Chapter 608: The Arrival of the Iron Armor Age (1)
At the main entrance of the Jiading royal complex, guarded by a group of elite royal guards, at this moment, the gate made of iron fences has been pushed open, with the shouting of the officers, all the guards raised their guns in greeting, watching two hundred elite iron horsemen arch three carriages depicting the royal insignia into the gate. [Full text reading]
The horse's hooves made a soft crunch sound against the neat and clean concrete pavement, and on both sides of the avenue, there was a lush green, and a small river flowed under the stone bridge not far ahead, which seemed to be so quiet and peaceful.
Soon, the carriage stopped in front of a three-story white building covering an area of nearly 1,000 square meters, Liang Pengfei and Wang Shuxiang walked out of the carriage hand in hand, and in front of the white building, there was already an old servant leading several servants to wait at the door.
"I've seen the young master." After the old servant, who was about fifty years old, saw Liang Pengfei, he quickly bent down.
"It's Uncle Cai, hehe, don't be polite." Liang Pengfei patted the old servant on the back and walked into the door happily, this old servant called Uncle Cai by Liang Pengfei was an old man in the old Liang family's mansion.
Uncle Cai's father was born and died on the sea with Liang Pengfei's grandfather, and Uncle Cai was also Liang Pengfei's father's right-hand man, but in a naval battle, he was accidentally injured and his left hand was cut off.
You must know that Liang Pengfei is quite disgusted and disgusted with eunuchs, artificially formed creatures, and when Liang Pengfei overthrew the Manchu court, those eunuch palace maids who wanted to follow the migration of the Manchu Tartars, Liang Pengfei not only did not stop it, but was very happy.
Although some eunuchs and palace wives remained, Liang Pengfei did not take over any of them, and all of them were dismissed as people, because Liang Pengfei didn't like himself or his relatives to be surrounded by some things that were not men or women, and these humanoid creatures who had been soaked and rotten in the Manchu palace were likely to bring a lot of messy things to their side and affect the people around them.
Therefore, since the establishment of the capital Jiading, all the old people of the old Liang family naturally moved here, and in the palace where the emperor lived, all the old people of the old Liang family were used.
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Moreover, Liang Pengfei made a provision that men and women working in the palace, if they want, can retire after the age of fifty-five, or retire early, such as those maids or something, after all, they are going to get married, and when they reach the marriageable age, they can get a much higher salary than factory workers, such a generous remuneration is enough to become a dowry that makes people blush.
After all, although Liang Pengfei is lustful, he will not engage in any three palaces, six courtyards and seventy-two concubines like the ancient emperors, after all, he is a good young man who has received the institutional education of later generations, besides, which of his four wives is not a national beauty and outstanding demeanor?
Besides, Liang Pengfei is not the kind of stallion who takes off his pants when he sees a beautiful girl, for him, only if he has an emotional foundation can he be called surnamed Fu. Well, we're playing with feelings, not just **. This is the amorous oath that Liang Pengfei adhered to in his previous life.
"The lord and the lady went to the river to hang out, and the little master and they all went with them, and several ladies were in the study at the moment, saying that if the young master you arrived, it would be over." Uncle Cai explained the matter in an orderly manner in one sentence, not dragging his feet at all, which is very in line with Liang Pengfei's style of acting, but also, after all, he is an old man who has been in the old Liang family for decades, how can his family not know his family's surname.
"Okay, Uncle Cai, you go get busy first, I'll just go over by myself, oh, by the way, Uncle Cai, did that kid from Sanshui write to you?" Liang Pengfei had just taken two steps when Fang remembered something and hurriedly stopped Uncle Cai, who turned to leave.
"Sanshui just wrote to me two months ago, what's the matter, young master, could it be that bastard boy did something again?" Uncle Cai turned his head and said with some concern.
Liang Pengfei laughed and said: "Uncle Cai, look at you, that kid in Sanshui is very successful, how can he be disobedient, this is not because they received the latest military report, they fought another victory in the south, and the military department of the Central and Southern Field Army gave your family Sanshui a first-class merit, and the other is to be promoted to colonel and regiment commander, which has been reported to the Ministry of National Defense." ”
"That stinky boy is going to be promoted again? Hehe, then I have to thank the young master, if it weren't for the fact that you stuffed that unsuccessful kid into the military academy on King Crab Island, I'm afraid that kid wouldn't know where to fool around. Hearing the news, Uncle Cai couldn't help but move his eyebrows with joy and thanked Liang Pengfei.
"Uncle Cai, what do you thank you for, Sanshui is a brother who grew up with me, I am happy for him when he is better, besides, being able to receive meritorious service and receiving awards is the result of his own efforts, and it has nothing to do with me. Okay, Uncle Cai, you should go back early, tell Aunt Cai and Sanshui his daughter-in-law the news, so that the family will be happy, and in about half a year, they will return to the rotation, and when the time comes, your family will also get together. ”
Looking at Uncle Cai's brisk steps, Wang Shuxiang couldn't help but purse his lips and chuckle: "Looking at Uncle Cai like this, it's like being ten years younger all of a sudden." ”
"That is, who doesn't want their children to be a weapon." Liang Pengfei smiled and stretched out his hand to clench the soft palm of Wang Shuxiang. At this time, there was no one in the spacious and bright corridor except them. Wang Shuxiang let Liang Pengfei hold her hand, softened her body, and gently leaned on Liang Pengfei, with a trace of regret in her eyes.
"What, what's on your mind?" Liang Pengfei saw Wang Shuxiang's appearance and couldn't help but say gently.
"It's nothing, it's just that the concubine feels that she is not angry, and she has been married to her husband for almost half a year, but there is no movement at all." Wang Shuxiang sighed lightly, her eyes were full of loneliness and guilt.
Seeing Wang Shuxiang's expression, Liang Pengfei almost laughed out loud, but also, today's era is not as good as that of later generations, and it is easy for a woman to be poked in the backbone if she has no children after marriage.
"Okay, scholarly girl, don't worry, you forgot what I told you last time, your sister Bing'er and I have been married for two or three years, and we have only been married for half a year now, what's the hurry, we are still young, and we still have a lot of time to work hard." Liang Pengfei lowered his head and pecked lightly on the bookish earlobe.
Wang Shuxiang couldn't help but snort, his face was flushed, and his eyes turned over charmingly: "Don't come nonsense." ”
"Who's here? I'm my own mother-in-law, hehe. Liang Pengfei laughed and pulled up the unfading Wang Shuxiang, and walked straight towards the study.
"Isn't this a husband? Why did you come back so early. The door of the study was pushed open, and when she saw Liang Pengfei's tall figure, Pan Bingjie, who was originally burying her head in the public case, couldn't help but stand up happily.
"After finishing the work, he naturally slipped back, his grandmother's, Lao Tzu is about to let those things go crazy." Liang Pengfei entered the study, stretched a big waist, and sat on the sofa in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the study. "You can also say it, others don't know, our sisters don't know about you? I'm afraid you're tired of staying here all day, right? ”
"Hehe, whoever knows me, princess too." Liang Pengfei took the tea and dragged Maria to sit beside him. "Yes, to be honest, I didn't find anything good about being an emperor, think about the past, you can do whatever you want, but now? Those ministers talk crookedly all day long, here is not right, there is no way, even if they want to go out to slip around, they have to make a big fuss, is this a human job? ”
"My dear, that's what you have to accept as a monarch of an empire, you know?" Maria, who has been a princess for more than 20 years, looked at her husband with sympathy and pity in her eyes, because as a princess, she could understand the resentment in the heart of Liang Pengfei, an emperor who had to be watched by countless people and crooked all day long.
"Of course I know, if it weren't for the future of this empire, Lao Tzu wouldn't have had the spare time to stay here and get moldy." Liang Pengfei took a bite of a shortbread handed by Wang Shuxiang, and scratched angrily, anyway, it was his mother-in-law, these words, Liang Pengfei could not complain to his subordinates, nor could he complain to his parents, the only one who could comfort himself was afraid that it was these pillow people with Hui Zhilanxin.
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"Look at what you said, it's as if someone else forced you to sit on the emperor's seat." Wang Shuxiang couldn't help but cover his mouth and chuckled.
Liang Pengfei rolled his eyes: "What if you don't sit?" Hehe, don't say anything else, except for Young Master Ben and your husband, everyone else who wants to sit in this position has to weigh whether they have enough weight. ”
"This is also true, such as today, there is really no one who has the ability of a husband." Wang Shuxiang looked at Liang Pengfei's arrogant face, and his eyes were full of adoring starlight.
"Okay, sister, don't praise him, if you praise him again, my husband's nose will be about to turn up in the sky." Pan Bingjie pursed her lips with a very disdainful expression, but the starlight in her eyes was no less than that of Wang Shuxiang.
After teasing the husband and wife for a while, Maria thought of one thing, that is, Liang Pengfei's godson Zhang Baozai wrote a letter. He reported some interesting things that happened on his way to the New World with the fleet, and reported to his family that he was safe.
"This kid, this will finally fulfill his wish." Liang Pengfei looked at the familiar handwriting on the letterhead, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, revealing a hint of doting, Zhang Baozai, this little guy has never been a safe master, and the ambition to make contributions is very strong, well, it is simply a copy of the hot-blooded young people of later generations.
And when he heard that the New World was about to go to war, Zhang Baozai kept begging Liang Pengfei to let him, who had been promoted to captain for his merits, become a member of the reinforcement fleet going to the New World. After nearly half a year of trouble, in the end, even Shi Xianggu stood up to say good things for this little guy, and Liang Pengfei had no choice but to agree to his request.
However, after all, he was his godson, so Liang Pengfei gritted his teeth and finally handed over the ironclad ship that was originally going to stay in the Royal Praetorian Fleet to his godson Zhang Baozai to command.
This ironclad ship is so far, the only ironclad ship that has been completed from the Hong Kong shipyard and successfully tested the ship, the size is only equivalent to a brig, compared to those three-masted battleships, battleships, it is really much smaller, but it is undeniable that the defense and destructive power of this ironclad ship whose main body and hull are completely made of metal are enough to make a big man like a battleship fearful.
If this is not the case, how could this ironclad ship enter Liang Pengfei's eyes and become a member of the Royal Praetorian Fleet, but now, this ironclad ship has already crossed the ocean with Zhang Baozai, maybe at this moment, it has started its debut on the other side of the ocean, right?
(To be continued)