First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Qu Wanning learned from others that she was betrothed to Xie Yingfeng.

She was stunned for a long while before she came to her senses.

She clearly didn't write any name on the license plate out of spite, so why would it be the military advisor?

Suddenly she was stunned and her face turned pale.

When she went to her father to ask whether Wei Ling was included in the marriage plan, the person Qu Chenxing asked on her behalf was Xie Yingfeng.

That means Xie Yingfeng knows that she likes Wei Ling...

It’s over... Qu Wanning covered his face, feeling powerless and helpless.

She just wanted to lock herself up now. What kind of thing was this? She really didn't want to see anyone now...

Since they all have their marriage partners, the Black Tiger Guards' management is relatively relaxed.

Whenever the soldiers were on leave, they were allowed to meet the palace maids who matched them. After all, they were getting married soon, and familiarity between the two was more important than anything else.

Some soldiers whose camps were not in Mangcheng would rush here during their rest time just to bring something for their fiancée or to say a few words.

Xie Yingfeng and Wei Ling discussed it. Because this arranged marriage was rather special and also considering the safety of the city defense, they decided to hold everyone's wedding together, including Wei Ling and Su Jixiang's.

After all, there are more than fifty couples getting married, and people are inviting guests to drink here and there. It is a waste of time just to run around to deal with all these things. Moreover, as time goes on and too much drinking is done, it is inevitable that something will go wrong.

Let's just do it together, and then distribute the document granting the marriage, and the matter will be settled.

And having a wedding together also saves money.

Even though Xie Yingfeng had screened them, each of these prospective grooms had more than one hundred taels of silver in savings, but they still had to make a living in the future. Their Black Tiger Army was going to take root in the north, and these soldiers would have to buy houses after they got married. They were all spendthrifts, so they had to save as much as possible.

The bounty bestowed by Emperor Longchang upon his ascension to the throne was very generous, so Wei Ling decided to use a portion of it to expand Mangcheng. The original Mangcheng was far from enough to accommodate so many garrisons, and it was urgent to expand the city's area and rebuild the city walls. They would start construction as soon as the land thawed in the spring.

Now that the army is large in number, there is no need to worry about having people to expand Mangcheng. All we need is for the soldiers to take turns to do it. There is no need to conscript civilians, and the people's farming will not be delayed.

With more than fifty couples getting married, the city of Mang suddenly became lively.

Those soldiers who came to visit during their rest days would pick up their future wives from the camp, have a good meal, and then the two of them would discuss buying some things for the wedding.

Almost all the soldiers who were getting married started looking for houses in Mangcheng. After all, they couldn't live in the barracks after getting married. Even if they couldn't afford to buy a house, they had to rent a small courtyard so that they could have a wife and children and a warm bed in the future!

All the shops in Mangcheng had posted notices about the upcoming wedding in the military camp, and all the soldiers in Mangcheng would receive discounts when buying items.

Mangcheng was not so peaceful when it was under the rule of Emperor Jing.

The Foundry Bureau colluded with the mines and the governor of Mangshan, and would arrest ordinary people and force them to do hard labor in the mines on any charge.

At that time, the people of Mangshan lived in such a miserable state that they wanted to leave Mangshan, but even if they moved to other places, they had to pay a high head tax. For example, if a family moved from Mangshan to a nearby town, they had to pay a resettlement tax of ten taels of silver per person. Only by paying this money to the local government could you get a local seal and live there permanently. If you went out to work without a seal, people would not dare to hire you, and even if someone dared to hire you, they would keep the price very low.

So the people of Mangshan were living in dire straits at that time.

Later, Wei Ling led the people in the mine out, killed the governor of Mangshan, blew up the foundry, and managed Mangcheng himself. The situation then improved.

Therefore, the Black Tiger Army is quite popular in Mangcheng.

After establishing the Black Tiger Army, Wei Ling issued very strict military orders, forbidding the army to oppress the common people or take anything from the local people. During the busy farming season, he would organize people to help them harvest food, build bridges and roads, and build city walls and houses. This allowed the entire Mang City to recuperate and present the current situation of living and working in peace and contentment.

Mangcheng became prosperous because of Wei Ling's Black Tiger Army, and Wei Ling also regarded Mangcheng as his cornerstone. So even after the Black Tiger Army joined the Fengtian Army of King Huainan and moved south, he still left Nangong Rui to continue garrisoning in Mangcheng to ensure that Wei Ling would have a place to return to in the future.

However, now that Emperor Longchang has ascended the throne, he has sent him back to the north. Others might think that Wei Ling is unwilling to return. After all, it is bitterly cold here and there is nothing. It is also the front line in the war with the Turks and the war may break out at any time. But Wei Ling himself feels that he may be more comfortable in Mangcheng than in the capital.

Every day, young men and women accompanied each other in and out of the military camp. At first, everyone stared at them, but after a few days, no one paid attention to them anymore.

Every night, the palace maids liked to get together and show each other what they had bought during the day.

Some of them bought some new fabrics and asked the palace maids in the Imperial Wardrobe to help them cut and make clothes, while others showed their newly bought jewelry to their friends. Although they were not very valuable, most of them were some crude silver hairpins and silver earrings. For the palace maids who were used to seeing good things in the palace, they were nothing, but after all, they were bought by their future husbands, so everyone was happy in their hearts.

Zhao Xiuwan walked leisurely to Su Jixiang's side and saw that she was washing clothes. She couldn't help but smile and said, "The future wife of General Wei will have to wash clothes by herself?" Zhao Xiuwan never washed clothes by herself. Ever since she came out of the capital, she always ordered a maid from her former palace to wash clothes for her, and the maid didn't dare to resist.

"What gossip are you going to talk about again?" Su Jixiang was too lazy to even look at her.

"Are you really destined to marry General Wei?" Zhao Xiuwan held her chin up and made a thoughtful expression. "Everyone else has gone out, but you are still in the barracks all day. Your General Wei has never called you out. Are you sad?"

"If my sadness can make you happy, then I tell you, I am not sad. I am very happy to make you unhappy!" Su Jixiang said.

Zhao Xiuwan...

"You're just a mean person!" Zhao Xiuwan snorted, then raised her hand and waved it in front of Su Jixiang, "Look, I said I don't like it, but Captain Qian insisted on buying it."