The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 150 Testing
On the second day after the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Jiang Lanxuan led a large group to propose marriage; with Shou Yi and Yu Fengzhi in charge, things naturally went very smoothly.

After all, Dapingzhuang was not as safe as Fengtian, so Jiang Cheng let Cai Chanjuan stay at Hai's house, and he took a marriage leave from the Military Academy;

In addition to arranging the wedding, he also helped Cai Yuanzong deal with the military affairs of Dapingzhuang.

With Marshal Zhang as their backer, they had plenty of equipment and money, and while slowly expanding their troops, Cai Yuanzong was accepting Jiang Cheng's suggestion and planned to take full control of Dapingzhuang.

The most important part of this is the various businesses of all sizes in the city.

After hearing Cai Yuanzong's suggestion to issue "road permits" to traveling merchants, Jiang Cheng closed the account book with a snap.

I took a rough look at his current "assets": I can't say anything else, but with his current weapons, equipment, money, and food, it would be no problem for him to put together another team like his father's.

And now, it's time to stabilize your own territory.

"Have you met with the people from the Chamber of Commerce?"

Jiang Cheng put the account book down and changed to a more comfortable sitting position. "Don't reply for a while. It's best not to even meet them."

"Spread the word that things are not going well around Fengtian these days, and that we just need to make some safe money in the near future."

Cai Yuanzong was embarrassed: "It's not good to avoid meeting people from the Chamber of Commerce, right? Besides, the business exchanges between Dapingzhuang and Fengtian have always been very close..."

Seeing him hesitate to speak, Jiang Cheng raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong with you? Are the people from the Chamber of Commerce so difficult to deal with?"

"Brother, you should tell Fei Lan everything clearly."

Cai Yuanzong didn't answer, but his younger brother rushed to say, "Isn't it just the Lu family's matter?"

"Lu family?"

Seeing that his good brother immediately turned away his hesitant expression, Cai Yuanzong looked at his brother with a reproachful look, but still told Jiang Cheng the whole story.

It turned out that the Lu family was the in-laws that Cai Yuanzong suspected were the ones who injected the "gold juice" into his wound.

When Cai Junheng was still alive, he arranged a marriage for him - with Caixia, the only daughter of Lu Haowen, a wealthy man in Dapingzhuang.

My ancestors were also ruthless people who went to Guandong and opened shops all over the country; their abundant assets were also well-known far and wide.

The only drawback was that none of his wives and concubines had children, except his original wife, Yang, who gave birth to a daughter.

Later, Cai Junheng was stationed in Dapingzhuang and wanted to win him over; he first talked about marrying his children to each other, and then helped him take over the Chamber of Commerce.

Including Dapingzhuang, Qianhoujinxiang and Erliangou, all the wealthy households in ten villages and eight shops were under his management: he was responsible for the collection of militia donations, business taxes, etc.

"Oh, so his family owns the shops of several wealthy families in the nearby villages?"

Jiang Cheng understood immediately, "Then my father-in-law has arranged a good marriage for you!"

"Hurry up and marry her. Isn't it the same as marrying her back to take back the financial power of these ten villages and eight stores? Doesn't Lu Haowen have a son?"

Cai Yuanzong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Feilan, please stop making fun of me. After my father passed away, the Lu family has become less and less connected. I heard some people in the village gossiping that many people from the Lu family have come to propose marriage recently..."

Seeing his brother was evasive again, Cai Yuanming immediately added, "Can we just tell the truth?"

"Isn't it just that the Lu family wanted to cancel the engagement and had a crooked mind to harm others?"

Jiang Cheng understood everything now.

"Haha, that's interesting. Isn't this the same as the saying: No poison, no hero?" Cai Yuanzong frowned and said, "If there is no evidence, don't say anything more. I have sent people to investigate the matter of the golden juice, and it should have nothing to do with the Lu family!"

Jiang Cheng raised his eyelids and looked at him meaningfully: "Well, that's not wrong - if there is no reason or evidence, it's better not to say it."

"But now that I've mentioned Xiaojuan and I... shouldn't we also mention big brother's marriage? Isn't marriage always decided by parents and matchmakers?"

The Cai brothers were stunned at the same time and said in unison: "You mean, are you going to use this to test the Lu family?"

Jiang Cheng smiled and high-fived: "Hey, I didn't say that! I just think... Xiaojuan's marriage has been finalized, how can the two brothers fall behind?"

Cai Yuanming was so happy that he slapped him: "When it comes to being cunning, you Feilan are the best."

"Bullshit, what's the point of being cunning or not? You have to tell him that our Cai family is a straightforward family. If we want to get married, we will do it. If we don't, who the hell is going to waste our time?"

The matter can actually be delayed. I heard that Caixia is two years older than Cai Yuanzong and is almost twenty years old.

In the 21st century, which advocates late marriage and late childbearing, years old is still considered a young girl; but during the Republic of China, if you were not married at , you would be considered an old maid.

If it drags on for another year or two, the Lu family will start to get anxious.

But Jiang Cheng did not want to delay. After all, the sooner they could take control of the financial power, the faster and more steadily they could control the entire territory, and quickly expand their forces based on Dapingzhuang.

After all, these days, the most reliable thing is to have soldiers and guns in your hands.

So the next day, Mrs. Cai, Wang Xiuhe, found a famous matchmaker in the village to propose marriage;

The Lu family did not agree but did not refuse either. They just said that a spirit medium had looked at their daughter's horoscope and was told that it was not a suitable year for marriage.

The matter was put on hold for the time being, and Jiang Cheng and Cai Chanjuan's wedding was arranged first.

On the third day of the ninth lunar month, Jiang Cheng led most of the troops from Xinmin with drums and gongs, and went all the way from Dapingzhuang to marry Cai Chanjuan.

The ceremony was even more grand than the young marshal's wedding. Jiang Cheng, wearing a brand new Fengjun military uniform and a golden ribbon, rode his horse through the provincial capital...

The wedding troops behind them were all decorated in red, scattering wedding candies and setting off firecrackers along the way. The scene was as lively and lively as it could be.

After the wedding, Cai Chanjuan moved to the old house of the Jiang family to take care of her pregnancy. Mother Chen was very happy and prepared delicious food such as bird's nest and donkey-hide gelatin for her every day.

"May the Bodhisattva and God bless our young mistress to give birth to a fat boy soon! The lady will be so happy if she knows..."

When saying this, Chen's mother burst into tears, which touched Cai Chanjuan deeply. Yingying walked up to her and took her to sit on the kang, and then they talked about Jiang Cheng's biological mother.

Seeing her wiping her eyes with her sleeve and about to talk about the old third article again, Jiang Cheng stuck out his tongue and hid from the inner room. When he raised his eyes, he saw Cai Yuanming following behind Hai Huixin.

"Come over and give Xiaojuan something good!"

Hai Huixin raised the bamboo basket in her hand, "Dad's cavalry battalion went out for training and found a large nest of wild ducks. They took out a lot of eggs! They are so delicious if you roast them with lard!"

Cai Chanjuan has been suffering from morning sickness these days and has had a poor appetite. Jiang Cheng was just worrying about what to prepare for his wife, and then the food was delivered to her door.

"Thank Uncle Hai for me!"

Jiang Cheng smiled and went to take it, but Cai Yuanming on the side said anxiously: "Feilan, something happened in the village, or, you should come back with me!"

(End of this chapter)