For the first time, I had breakfast at the "Wangzhai" in Anxi.
The affairs in Japan and Antiguara have both reached a certain point in time.
In Japan, the principality has reached an agreement with the Ashikaga regime to sell Ten Destroyers and temporarily provide them with volunteer pilots.
The Naishan Consulate is preparing to move to Xijing and be upgraded to the Consulate General. Naturally, Consul Lu was also upgraded to the Consul General.
Deputy Consul General Du Cunzhao was an expert in Japanese literature. Lu Ming selected this talent after observing him for a long time. This was Lu Ming's preparation for letting him go.
Of course, we still need to pull out the fangs of the Kansai Legion first.
In Montenegro, Governor Chachai actually revealed that he did not want to return to Antiguara.
Nowadays, serious lobbyists are trying to convince him. If this fails, the plan that has been unfolding in Antiguala can only be moved forward.
Lu Ming was going to have a good rest these days, otherwise he would be extremely busy again soon.
I'm really too busy. I haven't slept much in the past month.
Until last night, in this "king's house", I had a really comfortable sleep until dawn.
But after waking up, I felt that my whole body had no strength, and my spirit became more and more tired and listless.
This is naturally because I have been too exhausted recently and have been in a state of high spirits. Only when I really rested did I feel tired, and it was obvious that I had not rested fully.
I've been taking a good rest here for the past two days and recharging my batteries.
In fact, it is no longer the start-up stage. You should also pay attention to delegating power and letting go. Of course, in key places where the situation is relatively complex and you can get twice the result with half the effort by operating it yourself, you should naturally do your part to avoid unnecessary sacrifices and setbacks.
Yawning, Lu Ming entered the restaurant.
Courtyard No. 1 and Courtyard 2 share a restaurant, and Courtyard No. 3 is the pistol squad restaurant, but the food is the same.
The originally bustling restaurant fell into silence as soon as Lu Ming entered.
It was originally as buzzing as a school cafeteria, and indeed, with the two children, there were a total of more than a dozen people dining.
No one expected that the head of the family would show up, because they had moved here. The first one had been here for nearly half a month, and the new one had been there for several days. But they had never seen the head of the house during the day, and even at night, the head of the house had not been seen.
It seems to be very busy. I always go to bed in the early morning and there is no sound during the day.
Lu Ming walked over and sat on the main seat, making a gesture: "Just be casual and keep eating!"
On the long table with snow-white tablecloth, there are more than a dozen beauties sitting on the left and right. Their clothing styles are very different, and they even come from different ethnic groups. They all have different skin colors, but there are only a few similarities. They are all extremely beautiful beauties, each with their own style.
Sitting first on the left and right are Bai Shuixian and Bei Ji, both of whom are closely related to Lu Ming.
Both of them also knew that the head of the family was actually Governor Zhang, who had just changed his appearance.
Of course, Beiji, Pei, Zou and Lu Ming were the first and knew more.
The Kan sisters and Shangguan Yusuo, who originally followed Governor Zhang, also knew this.
They all lived in Courtyard No. 1, but Beiji and the two children went to live in Courtyard No. 2.
Tuoba Lan and the five newcomers also live in Courtyard No. 2.
Narcissus Bai and Bei Ji are like the big sisters in Courtyard No. 1 and Courtyard No. 2 respectively. Indeed, they are the oldest in both courtyards.
At this time, Bai Narcissus was busy getting started, serving Lu Ming a bowl of porridge, bringing milk, fried eggs, etc.
The kitchen was in Courtyard No. 3, and the cooked meals were delivered and placed in a row on another long snow-white table. These beauties, big and small, could just go and get whatever they wanted to eat. It was like eating at a cafeteria buffet.
The people in Courtyard No. 1 are very free, but the girls in Tuoba Lan in Courtyard No. 2 are not allowed to travel. If they want to travel, they must be accompanied by a female agent from the pistol squad.
The girls of Tuoba Lan in Courtyard No. 2 each have a monthly allowance of 100 yuan.
Bei Ji is just like those in Courtyard No. 1. They each have a bank account and a check book. Except for Bai Narcissus and Bei Ji, the girls in Courtyard No. 1 and the Fourth Madam of the West are treated in the same way. Bai Narcissus and Bei Ji
The limit is higher, but they are less likely to spend up to the limit, and often the account is not touched for a month.
Sisters Pei and Kan can even save money there.
Mr. Pei has extremely rich qualifications in the financial industry. When he came to Anxi, he quickly found a high-paying job as the deputy assistant manager of the key account department of Jinxiu Branch, Anxi Branch of Baoyin Bank.
The Kan sisters are writing Mandarin Duck and Butterfly novels together, and they have just published one, which is selling well.
As for Bei Ji, she is still nominally the chairman of Zhenjiang New Era Group, of course, in name only.
However, New Era Group has recently come to Anshan to invest, mainly investing in Anxi.
When Lu Ming was in Zhenjiang, New Era Group eradicated all the terrifying bureaucratic capital in Zhenjiang. It has total assets of more than 2 billion and involves all walks of life in Zhenjiang Province.
It is now operating well and fully capitalized, just like the Temasek model in Singapore in Lu Ming's previous life. However, the Prince of Montenegro is the owner of "Temasek" in Zhenjiang, not the principality's assets.
The Principality of Montenegro actually has different ways of being incorporated into the principality based on different regions, and there are various economic operation models.
However, because each autonomous territory develops its economy independently and only chooses what suits them, it does not affect each other. The humanities and economic foundations of each autonomous territory are very different, so it is a fantasy that they all operate on the same model.
No one is a god who can make extremely detailed plans for the detailed development of these many different regions, different populations, and economies.
The overall development goals of the principality are definitely planned, but they will not be broken down into detailed management of all aspects of each territory.
For example, New Era Group's investment in Anshan is completely market behavior, and New Era Group only invests when it thinks it is profitable.
Lu Ming has always believed that, at least under current conditions, capital competing in a market with perfect laws will promote social development and progress.
The scary thing is that bureaucratic capital, capital combined with power, derives its income from power, not from competition. Naturally, bad money will drive out good money, and the blood and sweat of taxpayers will be devoured with infinite greed.
In addition, monopoly is a taboo in all free market economic countries, and the Principality has naturally hung the Anti-Monopoly Law on the head of capital early on.
Lu Ming drank the milk and shook his head. His brain seemed to be unable to rest.
Putting down the cup, Lu Ming said to Bai Narcissus: "Narcissus, come to the study later."
Bai Narcissus nodded slightly: "Yes, sir."
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In the study, Lu Ming casually flipped through fashion magazines, deliberately relaxing his brain.
There was a gentle knock on the door, and Bai Narcissus walked in. She was wearing a peach-white satin plum-blossom buttoned coat and an elegant short skirt, revealing her two slender legs. She wore embroidered milky white soft-soled leather shoes, which combined the beauty of classical elegance with modern beauty.
Just right.
Seeing Lu Ming looking her up and down, Bai Shuixian's pretty face blushed slightly and lowered her head, feeling shy and happy at the same time.
Lu Ming smiled and said: "I have been busy, and I spend less time with you and more time away from you. Therefore, I have always wanted to tell you, but I always forget that I am actually the Prince of Black Mountain Castle."
"Oh..." Bai Narcissus nodded slightly, but then suddenly raised his head, his pretty eyes filled with disbelief.
Lu Ming said with a smile: "Beiji, Wanjun and Xiying have been with me for a long time, and all three of them know it." Pei's name is Pei Wanjun, and Zou's name is Zou Xiying.
Pei and Zou were first detained by Liuli because they, like the four Western ladies, had the physique of a fire woman.
When he was in Zhenjiang, he had to run the New Era Group Company. Lu Ming summoned Bei Ji and Huo Nu, a group of six people, and told them their true identities together.
White Narcissus's pretty face was full of surprise, but you have to say you don't believe it, "Master" has changed to what he was before, and he has never told a lie, especially such a big lie, can he tell it casually?
"Well, you go and ask Bei Ji and the people from No. 1 Courtyard to come. The Kan sisters and Xiao Suo, you can play drums with them in advance."
"Yes, yes..." Bai Narcissus walked out a little dejectedly.
Ten minutes later, Bai Shuixian, Beiji, Pei, Zou, the Kan sisters and Shangguan Yusuo all came to the study.
Obviously, the Kan sisters and Shangguan Yusuo were also in a state of confusion.
"Actually, this is me!" Lu Ming opened his fan and when he closed it, it had turned into his true self.
Although Beiji, Pei and Zou had seen it once, they were still extremely shocked. Bai Shuixian, the Kan sisters and Shangguan Yusuo were even more stunned.
Lu Ming smiled: "When you are alone in the future, I will still be like this. I feel more comfortable." Then he said: "Okay, you can go. I am here today, living and working. If you have any problems or need me to do it,
You can come to me for anything, I have plenty of time today, and I don’t want to think about any major military affairs."
All the girls left in a daze.
Lu Ming flipped through the magazine, but finally couldn't help it. He put the magazine aside, picked up a pen and paper, thought about what happened in Antiguala, and slowly wrote something.
Click, click, the door clicked lightly.
Lu Ming responded, and the pretty figure that came in was White Narcissus.
"Is there a problem?" Lu Ming looked at her with a smile.
Bai Narcissus looked at Lu Ming's expression and said cautiously: "Your Highness, aren't you supposed to be in Montenegro? I see that His Highness also gave a televised speech in the early hours of yesterday morning. It was very hard..."
Lu Mingxin said that at that time, wouldn't I appear here? She smiled and said, "That is my incarnation."
Since you can't see someone, you tell them that you are one of a kind. Even if she is your own woman, there is still a big difference between intimacy and distance.
"Oh..." Bai Narcissus' pretty eyes flashed, and she said cautiously: "Your Highness, how lucky I am that I feel like I'm in a dream..." The circles around her eyes were slightly red.
Lu Ming could actually see her faint excitement and joy, but he suppressed it and didn't want to show it.
As a woman with the traditional concubine mentality in the Northern Territory, when she learned that her man's identity was so noble, her red eyes were not a lie. To their minds, the man they were attached to was everything to them, and the man's status also represented
It depends on their status. In their eyes, their sudden revelation of their true status may be their only one in the world. After all, they will not consider the Westerners.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Okay, now that you're like this, I'm feeling very happy, as if the emperor has favored you."
Bai Narcissus whispered: "You, aren't you?"
Lu Ming coughed and said, "Don't say this nonsense."
Bai Narcissus kept silent: "Yes..." She secretly looked at Lu Ming's expression and saw that he didn't look angry, so she said cautiously: "Your Highness, are the identities of the concubines the same as those of the female concubines in the inner courtyard of the palace before?
Already?"
Lu Ming burst out laughing. He heard Bizhu and Liuli talking about the royal family system of the previous dynasty. For the emperor's harem, it was divided into hierarchical levels: one queen, three palaces, nine concubines, nine concubines, twenty-one concubines, and eighty-one concubines.
Unexpectedly, there are still people in the Northern Territory who know about it. Of course, they only know a little bit about it and regard it as an ancient myth.
What did he want to say? Looking at Bai Narixian's hopeful expression, he swallowed back what he wanted to say, nodded and said: "Okay, let's do it in private, you are my female concubine, okay? You have class, not some folk.
My concubine is so humble, so don’t worry about me giving it away because you are like duckweed. As an emperor, when have you ever given your concubine to someone else? You have to keep it even if you are a widow, right?"
Bai Narcissus knelt down, tears streaming down her face, "Yes, yes, thank you, Your Highness!"
Lu Ming was helpless, but seeing her bursting with gratitude, she was so happy that she was about to burst into tears, and he couldn't help but feel pity in his heart. The upbringing from a young age made this poor woman feel that her ancestors had been honored and her life had reached its peak. He felt that she was unfortunate.
, but she would think that meeting herself was her greatest luck.
"Get up quickly." Lu Ming said helplessly: "You know, I'm not very good at coaxing a crying woman."
"Yes, yes!" Bai Narcissus stood up quickly, took out a snow-white handkerchief to wipe her tears, and said, "Then, Beji..."
Lu Ming said: "You can tell her that she is my female concubine, but I'm afraid she won't understand."
Bai Narcissus looked at Lu Ming's expression and said, "Your Highness, Xiying has always been depressed. A while ago, he even fell ill."
Lu Ming nodded: "Well, I originally wanted to talk to her. I understand what you mean. Go ahead and talk to her. Maybe it will relieve her worries."
Zou and White Narcissus are the same type of people. Zou is beautiful but has no survival skills. Although she has no worries about food and clothing after joining her, she can live an extremely luxurious life. However, her biggest reliance is to please her.
A man's beauty, but he has never even laid eyes on her. Moreover, several years have passed, and she looks like a concubine who was relegated to the cold palace after entering the palace. I heard that she has often been sick recently, so she must have a heart problem.
After all, Mr. Pei, who has a good relationship with her, is living a happy life and can make money from outside to support the family.
The more this happened, the more she felt a sense of crisis and inferiority complex. She was afraid that if she continued like this, she would become ill and die early, which was what the beauty said.
Because they were the same kind of people, it seemed that Bai Narcissus sympathized with her. She bowed respectfully and trotted away happily. Looking in the direction, she saw that it was Zou's room.
Lu Ming picked up the pen and paper again and sketched. After a while, the door was knocked again.
The people who came in were Pei and Zou. They were good friends, but they were from completely different eras.
Ms. Pei is wearing a light green professional suit with a retro style lace round collar. She has tall breasts and a slender waist. The green trousers show off the curves of her slender legs. Underneath, she wears a pair of small black leather shoes with stiletto heels. Although they are still traditional
The style does not expose the skin, but looks very modern, beautiful, gentle and pleasant.
Zou is different. The timid beauty of the concubine can make men feel excited at the first sight. She is wearing a rose-red plum blossom buttoned jacket, a soft yellow skirt, and small red embroidered shoes, and her figure is very weak and slender.
, that kind of tenderness and gentleness of a traditional beautiful concubine, in his previous life, men could only imagine in their dreams.
"Your Highness, concubine, I'm here to thank you..." Ms. Zou didn't dare to raise her head, her voice was like a mosquito buzzing.
Lu Ming smiled and said: "I don't dare to come here yet, so I brought a partner with me!"
Zou, who was about to kneel down and kowtow, suddenly had tears in her eyes, "Concubine, concubine..."
Lu Ming was helpless, "Let's do this, you come to my room tonight."
"Ah...ah?" Zou could hardly believe her ears and raised her head in shock.
Lu Ming waved his hand: "You go ahead! Oh..." Lu Ming looked at Pei, "Wanjun, are you okay with dealing with big customers and so on?"
Pei Wanjun pondered and said: "Your Highness, I am planning to resign from this job. It's not that there is anything wrong with it. It's just that with His current status, His Highness will not look good if I show my face again..."
Lu Ming looked at her in surprise. Apparently, after hearing what Nu Yuyi said, she started to murmur in her heart.
Waving his hand, Lu Ming said with a smile: "The old ideas like Xi Ying and others are difficult to reform, so they just let it go. You, who have received a new education, have finally made it this far, why are you still looking back? Then I have committed a serious sin.
"Made a gesture to stop what she was about to say, "Just listen to me, you go!"
"Okay, thank you, Your Highness." Mrs. Pei gently bowed her knees and left. Mrs. Zou was confused, her pretty face was full of confusion. She probably thought she was dreaming and forgot that she came to thank you. She followed Mrs. Pei and left in despair.
