New Year's Eve of the second year of Ankang has finally arrived.
Families around the world gather together to have the last meal of the year, review the past year, and discuss the possibilities for next year.
Zhu Jingyuan took his two concubines and had dinner with his grandparents to settle the final questions.
"If I am responsible for the entire Yinzhou affairs, should my base be in Cuba or Panama?"
Zhu Zhongliang immediately glared at Zhu Jingyuan:
"Those places are not stable yet. You don't want to put yourself in danger, so just follow me to New Tianfu City."
Zhu Jingyuan tried to present the facts and persuade his grandfather rationally:
“According to the original plan, in order for me to accumulate grassroots experience, during the administrative training, although I will be in charge of military and political affairs in a region, my job is still as a grassroots official in a certain place.
"In the first stage, I was supposed to be an official at the township level. When I was in Liusha City in Dashi Country, I was actually the chief official of Liusha Town. Liusha City was nominally a county, but at that time it was actually a town.
"In the next stage, I should serve as a county-level official, and Xintianfucheng is at least a prefecture-level city, and can even be regarded as a companion capital."
Zhu Zhongliang said of course:
"Then you can go to Fuguo County, a subsidiary of Xintianfu City, and become the county magistrate.
“There are ready-made palaces and palaces in Xintianfu City, which can be used directly.
"When you go to places like Cuba and Panama, you can only stay in the castles left by the Westerners."
Zhu Jingyuan suddenly thought of something:
"For the magistrate of Guo County, as the saying goes, if you have misfortune in your three lives, the county magistrate will be attached to Guo; if you do evil in your three lives, you will be attached to the provincial capital of Guo; if you are full of evil, you will be attached to the capital of Guo..."
Zhu Zhongliang immediately couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this:
"What nonsense are you talking about? Ordinary officials dislike the magistrate of Fuguo County. That's because he doesn't like having someone bigger than him weighing him down at any time.
"When you are in charge of Fuguo County of Xintian Mansion, you are also the governor of the entire Xintian Mansion. Who can suppress you?
"Actually, your position is reversed. You are the governor of Yinzhou and concurrently the magistrate of Guo County, Xintianfu."
Zhu Jingyuan thought for a while:
"It seems...that's true, but someone is indeed suppressing me...it's you!"
Zhu Zhongliang immediately said angrily:
"That's right, who made me your biological father? I can suppress you wherever you go!"
The capital of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Jianyan, was chatting with his queen and imperial concubine before the royal family banquet began.
Zhu Jianyan said with emotion and helplessness:
"Father is not coming back today. He will celebrate the New Year with Jingyuan in Meng County."
The queen sighed and said:
"I may not come back next year. I said I will go directly to Xintianfu for retirement."
Zhu Jianyan then praised and said:
"Xintianfu is indeed suitable for retirement. When I retire, I will go to Xintianfu for retirement."
Imperial Concubine Liang Yunying said with a smile:
"Your Majesty, you have only been on the throne for two years, why are you thinking of retiring..."
Zhu Jianyan immediately said:
"That kid Jingyuan is only seventeen years old. He is starting to plan a place to retire now..."
Liang Yunying was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that her son had indeed planned a place for retirement.
Hao Zhongyi, director of the knitting workshop of the Mengxian Textile Factory, brought his family together to discuss the next thing.
Hao Zhongyi’s wife, Wang, said rather puzzledly:
"Master, do we really want to go to Xintian Mansion with Mr. Lin during the Chinese New Year?"
Hao Zhongyi took a sip of wine and said with great satisfaction:
"I have promised to shopkeeper Lin, and he has also given me a salary increase. There is no way I will not go."
Hao Zhongyi’s cousin was a little worried:
"Brother Zhongyi, you went to Xintianfu, what will we do?"
Hao Zhongyi smiled and reassured:
"I went to Xintianfu to get promoted. I didn't quit, and I didn't say I wouldn't come back. Everyone would bully you.
"Besides, as long as you work honestly and don't stir up trouble, what's there to worry about?
"Even if I am here and you commit a crime, you will still be punished.
"So you don't have to think too much, just do what you should do after the New Year."
Then his younger brother Hao Jizhi couldn’t help but said:
"Second brother, I also want to go to Xintianfu!"
Hao Zhongyi immediately waved his hand and said:
"Don't think about it. I'm going to build a new factory for the king. What are you going to do? Are you going to cause trouble? Just work here and save money. When the factory over there is built, I'll see if I can come back here. , I’d better find a way to take you there.”
In the back hall of New Roman Tea Shop in Meng County, Xianglan and her family gathered here for a reunion dinner. After all, this place is much more spacious than the dormitory.
However, Xianglan was still a little uneasy, staring at her eldest daughter Aoxue from time to time and asking this and that:
"Aoxue, how did you get the property deed and the authorization letter?"
Aoxue lied absentmindedly and said:
"I helped the old lady cross the street. It turned out that the old lady was a rich woman and she was going back to her hometown in Persia, so she left the store to me."
My younger sister Ling Shuang couldn't help but be curious:
"Sister, is it really okay for our whole family to live here like this? When do you think Aunt An will come back?"
Aoxue frowned and asked:
"Have we let you come and live here? Don't you think about the probability yourself? What does the old Persian mother named An...do you care about whether the old lady comes back or not?"
Aoxue almost called her an old bitch, but forcibly changed her name to an old lady.
Xianglan hesitated for a few seconds and asked the same question again:
"Aoxue, what are you thinking about? Should you let someone act as a matchmaker for you?
"After the New Year, you will be twenty-one. If you don't get married, you will really be old!"
Aoxue said loudly and slightly annoyed:
"I'll say it one last time! Don't talk to me about getting married again, I won't get married!"
Xianglan’s father couldn’t help but scolded:
"Hey...you are already a twenty-year-old girl, and you still dress so immodestly all day long. Even if you ask someone to introduce you, no one may be interested in you. If you don't marry, who will you marry?"
Aoxue put down the bowl and quickly stood up and left:
"You guys can eat by yourself, I'm going back to my room..."
Returning to his room, he took off his shoes and sat on the bed, curling his body and wrapping his arms around his legs in a daze.
Aoxue didn't want to quarrel with her family, so she didn't say anything about driving them away.
After all, she is their daughter, and a child cannot quarrel with her parents.
The key is that Ye Quan can't understand. It's impossible for them to understand themselves.
It is impossible to tell anyone about working for the king.
That old bitch, I was really looking forward to her coming.
If she comes, she will have an excuse to report to the Prince's Mansion.
Maybe I won’t have the chance to see the king, but the distance will finally be a little closer...
In the European continent and London, England, several brothers of the Rothschild family also gathered together to discuss the present and future.
Nathan Rothier looked at his younger brother James Meyer Rothier and said:
"According to the information I've heard, the price of the 20% stretch yarn sold by Dashi Clothing Store will not go back up."
Meyer screamed directly:
"How is this possible! Do they want to give up the price of one hundred silver notes?
They could have continued selling it at this price! You can even sell it for a higher price!
"If it were me, I would sell it for at least 160 silver notes, or even 200 silver notes!"
Nathan recalled the news he received:
"It is said that they will launch new products, products with a higher proportion of elastic yarn, to take over the price range of one hundred silver notes."
Meyer was shocked:
"This...if they really do this, then the goods I brought back will be completely lost..."
Nathan immediately said:
"So you sell it quickly, even if you lose money, you have to sell it. The longer you keep it, the more you will lose.
"What if they continue to produce products with a higher proportion of elastic yarn and continue to reduce prices for products with 20% elastic yarn..."
Meyer felt that the whole world was against him:
"Why are they doing this? Obviously the effect of 20% elastic yarn is excellent.
"I think even if we continue to increase the proportion, it won't have very good results..."
Nathan warned very seriously:
“In order to make this wave of smugglers including you lose all their money!
"Anyway, the cost of this kind of thing will definitely not exceed three silver coins. Even if the elastic fiber ratio is increased to 30%, the cost price will not exceed four silver coins.
“But I can get all your goods into my hands.
"So give up and run the Tianzhu slave trade honestly. Although it is troublesome, you can make money steadily and continuously."
Meyer's superiors said loudly:
"No, I can't give up. Emperor Renwu said, get up wherever you fall.
“They updated the product formula and I was able to continue smuggling in new products.
"I have found a safe way to hide the goods. I will go there again immediately after the New Year!"
Nathan was a little desperate:
"You... why are you so stubborn! You will definitely lose everything!"
In the West Xianbei Principality, Xianbei Duke Luo Yashan and his family also gathered together.
Luo Yashan poured himself a glass of wine, looked around with emotion and said:
“All the Lucia elements have finally been sent away, the situation in the country has finally stabilized, and development is on the right track.
"Starting next year, in our Xianbei Principality, we will finally be able to live a stable life."
His wife, Zhao Xinlian, said with a deep heart:
"Those guys are crazy, don't care about other people's feelings, and think everyone who wears Ming Dynasty clothes is guilty.
"I actually encouraged you to rebel. What's the difference between that and seeking death..."
Luo Yashan drank all the wine in the glass:
"Hey...it was all done to fight the Ming Dynasty and make those civilians feel that they are the masters of the country.
"You have to fight for your country, but you are just being used as cannon fodder by your father...
"As a result, the father abandoned them, and they collapsed and went crazy..."
Zhao Xinlian is not very interested in this kind of topic:
"I wonder how Feiya has been living these past two years..."
Luo Yashan immediately laughed:
“It must be better than us, His Royal Highness Prince Dashi is the second richest man in the world.
"We were all wrong at first. Liusha City is really floating on the golden sea.
“Not only can oil itself make money, but the clothes made from the refined elastic silk are really more expensive than gold.
“The key is that all information shows that His Highness is the most kind to his subordinates.
"In the photo that Feiya sent last time, she was wearing clothes designed by His Highness himself."
Zhao Xinlian knew what her husband was talking about:
"Why do Thai men like to wear tight pants and long stockings? Don't you think it's awkward?"
Luo Yashan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and asked:
"Actually, you can think about it the other way around, why do Ming people like wide robes and big sleeves so much? Don't you think it's awkward?
“It’s just a difference in traditional customs and habits.
“But there is a shortcoming in this custom of the Taixi people, and His Royal Highness Prince Dashi has made up for it.
“So they all willingly gave money to Prince Dashi’s Palace.
"Including my stupid brothers...and maybe sisters..."
In Lucia's capital, Moscow, the Kremlin, Emperor Lucia's family dinner is also underway.
The abdicated Emperor Paul sat at the head of the throne together with the new Emperor Nicholas I.
Nicholas I, the original Prince Nicholas, had been stationed in the New Lucia Colony in central Mexico for a year. He had just returned to Moscow this year to succeed his father and become the Lucia Emperor.
Because of my endless longing for the coast under the sun, I often run around in the wild and on the beach, and my face turns red from the sun.
Nicholas is now wearing the new Ming-style formal attire suitable for the northern region, including a slim-fitting shirt, a long cashmere windbreaker jacket, a cashmere pleated skirt, high-heeled leather boots, and pantyhose.
Nicholas looked at the blazing fireplace not far away, the heating pipes and radiators surrounding the entire palace, and felt the surrounding temperature of less than 20 degrees, and couldn't help but recall the life in Mozhou:
"We might as well move the capital to New Lucia. We have officially named it the capital of St. Petersburg. There are warm sunny beaches and a summer-like climate all year round. That is the promised land of our Lucia!"
Nicholas's wife, brothers, sons, and nephews were all moved when they heard these words.
The warm coastline and sandy beaches under the sun have a fatal attraction for Lucians.
Emperor Paul immediately coughed twice loudly:
"No nonsense! Moscow is the heart of Lucia and always will be, and St. Petersburg can serve as a deputy capital."
Nicholas said immediately:
"Father is right, then make St. Petersburg the capital of the Lucia Empire! As the Emperor of Lucia, I should be stationed in the capital for six months every year!"
Paul felt he had been cheated:
"you--"
Nicholas said immediately:
"Father, you can go together and retire in the warm Mozhou."
Paul couldn't help but sigh:
"All right."
Beiyinzhou, Dongyi Kingdom, Wei County.
After a year of unremitting efforts, Erica, a Thai-Western girl from the Dongyi Kingdom, finally hooked up the flag general Li Qingsong into bed.
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The two of them were in Erica's house, on the bed in her own room, and they fell head over heels in love.
After the clouds stopped and the rain stopped, Li Qingsong held Erica's waist and scolded her in annoyance:
"You, a Xiyi woman, are really too coquettish. After all, you made me make a big mistake..."
Erica was extremely satisfied both physically and mentally, and she completely regarded the description of "saucy" as a compliment:
"Then what? What do you want to do with me now?"
Li Qingsong sighed leisurely:
"Although you are from a good family and a young girl, I already have a wife.
"If you are willing to be my concubine, go and register the marriage certificate after the county government holiday is over.
"Then take leave to see my wife. She should be able to accept you. After all, you gave your body to me..."
Erica hugged Li Qingsong's waist tightly, raised her head and kissed him on the face:
"Of course I am willing. I know you will not be irresponsible, so... hehe..."
Li Qingsong sighed helplessly again.
