Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Li Wei nodded in response, glanced at everyone again, and asked doubtfully: "Isn't Huang Zai with you?"

When Wu Bozong and the other two heard this, they looked at each other with ugly expressions on their faces.

Wang Jie smiled awkwardly and explained to him: "Huang Zai was transferred to the Ministry of War, and Mr. Zhao, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and you..."

He didn't finish what he said, but Li Wei understood clearly, and his expression sank slightly.

He had a bad relationship with Zhao Ben, so it was understandable that Huang Zai turned to his superior in the yamen, but Ruan Quan from the Ministry of Personnel didn't have a good relationship with him either. Didn't Wu Bozong also come as usual, and even brought a minister with him.

"Hey, if you don't want to come, don't come. Everyone, please come in."

Li Wei felt a little unhappy. He didn't want to socialize with others because of this kind of thing. When he made friends, he treated each other with sincerity, but others mostly weighed the pros and cons. Sometimes you would encounter people like this who you thought had a good relationship but didn't. But he didn't take you seriously at all.

Wu Bozong and others bowed their hands and walked into the house without saying anything more.

After a while, Han Yike and Daotong came hand in hand, and Li Wei warmly welcomed them into the house.

Although these two people were too outspoken and often betrayed their teammates, he couldn't say they were at fault.

After that, Sun Jian and Lu Ti also came and bowed respectfully to him. Sun Jian was the director in charge of the Arms Bureau. Although he had a higher official position than Lu Ti, he knew that Lu Ti was more popular with the Minister, so he did not put on airs and followed him. Luti gets along fairly well.

Moreover, Li Wei personally intervened in the affairs of the Arms Bureau, and he, as the chief officer, usually had nothing to do with it.

In addition to Lu Ti, several managers from the Ordnance Bureau also came over. Li Wei did not ignore these people just because they were not in good positions.

Shen Jie and Feng An from the Appreciation Department and Shen Jing from the bank also came one after another. Shen Jing also brought several larger businessmen with him.

In the end, Xue Xiangcai and Ru Taisu arrived late.

Li Wei was a little unhappy: "Why are you here so late?"

This old man was very active when he agreed, but when he came, he didn't show up until the end. It was really annoying.

In fact, the main reason why he was waiting at the door was to greet him, an old man. After all, he is older, has a higher status, and loves to compete...

In short, he was just waiting for Xue Xiang. It didn't matter if he sent his servants to greet the others. With his status, no one dared to pick on him.

Xue Xiang was not angry when he faced his questioning, and said with a smile: "I am older, and my legs and feet are not as nimble as you young people!"

Li Wei curled his lips, and then saw Ru Taisu behind him, pretending to be surprised: "Master Ru? Aren't you coming?"

"Huh!" Ru Taisu snorted and ignored it.

"Look at you, you didn't tell me earlier that you were coming. I didn't even prepare dishes and chopsticks for you. It's really true!" Li Wei said with a embarrassed look on his face.

"you you you……"

Ru Taisu suddenly blew his beard and glared again.

"Haha, ignore him, you use mine." Xue Xiang interrupted with a smile. After saying that, he walked into Li Wei's mansion with familiarity, and Ru Taisu rolled up her sleeves to follow.

Li Wei chuckled. In fact, he was just joking. Not to mention that he had prepared it. Even if he didn't prepare it, it would be very simple to put on a pair of bowls and chopsticks and add a seat.

Just as Li Wei turned around and was about to go in together, a familiar voice suddenly stopped him.

"Master Li!" Fang Xiaoru shouted from a distance.

Li Wei looked back and was shocked when he saw it was him: "Teacher Fang? Why are you here?"

Fang Xiaoru, who had just walked up to him, suddenly turned pale: "You sent someone to send me the invitation!"

"Uh, really? Then maybe it was sent to the wrong person." Li Wei said embarrassedly.

Fang Xiaoru: "..."

"Look at you, come on. Why are you still empty-handed? How embarrassing is this?"

Li Wei looked left and right at Fang Xiaoru and saw that his hands were empty, and said with some regret.

Fang Xiaoru's face remained calm and showed no embarrassment at all. He had endured so much suffering and torture in the academy and had already developed a strong immunity to Li Wei's sword-selling methods.

But Li Wei was wrong this time, he really brought something.

Fang Xiaoru calmly took out a thick book from his sleeve, threw it to him with a shameless face, then turned around and walked in.

Li Wei looked stunned and hurriedly caught the gift.

I saw that this book was quite heavy. When I opened it, I found that it was the kind of dictionary he had asked Fang Xiaoru to compile before!

And this dictionary has more than just the thousands of common words he copied from the computer, it is much more than that.

"Okay, Xiaofang, your work attitude is worthy of recognition. The dean will add chicken drumsticks to you later!" Li Wei walked in while flipping through the dictionary.

In the front yard of the Prince Consort's Mansion, there were six or seven tables densely packed, and there was an open space in the middle for the Jiaofang Secretary to perform songs and dances. This was specially arranged by Feng Jingchun. Of course, the reward would not be small, and it could be regarded as taking care of the Jiaofang. The company is doing business.

Fortunately, the Prince Consort's residence is large enough, and the small courtyard he had before could not accommodate such a big place.

"Master Li!"

When everyone saw him coming in, they all stood up and held their hands.

Li Wei raised his head and returned the greeting: "Everyone has a seat, there is no need to be so polite."

After hearing this, everyone sat down one after another, and Li Wei also came to Wu Bozong's table and sat down.

The seating arrangements he arranged for guests were somewhat different from those elsewhere in the past. Whether it was a banquet given by Zhu Yuanzhang or a treat given by someone else's family, the seating arrangements were generally based on status and official rank. Although there were departmental divisions, they would never let the minister I went to sit with the ordinary boss.

However, Li Wei was completely divided according to departments. Except for Xue Xiangru and Taisu, who were at the same table with him and Wu Bozong, the other people, regardless of official rank and status, were all arranged together in the same yamen.

Some higher-ranking officials, although somewhat displeased, did not dare to refute his reputation.

After Li Wei sat down, Feng Jingchun bowed to the side and asked softly: "Sir, do you want to start?"

"Well, let's get started." Li Wei nodded.

Feng Jingchun took the order and went down to make arrangements. After a while, the musicians from the Jiaofang Department played their instruments, and the musicians also walked onto the stage and danced gracefully.

However, these songs and dances are much more conservative. Not only do they wear a lot of clothes, but the colors and styles of the clothes are also relatively monotonous.

When the food and drinks came, everyone looked at Li Wei, waiting for him to bring the wine to start. Li Wei had never experienced this kind of thing, so he didn't notice it at first. It was Xue Xiang who reminded him before he hurriedly stood up and raised his glass.

"that……"

In Li Wei's mind, he imagined the leader's opening remarks when treating guests, and then he came out with Uncle Zhao's classic quotation: "Everyone has a good meal and a good drink!"

Everyone looked at each other in shock after hearing this, and it took a moment to react:

"Thank you, Prince Consort!"

"Thank you Mr. Li!"

Li Wei chuckled and raised his glass as a token of respect, and others followed suit.

After drinking a cup, everyone sat down again.

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, everyone started chatting with each other. Li Wei also started talking in a low voice with Wu Bozong and others.

"Why did Chen Jing and Gao Xin follow you to my place?"

They were all acquaintances, and Li Wei didn't hide anything, so he just asked if he didn't understand.

When Wu Bozong heard this question, he was stunned and said, "Master Li, don't you know?"

Li Wei shook his head slightly, expressing his complete ignorance.

Wu Bozong and others were suddenly surprised and looked at each other, not knowing how to explain to him.

Or Xue Xiang smiled and said, "You don't even understand this?"

Li Wei looked confused: "Should I know?"

Xue Xiang rolled his eyes at him, thought for a moment, raised his hand and pointed at Ru Taisu and said, "Look at him."

Li Wei followed his finger and looked at Ru Taisu, only to see that Ru Taisu was eating a lot of stuff at this time, his mouth was full of oil, and he looked like he was about to eat him up and go bankrupt. He was shocked and shouted:

"Oh Master Ru, don't just eat meat, be careful of choking! Come here, give Master Ru two bowls of rice!"

"Cough cough..."

Ru Taisu's movements suddenly stagnated, and he almost choked.

He is an honest official, and his life at home is not easy. Not only are the dishes in Li Wei's place good, but they taste a hundred times better than those in Guanglu Temple, which naturally makes him excited.

Xue Xiang smiled helplessly and continued: "Think about how Mr. Ru was promoted to minister?"

"Recommended by me?" Li Wei looked away from Ru Taisu and looked at Xue Xiang with some confusion.

Xue Xiang nodded slightly: "Do you understand now?" (End of Chapter)