A pantry in the back garden.

The secretary sent Bai Zhizhan and left.

The room is not very large, just about ten square meters, with a coffee table and two chairs in the middle, and a pot of tea that has not yet been boiled.

The purple clay pot and the purple sand teacup are a set of tea sets, which look quite expensive.

As far as the fragrance of tea is concerned, it should be black tea like Da Hong Pao, but Bai Zhizhan is not very sure.

The popular coffee culture of the Navy, the tea culture belongs to the Army.

At the beginning, after Chen Bingxun led the expeditionary force to defeat Malai, he was not interested in local products such as bird's nest, except for cat poop coffee. Soon after, a naval officer who retired early due to disability set up a trading company in Malai specializing in coffee exports. In the decades that followed, cat poop coffee became a special product of the Imperial Navy, and no one else had the money to buy it.

The officers and men of the navy also drank tea, but mainly at the grassroots level.

In the era of coal burning on the battleship, tea to quench the heat and thirst was a must-have drink in the boiler department.

As for the art of tea, Bai Zhizhan is even more ignorant.

It's not much of a problem to let him make a pot of coffee, but it's hard for a strong man to play a two-handed tea ceremony.

After a quick observation, Bai Zhizhan sat down on the chair with his back to the door.

This is the guest seat.

After a few minutes, the tea boiled.

Bai Zhizhan didn't start making tea, but turned off the fire.

Why did Xue Yuanzheng's secretary bring him here?

Perhaps, the first thing Xue Yuanzheng saw was Liu Xiangzhen.

When he came out of the title hall, Bai Zhizhan saw that Liu Xiangzhen and another young man who looked like a secretary went out through another door.

Xue Yuanzheng first met Liu Xiangzhen alone, and there was nothing strange about it.

It's not that Liu Xiangzhen comes from a naval family, but in the previous battle, it was indeed he who commanded the special group to assist the marines in taking Liuhuang Island. Further back, it was he who commanded the task force on the side of Asahimi, assisting the Janissary Guard's armored forces in sweeping through the Icestorm Peninsula at lightning speed.

In all fairness, Liu Xiangzhen's military exploits are not under the white war.

In addition, the task force was also operating in the Guia Ocean, providing anti-aircraft cover for the marines on Liuhuang Island and the transport ships at the landing ground, and intercepting the incoming Narrow Yi ships at night.

Perhaps, he will leave tonight.

Hearing the sound coming from outside the door, Bai Zhizhan immediately stood up.

"You're welcome, just order whatever." The person who came in was Xue Yuanzheng.

Although he is sixty years old, he still walks with the wind under his feet, and has the momentum of commanding operations on the Ice Storm Peninsula back then.

Xue Yuanzheng back then was notoriously brave.

"Why, aren't you thirsty?"

"No...... No, in front of Lord Shousuke, he didn't dare to get an axe. Bai Zhizhan was a little embarrassed, he had long forgotten the pot of tea that was boiling.

"I wish the principal told me before that the Navy prefers coffee."

When he said this, Xue Yuanzheng had already made two cups of tea.

"It's not a good tea, it's a big red robe produced last year."

"Shousuke-sama is polite."

When Xue Yuanzheng handed over a cup of tea, Bai Zhizhan hurriedly caught it with both hands.

"You're welcome. If I really want to talk about it, if I had entered the Imperial Naval Academy, I would still be the founding disciple of President Zhu, your senior brother. ”

Xue Yuanzheng deliberately approached, but it made Bai Zhizhan not know how to answer.

Pandering, that seems to be a sycophant.

Refused, and it was too faceless.

Twenty years ago, Bai Zhizhan recognized a "senior brother" and discovered his He Yongxing. But now, the relationship between the two is average.

"I asked Liu Changxun, and he said that he was leaving the reform of the naval command system to you." Xue Yuanzheng also saw Bai Zhizhan's thoughts, so he didn't talk about it anymore. "As far as I know, he also looked for Liu Xiangzhen before this. Tell me, why are you taking this hot potato? ”

That's too straightforward, isn't it?

Bai Zhizhan was speechless, because according to his understanding, Xue Yuanzheng had been in the imperial officialdom for more than ten years, and he was more like a politician, no longer a soldier.

What politician would be so straightforward!?

Xue Yuanzheng didn't ask again, and played with tea art seriously.

He probably felt that Bai Zhizhan needed to think for a while, and he would not answer immediately.

"The potato is very hot, but when you peel it, it's a rare delicacy." Bai Zhizhan only pondered for a moment before answering, and it was only half a minute before and after.

This time it was Xue Yuanzheng's turn to be surprised.

The hand holding the teapot paused in the air for a moment, and only when the trickling tea was about to overflow from the teacup did he put the teapot back.

"A hot potato, peeled off, it's delicious. The truth is true, but there are a few people who can endure the hot pain, and it is no wonder that the principal wishes you a favor. ”

"Shousuke-sama has won the prize."

"Whether there have been awards or not, I don't count."

When Xue Yuanzheng handed over the second cup of tea, Bai Zhizhan obviously hesitated.

Feelings, this tea is not free.

"What do you think of Nuland's President Lofus's proposal to let us negotiate an armistice?"

This time, Bai Zhizhan pondered for a while, to be precise, he slowly drank the cup of tea, which was only five yuan at most, and it was not enough to moisten his throat.

However, it is only a cup of tea.

"Why not be happy if you can get off the donkey down the slope?"

Xue Yuanzheng nodded, but did not make the tea again, but poured the cup of tea that was originally his own and handed it to Bai Zhizhan in front of Bai Zhizhan.

Bai Zhizhan was obviously stunned, not knowing whether to take it or not.

This cup is Shousuke's tea, even if it is boiled out of a pot, it has an extraordinary meaning to drink a cup of tea with Shousuke.

"Well, there's one last question left, and I'm too lazy to make another drink."

Feelings, Bai Zhizhan is self-inflicted.

After Xue Yuanzheng said this, Bai Zhizhan didn't ramble anymore and caught the teacup with both hands.

"If we fight, do you think it is necessary for us to land on the Sayi mainland, where to land, and how to fight after landing?"

That's a problem!?

Bai Zhizhan regretted it, and answered these questions clearly, the pot of tea was not enough to drink.

Xue Yuanzheng was too picky, he couldn't even give up some tea, and said that he was too lazy to make it again.

This big red robe is really delicious, I'm afraid I can't buy it with money outside.

After a while, Bai Zhizhan had an answer in his heart.

"When you've thought about it, just say, don't have any burden." Xue Yuanzheng encouraged.

"Ever since Marshal Chen Bingxun led the fleet into Dongdu Bay, the Imperial Kingdom has been following our example, and it has never really surrendered. If you want me to say, that's because I haven't had enough of it. If the result of this fight is still like this, it will be completely meaningless. Bai Zhistrategically paused slightly, and then continued: "It's just my personal opinion, that's 80 million mouths that have to eat every day, and it's 80 million burdens and drags, and if you don't know it, you will become 80 million uncles." Since it is necessary to fight a good battle in the territory of the Saoyi, let them fight, and what kind of war it will be is the business of the Sayi Imperial State. When the fight is almost over, we will come forward again, and we can still make those living narrow-minded people grateful to Dade. In the long run, it will be more beneficial to maintain our relationship with the narrow-minded people by making them suffer enough. ”

"Cannibalism?"

Bai Zhizhan said so much, Xue Yuanzheng summed it up in one word.

"It's not unheard of in history, the Warring States period lasted for hundreds of years, and it's not a big problem to fight for a few decades."