pei's from treating the people harshly, and accompany the people to Anxi safely. ”

Ma Lan nodded, gritted his teeth and galloped away, and more than eight hundred horsemen rushed out, rushing to the front of the Lantian army.

……

According to the original course of history, the butcher Abbas will soon die of illness, Mansur will soon ascend to the throne, and then there will be a civil war with Abdullah.

The Son of Heaven sent hundreds of thousands of people to the river at once, and the required Koufen field and Yongye field were tens of millions of mu, which was beyond the river's ability to accept, and it was impossible to fulfill the promise to the people without opening up land south of Wuhu Shui.

The civil war in black is a great opportunity to take advantage of the fire. It is necessary to take advantage of this opportunity to open up to the south in order to guarantee the land promised to these hundreds of thousands of Guanzhong people.

So he couldn't accompany Lantian Jun to Anxi slowly, because time simply didn't allow it.

Of course, another reason is that he can't stand the sad faces of the immigrants.

If he had volunteered to go there for the sake of the fields, he would have been extremely happy at this moment, but the edict of the Son of Heaven turned a good thing into a tyranny.

Along the way, I don't know how many people will fall. Ma Lan couldn't change it, so he could only close his eyes and plug his ears, not smell, and not ask.

……

After the Lantian army waited for the new Du Yu Hou Du Fu, they also followed the Anxi army on the road to the river. Ma Xuan didn't want to listen to the cries of the people, so he took eight hundred athletes to urge the war horses to gallop all the way, and galloped directly for dozens of miles before slowing down.

Chang'an is a quagmire, and he doesn't want to stay longer at all. The vast land west of the Green Ridge is the stage where he realizes his dream, and it is the place he most wants to collect for the people of the Han family.

This time, Feng Zhao came to Chang'an to report the victory, and the biggest gain was to kill An Fatzi and Yang Guozhong to exile Lingnan. The two main culprits that caused the Anshi Rebellion have now withdrawn from the historical stage of the Tang Dynasty.

Without these two scourges, there is no need to worry about the Anshi Rebellion cutting the Tang Dynasty in half, and from then on, you don't have to worry about Anxi becoming an enclave in the west, you only need to concentrate on opening up to the west.

The inexplicable trust of the Son of Heaven is another gain from this trip to Chang'an.

The west of the quicksand is under their own control, and they hold the right to make peace, so they don't have to tell Chang'an in advance, they only need to report the victory afterwards. Not counting the Eighth Army in Hezhong, which was composed of the people of Guanzhong, the elite soldiers of Anxi were allowed to expand to a maximum of 100,000. In addition, a large number of generals above the fourth rank obtained before were blank...... In the future, it can be said that you can do whatever you want in Anxi, and no one can take care of it.

The means prepared to get rid of An Fat Man were not used, and only a little poison that had been treasured for more than ten years was used, which was like accumulating enough strength but hitting a void. But after all, Fat An is dead, and he is worth being happy after all.

The more than 200 Anxi spies who had been sent to Fanyang before should have returned to Anxi via the Hui Road, and although they did not play a role in killing An Lushan this time, they were able to obtain a lot of maps of the Monan grassland. Li Longji asked to open up the Huifu Road after sweeping away the West, and I am afraid that this matter will have to be done sooner or later, and with some maps, it will be able to play some role in the future.

More than 200 catties of black powder were too heavy, and they were all left in the county king's mansion and not taken away. When I returned to Anxi this time, I don't know if Li Xiu can give herself some more surprises.

Along the way, he kept changing horses and staying overnight, except for the slightly slower speed of passing through Moheyan, the daily march reached 300 miles at other times, which was almost the limit speed of the cavalry march.

At the beginning of February of the thirteenth year of Tianbao, Ma Lan finally arrived in Qiuzi City with eight hundred athletes.

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"Brother Ma Lan, you have been gone for the past few months, and now the output of soft steel in the workshop has more than tripled, and the output of crossbow arrows has also increased several times, and Master Li Xiu has also improved the barbed wire, which is lighter in weight but has a better effect, and it has been made for a while."

In Ma's Grange, Gao Qianqian let Ma Lan hold her little hand, and took Ma Lan to walk between various workshops, happily introducing.

Now the Ma family workshop has expanded outward again for half a mile, and it is almost a small city. The farmers in the surrounding granges are reluctant to farm, and most of them work in the workshops. The whole grange was still black, and the smell of smoke and fire was everywhere.

"Girl, it's hard work." Ma Ling held Gao Qianqian's little hand and said softly.

Gao Qianqian's eyes were shining, she leaned on Ma Lan's chest and sniffed, and said with a light smile: "Brother Ma Lan, you have her smell on you." ”

"Who is she?" Ma Lan laughed dryly.

"Young Lady Yang, that girl has a special smell on her, I can smell it. Brother Ma Lan, I said that you won't let go of such a beautiful little girl, and sure enough, that girl should have been harmed by you. Gao Qianqian smiled.

"Girl, are you jealous?"

"What kind of jealousy am I, I'm the wife of the Ma family!" Gao Qianqian snorted, "I already know your temperament, you don't want me anymore, what do I have to worry about?" ”

Ma Lan smiled, and suddenly lowered his head and kissed Gao Qianqian lightly on the forehead.

Gao Qianqian screamed, and her little face turned red.

Ma Ling looked at Gao Qianqian carefully, she hadn't seen her for a few months, Gao Qianqian had actually grown a lot taller, and she was no longer a thin little girl, and the curves on her chest were even more exquisite.

For so long, Ma Lan has been putting the burden of the Grange on her, but ignoring that she is still a little girl who is growing up.

Gao Qianqian leaned on Ma Lan's arms with a red face: "In the backyard, I bought you two more little girls from the Long family, a little smaller than the previous two, and they are also a pair of sisters, I think you must like it." Ge Qiu'er came to the Grange to deliver the accounts of the ranch, and she didn't leave either, with these little girls with you, you shouldn't be bored. ”

Ma Ling twitched the corners of her mouth, and said in her heart what her image in this girl's heart had become. But it's no wonder that Gao Qianqian, after all, she has always been used to floating waves.

This time it's time to go to the river to show your strength, where is the time to indulge yourself. Ma Ling hugged Gao Qianqian's slender waist and smiled: "These are not big deals. The Son of Heaven gave me the right to fight west of the quicksand, and I had to do something. Let's go and see Master Li Xiu, I don't know if he has made any good things. ”

Gao Qianqian nodded and said, "I guess he made something amazing, and he didn't allow me to go in when I went to his workshop recently." Uncle Fang's Tao Fan workshop was merged with his workshop, and he didn't know what they were doing in it. ”

"Check it out!" Ma Lan smiled.

Li Xiu is naturally talented and can often surprise people. I don't know if the granulation of gunpowder has been completed, and if his weird box crossbow has been made.

In a few months, Li Xiu's workshop changed greatly, a team of soldiers guarded the door, surrounded by a high zigzag wall, said that the wall is actually similar to the city wall, his workshop is completely a fortress.

Fortress! Ma Luan's heart suddenly moved, looking at the several swarthy square holes exposed on the wall.

The shape of Li Xiu's workshop can be regarded as a fortress, and these square holes are like places where the fort places artillery! (To be continued.) )