Chapter 516: Country and Home

Xiong also felt as if he had created a troublesome matter for himself, so he hurriedly found Baifeng to see how this problem should be solved; they had not expected that the enthusiasm of Huaxia women to enlist would be so high.

Upon seeing the data, Baifeng also clicked his tongue in wonder and sighed for a long while before finally supporting his forehead for a long time and saying, "Then let's simply increase the number of people. I had originally intended to expand the army, and since the men haven't arrived in time, let the women come. Their enlistment will not have too great an impact on production."

"However, strictly control the standards for me. If there is even the slightest bit of unqualification, dismiss them immediately. Let the women have a sense of measure in their hearts; Huaxia can have female soldiers, but the quality of the female soldiers must be high. As for the number, let's set it at five hundred for now. Change that newly built, unused section of the military camp into a female soldier barracks. Their daily training and living must be separated from the male soldiers. Any non-compliant or illegal behavior is not allowed; punish anyone who commits such an act."

Xiong could only nod repeatedly. Baifeng had provided a solution, but he still felt that this was absolutely a mess. The main thing was that many women were already married and had children, this...

Xiong returned to the Ministry of War office feeling somewhat exhausted. After sitting down, he let out a long sigh. His subordinates were all waiting for Xiong to speak; they were also very anxious to see how this matter should be solved.

Xiong mimicked Baifeng's manner and rubbed his temples. After feeling slightly more comfortable, he told everyone Baifeng's order. Everyone wailed. If people knew that this was a matter caused by trying to find wives for their own sons, they would probably be cursed at behind their backs. Therefore, Xiong and Yishang both kept their mouths shut, and their own families were also placed under a gag order; not a single word was to be spoken carelessly.

In order to screen out more people in advance, they temporarily added a restriction: those who had already given birth to children, and whose children were not yet over five years old, were not allowed to enlist. Only then were several hundred people weeded out. However, if they said that married women were not allowed to come, then there probably wouldn't be many people left, and this would easily cause the anger and dissatisfaction of the women, after all, women whose bodies had basically matured would immediately get married and have children.

The people of the Ministry of War were all busy, but this also gave the usually idle Ministry of War a little work to do. Xiong also snatched a moment of leisure to hurry and hold the wedding for Shaoyin and Qinyang.

Because the two families had a good relationship and were not short of those food supplies at all, they did not give Yishang's family anything and directly brought Qinyang back to his own home.

Xiong's home was still very large and had enough empty rooms for the young couple to live in. Because there were no cumbersome procedures, they simply brought the person back in the afternoon and then invited many people over, adding their own family's Slaves to tidy up the food and dishes for them.

Night fell, and all of Xiong's friends and colleagues were invited over. There were several tables inside the courtyard and several tables outside the courtyard. If there were not enough tables, they borrowed them; if they could not borrow any, they simply lit bonfires and sat on the ground.

Baifeng sat in the main seat of the courtyard, and his whole family had also come. The food was mostly meat. With the strength of the Xiong and Yishang families, exchanging for enough meat was not a problem. Even if there was no game, they could have the people from the Ministry of Agriculture slaughter a few more sheep and pigs for them. They were still reluctant to kill cattle; after all, cattle were mostly labor, and very few were used for meat.

The banquet, which was dominated by various kinds of meat, began just like that. Everyone was laughing and talking, chatting happily, and when the mood struck, they would perform a wild and uninhibited dance on the spot.

The Wine was also plentiful, so there was no fear of not having enough to drink. Not long after the banquet began, Baifeng noticed that the family of the protagonists was just simply eating and drinking, with no reaction at all. So, Baifeng called Xiong over and, in the noisy environment, explained many of the steps to him.

Baifeng wanted to make the dull and uninteresting weddings of Huaxia a little more lively and let the "rites" of Huaxia gradually become enriched. However, Xiong's brain could not remember too many procedures, so Baifeng had to call the more intelligent Yishang and the Shaman over.

He let the Shaman preside over the wedding; after all, the Shaman was already familiar with the process. Although he had not presided over a wedding, he had presided over many large-scale activities. The Shaman, who felt that he was already old and might not be of much use, was naturally exceptionally happy to agree when he heard that he could still have this job, and he listened to every step very seriously.

Yishang, as the bride's parent, also nodded repeatedly, indicating that he had remembered it. Afterwards, Baifeng called the young newlyweds over and quietly arranged a few things. Then, a simple, temporarily prepared wedding process began under the Shaman's loud presiding.

First, the Shaman asked everyone to be quiet, then asked the two sets of parents to find chairs to sit on. Subsequently, under his direction, Shaoyin and Qinyang both knelt in front of Yishang and his wife, offered a cup of Wine, and together called out, "Father, Mother."

Afterwards, the two of them moved to in front of Xiong and his wife, knelt down again, and repeated the previous process. The guests in the courtyard stared with wide eyes, not daring to utter a single word, fearing to disturb this ceremony that looked very serious. People outside the courtyard, after hearing the sound, also hurriedly squeezed in to watch. Those who were squeezed outside and could not see even had the urge to climb the wall, but unfortunately, the wall of Xiong's house was too high.

After the parents of both sides changed their titles, it was time to toast the guests. At this moment, the Shaman was in control of the whole situation and continued to let the guests be seated, those who should eat continued to eat, and those who should drink continued to drink. If the meat was not enough or the Wine was not enough, one person was arranged at each table to greet, tell him, and he would tell the host family to continue serving.

Yishang's family did not need to move. Xiong and his wife took the young couple, held Wine, and walked to Baifeng, then all knelt down to toast Baifeng, and then to Sui, Chinv, and addressed the King, Queen, and Royal Consort.

Facing Yulong and Changle, who were younger than them, they also had to kneel to toast. Miaoyin was a girl and was still young, so she could only drink honey water.

After Baifeng's family was toasted, it was the turn of those high-ranking officials. At this time, they did not need to kneel; they stood to toast. Under Xiong's guidance, he said, "This is your Uncle so-and-so, Aunt so-and-so." The young couple would call out, and then say, "Uncle, Aunt, please drink."

They toasted all the way from the courtyard to outside the courtyard. The elders were toasted, and the younger ones did not need to worry about it. Baifeng's purpose in doing this was, first, to perfect the "wedding." Without "rites," could it still be called a "wedding"? Huaxia should break away from barbarism in every aspect, but there must be no wedding hazing.

Another point was to strengthen the connection between people. Even without blood relations or lineage connections, the title of "Uncle" or "Aunt" could allow people who had no connection to establish a link. This was crucial for the unity of the entire Huaxia.

As for other influences, just like women and their maiden families, they should not completely break off contact, and the man's side should also recognize the woman's family. In this way, the entire Huaxia could become a true family, completely connecting the country and the home.