Chapter 726 Customs
Jiang Li glared at Xin Ping, thinking that this guy was very hateful: "What a mess?"
Xin Ping took two steps back and continued to laugh.
Even the few subordinates following Jiang Li were laughing.
"Shut up!" Jiang Li shouted.
A Shi Chang covered her face and tried her best to hold back her laughter. He said, "Uncle Du, we all remember this. You said, "Your Majesty I picked up in Shouchun in my early years and exchanged it for a unique prescription. If this prescription is confirmed to be useful, I am afraid that I can't change to the third-class merit."
Since Lei Yuan arrived in Jingzhou, he has implemented a meritorious system in his subordinates. From generals to ordinary soldiers, he has special meritorious records.
There are four types of merits: special, first, second, and third grade. They all receive corresponding amounts of money and wear ribbons. If ordinary soldiers have records of making achievements, they will also give priority to promotion in the future. For example, Xu Shuo, the current Jinshiwei of the Right Session of Jiaozhou, initially obtained the second-class merit in Lexiang, which attracted the attention of General Lei. Chen Hong, who obtained the second-class merit at the same time as him, is now an important military academy for the navy fleet under the General's Mansion.
Even if you are injured or older, you have to retire from the army. Those who have meritorious services will have many preferential conditions. It is not a problem to go to the military palace, county officials, or to serve as pavilion chiefs in some place. There are additional rewards for money and land.
A veteran like Jiang Li has the specialty of seeking profit and avoiding harm on the battlefield, so these merits have never been a match for him. However, because the Lei family fought for years, many of his companions have been promoted to higher positions, and some of them have also been able to do good jobs in the local area one after another. Jiang Li is getting older, and he neither wants to be too far away from his companions, but also has to consider his future life, so he wants to do something and earn some merit for his family.
Before the supply and marketing cooperative dispatched personnel to patrol the various places, General Lei specially summoned them to comfort them and asked everyone to be careful and pay attention to collecting local information. So when the caravan was patrolling in the northern part of Cangwu, Jiang Li exchanged many things along the way with his belongings and some gadgets.
He was both active and had many ideas. Therefore, the things he received were different from others, and they had unique gains and could be adopted by the superiors every now and then. He was very particular about this, so he brags about his experiences to his subordinates. Unexpectedly, these subordinates remembered them!
Unexpectedly, the superiors’ evaluation of the Fangzi was not yet explained, but he followed Fangzi and wanted to accompany a little girl!
Jiang Li was dependent on his identity and knowledge, so he was not afraid of this situation. He didn't think it was okay to marry a barbarian girl. Anyway, his family was full of Jingman, and it was nothing to come to Jiaozhouman. However, this incident did happen a little abruptly. He vaguely suspected that Xin Ping must have known something in advance, so he hid it from the person involved.
"Speak quickly!" Xin Ping whispered: "Everyone is waiting!"
Jiang Li narrowed his eyes, looked at the group of barbarians, and then at the barbarian girl.
There are many types of barbarians in Jiaozhou, including the Wuhu people who claim to be descendants of Luo Yue, Li people and Liao people who have a close relationship with Xiou, and the Linwai Man who moved to the north from Jiuzhen, Rinan and other places in the past decades. The clan of this little girl is Li people. They take farming as their business and have iron smelting technology, which is considered a relatively civilized barbarian tribe.
Jiang Li remembered that when the girl exchanged rings with her last time, she had two calves bare feet, barefoots, and a ring made of flowers and plants on her head. But now she had completely changed her clothes, with silver headdresses, a skirt that dragged the floor, and a pair of cloth shoes. The skirt was already very old, and the original red and green faded a little light, probably because of the precious clothing specially found by their clan, which was not what she wore on her usual clothes.
This girl can speak Chinese and loves to speak. She kept chatting in front of Jiang Li that day, like a bird watching freshness. She just had a weird accent and needed to talk and gesture to understand the meaning. At that time, Jiang Li treated her as a clever and interesting child, so she chatted for a while.
But now she didn't speak...so Jiang Li couldn't ask, he didn't know what he said wrong, so he had such a misunderstanding?
He looked at the girl carefully. Because of the influence of wind and sun, and the harsh living environment, her skin was extremely dark, but not rough, her eyebrows and eyes were pretty, and her figure was very slender. Seeing that Jiang Li never agreed, she smiled from the beginning and gradually became a little confused. After a while, she hesitantly took a step back, grabbed her skirt with her hands, but always showed the ring out carefully so that everyone could see it.
Jiang Li frowned. He said: "How can marriage be so simple..."
Xin Ping's face changed slightly.
"The chief said with certainty, saying that you promised to marry his daughter! Lao Jiang, don't joke! This matter must not be caused by me!" He continued to lower his voice: "This lie tribe, which had dealt with Huang Gongyu a few months ago, is considered a very kind family in Jiaozhou. If you make friends with them, you can contact the lie tribe within Yulin County through them..."
Jiang Li glared at him: "I mean, at least there must be a matchmaker! Why are you, a little furious child?"
"Uncle Du said yes! Manager Xin, do you want to take off our Uncle Du's pants on the spot and send them to the little girl's bed?" A soldier behind him burst into laughter.
Jiang Li turned around and cursed: "Stop talking about it!"
Looking back, I found that the barbarians were alarmed by their scolding. The chief pressed his belt and had a tiger face, and the little girl started to cry on the spot.
Jiang Li strode forward, took off a knife from his waist, and stuffed it into the hands of the chief: "The rules of our Han people, marriage matters, cannot be despised. I am a dignified uncle, and I marry a wife, the elder's fate, and the words of the matchmaker must not be missed. However, this is my betrothal gift! I accept this marriage!"
Xin Ping cheered with the soldiers present and the caravan members.
The little girl spoke to the chief. The chief pulled out the long sword given by Jiang Li and found that it was indeed a rare sharp blade, so he smiled and burst into tears.
After a while, the two people combined and walked along the main road to Lipu County.
Jiang Li, with a group of subordinates who had no chance to congratulate him, stepped forward.
The little girl was a little shy at first, and followed her father immediately. Later, she couldn't help but jogged up with her long skirt and rushed to Jiang Li. So the subordinates winked at each other and retreated slightly behind.
She asked in Chinese: "You seem unhappy when you see me? What am I doing wrong?"
Jiang Li thought about it and said slowly: "It's nothing. It's just that the marriage customs of the Han and the Manchu tribes are different, so I was a little surprised."
"What is the custom of the Han family like? I can learn it. As long as you are happy!" the little girl asked excitedly.
Jiang Li watched her jumping around her, looking full of energy, and suddenly felt that a soft part of her heart was touched. She was just a lonely warrior who was wandering and in such a chaotic world, what else should she ask for?
He laughed and said, "No need to learn, it's great now."
"I also think it's good now." The little girl nodded seriously and said eagerly: "Last time you said, you are the leader of the Han family, and there are a lot of delicious and fun things. You can give it to me now, right?"
Chapter completed!