Chapter 1158 Miss Ma
Perhaps as Tian Yeyou said, the only one who would be troubled by this kind of thing is probably Chen Yixin himself. Seventy-eight out of ten members of the time-traveling group came to this time and space single. Except for a few who can successfully match internally, the vast majority of people who want to start a family still have to consider the residents of this time and space as their marriage partners. The main area of activity of Haihan is the Han area dominated by the Ming Dynasty. It is logical that the Ming people with the same roots and sect have become the most acceptable targets for travelers. Among the current spouses of time travellers, Han Chinese from the Ming Dynasty account for the vast majority.
Among these marriages, except for a very small number of people who formed couples in the form of "free love", a considerable number of them were mixed with various interests. Seeking asylum from Haihan through marriage, or to consolidate economic and political cooperation with Haihan, there are more or less other purposes. Just like Tian Yeyou's father-in-law's family, they took the initiative to propose marriage to Tian Yeyou in order to maintain a stable coal trade cooperation with Heitu Port. This cross-border marriage also contributed to his father-in-law's family becoming the largest coal merchant in Lianzhou Prefecture. Sugarcane growers and shipyard owners, the whole family relied on Haihan and quickly became a powerful person.
There are countless similar examples. In the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, especially on Hainan Island, it is actually very common for wealthy businessmen and gentry to compete with Haihan for marriage. Many local officials even secretly poked at their families in order to keep their official positions. The little girl in the movie was sold to Haihan's big bosses as wives and concubines to build relationships between the two parties.
Chen Yixin had never encountered such a scene before, just because the place where he stayed was almost always on the edge of the Haihan controlled area. As soon as he started to get familiar with the local high-level society, he was dispatched to the next place to perform tasks. After leaving, there was no time and space to develop this relationship. The situation in Dengzhou, Shandong this time can be regarded as a special case. The local public security situation has been in an extremely chaotic state in the past few years. Even the rich and powerful local tycoons have found it difficult to protect themselves, and Hainan Han's appearance immediately made people's eyes bright. He was not only rich but also had an army, and he also followed rules in doing things. He was an excellent protective umbrella for the local wealthy people.
As for whether this cross-border marriage was suspected of treason, this high-ranking official from Ma Dongqiang did not care. He had already specifically consulted someone in the Yamen. The "Great Ming Law" regarding intermarriage with foreigners only limited it to Mongolians and Semu people. It is recorded in "Da Ming Law·Hu Lv 3" that "all Mongols and Semu people are allowed to marry Chinese. They must be consensual. They are not allowed to marry each other. Anyone who violates this will be punished with a staff of eighty, and the man and woman will be appointed as slaves. . Those Chinese who do not want to marry Huihui and Qinchao are not prohibited from marrying each other.”
The regulations on foreign-related marriages in the Ming Dynasty Code did not mention the Haihan people, so the intermarriage between Ming people and Haihan people was not considered a taboo, at least it was legal until the imperial court banned it. Although there seems to be something wrong between the Haihan people and the garrison in Dengzhou Prefecture, in the eyes of Ma Daguan, the Haihan people are much more reliable than the unruly Qiu Ba in Dengzhou City. At least after Haihan arrived in Fushan County, But there has never been any move to levy large sums of money and food from local governments. Isn't this more kind than the out-of-town Ming army that scratches the ground? If I could find a Haihan uncle for my daughter, who else would the big landowner in Fushan County choose from me?
But after Ma Dongqiang sent away his brother-in-law Jiang Sheng early in the morning, he always felt uneasy, as if he had missed something. Thinking about it, the gifts prepared were not too small, and Jiang Sheng had been told everything he needed to say, but he still felt a little concerned about gains and losses.
Regarding the marriage, Ma Dongqiang had really put a lot of effort into it. At first, he just went to the river bank with the intention of watching the excitement and wanted to see the origin of the foreign merchant who defeated Wanjiajun, but it turned out that After meeting the young and heroic Chen Yixin, Ma Dongqiang had the idea of getting acquainted, and tried to find a way to find a Haihan soldier. He said that this young officer had a high status in the Haihan army and was a general who led troops in war. Still single and not yet married.
Having become a general in the army at such a young age, Ma Dongqiang deduced based on common sense that Chen Yixin was probably from a powerful family in Haihan Kingdom. If you can gain this family relationship, who else in the local area will dare to bully the Ma family in Dengzhou in the future? As long as you marry off a daughter, you can get a big backer that even the government can't move. This deal is absolutely cost-effective in Ma Dongqiang's opinion. By then, we should be more confident in annexing the county's unowned land with the Fushan County government.
Of course, when Ma Dongqiang made this decision, he never thought about communicating with his daughter. In his opinion, this arrangement was extremely good for his daughter. He was more worried about whether Haihan would be willing to accept this kind of marriage proposal, rather than whether his daughter would be willing to accept this unilateral arrangement.
Ma Dongqiang's worries later became a reality. Although Chen Yixin was very polite and even came to Majiazhuang for a banquet some time ago, he never let go of the marriage, and he never even mentioned that he wanted to meet him. daughter. Although Ma Dongqiang was a little discouraged, he was unwilling to give up. The more the other party declined, the more Ma Dongqiang felt that this matter must be done with all his strength. After thinking about it, he felt that the reason was probably because the other party lacked trust in him, and since his family property and clan were unable to move in Fushan County, it was impossible for him to seek refuge with Haihan like those refugees. The only solution was Show your sincerity by raising the stakes.
This time Ma Dongqiang made a determined effort and took out most of the grain reserves in Zhuangzi and gave them to Haihan in the name of consolation gifts. Fearing that the portion was not enough, he also added livestock and cash. Many people within the clan are opposed to Ma Dongqiang's risky approach. Even his brother-in-law Jiang Sheng, who was originally in favor of the matter, is a little worried that such a move will eventually lead to no return. But Ma Dongqiang insisted on doing this in the end. He felt that if this didn't work, then he would be willing to give up the marriage proposal. Give these things away as a favor, and maybe you can receive some rewards from the Haihan people in the future.
It wasn't until Ma Dongqiang sat down at the dinner table at noon that he finally found the real reason why he had been restless all morning: "Why is Yuling not here? Didn't you ask her to eat?"
The "Yuling" in Ma Dongqiang's mouth was his youngest daughter Ma Yuling, whom he planned to marry Haihan. At this time, he suddenly remembered that he had not seen her since he got up today.
Ma Dongqiang's three sons all moved out on their own after getting married. In this family, Ma Dongqiang and his wife and two concubines were the only ones. Ma Yuling was born to Dongmei, the second concubine, and was also the youngest child in the family. There are few people eating at this table, so you can naturally see them at a glance.
Ma Dongqiang saw that his concubine Dongmei looked a little strange and did not respond to him immediately, so he immediately asked: "What's wrong with Yuling?"
Dongmei responded hurriedly: "No... nothing... I just feel uncomfortable and don't want to go out to eat."
"Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Ma Dongqiang noticed something was wrong and immediately put down his chopsticks and stood up: "Let me go and see her!"
Dongmei's face turned pale, and she quickly stood up and knelt down: "Master, please spare Yuling!"
Ma Dongqiang snorted, ignored his concubine, and went straight out of the flower hall where he was eating. There are four courtyards in the Ma family. Ma Dongqiang and his wife and two concubines live in the third courtyard, while his daughter Ma Yuling lives in the second courtyard. Ma Dongqiang arrived at the wing where Ma Yuling lived, opened the door and saw that there was no one in the room.
Ma Dongqiang felt bad, so he walked quickly to the closet and opened the door. He saw that most of the clothes he wore every day were taken away, and the new cotton-padded jacket he made for her last month was gone. .
"This stinky girl actually ran away from home!" Ma Dongqiang was so angry that he spent a lot of money on marrying Haihan, but he didn't expect that the person who tricked him in the end was not the ambiguous Haihan people, but himself. My daughter-in-law.
When Ma Dongqiang turned around, he saw that Dongmei had also followed, kneeling at the door dejectedly, and immediately scolded: "How did you, a mother, teach her? Do you know how big this trouble is? You have to cry later, hurry up Tell me where she went!”
Dongmei cried and responded: "My child doesn't want to marry a barbarian from the south, so why do you have to force her?" "You old lady, if you talk so freely, if people listen to it, hundreds of people in Majiazhuang will be ruined." !" When Ma Dongqiang heard his concubine calling Haihan people "southern barbarians," he immediately had the urge to cover her mouth.
Ma Dongqiang knew that although the Haihan people behaved well and rescued many people in Fushan County, it did not mean that they were good men and women. There were dozens of human heads hanging on the big trees by the river where people were hugging each other. They were all bandits from the Wanjia Army who fought with Haihan. I heard that the Han people in Tianhai sent troops into the mountains a few days ago and wiped out the remaining members of the Wanjia Army. Pu Xueguang and Gan Qiang, who had escaped from the battlefield before, were also arrested. With this kind of lesson learned from the past, Ma Dongqiang did not want to take any risk of offending Haihan, especially concubine Dongmei, who was so talkative. If outsiders heard about it and reported it to the Haihan people, let alone a marriage, Ma Dongqiang would Whether the family village can survive or not is a question.
Ma Yuling didn't want to marry a Haihan native. Ma Dongqiang actually knew to some extent, but he didn't care about his daughter's attitude. In his opinion, the son-in-law he is looking for this time is already a leader among men, impeccable. If his daughter can marry him, it will be considered a great blessing. But he really didn't expect that his daughter would have such a strong side, and she would actually use such a decisive trick when things got really difficult.
"Master, Master Jiang is back!" At this moment, a servant came to Ma Dongqiang to report the news of Jiang Sheng's return.
As soon as Jiang Sheng entered the courtyard, he saw Ma Dongqiang standing with a livid face, and his sister Jiang Dongmei kneeling next to him. He asked curiously: "If you don't want to eat at this time, what are you doing here?"
"Ask her what good things she has done!" Ma Dong responded vigorously.
Jiang Sheng didn't know what he meant, but he still smoothed things over: "I rushed back from the mine and didn't even have time to eat. If you want to quarrel, can you wait until I eat first?"
Although Ma Dongqiang was angry, he still had business matters in mind. Hearing this, he quickly asked: "How did things go?"
"It's no problem if I take action!" Jiang Sheng replied proudly: "All the things sent have been accepted. Chief Chen couldn't stand my painstaking persuasion, and finally relaxed. He said three things He will come to Majiazhuang to meet Yuling in the future. Let’s wait until he meets Yuling first!”
"Oh! What a disaster! What a disaster!" After hearing the news, Ma Dongqiang, instead of feeling any joy, actually cried out: "It's a disaster."
Jiang Sheng asked in confusion: "Where is the talk of disaster? Haven't you always wanted Chief Chen to come to Majiazhuang again?"
"It was originally a good thing, but now...Yuling ran away silently!" Ma Dongqiang sighed: "When the time comes, Chief Chen will come and see no one. Don't you think we are deliberately playing tricks on him?"
"Run away?" Jiang Sheng was startled when he heard this, and quickly turned to ask his sister: "Dongmei, is this really true?"
Jiang Dongmei nodded with a sad face and said: "Yu Ling... didn't want to marry... a Haihan person, so she packed up her clothes last night and slipped out early today."
Jiang Sheng quickly asked: "Where did she go? Tell us quickly, there are still three days, as long as we can find her back, everything will turn around! If it is too late, Majiazhuang will be in danger!"
Jiang Dongmei was coaxed and frightened by these two people, and finally revealed the truth: "She went to Dengzhou alone."
"Dengzhou...she went to join her elder brother!" Upon hearing this, Ma Dongqiang immediately judged his daughter's purpose. A teenage girl like this must have a place to stay when she runs away from home. Ma Dongqiang's eldest son currently lives in Dengzhou City. If Ma Yuling wants to go to Dengzhou, she has only one person to seek refuge with.
Jiang Sheng said: "Then I will compile a letter and send it to Dengzhou."
Ma Dongqiang waved his hand and said: "I am afraid that something will go wrong when writing a letter, and her elder brother may not be able to hold her. Since she just left this morning, she has no sedan, no horses, and luggage, so she can't walk far on two legs, so I will go there myself Take a trip and catch her back as soon as possible.”
It is more than a hundred miles from Majiazhuang to Dengzhou City. If you walk, it will take two days at a fast pace. Ma Yuling has only been walking for half a day, and she should be able to catch up now as she is chasing after her on horseback.
Ma Dongqiang acted at his will, called two followers, brought some dry food, drinking water, silver and protective weapons, and set off on horseback. Before leaving, Ma Dongqiang temporarily entrusted the family affairs to Jiang Sheng, asking him not to leak the news that Ma Yuling had left home, so as not to cause trouble to the people of Haihan after hearing about it.
However, Miss Ma herself was not as strong-willed as her father and uncle thought. It was true that she ran away from home, but the eldest lady regretted it after she came out. In order to hide her whereabouts, she left the village before dawn, and she did not dare to ride away from the family horse. She carried a large bag with her luggage and had to carry a load in each hand. She took a rest after walking not far. trip. After walking all morning, we reached a place seven or eight miles away from Majiazhuang.
(End of chapter)