A high-ranking figure like Zhuge Weidao is gearing up, preparing to provoke a war that can change the world structure. When the Ming Empire seized the power to dominate the world. Little people like Lu Benwei don't care about this world war at all. Although he has just returned to the Ming Dynasty from the Persian Gulf Fleet at the forefront of the war, and he was promoted for his outstanding performance in the Battle of Goa. , promoted from a staff sergeant to a third-level sergeant. But there is only one thing on his mind right now - get married, quickly!
This was a lesson he learned at the Battle of Goa - almost to death! If you die without even marrying a wife, wouldn't your life be in vain? So when he returned to China with his old boss Lei Teng, he expressed his intention to retire and return to his hometown in Yunnan to get married.
But that Lei Teng was unwilling to let him go! Lu Benwei has good eyesight, and he is also gifted with night eyes. He is also very skilled in using a rangefinder, and he can accurately measure everything! How reassuring is it to put it on the mast?
So Colonel Lei told him that it would be difficult to find a wife without farmland in the countryside, and his points were not enough. It would take several more years to divide the farmland in the countryside. If he was eager to get married, he might as well go to a big city like Shanghai. Look around. There are many young girls there, and the husband is not required to have land at home. As long as he has a good house and a good job, that's basically all.
Lei Teng also told Yu Benwei that the economy is not good now, and it would be difficult for a noncommissioned officer like him who has no education and no skills to find a job after retiring. It is better to work as a third-level sergeant first - for ordinary people, This is a high-paying job!
Moreover, if he uses his "points" to exchange for a house in Shanghai, he can still get the care of the navy. It will not be difficult to buy him a small independent building near Wusong Military Port.
With such conditions, if he is lucky, he can find someone who is beautiful and has a lot of dowry, then he will be lucky.
Colonel Lei also patted his chest and said that he had a cousin named Lei Tianying, who was the manager of Shanghai Wusong Military Port Naval Club. He had a very good career. He knew many young and beautiful women and was often used as a matchmaker.
Therefore, Lu Benwei tricked him into coming to Shanghai, the most prosperous city in the Ming Empire. Now he is sitting in a Shanghai brand car with Feng Mingshan, a third-class petty officer of the Naval Aviation Corps.
The owner of this car is Lei Teng's cousin Lei Tianying. He is a retired naval lieutenant colonel. He is handsome, tall and burly. Although he is no longer in active service, he has got a position as the manager of the Navy Club, and he is still going on. Serving the navy of the Ming Empire.
He is also famous for his warm-heartedness, and he can make arrangements for all naval academy-level and general-level officers who come to Shanghai for vacation. Moreover, he especially likes to protect military officers and non-commissioned officers, and his success rate is quite high. Over time, he also had two very famous nicknames in the navy, one was "Yue Lao Lei" and the other was "Pimp Lei".
Today he is "Yue Laolei", and he is driving his newly purchased Shanghai brand car, dragging two navy chiefs who want to marry each other, and walking on the bustling street.
Along with Yu Benwei is a twenty-four or five-year-old airship pilot and a third-level sergeant. He is from Liaoning, his surname is Feng, and his given name is Mingshan. Like Yu Benwei, he is a "third-level sergeant major" with no background, no diploma, and no family fortune. However, he looks pretty good, a Northeastern man, with a Chinese character face, fair skin, tall height, and a talented person. Therefore, there are quite a lot of demands on the other half, and Lei Tianying was always talking about it along the way.
"Lieutenant Colonel Lei, do you think that a poor person like me can marry a fair-skinned, beautiful, long-legged lady who is gentle, considerate and has a dowry?"
Lu Benwei, who was sitting aside, said, "Is this a toad that wants to eat swan meat?"
Lei Tianying thought for a while and said with a smile: "If you have long legs, why don't you take a look at the tall girls outside the car window?"
After hearing this, Lu Benwei also looked out of the car window with Fengmingshan. There were many hotels and restaurants on this fourth road. It was probably almost dinner time. There were many short waitresses on the street to welcome guests. Most of them are tall, but they are really rare. But those short waitresses all have pretty faces.
In addition, there are many fashionably dressed women coming and going on this street. They are all walking in a hurry. I wonder if they are rushing to go on a blind date? Judging from their stature, most of them are short.
"Then I don't want long legs. Girls, it's better to be petite." Feng Mingshan looked at the woman passing by outside the car window with a happy smile on his face.
"That means fair skin, good looks, gentleness, and thoughtfulness. Dowry?" Lei Tianying asked seriously, "Is there any more?"
"No." Fengmingshan seemed to know that he was a bit of a "toad" and asked again, "Is it really possible?"
Lei Tianying said, "How much is the dowry?"
"Yes, can I have 6,000?" Fengmingshan tried to give the number.
Lu Benwei next to him laughed when he heard this number: "6,000? The annual income of our third-level non-commissioned officers, not counting military bonuses, is only 600."
"It's not a problem within 10,000," Lei Tianying paused, "Mingshan, do you have any other requirements? It's agreed now, don't raise the price later, it will be boring."
"No, no more." Fengmingshan shook his head in doubt, "Is it really possible?"
"Okay!" Lei Tianying said, "But I also have conditions. I have to settle down in Shanghai, and I can't go to the countryside to farm."
"That's no problem," Feng Mingshan said with a smile, "I would like to plant it, but my brother has to plant all my land, so I can only get a small dilapidated house in Shanghai (a single-family house with a yard). Broken house)."
"Me too," Lu Benwei said. "All the land in the countryside of Yunnan has been given to my brother. I have nothing, so I can only go to Shanghai to get a small shabby house."
"That's okay." Lei Tianying asked again, "Alu, what else do you want?"
"Me?" Lu Benwei glanced at Fengmingshan beside him. He was not as handsome as anyone else. He couldn't have such high demands.
Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and said: "I want to be fair-skinned, beautiful, gentle and considerate. No dowry!"
"What?" Lei Tianying was stunned, "No dowry? Your demands are a bit high and it's difficult to handle!"
"Ah?" Lu Benwei looked at Lei Tianying blankly, "What about my dowry?"
"That's okay! Then I want 10,000!" Lei Tianying said, "Do you two have any other requests?"
"Gone!"
"It's really gone!"
At this time, Lei Tianying suddenly stepped on the brakes and stopped the car. Then he turned around and said to the two of them: "You two sergeants had better keep doing it until you can't do it anymore. The woman I introduced to you is particularly popular." Those who join the army."
"Okay! I will keep working in the navy until the navy no longer wants me!"
"Me too!"
Lei Tianying laughed and said: "Okay, get off the car. We are at the place."
Where have you been?
Feng Mingshan and Lu Benwei got off the car and looked up and found that they were standing outside an antique building that looked a little too refined but not impressive enough. A small wooden sign was hung at the entrance of the building with the three words "Big Black Room" on it.
"Big Black Room?"
"Manager Lei, where is this place?"
Lei Tianying smiled and said: "This is the best Japanese restaurant in Shanghai."
"Japanese restaurant?"
“Are the best ones expensive?”
Lei Tianying nodded and said: "It's definitely expensive, but you don't have to pay the bill. Today is the woman's treat."
"Is the woman treating you to a treat?"
"How embarrassing is this?"
Lei Tianying smiled and said: "What are you so embarrassed about? We will be a family soon, and what's theirs is yours. Get your military uniforms sorted and come with me!"
As he spoke, he took one by one and pulled the two third-level sergeants, Feng Mingshan and Lu Benwei, into the big black room - the same big black room where Zhuge Weidao and Daheikong met for the first time. In addition to being the most exclusive Japanese restaurant in Shanghai, it is also a base for the Dahei family's high-end meat business.
The Dahei family's cross-border skin and meat business is very detailed, with various grades available, the highest-end of which is of course Daheikong's. The second level is to train exclusive maids for the eight aristocratic families, and the third level is to find Japanese concubines for the wealthy people in the Jiangnan area. And those concubines are not lifelong. In many cases, they stop working after a few years. At this time, the big black house will provide them with "remarriage" services.
(End of chapter)
