When Zhang Degui said this, he looked at Yang Zhen's expression, and then continued: "If Mr. Yang of the Xuan Mansion pretends to be Meng'er and hires someone on your behalf, then something will happen! Let's make a mess!

If you do it quickly, you can tell them to worry less!"

Seeing what Zhang Degui said, Yang Zhen thought for a moment, nodded to him, and said: "Okay! Make an appointment early! I'll leave this matter to you. The matter of Nacai can be carried out even if I'm not around, so you can

Let’s figure it out!”

Yang Zhen had some understanding of Zhang Degui's thoughts. Zhang Degui didn't want to get too close to Xuanfu Town, so he had his own considerations.

Because back then, Yang Zhen's uncle and nephew had a dispute over the commander of the Guangning rear guard. Zhang Degui was on Yang Zhen's side, which greatly offended Yang Guozhu.

Although Yang Zhen's uncle Yang Guozhu was not able to succeed him as the commander of the Guangning rear garrison, he did well later and gradually rose to the position of commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu Town.

With Yang Guozhu's current status, he no longer cares about the uncle-nephew dispute and the various sides and rifts between the old men in Guangning's rear guard during the uncle-nephew dispute.

But Zhang Degui and others who were on Yang Zhen's side were very worried. Firstly, Yang Guozhu's status was higher, and secondly, Yang Zhen's younger brother Yang Jie, who was adopted as Yang Guozhu's heir, had grown up and had been promoted and made a fortune.

Not bad.

Therefore, Zhang Degui very much hoped that Yang Zhen would get married as soon as possible and give birth to an heir to the commander of the Guangning Houtun Guards. Only in this way would they, the old people who advocated Yang Zhen's hereditary inheritance, not offend Yang Guozhu in vain.

Of course, Yang Zhen understood his psychology after thinking about it for a while, but their knots related to the survival of Guangning Houtunwei were actually not worth mentioning in Yang Zhen's current situation.

His cheap uncle Yang Guozhu is now the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town, with more than 10,000 troops under his command. In the future, he will become one of the eight general soldiers mobilized by Emperor Chongzhen to go outside Shanhaiguan and return to Hong Chengchou's control.

For such an important figure, he must rely on the relationship between uncle and nephew to win over and use him. No matter how many conflicts and disputes there were between uncle and nephew in the past, at least this blood relationship is still very effective.

Moreover, Yang Zhen also knew very well that the problems that Zhang Degui and the others were worried about were simply unfounded worries. Yang Guozhu had no intention of scheming or harming his own nephew.

Of course, the people around Yang Zhen don't know this, but Yang Zhen, who has lived in two generations, knows it clearly.

Historically, Yang Guozhu was defeated outside Jinzhou City. When he retreated to the foot of Luhong Mountain, he was once again surrounded by the Manchu Tatar army. At this time, the enemy came to persuade him to surrender, and his generals also persuaded him to surrender.

But Yang Guozhu said, this is the place where my nephew was killed. My nephew fought to the death for the country. How can I, an uncle, be inferior to my nephew?

According to historical records, after Yang Guozhu said these words, he immediately drew his sword and committed suicide. Some of his subordinates followed him and committed suicide, while some broke through and died in battle. Only a small number of them fought hard and were captured and surrendered in the end.

It has to be said that many Chinese people at that time still had a lot of integrity and character. Many people still believed in the creed that they would rather be broken than destroyed, and they would rather die than surrender at critical moments.

Unlike hundreds of years later, how many people believed in the so-called good advice that it is better to die than to live, and in order to survive, they performed countless servile and ugly acts.

In this regard, Yang Guozhu and the Xuanfu soldiers he led are exactly what Yang Zhen needs most at the moment and are one of the most powerful helpers. Although he does not want to leave the matter of marriage to others, it does not mean that

He will alienate his uncle.

However, he could also understand the psychology of people like Zhang Degui, but he just needed to find a suitable time in the future to resolve the differences as soon as possible.

Let's say that the two people talked in the inner courtyard of the General Military Mansion for most of an hour. Yang Zhen gave all the instructions that needed to be given. Only then did Zhang Degui leave with peace of mind and went back to arranging various affairs.

Although the number of people led by Yang Zhen's group is not many, there is a lot of military supplies that need to be prepared.

One person needs two horses, one of which is used to carry people, and the other is used to carry guns, ammunition, food supplies and other things.

With the Assistant Camp Affairs Office and Yang Zhen's clear ammunition base standards earlier, Yang Zhen no longer needs to do these preparations of combat supplies himself.

After things were arranged, Zhang Degui led the Assistant Camp Affairs Office to discuss how to prepare with Zu Keyong, Xu Changyong, Zhang Chen and Li Lu, and Yang Zhen himself felt relaxed.

In this way, Yang Zhen returned to his residence and slept until dusk, until Ma Keqing led two other servants in the General Military Mansion to prepare dinner and send it to Yang Zhen's room to wake him up.

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After adding two helpers, an old man and a young man, to the backyard of the General Military Mansion, Ma Keqing became much more relaxed and brisk in his work. He also cleaned up inside and out, and the food he prepared looked better.

Although Yang Zhen doesn't care about this, life with someone taking care of him is definitely much better than having to do everything by himself.

Yang Zhen asked them to sit down and eat together, but they refused in panic and refused. Yang Zhen had no choice but to let them go.

Of course, Yang Zhen's food is still the basic food equipment of the advance battalion. Even if he becomes the general soldier, there is nothing particularly luxurious.

The same stack of mixed noodle pancakes, a small pot of sorghum rice porridge, a plate of pickled dried fish, and a plate of unknown stir-fried wild vegetables.

These things, of course, have nothing to do with luxury, but there is no problem if you have enough to eat.

In this era of war and chaos, it is not easy for Yang Zhen to ensure that he can do this in the advance camp.

While Yang Zhen was thinking about the supply issues of the advance camp and even the entire Songshan City, he was eating his dinner with salted fish rolled in big pancakes with gusto. Not long after, he saw Ma Keqing quickly returning to the house.

"Sir! Qiu Biyong, assistant director of the Camp Affairs Office, go outside the second gate to ask for a meeting!"

"Have you ever asked him what he was doing?"

"I asked. When I saw something in his hand, I asked him what it was and what the commander-in-chief was doing, but he just didn't tell me!"

"Okay! Go and ask him to come in!"

If the eldest daughter of the Qiu family agrees to this marriage, then Qiu Biyong will be his brother-in-law from now on, and he will also be one of the candidates he can rely on in the future, not an outsider.

As for whether the eldest daughter of the Chou family would agree to this marriage, Yang Zhen actually knew it in his heart. Although he was not 100% sure, he was at least 70 to 80% sure that she would agree.

At this moment, Yang Zhen heard that Qiu Biyong asked for a meeting, and quickly asked Ma Keqing to bring him over.

Qiu Biyong came in, holding this small package in his hand. When he saw Yang Zhen, he saluted quickly and said, "Qiu Biyong, who is under my humble duty, is asking for an audience at this time. I am disturbing the Chief Soldier's meal!"

"It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter! Get up! You come to me now, but what do you want to tell me?"

Yang Zhen looked at the baggage in Qiu Biyong's hand, guessing what it might be, while talking to Qiu Biyong.

"This——, yes, I am here for my humble duty, and I am also entrusted by someone to give something to the Commander-in-Chief!"

Under the light, Qiu Biyong's expression suddenly looked a little awkward. Yang Zhen asked him to stand up, but he did not stand up. Instead, he still knelt down on one knee and held the small package high.

Seeing this, Ma Keqing immediately stepped forward from the side and took the package from Qiu Biyong's hand. Then he turned around and walked a few steps before handing it to Yang Zhen's hand.

Yang Zhen put the small parcel on the table, opened it, and saw that there was indeed a piece of azurite-colored clothing inside. He took it out and shook it open, and when he took a closer look, it was a moon-white round-neck satin military jacket with narrow sleeves.

Yang Zhen was overjoyed when he saw it. He picked it up and put it under his chin to try the size. He faced Qiu Biyong and said knowingly:

"Not bad! Not bad! I like this military uniform very much! I wonder who entrusted you to it?!"

Yang Zhen looked at Qiu Biyong with a smile, and Qiu Biyong was happy when he saw that Yang Zhen liked him. When he heard Yang Zhen's question, he immediately said hesitantly:

“This, this——, I was entrusted by my sister!——On the way to evacuate from Grange Terrace that day, my sister was rescued by the Commander-in-Chief, and she always wanted to repay her!

"A few days ago, I was on duty at the Assistant Camp Affairs Office for the first time. I saw that your clothes were old and damaged but could not be replaced. After returning home, I occasionally mentioned that you share the joys and sorrows with me. When my sister heard about it, she chose the satin material at home and cut and sewed it.

I made one. I have been entrusted with a humble duty today, so I must deliver it!"

When Yang Zhen heard this, he already roughly knew what was going on, and why Qiu Biyong, a manly man, acted so strange just now.

After all, although Yang Zhen has sent someone to propose marriage to Qiu Zhenhai, he has not yet officially proposed marriage to his enemies. At this juncture, the fact that the eldest daughter of the Qiu family is willing to do so, or is able to do so, illustrates a problem.

Not only did Qiu Zhenhai and his generals approve of the marriage, but the eldest daughter of the Chou family herself and the family members of several principals in the Chou family's inner chamber also agreed.

Under the current situation, the eldest daughter of the Chou family gave a piece of clothing as a gift of thanks, which actually showed an attitude of agreement.

After Yang Zhen figured this out, his face suddenly lit up with joy. Seeing Qiu Biyong still kneeling on one knee to speak, he immediately walked around the table in front of him, stepped forward, and picked him up with a smile.
Chapter completed!