Chapter 8: Dad, to strengthen our family, can you help me put out an ad?
My good son is truly a wild one!
Zhang Zuolin was truly afraid of Zhang Xue Ming causing trouble.
He no longer wanted him to join the army!
He longed to send him to study!
Initially, Zhang Zuolin hadn’t noticed, but now he understood!
His son was a real tiger!
He used to think Little Six resembled him the most!
But now, he realized his second son was a living embodiment of a beast!
Just like him back in the day!
Identical!
Give him a cannon company, he would dare to fight all the way to Harbin.
If he was given a division, would he not rise up and march on the capital today, blocking Yuan Shikai in his residence in Wangfujing and driving him out!
He would then drag Puyi out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and say to him.
“Dad! Today it’s the Zhang family’s turn to sit on the dragon throne!”
Zhang Zuolin did have this thought!
After all, that old ghost Yuan Shikai could become emperor.
Why couldn’t he!
However, based on the strength of the Fengtian Army currently.
He could only dream of it.
“Guards! Guards! Take Zhang Xue Ming…” Just as Zhang Zuolin was about to have his guards escort Zhang Xue Ming to Shanghai in the dead of night.
The next second!
Zhang Xue Ming's words stunned him.
“Dad! According to tradition, the newlywed wife should return home three days after the wedding. I’ve delayed for too long!”
“I have to go back to my wife’s family home!”
“If you won’t let me go fight bandits, you have to at least give me some troops, so I can go to my father-in-law’s house in style!”
Hearing this.
The Grand Marshal sat back down.
He began to calculate.
Zhang Xue Ming was right.
Three days after the wedding, the bride returns home.
This was an unchangeable tradition for millennia.
His son was foolish, embracing his wife and making babies furiously. Not only had he not gone back to his in-laws’ home for three days, but it had been three months!
This almost made Old Man Yu think his precious daughter had met with an accident.
He specifically sent people to inquire.
Zhang Zuolin could only make up an excuse, saying that Yu Fengzhi was pregnant and couldn’t travel, which finally reassured Old Man Yu.
However, the Zhang family had broken tradition.
The Yu family wouldn’t blame Zhang Xue Ming, they would only say that their old Marshal didn’t understand the rules.
“If Fengzhi doesn’t go back to her family’s home, it seems a bit off!”
Zhang Zuolin sighed.
Now, if he sent his son to Shanghai.
As a newlywed couple, Yu Feng would surely go with him.
Then.
Back and forth.
Old Man Yu probably wouldn’t see his own daughter for a year or two!
Zhang Zuolin stroked his eight-character mustache.
“It seems this trip back home is a must!”
“Furthermore, we must go in style.”
“But…” Zhang Zuolin looked back at Zhang Xue Ming, who had a “sincere” expression on his face, and felt something was amiss.
His good son.
Why was he suddenly so obedient?
Could there be a trap!
But.
Even if he was trying to cause trouble, what could he do!
He was the King of the Northeast!
Even if his son suffered a defeat while fighting bandits in Songjiang Province.
Who would dare execute him?
At worst, he would suffer a loss!
It would teach him how high the sky was and how thick the earth was.
“Damn it!” The Grand Marshal slapped his hand: “Xue Ming, I will send my guard cavalry regiment to escort you to your father-in-law’s house!!”
“We’ll fight the bandits along the way, and shut the mouths of those from the capital!”
Zhang Zuolin’s guard cavalry regiment!
Part of the most elite First Division, First Brigade in Fengtian!
It was the core of the elite forces!
Compared to standard infantry regiments, the guard regiment had fewer soldiers.
Only a thousand people!
But each soldier was mounted, with excellent equipment.
Thus, they had extreme mobility.
And they were exceptionally loyal.
The Grand Marshal was shrewd. Although he gave Zhang Xue Ming a unit.
It was his own personal guard!
His reasoning was clear, he sent his own guard cavalry regiment to monitor Zhang Xue Ming.
To prevent him from causing real trouble.
Moreover, if he encountered any danger.
With the cavalry regiment, he could run away!
“Damn it, more than a thousand fine steeds leading the way, even when I got married, I wasn’t this glorious!”
Just as Zhang Zuolin was feeling smug.
He saw Zhang Xue Ming hand him a piece of paper.
“Okay, I’ll set off today!”
“Also, dad, I have a telegram here, could you please send it to major newspapers across the country. I want to place an ad!”
“What kind of ad? Old Five, come over here and read it for me.”
Zhang Zuolin couldn’t read, and subconsciously called for his fifth concubine.
Only…
“Ridiculous! Xue Ming, you’re being ridiculous!”
Fifth Concubine glanced at the telegram, and even she, a middle-aged woman who had seen the world, blushed.
At this point.
Zhang Zuolin was even more curious.
“Old Five, quickly tell me what Xue Ming wrote!”
“I… I can’t say it! Let Xue Ming tell you himself!” Fifth Concubine shoved the paper back into Zhang Xue Ming’s hand, covering her face and running out.
“Damn it, you’re bullying this old man for being illiterate!” Zhang Zuolin felt like he was going to explode: “Zhang Xue Ming, what in the hell did you write?!”
At this moment, Zhang Xue Ming smiled: “Fifth Mom has seen and tasted things, she still gets embarrassed.”
“Dad, this is really just a recruitment ad!”
“Let me read it to you.”
Zhang Xue Ming didn’t stand on ceremony, he held the paper and read.
“To revitalize the culture of the nine provinces of Northeast China, the Zhang family of Fengtian will invest 1 million yuan to establish Northeast University.”
“We are specially recruiting talented female teachers nationwide. Requirements: age 18-22, height 1.6 meters or above, healthy with no illnesses!”
“Parentheses: Requirements include a dignified appearance, elegant temperament, proficient in foreign languages, a big butt, enjoys family life, doesn’t like to squabble with others, preference given!”
At first, Zhang Zuolin nodded along.
But later.
His face changed.
Dignified appearance, big butt, enjoys family life, doesn’t like to squabble with others, preference given?
Is this recruiting teachers?
This is a concubine selection!
Zhang Zuolin pulled out his commander’s sword.
“You beast! I’m going to break your legs!”
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