Hou Mingyu didn't have anything to say for the time being, and when he heard Chen Ji say those messy cold jokes, he only felt that his face would twitch.

Song Qingming has been watching the news of the water division recently, and he has discussed it with Chen Ji several times earlier, but Chen Ji has not said anything truthful.

In short, the first three people actually have their own goals in their hearts for the future. Of course, Hou Mingyu will take the career path, Song Qingming wants to be a general, he is more direct, he wants to become very rich and rich, and then accept a few officials and generals as junior brothers.

Speaking of this now, Chen Ji also missed the "quasi" words.

“…… The contracting right of the Denglai Sailor is ours, and the old man only gave me one sentence, don't be unable to pull it out when you want to fight, so you must also use some thought in training after you pass. ”

"Me?"

"Well, a position of chief teacher that I pulled from the mouth of the old man. Don't be disgusted. ”

Song Qingming was stunned: "I won't dislike it, but don't you think it's inappropriate?"

"What's wrong?"

Song Qingming spread his hands and said, "Have you ever seen such a young chief teacher?" You're not worried that I won't be able to suppress those people? ”

Chen Ji laughed: "That's your own business, I gave you the stage, so you don't want me to take the stage for you, right?" Besides, at the beginning of the establishment of this water division, what thousands and hundreds of households were booked for others, and the second generation of officials like you was not easier to get along? Of course, if you really can't do it, we don't have to be afraid. Regarding the daily expenses of the water division, Xu Guogong only promised to allocate 200,000 yuan a year, or send it in two times, just this money, a fart water master. So the real big head falls into our hands. ”

"But that's the way it becomes. At most, I will work together to help you support you for half a year, let you train the army, and in the future, the sailor must achieve self-reliance. The fight against pirates and the trade routes to Goguryeo must at least come out in a certain way. Remember, you, the head of the Denglai Naval Division, are not only a leader, but also the Minister of Beiyang Trade that I recognize, and if you can reach a friendly defense agreement with Goguryeo in the future, you will have to concurrently serve as the assistant defense commander in Goguryeo. ”

Song Qingming smiled bitterly.

Chen Ji added: "Let's make an assumption first, once you become the commander of this auxiliary defense, how do you want to cooperate in the defense method?"

Song Qingming didn't speak.

Chen Ji had no choice but to ask himself: "The Japanese have settled down a little in the past few years, do you know why?"

"Of course, it's because I hit them decisively and scared them."

Chen Ji smiled: "This is of course one reason, and the other is because the country of the Japanese invaders began to move towards reunification. However, in the small land of the Japanese invaders, the country is stable, and there will inevitably be the idea of expanding outward, and they have repeatedly invaded the coast of our country over the years, and they have already seen the wealth of our dynasty, and in addition, the pirates along the coast, the big clans on the shore, have connected a big net, and we must always be on guard. Of course, now that they may not dare to directly intrude on our dynasty, wouldn't Ryukyu and Goguryeo become a good pedal? ”

Song Qingming's eyes changed, as if he was seriously considering Chen Ji's words.

Hou Mingyu interjected: "It's not impossible."

"Of course." Chen Ji smiled: "So to trade with Goguryeo, you also have to pay attention to collecting information, you can find a way to encircle a group of people of insight who are worried about the country and the people, once there are signs, our caravan can intervene on the grounds of protecting good friends." At that time, don't make any big efforts, just make sure that they don't die. Anyway, Goguryeo will inevitably ask our dynasty to send troops, and let's kill it again justifiably and sign a friendly and cooperative defense ordinance. You can even concoct an illusion of invasion if necessary. ”

"You're too yin, aren't you?"

"Yin? Outside the Guan, the construction is rampant, a Liaodong will drag half of my Jokhang wealth to the point of immobility, the court has their difficulties, we have been determined to self-cultivation since childhood, the world is peaceful, naturally there should also be the rise and fall of the family and the country, the consciousness that the husband is responsible. In addition, as long as the Jokhang can garrison troops in Goguryeo, it will also be a deterrent to the Jianguo in Liaodong, and if he takes 10,000 steps back, the Jianguo's control over Goguryeo will be weakened a lot, and no matter how bad the situation is, it will not make them throw themselves to the Jianguo's side, at least it can delay this time. ”

Hou Mingyu looked at it, and the major events of the family and the country, even if it was just an expectation, he felt that he could listen to it.

Chen Ji opened the fan, didn't fantasize anymore, and said at the moment: "These are just assumptions, it's not interesting to talk too much." It's just that there is such an idea to put it there, and I will do it when I can do it in the future, after all, the major affairs of the family and the country cannot be decided in a few words. ”

Song Qingming nodded, "I remember." ”

Hou Mingyu was stunned and a little angry.

The three of them left the hill and returned to the corner, and the group took a carriage back to the city.

When he got to the door, he didn't know whose carriage was blocking his way. After getting out of the car, Xiao Ran had already run over in a hurry. I told him, "There's an old man at home."

Chen Ji was stunned, he shouldn't know any old man in Qingzhou at present. It couldn't be that Xu Guogong came over in person, after all, he didn't see Fang Jingyu.

Chen Ji walked to the house, and when he arrived at the front yard, he had placed a small stool under the osmanthus tree in the courtyard earlier, an old man was sitting lazily, followed by a long follower, and Shen Qiu Guichun was standing farther away.

The old man is very civil.

When Chen Ji arrived, the old man spoke first, "Old man Xu Wu." ”

Chen Ji's face turned pale, he was really frightened.

"I've seen the Boss." Hastily bowed.

The old man's face was pale, "When the old man was free, he wrote a book. ”

Chen Ji bent over, not daring to straighten up.

"The book has not yet been officially completed, and the name is still to be discussed, but in this Qingzhou city, someone has published two articles. The old man has seen it, and ninety percent of the meaning is there. ”

Chen Ji's forehead was sweating.

The old man asked privately, knowing that it was your property. The old man is a little curious, where did you get the article? Of course, the old man didn't come to Xingshi to ask for guilt, and it is not uncommon to catch up with things in this world, maybe it's just that the old man and you have thought of this. ”

Chen Ji exhaled and returned: "Master Mingjian, Chen Ji really didn't know that it was the handiwork of the boss, but he just happened to buy it from a certain Xiyi person. At that time, the newspaper was just getting started, and I couldn't piece together the content, so I used it. If I knew that it was the old man, I would not dare to print it even if I were given a hundred dares. ”

The old man's eyes narrowed: "Really?"

"Don't dare to deceive."

"That's it, the old man came today for two things."

"The old man commands."

"First, are you interested in agriculture? I see a few explanations in that article, so you should have thought of it! Second, after using the old man's article, should I give the money to polish the pen? ”

Chen Ji listened to two things, one before and one after, and froze in place.

The old man looked at him and smiled without saying a word.