Usurpation of Mongolia: My father-in-law is Genghis Khan

Chapter 17: Wedding Night, Hua Zheng Presents a Whip

Of course, the Mongolian Khan cannot be careless when marrying off his daughter.

After more than ten days of preparation, a grand wedding was held at Zhezhe Yundu Mountain.

The Mongolian nobles not only came in person to congratulate, but also brought generous gifts.

Temujin gave Hua Zheng a dowry of three hundred horses, eight hundred cows, three thousand sheep, and five hundred households of subjects.

Originally, Zhao Shuo had traded one thousand households of the Kerait tribe for nearly five hundred households of the Zhierjin. Now, with the addition of the dowries of these five hundred households, Zhao Shuo's title of "Head of Five Thousand Households" was once again worthy of his title.

Of course, Zhao Shuo has now completely forgotten about the gifts and dowry. All he has in his eyes is the beautiful figure in the bright red Mongolian wedding dress.

The wedding dress with double-layered water patterns and embroidered with intricate auspicious patterns makes the beauty look even more graceful and elegant.

The headdress, which is made of coral, pearls, turquoise beads and hollow silver pieces, not only does not appear complicated, but instead makes Hua Zheng look even more bright, charming, noble and attractive.

Hua Zheng looked at Zhao Shuo with bright and clear eyes and asked softly, "A Shuo, do you still remember the scene when we first met?"

"Of course I remember. I was only seven years old that year, and I had just hunted a small marmot with my little bow and arrow. I was roasting the marmot, but the aroma of the marmot attracted you, a greedy little cat, and you ate half of my roasted marmot in one go."

Thinking of a pretty girl who devoured half a marmot in a flash, with her mouth full of oil, Zhao Shuo couldn't help but smile on his stern face.

Hua Zheng smiled and said, "At that time, you didn't know that I was the Khan's daughter. You were really generous to give me half of it right away."

Supplies were scarce on the grasslands, and even though Zhao Shuo's father, Zhao Yong, was Temujin's companion, meat was a precious commodity for him. Giving half a marmot to a young girl he had never met was indeed a generous gesture, and it easily won Hua Zheng's favor.

Zhao Shuo suddenly felt a little strange and said, "I didn't think much of it before. Now that I think about it, I was young and lacked strength, and there were no seasonings. How could the roasted marmot really be so delicious? As my little princess of Mongolia, you can't possibly not even eat marmot meat on a regular basis, right?"

Hua Zheng pursed her red lips and smiled. "Ashuo, you don't know this. At that time, my father Khan was under the protection of Wang Khan, and Sangkun brought Tusaha to visit my Mongolia. Tusaha was arrogant and domineering. He cheated even after losing a game with me. I angrily told my father Khan, and he said it was just a child's business. I was so angry that I skipped lunch and went out to play by myself. I never wanted to see Tusaha again."

"So you were hungry! No wonder you eat so much. But, although I didn't know this, I later had a fight with Tushal because of you."

"My father Khan was concerned about Wang Khan's reputation and was reluctant to do anything to Tusaha. You beat Tusaha, and although he punished you on the surface, he actually liked you very much."

……

The two had been childhood sweethearts, and as they recalled every little detail of their past, the tent was filled with a warm atmosphere.

"correct……"

Hua Zheng suddenly remembered something and said, "Before I married you, my mother asked me to hand you something personally."

"Could it be some good treasure?"

"It's not a treasure."

As she spoke, Hua Zheng stood up, took something out of the box, and said, "A Shuo, look."

"Horsewhip?"

Zhao Shuo took the whip and examined it carefully, saying, "It seems to be just an ordinary whip, nothing special."

"It was originally an ordinary horsewhip," Hua Zheng explained. "Aniang is from the Olehunati tribe. The men of the Olehunati tribe are not strong in combat, and they have always relied on marrying beautiful women to powerful grassland heroes to protect themselves. Every Olehunati woman has a horsewhip in her dowry. The wife must hand this whip to her husband personally. If she does something wrong, the husband can use this whip to whip her severely."

"Although I am the daughter of my father, since I have married you, you are my master. I am your woman, so I should obey you. Please keep this whip. Unless you no longer want me, do not return it to me."

Hua Zheng said gently but firmly. Zhao Shuo looked into Hua Zheng's eyes, and for a moment, a warm current surged in his heart.

He naturally knew the purpose of Hua Zheng giving him the whip.

She hoped that he would not regard her as Temujin's daughter, but treat her as an ordinary wife.

Hua Zheng didn't want to feel psychologically unequal with him because of their status.

This whip meant that Hua Zheng gave up the privileges of a princess and devoted herself to being his wife, supporting him, loving him, and serving him.

Zhao Shuo felt this love deeply.

Zhao Shuo couldn't help himself and immediately hugged Hua Zheng in his arms.

……

Weddings on the grassland usually last three days.

On the first day, the newlyweds officially get married. The next two days are spent entertaining guests with banquets, singing and dancing.

Three days later, the wedding was over and the Mongolian nobles dispersed.

The entire Eastern Grassland is vast, covering over two million square kilometers, equivalent to ten provinces in the Central Plains of later times. All the nobles have their own territories and subjects, so they can't all be crowded into the royal court, right?

Zhao Shuo's territory was allocated by Temujin to the vast and fertile Hulunbuir grassland north of the Greater and Lesser Khingan Mountains, around the Ergun and Hailar Rivers, with a total area of ​​more than 100,000 square kilometers.

What is this concept?
It is probably equivalent to Jiangsu Province in later generations.

On the surface, the total population of the five thousand households is only about thirty thousand, distributed over such a vast area, which can be described as extremely sparsely populated.

However, considering the productivity of that era, it can only be considered that there is abundant water and grass and relatively abundant land.

With his own territory and subjects, and the status of a son-in-law, Zhao Shuo could finally realize his ambitions.

First, Zhao Shuo established his first standing army.

Although the entire grassland population had been soldiers during the two hundred years of the Dark Ages, Zhao Shuo believed that a full-time standing army that could be mobilized at any time was still very necessary.

Before, the Mongolian nobles only had dozens of personal attendants at most.

The only one that could truly be called a standing army was Temujin's personal guards.

This personal guard had a total of one thousand people, consisting of quivers, guards, rotating guards, food managers, gatekeepers, horse managers, etc. On the one hand, they were responsible for Temujin's safety, and on the other hand, they were responsible for fighting at critical moments on the battlefield.

These one thousand personal guards were the predecessors of the Qiexue Army.

Zhao Shuo planned to establish a standing army of 500 people.

Three hundred of them were from the bravest warriors under Zhao Shuo's command, and the other two hundred were selected from the recently acquired, brave and warlike Zhierjin people.

We have an army, but it is more difficult to equip it with sophisticated weapons.

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