Since Ouyang Xuan likes Yang Yan and the two of them for each other, it will be much easier to do next. It's just that this is a major matter, and it is necessary to convene a joint military-political conference to discuss the topic. The meeting was presided over by Li Shuang, and Ouyang Xuan did not participate, but applied for recusal. The crowd didn't care, they just said that he was shy. In this regard, Ouyang Xuan replied to everyone half-seriously and half-jokingly, this matter and Banzhou's marriage not only involves feelings, but also interests, and it is better for him not to participate. This military-political joint conference was extremely special in the later history of the Perak Army, not only because it was a very small number of military-political joint meetings that Ouyang Xuan did not attend, but also because from this meeting, the Perak Army formed a formal recusal system.

In view of the high probability that the Perak Army and the Banju Army will marry and form a strong alliance, the military-government joint meeting decided to implement preferential treatment for Banzhou, which, according to Li Shuang's words, is called strategic investment. Influenced by Ouyang Xuan, the Perak Army was not only different in terms of weights and measures and place names, such as the Thunderbolt Army's use of meters and centimeters in length, instead of zhang and ruler, and hours and minutes instead of hours. For example, for the name of Banzhou, Ouyang Xuan often blurted out Zunyi. Over time, the top brass of the Thunderbolt Army learned a lot of Ouyang Xuan's tone, such as the terminology of strategy, tactics, system, system, etc.

There are several preferential treatments for Banzhou, the first of which is to provide weapons and equipment for Miss Yang's escort according to the standards of the infantry of the field brigade. This was brought up by Cao Ergou, and he learned from his wife Qian Yimei that the more than 30 people who came to Banzhou this time were Yang Yan's exclusive guards. Cao Ergou's reason is very sufficient, Miss Yang returns to Banzhou, and Brother Xuan must always be worried. In order to prevent her from worrying about Miss Yang's safety, it is necessary to equip her guards with the latest firearms. According to Cao Ergou's proposal, the Thunderbolt Army will equip each of Yang Yan's more than 30 guards with a new breech musket, a matching three-edged military spur, 100 rounds of copper-shelled ammunition and five new grenades, and four light tiger squat guns.

The second was to present to the Banshu Army two heavy old-fashioned fortress guns, 10 light old-fashioned fortress guns, and 50 rounds of ammunition each, as well as 1,000 old-fashioned grenades, 200 new-type grenades, 100 old-fashioned muskets, and 50 mines. This is the meaning of Rude. As a traditional reader, Rude still thinks that "the orders of parents and the words of the matchmaker" are very reasonable. Although Yang Wen intended to marry his daughter to Ouyang Xuan, he didn't agree after all, and he had to send some firearms to win his favor. These things can also be regarded as expressions of the Thunderbolts' sincerity to this marriage, and can even be regarded as part of the bride price paid in advance.

The third is to assist Banshu in mining operations. Banshu is rich in minerals, and there is no shortage of manpower, but what is lacking is advanced tools and technology for mining. The Thunderbolts are extremely efficient at the moment, not only because of the use of gunpowder, but more importantly, because of the use of quite a lot of mature technology. Of course, these technologies were produced by those prisoners of war who worked in the mines, in exchange for their lives and blood. Li Shuang's proposal is actually a win-win choice, for Banzhou, a lot of wealth can be obtained from the mine, and the Thunderbolt army can also obtain stable strategic resources. Speaking of which, Li Shuang is still black and spicy, he added that he can send someone over to prepare for the opening of the mine, and it can be started after the two get married. It's really a typical "don't see a rabbit and don't scatter an eagle".

Li Shuang's supplementary explanation calmed everyone down. Yes, how to give up too many interests before getting married? Lu Dezhi and Qian Boss who were present were going to make a suggestion, if Lu Dezhi wanted to let the Banzhou side send people to the county school and state school of the Perak Army to study, Boss Qian considered that the Banzhou Navy was weak and could be delivered to the door by the Thunderbolt Army fleet, and he also stopped talking at the moment, and decided to wait until the wedding was held to discuss it.

As for how to reply to Banju, everyone quickly reached a consensus. The meeting decided that Lu Dezhi and Qian Laosan would lead the Thunderbolt Army mission to Banzhou with Yang Yan, on the one hand, to find out, if there was no objection from Banzhou, Ouyang Xuan would go to propose marriage. On the other hand, it is necessary to discuss the details of further cooperation between the two parties. Since the Mongol army was still besieging Diaoyu City, the Perak Navy first escorted the mission and firearms to Luzhou, and then disembarked and went to Banzhou by land, escorting a company of the special brigade. As for the land transportation of firearms such as fortress guns, the Banshu caravans were in charge. Just after the meeting was held, Ran Zhong had already sent someone back to Banzhou to prepare for the transportation.

The day Yang Yan and her entourage returned to Banzhou was the beginning of July. Ouyang Xuan did not go to the dock to see him off, but Li Shuang came forward. Seeing off Qian Yanmei was also Qian, and during this time, she and Yang Yan became boudoir friends. In fact, Ouyang Xuan rushed to the inn last night, and first feasted the people of Banzhou, which can be regarded as practicing for them. After the meal, he chatted with Yang Yan alone for a long time. Although they had already made an appointment, Ouyang Xuan would go to Banzhou to propose marriage when the time was ripe, but both of them understood that in this troubled era of frequent wars, it was impossible to confirm the time of the next meeting. It's just that this pain of thinking about it has to be endured if you can't bear it.

The reason why Ouyang Xuan did not see him off was because according to the principle of reciprocity, Li Shuang had already given Banzhou a lot of face, and on the other hand, he was afraid of exposing his relationship with Yang Yan too early. Although it was not a secret that he and Yang Yan's concubine intended to be at the top of the Perak Army, their ordinary soldiers and civilians did not know about it. As the headquarters of the Thunderbolt Army, Chongqing Mansion must have spies from various forces, and the dock personnel are even more mixed. The marriage of Ouyang Xuan and Yang Yan too early is definitely not a good thing for the Thunderbolt Army. Because many forces do not want to see the marriage of the two sides.

For the Mongolian army, the brave Banju army has already given them a headache. These short, capable soldiers were hard-working and fearless of life and death, and were first-class mountain warriors. If they add the Thunderbolt firearms, it will definitely be a nightmare. Yu Xing, Cao Zhizhou and others are also absolutely unwilling to see the marriage of the two parties, because this kind of strong alliance will inevitably squeeze their right to speak and reconstruct the political sphere of influence in central Sichuan. In fact, even the imperial court in Lin'an did not want to see the marriage between the two sides. Since its rise in the late Tang Dynasty, the Banzhou Yang clan has been a de facto independent kingdom, but it has not been openly king. With Banshu's support, it will be even more difficult for the Thunderbolts to subdue in the future.

Because the Pengshan Water Battle completely destroyed the Mongolian army in western Sichuan, and the water bandits were also wiped out by the water army, Le Quanan only sent a water army company to escort Yang Yan and the Perak Army mission back to Banzhou. In fact, the escort force this time is very strong, there are more than 200 elite soldiers in the naval company and special company alone, if you count the escorts of Yang Yan and Lu De, plus the accompanying caravan guards, the number is as many as 300 people, and there are more than 30 large and small ships.

Before the boat trip to Jiading, the journey was smooth. On the way from Jiading to Xuzhou, he was in trouble. The Thunderbolt army only focused on the defense of the Mongol army and the water bandits, but unexpectedly almost clashed with Yu Xing's water army. After the Thunderbolt army took control of Pengshan City, the Mongol navy could not move south at all, so Yu Xing deployed his naval army on the waterway from Jiading to Chongqing. "The upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked", Yu Xing's father and son exploited the passing merchants very heavily, and these sailors also followed the same example, taking advantage of the chaotic moment of the war to loot property, and for those who did not resist, they framed as spies of the Mongolian army and killed them.