The "urgent military meeting" in the inner courtyard of the Songshan General Military Mansion was unexpectedly derailed by Yang Guozhu's marriage proposal to Yang Zhen.

These people are also too boring. They have been working hard in front of the army. Their ordinary days are too monotonous, too dull and too tense. It is rare to encounter such an interesting thing.

Jia Lizhu brought back a lot of news from the Xuan Mansion, the most valuable of which was of course the news that the Zhangjiakou Shanyou Chamber of Commerce had left the country and headed north.

However, with the topic of Yang Guozhu's proposal to marry Yang Zhen, and the "secret news" revealed by Zhang Chen about Yang Zhen and the eldest daughter of the enemy family, the generals inside and outside Songshan City who had been suppressed for a long time suddenly became interested in Yang Zhen's marriage.

Extremely concerned.

Some people who were originally waiting in the yard didn't know what happened in the room. They only heard the discussion inside until the end, and there were bursts of laughter and cheers, which made them scratch their heads.

After the meeting ended and everyone went back to their respective camps, they were all delighted when they heard on the way that they were going to tell their chief soldier Yang Zhen about their marriage, and their emotions quickly rose.

In this era, there was no decent entertainment in front of the Liaoxi Army. Such unexpected gossip really aroused unlimited interest among these veterans who had been fighting for many years.

In fact, Yang Zhen had thought about introducing some sports that were popular hundreds of years later into Songshan City at this time, so that the soldiers in Songshan City could have some entertainment in their free time and have a place to vent their energy. However,

He never got around to arranging this matter.

Moreover, the generals and soldiers in the Songshan Army actually don't have much free time at the moment. This is true for the advance battalion units, and the same is true for other units of the Songshan Army.

In the past, these people were either fighting or preparing for war, and did not have much free time at all.

Now, after Yang Zhen came, he has even added the tasks of rectifying the Songshan city defense, building the Wengcheng bastion, reclaiming wasteland and even going out to sea to fish. It is really so busy that he turns off the lights when he opens his eyes.

Even if you have good sports, such as Cuju, polo, wrestling, martial arts competitions, etc., they will not have much free time!

Therefore, even if this matter was stillborn, before it was formally raised, Yang Zhen himself gave up the idea and temporarily shelved all the various plans to train them through exercise.

Of course, Li Ma and Meng He, who followed Xu Changyong to escort Jie Lizhu into Songshan City, would never simply think that the news that Jie Lizhu brought back from the Xuan Mansion was just that Mr. Yang of the Xuan Mansion wanted to give

His nephew Yang Zhen, the general training officer of the Songshan regiment, asked someone to talk about the kiss.

But no matter how they asked, Xu Changyong, who had always been loud-mouthed, became more secretive this time. He just smiled and said nothing, and just told them to wait patiently.

The last time, Yang Zhen led his troops to attack behind enemy lines without permission, but the news was leaked, causing an uproar and even causing the imperial court to send an imperial envoy to investigate. This incident was a profound lesson for the Songshan generals.

If Yang Zhen and the others had not returned with a great victory, and one handsome man could cover up all the ugly ones, then the consequences of the last incident would probably not be something they, the half-bare generals with little or not so strong backing, could bear.

So this time, Yang Zhen only briefly mentioned that he should keep secret about intercepting and killing the prairie caravan. The generals who participated in the discussion immediately understood what they should do.

What Yang Zhen is planning now is closely related to the future and destiny of each Songshan general. No one wants such a good thing to be interrupted or ruined halfway.

At the same time, after the military discussion, everyone was making arrangements to propose marriage to Yang Zhen. This very unexpected and very interesting thing also provided everyone with a perfect excuse to avoid the important and trivial and cover up the inside story of the emergency meeting.

That night, the generals who noticed that Yang Zhen convened an emergency meeting but were not invited to participate in the meeting also knew that Commander-in-Chief Yang Zhen was planning to propose marriage to Qiu Zhenhai's eldest niece, the eldest daughter of the Qiu family.

Xia Chengde learned about the so-called inside story of this emergency meeting through his son Xia Shu, and he was still doubtful and finally relieved.

As for Lu Pinqi himself, he had already heard people talk about Yang Zhen and Qiu Zhenhai's eldest niece in private on the way back from Clam Hill.

At this time, he learned about this so-called inside story from Zhong Lingxian, the Assistant Manager of the Camp Affairs Office, and even laughed it off. He also thought about whether he should follow Zhang Degui and others to join in the fun.

As for Qiu Biyong, who was working as an assistant in the Assistant Camp Affairs Office, although he did not deliberately inquire about what was discussed in the official room of the second hospital, he also heard some "rumours" that night.

Qiu Biyong was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he successfully entered the newly established Assistant Camp Affairs Office of the General Military Mansion to help with camp affairs. This fact has long been doubted by many people in Songshan City, and there have been some gossips.

Now, the commander-in-chief Yang Zhen wanted to propose marriage to the eldest daughter of the Qiu family. As soon as the news came out, those who were originally suspicious took another look and suddenly realized that this was the case, and they themselves found a reasonable explanation.

Yang Zhen saved his sister's life. Qiu Biyong already knew this when he followed his uncle Qiu Zhenhai on the boat to Songshan across the sea.

My sister is now nineteen years old, but she has never married. Now she has become a source of worry for the entire Qiu family.

In Qiu Biyong's view, considering his sister's current situation, if she could marry Yang Zhen, the chief soldier of the Songshan regiment, as others said, it would be a very good choice.

In terms of position, Yang Zhen is now the boss of Songshan City, the chief military officer of the Songshan regiment, and also has the title of Governor Qianshi of the Ming Dynasty Left Army Governor's Mansion.

As for their Qiu family, they are now just commanders of the ship camp who have recently joined Yang Zhen and have no status in the imperial court.

In terms of family background, Yang Zhen is the hereditary commander of the Guangning Houtun Guards. As long as the Ming Dynasty does not fall, this hereditary commander's position can be passed down from father to son to grandson.

As for the Qiu family, although they once had a worldly position in the Ming Dynasty, but even if the Ming Dynasty still recognizes this worldly position now, it is just the deputy of a thousand households in Weihaiwei, a thousand-household residence on a hundred-foot cliff.

Regardless of practical needs or family inheritance, if his sister can marry Yang Zhen as a stepmother, it will be the most beneficial thing for the Qiu family at the moment.

Therefore, that night, Qiu Biyong heard some rumors and did not dare to ask anyone for details. He changed shifts in the evening and quickly took leave and returned home to report the news to his mother and aunt.

That night, in the courtyard of Qiu's family, in the west room of the three main rooms in the backyard, a lamp was lit like a bean on a curved kang.

At this time, Qiu Biyong stood respectfully in the open space below the kang bed, and above the kang, sitting around the kang table, were two middle-aged beautiful women who were slightly overweight and a slender young woman who lowered her head and said nothing.

Between the two middle-aged beautiful women, the one who is slightly older and sitting at the right position is none other than Qiu Biyong's mother and Qiu Zhenhai's sister-in-law, Shen.

That middle-aged beautiful woman who looks a little younger but less attractive is Qiu Zhenhai's wife and Qiu Biyong's aunt, Mrs. Guo.

As for the other young girl who bowed her head silently and thoughtfully under the lamp, she was Qiu Bihan, the eldest daughter of the Qiu family, Qiu Biyong's sister.

However, Qiu Biyong stood in the open space under the kang and reported to his mother Shen, his aunt Guo and his sister the eldest daughter of the Qiu family in detail about what Yang Zhen had heard from the General Military Mansion and was preparing to report to Qiu.

The two beautiful middle-aged women were surprised and happy to hear the rumors of marriage proposals.

"Bi Yong, you have to inquire carefully. Has it been decided that General Yang is going to propose marriage to our family?!"

After Qiu Biyong reported the news he had heard, his mother, Shen, who was sitting in the middle, was happy, but she didn't say anything. Aunt Guo, who was sitting on the side, asked first:

"This matter should not be treated as a trivial matter! If General Yang really has such a plan, and if you go by what I say, we have nothing to hesitate. He is a dignified General Songshan and a hereditary commander, so there is nothing wrong with him.

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"Besides, our old enemies brought thousands of people from the farm to Songshan City. From now on, we will have to live by others! If it happens, it will be a great thing!"

When Mrs. Shen saw her grand-in-law's face full of joy, she actually agreed with it from the bottom of her heart. However, compared with her own daughter, she would still be an outsider.

Qiu Biyong's mother, Shen, came from the family of Shen Shikui, the last chief military officer of Dongjiang Town. Although she was only a distant relative, she was also a channel for Shen Shikui to win over Qiu Zhentai.

Therefore, Mrs. Shen also clearly sees the pros and cons of marriage between generals. Now that her husband Qiu Zhentai is no longer around, she leads a bunch of orphans and widows to live with Qiu Zhenhai's family. She often feels like she is being dependent on others.

In the past, Mrs. Shen had also thought about relying on her daughter's beauty to become a general in the Tianzhu Army, or even a relative in the Eight Banners of Manchuria, so that her family could live a worry-free life in the future.

However, Qiu Zhentai did not agree to it until he was alive. After Qiu Zhentai died, Qiu Zhenhai disagreed to it again. His own daughter Qiu Bihan was also unwilling to do so.

She has been dragging it back and forth like this until now. Seeing that her eldest son is no longer young and there is no suitable in-law, she has long been secretly worried about this matter.

Mrs. Shen later heard about Yang Zhen's rescue of her daughter when their group evacuated from Tianzhuang Terrace. When they arrived in Songshan, she actually had some thoughts in her mind, wondering if she could find an opportunity to have her daughter meet this Yang.

See you again, Commander-in-Chief.
Chapter completed!