In Liu Jin's study, Liu Jin was thinking about arranging for his son Liu Da to stay in South Africa.
Liu Da was going to South Africa, and Liu Jin was naturally reluctant to part with him. He was his own son, and he had to go thousands of miles away. Moreover, it would be difficult to communicate with him in the future, and it would not be easy to meet him.
Liu Jin also needs to arrange many of these things in advance.
Write a letter to Taiping Hou Du Mingen in South Africa, asking him to take more care of Liu Da, and at the same time arrange Liu Da's path in South Africa. He will first work as a clerk in the South African Governor's Mansion to gain experience and knowledge.
Then go to the grassroots level of the South African colony to hone your skills, step by step from small to large, and gradually strengthen your abilities.
He is still too young now, only sixteen years old. Although for the Ming Dynasty people of this era, sixteen years old is already an adult, and many of them have married and established businesses, but Liu Jin comes from later generations, and later generations are still a child at sixteen, and they only know
He doesn't understand anything about playing games or anything like that.
It was indeed too cruel to send his sixteen-year-old son to South Africa. Liu Jin was actually very conflicted in his heart, but he still made such a decision cruelly.
You still need to practice what you need to practice, and you still need to take on the responsibilities that need to be shouldered. The child will eventually become farther and farther away from you, and there won't be much development if you stay here in the capital.
My family has reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty. The eldest son Liu Xin inherited the title of Duke of Liao. The other sons have no development prospects if they stay in the Ming Dynasty.
In the future, he will all be sent out, the second child will go to South Africa, the third child will go to the industry under his command and take charge of the huge industry under his command, the fourth child will go to the Western United Trading Company, and the fifth child will go to the Golden Continent...
Each one has its own arrangements, and needs to inherit part of its own industry in the future. At the same time, it also shoulders the important task of spreading its family's branches and roots around the world.
In Liu Jin's plan, from now on, the descendants of his family will not only be limited to the local branch of the Ming Dynasty, but will have branches all over the world. It is safer to not put all the eggs in one basket.
At the same time, there can be more room for development. Each one can gradually develop into a super family in certain places and fields, with huge influence everywhere. Such families are truly big families, and they can also
Inherit the legacy you have built and continue to carry it forward.
"Are you being too cruel to him? He is only sixteen years old and traveling to South Africa thousands of miles away by himself."
Thinking of his son Liu Da's trip to South Africa, Liu Jin felt very guilty. He often wondered if he was being too cruel. Maybe he could wait until he was older. At least, it would be better to wait until he got married before going.
a little better.
"Father~"
At this time, Liu Da came outside the study and shouted.
"Come in."
When Liu Jin heard Liu Da's voice, he also put away his thoughts.
"Is there a problem?"
Liu Jin looked at his son and motioned for him to sit down and speak slowly.
"Father~"
"I have a girl I like and I want to marry her."
Liu Da gritted his teeth and told the story. He had just been scolded by Li Zhen, and then Li Zhen rushed him to Liu Jin, asking him to talk to Liu Jin and see if Liu Jin would
Support his things.
"Oh~"
"Really?"
When Liu Jin heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.
Time flies so fast. My son has grown up, has a girl he likes, and is about to get married.
This made Liu Jin very shocked. He was shocked that time flies by so fast. In the blink of an eye, his son has grown up and is telling him that he wants to marry a wife.
I am not even forty yet, so I might be a grandfather soon, which is still a bit difficult to adapt to.
As time-travelers from later generations, there are a lot of unmarried people in their thirties, and becoming grandfathers will only happen after the age of fifty.
At the age of sixteen, he will be a child in future generations, still playing games and playing with mobile phones, an age when he doesn’t understand anything.
But now, his son actually said that he has someone he likes and wants to get married.
"Who is the other party?"
After several minutes, Liu Jin finally recovered and asked with a smile.
"Her name is Chen Xue, she was a classmate of mine in middle school. Later I was admitted to Imperial College and she went to the Art Institute."
"My family is an ordinary businessman's family. My father runs a business and a factory."
"Father, we really like each other, we are consensual, and we ask father to make it happen."
Liu Da seemed to be afraid that Liu Jin would disagree, so he expressed his position anxiously.
"Your classmate~"
After listening to this, Liu Jin smiled and said: "Since you like it and it's consensual, of course I agree. Just like it, I also hope to find a wife I like."
"This is also the reason why I have never arranged a marriage for you, because I feel that the marriage arranged for you may not be what you like."
Liu Jin's words also surprised Liu Da. He originally thought that Liu Jin would be as opposed to his affairs as his mother, and could only accept Chen Xue as his concubine. Who knew that Liu Jin was so open-minded and completely left to his own decision, as long as he liked it.
Other things don't seem to matter at all.
At this moment, Liu Da suddenly felt that Liu Jin loved him very much, thought a lot about him, and was so open-minded about getting married, as long as he liked it.
It's touching to hear it.
My father has always been very strict since he was a child, but he never expected to be so open-minded on this life-long matter.
"Thank you father, thank you father~"
Liu Da was so moved that he started to cry. He had no hope at first, but who knew his father would agree so readily.
"Silly boy, what are you grateful for?"
"Since you have hope, then stay in the capital for a while, and I will just take care of your life-long affairs."
"Choose a good day and I will come to propose marriage to you in person."
Liu Jin smiled and said.
"Hmm~"
Liu Da is really elated now and extremely happy. As long as his father agrees, everything else will be easy to handle. As for his mother, it is useless even if she objects. She listens to her father the most.
Soon, Li Zhen was dumbfounded after learning the news.
She originally thought that Liu Jin would strongly oppose it. Like herself, she only supported Chen Xue to become Liu Da's concubine instead of his wife. Who knew that Liu Jin would naturally agree without hesitation.
In the end, she was convinced by Liu Jin's words, as long as the children like it, everything else is not important.
What's more, a man who has three wives and four concubines can still marry someone else after marrying Chen Xue. When he is older, it is also okay to marry someone else. Liu Jin is like this anyway, she and
Xu Waner still married Liu Jin at the same time. They were both wives, not concubines.
After a few days, everything in the Chen Mansion became extremely busy. They carefully cleaned, re-decorated and arranged everything inside and outside. Even the community where it was located was carefully renovated.
Cleaning and setting up.
Because the Chen Mansion has learned the news, the Duke of Liao and the Chief Minister of the Cabinet Liu Jin will pay a visit in two days.
This is undoubtedly a great honor for the Chen family. It is a truly distinguished guest, so naturally they attach great importance to it and must make good preparations in advance.
"Chen Hui, remove all the gold, silver, jade, pearls, agate, coral, gems, etc. from your home and replace them with some calligraphy, paintings, books, etc. for decoration."
"Liu Da's family is a scholarly family. I heard that Liu Gong has always disliked these things. Our family will also change it in the future. It will have less of the smell of gold, silver and copper and more of a scholarly atmosphere."
"Lest people make fun of our family, it also makes people laugh at Mr. Liu."
Chen Ping'an is very busy now. Looking at the busy people at home, he gives instructions to his son.
In the past, I thought these gold and silver jewelry, jade, agate, emerald and the like were very beautiful. When used for decoration, they would be resplendent, grand and magnificent, and they could also make one's family appear wealthy.
But now that he was about to marry the Liu family, the chief minister of the cabinet, he found someone to find out in detail and found out that those truly wealthy families simply did not want to be decorated with yellow and white.
spirit.
For truly wealthy families, they pay more attention to passing on the fragrance of books to their families. You will not see any gold, silver, jewelry or other decorations in their homes, but more calligraphy, paintings, books and the like.
So he hurriedly asked his son to replace all these things as soon as possible and change the style of the inside and outside of the house, so that Liu Jin would not feel that his house was too rustic when he came to his house.
After all, he is the chief minister of the cabinet, the number one scholar, and the Duke of Liao. For the Chen family, such a rich and noble family is definitely a high priority, and it is impossible not to take it seriously.
"Yes, I'll have them all replaced immediately."
Chen Hui also nodded quickly and ordered people to handle these matters.
"Chen Long, how are you preparing your sister's dowry?"
Chen Pingan turned around and asked about his second son's dowry preparation for Chen Xue.
Nowadays, when wealthy families in the capital marry their daughters, they are very particular about it. The most important thing is that the dowry must not only be decent, but also have face. Many things need to be prepared a long time in advance.
This time I was in a hurry, so it was not easy to get things done.
"Dad, according to your instructions, I have prepared a dowry of about 1 million taels of silver this time. All the necessary things that can be purchased have been purchased, and others have been ordered to prepare as soon as possible."
Chen Long quickly replied.
"Hmm~"
"Add an additional 1 million taels of silver to the budget. Don't be afraid of spending money. Follow the standards of the wealthy families in the capital. Don't lose face. After all, the other party is not an ordinary wealthy family!"
Chen Pingan thought for a while and gritted his teeth and decided to take out another 1 million taels of silver.
PS: Ahem, marrying such a wife means you will become rich overnight~