Chapter 537 Gathering the Maomei

Chapter 537 Gathering the Maomei

Chapter 537 Gathering the Maomei
Not to mention, it would be very useful for Shao Quanzhong to marry Alexandra.

It’s not that the eighteen-year-old girl can restore Shao Quanzhong’s youth, but she is more suitable to be a secretary.

In a blink of an eye, Maria is 35 years old, Isabel is 37, and Liu Niang is too old to be asked about her age. It is no longer suitable for her to stand behind Shao Quanzhong and busy herself all day.

The arrival of Dongmei and Alexandra greatly lowered the average age of the emperor's concubines. Dongmei continued to focus on her sports, while Alexandra became Shao Quanzhong's full-time personal secretary.

There is another benefit to being a Greek princess as a secretary.

In this second European war, Russia and France were both potential participants, and the relationship between Shao Quanzhong and Waldersee was unclear. Each country had its own interests, and it was difficult for a foreign wife not to favor her own relatives.

The new secretary's family has few connections with major countries, so Shao Quanzhong can rest assured in using her.

He was just dissatisfied with her name, which was too long and troublesome to pronounce, so the youngest concubine was given the Chinese name "Yali".

Yali put on a military uniform and a boat-shaped hat, and her image was completely changed. She was indeed heroic and invincible in youth.

After taking over the business from Maria, Isabel and Liu Niang, three seniors, Yali fell silent.

Oh my god, I already had a very high opinion of Da Xia, but I didn’t expect that Da Xia’s financial situation far exceeded my evaluation. Your Majesty is really too low-key.

When I came here, my father and brother told me to try to gain more benefits for the kingdom, but what the hell was that?

As a secretary, I have no legitimate responsibility to violate any rules. A little bit of it is enough to make my family rich. Do I need to ask His Majesty for it? You really don't understand Daxia.

Of course, Shao Quanzhong's chief secretary enjoyed the treatment of a second-rank assistant minister, and his actual power was far greater than that of the ministers of various ministries. The chief secretary of the emperor of such a superpower must have much more influence than the king of an ordinary small country, right?
This is why Isabel, as the Queen of Spain, had no problem becoming Shao Quanzhong's chief secretary. This position is actually more prestigious than that of the queen.

Yali was a princess of a small country, an 18-year-old girl, how could she have held such great power? She stood behind Shao Quanzhong, trembling with fear and a serious face, afraid of making mistakes.

"Yali, don't be scared. When Maria, Isabel, and Ping'er were my secretaries, they were all under 20 years old, and they did a good job, didn't they? You know more foreign languages ​​than Maria, so you should be more confident."

Yali was quite confident about this. His father was Danish and his mother was Russian, so he could speak Danish, Russian and Greek. Danish, Norwegian and Swedish were mutually intelligible and belonged to the branch of Germanic languages, so he learned German by the way.

As a European royal aristocrat, how could you not speak the noble French? You would be laughed at. Even the German aristocrats spoke French to each other. Although Germany was powerful, the status of German had never risen. In this era, it was considered the "countryside language" of Europe.

The British Empire was the original ruler of the world, and members of the royal family were required to learn English. In the past two years, because she had a purpose to get close to Shao Quanzhong, Yali and Dongmei also cram Chinese.

By this calculation, she is a genius who knows nine languages.

Yali straightened her chest, became more confident, and began to perform her duties as a secretary.

"According to the latest intelligence from the Intelligence Department, the German army reached the gates of Warsaw in just half a month and formed a siege on Warsaw. Currently, more than 1200 bombers have been mobilized to bombard Warsaw and Modlin Fortress."

"Because Poland lacked air defense, the Germans even sent transport planes that were not suitable for bombing missions to drop bombs. It took only a few days to capture Warsaw."

"Okay, okay, this is just the beginning. For Waldersee, this is just an appetizer. I don't plan to get involved in this European war. I will coordinate with them as a great power and take advantage of them after the war is over."

"There's still a war to be fought, so we don't need to keep staring at it. Come on, I'll take you and Dongmei to see Tesla's flying saucer."

Shao Quanzhong and the two smiling newcomers came to an end, but their plan was in vain; Tesla was not actually in the Chenhu Laboratory.

The doctors in the layman group were very busy. "Master, Tesla went to India to learn meditation from yoga masters. He recently encountered a bottleneck in his research on quantum mechanics with Planck, and he said he wanted to get inspiration through meditation."

"He didn't let us go with him, saying it would disturb his practice. Fearing that we would have nothing to do, he designed a solar engine for us to design and implement."

"We found that the area required for this engine to achieve the required power is too large, so it is not very useful in industry, but it can be used to generate electricity. It is still very useful in the desolate areas such as Yili, Tianfang, Mongolia and Kazakhstan."

Well, in order to get rid of the entanglement of vulgar people, Tesla casually threw out a design and opened up a new energy industry. Of course, the current market demand is not very large.

The end of science is metaphysics. Tesla is practicing it himself, and no one knows what he can meditate out.

Shao Quanzhong didn't care too much about not seeing the UFO. However, there were ten large temples in Hailing. Shao Quanzhong thought it was ridiculous that Tesla didn't go to learn Zen from the old monks, but traveled thousands of miles to India to learn Buddhist scriptures. Which old monk can be a scientist? Isn't this nonsense?
Shao Quanzhong simply took Dongmei and Yali to the Ginkgo Forest Park in Taixing, where he spent half a month with the two newlyweds.

On May 5, Shao Quanzhong returned from vacation with his two new concubines. The two concubines had become much more beautiful, and Shao Quanzhong also looked radiant.

Although Shao Quanzhong originally had six concubines, he was not excessively lustful. He actually spent most of his time in the military camp, and his physique was quite good, still strong at the age of 48.

Most importantly, Dongmei and Yali are normal people, not fairies like Princess Sissi...

Back at Qiao Garden, Shao Quanzhong resumed government affairs and found that the globe on his desk had been updated - Poland was no longer there.

Waldersee did not keep Poland all to himself, but invited Russia to share the spoils.

The person in charge of Lucia's army this time was an acquaintance of Shao Quanzhong, Colonel Chernyaev, whom she met in Tashkent.

Because he stood on the right side during the "Vampire Rebellion" and voted for Potowski together with General Kaufman and the Paulmanov family. Now Chernyaev is Marshal Lucia.

He was able to become a marshal because General Kaufman had passed away. Shao Quanzhong was filled with emotion, and felt old and withered.

Governor Kaufman and Foreign Minister Gorchakov, who were familiar to Russia, had both passed away. Potowski, who was in power now, was Quan Xiao's comrade-in-arms. He knew Chernyaev, but he was not very familiar with the others. They all looked dissatisfied with Daxia's control over Russia's economy.

Lucia has the dignity of a great power and will sooner or later escape from her control.

Half a month ago, Marshal Chernyaev led seven armies and fifty divisions to invade Poland. At that time, all the main forces of Poland were either destroyed by the German army or surrounded in Warsaw and Modlin Fortress.

The Russian army was unstoppable and quickly took over the area east of the Bug River, separating itself from the German army across the river.

The land occupied by Russia is not inhabited by Poles. This land has another name - Belarus.

In order to satisfy Lucia, Waldersee also ordered the German army to withdraw from the Bresse Fortress, which had been occupied by the German army east of the Bug River, showing great respect to his allies.

It’s not that he is afraid of Lucia, because now Lucia has Daxia behind her.

The world situation that Waldersee faced was very different from that of a certain painter. He did not dare to challenge Daxia and had no idea about the bear in the east.

Poland was gone, Germany and Russia met at the Bug River, Waldersee stopped his eastward advance, and the world temporarily calmed down again.

Britain and France had the illusion that Waldersee had already had his fill, but Shao Quanzhong knew that Waldersee was just adjusting his deployment and accumulating strength, and there would definitely be more excitement to come.

"Your Majesty, this is an invitation from a gentleman named Zhang Youcai."

This - Yali had just entered the Shao family and didn't know that Shao Quanzhong had inexplicably invited a family to Xiaowa Village in Haicheng.

An invitation from Old Zhang? Shao Quanzhong took it and saw that it was Old Zhang's eldest son, Zhang Zuotai, was getting married and had invited His Majesty to attend.

He had to go, and Shao Quanzhong kept the appointment as scheduled.

In the old house in Gulou Lane, a bright red sedan was carried in amid the sound of drums and firecrackers.

The groom Zhang Zuotai got married at the age of 23 this year because he was delayed by his studies.

He had the financial support of Shao Quanzhong. He was 10 years old when he came to Hailing. He went on to graduate from Hailing University and then went on to study for a master's degree. In years, he actually got a doctorate under the tutelage of Lorentz, the second director of the Cavendish Laboratory.

Mr. Zhang now has four children. His eldest daughter was born to his ex-wife and is married. Mr. Zhang's ex-wife, who passed away, coincidentally had the last name Shao. It was purely coincidental...

The second son, Zhang Zuofu, is 16 years old this year. He is the son of his current wife, Wang. He is similar to Shao Quanzhong in height, appearance, and temper when he was young, but he does not have Shao Quanzhong's cleverness and lofty ambitions. He is currently studying in Hailing Middle School.

After arriving in Hailing, Wang gave birth to a daughter, Xiuying. The family was exactly the same as Shao Quanzhong's "memories", except that the third son was missing.

Zhang Zuofu's elder brother, Zhang Zuotai, was as handsome as Zhang Zuofu, but taller in stature. He was the son of Wang's ex-husband Zhai Mantang. He had the same mother as Zhang Zuofu but a different father, and his original name was "Da Linzi".

After Zhai Mantang passed away, the child married into the Zhang family and took Zhang Shoucai's surname.

Zhang Zuotai's temperament is completely different from Zhang Zuofu's. He is handsome, outgoing and lively, has a very high level of comprehension, is tall, and has just obtained a doctorate degree. So he must marry a decent wife, right?
Zhang Shoucai was quite dissatisfied. When his adopted eldest son and his new bride, who was wearing a veil, came to greet him, he ignored them and looked reluctant.

When the bride and groom entered the bridal chamber, Old Zhang drank his wine in one gulp and sighed.

"It's only because he's not my own son, otherwise I would definitely stop this marriage. Really, Doctor, you can marry anyone you want? But you insist on marrying a foreign wife."

Shao Quanzhong waved his hand and said, "Uncle, your concept is outdated. Look, my second brother Quanxiao married a Bulgarian wife, isn't that good?"

"Most of my children married foreign wives, except for the eldest, Jiming. He was going to inherit the throne, so the Crown Princess had to be Han Chinese. He married the third daughter of Song Lao San."

"By the way, how did Zuotai find a foreign wife?"

"There was a war in Poland, so this girl fled from Warsaw to Daxia to seek refuge. She finished high school and had no money to go to college, so she worked as a tutor in Warsaw to save money."

"I arrived at Hailing a few days ago and showed him my transcripts showing that I had ranked first in every exam from elementary school to middle school. I hired him to be a tutor for Zuofu and Xiuying."

"My two children are not as smart as Zuotai, so I thought of using money to make up for it. Since they have the conditions to go to school, they should at least get a bachelor's degree, right?"

"Who knew that Zuotai and this tutor hit it off right away, and the more they talked, the more they became close. He said they had become a soulmate in academic matters, and he insisted on marrying her."

"I just can't understand, what kind of academic discussion can a PhD have with a high school student?"

Wow, he married an East Slavic girl, Quanxiao married a Yugoslav girl, and Zuotai, the "former big brother", married a Polish girl. Now all kinds of girls are alive.

"Uncle, since Zuotai likes her and she's smart, the child they have will definitely be smarter in the future."

"Tsk, they said they don't want to have children for the time being. Zuotai wants to pay for his wife to go to college, and he said he plans to get a doctorate. Damn it, what's the point of a woman getting a doctorate?"

Shao Quanzhong exclaimed, "This is a wonderful woman, what's her name?"

"Something like Marie Sklodowska. Foreigners' last names are so weird and hard to pronounce."

(End of this chapter)