Wei Zhongcheng and Zheng Xi left Prince Bai's Mansion in a four-wheeled carriage produced locally in Washington. As soon as they walked out of the gate, they were stunned by the number of people gathered outside - at least one or two Thousands of people crowded on the street outside the gate of Prince Bai's Mansion, almost blocking Wei Zhongcheng and Zheng Cheng from leaving the palace. In the end, it was Feng Xifan, the chief guard of Prince Bai's Mansion, who came with a group of old guards to help, and they opened up a passage for them. The two-man convoy left.
Baiwangfu is not in a lively area. Although Wangfu Street is straight and wide, there are large woods on both sides of the street, with only a few sparse houses scattered among the woods. Before the rich king came to Washington, there were not many people walking on this Wangfu Street. Even after Zhu Hehao moved into Prince Bai's Mansion, the streets of Prince's Mansion were still deserted. It wasn't until a few days ago that the local tycoon Wang suddenly had a whim and asked his "sister-in-law regiment" to replace the old Guards and stand guard at the gate of the Prince's Mansion, which attracted some people. Bachelors in Washington, D.C., come here to get their eyes wet.
But it’s just an eye-opener. Is it such a sensation? Those are the women of rich and powerful kings! Although the King of United States does not have much real power, he is the king after all, and there are 2,000 old guards and 500 Japanese retainers around him. No matter what happens, he will not be able to protect his woman, right? Can we let you, a group of nouveau riche who dig for gold and hunt for mink skins, be hooked up?
But when the convoy of the leaders and the chief ministers of the cabinet drove to the intersection of Wangfu Avenue and Chang'an Avenue, the two big shots who had been in charge of the United States for many years saw the crowds that only appeared when gold was discovered somewhere - Kuang Kuang. There was actually a crowd of people on Chang'an Avenue! A mass of darkness was coming from the direction near the bay.
How is this going? Could it be that gold was found in the woods outside Prince Bai's Mansion? I haven't heard of it... And the land around Baiwang Mansion belongs to the rich kings. Even if gold is found, it still belongs to the rich kings. You people can't dig it casually, or someone will die!
"Stop! Stop!" Wei Zhongcheng shouted, and at the same time he slapped the wooden board behind him with his right hand. His driver felt the movement under his buttocks, and heard his boss's shout in the commotion, so he gently pulled the reins and slowly stopped the carriage on the side of the road.
Wei Zhongcheng and Zheng Xi each led a team of horse guards. They walked in front of, around and around the carriage, and they also stopped moving forward. The two guard captains dismounted and reached the carriage. One of them opened the door, and the other asked for instructions: "Two gentlemen, what are your orders?"
"Let's go find out what happened?" Wei Zhongcheng asked, "Why are so many people going to Prince Bai's Mansion?"
Zheng Xi added: "It's best to find two more people to come and ask."
The two guard captains received the order, turned around and left. After a while, they brought back two fair-skinned men who looked like small businessmen. They were both in their twenties and seventies. Looking at their appearance, you could tell that they were not gold diggers, most likely. Stock refugees who came here with King Jiaqing seven or eight years ago.
Before becoming stock refugees, most of these people from the wealthy hometowns in the south of the Yangtze River were small businessmen or had managed land. They were not good at hunting and killing, so they could not make quick money from hunting furs and panning for gold. The United States of Xinzhou had a population of only a few hundred thousand. , but occupies a vast land of nearly 1 million square kilometers. Because the population density is very low, the places that the United States government can effectively control are very limited. Once you leave the populated towns, it will be a lawless "Western World". Anyone who can hunt for gold and mink in a place like that cannot be a kind person.
Most of the stock refugees from the south of the Yangtze River cannot be beaten or killed, so they either start farms or make a living in the cities of the United States.
The ones who were brought to Wei Zhongcheng and Zheng Xi were also a pair of kind-hearted brothers who could not be beaten or killed. The elder brother was named Wang Shanyou and the younger brother was named Wang Liangyou. They were originally from Suzhou Prefecture. Originally from a scholarly family, my family had a shop in Suzhou city and land in the countryside of Suzhou, and my life was very comfortable. The two brothers also received a half-old education, and they were quite competitive. Before their father made a fool of himself in the stock market, they had both been admitted to Donglin University... If stocks hadn't been harmful to people, both of them would probably be both now. He has become a bureaucrat in the Ming Dynasty.
It's a pity that there is no regret in selling medicine. Their father lost all his family property and was deeply in debt, so he had to take the two brothers to flee to the New World to avoid the debt. It's a pity that I left in a hurry and didn't think of taking the two little maids with me (losing all the family property refers to bankruptcy on the books. Before the liquidation was completed, the Wang family still had a lot of assets and cash on hand, and the little maids at home also (not dismissed), I just packed up some belongings, took two United States stocks and ran away overnight.
After arriving in the New World, the three fathers and sons of the Wang family still dreamed of making a comeback, filling up all the shortcomings, and returning home in glory. Therefore, instead of taking advantage of the abundant supply of Japanese girls to resolve the life-long affairs of the two sons, they focused on starting a business. First he set up a farm, then he opened a restaurant, and finally he made a fortune. After struggling for seven or eight years, he finally used his ability to make a clean return on the little money he brought from his hometown and the land he exchanged for two U.S. stocks... Okay. In the Wang family, the brothers were all dropouts from Donglin University. They were also considered great intellectuals in the United States of New Zealand. After losing everything, they were still able to find jobs as teachers at Washington College.
The teachers at Washington College also earn much more than the professors at Taixue in Ming Dynasty, and they are also decent people.
But the two brothers and their father incurred new losses when they were making furries. They owed several thousand taels of debt, including principal and interest, and couldn't even pay it back. How could they have any spare money to find wives for the two brothers? With their family's financial resources, let alone returning to China to marry a well-educated and charming wife, even if they go to Washington City to "marry" two people, Juwu and Xu Liuliangxing, who specialize in cross-border marriages, it will be difficult to come up with enough "bride price"... ....In recent years, as the male population of the United States of New Zealand has increased significantly and the number of women imported from Japan has decreased, the relationship between supply and demand has become increasingly tense, and the price has also risen!
Without a few dozen taels of gold, there is no way you can marry a young and beautiful woman... Even if you are old and don't dare to compliment her in appearance, it won't be much cheaper.
As for the girls who came to the New World with their families, they were unimaginably precious. The Wang brothers could not even dream of it - ordinary people rarely brought girls across the sea these days. Only in the Old World Only nobles would do this.
Marrying a girl like this is not a matter of money... If someone tells the Wang brothers that they can marry a beautiful girl from the Ming Dynasty through examination, it is basically a dream!
So when the Wang brothers told Wei Zhongcheng and Zheng Xi that they could now pass the exam and marry His Highness the King's sister-in-law, Wei Zhongcheng and Zheng Xi immediately thought of the words "daydream".
Wei Zhongcheng frowned and complained to his guard captain: "Why did you find two people daydreaming? What nonsense are they talking about? How could such a thing happen?"
Zheng Xi waved his hand and said: "Yes! Find two more people who are fine and ask!"
The guard captains Wei Zhongcheng and Zheng Xi didn't move because they had already asked many people... They were all daydreaming!
"Sir, I don't know what day it is today, but the streets are full of people daydreaming! Everyone says so, and it shouldn't be wrong."
"Yes, sir, I asked a lot of people, and they all said that I can take the exam to find a wife...I also said that an official from Prince Bai's Palace Chief Shi Si posted notices everywhere in the prosperous areas of the city, claiming that he wanted to be the princess' concubine. My goddaughters are taking the exam to recruit brides! One month from today, registration will be accepted in the first counties of every state in the United States."
Wei Zhongcheng and Zheng Xi became more and more confused as they listened. Could it be that today was a day for daydreaming? Or does the wealthy king really want to marry off all his 600 sisters-in-law? Why would he do this? 500,000 taels of gold and silver are too little and not enough to spend?
