"What's the good news?" Gao Qianqian asked.

Ma Ling hugged Gao Qianqian tighter and whispered a few words in her ear. The bright-eyed girl's face showed a look of surprise, and suddenly her cheeks flew again, and her little face was as delicate as a flower.

Riding a fast horse out of Qiuzi City, galloping along the banks of the Sihun River, smelling the faint fragrance of the girl in front of him, Ma Lu's heart was extremely peaceful.

At this time, it was already June of the eleventh year of Tianbao, and the poplar and red willow had already grown new leaves. In the poplar forest on the banks of the Sihun River, the war horse slowly slowed down.

Gao Qianqian's sideburns were already scattered, and she reluctantly pushed Ma Lan's big hand away, jumped off the back of the war horse, gave Ma Lan a fierce look, and said angrily: "Brother Ma Lan!" It was said that it was not allowed to exceed the courtesy. ”

Ma Lan smiled, and got off the horse a little reluctantly, still feeling that his fingertips were slippery and abnormal.

Gao Qianqian tidied up her clothes, and her little face was full of crimson. was handed down by Ma Lan just now, and she was ashamed to death.

"Can't wait for someone to come through the door! Brother Ma Lan, you are necrotic! ”

Ma Ling smiled and took Gao Qianqian into her arms again, but her big hand did not reach under the little girl's clothes. Gao Qianqian let out a sigh, gently snuggled in Ma Lan's arms, and murmured: "Brother Ma Lan, you are about to become a marquis, and people are very happy." When you marry someone else, it's not all yours. ”

Ma Lan nodded and smiled.

Since she is destined to marry a wife and have children in this life, Gao Qianqian may be the best choice. Because of what happened in his previous life, he originally thought that his heart was cold, but he didn't expect that there would be such a beautiful girl with bright eyes and bright teeth who would unconsciously walk into the depths of his heart.

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As the saying goes, people are in good spirits on happy occasions, and in the days when they are waiting for the lieutenant to arrive in Anxi, Gao Qianqian's little face is always full of smiles, and she walks with a gust of wind.

She is even more reluctant to be idle now, in just a few days, she has built a papermaking workshop for the production of Chengxintang paper outside the Dadu Hufu, and the manpower of Kang Wanjia directly entered the paper mill and began to produce.

The raw materials are purchased by the Majia Commercial Bank, and the production is the responsibility of the Kangjia Paper Mill. In terms of sales, Gao Qianqian is also done, and she has set up a camel team of more than 100 camels for this business, ready to transport the paper directly to Chang'an.

Although Gao Qianqian has worked hard these days, she is no longer unkempt, and she will deliberately dress up every time she goes out. She is already extremely beautiful, and under a small modification, she gives people a stunning feeling.

There is nothing to do in the left and right military camps, and Ma Lan has been with her well these days, watching her take care of everything in the Ma family in an orderly manner. With Ma Ling's company, Gao Qianqian always has a smile on her face.

After another ten days, the lieutenant who delivered the decree finally arrived in Anxi.

Wang Zhengjian sent his own soldiers to the Grange and asked Ma Lan to go to the Dadu Protectorate to receive the order, Gao Qianqian sent Ma Lan outside the Grange, and personally sorted out the robe for Ma Lan, and then waved goodbye.

When he arrived at the Dadu Protectorate, Feng Changqing Bian Lingcheng had arrived. The lieutenant who came to deliver the decree was named Li Zhuang, more than thirty years old, his name was not seen in the annals, and when he saw Ma Lu coming, he immediately laughed and said: "Master Hou, congratulations!" ”

Hearing this, Ma Lan knew that he was really a marquis, and hurriedly smiled and said: "The angel has worked hard from afar, and since he has arrived in Anxi, he must accompany the angel to drink a few more glasses." ”

"Well said! Say! Wait for a certain family to read the will first! Li Zhuang said with a smile, and also took out the holy decree.

Wang Zhengjian hurriedly knelt down with the support of his own soldiers, and Feng Changqing and Ma Lan also knelt down together.

The holy decree is four and six, and the writing is flying, but it is extremely refined, and soon Li Zhuang finished reading it.

As the first hero to break the Great Food, the former Zuo Jin Wuwei General Tongzheng Ma Lan was named the General of Zuo Tunwei for his merits, Fufeng County Marquis, 200 households, plus Yu Shi Dafu, and stayed in Anxi to assist Jie Du to make Wang Zhengjian handle affairs.

General Zuotunwei is just a fictitious title, and Dr. Yushi is also a high position, which is also fictitious. This is the usual title of the commander of the border army, and there is nothing surprising. The most important thing is, of course, the title of Marquis of Fufeng County.

Anxi Su General Feng Changqing also added the imperial doctor because of his merits, and the title of Feng Dafu was finally well deserved.

The chapter was written by Feng Changqing, and it is not clear what Ma Lu wrote specifically. However, it seems that Feng Changqing still shared part of the credit, otherwise it would be impossible to add the imperial doctor because of the merit.

This is nothing, although Feng Changqing has done his best for the people of Anxi Hanmin, he is also a person in Vanity Fair after all. He did this, and Ma Lan was not surprised. Feng Changqing was promoted, and Ma Lan was actually happy to see it.

Others also shot Ziad and and. Li Zhengde of Po Xilin was named the prince of Gaochang County, and Du Huan, the son of the family who assisted Ma Lan to lead the army back from the river, was named the son of Lantian County. In addition to these, he also paid 100,000 yuan from the inner treasury to labor the army.

In the end, the will was much more than Ma Lan expected. The Son of Heaven actually blamed Ma Lan for being a floating man in the book, and he was nearly thirty years old and did not start a family, and gave Ma Lan Yunyun, the daughter of Yang Guozhong to marry Ma Lan Yunyun in the imperial history, the squire of the military department and the Jiannan Jiedu.

After Li Zhuang finished announcing the decree, everyone bowed and thanked him and stood up.

Wang Zhengjian and Feng Changqing both looked at Ma Lan, with a worried look on their faces, but Ma Lan's expression was extremely indifferent.

After Li Zhuang finished his main errand, he asked everyone to go with him to pay the money and silk of the labor army. This time, the capital of the 100,000 labor army accounted for half of the copper money and silk silk. Everyone went to take a look, the silk silk was piled up in the treasury of Chang'an Mansion for I don't know how many years, the copper coins were all new, but there was no Kaiyuan Tongbao minted during the Wude period of 800 years, and it was all inferior private money cast by wealthy merchants in the Jianghuai area.

When everyone sees this, why don't they know what's in it? But no one said anything.

For Bian Lingcheng, it is none of his business, but Wang Zhengjian and Feng Changqing, veterans of the border army, have long been accustomed to this.

As for Ma Lan, 100,000 yuan is a big number in Chang'an, but it is nothing at all in Anxi. There are dozens of big businessmen in Qiuzi City, and none of them have a capital of 100,000 yuan. As for Ma Lan himself, although the separate treasury spends money like a stream, he doesn't care about this little money.

100,000 yuan of silk is used to labor the army, and naturally all of them must be distributed to the athletes. However, the distribution will not be these, but really good copper coins and silk. Naturally, Ma Lan didn't expect to get too much from Chang'an. Anyway, the best one to get the benefit is Anxi Jian'er, and it naturally doesn't matter if you suffer a loss.

Li Zhuang saw that all the generals in Anxi had no objections, so he was relieved. He had prepared a set of rhetoric to explain to everyone, but now it seems that there is no need. When this reward came out of the inner library, it was still full of ten, but after layers of exploitation, this is what he can send to Anxi. What can fall into his hands is only a few hundred yuan Kaiyuan Tongbao, which is already the largest entry since he entered the palace.

The copper coins and silk silk were transported into the treasury of Anxi Mansion, and Wang Zhengjian set up a banquet in the Dadu Protectorate to receive the wind and wash the dust for the angel Li Zhuang, and at the same time congratulated Ma Lan on the title of Fufeng County Marquis. Feng Changqing only drank two cups slightly, then shirked the matter and left first.

Wang Zheng saw that his health was not good, and he only drank a few glasses, so he confessed and left the banquet, leaving only Ma Lu and Li Zhuang. The old general's meaning Ma Lan understood, he knew that Ma Lan must have something to ask Li Zhuang, so he left the table early.

After a few words of conversation, Ma Lu understood that this Li Zhuang did not have any foundation in the palace, and the fact that he was able to get this errand was also related to his lack of foundation. Ma Lan put a brocade box in front of Li Zhuang, Li Zhuang opened it and looked at it, and immediately smiled, "Thank you Lord Hou for the reward." What does Master Hou want to know, a certain family must know everything. ”

The gift in the brocade box was still prepared for him by Gao Qianqian, worth more than 3,000 yuan, this Li Zhuang is often in the palace, and it seems that he is also a person who knows the goods. Seeing Li Zhuang put the brocade box into his sleeve, Ma Lan smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just want to ask a few gossips." The angel came from Chang'an, but he did not know what was the reason for this marriage? Marriage is given at the time of merit, and this kind of book making is rare. ”

Li Zhuang said with a smile: "Lord Yang Zhongcheng's little daughter is raised in the deep boudoir, and no one has ever seen it. However, since he is a member of the Yang family, he can't be wrong with his appearance, a certain family only knows that this girl is fourteen years old, and I heard that the marriage was mentioned by the concubine and the saint. ”

Ma Lan smiled, put a piece of Khotanese ancient jade from under the table into Li Zhuang's hand, and said, "This matter is very important to me, and I hope the angel can say more." ”

Li Zhuang took the ancient jade in his hand, felt that it was abnormally warm, and knew that it was a rare treasure, so he was overjoyed in his heart and hurriedly put it away.

At this time, he finally told Ma Lan in detail about the current situation in Chang'an and why there was such a thing as marriage.

It turned out that when Ma Lu's meritorious work arrived in Chang'an, Shangshu Zuo Servant, Li Linfu, Duke of Jin State, Yushi Zhongcheng, and Yang Guozhong, the squire of the military department, were fighting fiercely. An Lushan forced Li Xianzhong, the chief of Tongluo and the deputy envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, to attack the Khitan as the vanguard, wanting to avenge the defeat of Tianmenling last year, Li Xianzhong was unwilling to obey the order, and as a result, he broke through the treasury and looted materials and betrayed Mobei. Because Li Linfu took the post of Shuofang Jiedu envoy, Yang Guozhong took the opportunity to challenge Li Linfu and forced Li Linfu to resign from the post of Shuofang Jiedu envoy, because of this incident, Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong had completely turned their faces.

Later, there was the rebellion of Jing Zhaoyin and Wang Jie, the servant of the household department, and the flood of private money in Chang'an City, Yang Guozhong and Li Linfu clashed twice, but Yang Guozhong won the victory, which made Li Linfu extremely depressed. However, Li Linfu has been with each other for many years after all, and although he has suffered some setbacks, he still has the trust of the Son of Heaven.

This time, Ma Lan's contribution to the establishment of the river was a great news for Li Linfu, who was anxious. Li Linfu is also the protector of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, Gao Xianzhi's army defeated Talas, and he is naturally inseparable from it as the protector of the Metropolis; And now that the Anxi army has turned defeat into victory in the river, and beheaded the generals and marshals of the great cannibals, for Li Linfu, the protector of Anxi, it not only played a role in stabilizing the situation in Anxi, but also an extremely glorious thing.

According to Li Linfu's meaning, he originally wanted to make Ma Ling the prince of Fufeng County. In recent years, although the important ministers of the court have been stingy with their titles, there is a precedent for An Lushan to be crowned king with military merits, plus this is the first victory after Tianbao's three defeats in ten years, and Ma Lan is a Han general, and he is a eunuch, so the courtiers generally agree with Li Linfu's opinion.

As Li Linfu's political enemy, Yang Guozhong naturally jumped out to oppose it. At this time, he was already able to fight with Li Linfu in the court, and it was precisely because of Yang Guozhong's insistence that the title of rewarding Ma Lan was reduced from the Duke of Fufeng County to the Marquis of Fufeng County.

After this matter was settled, Li Zhuang originally left Kaiyuan Gate for dozens of miles with his will, but he was chased back. Then the holy decree was actually changed, and the title of Marquis of Fufeng County remained unchanged, but one more thing was to give marriage, with Yang Guozhong's youngest daughter, to give marriage to Ma Lu, the newly baked Marquis of Fufeng.