"Let An An be my daughter." Yang Yingying held An An in her arms and teased her, seemingly casually.

Dong Liang was stunned for a moment, then realized that his emotional intelligence was much higher than before.

Yang Yingying made this decision to maintain the status quo.

Yang Yingying also had her own sufferings. Although her mother-in-law mentioned the incident to her, her mother-in-law was only a rural woman after all.

This kind of thing is naturally no problem in the countryside. It is common for two brothers to marry one wife. After all, poor families cannot afford a wife. It is not impossible to share a common wife. The children born in this way will be shared by everyone.

It is easy to raise and survive.

When people are poor to a certain extent, all that is left are primitive instincts. Therefore, the ancients said that only those who have enough food and clothing can know etiquette.

But now Dong Liang is no longer an ordinary fallen scholar in the countryside.

He is the head of state of the Chinese nation, representing the country and the face of the nation. So he and Dong Liang must never cross that step.

Yang Yingying did not feel that she was not worthy of Dong Liang. She never told others that she was still a perfect person. Dong Dalang was an extremely honest person. When Yang Yingying resisted on the wedding night, he slept on the ground for the whole night. The second

Tian went out far away, and was killed by the Lu family outside.

Yang Yingying didn't have a deep impression of this honest person, but she felt guilty. After all, everything happened because of her.

She does have a good impression of Dong Liang, but having a good impression does not necessarily require a relationship between a man and a woman. A woman who has never experienced human affairs is not that yearning for it.

"Okay, I will be An An's godfather, and you will be her godmother." Dong Liang said casually, but then felt that it seemed inappropriate to say this.

"If you want a daughter, I will give birth to a daughter in the future. I want An'an to be my daughter. An'an and I can be companions in the future. If you have more sons in the future, you have to adopt one for me and put it in your brother's name."

, I'll help you carry it." Yang Yingying said firmly.

Dong Liang did not refuse, and Yang Yingying had made clear arrangements for her future.

"Have you thought about it all?" Dong Liang said.

"I've thought about it all, so it's good for you, good for me, and good for everyone." Yang Yingying said.

"Okay, so be it, but we are still a family." Dong Liang tilted his head and looked at Yang Yingying with a smile.

"Of course." Yang Yingying also had a smile on her face, a dimple appeared on her fair cheeks, and her whole body became relaxed, as if the big stone in her heart had fallen.

"You are already twenty this year, so you should get married to Shang Yun by the end of the year. I am already worried about you. If you delay like this, people will think that our Chinese race has become bigger and stronger, and we no longer look down on Ryukyu."

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"A Liang, although Ryukyu is small, it is our rear area and the first Chinese to join us. You can't give people a sense of unkindness." Yang Yingying spoke like an elder at this time.

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As the eldest sister-in-law is a mother, it is okay for Yang Yingying to say this.

Dong Liang knew that as a superior, personality was very important. Even the emperor had to pay attention to maintaining his own personality. Most of those emperors who acted arbitrarily did not end well.

On the contrary, most wise rulers are sanctimonious. Dong Liang has maintained a good personality up to now. He has all these qualities: diligence, thrift, rigor, benevolence, integrity, erudition... he has them all.

"Okay, we will get married by the end of this year. Go and talk to Shang Yun. Shang Yun knows that we..." Dong Liang didn't finish his words.

But Yang Yingying already understood, and she quickly said: "Don't worry, I will negotiate with her. You are too slow to react in this regard. I have seen everything Shang Yun has done. Such an outstanding girl

It’s too difficult to find, and her identity is also suitable..."

Yang Yingying said this, but she was still a little disappointed in her heart, as if she was lamenting the injustice of fate.

She looked at An An in her arms, who was cute and cute. At this time, a little hand was playing with the skirt of her clothes.

This seems to be good too.

The more powerful the Chinese people are, the more they need a stable leader. At this time, people think that a leader with a family and heirs is the most stable.

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In northern Luzon, a fleet of boats quietly approached the mouth of the Cagayan River.

The Luzon people living here are surrendered to the Kingdom of Spain, and they have not encountered an enemy for many years.

Apari, the northern port of Luzon Island, is located at the mouth of the Cagayan River. It is the gateway to shipping in the northern Philippines and an excellent haven from typhoons.

When the last typhoon ended, Zhang Ming led a squadron of the First Fleet southward from Kaohsiung and joined the southward column.

This time, Zhang Ming brought two steam cruisers "Feiyun" and steam gunboat "Fuxing", giving the southward column a powerful maritime force.

Ma Jianuo was the defender of Apali City. He had five hundred soldiers and horses under his command.

Guarding this important port in the north, the Magano family has made a lot of money. There are thousands of slave workers in their family, and they run tens of thousands of hectares of manor in the Cagayan Valley. Sugar cane is grown in the manor.

and corn, bringing a lot of wealth to the family every year.

The governance model on Luzon Island is based on the Spaniards as the top of the pyramid, with the various large families on the lower level, then the ordinary Luzon civilians, and then the slave laborers.

Due to the lack of war, the source of slave labor is getting smaller and smaller, so these Ilok people living in the Cagayan Valley and northwest Luzon will think of going to Dongpan Island to capture people.

But what they didn't expect was that this time they would offend someone they shouldn't.

If there were no Chinese presence, the Manchu Qing court would not have cared about the abduction of the Ban people.

But now these people are members of the Chinese ethnic group, and Dong Liang will never allow his people to be taken away as slaves.

Their escorts themselves were a group of piglets being sold, and no one knew the pain of being sold as slave labor better than Dong Liang and the others.

Dong Liang has absolutely zero tolerance for such things.

"Look, there's a ship coming." Early in the morning, two steamships appeared at the mouth of the river. The Ilok people at the port thought they were Spanish warships.

The Spanish stationed a platoon of soldiers in the city of Aparri, who were mainly responsible for protecting the local tax officials.

The Cagayan River is shallow and can only be navigable by small boats. During the rainy season, it can go upstream for more than 200 kilometers, but during the dry season, it can only go upstream for more than 100 kilometers.

Therefore, products such as corn, sugar, and wood produced in the river valley can only be transported to Apari by small boats or rafts, and then loaded onto large ships for transportation.

After hearing the report from his men, Magano quickly looked outside the river mouth. Sure enough, there were two large ships. However, the Spanish did not have steamboats. The two ships should be British or American.

Americans, especially, often visit Apali City.

"No, I haven't seen their flag before." Magiano put down the telescope in his hand and said to the people around him.

"Quick, sound the alarm, be alert!"

"Send someone to inform Second Lieutenant Antonino in the city."

At this time, Magano did not forget to find his Spanish father.

Antonino hasn't gotten up yet. Although he is only a second lieutenant, in this remote port, he is like a local emperor.

He lived in the only two-story stone building in the city and slept on a soft big bed. He held a plump native woman in his arms on his left and right arms.

These native women are very docile. Although their skin color is a little darker, their skin is more delicate than that of white women, especially the ones who are slightly plumper. They are the best.

There are many mixed-race people in this city, and they are all the masterpieces of Antonino and others.

There was a knock on the door. Antonino put on his linen shirt and opened the door without even buttoning it.

When he saw that the person coming was a soldier, he suddenly felt angry.
Chapter completed!