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Qing Deng and the others listened very carefully.

They had never had children, so they could not really understand the feeling of "reproducing, accompanying, and leaving offspring".

However, they clearly felt the love that Gu Mu and his wife had for their children.

The heartfelt joy and relief were beyond words.

At this moment, Gu Mu Goro suddenly said:

"By the way... Ju Jun, it's almost time for you to get married, right?"

Along with this question, a bunch of eyes with different emotions fell on Qing Deng.

Qing Deng was startled - the sudden urging to get married caught him off guard.

Gu Mu Goro continued the conversation quietly:

"You are now the master of a city and a place, no longer an official with a fixed salary."

"In the past, whether you wanted to get married or stay single, no one would care about you."

"But now, the situation is very different."

At this point, his tone and demeanor gradually became serious.

"Whether or not you have children is directly related to the survival of the entire domain."

"To put it bluntly... whether or not to get married, and whether or not to give birth to children, is no longer up to you."

"Your subordinates must be more anxious about your marriage than you are."

"If things go wrong, they might force you to get married, or at least adopt a capable son."

"Therefore, even if it is just to ensure the stability of the domain, it is time for you to get married."

As soon as Komaki Goro finished speaking, Ah-Machi echoed:

"Get married..."

As she spoke, she turned her eyes, looked at Qing Deng, and then looked at Kinoshita Mai, her eyes gradually became meaningful.

"Tachibana, if you get married in the future, you must invite us when you hold the wedding!"

When she said the word "you", she emphasized her tone.

Facing the couple's singing and singing, Qing Deng couldn't help but show a helpless expression.

In his impression, this is the first time he has been urged to get married this year.

Although Komaki Goro's words just now seemed sensational, in fact, it was just as he said - it was time for Qing Deng to get married.

It's no exaggeration to say... Compared with building a feudal state, getting married and having children is Qing Deng's top priority at the moment!

The reason is that Qing Deng is now the lord of a feudal state, no longer an ordinary person.

History has proved countless times: in the feudal era, the scarcity of royal family will cause great risks.

A typical example in China is the Wei Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period.

The scarcity of royal family allowed powerful officials to take advantage of it.

After the Jin Dynasty replaced the Wei Dynasty, it learned from the lesson and conferred great titles on royal family.

A typical example in Japan is Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi had a very serious lack of fertility, and he only left a child of a few years old until his death, which allowed Tokugawa Ieyasu to take advantage of it.

After the Tokugawa family replaced the Toyotomi family, they also learned from the lesson and conferred great titles on royal family, enfeoffed a large number of close feudal lords, and created the "Gosanke" and "Gosanqing".

In a nutshell, in a feudal organization that respects hereditary rule, if the leader has a large number of descendants, it means that the organization has a stable successor.

In this way, the organization can develop stably and for a long time, and the members can continue to serve it without worries.

On the contrary, following a leader without descendants is like working in a company that may go bankrupt or disband at any time.

To put it bluntly... if Qing Deng encounters an accident now and unfortunately passes away, what will happen to the Shinsengumi? What will happen to the Shinsen Chamber of Commerce? What will happen to the Qinjin Domain?

It is not difficult to imagine that there will definitely be a large-scale internal struggle!

The Shinsengumi and the Shinsen Chamber of Commerce are military groups and business organizations established by Qing Deng.

At this time when the domain was just founded and urgently needed talents to govern the country, Yamanami Keisuke, Iwasaki Yataro and others directly held various important positions within the domain.

In other words, the core cadres of the Shinsengumi and the Shinsen Chamber of Commerce are basically equivalent to the ruling class of the Qinjin Domain.

Nagakura Shinpachi, Saito Ichi and others were all ronin who had escaped from their clans.

Since they were ronin, it meant that they no longer had a master and were completely free.

The only exception was Kondo Isami.

From the perspective of household registration, the Kondo family was a vassal of the shogunate, so Kondo Isami was a legitimate shogunate retainer.

In terms of legal theory, he was more like a temporary shogunate loaned to Aoto by the shogunate.

[Note: In simple terms, a superior temporarily loaned his direct subordinates to others for use, and such a person who was borrowed for use was called a "suspension\