Chapter 52 Who wants to take a concubine? (Please collect, vote for me, recommend, and read more)

"Enter the school. I have made an agreement with Li Hou to let you re-enlist in the army and serve as my adjutant in the Naval Intelligence Bureau. You will be awarded the rank of second lieutenant. Although it is lower than your previous rank of captain, there are many opportunities for meritorious service in the intelligence bureau.

It can be lifted up soon."

"Baozhi, I have agreed with Li Hou about your going to the Naval Staff College, and he has agreed to recommend it. However, 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.

Okay. Just go to school with me."

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

When Zhuge Weidao "just came", he was still a little suspicious of his stepmother's nephew Guo Xiaobao, but now he knows that his stepmother is a good stepmother, so he regards Guo Xiaobao as his number one confidant. Today, after reporting to the Navy Department and Li Tiezhu, he

Mentioned the matter of Guo Xiaobao's entrance to the Naval Staff College - if officers of the Ming Dynasty Navy want to climb high, they must have a diploma from the Naval Staff College. Generally, those who apply for the Naval Staff College are relatively young captains.

In 2007, I became a lieutenant commander. After that, I was either assigned to the yamen of the Navy Department or served in the headquarters of the three major fleets. If my performance is good, I can serve as the third mate, second mate, and first mate of the cruiser. In a few years, I will probably be able to do it.

I'm a cruiser captain.

One of the main reasons why Zhuge Weidao was eager to arrange for Guo Xiaobao to go to the Staff College was that he wanted to make him his second officer after he was promoted to captain. He still hasn't remembered how to be a captain, although he can

You can study on your own by reading books, but it’s still good to have someone around to remind you.

As for Wang Wen, Zhuge Weidao in the original version valued him so much, so he must not be much different - well, believe in yourself, that's right! So Zhuge Weidao asked Zhuge Weiyi to write a letter of recommendation last night

Today, I took advantage of the opportunity to report to Li Tiezhu to bring Wang Wen back to active duty. Although he can only be assigned a second lieutenant, Zhuge Weidao is now Zhuge's military advisor. Isn't it a piece of cake to promote a confidant?

Guo Xiaobao was laughing so hard that he could hardly close his mouth, and he was very moved in his heart - this Zhuge Weidao actually "didn't forget" that he went to the Naval Staff College. What a good brother!

Wang Wen didn't have much joy on his face, but he was quite grateful in his heart. It would be much more difficult for an officer who had committed a crime and was deprived of his rank and kicked out of the Navy to return to serve in the Navy than to recommend Guo Xiaobao to the Naval Staff College. This is

The matter requires a letter of recommendation from a high-level official of the Navy, and senior officials are generally not willing to write letters of recommendation to former officials who have committed crimes and resigned. This requires responsibility! For this matter, Zhuge Weidao must have paid a lot of money.

It costs less.

Zhuge Weidao was still thinking about asking Wang Wen to bring the textbooks from the naval school so that he could make up lessons for him, when he heard the sound of knocking on the door outside. Zhuge Weidao said "come in", and then came his butler Yu De and manager He Tianranpeng.

He walked in with a smile and a list of books and a list of names.

The two of them have been preparing for the wedding of Zhuge Weidao and Natalie 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 is a "candidate queen"

"I came to Beijing as a person, but now I am Zhuge Weidao's wife. This is not normal, so don't make it too public.

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

"If there are less than 2,000, what's the answer?" Zhuge Weidao was a little speechless after taking over the thick stack of guest lists.

Yu De said with a smile: "Dong Weng, how do you call two thousand guests too many? When your eldest brother married the daughter of Zhendong Prince's Mansion, he invited thirty to forty thousand guests, plus the guests' entourage and servants, what a huge place in the Wuxiang Hou Mansion.

But there are so many people! You only have 2,000 people. Counting your servants, you can’t exceed 10,000. It’s really too few.”

Ten thousand is really too little!

Zhuge Weidao took a breath and said in his heart: "The connections of this top family are really unimaginable!"

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao asked again: "Where is the wedding banquet? There are ten thousand guests. That means a thousand tables, and ordinary restaurants can't hold it, right?"

The servants also have to take care of the food! So we have to prepare a thousand tables of drinks

He Tianran smiled and took over the topic: "Where can we have a banquet in a restaurant? What is your identity? How can you have a banquet in a market restaurant for your wedding?"

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

"Put it in the Xishan Villa!" Yu De said with a smile, "It's a big place there, and it's relatively secluded, so no one can go there."

A villa that can hold a thousand tables of wine

After thinking about it, Zhuge Weidao still felt that something was wrong, "Then the Xishan Villa has always been vacant. It doesn't have a few family members, it doesn't have the utensils to place the wine, and it doesn't have a cook. How can we arrange these thousand tables?"

Yu De smiled and said: "Dong Weng, we have already arranged this matter. The household items for serving wine, the servants for serving, and the cooks for cooking are all borrowed from Xishan Palace."

"Xishan Palace? That is."

"This is the royal palace," Yu De said with a smile, "The Queen Mother has already asked Black Tornado to give her orders. She has provided all the cooks and household items needed for your wedding. Don't refuse, or you will be ignored.

"

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

"Dong Weng, this is the budget for the wedding. This wedding will cost about 20,000 silver yuan!" He Tianran presented the account book to Zhuge Weidao at this time, "Twenty thousand? This is too much, isn't it? That amount of money

How much can you charge?”

"Share money?" He Tianran was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile, "You are joking. With your status, you do not accept money from weddings or weddings, let alone gifts. This is an old rule for more than a hundred years.

, it has been like this since the time of King Wu Zhong."

"Oh." Zhuge Weidao nodded, thinking: "Is this to prevent corruption?"

"Okay, let's do that," Zhuge Weidao nodded and handed the list and account book back to Yu De and He Tianran, "I'll trouble you two for this big deal."

Yu De and He Tianran took over the list and account books, but did not turn around and leave. They both looked like they were hesitant to speak.

"What's wrong? Is there anything else?" Zhuge Weidao looked at the two people and asked.

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

He Tianran added: "Dong Weng, it's okay for you to accept a small star for your status, as long as the Grand Duchess has no objection. But are you waiting for two years for this matter? It seems that you have just married a wife and taken a concubine together.

So sexy.”

Guo Xiaobao, who was standing next to him, also smiled and said: "Daozi, this is your fault. Your wedding to the Grand Duchess has not yet been held, so why did you take concubines?"

Wang Wen also smiled and said: "Yes, this is too hasty. According to the rules, you must be over forty and have no children before you can take a concubine. Although no one follows this rule now, but taking a concubine now, really

A little more anxious."

Zhuge Weidao was dumbfounded as he listened to their words. Although he had a plan to marry a concubine, he would have to do it after two years, not now! Moreover, he did not discuss this matter with Nata

Li said, how did she know?

Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao hurriedly asked: "Xiao Qian, Mu Ru, did the Grand Duke tell me who the concubine she wants me to take is?"

Both men shook their heads.

"No, I didn't say that."

"Dong Weng, you don't know who you want to take as your concubine? Why are you asking us?"

"That's right." Zhuge Weidao was also confused: "How could I not know who I would take as my concubine?"
Chapter completed!