Chapter 209 Marry a Little Wife

"Pojun, are you still worried about the Goguryeo people?"

A group of old people from Chenjiazhuang gathered together, drinking tea and chatting about family matters. Uncle Mao walked to Chen Kefu and asked with a smile.

"Yes, Liaodong City is now all our assets and capital. If we lose, then all our previous efforts will be in vain. And if we lose this opportunity, it is hard to say whether we can have such a good opportunity in the future. In this battle, we can only win, not lose."

Mao Bo pondered for a while and said, "Actually, things have not reached this point. Now we have more than 100,000 soldiers and horses. Even if we really can't defeat the Liao people, we can retreat one after another. As long as we cross the Liao River, then to the west are Huaihua, Tongbao and Luhe Towns. With the danger of the Liao River, and winter is coming soon, the Goguryeo people cannot cross the river to attack us."

Chen Kefu shook his head. Mao Bo was talking about a strategy, which would indeed temporarily preserve their strength. But in this way, the new city in Liaodong will inevitably be lost. Most importantly, the food, equipment and materials that were plundered in Liaodong will definitely not be taken away.

The war was still money, grain and materials. Now the Sui Dynasty is about to fall. At this time, it is a great opportunity for him to plan to restore the country. If Liaodong is lost, his troops will really become an army without foundation. Without money and grain, he will not last long.

"Mao Bo, Liaodong is our foundation, and there is no hope for restoring the country if it loses Liaodong. I will not give up Liaodong. Everything about us is our last hope. Mao Bo, I will leave all the matters of peace talks with the Liao people to you."

"Don't worry, although I have half my body entered the earth. But as long as I am still alive for one day, I will definitely assist you with my Chen family. This time, these old brothers from Chenjiazhuang have followed me. Some of them are civil servants from the East Palace, and many are military generals from the East Palace back then. Now that the camp is first established, we just arranged for us old ministers to march into the army. Only in this way can we take the entire army into our hands, which is the most reliable."

Nodding, Chen Kefu said, "This is the right thing to do. Now the seven armies in Liaodong camps are in charge. I will lead the central army, Mao Yi, Lao Lu, and Chen Gui, each of them, so that we will have a fourth army. In addition, the other three armies are basically in my control. At that time, Mao Bo, please discuss with Mao Yi and Lao Lu and the others and arrange the uncles to enter the army. In the past, it was the generals who asked them to lead the troops, and they were civil officials. Stay in the staff officers of the Marshal's Office."

After chatting for a few more words, Lao Lu came over and pointed at Ye Risa, who was taking the maid with tea and water to take care of everyone, and said, "This girl looks pretty good. It's a pity that Shishen said just now that this is a Japanese woman. Alas, let me tell you, you are twenty-three years old, and I have given birth to a dozen children at your age. You can't wait any longer, this is a big event related to our Chen clan."

Mao Bo also nodded and said, "For this matter, Pojun, you have to have some snacks. You are determined to restore the country now, so you should get married and have children earlier, so that you can have a family. Wouldn't it be better to have a crown prince early in the future?"

Chen Kefu didn't expect that the topic suddenly turned here, and said with a hurried feeling, "Didn't I write a letter to you before? I got engaged to Duke Tang's third daughter and said that I would get married next year."

"I have heard of Duke Li Yuan of Tang. His daughter is a legitimate daughter, and his family background is barely comparable to yours. However, at your age, there is no one who can only marry a wife. Now we are planning to restore the country, and your marriage should be helpful to us. You have to marry a few more, at least you have to marry a few more concubines."

Of course, he had already seen many political marriages for a large family. However, he still felt a little uncomfortable when he really got it on his head. The marriage with Li Yuan's daughter was already a bit awkward. If it weren't for the drunkenness that time, he wouldn't have decided to marry this family.

Lu Shishen also came over at some point and interrupted, "Uncle Mao, Uncle, I drank with the Khitans and the Khitans of Abaoku yesterday, and the sudden ditty of the Martin tribe. But I have inquired about it. There are several sisters who are just right in the Abaoku Young Tribe clan, and even the Divine Tribe clan leader, and even the Divine Tribe clan leader has several daughters. In my opinion, the young master might as well talk to Abaoku and Divine, and just say you want to take the women from the two families as concubines."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I have never seen that person before. Besides, they are all women from the primitive tribe. Look at Abaoku's hair, one piece left and one piece right, who knows if his sister is like this. Besides, the sudden person is like a piece of black charcoal, and it's hard to take a bath all year round, and he wears wild boar skin. Do you think his daughter can be so good?" Chen Kefu said dissatisfied.

Mao Bo and Lao Lu looked at each other and suddenly smiled and said, "I think I can."

"What?"

"Young Master, I know that the Khitans and the Martialis in the city were all brought back by you. I have heard Xiao Lu say that, and I also agree with your alliance with them. Although the tribes outside the Great Wall are vulgar, they are also extremely powerful. Turning enemies into friends and making ally with them will definitely give us a great help. Didn't you become sworn brothers with the young leader of Abaoku before? Isn't it just to deepen the alliance between them?"

"yes."

"That's it. These sworn brothers are for alliances. You take the daughter of their tribe's patriarch as concubines. This is also for a better alliance. Think about it, if you marry the daughters of the patriarchs of the two major tribes, do you think our relationship with them will not be able to go further in the future? You have become their son-in-law, and then you will naturally be a family in the future. Don't look at Xiao Lu's usual Hutu, you didn't expect that he is so smart today."

Chen Kefu said with some amusement, "But this is too much of a joke. Let's not talk about how the daughters of the clan leader look. The key is that they have never even seen anyone. Although the daughters of Duke Tang are not familiar with each other, I have met them once. Now I have never even met the daughters of the clan leader, so I have to marry them. This is too unacceptable. Moreover, even if I want to, they may not agree."

Mao Bo smiled and said, "You are wrong. I'm sure that as long as we mention it to them, they will agree immediately. Don't say marry one, even if you marry two or three, they will be willing to send someone to you. In this way, we can strengthen the alliance between the two sides. Are we facing the Goguryeo people's north now? If the two sides get married, then we can still exchange money, grain and wealth for reinforcements with the two tribes. Even if the two tribes send 10,000 reinforcements, this will increase our chances of victory."

Lu Shishen smiled wickedly and said, "In addition to Abaoku and Tudi, there are also young tribe leaders of the eight Khitan tribes in our Liaodong city. In my opinion, it is better for young master, you might as well ask the daughter of a tribe leader to be your concubine from their eight families. Then the family can produce 1,000 troops and 10,000 people. This chance of victory will be great at that time."

Seeing that Mao Bo and Lao Lu really began to seriously consider this proposal, Chen Kefu hurriedly reached out and shook his hand, "Stop, stop, don't say anything more. If you continue, there are still five or six small tribes in the Martree. Are you also planning to ask me to ask their patriarch's daughter to marry? What do you think I am?"

Mao Bo put away his smile and said seriously, "Pojun, although we have more than 100,000 troops now, if we really want to restore the country successfully, our strength is still too small. Not to mention that the threat of the Goguryeo people is imminent, it is to defeat the Liao people. Then the situation we have to face in the future will only be more difficult than this. If we can marry the Khitan and the Martial tribes and form an alliance, I think this should be done."

"But……"

"Young master, those who plan to build a country should not have too many children. All you have to do is to form an alliance with these two tribes. As for marrying them, it is just a necessary procedural ceremony. If you don't like them, then you can ignore them after marrying them. What does it matter? If marrying two women can make our country's restoration possible further, then you should do it. In any case, this is better than using the lives of your brothers to fight? If it is useful for me to marry, I would rather give up this old face. Young master, what else do you hesitate?"

Even ordinary wealthy families can sacrifice their personal feelings for the sake of family interests and choose political marriage. Chen Kefu is a man with ambition to restore the country. If marriage can bring him allies, what else can he hesitate? Chen Kefu remained silent and looked at the relatives of Chenjiazhuang in his mansion at this time. The war would be dead. If he lost this war with the Goguryeo people, then he would lose too much.

Think about it in history, in order to get the support of the Turks, did Li Yuan also surrender to the Turks. In order to get the support of the Turks, there was a large group of separatist forces such as Liu Wuzhou and Xue Ju. Even the powerful Han Dynasty had to marry those foreign countries. This was the case with the strong Han Dynasty, and the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and the later Song Dynasty did the same. In addition, the Emperor Shi Jingtang of the Five Dynasties called himself a child emperor to the Khitan emperor in order to get the support of the Khitan. None of these people were heroes, but for their political purposes, they did not all choose this path.
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