Because of the urgency of the situation, everything was simple, and the household and military departments lived in unprecedented harmony, and worked together to help the British Duke dispatch enough grain and grass and 100,000 troops, and the British Duke did not waste time, and on the day when the army and grain and grass were ready, he hurriedly led the troops out to the battle.

Emperor Ming Ling led hundreds of officials to see him off in person.

When the news spread, there were still many people who spontaneously came to see them off, and Qiao Mu also went out to join in the fun this time, taking a look at the military appearance and military discipline when the army went out, and also to estimate the success rate of their expedition.

Although the dynasty looked stable, but suddenly attacked by the north and south, fighting on two fronts, Qiao Mu was still a little worried about whether the court could cope with it, and came to see the army at this time, not only to join in the fun, but also to calm her own heart, but when she saw the army below, as well as the British Duke who was quite old and full of spirit, she sighed at that time.

When the imperial court is about to employ people, there are no young generals available, what a panic thing this should be, if this generation of veterans have passed away, what should the future be, although these problems are not imminent, but they are indeed real problems, Qiao Mu feels that she can live for another forty or fifty years, naturally she has to think more far, she doesn't want to be coming, more than a hundred years old and have to encounter troubled times.

Therefore, after seeing the emperor's practice for the soldiers, Qiao Mu hurried back, ready to speed up the process of his own maritime trade, and by the way, changed the original plan, from the original only two small islands as a transit point, to occupy as many islands as possible that can be planted, the area is not small.

to prepare for the future.

However, these things are not trivial, and they are not something that can be completed in a while and a half, so there is something to wait for next, after the army goes out, the biggest thing for them to declare peace with the Hou Mansion is not the sea trade, but the marriage of the juniors of their Hou Mansion, although Qiao Mu did not intervene in this matter, but after the Xiao family finalized the candidate, he still had to show Qiao Mu the past, and he could only make a formal decision with Qiao Mu's permission.

The New Year is approaching, and it is just right to take advantage of this good time to find a good day to give the marriage of his son and daughter, so after Xiao Shi finalized the candidates for his daughter-in-law and son-in-law, he hurriedly took the information and portraits of those two people to the Qiao Mu courtyard and asked Qiao Mu for instructions.

In the yard, the arbor is lying in the sun with a mink lying in the sun, not to mention, this winter sun is more comfortable than the other three seasons, not as changeable as spring and autumn, nor as hot as summer, with a warm and warm feeling, it really makes people very comfortable.

After Xiao Shi walked in, he first asked the grandmother on the side, and knew that Qiao Mu was just closing her eyes and not falling asleep, so she stepped forward:

"Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, I ......"

"I know it's you, it's about the marriage of Min'er and Wen'er, the two of them are indeed not young, they are already sixteen years old, and other people's families are the same age, either they have become a family, or they have already made a marriage, you are a little anxious, I can understand, however, the time cannot be set too early, the real wedding date is at least a year or two later, and the marriage can be set one or two years in advance, but the real marriage date must be at least until they are eighteen years old.

Okay, tell me which two you like, and tell me about the specific situation. ”

Qiao Mu didn't open her eyes, she was still lying on the chaise longue with her eyes closed, but her meaning was already very clear, it didn't matter if she was married, but the marriage had to be delayed for another year or two, not too early.

It's also for the good of her grandchildren.

Although the age of sixteen can be regarded as basically mature, and even earlier has the ability to conceive children, but it does not mean that the ability to conceive children is the most suitable time to conceive children, generally speaking, women have the ability to conceive children after the age of fourteen, but at this age to conceive children, it can be said that they are joking with their own lives, especially in this era of underdeveloped medicine, the mortality rate can be more than half, in fact, the most suitable age for women to have children is about 20 to 26 years oldMen develop more slowly, two years later than women.

However, in today's times, it is very late for Qiao Mu to push the marriage age of his grandchildren to eighteen years old, and if it is pushed to the best childbearing age in his twenties, then I am afraid that he will have to be scolded by others for being an old pervert.

After all, other people's families are thinking about holding their great-grandchildren or something, and your family has to drag it back, who can't listen to it and mumble a few words, is there something wrong?

"Mother-in-law, wouldn't it be bad to delay it for another two years?

Min'er and Wen'er are not young anymore, and the daughters of the Jingwangfu family of the same age are already pregnant with the second one this year, and our family has not yet decided on a marriage. ”

Xiao still wants to persuade again.

But Qiao Mu obviously wouldn't listen to persuasion: "I said that if I delay it for two years, I will delay it for two years, if you are afraid that others will say something unpleasant, just say that my wife is reluctant to give up her granddaughter and wants to stay for two more years."

Which one you like, let's talk about it. ”

"Okay, mother-in-law, the husband's family I chose for Min'er is the eldest son of Hu Shangshu's family, Hu Shangshu is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, their Hu family is also a famous Qingliushi family, their eldest son is called Hu Weiju, although there is no Zhongjin Shi this year, but he was promoted at a young age, which is also very good.

And their eldest son has always had a good reputation outside, and there are no messy concubines and maids at home, although they may be a little poorer, but their family does not have a mother-in-law to press ......"

Speaking of this, Xiao Shi suddenly sweated on his forehead.

In front of her mother-in-law, she said that a family without a mother-in-law is a good marriage, even if she really doesn't have any ideas in her heart, but it's hard to guarantee that his mother-in-law won't think she has any ideas, but she is stupid and doesn't know how to explain it for a while.

"It's good to have no mother-in-law, you can be the master of the house when you enter the door, by the way, in addition to not having a mother-in-law, is there a sister-in-law or something at home?"

Qiao Mu is not the original body, how can he be angry because of this little thing, not to mention, isn't it like this for his children? Totally understandable.

"I didn't ...... There is no sister-in-law.

There are only two sons in their family, both of whom are sisters-in-law, and they said that they will split up as soon as their youngest son gets married, I think this family background is not bad, the most important thing is that Hu Weiju himself is also quite qualified, plus his father is still a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and it should not be a problem to mix with an official position of more than five grades in the future.

Although it may be better to marry Xungui, but I can't find a few good ones of the same age in Xungui's circle, so my mother-in-law ......"

It is precisely because Xiao is in the noble circle that he is more aware of the chaos in the noble circle, but whoever is really good for his daughter is absolutely unwilling to marry his daughter to the same noble.