At this time, the late December was approaching. As the New Year was approaching, although it was time to take refuge, the Chinese still had a strong relationship with the New Year. Every household, regardless of the house, shack, or tent, took action, found red cloth and red paper, and hung it on the door to enhance the festive effect of the New Year.

All preparations in Muling Pass are basically on the right track, and the Qing army has not yet arrived at Muling Pass. Therefore, Shang Yi, who had been busy for more than ten days, can finally breathe a little relieved and get some free time.

On this day, Shang Yi was sitting at home and listening to Ye Yaoying talking about how his family arranged the New Year's Day. Suddenly someone came to report that Ye Xingshi arrived at Muling Pass.

Shang Yi was naturally very happy. When he left Qingshui Village, he sent someone to send a letter to Ye Xingshi. Now he is finally here. Ye Yaoying was even more happy and ashamed, because Ye Xingshi's arrival means that she and Shang Yi will officially hold their wedding. But in this situation, I wonder if the wedding will be held smoothly?

So the two went to the city gate together, took Ye Xingshi into the city, and welcomed them to the Qianzong Yamen. The people in the Tang Town and others knew Ye Xingshi, but they heard that Ye Xingshi had also come to the Yamen to greet each other. Everyone was polite.

After seeing everyone off, Ye Xingshi, Shang Yi and Ye Yaoyun had the opportunity to sit together and talk for a while. First, Shang Yi briefly explained to Ye Xingshi what he had happened after leaving the mountain village and the current deployment of Muling Pass.

After hearing this, Ye Xingshi was silent for a moment and said, "Shang Yi, although the terrain of Muling Pass is fierce, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and you have made all defense preparations, this time the Qing army entered the pass, with no less than 100,000 troops. Now your Muling Pass has only more than 3,000 troops, and the troops are so large and disparate. Once the Qing army reaches the front of the pass, it is probably difficult for the Guancheng to defend."

Shang Yi nodded and said, "Grandpa is right. Once the Qing army attacks Muling Pass with all its might, it will naturally be difficult to defend the city of Guancheng. However, it will not be so easy to capture Muling Pass. The Qing army must pay a large amount of casualties. The Qing army's attack this time was just to plunder the population and wealth. Therefore, the target was only a big city like Jinan, Dongchang, and Yanzhou. This Muling Pass is not a strategic location, with a population of only a few thousand, and there is not much oil and water to reap. They will never invest a lot of troops for this useless city. It is even more impossible to consume people here! Therefore, as long as I keep the pass, I will not give the Qing army an opportunity to take advantage of it. After the attack was frustrated, the Qing army will naturally ignore it."

Ye Xingshi pondered for a moment before saying, "What you said makes sense. But things in the world are unpredictable. If this city is really unpredictable, you must not defend it to the end. You must immediately take Yao Yan and escape from Muling Pass. You are still young. Even if you fail this time, as long as you keep your life, you may not be without the chance to make a comeback in the future. Even if you think about Yao Yan, you cannot die here."

Shang Yi also knew that Ye Xingshi was for his own good, and he was influenced by his current thinking and did not think that there was something wrong with escaping from the battlefield when he was defeated, so he nodded and said, "Grandpa, don't worry! I will definitely do it."

Ye Xingshi then smiled and said, "Okay, let's not say these words, so when are you planning to marry Yao Ying?"

When Ye Yaoying heard this, she couldn't help but blush and lowered her head. Shang Yi was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that the original plan was to marry Ye Yaoying after moving to Muling Pass. But after moving to Muling Pass, she found that there were a lot of things. She was busy every day and forgot about the marriage.

After hearing Ye Xingshi mentioned it, Shang Yi thought about it seriously and said, "Grandpa, I want to get the wedding as soon as possible to give Yao Yan a formal title, but now you are in a clean situation. Not only is the time rushed, but many etiquettes are not prepared. I am afraid that the wedding will be too simple, which is really a bit aggrieved. "

Ye Xingshi laughed and said, "Shang Yi, you are a little over-thinking. It's so difficult for so long that you don't understand her temperament yet? She never cared about these false etiquette and customary things. The one who really cares about is you."

Shang Yi's body trembled slightly, and then he suddenly realized. Because marriage is a major event in life at any time. For women of this era, it is almost possible that this is the same in their lifetime, so naturally they are full of expectations for the wedding. Therefore, he always hopes to give Ye Yaoying a lively and festive wedding with beautiful memories. But after hearing Ye Xingshi's words, he recalled that Ye Yaoying never cared about living a comfortable and enjoyable life. In her words, as long as he could be with him, it would be enough.

Shang Yi looked at Ye Yaoying again, and at this moment Ye Yaoying also raised her head. The two looked at each other. Shang Yi found that her eyes were full of eager expectation. Shang Yi immediately understood the past and said, "I'm sorry, I was wrong. Since that's the case, the New Year will soon be coming in a few days. I think the wedding will be set on New Year's Eve!"

Ye Xingshi couldn't help laughing and said, "This day is very good. I don't have to look at the calendar anymore. I just decided it like this. But it is indeed not a peaceful year, so except for the etiquette of the church, try to keep everything else as simple as possible! As long as you can get married smoothly, it's fine. Just arrange other things."

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The next day, Shang Yi immediately came to Zhou Shiqi and wanted to talk about his marriage, but Zhou Shiqi also had something to discuss with him.

It turned out that after Shang Yi settled the residents and set the regulations, Zhou Shiqi took over the civil affairs work in the city. Shang Yi only managed military affairs. Zhou Shiqi was a county magistrate and also served in the prefecture. He had a rich experience in managing local civil affairs. In addition, Muling Pass has now formed a system of all material allocation, so it is much easier to manage than the county town.

The problem of urination and defecation is more troublesome for residents. Although there are several thatched houses distributed in the city and each house is equipped with a manure bucket, almost everyone was uncomfortable at the beginning. In order to facilitate the consumption, urination and defecation still occur frequently.

Zhou Shiqi knew that the principle of setting regulations must be tight and loose at the end, and that when he was just implemented, he must strictly implement them. Therefore, once discovered, he will never be ruthless in punishment, otherwise the rules will become a piece of waste paper. Although he was only punished to clean up the feces in the city, not everyone can bear this kind of work. After more than ten days, more than 200 people were punished, but the situation also improved significantly.

At this time, another problem arose. That is, the children in the city were too noisy. Although the teenagers over the age of fourteen were all assigned to the youth team by Shang Yi, there were still many children under the age of fourteen. Nowadays, most men have become soldiers, and women have arranged their own things. There are no farm work to do at home, so the children are completely liberated. They run around the city every day, and there will inevitably be a lot of naughty and trouble. Although it will not cause any major harm, the small-scale fight also makes the residents feel unbearable. It is difficult to beat them, and it is impossible to control them, which has become a leading problem.

After thinking about it, Zhou Shiqi finally came up with a solution. Now Shang Yi has re-studyed the teenagers of the youth team. It is better to gather all the children under the age of fourteen to teach them to read and read. First, they can control all these children so that they will not cause trouble in the city. Second, they can teach them to know a few words, which will be beneficial when they grow up. Even if they fail to pass the imperial examination, they can still help their family remember things and calculate the accounts, and there will be more ways out in the future.

After listening to Zhou Shiqi's words, Shang Yi felt a little ridiculous, but he immediately thought that it would be better to take this opportunity to set up a military academy, start from the baby, and support talents for his future development. The content of the professor not only teaches children to read, read, recognize numbers and arithmetic, but also teaches them Western scientific knowledge, and even conducts certain military knowledge and training. Maybe in the future, a group of talents with modern scientific knowledge qualities can be cultivated.

Zhou Shiqi was also a scholar and was very interested in teaching and educating people, teaching and solving doubts. Therefore, when Shang Yi explained his preliminary concept to him, although Zhou Shiqi did not object to teaching military knowledge and training, he had a lot of words about teaching Western scientific knowledge, but he was also very supportive of Shang Yi's idea. He immediately stated that if the college was established, he would be willing to teach the children himself.

The more they talked, the more speculative they became, but many details still need to be agreed upon in the establishment of the college, and it cannot be negotiated in a short while. At the same time, they also need to ask the opinions of the three brothers of the Sun family, because once the college is established, they will definitely teach in the college.

Then Shang Yi told Zhou Shiqi that he planned to marry Ye Yaoying on New Year's Eve. Zhou Shiqi was stunned at first. He thought that in the current situation, Shang Yi would push the marriage until after the Qing army retreated, but he did not expect that Shang Yi still decided to get married at this time.

However, whether to finish the marriage is finished or not is decided by Shang Yi, and he has no reason to interfere. Therefore, Zhou Shiqi first congratulated Shang Yi. Then he said that since Shang Yi decided to finish the marriage on New Year's Eve, the matter of establishing a college will not be delayed, and he will talk about it after the New Year. Now we will do our best to organize the wedding and immediately guarantee that although it is time to take refuge, we should try our best to keep the wedding lively.

Shang Yi had no objection to this arrangement, but he still told Zhou Shiqi that the wedding should not be too helpful, and the reduction should be made.
Chapter completed!