Tonight, in the camp of the Amu Darya camp, a celebration banquet was going on, when the wine had passed three rounds and the dishes had gone through five flavors.
The host of this celebration banquet was of course Emperor Daoguang. He also invited Heshen and Nalan Laoxian to accompany him.
Among the guests invited to drink by Daoguang, in addition to Zhuge Weidao, there were also Guan Tianpei, Zheng Guoxian, and Colonel Mu Zhongjun, the eldest son of King Qian, an observer of the Ming Dynasty Army.
Zhuge Weidao just returned to the Amu Darya camp yesterday morning. After returning to the camp, of course he wrote a report behind closed doors - he and Zheng Guoxian had to write a report on the Peshawar airborne operation, and then sent a long telegram Naval Intelligence Bureau and Army Intelligence Bureau in Beijing. This is the proof that they will get promoted and make a fortune in the future! With this battle in Peshawar, their colonel ranks are already stable. They only need to accumulate some more qualifications and make up the minimum number of years for promotion from lieutenant colonel to colonel in peacetime. Then they can be promoted... Otherwise, they will all be colonels before they turn 30!
The 30-year-old colonel was promoted for meritorious service during peacetime, and he was a child of eight aristocratic families. He was definitely the most dazzling new star in the army! Even if there is no chance to make further meritorious service in the future, he can still be promoted to a senior colonel at the age of 35, and he will be a major general at the age of 40... If he can make more meritorious service, he can be promoted to a lieutenant general at the age of 40!
In the Ming Dynasty's navy, those who hold the rank of lieutenant general are qualified to serve as the admiral of the grand fleet. In the future world war, the admiral of the grand fleet will be a position where one can show off one's talents!
So when Zhuge was writing the report for Dao, he was full of energy, not sleepy at all, and finished his masterpiece of tens of thousands of words in one go... This writing style was much better than when he took the college entrance examination in his previous life.
After writing the report, Zhuge Weidao asked Wang Wen to take it and send it out immediately using the radio on the airship. Then he ate something and went to bed. When he woke up, it was already early the next morning...According to the plan, the airship unit had to fly to Peshawar again today. Zhuge Weidao originally wanted to go with him, but Emperor Daoguang's eunuch Bai sent him an imperial edict, asking him and Guan Tianpei to go to a celebration banquet in the evening.
So Zhuge Youdao asked Li Kezhi to direct today's airlift operation on his behalf. He and Guan Tianpei spent half a day visiting various parts of the Amu Darya camp to inspect the preparations of the Jin Army. In the evening, they went together Emperor Daoguang went to the banquet in his palace.
When they arrived at Daoguang Xingyuan, Zhuge Weidao discovered that Zheng Guoxian and Mu Zhongjun had also been invited, and had arrived a little earlier than him and Guan Tianpei.
In addition to Daoguang, Heshen, Nalan Laoxian, Zhuge Weidao, Guan Tianpei, Zheng Guoxian, and Mu Zhongjun, there were seven fairies from the Yingxian Pavilion waiting on the side of the hall where Emperor Daoguang lived. ——It’s just pouring wine and serving dishes, but there is no other program...
When Emperor Daoguang gave a banquet, it was not possible to set up a round table for everyone to sit around and eat and drink. Daoguang is the emperor after all! The emperor gave a banquet, and everyone shared it at a small table. Therefore, everyone must have a messenger by their side to be successful. These servants are usually served by the white eunuchs in the Dajin Palace, but Emperor Daoguang asked Old Immortal Nalan to arrange for seven fairies to serve him in order to ensure that all the guests could enjoy themselves.
There were already Natalie, Nalandili, Queen Mother Zheng, and Zhuge Weidao, who was waiting to take advantage of Ali and Dahei at home. He already had considerable resistance to the stunning beauties and did not pay too much attention to them. The fairies around him, until the old fairy, who had had a few too many drinks, started talking endlessly about fairies.
"...Although among the fairies of my Daijin, the Banner-Hu hybrids are the most beautiful, the real top-grade fairies must be our Banner people's own fairies, especially Aixinjueluo, Boerjijin, The fairies from the noble bloodlines of the three Ross families are the real best!"
After Zhuge Weidao heard this introduction, he thought to himself: "It turns out that this fairy is also about blood... But the fairies who came from the three families of Aixinjueluo, Boljijin and Choros are not Hu Ji. ?”
Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao cupped his hands at Old Immortal Nalan and said, "Teach me, teach me...Old Immortal, I have an uninvited invitation."
"Oh?" Old Immortal Nalan glanced at Zhuge Weidao and said with a smile, "Junior Brother Dao, this time our Kingdom of Jin was able to win the great victory in Peshawar, and you took the most credit for it, why are you asking for an uninvited invitation?"
Emperor Daoguang also smiled and said: "Brother Daozi, just tell me what you want?"
Zhuge Weidao smiled and said: "Since the emperor and the old immortal have said so, then I will say it... Several of my brothers are very attracted to the fairies from the old immortal family. I wonder if they can introduce them. How many fairies do they know?"
"Oh." Old Immortal Nalan turned to look at Emperor Daoguang.
Daoguang stroked his beard and said, "Disciple Dao, how many good brothers do you have?"
"nine."
The "nine brothers" referred to by Zhuge Weidao are Guo Xiaobao, Yu De, He Tianran, Wang Wen, Ye Wu, Ma Xuchen, Li Kezhi, Ling Zongjun, and Yu Yang. Four of them had long been under Zhuge Weidao's entourage, and the remaining five were naval officers who had followed Zhuge Weidao to the Kingdom of Jin to make contributions. Now that he has "ambition", of course he has to build a small group around him, so now he has to provide more benefits to these people who come to him.
When Emperor Daoguang heard this number, he burst into laughter, "Okay, brother Daozi, you are quite loyal!"
As he said this, he glanced at Old Immortal Nalan again, "Old Immortal, can you make some arrangements?"
Old Immortal Nalan smiled and stroked his beard: "Your Majesty, this matter is a little difficult to handle!"
"What's so difficult?" Daoguang asked with a smile.
Immortal Nalan said: "My fairies in Dajin all believe in Taoism, and they are all disciples of the Yingxian Temple...but there is no Yingxian Temple in the Ming Dynasty!"
Nowadays, Taoism in the Ming Dynasty is quite popular, but there is no such "fairy fluttering" Taoist temple as Yingxian Temple.
Old Immortal Nalan then continued: "If we could open a temple to welcome immortals outside Beijing in the Ming Dynasty, there should be nine immortals willing to go to Beijing... I wonder if Junior Brother can cooperate with the Zhuge family What do the military advisors say?"
"Okay, I believe the military division will not object." Zhuge Weidao did not think there was anything wrong, so he smiled and said, "My Ming Dynasty cannot help Taoism... There will definitely be fairies in Yingxian Temple. There are many believers.”
Old Immortal Nalan smiled and cupped his hands and said, "That's good work!" He paused and then said, "Junior Brother Daozi, how about Pindao arrange for nine of our nephews to come to the Amu Darya Camp in a few days?"
"Okay, okay," Zhuge cupped his hands for Dao Gong, "I thank you, senior brother!"
Seeing that Zhuge Weidao had reached an agreement with Old Immortal Nalan, Emperor Daoguang laughed and did not mention the matter of the Immortal again. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "My dear fellow, I just received a message from the Ambassador to Petersburg. According to the Embassy's telegram, the British Prime Minister, the Earl of Liverpool, asked Archduke Mikhail to mediate, and also expressed that he would pay us to help the Greeks fight the War of Independence... In addition, the number one general in the British Empire, the Duke of Wellington, was about to He is coming to India to be the Governor-General! Do you think it is better for us to keep fighting, or should we just accept it as soon as possible?"
After listening to Emperor Daoguang's words, Zhuge Weidao knew without counting on his fingers that the British Empire was going to play a carrot and a stick game!
But Zhuge Weidao can't just expose the British trick so easily, that would seem too perfunctory... He just got one, so he has to show off little Zhuge's clever calculations, right?
Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao asked: "Your Majesty, you always have to give Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich some respect, right?"
Emperor Daoguang smiled and said: "That's natural... Our Kingdom of Jin has always been neutral between the Ming and Rakshasa, and is impartial."
Maintaining an armed balance between the Ming Dynasty and Rakshasa is a national policy that the Jin Dynasty has adhered to for more than a hundred years since it moved westward - even if the big mallet in the hands of the Jin Dynasty is thick and long enough, they cannot break this balance, let alone To offend one of the two great powers, Ming and Rakshasa. Otherwise, even if Daikin can defeat another big country with its own force and the support of a big country, it will definitely be severely damaged and unable to maintain its independence.
Zhuge Weidao smiled and said: "Since Dajin can't offend Rakshasa, let's send some troops to fight Turkey. At the same time, Dajin can also negotiate peace with Daying... After all, you Dajin are not real either. Do you want to conquer India?”
"Of course," Daoguang said with a smile, "My Dajin territory is big enough. I don't want to expand, I just want some yellow and white things."
Daoguang certainly had thoughts about India. In Central Asia, where the Kingdom of Dajin was founded, who doesn’t know that Indians are timid and rich? In the long "history of printing", a lot of space has been occupied by various Central Asian powers!
If the British Empire hadn't come, the Kingdom of Jin would definitely have gone south to India to make a fortune after subduing all the powerful powers. Unfortunately, bad luck happened. When Dajin finally became the master of Central Asia through the efforts of Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong, India had already become a colony of the British Empire.
But even so, the dream of "making a fortune in printing" is still buried in the hearts of Dajin Junchen.
But Daoguang would not tell Zhuge Weidao what he was thinking in his heart... Even if the other party could figure it out, he must have figured it out already.
"But if Daying doesn't get hurt, they won't be happy to pay for it, right? Let me calculate..." Zhuge Weidao started counting his fingers as he spoke - this is Zhuge The family's unique skill is "calculating with just one finger"!
Now everyone turned their attention to Zhuge Weidao's fingers. Especially the two senior brothers, Nalan Laoxian and He Shen, watched intently, as if there was really some mystery that they could figure out.
"Okay!" Zhuge Weidao had already counted on his fingers, "King Pingxi can use the Bagua machine gun array to defeat the British and Yi Wellington!"
