Before improving the strategy of advancing Wuchang, the family members were also promptly carrying out rewards and pensions on merit and conduct. Rewards and punishments are clearly the prerequisite for ensuring military discipline. Otherwise, the soldiers would not see the benefits but wanted them to use their lives. They undoubtedly wanted the horses to run fast and not eat grass, which was not in line with objective laws. Most of the property paid this time was physical goods, grain, cattle, horses, horns, glue, paint, salt and cotton, because gold and silver currency was not enough, and the treasure money printed on paper was basically invalid in the occupied areas of Huguang. What did the soldiers do with these things? The simplest ones can be sold, and they are all materials that don’t have to worry about.

Then there was a celebration banquet. Zhang Ning invited civil servants and generals to celebrate the celebration in the mansion. Many people also brought their families to the ground and let the women watch the show with the "Nigui" in the garden to enjoy delicious food. Fortunately, the gardens in the mansion were large enough to accommodate nearly a hundred guests.

The next day after the banquet, Yao Ji suddenly mentioned something, saying that she met a good little girl while watching the show yesterday. The daughter of Wei Bin, the commander of Yongding Camp, was named Wei Zhen. She had a good impression of her. She was well-behaved and generous and decent, and was not noisy. She was fifteen years old and asked Qingchu that she had not yet found a family. Then Yao Ji mentioned Yao Erlang again, who was over 20 years old and had not gotten married. He had no mother-in-law. Yao Ji felt that she should do her best for the Yao family.

Zhang Ning was a little puzzled when he heard this. He remembered that Yao Ji once mentioned that he intended to betroth Zhang Xiaomei to Erlang. However, the war situation was tight and there was no chance in this matter... If you want to say that Xiaomei and Erlang are still in a good match, they can barely be counted as cousins. This marriage was a very good marriage in ancient times. However, for some reason, Yao Ji changed her mind and mentioned the little girl of Wei Bin's family.

Moreover, Zhang Ning also looks down on Erlang. If he wants to marry a younger sister, it is very good to choose Yao Erlang. The boy inherited some of the appearances of the Yao family and was handsome. Although he was young and reckless, he was an advantage for young people. He was very ambitious and ambitious. Moreover, Erlang was definitely not the style of a playboy. He endured hardships and was sometimes shy. It can be seen that he was also a sincere person, not the Meng Lang who was full of face and was the same. The key is that Erlang, as a trustworthy young and strong school under his command, Zhang Ning valued it very much.

He was in a complicated mood for a moment and did not respond immediately to Yao Ji, hesitating.

Perhaps the fate of Yao Ji, Xiao Mei and other women is as light as a feather when it comes to military and national affairs, but their status in Zhang Ning's heart is equally important or even more important. If the family is not well taken care of, what is the significance of the country to him? Perhaps only Buddha can achieve the state of pity for sentient beings.

His feelings for his younger sister and Yao Ji were completely different. At some point, he felt like a father was like a daughter. Zhang Ning had never raised a daughter, and had never felt it personally, just based on guessing. He probably felt reluctant to leave after taking care of her, but he still hoped that she could have a normal life well, and in short, she had to hand over it; she had her own family and a complete life.

The younger sister was unable to choose to get involved in her current identity situation. The scope of marriage was actually very small. The partner needed the same interest camp, and the young and unmarried were ideal conditions. A candidate like Yao Erlang is undoubtedly hard to come by, and Zhang Ning did not want to give up easily; after all, the younger sister is already seventeen years old, which is undesirable in this era. It is of course better for her to marry into the Yao family as a good match, so she has a home.

But if Zhang Ning had just felt this way, he would not be vague and vague.

Yao Ji's clear eyes swept across his face and said softly: "Are you going to Wuchang soon? I will not discuss this matter with my elder brother (Monkey Yao) and the Wei family for now. It will not be too late to discuss the major matter when it slows down."

"That's good." Zhang Ning nodded. After a moment, he suddenly reacted and asked, "Although Wei Bin is a general under my command, I don't care about his family affairs; Erlang is just my cousin, and with his father and your aunt, what qualifications do I have to speak... Why do Mothers want to discuss with me?"

Yao Ji smiled but did not answer.

Zhang Ning is not a stupid person. At this time, he could think of Yao Ji's intentions in his younger sister. But why did Yao Ji do this? After thinking for a long time, Zhang Ning remembered the emotional out of control in front of Yao Ji before the war and said something strange. Now he thinks that he feels a little ashamed and shameless, revealing everything in the corner of his heart. Fortunately, Yao Ji is understanding and never mentions the matter that day. When asked today, he pretends not to know, but silently follows his wishes. Zhang Ning feels that he has saved his face and is too spoiled, and he feels very happy no matter what.

He had been working hard for a long time before he came out, and for a moment he felt more and more dependent on her. He had no grudge against Yao Ji. She had already established herself in her so-called life and had no hope, otherwise she would not have gone from being widowed to being in her teens to being in her thirties. Zhang Ning never thought she was really his mother. In essence, her people in hundreds of years have little to do with her, but she formed a stable community in terms of identity. He felt that it was good to stay together like this.

Follow the corridor in front of several upper rooms, and go out to the hall opposite to the garden, and the younger sister's residence is in the side room. Zhang Ning didn't think much about it, so he took a look.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked to the door, he saw Gu Chunhan and his younger sister talking and laughing. When they heard the footsteps, they also looked back and found that Zhang Ning was standing at the door. They couldn't hide, but it was even more strange. He made an excuse seriously: "I will go north with the army in a few days. There have been many things recently. I just came here to see my younger sister today, just say goodbye."

A faint red glow flew on Gu Chunhan's face, as if Zhang Ning was in her room for two consecutive nights. Last night's lingering night made her feel a little embarrassed to meet her during the day. She tactfully made a little blessing: "I'm about to go back, so I'll say goodbye first."

The little girl didn't make a sound, but just stood up obediently to show her etiquette, but her eyes were still looking at the paper and ink on the table.

I didn't pay attention to it, but this time she and Gu Chunhan were in the same place, and the two little girls were really different. Gu Chunhan was very delicate from head to toe, which was a kind of artificial exquisiteness. Her eyebrows were trimmed, her face was just right, and her nails were polished. And after leaving her hometown in Nanjing, she lived two years of wealth and became beautiful, but her temperament still retained the pure feeling of the past, her healthy youthful atmosphere, clean and fair skin, and there was no trace of artificiality. Her face was bare.

At this time, women, whether women or ladies, as long as they are wealthy and do not have to work, ladies who are not allowed to go out of the door will be idle, and they usually dress up skillfully. But the younger sister seems to not like to carve, which reminds Zhang Ning of images such as clear springs in the mountains for a moment.

She still wants to talk to Zhang Ning now and no longer cares about the miserable affairs of her uncle's family with Zhang Ning, but her relationship with her when she was in Nanjing was still very changed. Zhang Ning understood that once some things were destroyed, they would never be found.

"My brother sat on the chair. Xiaohe just boiled water and didn't know where to go. I'll make tea for you." The little girl started working lightly. She used to be a diligent girl when she was in her hometown.

Zhang Ning originally wanted to see what they wrote and then find the topic to chat for a few words, but he didn't go to read it in the end. Yiyan sat down and waited for the tea she made with her own hands. The feeling after meeting made him feel that his younger sister was indeed innocent, and he had made a decision for a while: find an opportunity to talk to Yao Ji, and ask Yao Erlang to marry Zhang Xiaomei, and don't go to the Wei family's mother.

He glanced at the graceful back doing trivial matters, then turned around and looked at the lifeless winter tree outside the door, and felt inexplicably sad for a moment.

Fǎngfo is a few years older, Zhang Ning couldn't help but talk, "Although our parents are no longer here, I was raised by the Zhang family after all, you are the only girl... In the future, the younger sister has her own home. If I still remember my brother and regard my place as my relative's home, I will be relieved."

At this time, Zhang Xiaomei had brought the tea. Her bright eyes looked at Zhang Ning's face, pursed her lips and asked with concern: "Brother, is something wrong?"

"It's nothing." Zhang Ning hurriedly tried his best to control his emotions, regained his calmness and picked up the teacup, uncovered the lid and blew the heat on the water.

The little sister refused to respond and turned to him and asked, "You are talking a little strange today. I remember that after the autumn examination in Nanjing that year, you were talking strangely and didn't ask you. Later, something big happened... I heard that you were going to Wuchang and going to fight again. Is this time even more dangerous than the previous one?"

Zhang Ning didn't think it would be more dangerous to march into Wuchang. After the battle of Yuanshui, Huguang had no strength at all. The only risk was that the Beijing camp might be transferred to the west, but there was no news yet. However, the younger sister didn't understand these things on the battlefield, and she couldn't say anything to her. He said, "Don't guess, where is the danger? This time you are all staying in Changde City, which is very safe; we are going to fight on other people's territory, and we have fewer worries."

After saying that, he tasted it and immediately tasted it was tender leaf spring tea. He had been in the tea garden for a long time before, but he learned some tricks of carving and insects. The slightly green taste made him recall the simple past events in the past. This feeling can be remembered, but it was already lost at that time.

Putting down the teacup, Zhang Ning stood up, stretched out his hand and realized that the little girl was old and she was willing to do some intimate actions that might be disrespectful to her. She raised her hand slightly but didn't know whether to put it down or what. Instead, the little girl naturally grabbed his big hand.
Chapter completed!