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Two battalions of the Pegasus Regiment went on the expedition and killed 156 men, but there were no wounded. However, there are countless profits and loot www.biquge.info and more importantly, millions of people have been added to the Ma family, as long as the Ma family digests these populations, its strength will definitely increase greatly. But this is not something that can be done in a short period of time. On the contrary, because of the sudden increase in such a large population, the Ma family's internal affairs department believes that it will be busy for a while.

By the eighth day of December, the army had returned to Pegasus City, and by this time, the sky had begun to fall with snow. It is believed that the north has already closed the roads with heavy snow earlier, and this year, the orcs will not go south. Pegasus City was able to have a peaceful year.

On the fifth day of the first month of December, the Eighth Army of the Great Wu State finally withdrew, and the Great Wu State raised a large army of millions to march westward, but it was nothing, on the contrary, it also lost the soldiers, especially the death of Fu Anning, which made the Great Wu State feel extremely painful. The soldiers and civilians of the Great Wu State swore revenge.

On December 17, Hai Mingyuan sent someone to send a saint-level equipment, which was a fire-based magic staff. Yan Na saw it and liked it very much, so it belonged to Yan Na. Tiger Xiaotian originally didn't want to hand over a million gold coins and five pieces of saint-level equipment, but after thinking about it again, the Tiger King still decided to hand it over, after all, if they didn't hand it over, Hai Mingyuan and Hu Wenchang would not be able to explain. Once Yang Siqi complained to Guangchaohai, neither of them could eat and walk around, so they still had to pay.

"The royal family is getting more and more anxious about my Ma family, the third grandfather, the third grandmother, Siqi, what should I do?" Ma Mengshi asked.

Ma Jiuming said after a long time: "Our Ma family has been loyal to the kingdom for generations, but I can't imagine that the royal family can't tolerate our Ma family, God of Light, how can you let our descendants have the face to meet our ancestors in the future?" ”

Now, to betray the royal family that has been loyal for generations, everyone in the Ma family doesn't know what it's like in their hearts, all kinds of sour, bitter, spicy and salty, but there is no sweetness. How will the world view the Ma family in the future? What kind of face will these people use to meet their ancestors in the future? Could it be said: "We betrayed the royal family." The thought of this makes everyone's hearts feel very heavy.

Yang Siqi smiled and said: "Don't always think that we have betrayed the royal family, have we really betrayed the royal family?" It's the royal family that can't tolerate us, it's not that we want to betray. If it weren't for them pushing each other step by step, would we have betrayed us? Moreover, even now, we have no intention of rebelling, at most we just want to go out and establish a principality, which is not a betrayal. ”

Ma Jiuming smiled bitterly and said, "That's what I said, but ......"

"Third Grandfather, words are spoken by people, there are people who say anything, we can pass the pass of our own conscience, we can go out and take an oath, we have a clear conscience, let me ask, what is there about our Ma family that is sorry for the royal family? And what about the royal family? ”

Yan Na said: "Old Ma, don't keep thinking about it, let Qi'er be in charge of everything, Qi'er is our family, he will know the proportions." ”

"Siqi, if something happens to the royal family again next year, forcing us to have no way out, what will we do?"

"What else can I do? Stretch out your hand to cut your hands, stretch out your feet and stomp your feet, if you dare to come over and cut him in two, what are you afraid of? Yang Siqi said nonchalantly.

Everyone was stunned, is this what Yang Siqi said?

"Don't look at me with such eyes, in the past, the strength of our Ma family was not good, so you have to endure it. But now? In terms of high-end combat power, we already have three Battle Saints, one Law Saint, and two Saint-level Demonic Beasts, if there is a need, it is not difficult to have two more. In high-end combat power, we do not suffer. As for the regular troops, although the kingdom has five legions, there are also a large number of nobles' private armies. But what they can mobilize is two legions, and as for the private army of the nobles, a considerable number of nobles have business dealings with us, and they will not get along with Huang Chengcheng's gold coins. ”

It seems to make sense, since the strength of the Ma family has reached this level, it is comparable to the royal family. If it is an all-out war, the Ma family is not afraid of them, as for making some small moves, is it really true that the elite cultivated by the Ma family in the past four or five years are vegetarians?

Also, in the kingdom, a large number of nobles are friendly with the Ma family, and the Ma family brings them a large amount of gold coins, which makes these nobles give up the gold coins, it is better for them to die. Therefore, if it is just an ordinary small action, I am afraid that those nobles will be able to settle without the Ma family's action.

"With the use of refined salt, we are friendly with the nobles of Dayan and Da Yue, and we can use it as a source of solidarity. Although, I don't want to use foreign forces to interfere in the internal affairs of the Tiger Kingdom, but if I am forced to do so, I have to use it. ”

Refined salt, a super lucrative business, the Ma family has the distribution rights of the three countries, and the Ma family certainly does not have so much manpower to distribute the three countries, so the refined salt business of the other two countries naturally takes the form of regional managers to sell the management rights. Those nobles who have the right to operate profitably, this business depends on the Ma family, once the Ma family has something, this big business will be ruined, of course they have to help the Ma family a little.

Over the years, the Ma family has taken advantage of commerce and has tied a group of nobles to their chariots. If these nobles are to rebel, then these nobles will definitely not do it, but if they are asked to help the Ma family speak well in the government and the opposition, they will definitely do it, offend the Ma family, and the money will fly away with wings. Alliances based on interests are undoubtedly the strongest alliances. Of course, it will be difficult to say after a while, refined salt extraction technology is not a high-end technology, as long as you have the heart, I believe that those big nobles can make profits through their own channels.

"What if those guys from the royal family do something to us? After all, the royal family is a family of thousands of years, and the accumulation is not comparable to our Ma family. In this regard, Ma Jiuming is still more worried.

Yang Siqi smiled and said, "As long as the Temple of Light still needs my life essence, the Temple of Light will not let the royal family mess around, you can rest assured of this." ”

Everyone was completely relieved, yes, there was a big backer of the Temple of Light, as long as those old guys in the Temple of Light still needed Yang Siqi's life essence to prolong their lives, they would not let Yang Siqi have anything to do. Yang Siqi is the Ma family, of course, they have to protect the Ma family together. Of course, if those old guys help the Ma family rebel, it will be quite difficult, but before the Ma family rebelled, the royal family wanted to clear the Ma family on trumped-up charges, and those old guys would definitely not agree.

"Okay, you don't have to worry about this problem, our Ma family will only get stronger and stronger, and when the time comes, the royal family can't stand us, I'm afraid that it will automatically let us go out independently, but it will take several years. Now, I'd like to see what the royal family can do to reward us Pegasus for their great service in this war. ”

Hearing Yang Siqi's words full of schadenfreude, everyone amused him. However, when you think about it, it's really a bit of a thing to look forward to.

In this war, although the Pegasus Legion only used two battalions of troops, its combat achievements were incomparable to those of the other two legions. What should the royal family reward for such a great achievement? You can't just verbally praise two sentences, then who will work for you in the future?

In fact, Wang Chengzhong had been arguing for several days, just because the reward of the Tsushima family could not be determined. Meritorious service will be rewarded, rewards and punishments are clear, this is the most basic principle, if this principle is violated, then the integrity of the superior will be in trouble, as long as the subordinates doubt the integrity of the superior, then the collapse of the kingdom will not be far away.

But the Ma family's situation is an exception. First, in terms of knighthood, there is no way to ascend. Ma Mengshi is already a hereditary duke, how can he be promoted? Unless he's a king.

Second, if you just give money, how much will you get? One million gold coins is definitely not enough, how can you get more than three million gold coins. Three million gold coins is not a small amount, and the royal family has to come up with so much money as a reward at once, hehe, it's difficult. After all, in addition to the Pegasus Legion, there are two other legions and a group of nobles' private army troops, all of which are subject to rewards, so calculated in this way, I am afraid that I will not be able to beat eight million gold coins. Rewarding money is a heavy burden on the royal family.

Third, if you don't reward money, I'm afraid you can only reward with territory. But the Ma family now has a total of 73,000 square kilometers of territory, and this time, the more than ten Ma family soldiers who went out with them also have to be promoted to a higher title, and there are more territories, and if you reward Ma Mengshi's territory, I am afraid that the Ma family's territory will break through at least 85,000 square kilometers, or even more, after all, if you kill the feuding war saint, even if it is a reward, you are embarrassed to open your mouth without more than 10,000 square kilometers.

But if the Ma family's territory goes on, it is now more than 85,000 square kilometers, how old is Ma Mengshi this year? Twenty-nine, twenty-nine years old War Saint, at least three hundred years to live, even, with Ma Mengshi's talent, the current strength, it is not impossible to break through to the god level in the future. When she makes another great achievement, what will she be rewarded? It's already rewarding. At that time, I can only keep appreciating the territory, I believe that in another hundred decades, maybe the territory of the Ma family will exceed 200,000 square kilometers, which is enough exaggeration.

So, everything doesn't work. Of course, if the royal family is willing to do so, it is okay to take out a piece of saint-level equipment as a reward, but the saint-level equipment is given to the Ma family, isn't this an obvious rival? The royal family would rather give the Ma family an additional 10,000 square kilometers of territory, and it is impossible to reward the Ma family with a piece of saint-level equipment.

The final result of the discussion is to give the territory, although giving the Ma family more territory has the capital to continue to develop and grow, but at least, the construction of the territory can not be built overnight, if you want to get the output, you need more input from the Ma family, which is equivalent to weakening the Ma family in disguise in the past few years.

If you want to reward, you have to be generous. As a result, the royal family rewarded Ma Mengshi with 13,000 square kilometers of territory, plus the promotion of other clansmen's titles, the territory area expanded, and now, the total territory of the Ma family has reached 90,000 square kilometers. The population, after absorbing the millions of people of the Great Wu Kingdom, is as high as more than 20 million, and the expansion of the territory is of course a good thing for the Ma family.

Time passed day by day. It's another year in the blink of an eye. After the Chinese New Year, Yang Siqi proposed: "Shi'er, Hua'er, how about we go on a trip?" ”

"Travel?" Ma Mengshi is stupid, there is no tourism on this alien planet?

"Yes, we are a family of three, going on a trip, going for a few months, going wherever we want, having fun and having fun." Yang Siqi agitated like a spring tongue to persuade Ma Mengshi.

"Do you think we can go out as a family of three? Don't think about it, what about you? The strength is half-hearted, Hua'er is still young, and he doesn't have any strength, once something happens, I can't protect the two of you, if you want to travel, you can, bring the guards. Ma Mengshi interrupted Yang Siqi's fantasy.

Yang Siqi was helpless, he could say that his son was protected by a god-level iron turtle, and he didn't have to worry about accidents at all, could he say this? If you can't, if you can't, you can only obediently listen to Ma Mengshi's arrangement and bring most of the elite troops as bodyguards.

There is no way, there are far more than one or two people who want Ma Mengshi to die. If it was just Ma Mengshi herself, with her and Ma Qing's strength, even if she had thousands of horses, she would have the same ability to kill the encirclement. But if there are two more burdens around her, her husband and son are burdensome, and she is not sure. Besides, if someone catches her son and threatens her, won't she have to be restrained? No, safety comes first, so I'd rather be swaggering than ensure the safety of my family of three.

One hundred Ma family secret guards, three hundred battle guards, plus three hundred elites of the Whirlwind Battalion, a total of seven hundred elites as bodyguards.

Yang Siqi lamented: "Shi'er, you bring so many people, what kind of atmosphere do we have when we go on a trip?" Also, let me tell you, I'm a poor bastard, and I don't have any money if you hire so many bodyguards. ”

Ma Mengshi was happy, and lightly punched Yang Siqi's body: "Don't worry, they will definitely not ask me for money, they will definitely ask you for money." Because ah, they know that I am the real poor bastard, and you are the rich one. ”