Because Qiu Zhenhai is Mrs. Jin Haibo's biological uncle, from a patriarchal perspective, he can be regarded as Yang Zhen's elder.

If he stands up to object, Yang Zhen will have more cards to play on this matter.

And he has every reason to stand up against it.

After all, how could the real uncle of his wife help his niece to take in a concubine or remarry?

Isn't it obvious that he is cheating his own niece?

Correspondingly, Qiu Zhenhai stood up to express his support and said that his niece promised not to object, so Yang Zhenke had no legitimate reason to refuse.

In this case, it would be impossible for him not to agree.

Sure enough, no matter whether he used the age difference as too big and couldn't miss each other as the reason, or the reason that he pledged his life to the country, the Immortal Qing Dynasty will never take concubines, or he wanted to find someone to see if his birth date and horoscope were compatible. Despite the delay, he could not resist the repeated persuasion from An Wulun, Shen Qicheng and others.

In the end, with Qiu Zhenhai's repeated "assist", he could only agree to the marriage with a slight embarrassment and a forced smile.

After seeing off An Wulun, Shen Qicheng, Liu Lin and others who were overjoyed that everything was done, Yang Zhen turned around and ordered his wife's brother Qiu Biyong, who also looked extremely ugly, to go out and call Qiu Zhenhai back alone.

"Bihan is your niece, your biological niece. How can an uncle protect his niece's son-in-law as a matchmaker? What's going on?"

Qiu Zhenhai probably also knew that Yang Zhen would definitely send someone to look for him, so he didn't go far after leaving General Zhengdong's camp.

Qiu Biyong quickly found him.

When Yang Zhen saw him, he naturally lost his temper and immediately moved out his wife Qiu Bihan from Jin Haibo's Mansion in Lushunkou to ask him what was going on.

At the same time, because among the people present, apart from himself and Qiu Zhenhai, the only one left was Qiu Biyong, who also looked livid and very unhappy, so Yang Zhen did not avoid his wife's name.

Of course, after all, Qiu Zhenhai is his general and the biological uncle of his wife Qiu Bihan, so it is impossible for Yang Zhen to really do anything to him.

I just didn't give him my seat, but just let him stand there and listen to myself.

As for Qiu Zhenhai, when he returned to the original meeting place, he saw Yang Zhen's face was solemn and he didn't move. Of course, he also realized the unhappiness in Yang Zhen's heart.

In fact, he also knew that Yang Zhen's unhappiness had little to do with whether he supported him in taking concubines. What really made Yang Zhen unhappy was that he did not communicate with his niece-in-law in advance.

And of course there was a reason why he didn't communicate with Yang Zhen beforehand.

Firstly, it was because he was informed last night. At that time, he did not come to Yang Zhen in the middle of the night.

The other reason is that he fully realized the significance of the marriage between Yang Zhen and the Shen family, and the alliance between Jin Haizhen and Shen Qiyuan. He very much hoped that Yang Zhen would agree to this marriage.

Furthermore, for him, his biological niece is already Mrs. Jin Haibo, who was consecrated by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. She has also given birth to Yang Zhen's only son, and no one can shake her status.

Under such circumstances, what does it mean that Yang Zhen, Jin Haibo's concubine, has two maids to warm his feet and warm his bed?

Not long ago, people from all walks of life went out to fight in the city and destroyed several Qing prison camps in the east and west of the city. They captured many young women from the court who had been looted by the Qing soldiers. Afterwards, Yang Zhen assigned them to defend the city with just one sentence. Meritorious generals from all walks of life.

Including Qiu Zhenhai, who was nearly fifty years old, he had several beautiful maids and concubines who kept his bed warm every night. Shouldn't Yang Zhen himself have so many?

In fact, even if Shen Qiyuan's daughter comes to Yang Zhen's side, especially when she comes to Jin Haibo's house in the future, isn't it just the result of being a foot-warming maid?

Correspondingly, Yang Zhen has such a foot-warming maid, but he can exchange it for countless conveniences in the Zhenjiang Fort City area, especially along the coast east of the Yajiang River.

Therefore, Qiu Zhenhai did not think that he had done anything wrong. On the contrary, he believed that as long as he told his difficulties, Yang Zhen would understand.

"Commander, An Wulun and the loyal and loyal Ming army generals were present. I cannot express my words clearly. However, everything I did was done out of public interest, to protect our Jinhai Town, and to protect this Zhenjiang city. , absolutely without any selfish motives.

"Shen Qiyuan wants to betroth his daughter to the governor, of course, in order to befriend the governor, and to use our Jinhai Town to find a way out for himself. How can he not know this in his humble position?

"But the governor's agreement to his request for marriage will also bring hundreds of benefits and no disadvantages to our Jinhai Town, especially to the humble Anton regiment's future operations in Zhenjiang City.

"Commander Governor, just imagine that in the future, a large number of immigrants from Denglai will come here and settle in the coastal areas east of the Yajiang River to cultivate wasteland and farmland. Without Shen Qiyuan's cooperation, can these things be accomplished?

"In the same way, since the governor has decided to place the prison camp on Yuncong Island, and then move the iron smelting branch of the iron factory to the island to mine iron ore, smelt iron and steel nearby, without the cooperation of Shen Qiyuan , can these things be done?”

Qiu Zhenhai knelt down on one knee in front of Yang Zhen, and explained all the considerations behind why he behaved like this.

Especially the last two questions, not only did Yang Zhen feel a little sad, but even Qiu Biyong, who stood aside with a very ugly face and was eager to say something, couldn't help but sigh in silence again and again.

For Qiu Biyong, he would instinctively and resolutely oppose Yang Zhen marrying another woman with a strong background and a noble family, even if it was just to be a concubine, or at best, just a wife.

After all, the current Mrs. Jin Haibo is his biological sister.

As long as Yang Zhen marries again, no matter who he marries or what his status is, the immediate damage will be to the current Mrs. Jin Haibo's interests.

It is also in the interests of their Qiu family.

Therefore, he was very angry at his uncle's behavior at first, thinking that his uncle, who had always been very strategic and responsible, had been bribed by someone from the imperial court, or that his brain had gone crazy.

But now that he heard his uncle's words, he quickly realized the complexity and the entangled interests of all parties.

Of course, Qiu Biyong is no longer an innocent boy full of fantasy.

He has lived in a dangerous and dangerous environment since he was a child. After his family followed Qiu Zhenhai and defected to Yang Zhen, the situation improved significantly.

But after Yang Zhen led his troops to move to Jinhai Town, he was left in Songshan City and in Xia Chengde's army. His position was neither embarrassing nor awkward, and he was once again in a complicated situation of intrigue.

In such an environment, it was impossible not to grow, so I was forced to grow up quickly.

Therefore, he can completely understand what Qiu Zhenhai said about the various overt and covert struggles between Jin Haizhen, Qinglu, Shen Qiyuan and other parties.

Therefore, once you break away from the narrow vision of only focusing on your own interests, many things can be figured out.

It's just that Yang Zhen's real wife is his sister after all, so he can't agree to this matter anyway.

Correspondingly, Yang Zhen was greatly relieved by Qiu Zhenhai's previous strange behavior.

It was not that Yang Zhen had not thought that further forming a good relationship with Shen Qiyuan would greatly benefit the implementation of his plan east of the Yajiang River.

It's just that he never thought that this could be achieved through marriage.

He knew very well that Jinhai Town was going to move to the coastal area east of the Yajiang River for large-scale immigration and settlement. Without Shen Qiyuan to turn a blind eye or directly cooperate, even if this matter was implemented forcefully, it would definitely encounter many difficulties.

Although now between the mountains and wilderness east of the Yajiang River and the north of Ningguo, the cities are dilapidated, the land is barren, and almost all the court people on the land have been slaughtered.

Most of the remaining rural people hid in the mountains and forests and became bandits.

However, after all, this area is still under the threat of Qing soldiers and horses.

At least to the north past the ruins of the former Uiju capital, where the Qing Dynasty troops could arrive at any time.

Going east, after passing the Qingchuan River, you will directly collide with the boundary between Shen Qiyuan and the Ningguo Northern Second Army Marshal who has regained control.

Now, Shen Qiyuan has gathered a large number of refugees and civilians from the northern two roads of Hening State. Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Sunchuan, Pyongyang and other places. As a vanguard, a small group of Hening State soldiers and horses have also moved westward to Anzhou. city.

Under such circumstances, if there is no cooperation from Shen Qiyuan, many things that follow will be really difficult.

In addition to reclaiming wasteland and farming, the Jiechuan Iron Mine that Yang Zhen really wanted to capture would also be harassed by Hening troops at any time.

Although Yang Zhen was very confident in sending troops to occupy those places, he used force to make He Ningguo's troops surrender, so that they did not dare to look west.

However, if a relatively safe situation can be maintained without the use of weapons or soldiers, Yang Zhen certainly does not want to go to war.

After all, what Yang Zhen needs most next is still to concentrate on development, at least in the areas on both sides of the Yajiang River and in the peninsula. He does not want to stir up changes in the situation for the time being.

Therefore, when he listened to Qiu Zhenhai's explanation, he was silent for a long time, and finally nodded, which was regarded as acknowledgment of his words.

Next, Yang Zhen first asked Qiu Zhenhai to stand up and sit down aside, then turned to Qiu Biyong, whose aura had always been not quite right, and said to him:

"Bi Yong, please tell me about this matter. What should my brother-in-law do?"

There was no one else present at this time.

So Yang Zhen also rarely spoke to Qiu Biyong as his brother-in-law.

But now that the matter has come to this, what else can Qiu Biyong say?

In fact, just now, before sending An Wulun, Shen Qicheng and others away, Yang Zhen had publicly agreed to everyone's request.

Qiu Biyong himself, as Yang Zhen's current attendant, was present during the entire process.

Now that Yang Zhen asked him for his opinion, what else could he say?

So Qiu Biyong groaned for a long time, and finally, under the gaze of Yang Zhen and Qiu Zhenhai, he had no choice but to say reluctantly:

"Since my uncle has spoken and he also agrees with this matter, this matter will be beneficial to my brother-in-law's career and the future of Jinhaizhen. Naturally, I have nothing to say about my humble position."

"Then, where is your sister -"

Of course, the reason why Yang Zhen asked Qiu Biyong for his opinion was not entirely to ask for his consent.

In fact, the main purpose was to gain his understanding first, and then his sister's understanding, so as to avoid a fire in my own backyard in the future.

Yang Zhen felt that he owed Qiu Bihan. After getting married, he spent less time together and separated more, especially after giving birth to children. He was not a competent husband and father.

Before this time, Yang Zhen had never considered obtaining Shen Qiyuan's firm support through marriage.

But now I look at it, whether I accept Shen Qiyuan's request for marriage, the impact is a bit large.

It is no longer just a matter of reclamation between Yajiang River and Qingchuan River, or a matter of Jiechuan Iron Mine, but also the Loyalty and Gui Ming Army will also be affected.

Now, since the main generals of the Zhongyi Gui Ming Army are also working hard to promote this matter, then if he resolutely refuses, no matter what the reason is, the huge size of the Zhongyi Gui Ming Army may be suppressed because of his refusal. Unpredictable changes occurred due to Qi Yuan's marriage requirements.

This is not what Yang Zhen wants to see.

But at the same time, he didn't want this unexpected incident to affect his relationship or family relationship with Qiu.

So he must get Qiu's forgiveness.

"Bizuzhi knows my brother-in-law's difficulties. As for my sister, I will help explain to my brother-in-law when we meet. I think my sister will also put the overall situation first."
Chapter completed!