Chapter Ninety-Five: The Secret Decree
"No matter how good other women are, where can they compare with my Qianqian?"
Gao Qianqian snorted, wrinkled her little nose proudly, and turned her head to look intently at the glass that was burning in the flames.
Gao Qianqian's words Ma Luan didn't take it seriously, but he didn't expect to return to the room at night, and there were two more girls from the Long family in the room, who looked young and well-behaved, which was his favorite type.
The Long family is a Yanqi tribe, and the gentleness of the women of the Long family is well-known in the Western Regions. The two little girls tried their best to meet each other, although they were extremely young, they had a different taste, which made Ma Ling extremely excited. The mountain-like strong body crushed the soft and thin delicate body of the girl of the Long family, and looking at the moving appearance of the girl who endured it with graceful and delicate eyebrows, she was absurd all night unconsciously.
In the early morning of the next day, Gao Qianqian came to arrange a small courtyard for the two new concubines, and when she saw the appearance of Ma Lan and the second daughter, she knew that Ma Lan really didn't let go of any of them, although she had already expected it in her heart, she still couldn't help but glance at Ma Lan.
Ma Lan smiled, and said in his heart who would let go of the food sent to the door. Before sending all those concubines to Chang'an, he already regretted it a little, he hadn't tasted meat for several months, Gao Qianqian sent two little stunners to the front, where is there any reason to excuse himself.
This is the logic of the Chang'an ranger Ma Lan, and now Ma Lan is used to thinking like this. After all, this was a thousand years ago, not his time. What he originally wanted to hold on to in his heart had unconsciously let go of a lot, but he didn't feel it himself.
Gao Qianqian is well-behaved and cute, but she can't pick up, with these two little stunners, she won't be too lonely in the future. The original concubines all had some emotional entanglements with the Guanzhong man Ma Lan, and the difference between these two was that Gao Qianqian bought them from the Long family tribe at a high price, and they were completely two playthings. Ma Lan doesn't know the Longjia dialect, and she doesn't plan to communicate anything with these two little girls, she just uses them as a tool to relieve loneliness at night.
In his previous life, he jumped off the cliff, his heart had become extremely cold, and it was not easy to walk into a Gao Qianqian, but he could no longer accommodate other women.
On this day, I still went to the workshop and watched Gao Qianqian learn to make mirrors with Hu people's glass. In fact, since Gao Qianqian is only going to produce 100 mirrors a year and sell them at a high price, this matter can be done by Ma Lan himself, but Gao Qianqian refuses. This girl has a very special interest in such things as skills, and she must make them herself.
It took a full ten days, and the price of the glaze bought from Hu Shang had exceeded 3,000 yuan, and Gao Qianqian finally succeeded once. Although the mirror surface is not flat enough, resulting in a slight distortion of the person, but if you don't look carefully, you can't find any problems.
Gao Qianqian held the round mirror given to her by Ma Lan in one hand, and looked at the one she had just made, and couldn't help but pout.
"It's already pretty good. It doesn't matter if it's a little distorted, in fact, it can make the mirror more curved, so that it will look thinner, and maybe it can be sold for a high price. Ma Lan reached out and rubbed Gao Qianqian's little brain melon, and comforted with a smile.
"The women of Chang'an City are now fat for beauty, if I make the kind of mirror you said, can I still sell it?" Gao Qianqian snorted.
Ma Lan thought about it, too, and couldn't help laughing.
What is good at the top will be very bad at the bottom. When today's son loves Concubine Yang, Chang'an women are all fat and beautiful, if they really make slimming mirrors, they can't sell them.
Of course, if you change the direction of the bend to make the person in the mirror look a little richer, you may be able to sell it for a high price.
These things are trivial, he is now the chief general of Anxi, and his energy has to be focused on the army, how can he have time to take care of these. After telling Gao Qianqian about this idea, Gao Qianqian's eyes immediately lit up, but when she saw the mirror she had just made in her hand, she couldn't help but raise her beautiful thin eyebrows.
Being able to think of and being able to do it are two different things, and for her now, the first thing to solve is how to make the mirror as delicate as that completed by Brother Ma Lan.
Carefully put away the mirror that Ma Lan gave her, and the bright-eyed girl shook her work and hummed: "This mirror, I want to sell it for 5,000 yuan!" ”
"Well, for sure!" Ma Lan smiled.
"Don't you believe it? As long as I don't take out what you gave me, this is the best mirror in the entire Datang. Not to mention shipping it to Chang'an, even in this Qiuzi City, I can sell it for 5,000 yuan! Gao Qianqian snorted.
After completing a finished product, Gao Qianqian immediately drove Ma Lan out, saying that she would concentrate on studying the future heirloom skills of the Ma family in the past few days, and told Ma Lan not to take care of her if she was fine, if Ma Lan was really bored, she would go to the two girls of the Long family. If she doesn't make a few good mirrors, she won't come out.
Seeing that Gao Qianqian had entered this state of excitement again, Ma Ling was also very helpless. Every time Ma Lu taught her something new, she would be like this for a few days. Because of this, she mastered all the skills so quickly. These things made in the workshop in the Majia Grange are none she won't know except for Tao Fan. Tao Fan is not because she can't learn it, but because it is Uncle Fang's family heirloom, which is to be left for the descendants of the Fang family to eat, she is not willing to learn it.
With these skills, no matter where she goes in the future, she can build these workshops and make the family business prosperous.
Gao Qianqian in this state is extremely irritable, and no one can disturb her. Ma Lan left the workshop, and it happened that Feng Changqing sent his own soldiers over, saying that he had a will to go to Anxi and let Ma Lan go to Qiuzi City.
When Ma Lan arrived at the Dadu Protectorate, Feng Changqing's face was gloomy, and he took out a copy of the book for Ma Lan to read.
This time it was a secret decree, and Chang'an City only sent a messenger here, but did not send a lieutenant official to announce the decree. After reading the content of the secret decree, Ma Luan's face also turned cold.
This secret decree was issued by the new army of Anxi a few months earlier when they had killed 20,000 Persians north of the city of Shule. It was already the beginning of October, and it had been a few months since the incident, and now the decree of the imperial court had only arrived in Anxi, and this was the trouble of the long way.
The reason why it is a secret decree is because the book did not praise the victory of the Anxi army in the slightest, but reprimanded it fiercely, the main meaning is that Ma Lu killed innocents indiscriminately, causing the Persian prince Mu Kun to lead his troops to attach to it and not be able to get a cloud. None of the meritorious soldiers reported were rewarded, and Ma Lan was only not rewarded, saying that this was the first offense, so let it go, and if he dared to kill the good and invite merit like this in the future, he would be severely punished.
Ma Ling looked at the book and clenched his fists vigorously.
Damn, such a big credit, in exchange for this? originally thought that with this credit, Duan Junzi would at least be able to seal a county, but now this has also become a bubble.
"Renjie, what do you think about this?" Feng Changqing's eyes flickered with coldness, and he said in a low voice.
Ma Ling snorted coldly, slapped the book on the table fiercely, and said angrily: "Bian Lingcheng deceived me too much!" This matter, a certain family wrote down! ”
On the same day, Shule North fought against Persianu, and Bian Lingcheng also personally participated in it. After the war, the Persian prince Mu Kun also went to Chang'an with him, and Feng Changqing's request for merit was also brought to Chang'an on his behalf. This time, the Anxi athletes who participated in this battle had no merit, but Bian Lingcheng was promoted to the general of the prison gate. Although the secret decree did not say why Bian Lingcheng was promoted, since the news was also written in the secret decree reprimanding Ma Ling and Anxi Jun, the meaning is not known.
Another object of reprimand was Wang Zhengjian, the envoy of the Anxi Festival, who is now deceased, and the funeral recital is still on the way to Chang'an.
Feng Changqing nodded, and said in a cold voice: "This eunuch is really hateful, he used to speak up for General Gao, and the old man thought that he was a rare talent among the eunuchs, but now it seems that he really thinks highly of him." These silkworm wasters don't have a good thing! ”
Ma Lan snorted: "The Persian prince Mu Kun attacked his ancestral position and became the general of Zuo Weiwei, which can be regarded as a fortune. Bian Lingcheng followed, and this became the general of the prison gate. But me, the doctor, and thousands of Han family sons and daughters have worked hard for half a month, and there is no credit! 5,000 athletes killed 20,000, but it was not counted, and Ce Xun was not allowed! Fortunately, there were no dead this time, otherwise how would I explain to the families of the soldiers who died in battle! ”
As he spoke, Ma Lu became more and more angry, and slapped his big hand on the back of the chair.
Feng Changqing took a deep breath, stared at Ma Lan and said, "The matter has come to this, it's useless to talk about it." The Son of Heaven was deceived by traitors, and if there can be a fruitless and faultless ending, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee must have someone to fight for us, which is already worthy of us. Renjie, I just want to ask you, do you have any resentment against the Son of Heaven? ”
Ma Lan looked at Feng Changqing, and saw that Feng Changqing's gaze was extremely eager, so he had to snort and said: "As a courtier, how dare you have resentment, it's just a little disheartened." ”
Feng Changqing nodded and said, "That's fine." As ministers, we should do our duty. Thunder, rain and dew are all Jun'en, if you are resentful because of this, what is the difference between you and those Hu generals? Anxi is far away, the Son of Heaven does not know the truth, and it is common for this kind of thing to happen. When General Gao was there, he also had such things, and General Gao also endured it silently, but he didn't say a word. ”
Ma Lan let out a long breath and nodded.
It's just a little upset in my heart, but it's nothing. What he wants to do, Chang'an can't count on at all. If you wait for the decree of God for anything, don't do anything at all.
You can do whatever you want to do in the future, as long as you make sure that you don't get pulled down from the position of the Anxi Jiedu envoy. Anyway, it's not for the Li family, but for the future of the entire Han nation, and it's just to be wronged and endure.
"Renjie, the merits of the soldiers are all recorded in the book, and the three turns of Cexun have been written to the sue, but today he ordered to deprive him. How are you going to deal with this? Feng Changqing asked again.
Ma Ling pondered for a moment and said, "Deprive it, deprive it, anyway, we don't have so many Xuntian for everyone." Even if you have won the military merits, you always need to be compensated, 20 yuan per person, all with Kaiyuan Tongbao during the Wude period, we are cold, and we can't let the athletes follow the cold. ”
"That's all there is to it." Feng Changqing nodded, looking at Ma Lan's eyes with a hint of appreciation.