"The Tartars attacked suddenly, and we entered the city in a hurry, so the supplies were scarce, and the ingredients were a little rudimentary, I hope Lord Wang won't mind." As the king of a country, Li Liang also felt embarrassed to entertain distinguished guests with such a simple thing.

Wang Yue smiled and said, "Eh! The lord of the country doesn't have to be like this, these side dishes are also very delicious, after all, it is an extraordinary time! ”

Seeing that Wang Yue did eat well, not like a kind word, Li Qi happily picked up the rice wine and said: "Come, I salute Lord Wang for a glass, and thank Lord Wang again for saving North Korea." ”

Wang Yue put down his chopsticks, picked up his wine glass and said: "Don't continue to be polite, after all, you are also rewarded, and our Tiance Army is worth it this time." ”

Since it was a private matter, there was no need to lie about it anymore, so Wang Yue told the truth.

Li Liang laughed dryly, put down his wine glass and looked at Concubine Xian sitting next to him.

Concubine Xian seemed to ask Wang Yue casually: "I heard that Lord Wang has married and is married to the daughter of a British prince?" ”

Wang Yue didn't expect her to ask this, so she was stunned for a moment and said, "That's true, I don't know why Concubine Xian asked this?" ”

Concubine Xian smiled and said, "I have a daughter under the knee of the lord of the country, named Li Xuezhu, who is twenty-eight years old this year, which is the same age as Lord Wang. We want to marry her to Lord Wang as a wife, and we hope that Lord Wang will not refuse. ”

"Uh," Wang Yue didn't expect that the private conversation they were going to say to him was this, but why is this Li Xuezhu's name so familiar? "Was she captured by the Tartars?"

This must be asked clearly, according to the behavior of the Qing army, it will be difficult to finish the captive.

Li Liang probably also understood what Wang Yue meant, and hurriedly said: "Xuezhu was in Nanhan Mountain City with Gu and was never captured. ”

Wang Yue nodded and said, "But I already have a wife, if I let the county lord marry her as a side room, will I treat her badly." ”

North Korea is a vassal state, so Wang Yue called Li Xuezhu the county lord, and her status is not higher than Zhang Ziyun in terms of status, after all, she is the county lord of a foreign country.

Wang Yue knew that this was a political marriage, and although it was good for North Korea, it was also good for him.

Concubine Xian heard that Wang Yue had no intention of refusing, and said with a smile: "Xuezhu can marry a young hero like Lord Wang, which is her blessing in the eyes of me and the lord of the country. ”

Li Liang and Concubine Xian had this idea after seeing the battle outside the city of the Tiance Army. Later, Park Jinhui reported in detail on the trip to Daming and the trip to the starting point city, which gave them a clearer understanding of Wang Yue's strength.

This is a new force, a force that the Ming court may not be able to contain, and the leader of this force, Lord Wang, is obsessed with annexing Korea. Then let's make peace with each other, so that North Korea's security will also be more guaranteed.

Li had more than a dozen daughters, and according to custom, the lord of Joseon usually chose one or two to marry the Ming emperor.

In order to avoid foreign relatives from interfering in politics, queens and imperial concubines generally avoided choosing women from noble families, but chose women from middle- and low-level official families. In a vassal country with the rank of "king" like North Korea, it is even more impossible for the county lord to be a queen or concubine, so he can only be an ordinary concubine.

The family affairs of the daughter of the Korean lord must be in the service of politics. In addition to sending it to the Daming Palace, it is also a bargaining chip for the lord of the country to win over his country's nobles. Li Xuezhu's marriage to Wang Yue is also a political investment for Li Liang.

The more the welfare king will not refuse to accept concubines, North Korea is a country with a relatively complete sinicization, and his future idea is to let it be attached to the Central Plains. Conquest is more sticky without assimilation, not to mention that Korea is not hostile to the Ming Dynasty.

However, he said: "There is no opinion on this matter, but it still needs the consent of my mother and wife." ”

Wang Yue's wife has the most say in family affairs, and sometimes Wang Yue doesn't count what he says.

Concubine Xian nodded and said: "I also put filial piety first, and I really have to discuss it with my mother, and I think my mother will not object to this family business." ”

After all, he is the county lord of a country, and his identity is there, and no mother will refuse.

Then she said happily: "It seems that Lord Wang loves his woman very much, and Xuezhu is the right person with you." ”

Li Liang also nodded in agreement and said: "What Concubine Xian said is reasonable, Xuezhu can marry a man like Lord Wang, and Gu is relieved." ”

Okay, this male and female singing and harmonizing will be regarded as this matter has been decided.

Wang Yue also knew that his mother and Zhang Ziyun would not object to this family business, so he had to say: "Then thank you for the kindness of the lord and the virtuous concubine." ”

Since this is said, everyone is also considered relatives, and the atmosphere is harmonious. Li Qi said tentatively: "Lord Wang, this time the Tartars entered the Kou, and the DPRK suffered heavy losses, and the armor and ordnance were almost lost. Gu intends to restore the army, and I don't know if Lord Wang can help with an inch. ”

The Tiance Army cleaned up the battlefield very thoroughly, and all the swords, guns, swords, halberds, armor, weapons, and so on were all gathered away.

Originally, it was also planned to dispose of it and spend some money in exchange for it, but the meritorious rewards for the officers and soldiers who went out this time were basically there.

Wang Yue said briskly: "Well, our army has captured a lot in this battle, and we can't use it, so let's deal with it at half price." ”

The battlefield was cleaned so cleanly, Li Liang didn't expect Wang Yue to give it away for nothing, half price was already very affordable, so he thanked Wang Yue again and again.

At the port of Incheon, the Baoding Army, under the transportation of the Denglai Naval Division, finally arrived in Korea in the afternoon.

The battle report of Wang Yue's defeat of the Qing army in the mountain city of Nanhan has been reported to the naval fleet and Chen Xinjia, Gao Qiqian, Xie Baoqing and others through the radio.

The people in the port were jubilant and elated.

But Gao Qiqian turned Xie Baoqing away, and said to Chen Xinjia with a solemn expression: "Hear it?" Wang Yue's Tiance army broke through Jiannu's 50,000 army in one day, and killed and wounded most of them. If he has bad intentions, who can restrain him? ”

Chen Xinjia nodded slowly and said: "The brothers of the Wang family can't stay, this strong army can't become their private army, and it must be firmly grasped in the hands of the imperial court." The imperial court has a Tiance army, so why worry about the injustice of the slaves and the indestructible rogue. ”

The decision made by the commander of the Korean aid army and the supervising army is authoritative, and the case cannot be reversed after returning to China.

Gao Qiqian sneered: "Don't forget, the starting point city has endless wealth, if it is filled into the treasury, will the finances of the imperial court still be so embarrassed?" ”

The wealth of the starting point city is too huge, if you raid the house, you can just go and get a little money.

Receiving the military supplies of the Tiance Army and the starting point city must also be indispensable to the military department, and Chen Xinjia will definitely participate as the squire of the military department.

When he heard this, he agreed: "Just look at these steel giants, which one doesn't have a million catties of refined iron?" ”

He also said that if it is less, according to the displacement of 23,000 tons of supply ships, if it is calculated by catties, it will be 46 million catties.