Zhao Lin failed to achieve her most important goal this time, but she did not return completely empty-handed. Anyway, judging by her appearance, she was still satisfied with Xu Shiyang's promise.

So she left with satisfaction.

Mama Rong, who had not spoken, did not speak again until Zhao Lin left:

"Young Master, this girl is pretty."

"Haha, a girl who hasn't grown up." Xu Shiyang disagreed with this.

Mama Rong thought about it and felt that this statement was correct.

So she hints at another target:

"This girl hasn't grown up yet, so I'll talk about it later. But her sister, whose name is Zhao Shan, is 16 this year, just right."

"What do you want to say, Mama Rong?"

"Young Master, you are almost a child." Mama Rong lowered her head, unable to see her expression clearly, but judging from her tone, she was very firm when talking about this issue: "Young Master's wife needs to find a girl from a wealthy family, and you can collect a small one first."

‘Damn! Why are there urging marriages these days?’

"Mama Rong, now is not the time to talk about this kind of problem!"

"Not now, when is it?" Rong Mama shook her head, opposing Xu Shiyang's view for the first time in her life: "Young Master, you want to fight, this is your man's business, I can't control it, but I know that there is no sight on the battle formation... I think you should at least keep it first."

"Well……."

"Young Master, please listen to me once. Only when this man becomes a family can he be considered a real man. Only then can he know who the great business he created is for." Mama Rong raised her head and looked directly at Xu Shiyang. Her aura actually made him wince a little: "Young Master is old. If the young master has a child, no matter how illegitimate or illegitimate, she can rest in peace and go to see the lady below."

It is difficult to refute if you hold the argument very right.

"This matter..., let me think about it again." Xu Shiyang subconsciously wanted to avoid the problem.

"What else do you think? The young master attaches so much importance to the population, why don't he think about filling in the Xu family more?" Rong Mama even despised Xu Shiyang a little: "The eldest brother of the eldest wife has not married yet. He has three concubines and two children. I heard that the young man now has one in his belly, so the young master can't delay it anymore!"

In fact, although the starting point is different, what Rong Mama is talking about is indeed serious.

The more chaotic the times are, the more important the population is, and trustworthy children and nephews are the most important.

In fact, the Xu family lacks some in this regard - the three brothers of the Mu generation have only 6 sons in total, three of whom have not yet grown up, so there are 15 forts in the family and 9 out of the fortress owners in the family.

Since Xu Shiyang himself has made up his mind to go to the end of the world, he will face bandits, refugees, other forts and various Tartars in the future. It can be imagined that there will inevitably be many dangerous battles waiting for him.

Whether successful or not, he needs a successor who can be recognized by everyone to stabilize the morale of the army.

A leader without descendants will give the core subordinate a feeling that the government is likely to be extinguished, which is very unfavorable to unity.

Under this premise, the little Bourgeois thoughts about the relationship between men and women that Xu Shiyang left in his previous life were really more than just a show of his feelings for men and women.

"Okay! Then Mama Rong said to the girl and asked her if she would."

Since this is the case, Xu Shiyang decided to follow the rules.

Are you feeling? Let’s develop it slowly in the future.

"What's wrong with her? She is the concubine who respects her!" said Rong Mama disdainfully.

"No! You must get her own consent!" Xu Shiyang did not intend to compromise on this.

He wants to release nationalism and re-cultify the self-esteem of the Han people. He must not make any comments on such matters that hurt the dignity of his compatriots!

It can hurt the girl's heart, but it must not hurt her self-esteem.

Even if it is formalism, you have to give enough face!

"Okay, as long as the young master agrees, I will listen to the young master." After the core problem was solved, Mama Rong didn't mind making some concessions on the details, and she really didn't think that Zhao Shan would disagree.

"There is another point. The fortress is about to send troops to fight. Now everything is given priority to war. Let's talk about taking concubines after this war."

"Yes, young master, I know the importance of it."

...

The gunpowder workshop managed by Gongsun Sheng is in a separate courtyard in the northeast corner of the fort. In order to prevent fire and explosion, this courtyard has a special rammed earth wall and there are no other buildings nearby.

In the courtyard, thick fine sand is specially laid, and rows of water-filled buckets are placed in the surrounding corners.

Usually, Gongsun Sheng would bring his several of his apprentices to live in the idle house in this courtyard. Today, Gongsun Sheng had a sudden surprise and wanted to invite someone to dinner for some reason.

Nowadays, anything that can be eaten is very valuable, and treating guests to dinner has almost become a patent at the fortress level.

Therefore, the few people who received the invitation from Gongsun Sheng came to enjoy this free dinner very happily.

For this banquet, Gongsun Sheng spent a lot of private money and specially exchanged a pheasant, a hare, 3 kilograms of pork, and a jar of wine from the warehouse of the fort.

Coupled with the refreshing wild vegetables and the savory Chonglu steamed cake, it formed a sumptuous meal that Xu Shiyang would probably be jealous of.

The people who were invited by Gongsun Sheng today were Xu Er from the personal army, the new Jie Zhen and Jie Bao brothers, and Zhang Blacksmith, who had lost the qualification to participate in the high-level meeting of the docks, and therefore seemed particularly disappointed.

"Come on, brothers, try to eat as much as possible, don't be polite!" Gongsun Sheng asked several people to sit down separately, and his apprentice poured turbid wine for the guests.

"We are in the same village and work for the fortress. From now on, we will be brothers! From now on, we must get close to each other! I will respect you first!"

As he said that, Gongsun Sheng picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one go.

Xu Er smiled and said nothing, followed Gongsun Sheng and poured wine into his stomach, then picked up a piece of fat meat without hesitation, and his mouth was filled with oil.

The brothers Jie Zhen and Jie Bao looked at each other. As newcomers to the fortress, they didn't understand why Gongsun Sheng was so close to them.

But he didn't hit the smiley person, and the power of the wine and meat quickly overwhelmed the doubts in his heart. The two brothers accompanied him to smile and followed Gongsun Sheng to drink the wine in the bowl.

Only Zhang Blacksmith seemed to have no concern for Gongsun Sheng's idea. He picked up the bowl and took a sip, picked up a steamed cake, tore it off one by one, and chewed it weakly.

"Brother Zhang, do you have any worries?" Putting down the wine bowl, Gongsun Sheng asked with a smile: "Or, is my wine and meat not suitable for my appetite?"
Chapter completed!