By the time the news of the emperor's dismissal of a series of officials in Wuding Mansion made newspaper headlines, Ye Zhao had already returned to the capital.

The prefect of Wuding was dismissed, his son was prosecuted on multiple charges pending court verdict, and the head of the Wuding Supervision Bureau and the chief envoy of the Parliamentary Yuan were also dismissed.

In fact, Ye Zhao was also thinking about a problem, whether it was the prefect of Wuding Mansion, the head of the Supervision Bureau and the speaker of the Council, in fact, he did not make any major mistakes.

Nowadays, it seems that the prefect of Wuding Prefecture has been sat together, and the head of the Supervision Bureau and the speaker of the House of Representatives are more or less implicated in the "failure to report information" in the dynastic era.

This mass dismissal of officials seems to be contrary to the spirit of modern law.

However, the son of the prefect of Wuding Mansion opened a casino and bullied the good and good, if he, the prefect's father, has been kept in the dark, so to speak, he can't understand the affairs of his own family, and how can he be competent in the political affairs of one government and eight counties?

Needless to say, the head of the Inspectorate is derelict in his duties.

The House of Representatives, the local Councils do not have much power today, but they are somewhat similar to the functions of supervising the imperial history in the past, and they have the obligation to complain to the Council at the next higher level for local omissions.

Even sitting and sitting, Ye Zhao felt that it was impossible to blindly introduce the laws of later generations, such as the immediate family members of officials breaking the law in their jurisdiction, then even if they sat down, depending on the severity of the circumstances, from warnings and fines to demotion and even dismissal, they could formulate a charter.

Yingtai Xiangluan Pavilion, the autumn outside is sluggish, the blue lake is overflowing, the second floor of the attic is full of spring, there has not been a big family for a long time, today all the concubines gathered, the warbler sang Yan Yu, Ye Zhao was so unhappy.

The matchmaker also temporarily returned to the capital, and the West Siberian Command temporarily held the position of acting commander by Chief of Staff Suna.

The chief of staff of the Central Route Army was originally Zhao Puyu, but later suffered from dysentery due to physical reasons and returned to Beijing to recuperate, and the West Siberian Front and the Western Front can now be said to be connected, and Suna was transferred to the West Siberian Command as chief of staff.

Sisi and Jin Feng are telling Rong'er about the novelties they encountered in Africa, Gulshayir sat on the side with Rong'er affectionately and listened curiously, interjecting from time to time to ask a few words, she didn't understand the rules, Rong'er looked immature and elegant, she liked it very much, every time she saw Rong'er, she had to hug Rong'er, so Rong'er was helpless, I was afraid that now in Rong'er's eyes, Gulshayir had become a child.

Hua Ji was pregnant, sitting next to Ye Zhao with her stomach upright, Ye Zhao's order, she was not allowed to run around, Hua Ji was naturally obedient.

Iori Reeduki was attentive and sat beside Hanahime to take care of her.

Ye Zhao is talking about Russia with the matchmaker and Sava.

If you want to say that Sava is really indifferent to the concept of the country, she can't wait for her sweetheart to occupy the whole of Russia, and is saying: "Sister Matchmaker, then when are you going to fight Moscow and St. Petersburg?" ”

The matchmaker smiled and said, "I don't know, it's up to your sweetheart to decide." ”

Sava looked at Ye Zhao expectantly and said, "I haven't been back to St. Petersburg for a long time. ”

Ye Zhao pinched the bridge of her fair and tall nose, and said with a smile: "We can't go to St. Petersburg for a while, but yes, if you go to Novosibirsk with me in two days, you can be regarded as returning to your hometown." ”

Sava smiled and said yes, and then said worriedly: "But, when we get to Novosibirsk, it's going to be cold, sweetheart, aren't you afraid of the cold?" ”

Over there, Gulshayir had long ears, and turned around and said, "Will he be afraid of the cold?" Once it was snowing heavily, and he had to go to the snow...... But it scared me to death......" After all, I felt a little inappropriate, and I didn't say it too explicitly.

The room was silent, and then all the women secretly pursed their lips and laughed, and their pretty faces were flushed, more or less, and they were frightened by this unspeakable father-in-law.

Ye Zhao's old face was slightly unbearable, he glared at Gu Lixiayier, and said, "Ridiculous words! "But I know in my heart, I'm afraid that none of the wives believe in me.

Clapping his palms vigorously, Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Okay, let's play Truth or Dare, and those who don't tell the truth will be punished for me or Iori to send fragrant kisses." "The wolf is ambitious, it is naturally best to choose him to send fragrant kisses, and if you choose the quiet Iori, it must be quite fun.

After a moment of silence, all the women blushed and went to chat, but no one responded.

Ye Zhao felt helpless, and beside him, Hua Ji asked timidly: "Long live the lord, shall I go get the bottle?" Seeing that no one moved, she was pregnant and had just been ordered not to leave Ye Zhao's side for half a step, so she naturally wanted to ask for instructions.

Ye Zhao was helpless, pinched her little face, and said, "Why don't I say that I love you the most!" Suddenly his feet moved, turned his head, and saw that Jin Feng didn't know when he sat opposite, his pretty face was charming, he must have hooked himself up with bright red leather shoes, Ye Zhao's heart jumped a few times, looking at the room full of spring, all the beautiful wives of different styles and moons, and they were happy and contented in their hearts, and they couldn't say anything satisfied.

…… One night was ridiculous, and I didn't know how many of my wife's rooms I had touched in one night in Yingtai, and the second Ye Zhao was still refreshed, and summoned Miao Yundun, executive director of Taihe Group, in the Palace of Nourishing Heart.

Like Huang Wenxiu, Miao Yundun is one of the most important bigwigs in Taihe Group, in fact, Miao Yundun is of Dutch descent, and his name is so strange, he has already moved his family to the capital and joined the Chinese nationality.

Ye Zhao is trustworthy about the business acumen of the Dutch, and Miao Yundun is one of the leaders, and he is also one of the directors responsible for the overseas expansion of Taihe Group.

He is now in charge of the construction and negotiation of the port of Maputo in southern Africa.

Even a few heavyweights in Taihexing who could see Ye Zhao didn't know Ye Zhao's true deployment, and only thought that they wanted to get a foothold to establish a sphere of influence in Africa.

Originally, the foothold was not stable, and now it was far from the time to explore for gold, and Ye Zhao would not reveal the news to anyone.

Before summoning Miao Yundun, Ye Zhao flipped through the performance report and asset appraisal of Taihe Group, in fact, it is very difficult to calculate the value of Taihe Group now, let's just say that the oil group in Nanyang, how to evaluate its value?

However, in general, the entire Taihe Group and its holding factories should be worth more than 6 billion yuan, that is, more than 600 million silver dollars, close to 200 million pounds.

Far more than the British people's annual revenue, this has to be said to be an extremely terrifying figure.

In fact, even if you don't count the hidden income brought by the imperial issuance of paper money to the political axe, last year's imperial fiscal revenue also surpassed that of the United Kingdom, which is the advantage of a large population and a large number of enterprises, of course, the country's weak infrastructure, coupled with a huge country, the need for public investment and fiscal expenditure is far more than that of the United Kingdom, overall, the fiscal is still stretched. Although the military figure also surpassed that of the British, the investment in the navy to maintain an extremely large army was far less than that of the British.

In short, Taihe Group can be regarded as the world's first trust enterprise, and it is a consortium of several trust organizations, in today's world, more than five million pounds of enterprises are few and few, two hundred million pounds, that is simply a myth, especially most of its assets, belong to one person.

Miao Yundun was the first time he saw the emperor of China, and even before that, he didn't know who the mysterious big boss was, but he just heard that the big boss had a close relationship with the royal family, but he never thought that the big boss behind the scenes was the emperor.

He respectfully reported on the construction of the Maputo port, which had already begun, and how the 10,000 Chinese laborers who had arrived in Maputo had arrived in advance had been accommodated.

Nowadays, Maputo is entered by private capital, and the Taihe Group owns 70% of the land assets of the port of Maputo, and the remaining 30% is held by Portuguese businessmen, Dutch businessmen and Spanish businessmen.

In terms of security, it is the model of armed trade groups, and in Maputo, there are already about 1,000 Chinese armed men to maintain order.

Ye Zhao tasted the tea, listened silently, pondered for a while, and said: "The entire land of Dragoa Bay is still negotiating with the Portuguese? ”

Miao Yundun lowered his head and said, "Yes, and the Boers also want to gain control of the Gulf of Dragoa, so that they have access to the sea on the east coast of South Africa. ”

Miao Yundun said again: "Your Majesty, I think that force should be declared when necessary, most of the African natives and Boers do not know about our Eastern Celestial Empire." ”

The Taihe Hung armed merchant regiment in Maputo was nominally a merchant group, but in fact it was a well-trained military force, and both the Heavy Infantry Janissary Brigade and the Zhenghuang Banner Infantry Brigade had professional soldiers who were transferred to the merchant group, and a Gurkha infantry company was transformed and became a member of the merchant group.

The merchant regiment is also extremely well equipped, with four heavy machine guns, no less than 30 light machine guns, and some mortars and light artillery.

Ye Zhao nodded and said, "At the end of the point, we should have more contact with the local Bantu indigenous tribes, especially the indigenous tribes of the Transvaal and Orlanz under the rule of the Boers, and establish trade ties with them earlier." ”

Although Miao Yundun was a little puzzled, he still bowed down and said yes.

Ye Zhao turned over the information on the table again, now the focus of Taihe Group's investment in China is the refinery, the oil industry has just started, people began to be keen to invest in oil exploitation, but soon found that the gains outweigh the losses, without a large number of refineries, the entire oil industry can not be developed rapidly.

Rockefeller seized this opportunity to wantonly annex American oil refineries, and he also opened one oil refinery after another, monopolizing 90 percent of the oil refining industry in the United States, and becoming the world's first oil tycoon.

It is undeniable that although his oil empire was ultimately found to have violated antitrust laws, it played a huge role in promoting the development of American industry in the late thirties and early centuries.

Today, however, Rockefeller is a part-time worker and minority shareholder, a partner and executor of Shenghexing's oil investments in the United States.

China's domestic oil refineries, driven by Taihexing, have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, which also makes the oil exploitation in the Nanyang Islands in full swing, and the oil derricks are erected one after another, in fact, in a short time, within a few decades, the oil in the South Seas can fully meet the needs of the empire, and with today's technology, the oil fields in the ocean will not be counted.

Looking at the information of Taihexing, it seems that you can see the steel power and oil power that are gradually taking shape, Ye Zhao tasted tea, and his mood became comfortable.

(To be continued)