Chapter five hundred and sixty-fifth: gifts from the state of Chu
Outside the hall, Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu's happy laughter came, mixed with Qin Feng's hearty laughter. Ma Xiangdong, who was talking to Min Ruoxi, immediately stood up and turned to look outside the hall.
Qin Feng held a child in one hand and stepped into the hall, put down the two children, turned his head and looked at Ma Xiangdong with bright eyes. The two little guys said it was right. They were indeed a fat white man. His appearance was a bit similar to Ma Xiangnan, but his temperament was completely different.
"Ma Xiangdong has met General Qin!" Ma Xiangdong clasped his fists and bowed deeply.
"No need to be polite, please sit down." Qin Feng said lightly, walked to Min Ruoxi and asked softly, "What's wrong? Xiao Wen and Xiaowu said you were crying."
When Min Ruoxi heard Qin Feng’s question, her eyes turned red again and she whispered: “Ma Xiang said that my mother’s health is getting worse every day. Since her father’s death, her health has not improved. Now, six or seven days are on the sickbed in ten days.”
Qin Feng could certainly hear the words.
Qin Feng nodded: "If you are really worried, I will ask Shu Chang to go to the capital and let him take care of your mother's body."
Min Ruoxi looked up at Qin Feng with some resentment. Until now, Qin Feng still didn't want to call his mother a mother-in-law. "Shu Chang is so busy that he can't go now?"
"Quick Majia ♂et whip, it's only two or three months. I can tell Cao Hui that Shu Chang would use Qi State to shorten the journey a lot. What do you think?" Qin Feng gently held Min Ruoxi's hand: "I know you miss her very much, and she must miss you and Xiao Wen and Xiaowu very much, but you can't go to the capital."
Min Ruoxi nodded. Of course she knew that she and Xiao Wen and Xiaowu were absolutely unable to go to the capital. If they went there, they were afraid they would never come back.
"It's good that, Shu Chang's medical skills are wise and I can rest assured if he goes to take care of his mother."
"Thank you, Xi'er!" Qin Feng gently pinched Min Ruoxi's hand, then turned around, sat down beside Min Ruoxi, and looked at Ma Xiangdong.
"Ma Xiang has been working hard all the way." He said indifferently.
"I dare not. General Qin defeated Wu and replaced him in four years. Your Majesty and Ma were very impressed!" Ma Xiangdong smiled and said, "The Wu family has lost all the people's hearts in recent years. The general can replace him. Whether it is our Great Chu or Qin, they are all very excited!"
"I have achieved success, what are you excited about?" Qin Feng looked at him coldly, "Shouldn't Min Ruoying be afraid? He is a noble man and forgets things. My memory is very good."
Ma Xiangdong was stunned. He did not expect that Qin Feng would be so unkind that he would shake out the past in front of Princess Zhaohua. Seeing Princess Zhaohua lowered his head, he took a deep breath, stood up, and bowed deeply to Qin Feng.
"What is Ma Xiang doing?" Qin Feng asked.
"Your Majesty the Emperor of Chu naturally knows the knot of General Qin. Before coming, I specifically asked me to say sorry to General Qin!" Ma Xiangdong said, "My bow is to follow His Majesty's order and apologize to General Qin."
"It's a pity. Although I saw it, my brothers who died in Anyang City can no longer see it." Qin Feng sneered.
"General Qin, our Majesty has another sentence." Ma Xiangdong said, "I don't know if the general wants to hear it."
"But it's okay!"
"Our Majesty said that he apologized to you, but if time goes back, your Majesty will do the same." Ma Xiangdong raised his head and said, "In the past, General, you were just a small prisoner of the death camp. You cannot understand your Majesty's ambitions and intentions, but now the General is also the lord of a country. In the past few years, you must have learned a lot and seen through it. Our Majesty said that you will definitely understand his thoughts at that time."
Qin Feng raised his head and laughed: "Okay, this is the Min Ruoying I imagined. Just do it, what apologize, what is the use of apology? Does he say this mean that I have become the same person as him?"
"Any successful person has no one who does not experience these." Ma Xiangdong looked at Qin Feng without fear: "There are no outsiders here, so I said bluntly, General Qin, have you never done any conspiracy, darkness, or any means to achieve your goal?"
"Do it!" Qin Feng looked at Ma Xiangdong calmly, "But I never raise a butcher knife to my relatives, brothers, or subordinates, nor do I betray them. My knife has always been aimed at the enemy. A real man stands in the world and does something, but does not do anything. This is my principle of being a human being. After you go back, you can say this to Min Ruoying. So, don't think that I and him are the same kind of people, and birds of feathers gather together. I and him will always be enemies and will not become fellow travelers."
Ma Xiangdong stared at Qin Feng in a daze, and after a while, he finally nodded.
"Okay, stop talking about these things. Ma Xiang, you are here to talk about serious matters. Why are you trying to deal with Qin Feng?" Min Ruoxi stared at Ma Xiangdong with some worries, thinking that this left prime minister was simply inexplicable. He knew that this was Qin Feng's heart disease, but he actually caused trouble in person. Isn't this asking for trouble? Like Cheng Wuben, he is much smarter, only talking about cooperation and interests, and does not involve anything else at all.
Qin Feng smiled and looked at Ma Xiangdong: "Ma Xiang, sit down and talk. You also know that Li Zhi of Qin and Cao Hui of Qi are all in Yuejing City now. What did you Da Chu bring for me?"
"General Qin, Ma came all the way, and in addition to bringing the friendship of Chu, there was something else." A smile appeared on Ma Xiangdong's face, "This time, in addition to the expensive gifts, I also brought thousands of masters. And we are sure that this is what you need."
"Master?" Qin Feng frowned slightly, and he didn't think clearly about the other party's intention.
"Ma Xiangnan wrote the memorial back. Of course, in the memorial, he focused on his current predicament, but our Great Chu was too far away from Yueguo. If we wanted to solve these problems, we were unable to make the world come true. However, Your Majesty was smart and thought hard for a few days, he finally came up with a solution." Ma Xiangdong talked freely, and inadvertently pointed out that a Chu man like Ma Xiangnan was working for Qin Feng.
"What did he come up with?" Qin Feng felt that there must be something wrong here based on his intuition.
"These craftsmen are the most outstanding shipbuilders in our Great Chu. The naval warships that are rampant in our Great Chu are built by them." Ma Xiangdong smiled and said, "Baoqing Port is now quite large, and there is also a ready-made ship repair yard there. With these craftsmen, a shipyard can be built there soon. Yue Kingdom is not short of shipbuilding materials. As long as the general is willing, it will take a few years to build a boat army. At that time, with the craftsmen, Yue Kingdom's products can be sent to Yue Kingdom for sale on a large scale. The commercial exchanges between the two sides will build a prosperous maritime channel, and the two sides will communicate with each other. The general came from Chu and knew that the Chu Kingdom is rich, even ordinary people have extremely strong purchasing power. As long as this sea channel is built, Da Yue's financial resources will soon reach a new level."
Hearing this, Qin Feng finally understood Min Ruoying's intention. If he wanted to open up the sea channel, he had to have a powerful boat army. Once this boat army was formed and headed to Chu, it would inevitably pass through the sea areas controlled by the Qi people. Conflict between the two sides was inevitable. If Chu and Yue attacked each other, the boat army of Qi would naturally be done.
He laughed out loud: "Good idea, good idea, it's indeed Min Ruoying's style, but I like it very much. I have accepted these masters, but Ma Xiang, in order to make these craftsmen feel at ease to take root in me, please send their families together?"
"Why? Most of their families are difficult to leave their hometowns, and it is probably difficult to leave their hometowns." Ma Xiangdong refused.
Qin Feng smiled, "If this is the case, then I dare not take it away. People are with me, but my heart is not there. How dare I use the ships they built with confidence? Shipbuilding is not something that can be done in a short time. Not to mention anything else, the big materials for shipbuilding alone are not prepared in a short time. Ma Xiang, don't bully me. I don't understand the basic principles. Yue Kingdom does not lack the wood for shipbuilding, but to turn these wood into good shipbuilding materials, this time alone will probably take several years. You don't want these craftsmen to make some unqualified big materials for me to build ships, and sail on the sea for a year or two, and it will be a mess, right?"
Ma Xiangdong looked at the other party awkwardly. He really didn't expect that Qin Feng would understand the ways here. He thought that Qin Feng, who had been in the western part of Chu, did not understand the techniques of shipbuilding at all, but he obviously knew it.
"Of course this is not, General. After I go back, I will report to Your Majesty and mobilize the families of those craftsmen to come to the country as much as possible. They and their families are considered the dowry of His Majesty to His Royal Highness the Princess. The general thinks this is good?" Ma Xiangdong made up his mind in an instant.
Qin Feng smiled and turned to look at Min Ruoxi, "Xi'er, I've married you as a golden branch and jade leaf. I've benefited from it. Ma Xiang, thank you, my brother-in-law. I know what you want to get. Let's say that, my Taiping Army will establish a new dynasty. We have our own strategy for building a country and our own diplomatic strategy. All our actions will be based on the interests of our country as the only standard. I wonder if you are satisfied with this?"
Ma Xiangdong let out a long sigh: "With the general's promise, I think Your Majesty will be very happy. No matter what, we are all in-laws! Blood is thicker than water, and it is not as good as a relative. General, do you think?"
Chapter completed!