Looking at Chen Ci standing in front of him, Qin Feng was really emotional. This is the seventh year since they left, and he still remembers that when Chen Ci left, he was haggard, and a person who was less than fifty years old looked like an old man in a sixtieth century, and the whole person was withered, but seven years later, when Chen Ci stood in front of him again, he was full of heroism, and the kind of momentum that a commander general should have returned to him.

Looks like they've been doing pretty well over the years.

"Zhihua and Jinhua should be very happy if they see you now." After inviting Chen Ci to sit down, and Father-in-law Le served fragrant tea again, Qin Feng said with emotion. Zhihua is now the commander of the Ming side, and he is commanding the troops to surround Yongdu, and if he can't come back to see you, I will have someone go to inform Jinhua in Zhaoguan to come back and meet you."

"The child is taken care of by His Majesty, and Chen Ci is grateful." Chen Ci thanked him, and after coming back this time, he learned that his two sons were heavily used in Daming, and his eldest son Chen Zhihua was one of the three generals of Daming.

"It doesn't have to be, they have the status and achievements they have today, it's all their own ability. In the Ming Army, people who don't have the ability can't gain a foothold!" Qin Feng waved his hand, unimpressed.

"There are many capable people in the world, and not all of them can get ahead." Chen Ci said with a smile: "If you have the ability, you also need to have opportunities, and you need someone to value it. Although gold always shines, what is the use of being buried in the soil and covered in mud and unwiped?"

"That makes sense." Qin Feng stared at the other party, "If General Chen hadn't left that day, his achievements would have been even higher than Zhihua's."

"Everyone has his own ambitions, and he should not force them." Chen Ci smiled and said, "Now Ci is also very happy."

In fact, Qin Feng looked at Chen Ci and felt quite a lot in his heart, Chen Ci looked at Qin Feng, and he was not shocked. Isolated overseas, they had very little news about this continent, and it was also a big mistake to occasionally hear from them, until the warships of the Great Ming Naval Division escorted the caravan into the sea once again and set foot on Manila Island, they finally got accurate information.

When they left the mainland as losers, Qin Feng was still a rebel, and he was thinking of ways to overthrow the rule of the Yue Kingdom, and although the Taiping army had gained the upper hand, they always thought that there would be a long time to fight.

However, in just six or seven years, Qin Feng led his Taiping army to complete the overthrow of the Yue State, rebuild the regime, and now the Qin State, which had surpassed the Yue State in the past, was much stronger.

It is no longer possible to describe Qin Feng's achievements as a miracle.

When Qin Feng went to Chao, he was followed by only more than 600 ragged soldiers, and after seven years, he already had an incomparably vast territory, and he could recruit hundreds of thousands of troops at any time, and even the sailors he established were now considered an extremely powerful force in this sea area.

And they left with thousands of elite soldiers who were fully armed, but now, they are still struggling on an island, let alone making great achievements, and they don't know when they will unify this island country.

When you feel that you have similar abilities to another person, and others are better than you, you will feel unconvinced, and you will feel that you are also capable of doing what others have done, but it is just bad luck. But when a person's talent is far superior to yours, and the achievements you make are beyond your reach, you will have no jealousy, no anger, and the rest is just admiration and worship, so as to treat this person as an idol for your life.

Chen Ci is probably in this state of mind now.

The current Da Ming, for him, is a behemoth that can only look up.

"Listening to Ning Zeyuan, Luo Yishui has broken through the last obstacle and become a grandmaster, then I really want to congratulate him." Qin Feng said with a smile.

"This year's thing. Can't compare to Your Majesty." Chen Ci bowed slightly.

"How did you get to Manila in the first place, and how did you get to your feet? Can you tell us more about that?" Qin Feng asked.

"I know everything about Your Majesty." Chen Ci said: "At that time, His Majesty was lenient, the general led us to cross the ocean, more than a month later, we encountered pirates in the sea, a fierce battle, although we defeated the pirates, but also suffered a lot of losses, especially the ships, extremely damaged, fortunately, we barely landed on the south coast of Manila Island, at that time we went ashore, only less than 500 soldiers remained. It was a barren place, the fief of the prince of Tsaran in Manila."

"I see, why did you take refuge in Prince Chalan later?" Qin Feng asked with a smile.

"Prince Chalan is not a talent, after we landed, there was a conflict with him, but he is such a guy who is not valued by the king of Manila, and naturally there is no outstanding talent under his command, so as soon as we fight, he will be beaten to the ground by us, although we only have five hundred people left, but not everyone can bully us. But we are outsiders after all, and since we have established our authority, we naturally can't kill them all, otherwise it will be terrible for the King of Manila to be alert to our presence. So after a little temptation, the prince of Tsaran accepted us."

Chen Ci smiled: "Later, it was simple, we helped Prince Charan gain a foothold in the south, and then developed his strength step by step, and in a few years, Prince Charan ran the Manila Lan Department like an iron bucket, and by the time King Nilan of Manila noticed that something was wrong, he was already terminally ill. He left the throne, and the eldest prince Kanoo, who succeeded him, was far from having the prestige of the king of Manila, although he was also a talent. We instigated Tsaran to rise up and fight for the throne of Manila."

"This Charan should be stupid!" Qin Feng smiled.

"Your Majesty has no eyes, we have been operating in the south for six years, we have successfully put Tsaran in the air, it can be said that in the south of Manila, Tsaran is just a signboard, we can find another person to replace him at any time. But the eldest prince Kanu is much more shrewd, and it is not difficult for us to choose between a foolish king and a shrewd king. After two years of war, we occupied two-thirds of Manila."

"But now you're in an insurmountable way!" Qin Feng cut off Chen Ci's words and said straightforwardly.

Chen Ci was slightly embarrassed, and after a long silence, he nodded heavily: "Yes, although Kanu was oppressed by us to the east and west, the essence of Manila is concentrated here. Important ports and trade centers are located here. Moreover, although Nilan is dead, his influence in this sea area is still there, so many other island countries still support Kanu, and they are ready to organize a coalition to help Kanu deal with us. If the coalition takes shape, our prospects may not be good."

"How serious is the form?" Qin Feng asked thoughtfully.

"According to our spies, they will probably form an army of about 5,000 people, which we don't care too much, after all, people also have so many troops, and the combat effectiveness is stronger than them, but the problem is that although these island countries are not big, they have a good sailor, these sailors can go straight to our southern nest, we have no corresponding countermeasures, Manila's ports are concentrated in the east and west, we can't develop our sailors, and the land we occupy now is also a little poor, You can't fight them financially."

"Ning Zeyuan's arrival has let you know our current situation, so you want to get our support!" Qin Feng said with a smile. Why did Ning Zeyuan come to you?"

"Lord Ning is a good businessman, because now that Manila is in turmoil, the prices of all maritime trade commodities will inevitably fall sharply, but in the land of war, there is one thing that will increase in price." Chen Cidao.

"Weapons!" Qin Feng interfaced.

"Yes, Lord Ning transported a large number of weapons and sent someone to contact us, we paid a lot of money to get this batch of weapons, but more important than this batch of weapons, we know the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, and we also know the prestige of Your Majesty, General Luo believes that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will definitely help us overseas wanderers."

"Overseas Wanderer!" Hearing these words, Qin Feng couldn't help but laugh.

"General Chen, you have been in Daming for some days, and you want to know the actual situation of my Daming, do you think that at this time, my Daming has the ability to wage war against foreign countries? The Ming Dynasty has been in the past six years, and every year has been fighting, and even now, there is still one of the hardest stones in the Qin State that has not been gnawed down, and besides, my biggest enemy is recuperating, and it is impossible for me to be distracted to go where you are."

"Your Majesty, although overseas is a barbarian land, it is vast and rich, and it is not inferior to the mainland, and the far west is even more rich." Chen Cidao.

"I know!" Qin Feng said coldly: "This world is so big, I don't know what is going on, I don't have the mind or the ability to conquer, even if it's the place you have now, in my opinion, it's just a place where you can do business."

"Your Majesty, Manila's status is very important, I believe Ning Zeyuan must have reported to you, controlling Manila is equivalent to controlling the lifeline of communication between the East and the West, the reason why Kanoo can now say that so many island countries can help them is nothing more than because he controls the ports in the east and west, because the war in Manila has greatly reduced the income of these island countries, so they need to quickly quell the chaos in Manila, so that this trade route can resume prosperity. Therefore, we don't need Your Majesty's large-scale intervention, all we need is to take these important ports, and when the time comes, those island countries will turn around and help us." Chen Ci looked at Qin Feng, "And if Your Majesty can help us succeed, it won't take many years, we can replace Chalan, and when the time comes, Manila is willing to be a minister of the Great Ming Dynasty."