marquis of jingan

Chapter 963 Getting Married (Fill)

Su Ding thought for a while, and then asked: "Mr. Shen, what opportunity did General Ling go to fight for?"

There are only the three of them in the tent here, and Shen Yi's personal guards are outside, and no one can approach within twenty steps, so Shen Yi has no need to hide anything, and immediately said: "I asked Ling Su to take someone to sit down. The ship went west, from the garrison section of the Huai River Navy, and attacked the Qi people's camp in the north."

Hearing his words, Su Ding immediately understood, his eyes lit up, and he said: "Mr. Shen, what you mean is to attract people from Qi to the west."

"It is to attract some Qi people to go further west."

Master Shen looked calm, and said softly: "When I rushed over from Lianshui, Ling Su had already left. Although I didn't get too many clothes from the Huaihe Navy, but with the lessons of last year, it is impossible for Qi people not to take this This matter is on the Huaihe Navy's head."

He said calmly: "As long as their forces are scattered and the Confederate Army north of Huai'an does not exceed 5 people, we will have a great chance to go north next time."

Su Ding thought for a while.Then he praised: "Mr. Shen is brilliant."

He said: "In the past few days, the last general and General Xue have also discussed this matter on the north bank. Compared with last year, the combat effectiveness of the Northern Qi Conquest to the Southern Army is even slightly inferior. As long as their forces are slightly dispersed, the last general It won’t be a big problem when Haizhou is captured.”

Shen Yi knocked on the table with his hand, and said slowly: "My preliminary plan is to go north after ten days."

"If you two have any other opinions, you can say so, and let's sit together and discuss."

Xue Wei hesitated for a moment, but still clasped his fists and said, "Mr. Shen, the armors of our ten thousand recruits on the Eastern Front are not fully equipped. In the past month, when the recruits went north, they borrowed the armors of the veterans."

"When will the Ministry of War be able to complete the armor, otherwise these new recruits will be difficult to go to the battlefield after ten days."

Armor is an absolutely very important military weapon. There is a huge difference in survival rate on the battlefield with armor and without armor.

However, there is a big gap between excellent armor and simple leather armor.

Master Shen frowned slightly, and said, "How many pieces are left?"

Xue Wei replied: "There are still about [-] pieces left."

Master Shen stroked his chin, and said in a deep voice: "In the past ten days, I will try my best to find a way to help you get all the armor, but the time is too fast, and there may not be enough. If it is really not enough, then those who don't have armor will not Go north, stay and guard the Xiangshui camp."

Xue Wei heaved a sigh of relief, cupped his fists and said with a smile: "So, the subordinates have no problem."

Shen Yi stood up from his seat, and after taking two steps, he looked back at the two generals, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "I just received the news two days ago that Emperor Yongping of the Northern Qi Dynasty is planning to marry his daughter For the Tatar Khans farther north."

Master Shen had a smile on his face, and he was quite proud.

"Brothers, our Huai'an army alone has forced Northern Qi to make peace with Tatar!"

Hearing this sentence, Xue Wei and Su Ding had different reactions. Xue Wei also felt refreshed when he heard the words. He stood up and said with a smile: "Today, Emperor Hu was forced to marry a daughter to a Tatar. In the future, we will Go to Yandu and let the Huren emperor marry the other princesses to Duke Shen to make him a child!"

Shen Yi glanced at this guy, coughed: "Don't talk nonsense, let outsiders listen to it."

Su Ding followed suit with a smile, and then said, "Mr. Shen, if the Northern Qi and the Tatars strike peace, will they send more troops to the Huaihe River? If they do, let's attack Xuzhou..."

"I'm afraid it will be blocked."

Master Shen was very optimistic, he said lightly: "Let's make peace, it's just that we won't fight now, and it's not that we won't fight in the future. If the world's affairs can be solved by marrying a daughter, then that Emperor Zhao doesn't have to do anything else." It’s just a matter of giving birth to a daughter at home all day long.”

Su Ding was thoughtful, and asked: "Mr. Shen, what do you think..."

Master Shen chuckled: "Both of them must stop their troops and not withdraw their troops. How many soldiers and horses should the Qi people put on the border, or how many soldiers and horses should be sent?"

Su Ding's understanding of the court was far inferior to that of the battlefield. He still didn't quite understand, and asked, "Then why did Emperor Zhao marry his daughter in order to stop the war and make peace?"

"What else can it be for?"

Master Shen put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "Beat us to save money."

Fighting is fighting for money. Northern Qi's economic situation was already slightly worse than that of Da Chen. Even in the past few years, under the leadership of Zhao Changping, Da Chen's economic situation was much better than that of Northern Qi.

In the past two years, after Master Shen created the Shibo Division, the economic situation of the imperial court has improved, which is enough to support a large-scale war.

But Northern Qi may not be able to.

Simply put, they should be a little short of money.

With the same number of troops, there is a huge gap in expenditure between the state of war and the state of daily life.

Moreover, the frontier army can garrison the fields and guard the frontier. If there is a truce, the financial pressure on the Qi people will suddenly ease.

These are all political matters, neither Su Ding nor Xue Wei are very proficient in it, and Shen Yi didn't explain much to them, but after a brief explanation, he said: "Okay , you have been fighting hard these few days, go back and have a good rest, I will be in the water during this time."

"Let's talk again before going north."

The two stood up one after another, clasped their fists and saluted Shen Yi: "Your subordinate obeys!"

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While Master Shen was discussing the plan of the Northern Expedition with his two subordinates, the city of Xuzhou was very lively with lanterns and festoons, gongs and drums being played.

In the welcoming team, a tall and straight young man with a red flower on his chest smiled and saluted the surrounding people with fists in his arms.

Behind him, the wedding party was surrounded by a big red eight-carried sedan chair, mighty and mighty.

The entire welcoming team was full of 200 people, very lively.

In this team, there were still people holding a plate of broken silver in one hand, throwing silver into the pile of people from time to time, attracting the onlookers to loot it.

"Whose family is getting married, such a big scene?"

No one asked this question until the wedding procession had passed.

Those who knew the inside story shook their heads and said with emotion: "Who else can it be? It's our big Xuzhou bookseller, Shen Ping and Shen Yuanwai!"

"Shen Yuanwai..."

"Remember, it was the one who sold villain books two years ago. I heard that they are well-off and rich. In Xuzhou city alone, there are five or six bookstores. I heard that they have all opened to Yanjing. , the business is getting bigger and bigger.”

The man shook his head and said, "I thought I was already very old, but I didn't expect Shen Yuanwai to be so young!"

He looked at the people on the side and asked, "Which family is this girl marrying? For such a big scene, money was directly thrown away."

The person he was questioning looked around and said in a low voice, "I heard that she is the niece of Lord Zhizhou!"

The person who asked the question frowned: "He is just a merchant, how can he marry the daughter of an official?"

"Shangjia, what's wrong with Shangjia?"

"Member Shen is rich!"

The man let out a hey, and said, "In the past few years, I have been a frequent visitor to Master Zhizhou's house. Maybe, in order to get in touch with Master Zhizhou, I gave all the dry shares of my business to Master Zhizhou. !"

There was another person next to him. Hearing the conversation between these two people, he sneered again and again: "Also share the dry shares! I'm afraid this is Zhizhou's own business!"

"This businessman surnamed Shen is just doing business for Zhizhou!"

"Bullshit!"

Someone retorted him: "If that's the case, how can Master Zhizhou marry his niece to him?!"

"That's right. I heard that Master Zhizhou's younger sister married Master Zhu Lizhen. This niece is still Zhu Lizhen. Although her family has fallen, she can't marry a servant in the family no matter what."

"This member Shen must be a wealthy businessman!"

Someone put the picked up silver into his bosom, and cursed: "Government and business collusion, government and business collusion!"

The crowd started to discuss in a hurry, and it became a ball of quarrel.

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It's night, in Shen's house.

Shen Yuanwai, who had already drunk all kinds of meat and vegetables, was finally pushed into the bridal chamber. He lifted the red hijab, and saw an ordinary-looking, rather delicate woman, whose face was flushed with shame.

Only sixteen or seventeen years old.

Member Shen sat silently in front of the bed, and by candlelight, looked at the woman with complicated eyes.

His original surname was Lin, but now he changed his name to Shen Ping.

"Miss."

The bridegroom spoke softly.

The little girl lowered her head, her face flushed.

"Husband..."

Yuanwai Shen got up silently, walked to the table, exhaled lightly, and blew out the candle.

For some reason, the breath she exhaled was more like a sigh.

(End of this chapter)