Qin Feng's face was red, and two bowls of strong wine were in his stomach, making him feel comfortable all over. It seems that every cell in his body is cheering, his brain seems to be more active than usual, and he is more pleasant to get along with these five big and three rough soldiers in the army than to sit in the palace and deal with those twists and turns that seem to never be finished.

The generals always speak straightforwardly, and sometimes even rude, unlike those old men in the political hall, a very simple thing, they will open and crumple and turn around several large circles before saying the final meaning. Sometimes it makes Qin Feng feel a headache. Couldn't it be more direct?

Xi'er laughed at himself for reading too little because of his dissatisfaction, but should he talk like this when he reads too much? It's such a waste of time.

But Qin Feng knew that he couldn't change this, so he still felt that being with the soldiers would make him happier.

Sitting in front of the burning charcoal, he enthusiastically took a steamed bun with a tongs and roasted it over and over again, roasted the skin of the steamed bun until golden brown, and then carefully tore off this layer of golden skin and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it until it made a caba sound, and then continued to put the steamed bun that had become white again on the fire and roasted it slowly.

Chen Zhihua was sitting across from him and was doing the same thing. I've never eaten it this way before, but it seems to be delicious. Chen Zhihua is not a poor son born in an ordinary family, his Lao Tzu was a high-powered general in the former Dayue, in addition to eating and drinking, Chen Zhihua will never lose himself, like the current thing of personally baking steamed buns, he really hasn't done it.

"The last time you came back from Manila, I asked you to go back to see you, and you didn't go, don't you want you to go back?" Qin Feng looked at the layer of steamed buns that had been roasted again with satisfaction, and carefully tore off a piece with two fingers and put it in his mouth.

"At that time, we had just arrived here, and there were so many military affairs that the general could only sleep for one or two hours a day, and once I left at that time, I was afraid that things here would be chaotic for a while, which is not good." Roasting the steamed buns in his hand in a circle, Chen Zhihua replied. His barbecue skills are obviously a grade lower than Qin Feng's, some parts of the steamed buns have not been roasted yet, and some places are about to turn into coke, but he still happily stuffed the coke into his mouth and chewed it, and his lips turned black because of it.

Being able to gossip and chat with His Majesty like this is a manifestation of his status. It puts him in a happier mood. The eldest husband can't be without power for a day, he grew up in the barracks, and he is a major general with a very high status, of course he can appreciate the wonders of power.

Naturally, although he is also a general now, he is not the same as the general before his father, and the army under his father's command at that time can be said to be the private army of the Chen family, and he is more loyal to his father than to the Dayue court. When his father rebelled with Luo Yishui, the army under his command didn't say a word, and set off with his father with a knife.

The army of the Ming Dynasty has only one loyal object, that is, the young emperor in front of him, his own general is only the commander of this army, as long as the emperor is willing, he can replace himself at any time and let another person command this army, but will not make the army below feel any discomfort.

He is just a commander, not an owner, Chen Zhihua is very clear about this.

If you want to have this kind of power all the time, of course, you have to show the corresponding value, you don't lack ability, as long as you are loyal enough and establish enough meritorious service, then it is impossible for a guy like Yang Zhi who is favored by His Majesty to replace him.

"Besides, since I know that my father is safe and sound, and I have a fixed place to stay, there will be time to meet in the future." Chen Zhihua put the torn steamed buns on the fire again." Actually, I miss my mother more than my father."

Qin Feng laughed, compared to Chen Jinhua, Chen Zhihua, the elder brother, is really more mature.

"Wolves are wolves, and wherever they go, they always eat meat." Qin Feng said leisurely: "Of course, Luo Yishui and your father can do this point with that little bit of people and horses who crossed the sea with them, it really amazes me that they can get to this point today. So, if I can help them, I naturally have to help them."

Chen Zhihua looked up at the emperor in surprise: "Your Majesty, shouldn't that area be included in the Ming Dynasty's Sun and Moon in the future?" I don't think Dad they will refuse, no matter how far they can go in Manila, they are a minority after all."

Qin Feng shook his head: "Zhihua, this world is too big, not every place is something we need to conquer, we can use many other ways to make our will manifest. Look, isn't that what Manila is like now? After Luo Yishui and your father take control of Manila, we can trade, we can form alliances, in short, there are many ways to make that place our help, and it is not a very good way to conquer it by force, at least for many years, we do not have this ability. It's not like this continent."

There was only a small lump of steamed buns left, Qin Feng simply stuffed them all into his mouth, chewed and swallowed them, drank another sip of warm tea and washed the crumbs in his mouth into his stomach, rubbed his hands, and continued in Chen Zhihua's somewhat surprised gaze: "This continent, although it is divided into four, but in the final analysis, everyone used to live under the same banner, everyone was of the same language, said the same thing, and wrote the same words, so for the battle of unification, everyone was not uncomfortable. Even many people will think that the world will be divided for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time, which is the general trend of the world. You see, when we annexed the Qin State, most of the people did not have a particularly violent reaction, from the generals who led the troops, to the officials who managed the local people, and down to the ordinary Li people. But when this kind of thing is applied overseas, it's not quite the same."

Chen Zhihua thoughtfully.

"The people there don't look the same as us, they speak different languages, their cultural habits are very different, and even the gods they believe in are different, we really want a large army to overwhelm the border, or we will get the power there by strong force for a while, but I am afraid that the resistance will never stop." Qin Feng said: "If we rely on force alone, I'm afraid it will make us fall into a big quagmire and we can't pull ourselves out, I don't have so much energy, our main goal is to put it on this continent, annex Chu State, defeat Qi State, I'm afraid it will take me many years, and then, of course, to make this continent rich and strong, this will take longer than it will take me to defeat Qi State and unify the continent."

"Your Majesty is extremely worried, compared to the mainland, that area is indeed a little bit of a chicken." Chen Zhihua nodded.

"Where Luo Yishui and your father are, if they can succeed, it will give us a good fulcrum." Qin Feng laughed, "Where are they a minority, but they want to stand on top of those people's heads, it is naturally okay for a while, but after a long time, it will inevitably make the people there dissatisfied and want to oppose them, at this time, Luo Yishui must need our help to gain a firm foothold, and this is enough. We use this fulcrum to infiltrate our influence there, not only to make the people there understand that we will not occupy that place and enslave them, but also to make them understand that we are an existence that they cannot provoke, and if they really anger us, the army will kill them in an instant. With this foundation, we can spread the culture of our continent wherever and without much hindrance, infiltrate our values, and change the deep-rooted local ideas of the people there little by little, so that they can become our absolute admirers. After they have something they can't solve, the first thing that comes to their mind is to come to us for help. That's enough."

"Be an arbiter rather than a controller." Chen Zhihua's eyes lit up.

"That's right, so our gains are not necessarily weaker than the occupation there, but there is much less trouble." Qin Feng nodded: "What's more, I have always been wary of those countries in the west, you see, they can produce such sweet wine, can make such beautiful glass, and those majestic warships, which shows that their strength is not worse than ours, the sea blocks the possibility of our big fight, but can you guarantee that one day, there will not be a cloud of warships to come to our land?"

"Or we can hit it first!" Chen Zhihua's eyes showed a fierce light.

"It's also an option, but that's many years later, and our sailors don't have the ability to fight on a large scale yet." Qin Feng shook his head: "And those forces in the far west have already done this. This is also one of the reasons why I have made a strong support for Luo Yishui and your father, and now we need a fulcrum to rely on the battle to ensure that my pace of dominating the continent will not be interfered with by external forces."

"Your Majesty is far-sighted and submitted." Chen Zhihua said from the bottom of his heart.

"People have no foresight, but they must have near-term worries!" Qin Feng spread his hands, "It's better to think a little longer and prepare a little in advance than to be in a hurry when things come to an end."

"I really hope that one day, I can hold our Great Bright Sun and Moon Flag, but look at those countries in the West." Chen Zhihua turned his head to look at the bright wine utensils on the side of the table, and his eyes flashed with a sparkling light.

"It's a good thing. I've asked Ning Zeyuan to make a voyage this time to find out how this thing came out. If possible, get a few craftsmen back." Qin Feng smiled: "You don't know, Xi'er has no resistance to such things, and he likes it very much. It's very expensive, and if we can make it ourselves, then we have a lot more money."