Everyone wants to change the world, but no one wants to change themselves.

- Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy (one of the most outstanding writers in the history of world literature)

When it was close to midnight, Bai Feng, who was free, asked Maxi to call Nanbu Nobunao and Sanada Nobuyoshi to his study after waiting for a long time; this is the difference between a henchman and an ordinary retainer, only the former will really be trusted and valued by Bai Feng.

After sending Nanbu Nobunao and Sanada Nobuyoshi into the conference room, Maxi, who had another mission, went to the military camp outside the city with Darnell, who was guarding the conference room, and in their place were Bai Yi and the other four Flame Sword Masters.

"You're here. Bai Feng, who put down the things in his hand, stood up from his main seat, and said to Nanfang Xin, who was full of tiredness on his face: "Nanfang-kun, I have been absent from the family for the past two years, I have worked hard for you!"

"Lord!" Nanfang Xinzhi, who was standing on the spot because of excessive shock, immediately reacted, and said with sincere fear: "I am a retainer of the Yanhuang family, and I am loyal to the lord and the family, and it is a matter of the next part, how dare I say that I am tired?"

As a typical imperial samurai, Nanbu Nobunao's performance is not outstanding, and even Sanada Nobuyoshi, who is on the side, has to admit in his heart that the father he has admired since he was a child is not more powerful than Nanbu Shinnao.

As if sensing what Sanada Nobuyoshi was thinking, Bai Feng, who was in a good mood, first helped Nanfang Shinnao, who was bent over, up, then patted him on the shoulder, turned his head to Sanada Shinho and asked with a smile: "Shinfan, what do you think of Nanfang-kun, compared to your father?"

Hearing his own family governor suddenly ask this, Nanbu Shinnao, who was still in shock just now, inevitably looked at Sanada Nobuyoshi with his curious eyes; in the final analysis, Nanbu Shinnao, who was the head of the seven elders of the Yanhuang family, still valued Sanada Shinshi's evaluation quite seriously.

"Lord, I really can't answer this comparison!" Facing Bai Feng's smiling eyes, Sanada Nobuyhiro smiled helplessly and bitterly: "As a son of man, I can't evaluate my father, and as a family general, I can't evaluate the family's old ministers." ”

"Haha, aren't you Sanada Shinfan not afraid of heaven and earth, why are you so forward-looking today?" Bai Feng, who laughed loudly, turned his head to Nanfang Xinzhi and quipped: "Nanfang-kun, you are the old minister of our family, would you mind Xinfan's evaluation?"

"Please rest assured, lord!" Nanbu Shinnao, who was already curious in his heart, followed Bai Feng's meaning, and took over the conversation with a smile: "No matter what Xin Fanjun said tonight, I promise not to tell Sanada-sama; ”

"Since the southern lord said so, then he will be offended. Sanada Nobuyoshi, who knew that he would definitely not be able to say it, said in a flowery tone before starting to evaluate: "In my opinion, my father-sama and Nanfang-sama are both important ministers of the humerus of the lord. ”

"It's just that my father is better at commanding troops and making more achievements for his family, while Nanbu is better at handling government affairs and governing the people, and he has contributed greatly to the growth of the family and the development of the Mutsu Kingdom. ”

"My father and the southern lord have their own strengths, according to common sense, they should not be compared, but if we compare them together, I think that the southern lord is more important to our Yanhuang family than my father. ”

"Oh?" Bai Feng, who had long thought that Sanada Shinfan would say this, asked with a smile: "What is the reason? Why is Sanada-kun not as important to our Yanhuang family as Nanfang-kun? You know, I don't think so. ”

While speaking, Bai Feng also glanced at Nanbu Nobunao with his smiling eyes; if it was this one, maybe Nanbu Nobunao would mistakenly think that he might not be as important as Sanada Masayuki in the heart of the family governor, but with this skimming, Nanbu Nobunao instantly understood everything.

Looking at Sanada Nobuyo, who was full of bitterness in front of him, Nanbu Nobunao said in his heart that it was false that he did not envy; in all fairness, Nanbu Nobunao, who thought that he was no worse than Sanada Masayuki, sometimes really envied Sanada Masayuki, who let the other party give birth to two outstanding sons.

Although Nanbu Nobunao's son, Nanbu Toshinao, also stayed by Bai Feng's side, and is now appointed by Bai Feng as the squadron leader of the 1st Military Police Squadron, none of the retainers of the Yanhuang family know that the future rookies that the family governor really values the most are Sanada Nobuyuki and Sanada Nobuyoshi.

Sanada Nobuyuki and Sanada Nobuyoshi, who have not served for a few years, no matter how much potential they have, in any other ordinary family, they can at most achieve the position of Ashigaru general; even in the Sanada family, Sanada Nobuyuki and Sanada Nobuyoshi's positions are only generals.

But in today's Yanhuang family, Sanada Nobuyuki and Sanada Nobuyoshi are nominally family generals whose status is second to that of the family elder and the city lord, but in fact they command the family's most elite 20,000 standing army soldiers, which can be called the most powerful retainers of the Yanhuang family! Even the army commanded by their father Sanada Masayuki is not as many as the army they command, let alone the elite army they command!

With these two sons, who are highly valued by the governor, Sanada Masayuki is naturally happy, and the revival of the Sanada family is inevitable; his own son is only the leader of the military police squadron, so it is undoubtedly normal to have feelings of envy and even jealousy.

"This ......" Sanada Nobuyo, who was deliberately embarrassed by Bai Feng, couldn't help but answer this question, and in desperation, he could only grit his teeth and say: "Lord, if our Yanhuang family's military strength is not strong, then the father of the family is more important to the family than the southern adults!"

"It's a pity that our Yanhuang family has never lacked a large number of elite troops, with these strong troops who have won a hundred battles, no matter how many generals can fight well, I am afraid it will be difficult to play a role, my father is just a good general with a little outstanding ability after all. ”

"Xinfan, if you complain like this, if the generals of other families listen to it, I'm afraid they will vomit blood and die in anger!" Before Bai Feng could speak, Nanfang Xinzhi said with emotion: "Being able to command a real elite division is the most coveted thing for any general in his life;

Seeing that Nanbu Nobunao didn't understand what he meant, Sanada Nobunao had to be patient and explained to him: "Nanfang-sama, it's not that I don't know the blessings in the midst of blessings, I'm afraid that those of us who can only lead the army will be completely replaced by those elites who can win the battle by themselves without the need for a good general!"

"Xinfan, you don't need to worry about that. Bai Feng, who had a smile on his face, said in a serious tone: "Stepping out of the Mutsu Country is only the first step in the real rise of our Yanhuang family, and in the future, there will be countless wars that require you generals to fight for our family!"

"And never limit your gaze to the land of the Yamato Empire, for there is a wider world waiting to be conquered on the other side of the ocean, not too far away, where I was born and raised. That's the center of the world!"