We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

Fengwang Palace.

Li Che stared at He Conglong in front of him with wide eyes:

"You mean Chang Ningxue?!"

He Conglong nodded silently.

"He is the daughter of the Zhengguo Mansion and the Chang family?!"

"Yes."

"Duke Zheng still wants me to ask my father to marry her?"

"Duke Zheng said it himself, and I dare not conceal it."

Li Che's expression gradually changed from shock to seriousness.

He doesn't care about the Duke, but if this Duke is the 'Duke of Zheng', it would be different.

The first man to be enthroned as Duke of Zheng was known and respected by everyone in the world.

Daqing God of War—Chang Invincible.

Chang Wudi joined Emperor Qing's rebel army at the age of twenty, starting his glorious military career that lasted for more than ten years.

In the history of Daqing's founding, his name shook every historical witness like thunder.

In the Battle of Cangyuan, Chang Wudi led the Daqing army with outstanding command ability and fought a decisive battle with Chen Xin, the general of the Huan Dynasty.

In this battle, he commanded with great confidence, launched a surprise attack with a surprise force, completely tore apart the enemy's formation, and finally defeated the last elite army of the Huan Dynasty, laying the foundation for the founding of Daqing.

Chang Wudi is not only invincible on land, but also famous at sea.

In the battle to capture Penglai City, an important city of the Huan Dynasty, he personally led the navy to ride the wind and waves, and reached the city at lightning speed, forcing the Huan Dynasty defenders to flee in panic.

With such a brilliant record, an ordinary general could leave his name in history if he could achieve it once, but Chang Wudi achieved it at least ten times.

Throughout his life, he fought campaigns in the east and west, in the south and the north, and achieved many remarkable feats.

Such a brilliant and famous general in history died suddenly without any warning after the founding of Daqing.

After Chang Wudi's death, the title of Duke was passed to his eldest son Chang Pan, who was very low-key and rarely appeared in public.

This led to Li Che not associating Chang Ningxue with the Duke of Zheng's Mansion after he learned that her surname was Chang.

"Your Highness?" He Conglong's voice brought Li Che back to reality.

Li Che came back to his senses and frowned slightly: "What about the Duke of Zheng's Mansion? Do I still have to obey his orders?"

"Did he force you?"

He Conglong shook his head: "Not really. Although Duke Zheng has a tough attitude, he is still reasonable."

"Your Highness was given only two choices: either send Commander Chang back, or ask His Majesty to grant her a marriage."

Li Che remained indifferent.

If he had just traveled through time, he would definitely have rejected this marriage with strong political implications without even thinking about it.

But now it is different from the past. Li Che is very clear that he is in an ancient feudal imperial society, not a modern society.

In ancient times, marriages among the great families, especially the royal family, were not about love and affection. They were all political marriages between people of equal social status.

The question is, what can a marriage with the Duke of Zheng bring to oneself?

The Duke of Zheng's Mansion is rich. It may be a bit of an exaggeration to say that it is as wealthy as a country, but it is definitely wealthy.

But do I really need money that much?

With the caravans, the glass, and the industry, the wealth of Daqing and the surrounding countries will continue to flow into Feng State in the next few years.

Li Che really looked down upon the Chang family's melons and two dates.

What else does the Chang family have? Prestige in the army?

Ever since Chang Wudi's sudden death, the Chang family has long since surrendered their military power, and they can no longer be said to have any power.

Marrying into the Chang family would be of no help to him except that they could barely be considered equals.

In this case, why should I accept the threat from Tokiwa and rush to ask to marry his daughter?

"Let's not talk about this for now. Let me think about it." Li Che said, "Don't tell anyone else."

"I understand." He Conglong said quickly.

Li Che nodded slightly: "You go first. Let the brothers have a good rest after such a tiring journey. There will be rewards tomorrow."

"Yes, Your Highness, I will take my leave."

After He Conglong left, Li Che sat on the throne and thought for a long time.

He began to doubt whether this was Tokiwa's intention or that person's.

Chang Ningxue ran away from the Chang family. Even Chang Pan knew that she ran to him. How could her adoptive father not know?

I am not young anymore, it is time for me to get married.

Now that he has a large army and occupies the land of Liaoxi outside the Great Wall, his stepfather may have arranged for him to marry into the Chang family in order to control his thoughts.

If that were the case, I wouldn't be able to refuse so casually.

Thinking of this, Li Che suddenly stood up: "Let's go to the medical camp to take a look."

. . . . . .

Li Che took in the women who were kidnapped by bandits on Mangdang Mountain, and established a medical camp with them as the base.

Now, several months have passed, and the medical camp has expanded to thousands of people, and its members are no longer limited to women.

Like hunters with experience in treating trauma, barefoot doctors with some medical skills, witch doctors from barbarian tribes...

Anyone who had anything to do with doctors was taken to the medical camp.

The medical battalion did not disappoint Li Che's efforts in recruiting talents. It was never absent from several major battles and saved at least thousands of wounded soldiers.

These field doctors also have to follow the army into the battlefield, so naturally they need some self-defense skills.

Chang Ningxue's duty is to teach them some basic combat skills so that they will not surrender even if they encounter the enemy.

The moment Li Che stepped into the medical camp, he smelled a strong smell of Chinese medicine mixed with alcohol.

Thanks to the unremitting efforts of the Institute of Industrial Development, Fengguo's alcohol can now be mass-produced, and its concentration has reached medical levels.

Alcohol can kill viruses and is supplied first to the medical battalion. It is precisely because of this that the risk of Fengtian Army wounded dying from infection was greatly avoided.

Li Che's eyes swept across the camp and finally fell on a beautiful figure on the training ground.

She was training a group of new recruits from the medical battalion in simple slashing movements.

"Commander Chang."

Hearing Li Che's voice, Chang Ningxue turned around with an undetectable surprise on her face.

She shook the sweat off her hands, put away her wooden training sword, and bowed, "Greetings, Your Highness."

The new recruits also saluted, and Li Che waved his hand and asked them to leave first.

After there was no one else in the training ground, Li Che asked again:

"Should I call you... the eldest daughter of the Chang family?"

Chang Ningxue's face was filled with astonishment, and her voice became nervous: "You...know everything?"

"Your Highness, I didn't mean to lie to you... It's just that at first, I thought you were the prince's enemy, and the prince..."

Li Che shook his head: "I don't mean to blame you for this matter. You also said at the beginning that you were born into a military family. I didn't ask too much."

Chang Ningxue quickly asked, "Then how did you know?"

"General He led a caravan into the pass. His Majesty ordered him to go to the Imperial Capital to meet the Emperor, where he met your father."

"Your father was very angry and gave me two choices, either send you back..."

Halfway through her words, Chang Ningxue suddenly became excited: "No, Your Highness, I don't want to go back!"

When Chang Ningxue first joined Li Che's team, it was indeed out of curiosity about Li Che and her own nature, and she did not have any sense of belonging.

But as they experienced more and more things together, she had already regarded herself as a member of the medical camp and a member of the country.

"Um, do you want to hear the second option?"

"Your Highness, as long as you don't let me go back to the imperial capital, I can do anything."

After all, he was dating a man with an ex-girlfriend, so Li Che had nothing to be shy about:

"Or let me ask my father to marry you as my concubine."