In May 1892, the whole of Seoul was filled with a jubilant atmosphere, and the Nambesu Palace, where the official residence of the Governor was located, was even more joyful, and the Korean officials prepared ceremonies to congratulate them in advance, because no one wanted to "forget" themselves on the wedding day of the Commander-in-Chief. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

For many, this seems to be another round of "taking sides". However, for Tang Haoran, who is the party concerned, he can't help but smile in the face of the people who congratulate him, although those people are very knowledgeable, and they left after a few simple polite words, but after a few days, Tang Haoran was still tired of coping.

Marriage!

Although he didn't have to handle it himself, Tang Haoran still felt that he seemed to be completely stumped by this marriage. It even seemed to him that the marriage was turning into an ordeal, and although the wedding day had not yet fallen, all kinds of incidents were one after another.

Not to mention the welcome and delivery of the congratulatory guests, even the king of Joseon did not cause trouble for himself, because the Shen family only had a relationship with two dowry maids, and the king of Joseon swept his pen and stuffed the six scholars into the ranks of the dowry maids. And the Shen family was powerless to oppose this. It wasn't until the matter reached Tang Haoran's ears that Tang Haoran knew that those dowry maids, according to the rules, were all concubines, and the Ming media was marrying with each other, which was much higher than the status of concubines, and the role of concubines was to help Miss Shen family fix her favor, and by the way, she helped herself to spread her branches. There is no upper limit at all on how much.

However, because the Shen family's family business is average, there is only a relationship between two wedding maids, but it is an opportunity for the king of Joseon to look at it, so he can't insult the reputation of the Shen family. The daughter of the Shi clan married the Shen family. Those Joseon scholars who used to seem to have a great reputation. Not only was he not ashamed of his daughter as a concubine, but he was eager to envy the seven families that were selected, even if Tang Haoran was willing to oppose it, but after the Shen family agreed, he could not "refuse".

Marrying a daughter-in-law and eight concubines who have warmed the bed, is this kind of thing happiness?

Well, the upright acceptance of "**" and even "eight milks" is indeed happiness for men, but on the other side of happiness, I am afraid that there are unbearable hardships for men.

"Ziran. Eight concubines, really glamorous! ”

Li Jingshu's words seem to have some envy and some ridicule, and it is no wonder that although there is also a custom of marrying a girl ring in the Qing Dynasty, but the girl ring is not to help the aunt warm the bed, but the lady's "sticker", without the consent of the lady can not warm the bed, but in North Korea, the concubine who marries is the role of the aunt to warm the bed.

When the concubines of the Korean family get married, they will select two to eight people from the concubines of the family as the concubines of the concubines. First, so as not to cause the family reputation to fall because the concubine cannot marry into a good family, and secondly, she is a daughter of the concubine and a cronie of her husband's family, which can be a solid favor.

Such rules are said by Li Jingshu and others. Naturally, it is envious, you know, although this is an ancient ceremony, but it is unthinkable.

"Okay, Brother Zhong Peng, if the brother is willing to make his own decisions and choose a few more concubines for you in North Korea, I don't know what Brother Zhong Peng wants?"

Sure enough, as soon as Tang Haoran's words came out, Li Jingshu hurriedly got up and bowed deeply.

"Ziran must not be harmed as a brother, because his brother has not yet been on the emperor's list, and he can't marry a concubine according to family rules, or ...... Ziran, hey, you, you're joking with your foolish brother again! ”

Realizing that Tang Haoran was joking with himself, Li Jingshu shook his head again and again, and at the same time changed the topic.

"Ziran, this time the foolish brother came, in addition to sending a thin gift on behalf of his father, his father also has a word of mouth."

As an inspector stationed in North Korea, his patrol is undoubtedly incompetent, at most it is just talking about poetry and books with North Koreans, but as for the inspection matter, he has never done it, if it were not for Tang Haoran's marriage, I am afraid that he would still exchange poems and articles with North Korean scholars.

"Oh, I don't know what Lord Zhongtang has to say!"

Tang Haoran hurriedly leaned forward to listen respectfully, he didn't care much about whether Li Hongzhang sent it thin or thick, but it was the gifts of those Koreans, but it made him regret a little, why he got married now, and at the same time, he had to sigh at the family business of the two classes of Korean families, and the gifts they sent had exceeded one million yuan.

If he had married a few wives and concubines when he first arrived in North Korea, how could he have suffered from lack of funds, no wonder Yuan Shikai had taken a few concubines in North Korea, and it was really profitable for officials to marry wives and concubines.

"My father's message said that this matter is a little inappropriate, although the Shen family is a member of the dynasty, but it is a remnant of the previous dynasty, I am afraid that it will be used by people with intentions in the future, and I am only afraid of ...... then."

Li Jingshu said while observing the changes in Tang Haoran's face, in his opinion, Tang Haoran's marriage was indeed not considered, I don't know how many people intended to say goodbye to him, and there was a family that was not the nephew of the important ministers of the dynasty, but in the end, who would have thought that he Tang Haoran married a daughter of the remnants of the former dynasty who had no roots in the officialdom of the country, and could even cause trouble.

"Oh, please Brother Zhong Peng tell Lord Zhongtang, Ziran remembers Lord Zhongtang's concern......"

With a smile on his face, Tang Haoran didn't continue to talk about this issue, not because he didn't want to talk about it, but because he couldn't talk about it, the reason why he chose Shen Jingxian may be because of his admiration, but on the other hand, there are political considerations.

Just like the phonetic pronunciation of Chinese characters in primary school Chinese textbooks, it is also based on political considerations that the Nanjing official dialect was chosen to replace the Beijing government a hundred years ago.

As a person of later generations, Tang Haoran knows better than anyone the meaning of "political correctness". However, these are naturally inconvenient to explain with Li Jingshu, or even with others.

"But my father understands that Ziran, you grew up in the West, and you are bound to be affected by the wind of the West.

First appropriately, and then appropriately, this is a typical official practice, for which Tang Haoran is naturally grateful. After the two talked for more than half an hour, when Li Jingshu got up to say goodbye, Tang Haoran naturally politely retained him, and after he politely refused again, he personally sent him outside the Nanbei Palace.

"Your Excellency,"

After Li Jingshu's carriage walked away, as soon as the adult turned around, Li Muchen walked out of the corner on the side.

"The time over there is set, three days later!"

Three days later!

Although Li Muchen did not explain, Tang Haoran knew what he meant by three days later, the day when Tan Si and others launched an uprising. Although he had long known that the uprising was in the last few days, after hearing the news, Tang Haoran couldn't help but be stunned, and his marriage was also three days later.

Could it be that three days later is really a good day to get married and do big things?

Muttering like this in his heart, when he walked towards the office, Tang Haoran asked softly again.

"Is there a shipload of arms that has been seized? Did the replenishment of the arms be sent? ”

Although he knew that it would be difficult for the Hangzhou Uprising to succeed, Tang Haoran still tried his best to help Tan Sitong, and after learning that the smuggled ordnance of the intelligence department had been confiscated, he immediately instructed him to reissue arms according to the original amount, which was not Tang Haoran's generosity, but because tens of thousands of Charpersian single-shot rifles were stored in the warehouses of the new army, and even the Li rifles, which could be called cutting-edge at the beginning, had begun to be stored in the warehouse.

This is entirely because after more than a year of transformation, the Seoul Machinery Bureau has successfully developed a new rifle based on the Lee rifle, which is very similar to the No.4 rifle of later generations, but the caliber is changed to 6.5 mm Mauser bullets. The machine bureau, which has been expanded several times, began to produce weapons at the end of last year, and now the monthly production of rifles has exceeded 2,000. Moreover, the ammunition equipment imported from the United States can also produce 200,000 rounds of ammunition per day. It is precisely based on the use of new rifles that Tang Haoran now has enough old weapons to support the revolution in China.

"The words of the Lord Hui have been issued, and the preparations will arrive in Hangzhou in ten days......"

In order to ensure that the uprising did not involve the Unified Prison Office, the Intelligence Department was extremely careful about the transportation of weapons, not just loading them from the port of Incheon, but also changing the weapons to Hong Kong-registered merchant ships at sea on the way, so it took a little time in the middle, but also avoided direct contact with the Unified Prison Office as much as possible.

As for the UK...... Now "I Daqing" has not yet had the courage to provoke this country, not to mention, just like the last shipload of intercepted weapons, the customs only regard them as ordinary arms smuggling.

"Hmm!"

Nodding, Tang Haoran continued to walk towards the office, but the smile on his face slowly faded, ten days, which means that Tan Si and the others must stay in Hangzhou for seven days before they can get this batch of aid.

"My lord, according to the intelligence, the weapons that were confiscated last time were stored in the Hangzhou Guan warehouse, and if the uprising goes well, they can still get those weapons,"

Sensing the change in the adult's face, Li Muchen hurriedly relieved himself.

"Besides, if it can take out the weapons in the customs warehouse and use them to recruit new soldiers, it will definitely be able to support it for ten days or even more than half a month, after all, it takes time to transfer troops in the capital, so if everything goes well, this batch of arms can completely reach them, but it is just ......"

After a pause, Li Muchen put forward his biggest worries.

"What worries me is whether Mr. Tan is willing to withdraw from Hangzhou if the uprising fails, and if he is not willing to ......"

"Then bring him out too!"

Tang Haoran said categorically, and at the same time turned his head to stare at Li Muchen and said:

"He's got to be safe no matter what, understand?"

Perhaps, this is the only thing he can do for Tan Sitong, he must not let him sacrifice in vain like history, the revolution does need bloodshed, but blood must not be shed in vain. Thinking of Tan Sitong's safety, Tang Haoran's expression became more and more solemn, three days, the gunfire three days later, is it a gift from Fusheng to himself? (To be continued.) )