The territory of the Zhangxiong Kingdom has been close to the valley of the Luo, but did not continue to expand, when Li Gongbu had a battle to the south of the Yangtze River, destroyed the tomb of the Xibuye clan of the previous generations of Zampu, and became famous for a while, although the decisive abandonment of the Luo, the whole army returned to the hometown of Zhangxiong, but left a very deep impression on the Qiang people. In addition, the Zhangxiong Kingdom had the support of the Tang army, so the Qiang people of various tribes fought each other in the Luoqi River Valley, but they did not come to provoke Zhangxiong.

And they came to the city to buy things, and the Zhangxiong people also ensured their safety, and in this process, the Zhangxiong people gradually became rich, although most of the wealth eventually became the taxes of the Tang people and the profits of the Xinghu merchants, but they could still get a part of it after all, and it was this part that had made their lives much better, at least in this winter, they would not go hungry.

Near the city of Zhangxiong is the tribe specially set up by Li Gongbu, all of which are composed of Qiang women. And now in the tent of the Qiang woman, many children have been born. For these Qiang women who have lost their husbands, the Tang soldiers are the perfect companions, the Tang Dynasty copper coins have a strong purchasing power on the plateau, the soldiers are well paid, and they live extremely comfortably with these soldiers, and for Li Gongbu, this strengthens the relationship between Zhangxiong and the Tang Dynasty, for Ma Lan, this kind of blood fusion is exactly what he expects, these children who integrate the Qiang women and the Tang Dynasty men are the new blood of the Tang Dynasty to manage this land in the future.

The soldiers still have families in most of Anxi, and these Qiang women naturally can't take them back, and it will be troublesome to take them back. Stay here to have children, and then gradually guide them. When the children grow up, they naturally turn to the Tang Dynasty. The red-faced Qiang woman couldn't get into Ma Lan's eyes. But the soldiers didn't mind. There are a lot of remnants of Tibetan people, and it is common for women to remarry, and other Zhangxiong people will not mind this kind of thing.

Where there are Tang people, there will be changes, such as this tribe of Qiang women composed and in charge of the closest to the surrendered city, in this cold winter, although they cannot graze, many women are not idle. The technique of weaving yarn came from Qiuzi, and the women of the other Zhangzhung tribes had not yet learned it, but most of them had already learned it. The looms were made for them by their Han men, who spun their own wool yarn so that they did not have to sell the materials to Xinghu merchants, and they could still have a lot of harvest in winter to subsidize their families.

Their life is rich, in fact, it is only according to the standards of Qiangtang, and the standards of wealth on Qiangtang and Datang are completely different. The Qiang women are the most hard-working, and they are extremely willing to live a better life through this simple work.

The garrison built some large workshops in the surrendered city. Wool woven by Qiang women is purchased to make carpets, and the most ingenious Qiang women work here. Due to the lack of yarn collected. Therefore, the workshop cannot be fully started, and it is basically in a state of loss, but this is also for the Qiang women to have a market for the fruits of their labor. The Xinghu merchants did not accept such semi-finished products, and they could only sell them to the workshops of the defenders.

After all, the workshop will still be profitable, as long as the women of other Zhangxiong tribes learn to weave, the workshop can be fully started. However, for the wealthy Anxi Army, this is actually a trivial matter, the profit is the best, and it doesn't matter if you lose some.

The entire surrendered city stands on a high ground, and traces of the trenches of the original battle can still be seen around it. The henchmen of Ma Lan stationed here are Cen Shen and Du Huan. After defeating the father and son of Tubo Zampu that day, the two volunteered to stay here, and in the past few years, they have been busy provoking the struggle between the Qiang tribes on the plateau, and they have been busy selling weapons and materials to various conflicting tribes to extract wealth, and they have been extremely laborious.

"Master Cen, Du Huan, you are all a lot darker."

Standing on the tortuous walls of the surrendered city, looking at the caravans that kept coming in and out of the city, Ma Lan turned his head to look at the two and smiled.

"Qiangtang is poisonous, this is also a helpless thing." Cen Shen smiled, "I'm nothing, after all, I already have a wife in Chang'an, but Du Huan, this kid, will return to Chang'an in the future, I'm afraid that few girls will dare to marry him, haha!" ”

Du Huan pursed his lips and said with a smile: "How can I say that I am also a genuine county uncle now, a real title, even if I am an old man, I don't have to worry about no one to marry!" Besides, isn't I more manly? Master, you are clearly jealous of me! ”

"You're the county uncle, aren't I?" Cen Shen smiled, "Why should I be jealous of you? ”

"In this surrendered city, I am more popular with women than you. No way, young. Which of the Qiang little ladies in the workshop is not devoted to me? I didn't hear that I liked you old man. Du Huan said proudly.

"Do you like you kid well, and you didn't go to my bed in the end?" Cen Shen said with a smile.

"That's where you used the money!" Du Huan pursed his lips with a look of disdain.

"People want to give it for free, you don't want it yourself. I spent money, and you and I want it......"

"Whew! The old cow eats tender grass, so he is not ashamed! ”

Ma Lan saw that the two were fighting, and he was also amused in his heart. A few years have passed, and both of them have a bit of plateau red on their faces, but their speaking styles are very different from before. Even a guy like Master Cen has become so shameless?

"Master, tell me what's going on, how did you become so shameless? What kind of Qiang lady in the workshop, what's going on? Ma Ling stopped the two of them from bickering and asked with a smile.

Ma Xuan spoke so directly, Cen Shen also blushed, and said with a smile: "General, that's the case, the girls in the workshops in the city are all outstanding, and most of them are women, but there are also some little girls, and they have slowly grown into some in the past two years." The best thing is to keep it for the general, waiting for you to come up and see if it catches your eye, the others, many people are in love with Du Huan, this kid. With their identity, it is naturally impossible to expect him to marry someone, and they don't actually want this, they send it to the door themselves, this kid is still hypocritical! ”

"And then?" Ma Lan asked.

Cen Shen smiled: "Except for this kid, the most popular is naturally me." This kid calls me an old cow, but how can I be that old? Those little girls are the best to get started, less money, more than two money, it's really nothing......"

"......" the corners of Ma Lu's mouth twitched, "Master, you're too picky." If you want someone else's body, you will send it away for one or two dollars? You're not bad for money right now, so it's too much. ”

Du Huan nodded again and again: "Exactly!" You old cow is also black-hearted! ”

"General, that's not what I said." Cen Shen smiled, "I'm rich, but I can't give them at will." Now I am setting a benchmark for this kind of thing, and if this benchmark is set high, other brothers will have opinions. In fact, there have always been a lot of things for brothers to drill into people's little girls' tents, and they generally compensate for this price, and the benchmark is set by me, and the Qiang people can accept it. The setting is too high, and the other brothers may not be able to afford to pay if something happens. ”

"Is there any use in forcing such a thing now?" Ma Lan couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

Du Huan and Cen Shen glanced at each other, and Du Huan nodded and said, "This is something that happens from time to time. - When the general was there, there were such things, and they were all things that lost money. When the general left, he didn't say that such things were forbidden, so he ...... But in fact, it is nothing, some Qiang people in the neighborhood have daughters who are adults, so they will be sent to the outside of the city to set up a tent alone, just to wait for our brother to lose money. ”

Ma Lan nodded and smiled bitterly.

One or two taels of money is actually nothing, but due to the lack of currency on the plateau, the purchasing power of the Tang copper coins is abnormally high, which is a lot of money for the Qiang people. That's why this kind of thing happened to Du Huan, in fact, it can be said to be a kind of exchange, the Qiang people do not have any concept of chastity, and even use their wives and daughters to entertain guests, and now they can exchange their daughter's first time for a large sum of money, which is a good thing for them.

Everything is scarce and expensive, and for the Qiang people, scarce copper coins are like this. If such a thing were placed in the Central Plains, it would never have happened.

"The general rest assured, the most outstanding ones are all in the general's mansion, thinking that one day the general will come up, and now more than a dozen have been raised. They are all the general's favorite types, Du Huan and I have passed the level, and the general will definitely like it. Cen Shen said with a smile.

"Master Cen, do you want to be a pimp? Acting like this, who do you think of a certain family? Ma Xuan furrowed his brows and said.

This was a bit heavy, but Cen Shen was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "What the general said is - when the general returned to the general's mansion, he naturally saw it, and Du Huan's vision and I are not bad." ”

Seeing that Du Huan also nodded, Ma Lan smiled bitterly in his heart. After all, everyone knew the celebrities of the floating waves at the beginning, and it was no wonder that these two henchmen would be like this. Now that the mood has changed, it is naturally not the same as before. However, it is naturally impossible for Cen Shen and Du Huan to understand the changes.

Glancing at Du Huan, Ma Lan said: "Those women fell in love with you, but you refused—is it because of that woman?" ”

Du Huan, who was quite excited just now, looked a little gloomy in an instant, glanced at Ma Lan and lowered his head: "General...... How is she now? ”

Du Huan is not close to women, but he prefers beautiful women who are round and jade, and Qiang women naturally do not have this. He had one or two dewy marriages with Mrs. Han, and even never forgot it, which can be said to be an open secret in the top echelons of the Anxi Army. However, Mrs. Han is water-based Yang Hua, and there are not many young children in Chang'an City who have been pulled into the carriage by Mrs. Han, and Du Huan is just one of them. This kid can also be regarded as a seed of infatuation, but it is no wonder that Mrs. Han is the eldest sister of Concubine Yang, and the people of the Yang family are all disaster-level characters, and it is not surprising that Du Huan was fascinated by Mrs. Han.

Looking at this kid's appearance, it's a seed of infatuation.

"Yang Guozhong is dead, and Concubine Yang has also committed suicide, but Mrs. Han is doing well recently." Ma Ling said, "The new monarch has ascended the throne, and Li Yu has recently been appointed as the crown prince, and the crown princess Cui is the daughter of Mrs. Korea. (To be continued......)