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"Zhi'er..." With an emotional call, Chen looked at her daughter who was kneeling down, her eyes filled with tears.
"My daughter is unfilial and makes my parents worry."
"You are feeling heavy now, get up quickly, get up quickly." Chen hurriedly helped her daughter up, looked her up and down, and finally couldn't help asking the most concerned question, "Zhi'er, how does he treat you? Does he treat you badly..."
Yang Zhi's pretty face immediately turned red, and she lowered her head shyly and whispered, "Mother, my husband treats me very well."
"Zhi'er, if you have any grievances, just tell your mother. There's no need to hide them." In Chen's opinion, Qin Mu must have some resentment in his heart after what happened on the wedding day. It was already good enough that he didn't divorce his daughter. How could he still treat her so well
Even Yang Tinglin, who was sitting high up, couldn't help feeling a little sad. He only had this one daughter, whom he always treated as the apple of his eye. For the sake of justice in his heart, he had sacrificed his daughter's happiness. How could he not feel a little guilty
After half a year of recuperation, his injuries have basically healed, but he looks a little older than before. During the past six months, he has been under house arrest in the back court, unable to step out of the back court, and has almost cut off contact with the outside world.
However, he had heard about the great event of Qin Mu defeating Zhang Xianzhong and recovering Huguang, which made him feel extremely complicated. According to the situation at that time, if it were not for Qin Mu, Huguang and Jiangxi would most likely have been completely occupied by Zhang Xianzhong. If the rebels came, who knows how many lives would have been lost.
Zhang Xianzhong was driven away, but Huguang and Jiangxi were also in Qin Mu's hands. Unfortunately, Qin Mu was still his son-in-law, and he became his son-in-law's prisoner. The grievances were really tangled and confusing. Especially now that he saw his daughter coming back, his emotions became even more complicated.
At this time, Yang Zhi replied with both joy and shyness: "Mother, you don't have to worry. I really haven't suffered any injustice. My husband treats me very well. He... Now he insists on feeding me every meal himself..." When Yang Zhi said this, her face felt as hot as if it was on fire.
"How shameful! How shameful!" Yang Tinglin suddenly shouted angrily. It was unclear whether he meant that it was inappropriate for Yang Zhi to let her husband feed her.
Chen saw that Yang Zhi looked shy and didn't seem to be faking it. She was surprised, but her heart finally settled down. Yang Zhi felt even more uneasy when her father yelled at her twice. Meanwhile, the sisters Momo and Ruoruo couldn't help but smile brightly.
"Alright, alright, Master, please stop talking. Zhi'er has gone through so much hardship along the way, and she is pregnant now. Let her go back to her room and rest. Momo, go and ask the kitchen to cook a bowl of ginseng soup and send it to the young lady's room."
"Mom, I'm fine. I don't want to eat these. Daddy hasn't fully recovered yet. Let's save the ginseng soup for Daddy to nourish his body."
“Nonsense!”
“Dad… … ..”
"You are now married to another man, how can you act as you please like before you got married? Can you drink when you want and not drink when you don't want?"
"Dad, don't be angry. I'll just drink it." Yang Zhi hesitated for a moment, took her brother Yang Qingping's hand, and cautiously asked, "Dad, you still need to rest, and my eldest brother's studies cannot be delayed. I want my eldest brother to stay with me and take care of him. Qin Lang rebuilt Yuelu Academy, which is full of famous teachers. Let me go..."
"Do you think I'm not a good parent?" Yang Tinglin interrupted his daughter before she could finish.
Yang Zhi's expression darkened as she knelt down and bowed her head, saying, "Father, please forgive me. I didn't mean that. I was just worried about your health..."
Yang Tinglin said firmly: "There is no need to say more about this matter."
"Master, Zhi'er just came back and you're already giving him a hard time. Why are you doing this?" Chen felt sorry for her daughter and quickly stepped forward to help Yang Zhi up. "Zhi'er, get up quickly. What if you have a miscarriage? Get up quickly."
Yang Zhi originally wanted to ease the conflict between her father and her husband through this move. Moreover, if her younger brother Yang Qingping went to study at Yuelu Academy, it would actually be equivalent to entering Qin Mu's system. Even if the conflict between her father and her husband could not be eased now, when Yang Qingping grew up, the relationship between the Yang family and Qin Mu would be improved. In the long run, doing so would be beneficial to the Yang family.
Yang Zhi was very sad about her father's rejection, and she knew it was not easy to ease the conflict between her husband and her father.
Yang Zhi didn't say anything else. Today she was just trying to sound out her father's attitude. These things couldn't be rushed.
***
After visiting the workshop, Qin Mu went to inspect the army. Before the expedition, he asked Xiang Liancheng to use the original training camp as the backbone to recruit new soldiers and train them strictly. When Zhang Xianzhong was raging in Huguang, a large number of refugees poured into Ganzhou. Xiang Liancheng recruited 30,000 young and strong men from them, and they have been training for half a year.
Now Qin Mu's army, including the navy, has a total of 150,000 troops, and these 30,000 troops are the ones that have been trained for the longest time except for the veterans in Huichang.
Qin Mu rode his horse into the camp and saw that the army was neat and tidy, with most of the soldiers between 20 and 30 years old, giving the whole army a heroic feeling.
As soon as Qin Mu stepped onto the stage, a general immediately shouted, and 30,000 soldiers stood at attention, raised their heads and chests, and beat their breastplates, saluting and shouting in unison: "Greetings, Lord Qin!"
The roar of 30,000 people was like the roar of thousands of tigers, crushing mountains and breaking the sky. Qin Mu was moved by this momentum and shouted loudly: "Tell me loudly, what is your military oath?"
As if it was a conditioned reflex, the thirty thousand soldiers immediately shouted in unison: "Resolutely obey the command of Lord Qin, faithfully perform military duties, strictly observe discipline, always be prepared, care about comrades, and work together. Love the people, love the nation, fear no sacrifice, and would rather die than surrender. Do not betray your companions, do not inform on the enemy, and remember your duty, honor, and loyalty."
Well, it's not bad, at least on the surface, but it's not enough to just look at the airs, there has to be something practical. Qin Mu gave an order to Xiang Liancheng, who dared not neglect it and immediately ordered 30,000 soldiers to train.
At the beginning, Qin Mu left him in Ganzhou to recruit soldiers and train them. This was because Qin Mu trusted him and regarded him as his confidant and entrusted him with such an important task.
In the past six months, he and the original training camp did not dare to slack off for a single day, just like Qin Mu trained them in the beginning, training 30,000 soldiers to death, fearing that they would fail Qin Mu's trust.
On the other hand, the generals who followed Qin Mu into battle had all made great achievements in the battles. If they stayed behind and couldn't train tens of thousands of soldiers well, how could they compete with other generals for a position
Now Qin Mu wanted to test the effectiveness of their training. Whether they could get Qin Mu's recognition was very important to them. They were taught by Qin Mu in the beginning. In front of Qin Mu, Xiang Liancheng dared not play tricks. He asked all the soldiers to carry 60 kilograms of weight and run 10 miles first, and then the 30,000 troops were immediately divided into six groups, fighting two by two.
Everyone had just run ten miles with heavy loads and was very tired, but this drill was about encounters during the march. In a real battlefield, the enemy will not wait for you to rest before launching an attack, so every soldier was required to immediately engage in battle no matter how tired he was.
The parade ground was filled with flying sticks, thick dust, and deafening shouts. It was as if several armies were fighting fiercely in the wilderness. Han Gang, Li Chen, and others were all leading the charge, desperately fighting to kill the generals and seize the flags. Not only were they very brave, but they also commanded well.
Qin Mu, who was on the stage, nodded secretly. Generally speaking, the current Ming army was generally lacking in training, and the troops like Zhang Xianzhong were even more so. Most of them were refugees who had just been recruited. When fighting, they relied on their numbers, either using a huge momentum to scare the government troops away, or using human wave tactics to overwhelm the opponent. Few people were like Qin Mu, who allowed the army to completely stop production and concentrate on training.
Qin Mu nodded to Xiang Liancheng and said, "Not bad. If we are dealing with a rebel like Zhang Xianzhong, we can win by pulling them out."
Upon hearing this, Xiang Liancheng's heart skipped a beat, thinking that something was wrong. He immediately knelt on one knee and loudly apologized, "I am a poor trainer, please punish me, sir."
"Get up, you are really well trained. Even if I come here in person, I can only do so much. The reason why I say they can only deal with rebels like Zhang Xianzhong is not because you are not well trained, but no matter how well trained an army is, it cannot be called a strong army if it has not seen blood. Keep going, don't slack off. After the New Year, I will find a chance for you to go out and see blood."
"Yes, sir."
.(To be continued..)
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