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Chapter 591 The Extra Story ([-])

Get married?

Yuan Jiang frowned reflexively.

The Yuan family's heirs are prosperous. From the generation of their brothers, there have been more sons and fewer daughters.Empress Yuan was the only legitimate daughter in the family back then. In the generation of Crown Princess Yuan Min, there are only two girls among twenty or thirty cousins.When it comes to grandchildren, there are finally a little more girls. Yuan Qing, the eldest son, has a granddaughter, Yuan Hai, the fourth son, has a granddaughter, and Yuan Lin, the eldest son of the fifth son, has a daughter.

In short, in the Yuan family, the boys were raised rough, they learned martial arts at the age of five, and at the age of thirteen or fourteen they had to go to the barracks to hone their training.After getting married and having children, they will go to the frontier camp.

The girls of the Yuan family are all beautiful and precious, and they are pampered with care.

Yuan Jiang hasn't been back to the capital for several years, in fact, he hasn't even met his granddaughter Yuan Yue.However, when I heard that my granddaughter was going to be betrothed, I was really unhappy from the bottom of my heart.

"It doesn't matter if you want to get married," Yuan Jiang thought for a moment and said, "However, Yue'er was raised in the capital since she was a child, so she couldn't bear the hardships of the border towns. There is a boy of the right age in the family, so just marry Shen You's daughter."

Yuan Lin glanced at Yuan Jiang helplessly: "The girls of Yuan's family are delicate, so why doesn't Shen You cherish his daughter? Besides, the purpose of getting married is to marry two surnames, and marrying a daughter is the only way to show sincerity. If you open your mouth, you have to The reason for marrying someone else's girl."

"It's not getting married, it's trying to make a grudge."

Yuan Jiang's face darkened: "Why did it become a feud! Shen You's daughter is also seven or eight years old. After a few years, she will grow up and have to marry. Could it be that we, the sons of the Yuan family, are not good enough for the girl of the Shen family?"

"In terms of family status, the Yuan family is the number one general in Daqi, with great influence, and the empress and concubines are all daughters of the Yuan family. The boys of the Yuan family are more than enough to be consorts, so why can't they be Shen You's son-in-law?"

"At that time, Yuan Jiaerlang, who is of the right age, can be picked by Chen You."

This also makes sense.

Yuan Lin thought for a moment, then said in a low voice: "The children are still young, so let's talk about it in a few years. I'll show my love to Shen You first, and walk around slowly. When I get to know each other well in the future, I'll talk about marriage again. It will be a matter of course."

Yuan Jiang stroked his beard and nodded.

……

Three days later, His Royal Highness left the frontier army and returned to the capital.

General Meng, Yuan Jiang, Shen You and others sent out thirty li all the way.His Royal Highness the Crown Prince got off the carriage and smiled at the generals: "We have sent you so far, so there is no need to send them off again. Let's all go back!"

All the generals stepped forward one by one to bid farewell to His Highness the Prince.

When it was Shen You's turn, Shen You spoke succinctly as usual, cupped his hands and said, "His Royal Highness, the prince is safe all the way, how precious it is."

Zhu Yun was very familiar with Shen You's temperament, so he didn't take it seriously, and responded with a smile: "General Shen will cherish it in the future. Looking at it alone in the capital, I only hope that General Shen will become a famous general in Daqi and a pillar of the country."

These words are enough to make the blood of all generals boil.If it were someone else, he would have already patted his chest to show his loyalty.

Shen You still had the usual silent appearance, and once again cupped his hands: "The final general will definitely live up to His Highness' high expectations."

In short, don't expect Shen You to be impassioned.

Zhu Yun smiled again, and his eyes fell on Shen Jia who was beside Shen You.

Shen Jia is now also a general of the third rank, which is enough to rank in the frontier army.With Zhu Yun's eyes swept away, Shen Jia immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "I wish Your Royal Highness a smooth journey. Your Highness's care and love for the latter will always be remembered in my heart. The latter is willing to give everything for the peace of Daqi's border, and for the peace of the border. The emperor died for His Highness the Crown Prince."

This flattery was so loud.It formed a strong contrast and contrast with Shen You!

Zhu Yun's eyes were full of smiles, and he nodded: "You are so loyal, even Gu knows it."

Shen You couldn't help but glance at Shen Jia.

I really didn't see that Shen Jia would be so flattering and flattering.

Shen Jia winked at Shen You while His Royal Highness was talking with other generals.

It's not because of you that I flatter His Royal Highness so much.Who told you to be a boring gourd, I, the elder brother, shouldn't I be on top?

Shen You twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, and simply looked away.

……

It took less than a month for His Royal Highness to come to the frontier army to reward him this time.The frontier army camp was bustling for a while, and soon returned to normal.

The wounded continued to recuperate, and the soldiers practiced as usual. General Meng was busy with the care of the wounded and the dead.Shen You didn't go to find out what was going on in the infantry battalion, all his thoughts were put on the drill of the cavalry formation.

In this battle, the frontier army won a big victory and beheaded the leader of the Tartars, Tribige.However, there are other nomadic clans such as Rouran outside the pass.Maybe in three to five years there will be a big war.

Moreover, in this war, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion also exposed the shortcomings of insufficient riding and shooting.Compared with the Tartars who have been riding horses since birth, they are indeed inferior.

There is no way to do this, but to continue to practice.

Individuals who are not as brave as the Tartars have to use other tricks.

Shen You worked hard on the military formation, with strict military discipline as the first, trained the cavalry to form a neat formation to charge, and refined the soldiers in the cavalry battalion. In addition to the bows and arrows that everyone must have, there are spearmen and sword soldiers. wait.

Shen You also wrote a memorial and sent it to the court, intending to set up another heavy cavalry in the cavalry battalion.The so-called heavy cavalry is to choose the most brave cavalry, wearing armor all over the body, and the horses should also wear armor.

If the cavalry is the elite of the frontier army, then the heavy cavalry is the elite of the elite.The money and food to support one heavy cavalry is enough to support five ordinary cavalry and fifty ordinary infantry.

Daqi recuperated for several years, and the treasury gradually filled up, and there was also a surplus.An extra one million taels of military pay is allocated every year, and a heavy cavalry force of about [-] can be trained.

After getting busy, Shen You quickly forgot His Highness the Crown Prince.

In a blink of an eye, it is the end of the year.There is a custom in the barracks that there is a seven-day holiday.Exhausted by the training, the soldiers, wearing newly-issued cotton-padded clothes and carrying generous military pay in their arms, swarmed into the border town.

Shen You and Shen Jia, together with Fang Peng, went back to Jiangjun Fang to reunite with their wives and children.

According to the usual practice in previous years, on the first day of the new year, Shen You hosted a banquet at home for everyone in the general workshop.After this big feast, everyone went home to nest, and they didn't have to go out to move around anymore.

No one expected that at this year's Shen family banquet, there would be a group of "distinguished guests" who took the initiative to come to the door.

"What? That kid Yuan Lin is really here?"

Before Shen You could speak, Shen Jia had already blurted out.

Fang Peng also frowned, and said in a low voice: "The Yuan family usually does not deal with our cavalry battalion. They secretly make troubles and compete with each other. They have never had a good face. Why did you take the initiative to come today?"

To describe it as a deadly enemy is a bit too much.However, it is well known that the Yuan family and Shen You's group did not fight each other these years.

(End of this chapter)