Ningze army captured Qiangyang and the entire territory of Gunzhou was recovered.

Ma Jian was captured and ordered Nan Cheng to give up resistance and surrender to China.

In the 10th year of Xihua, in the summer, Ma Jian's forces withdrew from the stage of competing with the heroes.

Ning Ze brought Ma Jian and his subordinates back to Huajun with the pseudo-armed war technique, and the world was shocked.

The Empress of Yuanxi Liu Yuanxiang led all civil and military officials out of the city to greet each other, and the people of Jinzhou watched the road.

Ma Jian announced his surrender to the queen in public, and the people shouted long live, with amazing momentum.

Liu Yuanxiang accepted Ma Jian's surrender and brought all Nancheng officials back to the palace.

First, he was appointed as the chief clerk of the Taiwei of Dongfang Shu and made a special trip to assist Ning Ze;

He was granted Xin Tieshan and his master was the top-ranking mage of the Taiwei Mansion;

Song Gao, Ning Yong, and Shao Yi were promoted to the first rank in their original positions and rewarded them with rewards.

Ma Jian was named King of Qiangyang and was permanently stationed in the capital.

Huang Zhi was appointed as the chief official of the Grand Marshal, and many other officials from Nancheng, including Liu Qing, Zhao Tong, Yin Gongru, were all assigned to Ningze's subordinates and obeyed his orders.

Pei Ji was appointed as the general of the army of pacification,

Yang Zhao was granted the title of General of the Central Army.

Feng Qiao was granted the title of Prime Minister and Chief Official,

Zu Hong was granted the title of the prefect of Hengshan County, Bai Jingtang was granted the title of the prefect of Pinggu County, and Bai Ting was granted the title of the prefect of Daxing County at night.

The other civil servants and generals were rewarded, and most of them were transferred to the north to garrison to deal with the pseudo-Zhou; headed by Ma Jian, almost all the Ma family stayed in Jinzhou and deprived of real power; as for Wuzhou, Gunzhou mobilized Chinese officials to manage it.

As expected, Ma Jian reluctantly accepted the treatment.

I still feel a little regretful. If I had followed Yin Gongru's advice earlier, I might have the chance to stay in Gunzhou and be a prince with some real power, instead of having only the title of prince now, all my trusted subordinates were taken to Ningze or sent to the Puzhou battlefield. Although I was still respected in Jinzhou, I had no effect.

After all, he is just a idle prince.

At the foot of the emperor, I can't do anything to contact my old subordinates.

First, all the old subordinates were granted official positions and participated in the political affairs of China, and were very busy; secondly, every move of the Ma family was under the gaze of Chinese officials, and there was no other way except to stay honestly.

After staying for a while, I found out that it was also good to be a free prince.

There is no intrigue, no internal and external troubles, as long as you don’t touch on prohibited matters, you are still quite free.

Although the treatment of a prince in China is only the prince, the enjoyment is no worse than that of being the Emperor of Nancheng before, and the food and clothing are the best. Because of Ma Chanpei, Ning Ze's in-laws often come to visit him, and even the queen comes to visit him. With this relationship, officials in the court will not look down on him because they are the king of the country that has been destroyed, but will be respectful to him.

Of course, it is false to say that Ma Jian accepts his fate.

Since Ning Ze did not forbid him from visiting his former subordinates, he always had some thoughts in his mind, thinking that if he had a chance.

In my spare time, although I knew that my old subordinates were busy, I still hoped to find an opportunity to visit and say a few words in person.

At the beginning, Feng Qiao, Yang Zhao and others were just busy with things. They knew that Ma Jian was looking for him and wanted to meet him and chat carefully, but they had too many tasks and couldn't take any time.

Later, when Ma Jian continued to visit, he learned that they were transferred to Puzhou by Ningze one after another.

Ma Jian was discouraged and revealed two meanings. One was that Ning Ze warned him to stay in Jinzhou and be a idle prince, and don’t have any other ideas. I will watch your every move; the other was that China continued to increase troops to Puzhou and mobilize large-scale civil servants and military generals, indicating that there will be new actions against the Tangniu power soon.

Pei Ji, Feng Qiao, Yang Zhao, Bai Jingtang, Bai Tingwan, Zu Hong, Liu Pan and other former Nancheng officials who could name were all preparing for war as new Chinese identities.

Ouyang Chun, Dewey, Wang Wei, Ding Mu and others temporarily withdrew, Liang Teng, Mi Yuansheng, Wei Yi and others led their troops to replace them, and the troops continued to gather towards Puzhou.

In contrast, Ning Ze, who had always been the leader and never missed the war, stayed in Huajun honestly in such a large-scale preparation and mobilization, and had no intention of fighting with his wife and children.

Thinking of Ning Ze's spell that he had been rushing thousands of miles apart, Ma Jian suspected that he was deliberately paralyzing Tang Niu, and then suddenly appeared on the battlefield at a critical moment.

Of course, these have nothing to do with him.

Anyway, the things outside have nothing to do with him. Ma Jian accepted his fate and simply stayed with his family every day to enjoy the joy of family.

On that day, I was enjoying flowers in the garden with my family when suddenly my servant came to report that Ning Ze came to visit him.

The other party often comes to visit, and Ma Jian has long been used to it.

When I arrived at the hall, I saw Ning Ze and went up to bow and bow.

Ning Ze smiled and returned the greeting, and said, "How are you doing in-laws lately?"

Ma Jian replied: "Chan Pei and the prince have not yet been married, so it is too early to call their in-laws. Or is it that King Danyang is preparing to prepare for the wedding for the two?"

"Is it interesting to say this every time?" Ning Ze smiled, "The two children are not old enough, so why are they talking about marriage? But looking at their relationship, you will know that they will definitely succeed in the future. What's wrong with calling out to your in-laws in advance?"

Ma Jian didn't want to argue with him: "King Danyang came today, isn't he just talking about this with Gu? Today, the troops and horses in the court are frequently mobilized, and I'm afraid they have to use troops to Puzhou. Don't you need to prepare for war?"

"In the past, there was a shortage of manpower, so I had to go out to fight in person." Ning Ze replied, "Now I have obtained a large number of talents, of course I have to take the opportunity to take a break. Speaking of which, I have to thank my in-laws!"

"Are you going to come to the door to make a sarcasm?" Ma Jian looked unhappy.

Ning Ze's words sounded to his ears, as if you had so many talents who were not able to use them well, but they all came to my hands. I'll demonstrate to you how to use these talents.

Seeing that he understood this way, Ning Ze smiled and shook his head: "The in-laws have thought too much. We will be a family in the future. Please forget all the previous things! My family, what are you doing?"

"Because it's not a sarcasm, what's the point of King Danyang?" Ma Jian lacked interest.

"Sooner or later, it's a family, why bother to be so disgusted?"

"If nothing else is done, I will accompany my family to enjoy the flowers first. Please come back with the King of Danyang!"

"You don't have to keep people from thousands of miles away! I am just worried that King Qiangyang is bored, so I will ask you to learn about some new things."

“New things?”

"Don't stand there, go out for a walk with the orphan!" Ning Ze pulled Ma Jian out directly.

Ma Jianxin said what this is called? It would be better to stay at home with your wife and children to enjoy the flowers leisurely when you go out with your great enemy who destroyed Nan Cheng. Now that I have accepted my fate, what else do you want?

But there is no way, this is Ningze's territory.

He was taken out of the mansion by Ning Ze, and the two princes drove side by side and rode out of the city.

On the way, Ning Ze asked: "What do my in-laws think about the roads in Huajun?"

Nowadays, the main traffic roads inside and outside Huajun city are paved with cement, which is completely different from the roads in Ma Jian’s perception.

The road here is flat, and it is comfortable no matter whether the carriages pass by, without any bumps.

"Paving a road with stones is so flat, it will definitely cost a lot of money, and it will cost the people and cause money!" Although Ma Jian felt that these cement roads were good, he was not forgiven.

Ning Ze laughed: "Although the cost of paving the road is slightly higher, it has nothing to do with the trouble of the people and money. I am preparing to push it to the Sixteen Prefectures. By then, the roads across the country will be smooth and smooth. Wouldn't it be beautiful?"

Ma Jian did not answer, and was quite surprised to imagine that the roads across the country were paved with cement roads.

Of course he was curious about what spell Ning Ze used to make such a flat stone path. If it weren't for the spell, there would be no way to do it with human power, right?

He was taken to a remote place ten miles outside the city by Ning Ze, and saw a strange-looking building on the side of the road, and many Chinese soldiers guarded it.

My heart skipped a beat. Ning Ze brought him over. Could it be that he wanted to kill himself here and find a reason to pass by just by just looking for a reason?

I was careless! This is in the wilderness, with only his people around me. It is not difficult to have an accidental death. What should I do?

Just as he was thinking, Ning Ze turned over and got off the horse, turned around and smiled at him, "Don't think too much, you don't have to work so hard. There is something good for you to appreciate!"

Ma Jian jumped off the war horse half-believingly, and someone came over to lead the two war horses to the side to feed them.

"Secretary Qiu Baozhi, pay homage to King Danyang and King Qiangyang!" A man dressed in official uniform but did not look like an official came to greet him.

"I heard that there is another extremely important thing in Gu's design. I specially brought my in-laws to take a look." Ning Ze said with a smile.

"Here!" Qiu Baozhi nodded respectfully, "Please follow me, two princes."

Ma Jian followed Ning Ze with fear, always on guard and did not dare to be careless.

When I entered the strange building, there was a strange thing in the middle. It was the first time Ma Jian saw it. I didn’t know what this thing was for, and I thought it was some kind of torture instrument.

Ning Ze looked excited, and after going forward to check carefully, he turned to Qiu Baozhi and said, "Although it is quite rough, considering the current craft water products, it can be made very well! Can it be successfully generated power?"

"Report to the prince, this is our failure for nearly two hundred times, and finally we successfully made the first machine that can generate electricity according to your drawings." Qiu Baozhi replied, "It's just that the electricity is not high."

"It doesn't matter, any achievements are progressive step by step, and you can't be impatient!" Ning Ze glanced at the two extremely simple primitive light bulbs next to him, "Try it!"

"Here!" Qiu Baozhi called a soldier and asked him to ride on the position next to the generator that looked like a bicycle seat, and began to stomp hard.

After a while, the two simple light bulbs began to appear faintly, and then they became brighter and brighter.

Ning Ze was very satisfied: "It's great! But many places need improvements, so don't worry, take it slowly. When it is done here, you can consider building various power generation methods such as hydraulic power, wind power, and coal. After China is unified, I will build it into the era of electricity and strive to modernize as soon as possible! In-laws, witness the birth of the new era with me! If you are interested, many modern ideas can allow you to join in and realize it together."

Ma Jian looked confused. He couldn't understand all the words of the power era and modernization, but the two light bulbs in front of him could become very bright without fire. He was quite surprised.
Chapter completed!