Wu Xiongying chatted with his colleagues and guided them on their future governance concepts for the territory.
At this time of Wu Xiongying, officers were already educated people, especially those in the Air Force. Many of them graduated from universities and had the title of military officer.
They will not turn a blind eye to management matters, and it is not difficult for them to become lords.
However, being capable and being able to do it well are two different things. Good study and skills do not necessarily mean management ability, nor do they necessarily know how to run a business.
That's why people like Wu Xiongying can quickly become prominent within their own group.
Most of the suggestions given to Wu Xiongying by the educated colleagues around him were written down very carefully, and they were ready to be put into practice when they arrived in the fiefdom.
At the banquets of the upper class of the Ming Dynasty, the popular drinks were wine and rice wine. The alcohol content was much lower than that of soju, so you could drink it slowly and chat.
The crowd stayed busy until after ten o'clock in the evening.
The next morning, Wu Xiongying got up, freshened up, packed his luggage, and went to the airport to take a passenger plane back to his hometown in Songjiang.
Wu Xiongying returned to the capital originally to participate in the ceremony to praise his achievements in the city. He didn't bring much luggage, just a few pieces of clothes in one package.
There were a large number of high-ranking officials in the capital, as well as a large number of traditional aristocratic families. He, a county boy, was inconspicuous at all.
Moreover, the imperial court has just ennobled a large number of new nobles in batches, numbering tens of thousands of people, large and small.
Although the vast majority are country squires and countrymen, there are also one to two thousand people with the traditional orthodox title of baron and above.
Especially during the celebration last night, the whole street was full of new dignitaries.
Hotels are filled with new dignitaries.
But after returning to his hometown, Wu Xiongying immediately became the center of attention.
Although the baron officially conferred by the court is the lowest among the traditional titles, he is still a serious noble. As long as his descendants work hard, they can retire with the country.
The key is that Wu Xiongying himself now holds the title of baron in a county.
County men can also enjoy the treatment of a sixth-grade official in the local area, which is just one level higher than the most senior county magistrate in the county.
According to Chinese tradition, a knighted person like Wu Xiongying is considered a "township elder" in his hometown.
If there are any major local issues, the county will usually invite him to the county government office to participate in discussions, and his opinions will be carefully consulted and considered.
The most important thing is that Wu Xiongying was knighted for actual military merit and has not yet retired, so he has a promising future.
Wu Xiongying received a warm welcome at the airport.
Major officials, led by the Shanghai magistrate, accompanied Wang Xiongying's parents and close relatives to the airport to welcome the hero Wu Xiongying back home.
At the same time, there were people from the aviation association and veterans, and even representatives from Songjiang Prefecture Yamen and Baoshan Guard Garrison came over to say hello.
Wu Xiongying truly felt the feeling of being in the spotlight.
Regarding the meaning of the title itself, Wu Xiongying finally had some sense of reality in his heart.
Wu Xiongying followed the reminder and paid homage to his father Wu Zhiyuan first.
According to the tradition before the Ming Dynasty, nobles who were knighted for military merit had to be knighted for three generations.
The father and grandfather of the recipient will also receive a nominal title of the same level.
However, there will be no actual salary, but only courtesy treatment.
The purpose is to avoid the situation where the status of the hero himself is higher than that of his father and grandfather.
After the Renwu Dynasty, the posthumous titles to his father and grandfather were no longer actually carried out separately.
Instead, in the canonization edicts and documents of meritorious officials, it is specifically listed that their ancestors can also enjoy the same level of ceremonial treatment.
Wu Zhiyuan will now also enjoy the courtesy of a baron, and he is in a very good mood.
I accepted the gift from my son with a smile, and then took him to greet his parents and officials in his hometown, as well as colleagues in related industries.
Although the county man is treated as a sixth-grade man, he has no direct power outside his own fiefdom.
The father-in-law in his hometown holds the actual administrative power. If he wants to cause trouble for him at any cost, a baron will feel very uncomfortable.
It's just that the officials are all on the move and basically don't deliberately cause conflicts with the locals.
Both sides were very polite, courteous to each other, and convenient to each other.
The welcome ceremony was very lively and everyone seemed very happy.
The last stage of the ceremony is for everyone to accompany Wu Xiongying to the Wu family's ancestral hall to express condolences to their ancestors.
After Wu Xiongying paid his respects, when the family was chatting, the elders who managed the ancestral hall smiled and said that they wanted to write a special article for Wu Xiongying.
He also said that after a hundred years, Wu Xiongying would be ranked together with the ancestor.
The people from the county government also said that this kind of thing should not only be written down in the Wu family's genealogy, but also in the county annals.
The Wu family prepared a banquet and invited all the guests to eat together. It was noisy until about three o'clock in the afternoon, and the guests from all walks of life gradually dispersed.
Wu Xiongying went to his room to sleep first, and then got up to have dinner with his family in the evening.
Wu Xiongying's family background is considered very good. When his father Wu Zhiyuan was young, he was already able to fly.
Wu Zhiyuan himself was skilled and well-known, and he naturally participated in the popular aviation industry, which expanded his family's assets.
Wu Zhiyuan himself graduated from college and had a bachelor's degree, so he could have had a concubine.
When the Ming Dynasty transferred slaves from mainland China, Zhu Jianyan, in order to allow the people to take the initiative to hand over the Korean maids and female slaves they had raised, gave them an opportunity to use the amount of slaves handed over in exchange for concubine quota. Of course, it was limited to Korean maids and women.
In this way, Wu Zhiyuan got a second concubine quota.
Wu Zhiyuan's wife, Wu Xiongying's mother, is the daughter of a well-matched businessman.
The first concubine was a Ming girl from a working-class family.
The second concubine was a Japanese woman.
Wu Zhiyuan is an airplane player, and he is in good health...
Together with three women, one wife and two concubines, they have given birth to a total of eighteen children, ten boys and eight girls.
Wu Xiongying is the eldest son or the eldest son of the family.
Wu Xiongying took a few older brothers to drink and chat with his still very excited father.
In the traditional social life of the Ming Dynasty, except for the eldest son who inherited the family business by default, there was not much difference whether the other children were legitimate or concubine.
As long as the mother's background is not too poor, she will be regarded as a normal child of the male owner, and the treatment will depend on whether the father likes her.
But no matter how poorly treated the unloved children are, they are still the children of the male master of the family, and there is still an insurmountable gap between them and their true status as slaves.
The situation in which concubines and concubines are like slaves to legitimate sons and daughters is mostly a demonized delusion created by later generations.
The current situation in the Wu family is that Wu Zhiyuan sits in the main seat, Wu Xiongying sits opposite his father, and Wu Xiongying's younger brothers sit beside them.
The mood of the group of people was very exciting. Several younger brothers looked at their eldest brother with envy and admiration.
At the same time, they are also thinking that if their elder brother becomes prosperous, what benefits will he get in the future?
The eldest brother will be the actual baron of Taixi from now on. If he gets a few Taixi Hujis in his territory, he should be able to capture them easily, right?
Wu Zhiyuan looked at his son's canonization edict and talked happily about the arrangements while drinking:
"Boss, even if you are the king of a country, you will continue to serve in the army. Someone will help you take care of the affairs of your fiefdom.
“If the third, fifth and sixth children are willing to go to school, they can stay in their hometown and continue to go to school and do business with me in the future.
"The two guys, the second and fourth, have no brains in books at all, and they do some sneaky things all day long.
"Just let them work in the fiefdom with you, which can be regarded as a job for them.
"But the three of them alone are not enough. They are even less reliable than you. We have to find a way to ask your Uncle Wei to come out and be your general manager for a few years.
“He knows everything about Tessie’s situation.
"Let your Uncle Wei take charge of the fief for you first, teach them how to do things for a few years, and train some local manpower for you.
"Your wedding has to be held now. If I go to Taixi this time, I don't know when I can come back.
"You are now a serious baron, and you are qualified to take two concubines directly in the Ming Dynasty. It is best to do it directly after the wedding.
"There is a chance that I can find you a decent Ming girl as a concubine in my hometown.
"When you get to Taixi, it won't be easy to find girls from decent families, and you still have the opportunity to recruit a few more Taixi Huji...
"By the way, bring your sisters over with you...
"In the current Ming Dynasty, many young boys have run away, and there are too many girls at home, so it is a bit troublesome to find a good family.
"But when we get to Taixi, there must be a new nobleman with the same status as you, who wants to marry a daughter of the Ming Dynasty as his wife.
"It will definitely be better to get married there than at home...
"No...you may not be able to handle this on your own, so I'd better go with you..."
Wu Xiongying nodded repeatedly as he listened, feeling that his father's arrangement was very good.
Your own fiefdom does need manpower, especially manpower that is reliable, trustworthy and capable enough.
If any of my younger brothers don't want to go to school, it's my duty to arrange a job for them.
I actually got engaged before I went to college.
I originally planned to get married after graduating from college, but ended up going directly to the battlefield before graduating. This time I returned home to hold the wedding first before leaving.
The gap between the proportion of school-age girls in Ming Dynasty and overseas is still relatively large.
Most of the ordinary people who go overseas directly go alone, go with their sons instead of their daughters, or go as newlyweds.
I really should try to choose two concubines from the Ming Dynasty directly in my hometown and take them to Taixi.
I should also find ways to help with my sisters' marriages.
It should be the most appropriate choice now to take a few older sisters to Taixi and marry new nobles from neighboring fiefdoms or their brothers, or former comrades and their brothers.
In the end, Wu Xiongying had basically no objection to his father's nagging, and he agreed wholeheartedly.
The two sons Wu Zhiyuan mentioned were overjoyed when they heard their father mentioned this arrangement and saw their eldest brother readily agreed.
After the family dinner, Wu Xiongying's younger brothers went back to their room and told their mother about the arrangements made by their father and eldest brother. They were all very happy.
The next morning, Wu Zhiyuan took Wu Xiongying, and the father and son went to visit Wei Yuan together.
After Wei Yuan returned from overseas, he obtained the imperial examination and became a teacher at Songjiang University, teaching geography courses.
Wu Zhiyuan and his son invited him to serve as general manager for Wu Xiongying. He could even be regarded as the prime minister, but the scope of his management was only one county.
From a university teacher to a county magistrate, the monarch who cooperates is still the son of a friend, who will also be in the army for a long time in the future.
In the future, my actual power will be much greater than that of ordinary county magistrates, and there will be no term limit.
Although the place of work is far away in Thailand, if it were given to other ordinary university teachers, they might not be willing to go there and do this job.
But Wei Yuan doesn't mind going overseas. He is very interested in the overseas world.
After the Ming Dynasty accepted the Western countries, the changes in the people and society in Western Europe also had a good attraction for Wei Yuan.
So Wei Yuan basically agreed without much thought, and then went directly to the school principal to resign.
Ask the mountain chief to recruit a replacement teacher as soon as possible. He will be leaving in three months at most.
Wu Xiongying will not go to Taixi to take office immediately.
For meritorious generals like Wu Xiongying, the court gave them enough time to arrange their family affairs.
Before the Renwu Dynasty, after passing the Jinshi examination, they had half a year to a year to arrange their family affairs.
Wu Xiongying just needs to rush back to his unit before the end of the Chinese New Year holiday next year.
However, Wu Xiongying was still a small lord, and before he returned to the army and took up his post, he had to make arrangements for his territory.
Therefore, Wu Xiongying had to be a little ahead of schedule, leaving at least one or two months to rush to Philo County in advance to accept the fief.
This leaves only three months left in the country, and the time is a bit tight.
Wu Zhiyuan and his son stayed with Wei Yuan for a day and discussed matters related to fiefdom management, Thai and Western customs, and the world situation.
Wu Zhiyuan and his son went home the next day and began to arrange the wedding for Wu Xiongying.
Time was tight, and there was no time to extend all the rituals to half a year in full accordance with ancient traditions.
However, the two families knew each other well, and Wu Xiongying and his fiancée were already familiar with each other.
Knowing the situation on Wu Xiongying's side, they were of course willing to cooperate.
After getting married, I found a concubine from Ming Dynasty.
However, considering the mood of his newlywed wife, Wu Xiongying did not immediately take care of the concubine.
Instead, after having someone find a candidate, he went to the Yamen to sign the marriage contract for the concubine, and arranged for their family to follow him to Taixi.
Let them live in their own fiefdom for a year and a half before performing the concubinage ceremony.
On the second day of November in the fifth year of the Grand Duke's reign, Wu Xiongying and his family mixed with Wei Yuan and took a long-distance passenger plane to the West.
Both Wu Xiongying and his son like to fly, but they both feel that taking boats and trains is too slow.
After several consecutive transfers for repairs, the group arrived at Wu Xiongying's fiefdom, Philai City in the center of Philo County, the original Figueres City, on the next morning.
There are actually only about 50,000 people in the city of Figueres. In the Ming Dynasty before the industrial era, it could still be regarded as a normal county town.
But now the urban areas of many towns in Songjiang Prefecture have more people than here.
When the Ming Dynasty accepted the city of Figueres, there was no fighting in the city. The defenders directly handed over the entire city to the Ming Dynasty.
When Lucia and the Germans conquered Spain, only small battles broke out around the city.
When the city was finally handed over to the Ming Dynasty, it was still basically intact.
There is a quite large castle in the city, which is the largest military fortress in the entire Catalonia region, but it played no role in mechanized warfare.
There are also a large number of traditional Thai and Western buildings, but there are not many new buildings in the Ming Dynasty style.
When Wu Xiongying and his group's plane arrived over the city, the city they saw looked a bit like ruins.
A large number of traditional Thai and Western buildings are being demolished and turned into building materials to build new facilities.
Crosses have been removed from church steeples in the city.
The castle is being restored to its stone state.
It is obvious that ordinary people who used to live in the city have now become workers and are doing these jobs.
There were several groups of soldiers patrolling the city, some of them were Ming troops, and some were servant soldiers from Xianbei, Persia, Egypt and other places.
Wei Yuan sat by the window of the plane and looked at the scene below, sighing with emotion.
But nothing was said.
