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Chapter 394 The Gan Family's Sincerity in Marrying a Daughter-in-Law
You asked the Northwest King what he thought of this marriage?
The warlord conflicts have continued for years, and only three warlord factions remain.

They had all annexed other forces, and their rivalry was all about who had the deepest resources.

The King of the Northwest lacked everything: troops, money, and provisions.

And the Gan family, where the future son-in-law resides.

He not only relied on the seasoning recipes of one restaurant and three roasted rabbit shops, but also on a vast western foothills ranch, which allowed him to firmly hold the title of the richest man in the border town.

Most importantly, the future son-in-law's family will produce talented people!
This kid's every move in Kansai has been reported to him; his abilities and knowledge are beyond question.

Even his brother-in-law, whom the men of Northwest China called a gigolo.

The colorful wild silkworms raised by others, and the brocade looms and cloth looms they design, are all highly sought after.
Of course, the Gan family's greatest wealth still belongs to General Gan.

She, a woman of extraordinary martial prowess and the guardian deity of Kansai, gave Zhao Muyun another big surprise: a high-yield wheat crop that could be grown two seasons a year.

Furthermore, General Xiong had already relayed her plan to transform Guanzhong into the granary and horse farm of the Northwest King, and even to provide him with a safety net and a way out.

With subordinates supporting him to this extent, it would be an injustice if he still couldn't seize power!

In his letter, Zhao Muyun said the following to his princess:
"Not to mention that Gan Mingfu is a man of both literary and martial talents, he is a rare young man of good character and ability. If we want to completely bind General Gan, this lucky general, to our family, there is no better way than marriage."

Most importantly, her own daughter admires that other man.

In the past two years, many talented men from Jiangnan have come to Huaiqing Prefecture, and the princess has held many matchmaking banquets for them.

As a result, Zhao Ran didn't like any of them!

If I keep wasting my time like this, I'll really become an old maid.

We can't wait until he seizes the throne, bestows the title of princess upon his daughter, and then selects a consort from across the country.

Moreover, who can guarantee that the chosen son-in-law will be better than Gan Mingfu?

As for Gan Mingfu, he is only a centurion at the current level, but that doesn't matter. With his father-in-law around, the future son-in-law's future can't be bad!
Princess Jiang rolled her eyes at the contents of the letter: "."

Of course, she wouldn't stand in the way of this good marriage.

As her mother, she knew her daughter's temperament quite well.

He may appear cheerful and carefree, but he's more shrewd than anyone else when it comes to his own ideas.

If you dare to force her to marry someone she doesn't like, she might just stage an elopement.

She's run away from home before!

What's more, General Gan gave her ten jars (one jin each) of top-grade medicinal wine as a gift last year.

She had only drunk two jars when all the aftereffects of giving birth to her son Zhao Yao completely disappeared.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a divine wine!

She successively gifted her to two noble ladies from prominent families in Jiangnan, and now these two families have clearly stated that they will support her as the princess.

Finally, they had the power to contend with the Wu Yue Ni clan.

All of this was a blessing bestowed upon her by General Gan.

With such a capable and wonderful older sister, the so-called social status and such things really don't matter to the future son-in-law.

border town.

After receiving the letter from Gan Mingfu and Gan Minglan, Gan's father and mother almost ruined several pots of soup.

I read the contents of the letter dozens of times.

It means exactly what it says; you can understand it.

It's been an entire afternoon and it still hasn't digested. Father Gan couldn't help but click his tongue in astonishment:

"Old woman, the eldest daughter-in-law mentioned in the letter is the prince's own daughter. She's a princess now, and might be a princess soon. Is she really going to marry into our Gan family? Or are they planning to have her marry into their family?"

Gan's mother was just as emotional as Gan's father, and she was getting worked up when the old man uttered his last sentence, which made her furious:

"What nonsense are you spouting, you old geezer? If your son is unreliable, our daughter is always the safest bet, right? Besides, our daughter has a good relationship with the Princess Consort, and she's been corresponding with her future daughter-in-law. The letters are about marriage, marriage! The Northwest Prince's Mansion doesn't lack sons."

Even if she is a princess, her son cannot become a son-in-law who marries into another family.

A wealthy family produces many successful children.

Gan's mother stood up straight.

Mr. Gan took a deep breath. "So, our family has really made a connection with a prestigious family?"

It's the kind that's incredibly expensive!

At the critical moment, Gan's mother stabilized her emotions and the overall situation:

"Hurry up, dig out the biggest money box in the house where you keep the silver notes. Didn't our daughter tell us that since we've married above our station, we should do everything we can to bring her home? Forget about all that fancy stuff like betrothal gifts, just send silver notes to support our future father-in-law in his quest for wealth!"

Gan's father: "."

The old woman is so domineering!
He actually dared to call the number one person in the Northwest his father-in-law; he was a little too soft-hearted to say it out loud.

But in terms of courage and determination, Gan's father was in no way inferior to Gan's mother.

Not only did he take out all the banknotes he had saved for several years, but he also wrote a letter to his daughter and borrowed her share.

Ever since.

When the elderly couple hired an official matchmaker to propose marriage at the Prince's mansion, they directly gave their future daughter-in-law a dowry of 200,000 taels of silver.

This extravagant gesture startled even Princess Jiang.

Who would spend so much on a daughter-in-law?
This was a gift given to the woman before marriage, and according to national law and folk customs, it is the daughter-in-law's private property in the future.

It's perfectly fine if the daughter-in-law stays entirely at her parents' home.

The matchmaker reiterated the Gan family's sincerity:
The only way for the Gan family to express their joy at having a daughter-in-law like a princess is to spend all their wealth on betrothal gifts.

In addition to giving a generous dowry, the future mother-in-law also stated that whether her son and daughter-in-law want to live in the border town or Guanxi in the future, it is up to them, and they will never interfere.

Not only was Princess Jiang beaming with joy, but even the Lady of the Marquis, who always valued marriage between equals, praised her granddaughter, saying that good things come to those who wait and that she was truly blessed.

Isn't that a blessing?
Inquiring around the Manhuaiqing mansion, one finds that every mother-in-law sets all sorts of rules for her daughter-in-law in the years leading up to the wedding.

The higher the social standing, the more rules there are.

Didn't the princesses of the previous dynasty also have to follow the customs of their husbands' families?

The Gan family treated Zhao Ran with ample respect and dignity in this marriage.

They are all men and women.

Once the marriage was settled, the process quickly began.

Just as Gan Mingfu received confirmation and was preparing to set off back to the border town to hold his wedding, a group of old friends came to Gan Luchuan that day.

Leading the group was an elderly woman whose clothes were not as glamorous as before, and whose hair was now gray.

She rushed to Gan Mingfu in a few strides, grabbed his sleeve, and started yelling:
“Son-in-law, my good son-in-law, your mother-in-law has finally found you! You have no idea how many highway robbers we encountered on the way from Shangdu to Guanxi. We originally planned to go to Huaiqing Prefecture, but we overheard your news by chance, and our whole family changed our route without saying a word to come and seek refuge with you. You won’t look down on your mother-in-law, will you?”

(End of this chapter)