"The application period? How come the application period has arrived? I clearly remember that I just completed the ceremony of acceptance more than a month ago, shouldn't the next step be the ceremony of acceptance?"

Yang Zhen was a little surprised when he heard Zhang Degui say that his marriage to the eldest daughter of the Qiu family had now reached the stage of application.

The marriage rituals of the Ming Dynasty, especially the pre-marriage rituals, usually included three rituals. The first was to receive gifts, the second was to receive gifts, and the third was to ask for a date.

During the invitation period, the man's family entrusts a matchmaker to go to the woman's house and agree on an auspicious date for the wedding. Then when the date arrives, the bride can be welcomed and married.

In Yang Zhen's impression, when he led his team to leave the west side of Songshan City and go out to the border, it seemed that Zhang Degui and others had just completed the acceptance ceremony with the help of Zhang Degui and others. Why was it that the application period had suddenly come to an end?

But Zhang Degui heard Yang Zhen's question and immediately said with a smile: "Captain, have you forgotten? When you first returned to Songshan this time, didn't you ask Ma Liu to choose some gold, silver, jewelry, silk, and cloth for the Qiu family?

Miss, will you send it over?

"Before marriage, men and women did not give or receive privately, let alone give heavy gifts. So when Ma Liu came to my place, I personally selected a batch and made them as gifts. I sent a car there on the same day. This was the gift of receiving gifts.

It’s over!”

Nazheng means that after the marriage between the two parties is confirmed, the man gives the woman a batch of betrothal gifts, such as gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin, etc., mainly money and silk.

"Yu Li is like this. General Manager Zhang is really a thoughtful person!"

Among these people, the one who has the most say on this matter is Fang Guangchen. Although he does not even have a serious reputation as a scholar, he is, after all, the son of an official and a serious scholar-bureaucrat. Since he said that he is

, then forget it.

Yang Zhen heard what he said, thought about it, and finally nodded, acquiescing.

Although on the day he came back to Songshan, he just wanted to tell Qiu Bihan that he was back by giving gifts and did not regard the gifts as betrothal gifts. However, Zhang Degui followed the trend and actually got a cart full of money and silk, treating this matter as

If you accept the tax collection and management, you can only recognize it in this way.

"In this case, Commander, it's better to choose a day than to hit it. It's not that we don't know Qiu Zhenhai, and we just missed the deadline. Let's just give up the date today, so that we, the soldiers of Juehua Island, can get there before they leave Songshan.

I ate the governor’s wedding wine!”

Yang Zhen's marriage to Qiu Zhenhai's niece was not originally what Yuan Jin wanted to see. After Qiu Zhenhai's status was raised, it might affect the status of the Juehua Island Navy in the Liaohai Sea and his own position in Yang Zhen's eyes.

position in.

However, he knew in his heart the fate between Yang Zhen and Qiu Zhenhai's niece, and he also knew Yang Zhen's intention to win over Qiu Zhenhai through marriage, so he knew that this matter could not be stopped, so in this case, it would be better to just stay single.

Yang Zhen knew that he had no grudge in his heart.

Therefore, Yuan Jin, who had not been involved in this matter before, showed unusual positivity this time, urging Yang Zhen to set a date for the wedding banquet as soon as possible. Firstly, it was rare for the brothers to be lively and lively. Secondly,

It also saves them from making a special trip back and forth.

This matter concerns him, so Yang Zhen shouldn't act too impatient, but seeing several of them saying this, Yang Zhen nodded in agreement.

At the same time, Fang Guangchen suggested that he simply invite Yang Chaojin, the minister of the Supervisory Army, to go to Qiu's house to ask for a date.

Qiu Bihan's father, Qiu Zhentai, is gone. There is only her mother in the family. Qiu Bihan is the eldest daughter, and Qiu Zhenhai is just Qiu Bihan's uncle after all. Regarding such important matters as asking for marriage, in the end, one still has to deal with Qiu Bihan's mother and the female relatives of the Qiu family.

They deal with each other.

Therefore, in this way, it was much more convenient to rope in Yang Chaojin, the minister who oversees the army. He could directly communicate with Qiu Bihan's mother and the female relatives of the Qiu family, and discuss face to face, which would save a lot of trouble.

Just like that, that morning, as soon as the weather cleared up, Zhang Degui, Yuan Jin, Fang Guangchen and others began to work on the matter of applying for leave.

Zhang Degui asked people to prepare the expected gifts, and at the same time asked people to deliver a letter to Zhimao Bay Boat Camp, inviting Qiu Zhenhai to enter the city.

Fang Guangchen, the General Military Mansion Consultant, went to the Zhenwu Temple Supervisory Army Office in the northeast corner of the city to explain the situation and invited Yang Chaojin, the internal minister of the Supervisory Army, to join him.

By noon, all the gifts for the invitation were ready, and Qiu Zhenhai also entered the city and returned to the Qiu family's courtyard. So Zhang Degui, Yuan Jin, and Fang Guangchen gathered around Yang Chaojin, the supervisor of the army, and went to the Qiu family's courtyard.

Of course things went very smoothly.

Yang Zhen's current status is more noble than before. As for his future prospects, there is nothing to say. It can only be better.

Moreover, the etiquette of accepting gifts and accepting contributions has been practiced before. Next, it is indeed time to apply.

Although the time between Nacai and now is not very long, you must know that the eldest daughter of the Qiu family is about to turn nineteen now. She is already twenty years old, so she really shouldn't wait any longer.

Went down.

Therefore, of course Qiu Zhenhai has nothing to say. His brother Qiu Zhentai has been dead for several years. Now that the eldest niece can marry someone like Yang Zhen, it is definitely an unexpected surprise.

From now on, not only will my sister-in-law and her family have a backer, but I will also be able to take advantage of him and consolidate my current position.

Therefore, if Yang Zhen is anxious, then Qiu Zhenhai will only be even more anxious.

As for Qiu Bihan's mother, Shen, although she is a bit snobbish, she has nothing to criticize for a son-in-law like Yang Zhen, who was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and a former general who conquered the east.

I think back then, the old Shen family of the Shen family produced a chief military officer of Dongjiang Town like Shen Shikui. This was the most senior official the old Shen family had ever produced in several lifetimes. It was a great honor.

However, in the eyes of the Shen family, Shen Shikui, his uncle from the same clan who was aloof and powerful, was actually only named a former general who conquered the captives.

To be more precise, Shen Shikui, his uncle who was considered superior in the eyes of the Shen family at that time, was given the title of imperial envoy to guard the coastal areas of Deng Liaodong River and other places, with the seal of the former general who conquered the captives, chief military officer and governor of the Zuo Army Governor's Mansion, Qianshi.

In comparison, Shen Shikui, the governor of the Left Army Governor's Office, Qian Shi, is still a bit behind compared to Yang Zhen, the current governor of the Left Army Governor's Office.

Therefore, Mrs. Shen, who had received support from her sister-in-law in advance, was already ecstatic in her heart. After meeting Yang Chaojin and his party, she quickly agreed.

Only half an hour later, the wedding date of Yang Zhen and Qiu Bihan was decided.

The wedding day was finally set on the sixth day of August.

Although Yuan Jin and others hoped to drink the wedding wine quickly and return to Juehua Island after drinking the wedding wine, so as to avoid having to go back and forth again after August, Yang Zhen's marriage was not something to be careless at all.

According to Han customs, July is the ghost month, which is the month with the heaviest yin among the twelve months of the year. The gate to the underworld opens, ghosts wander around the world, and there are many taboos. It can be said that everything is inappropriate.

People like Yang Zhen, Yuan Jin, and Qiu Zhenhai, who have long been accustomed to licking blood from the blade of a knife to survive, certainly don't care about such statements.

However, whether you care about it or not, since there is such a custom, you have to abide by it and follow it. If you don't do it, everyone will chew you to death.

Yang Chaojin, Fang Guangchen, and Zhang Degui are all smart people, so naturally they will not argue about this matter. If it is not suitable in July, then it is not suitable, so the date is set on the sixth day of August.

After the date was set, Yuan Jin couldn't wait for a month in Songshan City, so when the continuous heavy rain finally stopped and the weather finally cleared up, he chose a calm day to bid farewell to Yang Zhen and others, and with sleep

Huadao's fleet returned.

The officers and soldiers of Songshan City were once again mobilized. Drainage should be drained, and silt should be dredged. The construction sites outside the west gate, south gate, and east gate were restarted, and the construction sites in Luhong Mountain and Hongluo Mountain were restarted.

Mines and smelting sheds also continue to be put into operation.

The ironworks and ammunition factory in Songshan City did not completely stop production during the heavy rain. It was just that several small open-air blast furnaces in the ironworks went out and their production capacity dropped.

As soon as the continuous rain ended, the small open-air blast furnaces were re-ignited, and the output of various guns and ammunition immediately returned to the previous level.

By late July, the negative impact of the continuous heavy rain on western Liaoning, especially on Songshan City, had been basically wiped out.

The water and silt in the trenches outside the city have been cleared away. At the same time, because of the rainwater, the land was solid before and it was difficult to excavate. Now it is very easy to excavate.
Chapter completed!