Of course, what Ma Shuo is entangled with is not the question of accepting or not accepting Li Mu's conditions. Even if it is not from Mark's side, even if he acted in the name of the Zhenbarian Army, although Bai Qi later gave him a guard general, but his relationship with the border army is constantly cut.

Ma Shuo was entangled in the fact that once he agreed to the conditions given by Li Mu, his follow-up plan had to be changed. Although Li Mu didn't say it explicitly, the meaning of his words revealed that the newly established Western Xinjiang Protectorate first wanted to take the territory of the Barbarian Army and the Yumen Army, and this was inconsistent with his plan to take the barbarian forces first.

In all fairness, Ma Shuo had no intention of snatching territory from the Lock Barbarian Army or the Jade Gate Army. In Ma Shuo's heart, everyone belongs to the Qin people, and under the current situation of foreign enemies, it seems quite inappropriate for one's own people to engage in internal fighting.

However, Ma Shuo was also able to understand the plan of the Metropolitan Protectorate, and the persimmon picked a soft pinch first, concentrating on clenching his fists before going around with the enemy. If it is from the perspective of weighing the pros and cons, it is understandable, but Ma Shuo is still a little unreasonable emotionally.

However, fortunately, according to Li Mu's meaning, I am afraid that this matter will not be implemented in a short time. Because the Western Xinjiang Protectorate must first sort out the power in his hands, and also consolidate the existing territory.

After all, it is not easy to run a good territory. In order to support a strong army, it is necessary to have sufficient local financial support. Therefore, for this newly emerged Western Xinjiang Protectorate, in fact, the challenges and pressures are still very great.

Since there was such a period of time, Ma Shuo decided to take advantage of this time to carry out his original plan first. Moreover, the strength in his hands is strong, and his status in this so-called Western Xinjiang Protectorate will be higher at that time.

Now, what Li Mu gives is the marching history of the Pingxi Army, which is almost equivalent to the third series of high-level officials in the Pingxi Army except for the Metropolitan Governor and the Deputy Metropolitan Governor. However, in fact, there are several people in the Pingxi Army who are at the level of marching history, and there are indeed not many who can really hold real power.

In other words, like Ma Shuo's marching history, it is actually impossible to have command over the men and horses in the Pingxi army other than his own. Ma Shuo actually knows this very well in his heart. And what he wants is this name, and with this name, his expansion of the army is justified.

"Thank you Dadu for your love, Brother Li's love, and Ma Shuo for receiving the order, and I will make a strong contribution to the development of the Duhu Mansion." As soon as Ma Shuo said this, Li Mu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Although, he was sure that Ma Shuo would definitely agree, but as long as Ma Shuo admitted it himself, he would not dare to relax completely.

"Brother Li, in the future, I, the deputy governor of the Pingxi Army, will rely on you, the marching history, to help me." In order to win over Ma Shuo, Li Mu didn't scruple at all, and directly patted Ma Shuo's shoulder, just like an old brother for many years.

It's just that Ma Shuo was not carried away by the enthusiasm of this young protector of the Metropolitan Protectorate, he used to just guess that Li Mu had a great background, but now that it has been confirmed from Li Mu's mouth, how can Ma Shuo not know the true reason why the other party is close to him.

However, on the surface, Ma Shuo didn't want to offend the other party. After all, now the other party is nominally his boss.

"Metropolitan Governor, Li will have to rely on you to take care of you in the future! Hahaha! Ma Shuo naturally didn't be polite to the other party, but he wouldn't fall for the other party, the other party definitely had a plan to compliment himself, so he didn't fall for it.

"Brother Ma, you are humble. Now, Li still needs your help with something. Or rather, there's a business I want to talk to you about. Seeing that Ma Shuo was not fooled by himself, Li Mu no longer beat around the bush and directly stated his purpose.

"Governor, please!" Ma Shuo straightened his body and said with a serious expression. Since the other party wants to talk about business, Ma Shuo naturally can't be casual.

"Li wants to buy a batch of iron weapons from Brother Ma." Li Mudao.

Good guys, quite an appetite.

Hearing what Li Mu said, Ma Shuo muttered to himself in his heart. However, he was not surprised, because Li Mu had actually already had the idea of fighting iron weapons before, but then things changed, and the two sides never had the opportunity to meet.

Now, the situation has changed greatly, and it is actually human nature for Li Mu to make this request again. Therefore, Ma Shuo knew very well in his heart that this deal had to be done if it was not done. However, Ma Shuo has no intention of letting go of supplying the other party, and must take the opportunity to make a profit.

Money, Ma Shuo didn't want it. Now, Ma Shuo is more interested in resources. However, he knew very well that the current Western Xinjiang Protectorate could not come up with any valuable resources.

However, soon, Ma Shuo came up with a solution.

"Metropolitan Governor, actually, we can cooperate."

"Cooperation?" Li Mu was stunned, he didn't expect Ma Shuo to say this word, he only thought that Ma Shuo would agree or refuse.

"Yes, cooperation! You see, to build an iron weapon, you have to have enough iron ore. However, the iron ore in Ma's hands is very limited now. Fortunately, Ma Shuo knows exactly where there is iron ore, as long as we can occupy that place, it will not be difficult to have enough iron weapons in the future. Ma Shuo's words are somewhat tempting. However, Li Mu was obviously attracted by Ma Shuo's description.

"Where? Tell me about it! Li Mu couldn't wait.

"Here, right here." Ma Shuo said, pointing to a simple topographic map in front of him. This simple topographic map was the topographic map of the surrounding Huangsha City drawn by Ma Shuo himself, and the place Ma Shuo was referring to was the area of Guyang County that he was going to take as the first step in his planned plan. That mining area is just in the area of Guyang County, and it is actually very close to Panlongling.

"Are you sure?" Li Mu was a little unsure, so he had to ask rhetorically.

"Pretty sure!" Ma Shuo was very decisive.

"What do you need me to do?" Li Mu said directly.

"You send 30,000 horses, and I also send 30,000 horses here, and take the territory of Guyang County in one fell swoop, and this place will be in our pocket!" Ma Shuo had already cleared the account, and he also figured out the situation of the barbarians in Guyang County. The number of barbarians on the side of Guyang County is not very large, because a large number of barbarians have actually been sent to besiege Chishui City. Because according to the original idea, they besieged Chishui City to capture the eldest prince Fusu, and once the great prince of Great Qin fell into their hands, they would have bargaining chips with the Qin people.

As a result, things changed beyond anyone's expectations, the court changed, civil strife broke out, Daqin himself was in chaos, and the value of the eldest prince was gone.

But the centaurs are still there!

In this way, Ma Shuo was given an opportunity. Originally, he couldn't rely on his own strength alone, but now, with the appearance of Li Mu, then this matter can be launched in advance.