Solmu's straightforwardness surprised Su Qi'an a little, but after thinking about it, this is indeed in line with Solmu's true thoughts.

People live for a lifetime, who doesn't want to make contributions and be a powerful party, Solmu regards Su Qi'an as an investment object.

At present, Su Qi'an does not have such a long-term plan for the future, but it is not a bad thing to leave a dark chess piece on the border of Darong.

Who can say for sure in the future, Su Qi'an has no possibility of rising.

Under Su Qi'an's gaze, Solmu quickly disappeared into the yellow sand.

Su Qi'an is not worried about the safety of Solmu, most of those who witnessed Solmu's rebellion have died, and as for the missing Captain Xitu, there is nothing to worry about.

After all, compared to the identity of the real city lord of Solmu, a wanted lieutenant, who to believe, is clear at a glance.

Su Qi'an retracted his gaze, quickly caught up with the retreating team, and the group of people returned to the town and military city.

When they returned to Zhenjun City again, everyone had a feeling that they couldn't speak.

There is sadness, sadness, and sighing.

The Battle of Ningzhou, which lasted for half a year, surrounded this central city, and the kind of loss was recovered, with countless casualties, just because of the city in front of him.

With a wave of his hand, Su Qi'an and other troops re-entered the city, except for the main road, there was no destruction in the city, and the rest, shops, houses, were all in a mess.

Fortunately, before the town military city was breached, the soldiers and civilians in the city were transferred early, which made some unwarranted disasters less.

Su Qi'an passed the soldiers in the city and went straight to the lobby of the city tower.

On the city tower, Fan Wenzhong and Xie Cang waited early, and as for Zheng Liang and other powerful marquis, Wang Xian, the superintendent of the army, left first on the second day after the withdrawal of the Cook Shu army.

The battle of Ningzhou has ended, their mission has been completed, and it is not interesting to stay.

simply returned to Beijing, according to their estimates, and when they returned to Beijing, the military exploits of the Ningzhou War were almost identified, and they only needed to return to Beijing to receive a reward.

didn't run into these boring guys, and Su Qi'an was one thing missing.

In the past few days, according to the orders, the army has been led to adjust the defense, and the most important thing is to hand over the troops and horses.

As a strategist, Su Qi'an went to the front line in Ningzhou, and finally led the army to go on many expeditions to rescue Fan Wenzhong's army from the predicament of the city.

It can prove Su Qi'an's superb command ability, but Su Qi'an is a strategist, a literati, and a famous person after all.

Being able to lead troops to the expedition without being certified by the imperial court is already crossing the line, and when it comes to war, this matter will pass with one eye closed.

But the war is over, if Su Qi'an is still in command of the soldiers and horses, it is very likely that someone will be caught.

In order to make unnecessary trouble, Fan Wenzhong will let Su Qi'an and other deputy generals hand over at the first time.

Fan Wenzhong's kindness, Su Qi'an naturally understood that when he returned to the military city today, he would come back to restore his life.

After a fierce battle with the Kukshu army, the new army under his command, as well as some remnants, added up to only two thousand.

There are not many people, but they can survive many wars, it is not an exaggeration to say that these people are all real elites, and they will definitely not lose to the tiger and leopard army under Fan Wenzhong.

This army, if you want to hand it over, it is not a pity, it is fake, but Su Qi'an believes that in the future, as his status becomes higher and higher, he will definitely have such an iron-blooded army again.

Su Qi'an did not hesitate at all, and handed over the military card in his hand to Fan Wenzhong.

Fan Wenzhong stretched out his hand to take it, and from his heart, he still felt a little sorry for Su Qi'an.

Not to mention that in this big battle, Su Qi'an won more with less many times to rescue them from the trapped crisis.

The new army in his hands was also built by Su Qi'an, and the combat effectiveness of the new army is obvious to all.

With such an army, anyone will regret it if they hand it over, but Su Qi'an has no nostalgia at all.

This kind of character made Fan Wenzhong a little ashamed.

His eyes flashed, as if he was about to make some big decision, when suddenly, a subordinate, with a smile on his face, trotted all the way.

Without waiting for Fan Wenzhong to reprimand, his subordinates hurriedly said, "Boss, good news, good news, about the reward for this battle, it has come down." ”

Hearing this, Fan Wenzhong's face softened a lot, took the scroll in his subordinate's hand, and waved his hand to signal leaving.

Fan Wenzhong opened the scroll, Xie Cang also came up, and the two of them swept their eyes, revealing an inexplicable look, which soon turned into a happy color.

Su Qi'an didn't attach much importance to the seal on the scroll, but just looked at the changing faces of the two, which made people feel funny.

Fan Wenzhong handed the scroll to Su Qi'an, "Xiao Su, take a look." ”

Su Qi'an took the scroll and swept his gaze.

First of all, the imperial court was quite satisfied with the outcome of this war and said a lot of praise.

In the middle, the reward begins according to the merit of each person.

"Coach Fan Wenzhong, who has worked hard in border warfare for many years, has worked hard and made great achievements, and has been specially promoted to the rank of duke, as Fan Guogong, with a reward of 50,000 taels of gold and silver, and 1,000 acres of fertile land."

Su Qi'an nodded, this prince of the country came a little late, with Fan Wenzhong's years of fighting on the border, he could have been crowned a prince a long time ago.

Although it is a little late, but in any case, it is well deserved to be awarded the title of national prince this time.

"Xie Cang, Zheng Liang, Li Ze, Liu Tao and others, because of their merits, were promoted to the rank of marquis of the county, and the reward was 30,000 taels of silver."

The marquis title is actually divided into three, six, nine and so on, from high to low, which are state marquis, county marquis, and county marquis.

Whether it is Xie Cang or Zheng Liang, these powerful people are the most third-class county marquis.

This promotion due to military merits is also reasonable.

After them, Su Qi'an also saw the name of the powerful marquis who died in battle, and Zhao Ang's name was impressively in the middle, and he was posthumously awarded the first-class state marquis, rewarded with 50,000 silver and many other rewards.

This is also to gag the mouths of some people, and the result of balancing each other is only the value between the dead first-class and the living second-class candidates. Far from being measured by grade.

At the end, Su Qi'an saw his name, "Su Qi'an, a man from Lingbei County, played a prominent role in the war in Ningzhou, and was awarded the title of second-class earl, rewarded with 10,000 yuan in silver, and 50 acres of fertile land. ”

Su Qi'an was still a little surprised that he could be made an earl, not because he disliked the low title, but because he could still get the earl title after he offended Wang Xian, Zheng Liang and other powerful marquises.

The second-class earl, that is, the township uncle, above the township uncle, there is also the first-class county earl, which is the two-class division of the earldom.

As if seeing Su Qi'an's surprise, Fan Wenzhong said, "Wang Xian, they are not so kind-hearted, when the old man reported his merits, I heard that because of you, there was a lot of controversy in the court. ”

"Wang Xian, Zhao Guogong, Zhou Guogong and other powerful people are trying their best to prevent you from becoming a marquis. Feng Bo, I just want to give you the lowest barony. ”

"There are opponents, there are also supporters, the big people headed by the Duke of Chu, read your great merits, and after the royal family, he proposed to make you a first-class uncle, if there is a war in the future, depending on your performance, in Dingfenghou."

Su Qi'an raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect that because he was knighted, there would be such a debate in the imperial court.

It may be an honor to be someone else, after all, being able to be evaluated and argued with in the court shows that this person must be valuable.

However, this kind of so-called glory, Su Qi'an didn't want it at all, he knew that once he received more attention, his stable life would be over.

Fortunately, in the end, he mixed a second-class uncle, even if he had offended the magnates of the capital city, but at least he had the ability to protect himself.

The earl, even if he is a second-class earl, in addition to not having the privileges of territory, collecting taxes, soldiers and horses, but looking at a county, even if it is a county order, he has to laugh obediently.

In addition, Su Qi'an himself has a fame, and these dual identities are superimposed, even if he is a county guard, he has to give some face.

His own identity and influence have reached the point of the county, even if the wealthy and powerful people in Kyoto want to get him, it will not be easy, unless Su Qi'an lives in the capital.

I just want Su Qi'an to go to the capital, but it's not so easy, Su Qi'an has a plan to return to Lingbei County as soon as possible, starting with Dongshan Village, where he is located, and gradually laying out his sphere of influence...

"Mr. Su, Mr. Su, what's wrong with you?"

Xie Cang's voice echoed in his ears, and Su Qi'an came back to his senses, he actually lost his mind, it seems that sometimes he thinks too much, and it is not a good thing.

Su Qi'an shook his head and said, "I'm fine, maybe I'm tired, by the way, the court is arguing about this because of me, so how to solve it later." ”

In the end, His Majesty came out of the way, and only said one sentence, "This Su Qi'an will be named a second-class earl." ”

Su Qi'an was stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered, and a little wry smile appeared on his face, "We are so Your Majesty, we are really decisive, and we will decide in one sentence." ”

"It's not, if you want me to see, even if you can't become a Hou Ye, sir, you have to be a first-class uncle, I still think it's unfair." Xie Cang pursed his lips, indignant at Su Qi'an's second-class earldom.

Fan Wenzhong opened his mouth and said, "Second-class uncle, for Xiao Su, it is suitable, the old man thought that after Wang Xian and other princes made trouble, Xiao Su might not even be able to get the earl, but now it seems that the old man's hanging heart has finally landed." ”

One thing to say, this second-class earl title should be the most suitable for Su Qi'an.

First, they can block the mouths of Wang Xian and Guogong, they are so fierce, and they also know that with Su Qi'an's military exploits, it is impossible to be a baron one by one, and the ultimate goal is not to see Su Qi'an be made a marquis and have real power.

Second, Count Feng can also steadily pacify the border soldiers, at least Su Qi'an can set an example, as long as he serves the imperial court, the imperial court will not forget them, and will not let the border army chill.

This seemingly random sentence actually hides a lot of potential information.

"This is not simple." Su Qi'an thought to himself.

"Sir, now that you are an earl, there is no specific name written on it, the meaning of the above should be to let Mr. call the shots, I don't know if Mr. can think about it?"

In the area of titles, generally speaking, they are canonized by the imperial court in person, but there are exceptions, and there are also names that they choose, but this kind of people are recognized and favored by the imperial court.

Gradually, over time, this became the court's vs civil official. A tacit reward for generals.

Su Qi'an listened to Xie Cang's question, his eyes pondered, and after a while, he said, "I was born in a small mountain village, and I should live here for a long time in the future, so I will be called Dongshan Bo." ”