As early as last year, Duan Qirui had already reminded Zhao Dongyun that he hoped that Zhao Dongyun could marry as soon as possible, so as to avoid others accusing him of being too young and immature and stable.

At that time, Zhao Dongyun also carefully considered this issue, knowing that his marriage really could not be delayed for too long, after all, he was not an ordinary person but a Beiyang soldier, and more importantly, he was in a high position at a young age, and the Qing court officials with the same status as him were generally over forty years old, even if it was a very young Beiyang system, most of them were in their thirties and forties, and there were very few powerful officers like him who became the alternate prefect and the third rank in his twenties.

His age problem was originally an important obstacle to his further promotion, if he was not married yet, then in the eyes of the princes of the imperial court, he was a thorough hairy young man, even if Zhao Dongyun had the talent to train the army, he would have many scruples about using it, not to mention the rapid promotion of Zhao Dongyun to let him ascend to the sky in one step.

Therefore, from a political point of view, his marital problems have also become an important obstacle to his further ascent.

Last year, although Zhao Dongyun also considered this problem, he thought that the time should not be so urgent, and Zhao Dongyun has been busy since last year, from last year's Xin Chou Winter Exercise, to the Guangzong Civil Revolution at the turn of this spring and summer, and then to the current expansion of the machine gun battalion and the establishment of the arsenal, these things came one after another, which made Zhao Dongyun unconsciously forget about his marriage.

On the other hand, this is also his concept of later generations has played a great role in interfering, according to his later thoughts, this from Guangzong hooked up with a Fang Ruolian back, although this girl is still a nun but quite appetizing to him, so they just lived together, if this is according to the process of later generations, after living together, they either feel that they are not suitable and separate, or they will live for a long time to get a marriage certificate.

It's just that in this era, this kind of thinking doesn't seem to be very good, at least Steward Xu has a lot of opinions on this, so he specially gave a small report to Zhao's mother. And Zhao's mother had more opinions, so she not only scolded Zhao Dongyun fiercely, but also asked Zhao Chenliang to help Zhao Dongyun find a suitable marriage partner.

"This person from the Lin family was born in a scholarly family, and there have been people who have been officials in the court for four or five generations in a row, and it is said that the long one is also a flower and a moon, and the female red is also a good one!" Zhao Chenliang played the role of a matchmaker at this time, introducing the marriage partners he found one after another in front of Zhao Dongyun.

"If you don't think this is good, there is also the daughter of the second room of the Chen family, their family is also from Xuzhou, although they have no officials in the second room, but the woman's uncle is a Beijing official, and she is also a Qinggui Hanlin."

Seeing that Zhao Chenliang wanted to continue, Zhao Dongyun hurriedly interrupted him: "Third uncle, you don't have to be busy, I have my own ideas about marriage!" ”

Zhao Chenliang said: "You don't have no opinions, otherwise the second sister-in-law wouldn't have asked me to do this, the second brother went early, and I naturally have to look at your marriage!" ”

Zhao Dongyun shook his head, he wanted to say: You don't understand my world!

But considering that the other party was his elder, he still couldn't help but say nothing, and only said: "Third uncle, don't worry, I will give my mother an explanation!" ”

Zhao Chenliang is just an ordinary squire, although he can be regarded as having some knowledge, but he will not know what the focus of Zhao Dongyun's marriage is, that is, the word "politics".

If it is said that there is a political marriage, then Zhao Dongyun does not have many people to choose from, and it must be in the Beiyang system, because outside the Beiyang system, even if he marries the high-ranking officials of the Jiuqing Dynasty, then the help brought to him is extremely limited.

Because the circle of Beiyang is very small and very closed, if Zhao Dongyun wants to develop in the Beiyang system, he can only rely on Yuan Shikai, and people outside the system will not help Zhao Dongyun's future.

In addition, Wang Yingkai, Duan Qirui and others, although he Zhao Dongyun's future has a certain influence, but it does not have any decisive influence, there can be no yes, there is no can, as for the rest of the Beiyang system, it is even less worthy of Zhao Dongyun's lifelong marriage.

In fact, Zhao Dongyun can actually marry Yuan Shikai's daughter cheekily, but Zhao Dongyun has seen several daughters of Yuan Shikai, to be honest, it really does not meet Zhao Dongyun's aesthetics, if marrying Yuan Shikai's daughter can make him prosperous, then Zhao Dongyun will admit it, but he has little effect in marrying Yuan Shikai's daughter, and I have never heard of any great achievements in history of the person who married Yuan Shikai's daughter.

It can be seen that the son-in-law is worthless in Yuan Shikai's heart, if the son-in-law had been before, Yuan Shikai's daughters would still have his turn, and they would have been robbed by a group of Beiyang officials.

In this case, there is no need for Zhao Dongyun to beg Yuan Shikai's daughter shamelessly.

After thinking about it like this, then you will find that marriage has certainly become an obstacle to Zhao Dongyun's career, but marriage is unlikely to bring him much help, and a little help is not worth letting Zhao Dongyun exchange for a lifetime of marriage, and marriage will inevitably bear some responsibilities of the in-laws, for example, if he marries Feng Guozhang's niece and daughter or something, then he will have to face the suppression of Wang Yingkai, Wang Shizhen and others for many years in the future.

That's not worth the cost!

Thinking of this, Zhao Dongyun looked at Fang Ruolian who was walking slowly upstairs, and then a thought flashed in his mind, why did he never consider her?

Thinking about it carefully, Fang Ruolian is a woman who has a very good appetite for herself, if she marries her, then at least she doesn't have to worry about facing someone she doesn't like all day long.

As for the political considerations, although it is impossible to bring any help to yourself, it will not bring any harm to yourself!

Moreover, Zhao Dongyun thinks that according to his ability and age, he can climb to the top of Beiyang without marrying a woman as a little white face, and it is estimated that it will not take a few years.

To put it bluntly, the focus of Zhao Dongyun's marriage problem is not who he marries, but whether he marries or not!

Zhao Dongyun, who had figured this out, walked up slowly, looking at Fang Ruolian who was slowly walking down the stairs, he took a deep breath and picked a flower at the corner of the stairs, and when she was about to reach the end of the stairs, he stepped forward and took her hand: "If I say let you marry me, will you object?" ”

Fang Ruolian was stunned for a moment, and then chuckled: "You look so funny now!" ”

Zhao Dongyun's face was full of embarrassment!

Looking at Zhao Dongyun's expression, Fang Ruolian was puzzled for a moment and then said, "Are you serious?" ”

"Is there any fake?" Zhao Dongyun replied.

"It's not like it's real anyway!" Fang Ruolian thought for a while and said, "Get married, I have no opinion!" But don't talk about that yet, I'm telling you, there's a big rat upstairs, go and see it and kill it......"

There was no romantic marriage proposal ceremony, and there was no mountain alliance and sea vows, and even after waking up the next day, Zhao Dongyun didn't feel any difference, and it wasn't until after breakfast that he remembered that he had proposed to Fang Ruolian yesterday, as if she had agreed, but he wasn't sure!

Immediately put down the coffee cup and asked Fang Ruolian opposite: "You agreed to my marriage proposal last night!" ”

Fang Ruolian was still eating, and finally swallowed the toast in her mouth and said, "If you remember correctly, you should have agreed!" ”

Zhao Dongyun was speechless in the face of Fang Ruolian's answer, this woman didn't care more than himself......

It's just that after Zhao Dongyun went out, Fang Ruolian didn't know what she remembered, and then her little face began to glow with sadness, muttering: You can't be a nun if you get married.

The news that Zhao Dongyun was going to get married soon came out, and Zhao Chenliang sent the news of Zhao Dongyun and Fang Ruolian's marriage back to his hometown in Xuzhou almost on the same day.

Although Zhao's mother in Xuzhou's hometown has a lot of opinions about Ruolian, she still respects her son's choice and says that she will go north one day to preside over the marriage for him.

In fact, logically speaking, he should go back to Xuzhou to get married, but now there are many things to do in the Fuyuan Machine Factory and the newly built machine gun battalion, and it is too cost-effective for him to take a month off to go back and forth to Xuzhou in order to get married.

For Zhao Dongyun, the marriage is just a small episode, and his current focus is still on the Fuyuan Machine Factory and the newly built machine gun battalion.

In the newly built machine gun battalion outside Dongguan, Zhao Dongyun is giving a class to a group of officers to explain machine gun tactics!

"When selecting and constructing machine gun positions, in addition to requiring a wide range of fire and protection, it is also necessary to pay close attention to the supply of cooling water, and if there is no water source nearby, then it is necessary to ensure that the army carries enough cooling water." Zhao Dongyun's topic today is still machine guns.

For example, when strafing the enemy, the commander needs to judge the distance of the target, and even more so to decide whether to shoot at a long point or a short point.

At the same time, it is also necessary to pay attention to the supply of cooling water, although theoretically the water-cooled heavy machine gun has a better continuous combat capability than the air-cooled heavy machine gun, but this continuous combat capability is based on the premise of a stable supply of cooling water, without which the heavy machine gun will not be able to continue to fight.

Therefore, when establishing a machine gun position, it is very important to have a water source nearby, if it is an area without a water source, then it is necessary to carry enough cooling water with the army, otherwise it will be tragic if there is not enough cooling water supply in the war.

Although Zhao Dongyun himself is just a pseudo-military fan, it is only a common sense thing in later generations, but it is a very forward-looking military theory in this era.

However, these nondescript and extremely imperfect military theories have aroused certain repercussions.

In order to quickly improve the tactical literacy of his officers, he set up a camp academy to conduct machine gun tactical theory and other military theories such as infantry and artillery.

It's just that he didn't expect that this temporary and emergency school attracted the attention of others.

In addition, more chapters will be added, and three more chapters will continue tomorrow!