1825 My New Daming

Chapter 52 Who wants to take a concubine? (Seek collection, monthly pass, recommendation, follow-up)

"Enrollment, I have already agreed with Li Hou to let you re-enlist in the army and become my adjutant in the Naval Intelligence Bureau. It will be brought up soon.”

"Bao Zhi, I have also discussed with Li Hou about your going to the Naval Staff College, and he also agreed to recommend it. But you have to take an exam to enter the Naval Staff College, so don't go to Europe with me this time, and prepare for the exam at home. All right. It’s fine if you have Jinxue to accompany me.”

In the study of the house in Goulan Hutong, Zhuge Weidao is arranging the future of his right-hand men.

Zhuge Weidao was a little skeptical of his stepmother's nephew Guo Xiaobao when he first came here, but now he knows that his stepmother is a good stepmother, so he regards Guo Xiaobao as his number one confidant.Today, after the Ministry of the Navy and Li Tiezhu reported their work, they mentioned Guo Xiaobao's admission to the Naval Staff College - if the officers of the Ming Navy want to climb high, they must have a diploma from the Staff College.And those who apply for the staff college are usually relatively young captains. After being admitted, they will study for two years, and they will be majors when they come out.After that, he was either assigned to the Yamen of the Ministry of the Navy, or served in the headquarters of the three major fleets.If the performance is not bad, you can serve as the third mate, second mate, and first mate of the cruiser. After a few years, you will probably be able to become the captain of the cruiser.

And one of the main reasons why Zhuge Weidao was eager to arrange Guo Xiaobao to go to the Staff College was to let him be his second officer after he was promoted to be the captain by leapfrogging - he still hasn't remembered how to be the captain, although he can Self-study by reading, but it's good to have someone around to remind you.

As for Wang Wen, the original version of Zhuge Weidao valued him so much, so it must be the same—well, believe in yourself, that's right!So Zhuge Weidao asked Zhuge Weiyi to write a recommendation letter last night, and today he used the opportunity of reporting with Li Tiezhu to bring Wang Wen back to active duty.Although he can only arrange a second lieutenant for him, Zhuge Weidao is now Zhuge's military adviser, so promoting a confidant is not a piece of cake?
Guo Xiaobao couldn't close his mouth from laughing, and he was very touched in his heart—this Zhuge Weidao actually "didn't forget" that he went to the Naval Staff Academy, what a good brother!

Wang Wen didn't have much joy on his face, but he was very grateful in his heart. The difficulty for an officer who committed a crime and was deprived of his rank and kicked out of the navy to return to the navy is much more difficult than recommending Guo Xiaobao to the Naval Staff College.This matter has to be written by the senior officials of the Ministry of the Navy, and high officials are generally not willing to write letters of recommendation for former officials who have committed crimes and resigned. This is to be held accountable!For this matter, Zhuge must have paid a lot for the Tao.

Zhuge Weidao was still thinking about asking Wang Wen to take the textbooks from the Naval Academy to make up for him, when he heard a knock on the door outside.Zhuge Wei said "Come in", and then his housekeeper Yu De and manager He Tianran walked in with a ledger and a list of accounts.

These two people have been preparing for Zhuge Weidao and Natalie's wedding since yesterday.According to Zhuge Weidao's instructions, this wedding does not need to be a big deal, but should be low-key. After all, Natalie came to Beijing as a "candidate queen", but now she has become Zhuge Weidao's wife. It's not normal, so don't be too ostentatious.

At this time, I saw Yu De holding a list, and said respectfully: "Dong Weng, according to your instructions, the guest list has been drawn up. There are not many people invited, just some relatives and friends, less than two thousand."

"Not many calls under two thousand?" Zhuge Weidao was a little speechless after taking over the thick stack of guest lists.

Yu De said with a smile: "Dong Weng, why do you call two thousand guests too many? When your elder brother married the daughter of Zhendong Prince's Mansion, he invited thirty to forty thousand guests, plus the attendants and servants of the guests, the huge Marquis Mansion of Wu Township But there are so many people! You only have two thousand, and if you count the servants, it will not exceed ten thousand, which is really too little."

Ten thousand is really too little!

Zhuge took a deep breath for Taoism, and said in his heart: "The contacts of this top family are really unimaginable!"

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao asked again: "Where is the wedding banquet? Ten thousand guests. That's a thousand tables. Ordinary restaurants can't hold it?"

The servants also have to take care of the food!So prepare a thousand tables of drinks
He Tianran took over the topic with a smile: "Where can it be placed in a restaurant? What is your identity? How can you hold a banquet in a market restaurant after your wedding?"

"Then where should I put it?" Zhuge Weidao asked.

"It's placed in Xishan Villa!" Yu De laughed, "It's a big place, and it's relatively secluded, so people who are idle can't go there."

A villa that can hold a thousand tables of wine
Zhuge Weidao thought about it and still felt wrong, "The Xishan villa has been vacant all the time, and there are no family members, no utensils for wine, and no cooks. How can we set up the thousand tables?"

Yu De said with a smile: "Dong Weng, everything has been arranged. The furniture for serving wine, the servants for serving, and the cook for cooking have all been borrowed from Xishan Palace."

"Xishan Palace? That's it."

"It's the Imperial Palace," Yu De said with a smile, "The Queen Mother has asked Hei Xuanfeng to give orders. She has covered all the cook and household items you need for your wedding. Don't refuse, it will be fine if you refuse. "

"What a good sister!" Zhuge Weidao nodded, thinking to himself: "This sister really has nothing to say, I can't let her down, and I will go to the palace more often in the future."

"Dong Weng, this is the budget for the wedding. The wedding will probably cost [-] silver dollars!" He Tianran sent the account book to Zhuge Weidao again at this time, "[-]? Is that too much? That amount of money How much can you charge?"

"Participant money?" He Tianran was taken aback for a moment, and then he said with a smile, "You are joking, with your status, you don't receive any part money for weddings and weddings, let alone congratulatory gifts. This is an old rule of more than 100 years. That’s how King Wu Zhong started back then.”

"Oh." Zhuge Weidao nodded, and said in his heart, "This is to prevent corruption, right?"

"Okay, let's do it like this," Zhuge Weidao nodded, and handed back the list and account book in his hand to Yu De and He Tianran, "This is a big deal, so I will trouble you two."

Yu De and He Tianran took the list and account book, but did not turn around and leave, both of them seemed hesitant to speak.

"What's the matter? What else is there?" Zhuge Weidao looked at the two and asked.

He Tianran glanced at Yu De, and Yu De said: "Dong Weng, when we reported the preparations for the wedding to the grand duchess just now, she proposed to take a concubine, and asked if we could do it together?"

He Tianran added: "Dong Weng, it doesn't matter if you have a small star in your identity, as long as the grand duchess has no objections. But are you waiting for two years for this matter? It seems that you just married a wife and took a concubine together. So horny."

Guo Xiaobao on the side also smiled and said: "Daozi, this is your fault, you and the Grand Duchess have not held their wedding yet, why are you taking a concubine?"

Wang Wen also smiled and said: "Yes, this is too urgent. According to the rules, you have to be over forty years old and have no children before you can take a concubine. Although no one follows this rule now, it's really true to take a concubine now." In a hurry."

Zhuge Weidao was dumbfounded listening to what they said.Although he has a plan to marry a concubine, but that will be done in two years, not now!And I didn't tell Natalie about it, so how did she know?

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao hurriedly asked: "Xiaoqian, Muru, did the Grand Duchess say who is the concubine she wants me to take?"

Both shook their heads.

"No, I didn't say anything."

"Dong Weng, you don't know who you want to take as your concubine? Why do you still ask us?"

"That's right." Zhuge Weidao was also at a loss: "How can I not know who I'm taking as my concubine?"

(End of this chapter)