Young Marshal: Many children bring more blessings, marry a wife who is as powerful as the world - Chapter 21

Chapter 21 I, Zhang Xueming, am not greedy; I only want your first child!

“Young Marshal… Please let me go!”

Looking at Gu Ruiyu’s tear-filled eyes, resembling the tragic beauty of Yu Ji before her self-destruction by the Wujiang River, Zhang Xueming was momentarily stunned. He unexpectedly felt a hint of admiration for her.

Who was he?

He was the second son of Zhang Zuolin, the “King of the Northeast.”

With tens of thousands of troops under his command. He controlled the population of the nine northeastern provinces.

With such wealth and status, if placed in the future…

Both his wealth and strength would easily outclass any mere school principal.

In the future, any small celebrity would likely kneel and beg to please him just with a glance.

Yet now, Gu Ruiyu still had the audacity to refuse him?

“Now, I must admit, I do have a newfound respect for Miss Gu.”

“However…”

Taking advantage of a moment of hesitation from Gu Ruiyu, Zhang Xueming suddenly snatched the silver hairpin from her hand. He then proceeded to remove all of her other gold and silver jewelry.

With a firm grip, he squeezed and pulled.

In an instant, these ornaments were twisted into a single silver strip as thick as a finger. He then tightly bound Gu Ruiyu’s hands together with this silver strip.

Not obedient?

Here’s a reward—an ‘Silver Bracelet’ for you!

At this moment, Gu Ruiyu was utterly stunned.

What kind of person was this Young Marshal?

How could he manipulate silver hairpins like clay?

Gu Ruiyu instinctively tried to struggle, but then immediately despaired. The silver strip was as pliable as clay in Zhang Xueming’s hands, but in hers, it was a deathly restraint. No matter how hard she tried, the silver strip didn’t budge!

As Zhang Xueming pulled her hands, bound by the silver, and hung her from the frame of the carriage, she seemed to sense her imminent fate. With despair, she closed her eyes.

“Young Marshal! You may have my body, but you will never have my heart!”

Hearing this, Zhang Xueming laughed.

“How convenient, I never wanted your heart anyway!”

Gu Ruiyu had the “Firstborn Blessed Body”!

(Children born as the first child will possess the attributes of ‘Strong’ and ‘Wise,’ with a rarity no lower than purple (Epic) quality.)

An epic-quality offspring!

This was his first kill!

He had to take it. However, given Gu Ruiyu’s strong-willed nature, Zhang Xueming felt a hint of admiration for her. A woman like her was rare indeed!

“Miss Gu, how about this?” he said.

“I’ll borrow your womb for a year.”

“After a year, once you give birth to the child, I will give you 100,000 silver dollars and release you to return to the world!”

“Rest assured, I, Zhang Xueming, am not greedy. I only want your first child, not you!”

There were plenty of beautiful women in the world. As long as he had the child, he didn’t need her. But upon hearing Zhang Xueming’s words, Gu Ruiyu stared wide-eyed. She had never heard such a bizarre request in her life.

Borrowing your womb to give birth? She thought.

Did he really mean it?

Zhang Xueming smiled slightly.

“Since you didn’t refuse, I will take that as your agreement!”

“Wait… no~!”

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[System Prompt: “Congratulations, Host! You have established your own family, and the number of people in your family has exceeded 5!”].

At that moment, as Zhang Xueming was in battle, he heard this message. He quickly opened the system interface. In an instant, from the sprawling branches of the Zhang family, a new golden family lineage appeared.

Compared to the complex Zhang family of Fengtian, this family was obviously newly founded. It only had a few simple lines of text.

[Andar Zhang Family

Family Level: 0 (Unknown)

Head of Family: Zhang Xueming

Direct Line: (Wife: 1, Concubines: 2, Children: 2 (Unborn))

Ancestral Home: Andar, Northeast (formerly Daqing)

Power: Cavalry Regiment X1, Ancestral Property Factories.]

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“0-level family!”

“Well, it makes sense. With only a few people and a small amount of power, this is more like a large family than a real clan!”

Compared to the 3rd-level Fengtian Zhang family, his new family was nothing more than a nameless entity. However, Zhang Xueming wasn’t too concerned.

Every high-rise building starts at the ground. As long as he worked hard, he would eventually expand his family. Within less than four months, his family had already grown to five members!

“Let’s check the reward gift!”

Zhang Xueming opened the system warehouse page. Apart from the building materials from the “Family Establishment Gift Pack,” there were now 5 brand new reward packs.

Without hesitation, Zhang Xueming immediately opened them.

“System Prompt: ‘Congratulations, Host! You have received 100 Da Huang Fish!'”

“System Prompt: ‘Congratulations, Host! You have received 1 Mosin-Nagant Rifle Blueprint!'”

“System Prompt: ‘Congratulations, Host! You have received 1 T26 Light Tank Blueprint!'”

“System Prompt: ‘Congratulations, Host! You have received 1 122mm Towed Howitzer Blueprint!'”

“System Prompt: ‘Congratulations, Host! You have received 1 Penicillin Production Line (Capable of producing 1000 bottles per day)!'”

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“Wow! Not bad!”

Looking at the system rewards, Zhang Xueming smiled. The system was absolutely right, expanding the family meant great rewards. The Da Huang Fish was essentially the golden bar of the Republic of China.

At the time, the golden bars came in two types: one tael of small fish and ten taels of large fish. A large Huang Fish gold bar weighed over 310 grams. 100 large gold bars were equivalent to 31 kilograms!

Had this been before, Zhang Xueming would have jumped for joy seeing this amount of wealth. But now, with his family’s finances and the monthly 2 million silver dollars from his wife, he already had 8 million in savings. He wasn’t impressed by this “small money” anymore.

In addition to the gold bars, the Mosin-Nagant rifle and T26 tank blueprints were precious, but they couldn’t be used until the steel and arms factories were built. The real valuable reward was the “Penicillin Production Line”!

This could be used immediately! As long as there was a factory, he could start production.

“Maybe I should build a pharmaceutical factory first?”

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