"Cheng Gong knows who you are plotting against?" Ma Lan asked with a smile.

Duan Xiushi sighed and said, "The person who can plot against me must be able to get close to me, there is no doubt that she is the Sogdian cook." It's just that I don't know what kind of means she used, it turned out to be so powerful. ”

Ma Lan smiled, and at the moment he also briefly talked to Duan Xiushi about the so-called magic medicine of the Kangju royal family.

Duan Junzi was his most trusted staff, so he no longer hid such things from him.

"The juice of the rice sac flower is so powerful after it is dried?" Duan Xiushi took a piece of "magic medicine" from Ma Lan's hand, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it lightly, and couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, but his expression suddenly froze, and he hurriedly put the black paste on the table.

Ma Lan grabbed it and put it in his arms, Duan Xiushi smiled bitterly and said, "Such a harmful thing really has to be far away." ”

Ma Lan said: "You must stay away, otherwise people will be ruined." Cheng Gong, in the future, you should be more vigilant against the Kangju people, and it is not a good stubble. ”

Duan Xiushi nodded and sighed: "Now they are allies, and the Kangju people actually use such means to do this, it seems that in the future, between Datang and Kangju, there may be a disaster of war." ”

Ma Xuan sneered and said, "If you dare to stretch out your hand again, a certain family will chop off his claws!" I don't care about more than 10 million cannibals, let alone hundreds of thousands of Kangju people! You're going to me off, huh! Cheng Gong, to tell you the truth, this time in the westward expedition to the capital of the Great Food Country, one back and forth, the Persians who died under the knife of my Tang Jian'er definitely surpassed the Dingkou surnamed Zhaowu Jiu! Do you think I will care about the hundreds of thousands of Dingkou surnamed Zhaowu Jiu? ”

"Ding Kou, who surpasses the surname of Zhaowu Jiu?" Duan Xiushi's face changed slightly, and he smiled bitterly, "Isn't that more than Wu Anjun's soldiers!" ”

"Nothing more, no less! The effect is surprisingly good, from Mulu to Rai, a large area of land has become the territory of my Datang. Ma Ling smiled, "If you want to quickly occupy the land of the alien race, the fastest way is to kill, and this time the western expedition has been verified." ”

Duan Xiushi shook his head with a wry smile: "This kind of killing, I'm afraid that it will cause trouble in the court." General, you have made great achievements, and there is no reward for it, at this time, you should cherish your feathers and protect yourself, such a sharp edge, I am afraid that it will not be beneficial in the future. ”

Ma Lan smiled and said, "It's a big deal to be a ranger incognito!" In the future, no matter who is in charge of the land in the river, with the foundation laid by you and me today, it should be easier, and there is no problem in leading the people of Datang to gain a firm foothold. ”

Duan Xiushi praised and sighed: "The general is really heroic. Treating wealth as dung, and being able to easily give up so many things, there are few people in the world who can do it. ”

"When did Cheng Gong learn to speak flattering words?" Ma Xuan said with a smile, Duan Xiushi could say such a thing, and his heart was quite useful, "Since Cheng Gong has recovered, he should be re-elected." This time, I slashed the king of the great food, and brought back a lot of wealth from the king of the great food. ”

Duan Xiushi's face showed joy, he has actually recovered for a long time, he has been locked up here and is not allowed to go out, he is also a person in Vanity Fair, where can he stand this, and now he can be re-governed, he is extremely happy.

Ma Lan began to tell the confidant in detail about the situation of the western expedition, and Duan Xiushi quickly jotted down the outline on a piece of paper as he listened. He had never been to the Great Food Country, so he didn't know anything about the route along the way, and he only knew a rough idea of it by referring to the map under Ma Lu's narration, but a report was quickly written.

Hearing that Ma Lu had reunited with a Sogdian woman and had a child, Duan Junzi seemed very different. However, this is a private matter, although Ma Ling respects Junzi Duan, he will not listen to his opinion in this matter.

After Ma Lan finished speaking, Duan Xiushi showed the piece to Ma Lan, and Ma Lan nodded, extremely satisfied.

The Son of Heaven gave him the right to decide and fight for himself, which was a great trust, and this trust must be maintained by a steady stream of victories. And a good report is even more important than the victory itself.

Removing the personal soldiers in Duan Junzi's mansion, Duan Xiushi became Ma Lan's capital again, and Ma Lan also learned about the immigration from him.

Mulu is more than a thousand miles away from catching and drinking, and Duan Xiushi has been grounded for so long, and he only knows a rough idea. In general, the Eighth Army in the river has arrived one after another and has been settled, because Ma Lu did not determine the location when he set out on the expedition, and the location was collectively agreed upon by the staff in the city.

As for other details, Duan Xiushi is not clear.

Those staff members are all officials, so there should be no big mistakes. Ma Lan put his mind at ease, rested in Mulu City for two days, and then left Mulu City with the whole army of Anxi New Army, and drove to Capture and Drink City.

From Mulu City to Hunting, it is now the sphere of influence of the Tang Dynasty, and a complete beacon horse shop has been set up along the way, and when it reaches the edge of the Wuhu water, someone will greet it.

……

On the edge of the Wuhu water, on the battlefield where the governor of Khorasan Hajd and hundreds of thousands of Persians were killed that day, a brand new city appeared. The name of this city is Lantian Town.

Among the eight armies in the river, the Lantian army was the first to set off, and it was the first to arrive, and the staff of Ma Lan, who was arrested and drank the head of the city, was placed in this area.

This small city is several miles in radius, close to the Wuhu water, completely built in accordance with the style of the Central Plains city, and the urn city is full of horse noodles, which is both a city and a military camp.

Although the Lantian Army is mainly composed of ordinary people, it is a real and famous army. Ma Luan, the commander, did not return, the Lantian military envoy was temporarily vacant, and the person temporarily presiding over his affairs was Du Yuhou, the highest-ranking Du Fu in the army.

Long before Ma Lan led the army into the river, the Persians in this area had already been killed by Li Siye, leaving a large number of fertile fields, enough for tens of thousands of people in the Lantian army. After the Lantian army arrived here, Du Fu first built this small city, and then measured the land outside the city for distribution, and every poor family received the promised Koufen Tian and Yongye Tian in full. After getting the land, the people's resentment towards the great traitor Ma Lan gradually decreased a lot.

After all, the great traitor is right, these lands on the banks of the river are extremely fertile, and they are really fat. The Juntian system has long collapsed in Guanzhong, otherwise the rent will not be able to be paid, and now it is really a large field, as long as it is hard, you can live a prosperous life.

Outside Lantian Town, along the river valley, a large number of military cantonment points are being built, mainly to build houses, it is already winter, it is impossible to tending to the fields, first build the houses, survive this winter, next spring to sow seeds, not afraid of no good harvest.

The poor do not have high requirements for life, and food and clothing are the greatest ideals. Now the countryside is thousands of miles away, but the fertile land is really in hand, there is a dawn in life, and there is nothing to be satisfied with.

As for the family members who died on the road, they can only be remembered in their hearts.

On the newly opened school field in the poplar forest outside the town, two or three thousand selected Ding Zhuang were practicing, and they looked already in shape. In the small town, there are shrewd poor people who have set up all kinds of workshops, and there are many shops that do business, and the whole city seems to be quite vibrant.

Accompanied by Du Fu, Ma Lan took a turn around the Lantian Army garrison, which set off from Anyuan Gate in January and had just arrived here in early September, and it took more than two months to make such achievements, and Ma Lan was extremely satisfied with Du Fu's performance.

originally thought that a literati like Du Fu Da could not do a good job in mundane affairs, but now it seems that it is a bit biased.

"Sir, now the Lantian Army still has Dingkou geometry?"

Outside a military camp under construction, Ma Lu looked at Du Fu and asked.

This is a question he has been deliberately avoiding, but yet he has to ask.

Du Fu said solemnly: "When we set out from Anyuanmen, the Lantian army had 59,472 people in Dingkou, and when we arrived in Anxi, there were 57,824 people in Dingkou. After crossing the Green Mountain, there were 53,417 people in Dingkou, and now there are 51,087 people in Dingkou. ”

Ma Lan nodded silently.

From Chang'an to Anxi, less than 2,000 people were lost, which was already beyond his expectations.

The green mountain road is far away, the road is difficult to travel, even if it is the most stoic Guanzhong people, it is impossible to pass through the reckless green ridge safely.

At the beginning, he took Anxi athletes to return to Anxi in winter, a large number of athletes died of the epidemic, and the Lantian army had a large number of women, children, old and weak, and lost more than 4,000 mouths once across the Green Ridge, although it was heart-wrenching, but it was almost unavoidable.

From the Green Mountain to here, it is another two or three thousand miles, and the number of people who have been damaged has reached more than 2,000 people.

If it was the people who came voluntarily, if they were all young and strong, old and weak, how could so many people die!

"Sir, did the Pei clan detain the people on the road?"

Du Fu shook his head: "General, I dare to say that Pei has done his best." The Eighth Army in Hezhong has already arrived, and in the section from Chang'an to Anxi, the Lantian Army has definitely suffered the least losses. As for after arriving in Anxi, it is the Xinghu merchants of Anxi who are in charge of their affairs when they cross the Green Mountain, and they have nothing to do with the Pei family in Shuzhong. ”

Ma Lan nodded and looked at Pei Yan beside Du Fu: "Since Mr. Zimei said so, a certain family will believe it." The two whips outside Anyuan's gate that day, you were wronged. You came here with Mr. Zimei, did you want someone to admit your mistake to you? ”

Pei Yan shook his head and said with a faint smile: "Ma Xiang's words are serious, how dare the Pei family in Shuzhong ask Ma Xiang to admit his mistake." Pei Yan came here only to see what business could be done by my master. In the future, the business of the Hezhong Group will definitely be based on the west of the Green Mountain. Pei is a shareholder of Hezhong Group, so it is natural to lay out as soon as possible. ”

Ma Lan nodded: "Then have you found any business?" ”

Pei Yan said: "There is a lot of business that can be done, but according to the rules of the Hezhong Group Commercial Bank, the business must be distributed by the commercial bank before our Pei family in Shuzhong can operate." (To be continued.) )