In 1876, Yan Xueyi was a more important year, the steel plant had been established, the movement of the Yuanhe Industrial Zone was getting bigger and bigger, once it was discovered by other forces, it would be a big trouble, if it was charged with a rebellion and sent a large army to exterminate it, the Yan clan did not have much resistance at all, the fundamental reason was the lack of weapons, the lack of thermal weapons. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, the war has shifted from cold weapon combat to hot weapon shooting, and the escort team in the Yuanhe Industrial Zone is only equipped with more than 100 smoothbore guns, which is of no use at all, only by establishing its own arsenal and producing weapons and equipment escort can there be resistance power, and this year, Yan Xueyi will establish the arsenal.

In 1876, there were not many noteworthy major events at home and abroad, and only a few noteworthy: Zuo Zongtang led the Hunan army to recover Xinyan; China's first railway was established, and then because of the crushing of pedestrians, Shen Baozhen, the governor of Liangjiang, sent a Taoist Sheng Xuanhuai and others to negotiate with the British to buy back the railway, and dismantle the railway and transport it to Taiwan to the seaside; The other is that the Manchus signed an unequal treaty with Britain in Yantai; The last one happened in the territory of Siqi, the case of the Eastern Sichuan Sect, and Ding Baozhen, the governor of Siqi, closed the case with a compensation of 79,200 taels of silver.

There is still more than a month before the New Year, Yan Xueyi's students also have winter vacation, Yan Xueyi resumes a leisurely life, exercises every day, and then "educates" Mu Bing and Mu Xue, life is uncomfortable.

However, an unexpected group of people came to Yanjiabao, which made Yan Xueyi messy.

"I actually have a fiancée?" Yan Xueyi exclaimed incredulously.

It is normal for people in this era to have a fiancée, but Yan Xueyi didn't know that he had a fiancée since he was a child, and his parents never said it, why did he suddenly have an extra fiancée? Yan Xueyi was very surprised, he really wanted to push off this marriage directly, once his fiancée was ugly, how could it be done, but his fiancée's background really couldn't allow Yan Xueyi to push off this marriage.

The fiancée's name is Chang Yuxin, 13 years old this year, 1 year younger than Yan Xueyi, the daughter of Chang Yanliang, the prefect of Ningyuan Prefecture, Chang Yanliang is Yan Xueyi's father and best friend, and has a very good relationship with the Yan family, so Yan Xueyi can't push away this marriage.

As for the cause of this marriage, it is even more difficult for Yan Xueyi to cry and laugh, it is said that Yan Xueyi's father Yan Daolin and Chang Yanliang set this family affair when they were drunk and drunk, who knew that Yan Daolin was drunk and drunk, and he agreed in a daze at the time, and he forgot about it when he turned around, he didn't remember this matter, but Chang Yanliang remembered this matter clearly, seeing that the two of them were about to reach the age of marriage, the Yan family had not reacted, could it be that they were against this marriage and wanted to withdraw from their relatives? Even if Yan Xueyi wants to keep filial piety for three years, he must discuss the marriage in advance.

Chang Yanliang thought about it for a while, and guessed that I was afraid that the Yan family didn't know about it, so he quickly sent someone to Yanjiabao to talk about this matter, so that his daughter and Yan Xueyi could get married as soon as possible, and the current Yan family could not talk the same thing, in the past, the Yan family could only wander around in the four southwestern provinces, and no one knew anyone out of the four southwestern provinces, and now the Yan family is extraordinary, the business is all over the country, and all the dignitaries and nobles are in contact, if the Chang family and the Yan family marry, it will be of great help to the Chang family.

For this marriage, Yan Xueyi is very helpless, he has not seen his fiancée once, who knows if it is ugly, everyone from the Chang family says that it is as beautiful as a fairy, who knows whether it is true or not? But this marriage still can't be shirked, but Yan Xueyi decided to postpone this marriage, and it is best to wait until he is 20 years old.

However, Yan Xueyi's decision was unanimously opposed by the six clan elders, requiring Yan Xueyi to marry as soon as possible after three years of filial piety, people in this era are particular about starting a family first and then starting a business, so they got married relatively early, Yan Xueyi wanted to get married again when he became an adult, no one agreed, and finally Yan Xueyi postponed the marriage to three years later, that is, when he was 17 years old, Yan Xueyi, who has the memory of two lifetimes, will not accept getting married at such a young age, especially his fiancée is one year younger than himself.

The marriage is decided like this, and when Yan Xueyi is 17 years old, he will marry Chang Yuxin, of course, Yan Xueyi will not be passive like this, at least he has to see what his fiancée looks like, if he is ugly, Yan Xueyi doesn't want to endure visual torture, he should push it off, and the strength of the Yan family will be even greater in three years, and the little prefect can't help the Yan family.

And Yan Xueyi's twin maids Mu Bing Muxue The two little girls were depressed for several days when they knew that Yan Xueyi had a fiancée, Yan Xueyi didn't know what was going on, Yan Xueyi didn't ask, and waited until the two little girls knew that Yan Xueyi would get married in three years, they seemed to be relieved, not sullen, Yan Xueyi guessed that the two little girls were probably afraid that their wives would not treat them well in the future.

Yan Xueyi could only touch Mu Bing Muxue's little head and tell them that he would give them a name in the future, so that they wouldn't worry anymore.

The matter of his fiancée also made Yan Xueyi depressed for several days, and finally left this matter behind him and continued to enjoy a warm life, to be honest, Yan Xueyi can rest well for a year, that is, the period of the first month before the Chinese New Year and the first half of the year every year, there is no need to teach students and do not need to think about the construction of Yuanhe Industrial Zone, as long as there is Mu Bing and Mu Xue to accompany him every day, although Yan Xueyi is a 40-year-old middle-aged man together, but Yan Xueyi's heart is still a young man, You don't want to be busy all the time of the day, which will make your heart grow old.

This year, the residents of Yanjiabao and Yuanhe Industrial Zone will be more prosperous than last year, not to mention that in the past year, the wages of the workers working for the Yan family have risen sharply, so that every family can eat and wear well, and even want to have a few more children to pass on the ancestry, that is, before the Chinese New Year, the Yan family bought a large number of various New Year's goods to send to the workers of the Yan family, although the New Year's goods cost a lot of silver, but let the workers and their families be more grateful to Yan Xueyi and the Yan family is the biggest harvest, The six elders of the Yan clan felt that there was something wrong with Yan Xueyi's arrangement, but they didn't know what was wrong, so they could only follow Yan Xueyi, after all, Yan Xueyi, the patriarch, had made great efforts for the development of the Yan clan, and the Yan clan would be his sooner or later.

"I can't be in a hurry, I can't be in a hurry, give me a few more years to develop, and I must bring a happy life to everyone." Yan Xueyi looked at all this beautiful thing, but what he thought about in his heart were those who were still working hard to fill their stomachs.