Huadu, named because it is located on the edge of the Huashui River, although it is the capital of the Ocean Empire, it is a new city that has been built for less than 14 years, the city takes the traditional central axis symmetrical thinking and the chessboard pattern distribution of the "Fang" as the main concept, and uses the outer city to set the inner city, and the inner city sets the imperial city to protect the emperor living in the imperial city in the way of "big mouth and small mouth".

The construction of Huadu, the basic facilities are designed by Westerners, and the master plan is designed by Mr. Li Shengyi of Dongyue and the Lei family from the Qing court, a "Suzaku Avenue" from south to north, straight to the imperial city, from the outside to the inside through a total of 5 gates, you can clearly see the appearance of the imperial city. Most of the inner cities were the residences of the imperial court institutions and noble ministers. Today, Emperor Shuozheng learned from the gradual restructuring of the British system, and set up 17 departments under the government hall, and these departments occupied the most advantageous office space in the inner city.

Of course, the most spacious departmental office building in the inner city is the Central Sergeant's Palace, which is located in the west of the imperial city and occupies the treasure land of feng shui in the Huashui Basin.

The Central Sergeant's Mansion, the most conspicuous thing is the two brass unicorns at the door, the workmanship of the two is extremely meticulous, just the lion that catches the ball, there are 12 parts, not to mention the little lion under the feet, it is even more fine and even the hair is clear and abnormal.

Entering the "Mighty Gate" of the Sergeant's Mansion, Mo Longxiang's worries all the way suddenly relaxed, and he smiled self-deprecatingly with the phrase "Come and come".

King Chu and King Huai, who were waiting for a meeting in the ear gatehouse, also inadvertently saw Mo Longxiang who entered the mansion.

Looking at the descendants of this young nephew outside the window, the king of Chu said to King Huai who was sitting: "The third brother was called the "leading general" back then, and now this fourth brother's child has robbed you of your title. Sitting on King Huai, he glanced at the King of Chu and said: "It's just a marginal son, as the old saying goes, if he is in King Luo's army, he can be regarded as a 'leader'." Now in the Central Fleet, he is only a nominal commander. Yesterday, I just received a letter, your ship is very hot on other people's children's territory, don't fool around with Portugal, my father gave you the twin islands in the north and south, don't lose it. ”

"Third brother, why do you say this, the north and south islands of the twins, you go and inquire, that person doesn't say that I am good, a few days ago, the group of people who were engaged in statistics in the political affairs hall did not send a commendation telegram, and the trade of the twin islands is the first. Besides, you don't understand the affairs of the sea, third brother, it's not what you think. After the King of Chu finished speaking, King Huai frowned and didn't speak, and when King Chu saw that King Huai didn't speak, he said angrily: "What is this Mo Hu doing, calling us people to come, and we have to wait for a long time." King Huai stood up and said very seriously: "Fifth brother, in the army, you must be called marshal." ”

"The third brother is pedantic, this Mo Hu is relying on his father's power, and we only listen to the orders of this sergeant's mansion, otherwise, the order of this sergeant's mansion will also be transferred within the jurisdiction of this central military region." The king of Chu had a western mustache, shaved his western head, smeared his shiny head oil, and when he spoke, the shaking of his beard and the beating of his eyebrows made King Huai scold in his heart "stupid hat".

King Huai stopped talking, and King Chu didn't have anything to say, so he froze. But after a while, the king of Chu muttered again: "Third brother, you say, my father's illness is nothing serious, right?" ”

When King Huai heard this, he ignored King Chu, raised his leg and walked out of the ear gate room and walked towards the sergeant's mansion.

In the deepest courtyard of the Central Sergeant's Palace, is the office of the Marshal of the Central Sergeant's Office, this courtyard is called "Zhenyuan", which means the meaning of the town guard, and is the name given by the owner of this courtyard. The ministers gave this name to the word "vulgar".

Marshal Mo Hu is the master of this courtyard, the marshal of the Central Military Officer's Office, the commander-in-chief of the Central Military Region, the cousin of His Majesty today, and the king of Zhennan, who holds the imperial military power. can be simply called "stubborn old man", because in addition to His Majesty's speech, he can simply say "yes". The rest of the people, saying that if they follow Mo Hu's meaning, then everything will be fine, if it goes against Mo Hu's meaning, the old man will even come to the door to scold you and make you change your mind. If you have a bad temper, you will be abusive at least and get started at worst, which is recognized.

Bald, bearded, short, sturdy, thick eyebrows and big eyes, this constitutes the image of Mo Hu, although he hangs the rank of marshal in public, he still does not look like a "big official". The smoky teeth are sallow, and the smell of e-cigarette oil can really make people retreat. Because of this incident, there was also a joke in the market, saying that when Mo Hu saw His Majesty, he was afraid that the taste in his mouth would not be good, so he covered his mouth and spoke, and His Majesty saw that Mo Hu covered his mouth, and thought it was some private talk, so he retreated, but Mo Hu said: Your Majesty, the tea you gave me last time was very delicious. His Majesty smiled directly and said: I will let them all out, and you will tell me this.

Of course, jokes are jokes, Mo Hu's military spirit, this is real.

Mo Hu sat behind the desk, and on the single stool in front of the desk sat another general, and the children's song here sang "a marshal, a bald brain, four generals, and a father". That's right, this general is His Majesty's second son, King Qi.

"Uncle, you called us over in a hurry, saying that it was for the 38 years of military funds of the empire, what is the will of my father?" King Qi is a prince that Mo Hu likes very much, and he is also a prince who has grown up since he was a child, and today he can let King Qi enter the town courtyard, which is also a kind of treatment that is higher than others.

"You said you, everyone else came, you were good, and sent me a telegram, saying that there is something wrong and you can't come? If I hadn't called you personally, wouldn't you have a deputy here? After Mo Hu finished speaking, he took a cigarette casually, and when King Qi saw it, he handed over the matchbox he used.

King Qi watched Mo Hu light a cigarette, and said with a smile: "Uncle, I'm really busy." You also know that I am in the northwest of the empire, a poor place, out of the people, not some time ago the natives also reversed. But then again, uncle, this black box phone is really interesting, you train me here, I listen to it over there without changing at all, it's a little interesting, I thought it was an ornament, so I want to have one in each military department, it's too expensive. ”

"What are you crying about on my side, as far as there are many mines out of your place, let me tell you, your oppression of the indigenous people has been reported to the court, don't think that if Your Majesty doesn't give an order, you can do whatever you want, and if you can't control it, you just wait." Although Mo Hu's tone was reproachful, King Qi listened to it very comfortably, and got two pieces of news from it: First, the father knew about the aborigines. Second, although I know that there is no decree, it means that my father acquiesced in his actions.

"Yes, yes, yes, my uncle is right. Uncle, a few days ago, I found a gold mine there, don't you look for the little brother just came back from abroad, you see say hello to the little brother, go to my place to help me manage the gold mine, do an industry or something. The new gold mine in King Qi's mouth is not a new gold mine, but it turned out that the gold mine that King Qi himself secretly mined was later found out by the Imperial Metropolitan Procuratorate, and then lied that it was newly discovered. Mo Hu knows this.

"Don't do this for me, what's wrong, what do you want to do with me? Besides, what is he going to do, what am I going to say hello, I will ask myself. Mo Hu also gave a relatively positive answer, but King Qi still put on a smiling face and waited for Mo Hu to speak.

"Don't giggle, Your Majesty will come to the meeting in person today, pay attention to what you say. From now on, if you want to learn from Britain in military spending in the future, you have to report the budget first, and then the sergeant's office will approve it, and finally His Majesty will make a ruling. After Mo Hu said this, King Qi achieved his goal, and after a few more idle words, he retired, and when he arrived in a secluded corner, he ordered his subordinates to prepare as soon as possible.

While Mo Hu and King Qi were talking, the only one of the four generals of the empire wearing a navy uniform, the fourth son of the emperor, King Luo, had just arrived at the Central Sergeant's Mansion.

King Luo's temperament is closer to the British gentleman's style, the main reason is that King Luo studied in England in the early years, and even served in the British fleet, which is why the fleet of King Luo is currently the strongest in the empire.

King Luo's style is also a template for other generals to follow, for example, the first car in the empire is King Luo's car, and the most popular telephone network in the empire is also King Luo's Wanghai District. In addition to King Luo's temperament, the background is extremely profound, fluent in English and Western Chinese, appreciating ancient and modern masterpieces, liking historical literature and ink, and even studying Western drama.

King Luo's appearance is also a very iconic face and a body of tendon flesh, without a beard, but with gold wire glasses. The ring he often wears on his hand represents the school where he studied. King Luo doesn't like hair oil, so his hair is extremely standard, and the whole person does not have the solemn air that a soldier should have, but is an elegant and polite scholarly anger.

King Luo entered the gate, and a non-commissioned officer at hand stepped forward to take the gold beads that King Luo had been holding in his hand. The gold bead is only one, not big, about the size of a small thumb, round, solid, and a little heavy when people weigh it. King Luo likes to hold something in his hand, and it seems that everyone knows that it was a gold coin some time ago, and then he lost it, so he asked someone to get a gold bead. In fact, it's not lost, it's just a casual reward.

It's a pity that the military government has a death rule that you are not allowed to carry Jin Ge's things, so even if it is a small gold bead, you have to accept it.

Waiting for the non-commissioned officer to take it, King Luo said casually: "I've rewarded you." The non-commissioned officer's face turned red and he thanked him repeatedly. When King Luo turned around, a whisper asked, "Today, how many levels of garrison." The junior sergeant also immediately replied: "Class A garrison." ”

King Luo's eyes lit up at that time, and he turned his head to stare at the little non-commissioned officer and strode in.