"Young master, please forgive me. I don't know much about this."
Guo Lin replied respectfully.
"However, young master, the ancestors of the Liu family and our ancestors of the Guo family still have a master-disciple relationship, so the young master needs to think carefully!"
"well……"
Guo An let out a long breath, and he regretted it a little.
Now that he has reached this level, as long as the Liu family does not regret it, he, Guo An, will not have any chance to regret it.
Moreover, for the sake of Lao Guo's family, his father would not let him go back on his word.
Women are strong and men are weak!
"Master, do you have any other questions?"
Guo Lin was startled by Guo An's expression and asked hurriedly.
"fine!"
Guo An said helplessly: "Uncle Lin, do you have a portrait of the second lady of the Liu family?"
"Yes, some..."
Guo Lin's face lit up and he quickly took out a scroll of portraits from the wooden box he brought.
After unfolding it, a slim girl appeared in front of Guo An.
Guo An's eyes suddenly lit up. The girl in the portrait looked exactly like the slug when she was a child.
Seeing this, the corners of Guo Lin's mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly. His young master could finally be interested in a girl from the same family!
"Master, if you think it's okay, my servant will inform the master when he gets back, and he can give the birth date to the Liu family."
"Without further questioning, why does the Liu family suddenly want to marry our Guo family?" Guo An always felt that something was wrong.
"Young master, don't worry. Not to mention the ancestral connection between the two families, they are still respected gentry in Shunde Mansion.
Moreover, the daughter of the Liu family is still a legitimate daughter, so it is impossible for her to have any evil intentions towards our Guo family.
Before the old servant came, the master guessed that the Liu family must have taken a liking to the young master! "
Guo Lin said.
Guo An laughed at himself, "We are just a subordinate of Prince Yan's palace, what qualifications do we have to be favored by the Liu family?"
"Young Master, please do not belittle yourself. At a young age, Young Master is already a fifth-rank official, and among the people of Wanping County, Young Master's official reputation is excellent."
Guo Lin said quickly: "The most important thing is that the tomb of King Changshan is also in Beiping Mansion."
"If that's the case, then everything will be decided by the father!"
Guo An nodded and said.
No matter what the Liu family was plotting against him, unless he agreed, even if the Liu family married a few more of his legitimate daughters, they would never get anything from him.
Guo Lin's face lit up, "Don't worry, young master, I will definitely arrange the young master's marriage!"
"Lao Linbo has been traveling back and forth between Shunde Mansion and Beiping Mansion these days!"
"As long as I can watch the young master marry and have children, my old servant is willing to die from exhaustion..."
…
The next day, Guo Lin returned to Shunde Mansion with a happy face.
As for Guo An, he found Zhu Di after getting stuck at Diandianmao.
"The Liu family of Shunde Prefecture?...But the Liu family of the Yuan Dynasty where the former Queen Changshan of the Yuan Dynasty lived?"
After listening to Guo An's words, Zhu Di asked with doubts on his face.
"Back to Your Highness, it's the Liu family!"
Guo An explained: "As early as the death of the ancestors of the two families, the relationship between the Guo and Liu families has become increasingly weak, and for Wei Chen's generation, they rarely visit each other for several years.
Wei Chen doesn't know why the Liu family suddenly wants to marry Wei Chen! "
"Your father has also agreed?"
"After all, the ancestors of the two families have some connections. Now that the Liu family is still powerful, they actually want to marry the Guo family. My father will definitely agree!"
Guo An said.
Zhu Di nodded slightly and congratulated: "If so, then we congratulate Guo Qing!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Zhu Di was not angry at Guo An's father for finding a wife so quickly.
After all, at Guo An's age, everyone is anxious.
However, the only pity is that this kind of marriage was not introduced by him, King Yan.
…
A few days later, it was the most important time for everyone in the Ming Dynasty.
autumn harvest.
This year, God still gave the people of Beiping Mansion a way out.
During the autumn harvest days, there was no heavy rain.
In fact, since the beginning of summer, it has not rained much in Beiping Prefecture, only about 60% of last year.
After the autumn harvest.
The lives of the people began to become leisurely.
At the same time, it is also the most frequent period of time for labor service.
At this time, Prince Yan's Mansion also began to form a caravan to purchase wool on a large scale.
Not only Beiping Prefecture, but even the entire Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces began to purchase wool.
Throughout the Ming Dynasty, it caused another uproar.
At the same time, good news also came from Prince Yan's Mansion.
The fourth daughter of King Yan Zhu Di was born.
The entire Yan Palace was filled with people, and countless people came to congratulate him.
But it was only noisy for a while, and Prince Yan's Mansion returned to its usual situation.
…
"What, His Highness the King of Yan, wants me to wait for the Yanshan Guards to hand over all their weapons and let the Duke of Song take over?"
"Your Highness, that is the weapon of our Yanshan Guards!"
In the Cunxin Hall, when Zhu Di finished speaking, all the hundreds and thousands of households of Yanshan Guards opened their eyes wide with confusion on their faces.
"What's the fuss about?"
Zhu Di shouted, "Didn't we tell you that we will give you new weapons this time?"
"But Your Highness, who else is sending weapons to our Yanshan Guard these days?"
Qiu Fu asked directly.
"Zhu Liang!"
Zhu Di directly ordered Zhu Liang, who was silent all the time, "Take out your steel knife and let these hard-working people understand what a truly good knife is!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
With that said, Zhu Liang walked directly out of the hall, took out his steel knife from the guard outside the hall, and walked in.
At the same time, there were also a group of guards who brought in the steel knives carried by hundreds and thousands of households.
"Your Highness, what is the difference between the steel sword used by Zhu Liang?"
All the generals were a group of militants. After holding their own steel swords, they were all eager to try.
"You'll know after you try it!"
Zhu Di said.
Zhu Liang, holding the steel knife, looked at the old generals in front of him with an even more excited expression.
He has been wearing this steel sword for several months, and this is the first time he has truly displayed it in front of a group of generals.
"I'm coming!"
Qiu Fu shouted first, then pulled out the steel knife that had been with him for more than ten years and walked towards Zhu Liang.
"Brother Zhu, although this sword of ours is not a hundred-forged steel sword, it can cut iron like clay. It has chopped off the heads of at least dozens of Tatars!"
"Brother Qiu, don't worry, this steel knife of ours is a newly forged steel knife, and it is sharper than a hundred-forged steel knife!"
"good!"
Qiu Fu couldn't do it either. He picked up his sword and slashed at Zhu Liang.
Zhu Liang is certainly true, and he touches the edge of the sword with his sword.
"Zheng!"
After a loud noise.
Qiu Fu and Zhu Liang both took a step back!
"Cool!"
Qiu Fu shouted with red eyes and an angry expression. He picked up the sword again and slashed at Zhu Liang.
"Zheng!"
There was another loud noise, and the two people retreated again.
However, this time, Qiu Fu's expression changed slightly, and he subconsciously looked at his sword, his eyes widened with pain.
"How can this be?"
Two finger-sized gaps suddenly appeared on his sword.
Immediately, Qiu Fu remembered something and looked sharply at the steel knife in Zhu Liang's hand.
At this time, Qiu Fu's eyes widened even more, his face full of disbelief!
"How can this be?"
"what happened?"
At this moment, a group of generals watching the show also realized something was wrong and quickly gathered around.
After seeing the gap on Qiu Fu's blade and the tiny invisible gap on the steel knife in Zhu Liang's hand, everyone's faces were filled with surprise, and then they were overjoyed.
"Brother Zhu, can we still fight?"
Tan Tong looked at Zhu Liang expectantly as if he was delighted to see him.
"war!"
"war!"
All the generals quickly made room.
"Zheng!"
There was another loud noise, and Tan Tong quickly looked at the steel knife in his hand, and suddenly a gap larger than Qiu Fu's sword appeared.
Looking at the steel knife in Zhu Liang's hand, there was still only a thin crack.
"I'm coming..."
Another hundred households stood up and shouted excitedly.
"stop!"
Before the generals could make room again, Zhu Di on the throne called directly to stop the generals.
"Your Highness?"
All the generals looked at Zhu Di subconsciously.
"You are no longer prepared to take the precious sword in your hand, but you still want to keep the steel sword in Zhu Liang's hand. Do you want to cut off the steel sword in Zhu Liang's hand one by one?"
Zhu Di said with a dark face.
"Hey, your highness, forgive me!"
"Yes, Your Highness, is this the first time we have seen such a hard and sharp steel knife?"
"May I ask, Your Highness, how many such steel knives are there?"
"Your Highness, can all our Yanshan Guard soldiers be equipped with steel knives like this?"
All the generals asked with excitement.
"It's natural!"
Zhu Di hummed and said, "So, are you willing to let your soldiers hand over their current weapons and armor and replace them with new ones?"
"Yes, yes!"
All the generals said in succession.
"Your Highness, if the weapons in the hands of all the soldiers of Yanshan Guard are so sharp, I am confident that even if they face the remnants of 30,000 Yuan Dynasties, they can cut off their heads to Your Highness!"
"Exactly..."
"We have more than 10,000 Yanshan Guard soldiers who can be equipped with weapons and armor made of the same material as steel swords. You are going to send a team of 1,000 people to my palace tomorrow to pick up weapons and armor!"
Zhu Di said.
"Your Highness, are all those weapons in His Highness's house?" All the generals looked at Zhu Di with surprise on their faces.
"Damn it, when have we ever deceived you?"
Zhu Di's eyes widened.
"Hey, don't be upset, Your Highness, the general and others will go back right now to reorganize the troops!"
All the generals laughed apologetically again, and with Zhu Di's agreement, they all ran out quickly.
The next day.
Groups of soldiers quietly pulled away carriages and equipment from Prince Yan's palace.
…
Two days later.
Beiping Prefecture is in charge of the command department.
Lan Yu hurriedly walked into the main hall and reported to Song Guogong Feng Sheng above.
"Reporting to the Duke of Song, the King of Yan has sent officials to hand over weapons and equipment to the general!"
"Oh? How many?"
Feng Sheng put down the document in his hand and looked at Lan Yu with curiosity.
A few months ago, His Majesty punished King Yan for preparing 600,000 pig iron for the army, and he also knew about it.
"Reporting back to the general, it's 600,000 kilograms of weapons and armor!" Lan Yu said with a solemn face.
"Six hundred thousand kilograms of weapons and armor?"
Feng Sheng and Fu Youde were both shocked.
"Exactly!"
"How can this be?"
"Where did King Yan get the 600,000 kilograms of weapons and armor?"
…
Stuck for a day.
Then prepare for a quick transition
(End of chapter)
