Time slipped through the fingertips. At some point, two swaying figures in the festively decorated bedroom stopped. Looking through the window, they could no longer be seen.
Not long after, a faint sound of breathing came from the room.
When the last candle was extinguished, there was silence in the room, except for the faint sound of breathing.
The spring night was short, and in a flash it was already bright.
The golden sunlight shines through the window into the bedroom, shining like gold on the floor. Li Zhen is shirtless, revealing his strong chest. Zhi Lan is leaning next to Li Zhen, with a trace of tears in the corners of her eyes, but a faint smile on her face. Li Zhen slowly opened his eyes and looked at Zhi Lan, who was sleeping peacefully next to him, with a look of love flashing in his eyes.
This woman will stay with him until he grows old.
The charming scene from last night appeared in Li Zhen's mind, and he smiled mischievously. Zhilan quickly adapted to the process from being jerky at first to passionate at the end. He looked at Zhilan next to him. At this time, Zhilan was wearing Although the bright red mandarin duck bellyband covers the softness of the chest, it still reveals the skin as white as jade.
Li Zhen gently kissed Zhilan's forehead and prepared to stand up.
"嘤咛,."
Zhilan groaned and opened her eyes.
Seeing the golden sunshine shining in, Zhilan rubbed her sore eyes, with an anxious look on her face, and said hurriedly: "It's already dawn, and I have to serve tea to my sister. Hurry, get up immediately." As she spoke, Zhilan was about to stand up, but the two of them exercised so intensely last night that as soon as Zhilan sat up, she felt pain in her lower body.
"Hiss, hiss."
Zhilan took a few breaths and looked at Li Zhen angrily.
"Daughter-in-law, you are wronged." Li Zhen cried out: "Last night when we were together, you were also involved. You were very happy riding on me. Now you are complaining about me. You can't burn bridges."
Zhi Lan blushed and was speechless.
In terms of face, none of the ten Zhi Lan can match Li Zhen. She was defeated by Li Zhen with just one word.
Zhi Lan glanced at Li Zhen resentfully and said: "Husband, stop talking so much, take the time to wash up and serve tea to your sister. That's the business. I know my sister won't blame you, but you still have to pay attention to these small details."
Li Zhen helped Zhilan up and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
He took the ordinary clothes that Zhilan usually wore and took the initiative to put them on Zhilan. This process required some extortion. The two of them were very affectionate.
After getting dressed, Li Zhencai shouted: "Here comes someone."
As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened with a creak.
Zhi Lan's maid Dong'er walked in and saluted with a smile: "Good morning, uncle, good morning, miss." Dong'er followed Zhi Lan from Beijing to Shanghai, and then from Shanghai to Guangzhou, and also witnessed the marriage process of Zhi Lan and Li Zhen. , I feel sincerely happy when I see Li Zhen and Zhi Lan loving each other after getting married.
Li Zhenxiao said: "Dong'er, go get some water. Zhilan and I will wash up right away."
"yes."
Dong'er turned around and left, quickly bringing the washing utensils. After Li Zhen and Zhi Lan finished washing, they left the bedroom and walked towards the yard where Li Xiaotong lived. After entering the yard, the two went directly to the hall and served tea to Li Xiaotong.
Li Xiaotong finished drinking the tea with a satisfied look on her face.
She stared at Zhilan for a while and said: "Sister-in-law, you and your brother are married. You are a woman of the Li family. You want to spread the branches and leaves of the Li family and give birth to a fat boy as soon as possible. Do you understand?"
Li Zhen rolled his eyes, sister can really say anything.
Zhilan's cheeks turned red with embarrassment, she lowered her head slightly and nodded slightly, but she was a little shy. Although she had successfully transformed into a young woman, she felt ashamed to speak up when faced with Li Xiaotong's question. He hooked up and said with a smile: "Sister, Zhilan and I will let nature take its course. You should open up branches and leaves for Lao Wang's family as soon as possible."
Li Xiaotong glared at Li Zhen, changed the topic, and chatted with Zhilan again, excluding Li Zhen.
The two had a lively chat, but Li Zhen was on pins and needles and very uncomfortable with it.
After half an hour, Zhilan stood up to say goodbye and left with Li Zhen. On the way back to the yard, Zhilan was in high spirits, beaming, and seemed very happy.
Back in the yard, Zhilan happily wrote down what she had said to Li Xiaotong.
Almost everything Li Xiaotong and Zhilan talked about was about their children. Zhilan recorded it carefully in her mind because she understood that Li Zhen could not be the only woman, especially since sisters Gu Lina, Zhou Xiuying, and Alice were already living in the house. , getting married to Li Zhen is a matter of time, having children is the fundamental thing.
Zhi Lan heard this from her mother-in-law.
Li Zhen was doing nothing in the yard, sitting down quietly and thinking about the next development. Logically speaking, the flood in Guangzhou was resolved, and Li Zhen also became the admiral and governor of Guangdong. Even Ye Mingchen had to be wary of three points, but Li Zhen was obviously not satisfied. Here, because his goal is still far away, further development is necessary.
Li Zhen's mind drifted to army construction. Since the last time grenades, landmines and the like were equipped in Shanghai, the weapons have never been optimized or improved.
Li Zhen thought about increasing the combat effectiveness of the army, and his eyes stayed on the firearms.
The development of firearms is the best shortcut to enhance the strength of the army. Most of the bullets used in current firearms are paper-loaded bullets, not the metal shell bullets that are commonly used in later generations. Li Zhen wants to transform the current firearms, but it is not easy to transform them. Difficulties, just tell Dai Yuanhua the basics, I believe Dai Yuanhua will be able to complete it.
Li Zhen had an idea, got up and walked towards the study.
He wanted to write down his thoughts in order to improve the army's weapons.
"Bang, bang,."
Li Zhengang sat down, but before he could even pick up his pen, there was a rapid knock on the door outside the study. Immediately, Liu Taiping's voice rang out: "Sir, I have something urgent to report."
"Come in." Li Zhen said.
The door was pushed open and Liu Taiping hurriedly walked in.
Li Zhen asked: "Sir, what's the matter?"
After Liu Taiping sat down, he said seriously with a sad look on his face: "I just checked the cost of getting married and found that it was not much and I received a lot of gifts. However, I browsed this month's Records revealed a serious problem. For a long time, the money in the treasury has been unable to make ends meet. In addition, countless money has been consumed in the construction of hospitals, arsenals and other buildings. If this continues, I am afraid that after this year, the treasury will be empty."
Li Zhen frowned and said: "When we were in Shanghai, we confiscated the properties of Yang Fang and Yang Nengge, and also earned compensation from Bourlon and others. We made tens of millions of dollars. Have we exhausted all of them?"
Liu Taiping said calmly: "You only think about income, no matter how much you spend. Shanghai has opened arsenals, built hospitals, and thousands of soldiers' weapons. Countless amounts of money are consumed every day. This is not a small amount of money." , coupled with other miscellaneous things, the money is even worse. I estimate that it can last for about four months, so we must make money through open sources."
Li Zhen took a deep breath, with a troubled look on his face.
If you want to make money, make big money.
However, relying on the business of Gulina and Alice sisters is obviously not feasible. Moreover, the arsenal only manufactures weapons to satisfy the army, and does not make money by selling weapons.
How to do it.
Li Zhen sat quietly and began to think slowly.
ps: Second update. This update took me four hours to write. It was really slow, mainly because I was thinking about the following text, which was a bit stuck.