The next day, Wang Chenhao and Li Youyi got up a little earlier, but they still climbed to the second pole.

Newlywed Yan'er, it's not a big deal for a couple to linger like this.

In the first month, it is naturally the time to visit relatives. Ordinary people are like this, and official eunuchs and wealthy families are no exception. It's just that it's a little special for Wang Chenhao.

From the third day of their wedding, Wang Chenhao and Li Youyi moved out of the Governor's Mansion and returned to live in the house given to them by Li Hongzhang, which was Wang Chenhao's own home.

Li Hongzhang received a lot of gifts, of which more than 30,000 taels of silver were gifts from the generals of the Beiyang Navy Division to Wang Chenhao. Li Hongzhang couldn't ask for this money, so he assigned the gift list to Wang Chenhao, and Wang Chenhao would return the gift by himself in the future. And the third lady has no children and no daughters, and she has nothing to rely on after her death, Li Youyi, as her adopted daughter, has become her only support, so she gave her savings for more than ten years to Li Youyi as a dowry, and this money adds up to more than 10,000 taels of silver.

Li Hongzhang pushed the boat down the river, and subsidized 10,000 taels of silver to make up 50,000 integers and hand them over to Wang Chenhao as the usual expenses of his new home.

Wang Chenhao, as a second-class baron, naturally has to have his own soldiers to enter and leave the mansion. Li Hongzhang took one of his personal bodyguards, Li Guodong, together with 20 personal soldiers selected by the Governor's Office, as Wang Chenhao's entourage and was responsible for his safety. At the same time, Baoqin, as a dowry girl, is going to follow Li Youyi. Now that Li Youyi has become the fourth lady of the Li Mansion, one girl is naturally not enough pomp, so Mo and the third lady chose three more pretty maids as Li Youyi's dowry.

There are also more than 20 housekeepers such as Li Dehai and sedan chair drivers, coachmen, and miscellaneous servants, all the needs that meet Wang Chenhao's baronial status, Li Hongzhang has all the needs for him.

Li Hongzhang, the cheap father-in-law, did his part, Wang Chenhao asked himself if he couldn't be ungrateful, if he had any achievements in the future, he would have to return the favor to the Li family.

The day after Wang Chenhao and Li Youyi moved into the Baron's Palace, Li Hongzhang took him everywhere to recognize the doors, walked around the various yamen of the huge Beiyang Group, and even got to know a large number of officials and officials in various major departments of the Beiyang Group.

Privately listening to Yang Shixiang, it turned out that Li Hongzhang had discussed with Zhou Fu and other aides, and was very optimistic about Wang Chenhao's ability, and intended to cultivate him specially.

Although Yang Shixiang didn't reveal too much, Wang Chenhao quickly figured out Li Hongzhang's intentions by knocking on the side with others, undoubtedly hoping that Wang Chenhao would support Beiyang Liang as Li Hongzhang's successor.

This kind of thing cannot be made public, and Li Hongzhang will not tell Wang Chenhao directly. It is impossible for the successor Li Hongzhang to cultivate only Wang Chenhao, he may be the key training object, but not absolutely. If you want to become the successor of Beiyang, Wang Chenhao must perform well.

Wang Chenhao found that his education level was at the bottom in the 21st century, but it was top-notch in the Qing Empire at this time, and there were very few people who surpassed him. This emboldened him and decided to give it a go.

Tianjin is the nest of Beiyang, and Li Hongzhang took Wang Chenhao to familiarize himself with the operation system of Beiyang Group in Tianjin. The huge size of Beiyang made Wang Chenhao dumbfounded, and the political, military, and economic affairs of the entire provinces directly under the jurisdiction of North China were almost controlled by the Beiyang Group.

Especially in the economy, Beiyang controlled 10 of the 18 state-owned enterprises and 23 of the 24 private enterprises in the Qing Empire, involving mining, railways, machinery, chemicals, manufacturing, military industry, textiles, telecommunications, shipbuilding and other industries, and more than 80 percent of the Qing Empire's light and heavy industries and 60 percent of the fiscal revenue were in the hands of the Beiyang Group.

It is no wonder that even the imperial court was deeply jealous, and it was not surprising that they always stumbled Li Hongzhang and wore small shoes, and even did not hesitate to use the book and the great powers to attack Li Hongzhang and his Beiyang group.

Since it was the first month of the new year, the Beiyang forces in other provinces sent representatives to Tianjin one after another to meet with Zhongtang and report on the work of last year. Every time Li Hongzhang summoned them, he always ordered Wang Chenhao to stand aside and occasionally fight. Of course, it is more important to let the Beiyang forces in all provinces get to know Wang Chenhao, and get acquainted with each other first, and then it will be good for them.

Don't underestimate this arrangement, the people of the Beiyang Group in various provinces are all old fritters, how can they not know the purpose of Li Hongzhang's arrangement, and they are even more impressed by Wang Chenhao, and at the same time have more expectations. Some have even shown favor to Wang Chenhao in private, and they are ready to stand in line in advance.

Of course, this is what Li Hongzhang wants. But he can't have a direct showdown, after all, the Beiyang system is full of talents, and many senior people may not be able to serve Wang Chenhao. Li Hongzhang needs to make a gradual arrangement to eliminate their negative influence little by little, and of course, the most important thing is that Wang Chenhao has to fight for face and make some merits to convince the public.

But after all, Wang Chenhao lacks experience in officialdom, and he can't control the entire Beiyang without this link.

For this reason, Li Hongzhang arranged a staff member for Wang Chenhao, and this person was Li Hongzhang's third son-in-law, Zhang Peilun.

Zhang Peilun, as Li Hongzhang's third son-in-law, is also the most outstanding one. Zhang Peilun was very knowledgeable, and in the first thirty years of his career, he was on a par with Zhang Zhidong, and was recognized by all walks of life in the Qing Empire. It's a pity that in the Sino-French War, Zhang Peilun was caught between the contradiction between the war and the peace, and hesitated to interrupt the Fujian sailors, but was exiled by the imperial court, and since then he can no longer compete with Zhang Zhidong.

It is precisely because of this battle that Li Hongzhang picked up a big bargain. Married his daughter to him, he thanked Li Hongzhang for his great kindness and joined Li Hongzhang's staff group, and assisted Li Hongzhang to ascend to the peak of the power of the people.

However, before the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War, Zhang Peilun suggested that Li Hongzhang first withdraw the Qing troops stationed in Korea, "show weakness and arrogance to the enemy, and then try to make a big move", as a result, Yu Shi Duanliang impeached him for interfering in official affairs, so he was expelled back to his hometown and lived in Nanjing.

The imperial court did not allow Li Hongzhang to use him again, so Li Hongzhang left him to Wang Chenhao.

Obviously, Wang Chenhao needs Zhang Peilun and other talents who are not inferior to Zhang Zhidong to assist him at this moment, so he is naturally very happy.

Zhang Peilun was surprised and curious about this little brother-in-law who was dozens of years younger than him, in his eyes, Wang Chenhao was 20 years old and had the overall international situation and trend that others might not be able to see through for decades, which was absolutely unreasonable.

"Chenhao! I'm always a little curious! Chen Hao has the ability to understand the global military and political pattern and trend, I am afraid that it will take more than ten years to study, and at the same time travel around the world and contact with the high-level of various countries to understand, and judging by the transportation and communication conditions in today's world, Chen Hao You are such a talent to estimate the time to ......"

"I met by chance a [***] outsider named Smith, who was my teacher, and I learned all this from him. The teacher opened a small newspaper and had a special source of information, so he knew many things. ”

Wang Chenhao broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly interrupted Zhang Peilun's words, and immediately compiled a new background story for him, hoping to get through the trick. Wang Chenhao knew that it was difficult for a smart person like Zhang Peilun to fool, so he kept weaving new stories for him.

Zhang Peilun was stunned for a while, and with his cleverness, he quickly guessed that Wang Chenhao was lying, and he didn't seem to want others to ask about his past. Zhang Peilun naturally knew the depth of his speech, so he pretended to be suddenly enlightened to make Wang Chenhao feel at ease. After all, everyone has their own secrets, and Zhang Peilun doesn't ask anymore.

Since he promised Li Hongzhang to help Wang Chenhao's little brother-in-law, Zhang Peilun naturally did not dare to slack off. This is bitter Wang Chenhao, the newlywed Yan'er Wang Chenhao originally wanted to accompany his wife on his honeymoon, but in the first month, he was taken by Zhang Peilun to learn the officialdom culture of the Celestial Empire, and Wang Chenhao couldn't help but cry out bitterly.

Fortunately, people at this time do not have the habit of working overtime, and Wang Chenhao can still find comfort from Li Youyi at night. The two newlyweds Yan'er are as good as honey, and they have endless lingering love.