Usurping the Mongols: My Father-in-Law is Genghis Khan

The Mongol Khan's daughter's wedding could not be taken lightly, of course.

After more than ten days of preparations, a grand wedding was finally held at Mount Zhe Zheyun.

Not only did all the Mongol nobles personally attend to offer their congratulations, but they also brought generous gifts.

Temujin's dowry for Khuarjin was three hundred fine horses, eight hundred head of cattle, three thousand sheep, and five hundred households of subjects.

Originally, Zhao Shuo had exchanged nearly five hundred households of the Chirkin people for one thousand households of Kereit subjects. Now, with the addition of these five hundred households of subjects as dowry, Zhao Shuo, this chiliarch, was once again worthy of the name.

Of course, Zhao Shuo had now completely cast aside gifts and dowry, his eyes solely fixed on the graceful figure dressed in a bright red Mongolian wedding gown.

The wedding dress, embroidered with intricate auspicious patterns, made the beautiful woman appear even more dignified and luxurious.

The headdress, composed of coral, pearls, turquoise beads, and openwork silver pieces, did not appear cumbersome but instead further accentuated Khuarjin's radiant beauty, making her noble and charming.

Khuarjin looked at Zhao Shuo with bright, clear eyes and softly asked, "Zhao Shuo, do you remember the scene when we first met?"

"Of course, I remember. That year, I was only seven years old and had just hunted a small marmot with my little bow and arrow. I was roasting the marmot when I didn't expect the aroma to attract you, a little glutton, who ate almost half of my roasted marmot."

Thinking of the scene of a delicate little girl, like a jade carving, devouring half a marmot in a whirlwind, her mouth covered in grease, a smile couldn't help but appear on Zhao Shuo's stern face.

Khuarjin smiled, covering her mouth, "At that time, you didn't know I was the Khan's daughter, and you generously shared half with me."

Resources were scarce on the grasslands. Even though Zhao Shuo's father, Zhao Yong, was Temujin's companion, meat was still quite precious to Zhao Shuo. Giving half a marmot to a little girl he had never met before was indeed a generous gesture, easily winning Khuarjin's favor.

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The two grew up together, innocent and carefree. Recalling the past moments, the yurt was filled with a warm atmosphere.

"By the way..."

Khuarjin suddenly remembered something and said, "Before marrying you, Mother asked me to personally give you something."

"Could it be some kind of treasure?"

"It's not really a treasure."

As she spoke, Khuarjin got up, took something out of a box, and said, "Zhao Shuo, look."

"A horsewhip?"

Zhao Shuo took the horsewhip and examined it carefully, saying, "It seems to be just an ordinary horsewhip; there's nothing special about it."

"It is just an ordinary horsewhip."

Khuarjin explained, "My mother is from the Olkhunut tribe. The men of the Olkhunut tribe are not strong in battle and have always relied on beautiful women marrying powerful grassland heroes to protect themselves. Every woman of the Olkhunut tribe has a horsewhip in her dowry. The wife must personally give this horsewhip to her husband. If she does something wrong, the husband can use this horsewhip to whip her hard."

"Although I am the Khan's daughter, since I have married you, you are my master. I am your woman and should naturally listen to you. Keep this horsewhip, and unless you don't want me anymore, don't return it to me."

Khuarjin said gently and firmly.

Zhao Shuo gazed into Khuarjin's eyes, and a surge of warmth welled up in his heart.

He naturally knew the meaning of Khuarjin giving him the horsewhip.

She hoped that he would not regard her as Temujin's daughter but treat her as an ordinary wife.

Khuarjin did not want her status to create psychological inequality between them.

This horsewhip meant that Khuarjin was giving up the privileges of a princess, wholeheartedly becoming his wife, supporting him, loving him, and serving him.

Zhao Shuo deeply felt this love.

Zhao Shuo couldn't restrain himself and suddenly embraced Khuarjin.

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Grassland weddings usually last three days.

On the first day, the newlyweds are officially married. The following two days are for entertaining guests from all directions, holding grand banquets, and singing and dancing.

Three days later, the wedding ended, and the Mongol nobles dispersed.

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The entire Eastern Mongolian grassland is vast, with more than two million square kilometers, equivalent to ten provinces of the Central Plains in later generations. The nobles all have their own territories and subjects and cannot all be crowded in the royal court, can they?

Zhao Shuo's territory was allocated by Temujin to the area north of the Greater Khingan Mountains and along the Ergune and Hailar Rivers, the vast and fertile Hulunbuir grassland, with a total area of more than one hundred thousand square kilometers.

What kind of concept is this?

It is roughly equivalent to a Jiang Su province in later generations.

On the surface, five thousand households of subjects, with a total population of only about thirty thousand, distributed over such a vast area, can indeed be described as sparsely populated.

However, with the productivity of this era, it can only be considered a place with lush water and grass and relatively abundant land.

With his own territory and subjects, plus the status of a son-in-law, Zhao Shuo could finally realize his grand ambitions.

First, Zhao Shuo established his first standing army.

Although the grasslands had been in a state of universal conscription for two hundred years of the Dark Ages, Zhao Shuo believed that a standing army that could be mobilized at any time was still very necessary.

Previously, the Mongol nobles had, at most, a few dozen personal attendants.

The only true standing army was Temujin's personal guard.

This personal guard had a total of one thousand people, composed of quiver bearers, guards, rotating guards, cooks, gatekeepers, horse caretakers...etc., responsible for Temujin's safety on the one hand and fighting at critical moments on the battlefield on the other.

These one thousand personal guards were the predecessors of the Kheshig.

Zhao Shuo planned to establish a standing army of five hundred men.

Among them, three hundred came from the most valiant warriors originally under Zhao Shuo's command. The other two hundred were selected from the newly acquired, brave and skilled Chirkin people.

The army was there, but it was more difficult to equip them with sophisticated weapons.

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