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Chapter 174 Shall I Get Engaged First?
Seeing his serious appearance, Xia Xiaoshi acquiesced that he was not joking, so she asked in surprise, "Why? Didn't you just take office not long ago? You're going to such a far place again?"

"Because I'm excellent," Zhou Changfeng coughed dryly after boasting a little, "Ahem...Actually, it's mainly for my resume."

"Resume?"

"That's right, otherwise how can I level up? Now is not a time of war. If you want to get promoted quickly, you have to try to brush up your resume."

Obviously Xia Xiaoshi didn't quite understand his thoughts, so she hesitated for two seconds before asking, "Why are you so eager to get promoted?"

You are only 27. Although a 27-year-old lieutenant colonel cannot be said to be unique, he is definitely rare.

How dangerous it is to go to a place so far overseas, where people are not familiar with, and are still fighting.

Her eyes slanted downward, and she whispered: "The Flangji Peninsula is now in chaos, the two armies are fighting each other, and there are countless casualties every day..."

Zhou Changfeng reassured: "It's just to investigate and observe. It's not dangerous and very safe."

"Cannonballs don't have eyes."

"If we don't go to the front line, we are usually in the rear."

The three views of people are influenced by their parents to a considerable extent, and Xia Bing's casual, unrestrained style of dealing with others has also influenced Xia Xiaoshi to some extent.

If it is said that she lived in that kind of poor life, she definitely disagrees, but if she has to go through untold hardships and desperately compete for glory and wealth, she is also unwilling.

Plain and simple is true.

Besides, the current situation is quite good, even if the status is not taken into account, the monthly salary of a fourth-rank lieutenant colonel is as high as 240 yuan, plus her own, this income level is already top-notch in Daming.

Still have to be content and happy, why take the risk to go so far away?

It's not in vain to repent and teach your husband to find a Marquis. This guy Zhou seems to be too ambitious!
Full of anticipation, she hesitated and asked, "Can you...can you not go?"

"No." Zhou Changfeng denied it very simply.

It is said that women have needles in their hearts, but for experienced men, it is not difficult to find out what they think.

It is essentially "whether you care about it or not", and then extended to whether you have enough sense of security. Maybe men can't understand it, but this is precisely what women value most.

The tram arrived, and the two got off one after another.

Zhou Changfeng smiled slightly, and said flickeringly: "It's safer to have a higher military rank. If you sit in the rear, you don't have to worry about your life, right? I'm still waiting to spend the rest of my life with you."

"..." Xia Xiaoshi, who had a reddish complexion, nodded lightly, "Then when are you leaving?"

"I don't know, but it should be soon, ten days and half a month."

The two walked silently all the way to the gate of the county middle school.

Crowds of boys and girls came to school with their bags on their backs, and there were many people who greeted Xia Xiaoshi cheerfully, "Hello, sir!"

But she stopped at the school gate with a particularly tangled look.

"Why don't you go in..."

The astonished Zhou Changfeng just asked the question, and Xia Xiaoshi who was beside her also happened to speak. She seemed to have made up her mind and asked in a low voice, "Before then, should we get engaged first?"

Zhou Changfeng couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard the words, and then said seriously: "Yes, if the time is not rushed, there is no problem at all."

After getting an affirmative answer, Xia Xiaoshi, who was blushing on her cheeks, nodded and said, "Well, then I'll go first."

How innocent a girl's mind is.

In contrast, Miss Zhu... No, Princess Ningyou is a much more sophisticated woman, and dealing with her takes a lot of brainpower.

After watching Xia Xiaoshi enter the school, Zhou Changfeng took another car to the direction of the imperial city in Dongcheng District... which is where the large number of official offices of the imperial court are located.

The military expedition team was organized by the Ministry of War, and the Metropolitan Government, which was only responsible for fighting the war, had nothing to do with it.

The application submitted by Zhou Changfeng a few days ago did not stay for long before he got a clear answer - yes, he must report to the Ministry of Military Affairs before the end of February, and he will come soon.

After explaining the purpose of coming, it was a long wait as usual.But this time Zhou Changfeng learned his lesson, and just took a nap in the waiting room.

"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhou?"

A civilian lieutenant woke up Zhou Changfeng with a helpless face. The latter hurriedly raised his hand and looked at his watch, wondering——I just closed my eyes when I felt like it, why has half an hour passed?
After walking left and right in the official office for a while, he finally came to a large room on the second floor.

A skinny official wearing round-frame reading glasses was pouring tea from a purple sand teapot. Seeing Zhou Changfeng coming in, he took a sip without haste.

This is Xie Congqian, the doctor of the Department of Military Studies. He said with a smile: "A few days ago, I was thinking about whether to send someone from the navy to go with me. I didn't expect you to apply on your own initiative. It is very agreeable."

"It's not peaceful at present, and a war that will spread to the world is probably inevitable, but the civil war over there is a very good place now. Germany, Russia, and Italy have invested a lot of new weapons, and the air force has also been put into use on a large scale." Zhou Changfeng stared straight at Looking ahead, "I think this is a very valuable opportunity to learn experience, which is of great reference value."

"Okay, very good." Xie Congqian was very satisfied, he stroked his short beard and said:

"Some people are not happy after being named, but you are proactive. You are also a strange person, rushing to do the 'dirty work' in the eyes of others."

"A few days ago, when I went to suppress the bandits, I was directly taken over by others who disliked me. Some people were waiting to see a joke. In the end, you were dealt with by those stubborn bandits."

"Whether the country can be revitalized or not depends on talents like you. This time I went to Flangji, in addition to observing the current combat situation, I also have to carefully record their tactical experience."

"In addition, a large number of ordnance trafficked by our country has been transported by sea one after another, and now the third batch has also been shipped. Whether these weapons are usable or not has to be tested in actual combat."

Obviously, juniors like Zhou Changfeng are very favored by the older generation, so Xie Congqian, who usually doesn't talk much, talked a lot, detailing the mission of the Ming military expedition team.

The blood of the Europeans was shed, and the lives of the Europeans were killed, and we have to take from them the precious war experience that was exchanged for their blood and lives almost for nothing.

In addition, it is also crucial to test and give feedback on the actual combat effectiveness of the weapons and equipment made in Ming Dynasty.

If there are flaws and are not useful, it is still a time of peace, and there is plenty of energy to improve it. It would be too hasty to discover the flaws when the war has already started.

"I understand, I must keep it in mind. Then... when shall we set off?"

"The tentative date is the tenth day of next month."

Zhou Chang was relieved when he heard the news, there were still more than ten days left, and the engagement was barely in time.

(End of this chapter)