Chapter 52: Dismount (I)

In the midst of the noise, FedEx has succeeded in creating success, although it has not yet started formal operation, but when the new year comes, it has set up a preliminary team, began to recruit personnel, began to train employees, and began to carry out various actions that seem incredible to many businesses in this era. All FedEx vehicles, both passenger and freight, are painted bright blue, and have the FedEx logo and name on the front and back of the vehicle. And all FedEx employees, except for some managers, are all in the same blue uniform, with the same distinctive FedEx logo and font on the back. The cuffs and shoulders of the uniform, as well as the neckline, are clearly marked to indicate the rank of the employee. The requirements for the appearance and appearance of employees are more than the requirements for military appearance and military discipline in the army. In this era, FedEx is not only the first company to have a full set of visual identity design since ancient times, but also the first organization to clarify the core corporate culture of "responsibility, honor and service". Everything is too much like the army, too in line with the style of these veterans, and even during the trial operation, FedEx's mixed passenger and freight transport team actually had scouts who went 30 miles ahead, guards who were 20 miles behind, and even soldiers on both wings who continued to poke out and retract...... All this makes FedEx, which is scheduled to officially operate from February, look forward to many merchants.

However, this is not the most interesting topic. During this time, the most eye-catching thing was the women's team formed by Tan Weixin. It was not so much that he was moved by Chi Lei's words, but rather that Chi Li, who had been idle at home for a long time, finally came out of his state of mind, and when Tan Weixin was entangled in messy affairs, it was actually Chi Li who was running this team that was destined to attract attention. In addition to Situ Huang Xuping's daughter Huang Wan, Zhuo Shuyun, the daughter of the great general Zhuo Mang, who joined the team one after another, is already the mother of two children; There is Liu Xiangyuan, the first good player of Danyang Guzheng; There is the wife of Liu Yong, the chief of the guard who talked about Weixin, and Cao Mo, the chivalrous girl "Golden Silk Sword" who has retired for many years; There is the daughter of the Ministry of Justice, Rowling, who is known for her good poetry...... In the end, this team almost wiped out all the noble ladies of Danyang of the right level, and became a super large salon-like group. During the event, not everyone likes to command the troops, but the division of labor and cooperation, and some people even cook dim sum soup to reward those who are trying their best to outline the strategy and tactics of the female generals.

However, in several battles, the women's team has a pretty good record, after losing to the Ye team, they actually overturned two teams with good records spontaneously organized by Danyang's veteran marching chess enthusiasts, and then dragged the battle into the ninth day with dense defense and almost perfect mobilization and distribution of resources in the process of fighting with the forbidden army, forcing the forbidden army led by Chi Yun. All of a sudden, the limelight was the same.

When the topic of the women's team began to gradually cool down, the marriage ceremony between the lord of the country and the princess of Chunnan Country Bailian was already imminent.

On this day, Kang Zhen, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and Prince Dongping took a large number of people out of the city to welcome the rather large team of relatives in Chunnanguo. And Tan Weixin stayed at home, sharing the report sent by Zeng Man about this Bailian princess to Ye Tao and chatting for entertainment.

"How? Does this Princess Bailian's style make you think of anything? Tan Weixin asked with a smile.

Ye Tao finished reading those things, put them aside casually, and said, "Aren't they those inexplicable stars?" It's not unreasonable that this Bailian princess can't get married. ”

Tan Weixin shrugged her shoulders and said, "When I arrived in Dongping, I couldn't help her." When the family sending team is there, they have to give some face. As soon as the family delivery team leaves, hehe, I see that she is still arrogant. ”

In order to show that Chunnanguo attaches great importance to this marriage, the specifications of the family sending team sent by Chunnanguo are really surprising. The younger brother of the lord of Chunnan Kingdom, the uncle of Princess Bailian, and Chang Hongquan, the king of Juxian, is the head of the family sending team. Although the four most important countries on the mainland, Dongping, Xiling, Chunnan, and Beiliao, have annexed the territories of many previously divided vassal states in the process of formation and development, forming the current pattern, the lords of these four countries have not added anything to themselves in any name, but have followed the sub-feudal status of the unification period. Now, only two kings coexist in Chunnan, and although the family of King Juxian has never participated in politics, it has considerable influence in Chunnan. Juxian Wang Chang Hongquan is quite insightful in government affairs, although he does not operate practically, but the major decisions of Chun Nanguo in the past ten years have always had an important connection with him. It was he who first proposed the marriage with Dongping and the alliance between Dongping and Chunnan in the near future. With Chang Hongquan as the head of this send-off mission, it is enough to highlight the importance that Chunnanguo attaches to this marriage.

The lineup of officials accompanying him can also be said to be luxurious. Chunnan and Dongping are quite different in terms of government structure. In Dongping, the day-to-day affairs of government operations are handled by six ministries. The four positions of general, lieutenant, sikong, and situ do not have specific responsibilities, but are assigned to the areas of affairs they are responsible for according to the situation, and in peacetime, as the most senior staff member, they provide various decision-making opinions to the lord of the country. In wartime, the general who is the commander-in-chief of all the armies of the Dongping Kingdom can sometimes even override all the officials, and is only responsible to the lord of the Dongping Kingdom. This strange government structure is probably closely related to the relatively free political atmosphere of Dongping Kingdom. The government structure is roughly that the general and the prime minister are the supreme commanders of the civil and military officials, and below are the three secretaries and the six ministries. This time, he was accompanied by four of the six ministers, equivalent to the rank of deputy minister. As for the other subordinates, there were dozens.

The 3,000 troops responsible for guarding the mission were led by Zhu Biao, the general of Annan, and the accompanying generals were more than one level higher than the rank of the same number of officers under the command of Chunnan. In order to make the mission look imposing, the 3,000-strong guards were composed of 1,000 people each selected from the three most elite troops of the Chunnan Kingdom: the Yulin Army, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and the Black Iron Cavalry. Although it was said that none of the 3,000 people who came had ever been on the battlefield after a long time of promotion in Chunnan, the 3,000-strong guards looked really mighty after being selected from the elite troops with excellent equipment and good training, and after a month-long special training in etiquette.

In addition to the guards and officials, the first batch of people who followed Princess Bailian and the mission to Dongping included a considerable number of musicians, dancers, cooks and pastry chefs, tailors, embroiderers, gardeners, and other professionals, totaling more than 200 people. And this is only the preliminary action of Chunnanguo to strengthen "exchanges" with Dongping, and it is still specially used to serve Princess Bailian and curry favor with Tan Xiaopei, the lord of Dongping.

Soon after the mission arrived in Danyang, a team of about 500 people, including many jugglers and troupes, would arrive in Danyang. It is said that this was also the idea of King Juxian, and in general, King Juxian's idea was quite advanced, and it was very much necessary to turn a marriage ceremony into an economic and cultural exchange activity between the two countries at all levels and aspects.

While his subordinates settled down in the Golden Valley Garden in an orderly manner and began to use the Golden Valley Garden as the residence of the core members of the mission for a period of time, Chang Hongquan, the king of Juxian, was listening to Luo Qin and Song Yu report on the various things they had done in Danyang during this period of time. Let Luo Qin win over all parties in Dongping in Danyang in a very high-profile manner, show the bearing of Chunnanguo, and also show that Chunnanguo does not rely on Dongping's attitude, which is by no means what King Juxian meant. Hearing that Shang Baotang was instructed by Luo Qin and Song Yu to defeat the Ye Workshop in three rounds of technical competitions, and even now he was confused about how Ye Tao made such a thing, Chang Hongquan sighed: "Is this what the king meant?" Since it is true that there is a request for others, putting on such a posture is counterproductive. Now many people in Dongping Kingdom are very unimpressed with this marriage between the two countries. ”