Although the Roman navy was not completely annihilated, but Zhou Yan and Zhou Wei almost destroyed the important port, Constantine was not surprised by such an ending, "I didn't expect that I didn't even have the strength to fight." After receiving the report from Pang Ning and learning about the whole process of the naval battle, Constantine smiled bitterly at Julius in the palace.

"Your Majesty, there is no way to do this, Daqin's navigation and shipbuilding skills surpass us by too much." Julius didn't know how to comfort the somewhat frustrated emperor, and finally smiled bitterly.

"General, can the local defense withstand King Wuwei's army?" Constantine quickly perked up.

"Your Majesty, I'm completely sure." Julius's answer made his emperor smile on his face, Julius did not boast, the Romans have always been famous for their infantry, and they are good at building fortifications, relying on complete fortifications, the Romans' infantry can withstand ten times their own enemy attack, of course, such a strong defensive capability proves the offensive weakness of the Romans' infantry in the face of a strong enemy, in a head-to-head battle, the Romans' infantry is far from being a fierce opponent of the Han soldiers. The cavalry of the Romans has always been very bad, although in the past ten years, with the relationship with the Huns from the easing to the alliance, the Romans have obtained a lot of excellent horses, and also trained a number of strong elites, but their cavalry is still not strong, but it is enough to cope with the defense of the infantry.

After gaining sea supremacy, Leon finally began his war against the Romans, and Chen Qingzhi and Ran Min were already in Asia Minor under the escort of the fleet. With 100,000 troops, he crossed the Aegean Sea and landed in Greece, and only by capturing Greece could Rome be completely sealed on the European continent.

In the refreshing sea breeze, Ran Min looked at the blue Aegean Sea with a pale face, and his complexion was very different, although he was the first fierce general of the Tang Kingdom, he got on the boat. He was the same as those northern soldiers of the former Great Qin Legion. I vomited a lot.

"I hate the sea." Lie on the railing. Ran Min said weakly, beside him was Chen Qingzhi, who was still in good spirits. Listening to his friend's complaints, Chen Qingzhi patted him on the shoulder and said, "There are still three days before you can see the land, and listen to those sailors say that the weather will not be as bad as the previous few days." ”

"I hope so." Ran Min answered, and then the whole person lay on the deck. The sun was basking in the sun, and the storm on the sea had tossed him enough in the previous two days.

"Brother Chen, it turns out that you are here, I said why can't I find you everywhere." Zhou Yandi's voice suddenly sounded, and Chen Qingzhi turned around and saw Zhou Yan who was staring at Ran Min who was lying on the deck like a dead fish with his mouth open.

"Brother Ran, is he okay?" Zhou Yan noticed Chen Qingzhi's gaze and realized that he had lost his temper, so he hurriedly said.

"Don't worry, just get to land. He was immediately on the move. Chen Qingzhi looked at Ran Min, who was too lazy to move. said with a smile, and then he saw the fishing rod in Zhou Yan's hand, and his eyes lit up. "Brother Zhou also likes fishing?"

"Brother Chen likes it too?" Zhou Yan looked at Chen Qingzhi, stunned for a moment, and then rejoiced, he originally came to Chen Qingzhi to ask for advice, but he didn't have any good excuses, so he brought a fishing rod, wanting to deepen his friendship with Chen Qingzhi in the name of fishing.

"Of course, occasional fishing is also a kind of cultivation, and the mind can also be calmed down." Chen Qingzhi took the fishing rod handed over by Zhou Yan, and the two got into the boat together and fished quietly on the sea.

"Brother Zhou, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly." On the small boat, Chen Qingzhi, who had been silent, suddenly shook the rod, and a big fish landed in the cabin, put the fish into the basket on the side, and then looked at Zhou Yan on the side.

"Brother Chen, do you think the king will let other families enter the court?" Zhou Yan hesitated, but still asked the question he wanted to ask, he hoped that Chen Qingzhi, a famous general with the name of a wise man, could give him an answer.

"Brother Zhou, although the king established the Tang Kingdom, I am afraid that in my heart, like us, I still regard myself as the Great Qin, and the Tang Kingdom is just a name." Chen Qingzhi muttered to himself, and then smiled, "Now Tang Guo... No, the strength of our country has already made the major families in Chang'an uneasy, and they will definitely think of controlling our court to balance the power. ”

"In the past few years, so many Han people have migrated over, if there is no support from the major families, it is impossible to do it, I heard that the major families have sent their own branches over, I think Brother Zhou should know this better than me."

Listening to Chen Qingzhi's indifferent voice, Zhou Yan nodded, "The major families have sent their branches over, and the major chambers of commerce in China have also come to intervene."

I think the king also knew, but I haven't seen the king's reaction until now, so I'm a little worried. ”

"There's nothing to worry about, although the king doesn't like to take care of political affairs, but he can see things more clearly than anyone else, in fact, the actions of the major families can be understood, firstly, they do not want to have a powerful vassal state out of the control of Chang'an in the future, and secondly, they are also driven by interests, now that Persia has perished, the whole of Asia belongs to our territory, and there is no other force on the Silk Road, they want to get a piece of the pie." Chen Qingzhi put down the fishing rod, got up and looked in the direction of the eastern homeland, and sighed, "Great Qin has been strong so far, relying on the balance between the imperial power and the family, and for the king, balance is the most important thing. ”

"You mean that the king will let the forces of the major families intervene in our court." Zhou Yan frowned, looked at Chen Qingzhi, and asked tentatively.

"Of course, otherwise, with the skills of Wang Meng and Cui Hao, do you think those branches of the major families can gain a firm foothold in our country?" Chen Qingzhi turned around and asked.

"Indeed." Thinking of Wang Meng and Cui Hao in Xijing City, Zhou Yan was silent.

"In fact, the king did not choose, the heads of the major families are all shrewd people, in Chang'an, they joined forces to raise military funds for the king, in fact, it is an investment, but they did not expect that the king can really build a country in this foreign land, and the power is so strong." Chen Qingzhi thought of the huge military expenditure in Li Ang's hand, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, the heads of the major families were afraid that they had already calculated it, in short, no matter what, they would not suffer.

"As long as the king can accept it." Zhou Yan breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that what he was most afraid of was that Li Ang would turn his face for the actions of the major families.

"Don't worry, the friendship between the king and His Majesty is not something that the major families can guess, I think that in this matter, Your Majesty and the royal family will definitely intervene in the end, so as not to let the major families do too much." Chen Qingzhi sat down, he thought that it was not a bad thing for the major families to enter the court of the Tang Kingdom, as long as he grasped the balance, he didn't want to see the Tang Kingdom and the Great Qin attack each other in a few hundred years, presumably the king also thought so, so he acquiesced to the forces of the major families to take root in the Tang Kingdom, after all, as long as the upper echelons of the Tang Kingdom are the interest groups of the upper echelons of the Great Qin, then the possibility of war in the future will be minimized.

"Thank you, Brother Chen, for your advice." Zhou Yan hugged his fist at Chen Qingzhi, as a direct descendant of the Zhou family and Li Ang's brother-in-law, what he was most afraid of was that he would be misunderstood by his wife, thinking that he had married her for the sake of the family, and at the same time he was also worried about whether Li Ang would alienate him because of this, after all, he also admired his uncle.

"By the way, what does Brother Chen think about this war?" Untying the knot, Zhou Yan took advantage of the situation to ask about the war, and when the Roman navy lost all its important seaports and could not fight, the rest of his fleet's duties were to transport troops and supplies.

"It's nothing, it's just a boring war." When it comes to the upcoming war, Chen Qingzhi is a little uneasy, he is different from Ran Min, Ran Min pursues the pleasure of fighting on the battlefield, and what he wants is a war that allows him to exert all his strategies.

"How?" Zhou Yan raised his interest.

"How?" Chen Qingzhi touched his nose and said with a wry smile, "Although the Romans shouted fiercely, but in the past few years, they have done the most to build fortifications, I think Greece and their native defense circle may have been built by them as strong as a turtle shell, and their commander Julius is a fairly stable general, coupled with the terrain restrictions of Hercy, it is difficult for our cavalry to exert their full power, to put it bluntly, this battle is just a war of attrition, Greece, we still have the possibility of annexation, after all, the Romans have not been on the ground for long, The Greeks are not of the same mind as them, but their native defense, I'm afraid it will not be so easy to handle? ”

"But the king doesn't seem to have the intention of taking the Romans down in a fight?" Chen Qingzhi thought of Li Ang, and guessed in his heart that his intention was to trap the Romans on the European continent after taking Greece, and then drag them down with war.

"The Romans, by any means, are also a large country with a population of more than 60 million, and it is unlikely that they want to fight in a war." Zhou Yan thought for a while, and then after a few words with Chen Qingzhi, he returned to the flagship, he could see that Chen Qingzhi was not interested in a pure war of attrition, and he had no enthusiasm for the Roman navy, which was far inferior to his own fleet.