Expedition to Europe

There is no need to go into details about the relationship between Huang Bohan and Qin Zhiyuan. The establishment of Lanfang was single-handedly organized by these two people. This can be regarded as a revolutionary friendship.

It is true that Huang Xinyuan is Huang Bohan's son, but it would be too far-fetched to say that Huang Bohan is suspected of leaking secrets based on this.

If Huang Bohan wanted to target Lan Fang, there was no need to use this method. Huang Bohan could cause much greater harm than this.

In fact, not only Huang Bohan, Qin Zhiyuan estimates that even Huang Xinyuan may not know about it. Huang Boyan is now Prime Minister Lanfang. From an official position, Huang Boyan is already a very popular minister. It is not easy for Huang Xinyuan to get an official position; at the same time, Huang Bohan is one of the richest people in the world. Under the influence of Huang Xinyuan, he has no regard for ordinary wealth. If he wants to bribe Huang Xinyuan, the value is too high, so Qin Zhiyuan feels that Huang Xinyuan is not involved.

But since Yecheng Entertainment is involved, Qin Zhiyuan must communicate with Huang Bohan in time to avoid misunderstandings.

That night, Qin Zhiyuan and Julie flew to Yecheng with little Qinde and stayed at Yecheng Palace.

This is the first time in this world that little Qinde has left the Black Swan Castle on Penglai Island. Therefore, even though he is tired from the journey, little Qinde is still full of energy and is still fussy and refuses to sleep at six o'clock in the evening.

It's a good idea not to sleep, so as not to worry about it again later.

Qin Zhiyuan called Huang Bohan before setting off. At six o'clock in the evening, Huang Bohan and his youngest wife came to the door on time.

Before the establishment of Lanfang, Huang Bohan had eight wives and concubines. After the establishment of Lanfang, Huang Bohan took in another one, and she was a French woman. This also meant that she was emulating Qin Zhiyuan.

As usual, Qin Zhiyuan and Julie held Qin De in their arms to greet him at the door of the main building.

"Your Majesty, I have to wait for a long time. It's my fault." Huang Bohan apologized with fists in his hands as soon as he got out of the car.

"Haha, have you eaten Taiyuan? Eating more won't affect your health, right?" Qin Zhiyuan also cupped his fists in return.

On the surface, Qin Zhiyuan, Huang Bohan, and Lu Zhengxiang still maintain the etiquette between monarchs and ministers, but privately, the relationship between Qin Zhiyuan, Huang Bohan, and Lu Zhengxiang is still relatively casual.

Although Qin Zhiyuan is the king, he does not pay much attention to the so-called etiquette. As ministers, Huang Bohan and the others are more eager to maintain good personal relations with Qin Zhiyuan. Therefore, when Qin Zhiyuan and Huang Bohan met in private, they neither knelt down nor bowed. "Long live the mountain" and that kind of stuff, it's almost like an old friend.

"Oh, why did His Highness come out too? It's a sin, it's a sin. It's windy at the door, so hurry in." Huang Bohan seemed to have just seen Xiao Qinde.

"Good evening, Prime Minister." Julie gave a little naughty salute.

"I have met Her Royal Highness the Princess!" Huang Bohan was a little embarrassed, but still responded.

No matter how you look at it, Huang Bohan should be the first to salute Julie, and Julie is now the first to say hello, which makes Huang Bohan unable to step down.

To be honest, Julie has a lot of objections to Huang Bohan. No matter how you look at it, Huang Bohan married nine wives at once, which is a great disrespect for women. What's more, Huang Bohan also sent many maidens to the palace. , which made Julie even more dissatisfied with Huang Bohan.

Well, Westerners really can't understand Eastern family relationships, especially Huang Bohan's. In Julie's opinion, Huang Bohan's family is simply rebellious.

"Haha, okay, let's go in." Qin Zhiyuan came out to smooth things over.

Polygamy is a Chinese tradition. Qin Zhiyuan can only marry Julie so far out of respect for her. Even Misha, whom he has been looking forward to for a long time, has not moved into the house, but Qin Zhiyuan will not accuse Huang Bohan for this.

Polygamy was a common phenomenon in Lanfang. As Prime Minister, Huang Bohan had nine wives, Minister of Commerce Huang Jinsheng had six wives, Governor Guo Shenglong of Wanghai Prefecture had five wives, and even Industry Minister Zhang Tianyun, who returned from Europe, now has three wives. , three seems to be relatively few, but Zhang Tianyun is not yet thirty, and when he is Huang Bohan's age, he still doesn't know how many he will have.

Since Lanfang's senior officials are all polygamous, it is absolutely impossible to be monogamous now. Therefore, Lanfang's "Marriage Law" does not have such provisions at all. If you want to add it, you will have to wait until Lanfang's generation Let’s talk about it after everyone is dead.

However, in order to prevent this situation from expanding, Lanfang is currently restricting this situation. The method is similar to that of West Asian countries. In principle, Lanfang does not restrict the number of wives that citizens can marry, but if there is more than one, they will have to ask Lanfang for each wife they marry. Fang’s Ministry of Civil Affairs paid a valuable registration cost. This registration cost is accumulated in a geometric form based on the original base. If someone really wants to marry nine wives like Huang Bohan, then Lanfang’s government revenue for that year is estimated to be double Ichiban.

At the same time, Lan Fang also stipulates the status of wives in legal form. No matter how many wives there are, their status does not matter. As long as one wife has something, other wives must also have it, and they are not allowed to abandon it all the time. , if you want to divorce after getting married, then okay, no matter how much property the family has that needs to be separated, the state will take half of it first.

Through multiple measures, Lanfang's current polygamy phenomenon has been curbed to a considerable extent. At least in the future, there will no longer be a situation where one husband is divided among five or six people.

Huang Bohan knew that Julie didn't like him, but it didn't matter. As long as Qin Zhiyuan liked him, it was fine. So Huang Bohan raised his hand and a crystal clear Guanyin jade pendant appeared in his hand: "This is what my wife brought back from the Republic of China last month. It is made of good material from Hongsavadi. It was carefully carved by a master and blessed by a monk in Putian. It is just right to be presented to His Royal Highness."

Hongsavadi is Myanmar. The jade there is the best in the world. The piece Huang Bohan took out is naturally the best in quality. Qin Zhiyuan couldn't tell the difference between glass and ice. The key is that this kind of thought is rare, so Qin Zhiyuan happily signaled Julie to accept it.

It's true that taking someone's hand is short. Julie's face looked much better after accepting the thing. She went to the side to chat with Huang Bohan's French wife named Lucia Robert.

Seeing that Julie and Lucia were talking happily, Huang Bohan smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Haha, I really don't know how you handle housework at home. It must be a headache." Qin Zhiyuan joked.

"Hey, Your Majesty, I don't know. If I had known this, I would never dare to provoke my wives even if they were fairies." Huang Bohan pretended to wipe his sweat.

"Having many wives is also good. You have almost 30 children now, right? It's also a good thing to have more children." Qin Zhiyuan did not comment.

Huang Bohan is indeed strong and healthy. Although he is 53 years old, his reproductive ability is still very strong. Just a few days ago, Huang Bohan's sixth concubine gave birth to another son for Huang Bohan. In this regard, Qin Zhiyuan is far inferior.

The original text can be read in Liu # 9 @Shu/ba!

"My inferior sons are not worth mentioning. When Your Highness grows up, one of them will be able to replace a large group of them." Huang Bohan was polite and complimented him. It was easy for him to do so. "To be honest, I have also felt that I am not energetic in recent years. If there are any of my children who can become useful, I would also like to retire early and enjoy the happiness of family life. Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes."

Among Huang Bohan's more than 20 children, there are indeed few who can become useful. Otherwise, in the original history, the huge Jianyuan Company would not have disappeared.

Of course, the reason why Jianyuan Company disappeared was not entirely because of Huang Bohan's children's failure to live up to expectations. Huang Bohan's leaving his hometown to go to Singapore, where he was unfamiliar with the place, was also one of the reasons.

But one thing is certain, none of Huang Bohan's children are as talented as Huang Bohan. Otherwise, even if they left their hometown, those descendants of the Huang family who were still wealthy could also fight for a good place.

"Taiyuan, please don't say that. Lanfang is in a turbulent time and needs Taiyuan to manage it. Taiyuan needs to worry about everything." Qin Zhiyuan was sincere.

He was really sincere. No matter how useless Huang Bohan's sons were, Huang Bohan himself had no problems. Qin Zhiyuan would not vent his anger on Huang Bohan because of his sons. That would be unfair to Huang Bohan.

"Yes, it is indeed a turbulent time. Yesterday, I summoned Owen Jonah. Owen Jonah categorically denied that Benson Franklin was related to the explosion in the materials laboratory and refused to hand over Benson Franklin. I have already issued an ultimatum to Owen Jonah. If Owen Jonah does not give Lanfang an explanation, although it will not cause a war, it is necessary to lower the diplomatic level." Huang Bohan agreed with Qin Zhiyuan's statement.

Just as Huang Bohan said, if the British did not hand over Benson Franklin, then Lan Fang would downgrade the diplomatic level between Britain and Lan Fang from the ambassadorial level to the ministerial level, which was also a warning from Lan Fang to the British.

Of course, downgrading the diplomatic level does not mean that the matter is over. Lan Fang has ways to retaliate against the British, such as Sarawak, Australia, and Lion City. No matter where, as long as Lan Fang is determined to make trouble, it can make the British anxious.

While talking, Dong Xingxiu came to report that the banquet was ready, so Qin Zhiyuan invited Huang Bohan and Lucia Robert to the table, Julie and Lucia drank some red wine, Qin Zhiyuan and Huang Bohan drank brandy, and the two chatted while drinking.

The degree of brandy is actually not low. After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Qin Zhiyuan slowly talked.

"This morning, there was the latest progress in the explosion of the materials laboratory. The current situation shows that the explosion of the materials laboratory is related to Coconut City Entertainment Company." Qin Zhiyuan's voice was not loud, but the content shocked Huang Bohan.

"Coconut City Entertainment Company..." Huang Bohan repeated, as if searching for the impression of this company in his memory, and suddenly his eyes widened in horror: "Coconut City Entertainment Company?"

Huang Bohan already has many industries under his name, and Coconut City Entertainment Company is Huang Xinyuan's industry, which is separated from Huang Bohan by another layer. Huang Bohan still needs to think carefully before he can figure out the relationship between Coconut City Entertainment Company and himself.

However, it is terrifying to think about it carefully!