No one went to tell Ding Yi about it, and Ding Yi didn't mention it again. Maybe it's not necessarily because he also has a dark side in his heart, but because he received an invitation from Castille in the midst of a cumbersome affair - Isabella's wedding.

She hopes that Ding Yi can go to her wedding and bless her as a father instead of her deceased father.

Ding Yi happily accepted the invitation and instructed Liu Ji to arrange this matter into the itinerary.

This is the knight's expression of loyalty to the emperor, and it is the embodiment of the courtier's obedience to the monarch, and even Yu Qian and Yang Ding, the Chinese scholars, are very in favor of Ding Yi's itinerary. Yu Qian, as the prime minister of Taixi Daming, even proposed that the Ministry of Finance allocate a sum of money as a reward from Ding Yi to Isabella, as well as the cost of this trip - of course, what Yu Qian hoped was that the wedding should be held in Smyrna, not Ding Yi went to Castel.

Isabella, for her part, readily accepted Smyrna's words, and she and her bridegroom, King Ferdinand of Aragon, accepted this mention of Tessie Daming. This made Yu Qian's ministers, especially Yu Qian, Yao Kui, Yang Ding, Yang Shan, and the officials who came from China, these old-fashioned scholars and doctors were so excited that they were about to go crazy.

They thought that this was the wedding of the kings of the two countries, which was placed in the capital of Taixi Daming, and was to get the blessing of Ding Yi! It is undisguised to say that this is the old-style scholar of Taixi Daming, and the collective has reached the GAO tide spiritually, and this excitement has spread to China with the fleets coming and going, and the scholars of Huaxia Daming are so excited that they can't do it. That's another story.

Speaking of Isabella's wedding alone, Ding Yi was very happy.

It's not just that she wants to get Ding Yi's blessing. It's not just because she wants Ding Yi to give her hand to the groom like her father. What's more. She did not refuse to marry like Mary of Burgundy, but insisted on staying by Ding Yi's side. Although Ding Yi is not a narcissist, he also suspected that Isabella had some kind of affection for him.

So he was a little scared, and the idea of waking up to take charge of the world and getting drunk on the knees of a beautiful woman, Ding Yi didn't think about it.

But he's really not a stallion-like figure, or rather, on a material level. When there is no shortage of women, Ding Yi's pursuit has long reached the spiritual level. He needs a partner who can communicate and understand each other, such as the deceased Zhang Yu and the current Anna.

In order to keep Anna by his side, he has even acquiesced to Qian Chujiu's revolution that will spread across the continent!

Therefore, he was a little worried about Isabella: "To be honest, I would rather pay for the military myself and recruit a volunteer army. Help her lay down Castile if there's a problem with her succession! Ding Yi once said to Huang Xiaoyang, the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, "I just hope that there will never be another Burgundian Mary, that is terrible!" ”

Because for Mary. Not only Ding Yi, but even Liu Yiyi has a headache, and the little Lori doesn't have any wrong behavior. You can't say that it's wrong to be faithful, right?

So after it was determined that Isabella was going to get married. After coming to Smyrna for a wedding a year later, Ding Yi did one thing. He issued a call-up order.

In the grasslands under the jurisdiction of the Liangguang, Yunyuan, and Anxi Metropolitan Governors, retired veterans all received conscription orders: "I need you, not for the world, not for the people, just because of my personal reasons, I need to fight a battle." There may be no pension, no pension for the families of military martyrs, and I can only pay double the salary. If you wish, please report to the garrisons of the Metropolitan Mansion of the Four Seas or the Metropolitan Prefecture of Anzai, and they will send you to me. ”

To Ding Yi's surprise, he planned to recruit only one battalion, that is, about 400 men, but in fact, the first batch of veterans to report to Smyrna had 4,000 men. Among them, at least more than 1,000 people applied for retirement from the Ming army or became deserters after receiving the call, and then responded to the call.

"Sir, this is the text of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas, and the Tianjin Garrison has been stranded with men from three thousand grasslands; There are more than 2,000 veterans waiting to be transported in Guangzhou. And the disabled veterans were persuaded to go back, or there were more. I don't know how to hear about this conscription order in Zhejiang, and many good families have gone to the garrison to sign up; There are more militias signed up in the two Guangzhous, and there is no problem in forming two divisions, and there are ...... who bite their fingers and write bloody letters."

Ding Yi had no choice but to stroke his beard awkwardly and said: "This, you go to your wife and ask her to lend me another 500,000 taels, of which 300,000 taels, will be sent to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas, and let Yang Weizhen distribute it to the veterans and the Duyin tribe men over there in Tianjin, and then persuade them to go back, saying that there are enough people." As for the other good families who signed up, let Yang Weizhen handle it properly. ”

Four thousand veterans are absolutely enough for Ding Yi to do.

In particular, the 4,000 veterans who were equipped with new rifles, machine guns, and mortars were basically set up in a brigade after only half a month of joint training. And Ding Yi's goal is very clear: "There is a girl who treats me as a father, I need to give her a gift at her wedding, this is completely my personal matter, if any of you want to quit now, he will get a reward as my thank you for responding to the call, and then there will be a ship to take you back to China." Because this matter is really my selfish desire. ”

"I am willing to die for my husband!" This is the answer of the veterans, the majestic rivers and mountains.

Ding Yi shrugged his shoulders, he felt that it was a bit dangerous. This was a very blind personal allegiance, but he was quickly relieved, maybe after this battle, the army was disbanded, and the problem should be solved, right?

He decided not to think so much: "Granada, this is my gift to that girl." ”

Granada is the last country on the Iberian Peninsula to have a great food religion.

Only need to conquer, not occupy, Castile supports Isabella's nobles, will follow behind to complete the occupation and garrison affairs, a brigade, is simply a knife to kill chickens, which is why the original plan needs a battalion of troops.

So for this expedition, Ding Yi didn't think that there would be any storms.

But what he didn't know was that the day the volunteers set out was also the day when Isabella's messenger arrived in Smyrna.

That night, Isabella's envoy met Cao Jixiang secretly in Smyrna, and made a direct request: "This is the request of the Trident Knights from Poseidon, the head of the regiment, His Excellency Isabella. ”

"You say yes, let's listen, if you can agree, our family won't beat around the bush; If you can't agree, we haven't heard of it. Cao Jixiang stood in the darkness and said in a low voice.

The messenger was quick to say what he was asking for: "If Ferdinand had not died as unfortunate as King Henry VI of England, then perhaps he should have become like you, in order to maintain his respect for His Majesty." The messenger repeated it twice until Cao Jixiang understood. Like Cao Jixiang, he is a eunuch.

"We'll think about it." Cao Jixiang laughed and waved his hand to teach the messenger to stand back.

But the messenger did not retreat, and he summoned his companions, who had come with him, and said to them: "I have completed my mission. He said to Cao Jixiang again, "In this world, until now, only three people know about this. ”

The three people refer to the messenger, Isabella, and Cao Jixiang.

"Now it's just two people." The messenger said this, and then nodded to his companion, who drew his dagger and slit the messenger's throat in one fell swoop.

Cao Jixiang finally became serious, and said to the person who had just killed his companion: "Go back and tell your master, our family nodded in this matter." ”

The night sky of Smyrna was as black as flannel, and the stars dotted on it, and the light did not shine, and the sky was black.

The night sky of Paris is as black as flannel, but for Stone, who is looking up at the sky with his knees crossed, the stars dotted the sky are bright and brilliant, so dazzling, so gorgeous.

'Stone, what's there to see about looking at the stars all day?' This is what the old woman said to her son,

The young man came back to his senses and said to his mother, "My mother, call me Stone, yes, this is my Chinese name, I like it." ”

"Huaxia name? That's a good thing, but, such a modern thing, that's what the aristocracy can have, my child. ”

The stone took his mother's cracked hand, as rough as his: "No, Mom, I can have it." ”

He didn't tell his mother, it was the name given to him by the regional leaders of the Republican Organization, and he had it, because tonight he would be a member of the first echelon of the general attack in Paris: "Mother, I will let you live a good life, yes, I will, you don't have to worry about bread anymore, maybe we can also have a cup of tea on the table, tea from China." ”

The tone of the stone was a little hurried, and he almost couldn't help but say it, but the well-organized discipline still allowed him to control himself.

"Stone, my child, your mouth is so sweet, like your damned father...... Yes, when he was alive, he always made people happy...... Huaxia tea, that's a good thing...... The things in Huaxia are all excellent, and I think that the moon there may be more beautiful than the moon above us......" She gradually grew tired and fell asleep.

The stone gently twitched his hand, helped his mother to tuck the corner, and then went to the corner of the wall and dug hard until he took out a long strip of object tightly wrapped in rags.

He glanced at his mother, then took the condition and walked to the tattered door.

"Hey, Stone!" His brother stopped him, "Do you have to go?" ”

"What do you say?" Stone cursed and then said to his brother, "Take care of Mommy." ”

Then he went away without looking back, and the old woman in the broken house, with a tear oozing out, wandered among the overlapping folds, and before it could be dropped, it was already dry. (To be continued......)