On the edge of the intersection of Shandong and Jiangsu, on the Acropolis of Anton, several soldiers wearing crimson cloth and iron armor and mandarin duck jackets are walking back and forth with standard spears.

At this time, almost three months have passed since the incident in Rizhao, and in March of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen, few people still remember it.

The Andong Acropolis fluttered with the banner of the "king" character of the Shandong army, for some reason, the soldiers have a feeling of garrisoning the border pass, because from here in the further south is the boundary of Nanzhili Jiangsu, I heard that there are noisy pirates and pirates, and there are many powerful thieves in the place, and it is not as calm as in Shandong at all.

"Captain, look over there!"

Looking at the soldier's hand, the officer noticed smoke and dust rising in the distance, as if a horse was coming this way.

"The city is an official army under the command of the Shandong Army Marshal Wang!"

Sure enough, the other party didn't seem to have any bad intentions, but stopped politely dozens of steps away from the south gate after coming, and was waving and shouting with a letter in his hand at the moment.

The officers of the city frowned, thinking that only they should not be worried, so they shouted to the city:

"That's right, it's the Shandong Army stationed in the Anton Weizheng Barracks, and the battalion officer is here, who are you?"

Hearing this, the man under the city breathed a sigh of relief, quickly turned over from his horse, and knelt directly on the sand, and shouted in a hoarse voice:

"There is an urgent letter to Wang Dashuai, Haizhou is in trouble, and I hope that the Shandong army will help! In this way, the military and civilian gentry in Haizhou should remember this kindness and virtue, and be grateful! ”

The sentinel was a little suspicious, and shouted tentatively at the moment:

"Haizhou...? Haizhou belongs to Jiangsu, this file is afraid that my Shandong army has no right to set foot in this matter, even if the letter is sent to Licheng, I am afraid that the marshal is not allowed, please go back! ”

The man couldn't kneel, and there was a cry in his voice:

"The pirates are rampant, killing people and stealing goods, and pirates blocking trade routes, for a long time, it must also be harmful to the trade between the Shandong army and the Zheng family!"

There was already some threat in these words, and the sentry officer was stunned for a moment, and he was about to get angry, but after thinking about it, there was some truth in what this person said.

If the trade route is really cut off, it will be a big deal, and the impact of the break on the Shandong army is huge, this kind of thing is better to pass it back and listen to the decision from above, thinking of this, the sentry sentry snorted coldly:

"You're a clever man, all right! Put the letter in the basket and pull it up, as for whether the handsome person cares about it or not, it's not our business! ”

After speaking, a bamboo basket that is often used to hold eggs and vegetables in the market was slowly lowered with a rope, and the man put the letter on it and did not forget to bend down again and again to thank him.

"The military and civilians of Haizhou are all thanks to the heroes of the Shandong army!"

With that, the man got on his horse again and left.

......

"Congratulations to the handsome man!"

"My wife and children are safe, and I will be blessed in the coming year!"

"Congratulations!"

On March 10th, Licheng really said that guests gathered, people from all walks of life came and went, this day was the full moon banquet of Wang Zheng's son-in-law Wang Yi, and the day Yu'er gave birth to a child a month ago was the most anxious and uneasy time for Wang Zheng recently.

Hearing Yu'er's terrible shouts in the room, the sky was pitiful, Wang Zheng kicked in the door several times, no matter in his previous life and this life, it was the first time he encountered this kind of thing, and his heart was both nervous and expectant, of course, mixed with some worries.

"I'm going to be a father..."

It wasn't until the first baby's cry came from the room that Wang Zheng broke into the door with a white face, and was relieved to see that Yu'er and Hanxing's mother and son were safe.

At that time, Wang Zheng realized that he was already sweating profusely, and this tension was unprecedented, but fortunately, he was overjoyed and there was no accident.

When Wang Zheng felt Wang Yi's chubby little hand on his face, he finally laughed heartily, and when he called Li Yan, Guan Qingtian, Gu Junen and a few other people to discuss, he decided to hold a wedding banquet in Shandong to celebrate.

Later, Guan Qingtian made a suggestion, saying that at present, Wang Zheng is the chief soldier of the right capital governor who is being selected by the imperial court, and the title of Dashuai must be obeyed even by the general soldiers of the same level in ordinary places.

Hearing this, Wang Zheng, who was in a very good mood, also lost his past concerns, thinking that he had always been more cautious, and he should hold a wedding banquet generously, and directly handed over this matter to Guan Qingtian and Li Yan.

In ancient times, the news was originally inconvenient to spread, not to mention this kind of turbulent times with continuous wars and famines, so in the end, Li Yan and the three of them discussed and decided that the name of the wedding banquet would be sent now, but the date should be set after January.

At that time, the name card should have been in the hands of people from all over the world, as long as you have the heart, it is still too late to come to the full moon banquet.

When the guests came to the door, the red lanterns used in the Spring Festival were hung inside and outside the Shuai's mansion, and the housekeeper and a few maids and servants stood outside to greet them with a smile.

The two sides sat down, and the servants carefully retreated after bringing tea and snacks, but when everyone was noisy, they suddenly fell silent, and it didn't take long to see Wang Zheng walking out with a baby of more than a month, and it was full of smiles.

"Congratulations to Wang Dashuai for getting a noble son!"

"Rejoice and rejoice!"

Everyone got up one after another, congratulated in unison, Wang Zheng was in a good mood, handed over Wang Yi, who had just been full moon, to the invited grandmother, and at the same time took this opportunity to look at all kinds of people opposite.

These people almost filled all the open space outside the marshal's mansion, not only the wealthy families of Shandong and the businessmen and gentry of the north and south, but also the civil and military officials of Jiangsu, Fujian and other places.

"Grandpa Liu has arrived!"

With the shouts of the servants outside, a eunuch walked in in public, and laughed sharply from a distance, and the two deep dimples on his face were particularly obvious:

"Wang Dashuai is overjoyed, our family came to drink a drink of joy wine before leaving, this time wow, goodbye, I'm afraid I may not know what year and what month~"

Liu Yunzhong said, he was a little sad, but this was also a matter of a moment, and the next moment he changed his face back, and greeted the guests present one by one.

It was three days ago that Emperor Chongzhen of the current dynasty issued an edict:

"The members of the town have been under investigation for a long time. Soldiers and horses, money, food, equipment and other items have changed slightly, but the battle defense and defense assistance, the power of affairs has not been exhausted. The governor, the sub-guard and other ministers have withdrawn to Beijing for other use, and all the border affairs of money and food, soldiers and horses, border defense, suppression of the imperial and other things, the governor, the government, the town, and the road are single-mindedly shouldered. ”

Since Chongzhen served as a lieutenant official in the second year of supervising the army, to the current Chongzhen thirteenth year has been eleven years have passed, Emperor Chongzhen also found that the governors, the supervising army, and the general town are not in harmony, and hesitated for a long time, so that the army will completely eliminate this malaise.

In fact, there are still a few like Shandong.

Governor Yan Jizu received a lot of benefits from Wang Zheng, needless to say, even his own governor's position was only retained by several great victories of the Shandong Army, so it was reasonable that he did not dare and could not do it against Wang Zheng.

As for the prison army Liu Yunzhong, it just so happened that he was the lieutenant official under the Si Li Supervisor, and Wang Chengen, the eunuch who is now in charge of the 12 Supervision Bureaus of the Imperial Palace, is his teacher, how dare he be a protégé and can't get along with the master.

Moreover, he also discovered later that since the king of the fight for the post of commander-in-chief of Shandong, the situation in Shandong is really getting better day by day, according to his meaning, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most stable place in the Ming Dynasty at the moment.