The horse monkey walked by Qin Feng with a dejected horse, looking back at Jingjingguan, which had gradually faded away, and the mountains and steep mountains belonging to Anyang.

"What's wrong? Do you remember the past?" Qin Feng asked.

"Your Majesty, actually I really want to go back and put a stick of incense on those old brothers and burn a few pieces of paper!" Mahou said sadly: "They were really good to me back then."

"I didn't bully you to death, did I?" Qin Feng touched his head.

"They don't have much malicious intentions towards me, they just like to tease me!" Mahou sighed: "Your Majesty, do you still remember Scar Six? It's the guy who likes to bully me the most? Have you beat him up for this?"

"Remember!"

"If he hadn't been stabbed for me a few times and then picked me up and threw me to your side, I would have died long ago, but he had been killed by someone. After the war, I didn't even find his head, and was chopped by the Qin border army and took it back to receive the merits." Ma Hou said.

"After you came back, you cried for a long time, and you stole my wine to secretly pay tribute to Scar Six!" Qin Feng said.

Mahou smiled embarrassedly, "When I entered the death camp, I was only fourteen years old. Although His Majesty has been taking care of me, there are not so many brothers who deliberately do it for me on the battlefield, I am afraid I will die long ago."

"This is, I am alone, it is indeed impossible for you to survive on the battlefield." Qin Feng nodded, "You were still a child at that time!"

Just like back then, Qin Feng reached out and touched Ma Hou's head with some indulgence, "This time you can't go back. You are the general of the army, no longer the child he used to be. You have to learn to take care of others."

Mahou lowered his head sadly: "I know, boss, this time I'll smear your face."

"Growing up comes at a price." Qin Feng withdrew his hand and looked into the distance: "Everyone may make mistakes. The important thing is to remember the lessons and not repeat the same mistakes."

"The horse monkey remembers it."

"It's easy to remember, but it's hard to do it." Qin Feng shook his head, "You will slowly realize that it's different from fighting with others in the future. Every decision of yours will determine the life and death of thousands of people. This time, your mistake caused more than 600 to die. I think you feel the pressure, so the bigger the official, the more soldiers you bring, the more people will be more cautious. Do you feel that I am now, and I'm not as sharp as before. I'm not as decisive as before, and I always look forward to it and think about everything?"

Mahou laughed: "When the boss was in the palace, Mahou really had this feeling. It seemed like a simple thing in Mahou, but His Majesty could not make a decision. But this time, Mahou felt that the boss was back."

Qin Feng laughed: "I talked about the teenager. This time I go back, I will definitely be chatted by the chief assistant again. What does it mean that the son of a daughter will not sit in the hukou hall, Mahou, in the future, you will find that the worse I am, the worse I am, the worse I am, like what I told you before, now every decision I make is related to the livelihood of millions of people, and even the life and death of millions of people. Little monkey, can you still make a decision like before?"

Mahou thought for a while and nodded, "Your Majesty said, now is indeed different from the past. But my mind is still stuck in the past. This is a new thing you have taught me, but the little monkey rarely has time to go back to the palace in the future."

"The little eagle has grown up and must soar in the sky to truly grow up, not only physically but also mentally." Qin Feng did not rub the horse monkey's head anymore, but patted his shoulder and said.

"Yes, your majesty, I remember it." Mahou nodded. "I went to rectify the army in front."

"Go and go!" Qin Feng waved his hand.

Looking at Mahou riding his horse away, He Rentu on the side smiled and said, "Mahou will be a good general in the future."

"I also hope he can do a great job." Qin Fengdao." He has been by my side since he was fourteen."

"Your Majesty is really not going to station troops in Zhaoying Gorge?" He Rentu was a little curious. Tens of thousands of cavalry and thousands of infantry, after a large armed parade, he went back like this?

"There is no need to garrison troops here!" Qin Feng said: "Now the State of Chu is not concerned about itself, what kind of threat does it still have to pose to us? Besides, there is no way to exist a guy like Bian Wenhao. Our biggest enemy has become Qi, and there is no need to consume our troops in these places. He Shi, our Ming Dynasty has not many troops, it is very precious!"

He Rentu burst into laughter: "Your Majesty pays to support many soldiers, but when you really need to use them, your Majesty's order is afraid that hundreds of thousands or millions of soldiers will be gathered in an instant? If you raise soldiers for the people, only Your Majesty dares to do such a thing. In any dynasty in history, who dares to do this? It is too late to prevent the people from rebelling? Even if you are like you?"

"If I do well, the people will naturally not rebel, but will only support me. The weapons in their hands are the weapons in my hands. They should be taken out when they are used and hidden when they are not used. If I do not do well and they will rebel, then I have nothing to say." Qin Feng laughed.

"Without a great talent and ambition, how dare you say such words!" He Rentu gave Qin Feng a thumbs up." But his Majesty, one day, we will attack Chu State, and this time will definitely be before the decisive battle with Qi State. So what should we do in Anyang County then?"

"For Chu State, we have been deploying it for so long, so we have tried our best to reduce the war to the smallest scale. Of course, we will have to fight one in the end. But Anyang is not in the plan." Qin Feng said lightly.

"But I think Zhu Yi and Guan Hongyu are still very loyal to the State of Chu." He Rentu said with some concern. "Although there are only 10,000 Western troops left in Anyang, the combat quality of this army is not bad. It can be seen from this ambush Thunder Army battle that the military discipline is strict and the cooperation is skillful."

"Loyalty is loyalty, but Zhu Yi and Guan Hongyu are not considered Min Ruoying's confidants. On the contrary, they are people that Min Ruoying hates more. Like An Ruohai, they are both old ministers of the previous generation. They are extremely dissatisfied with the current situation of Chu. Zhu Yi and Guan Hongyu have been in Anyang County for ten years, and now they value this place more. So if we can deal with Chu quickly, accurately and ruthlessly, these two people will not have any threats. This armed parade will also let them see our military power and let them know that the situation is irreversible."

"So that's it!" He Rentu suddenly realized, "I said, how could he mobilize so many troops but go back in a slight way? It turns out that the clue is here."

"This is not the point!" Qin Feng smiled and said, "It's only a chess piece that can be effective. But if you don't plan for a while, how can you plan forever? Sometimes, the chess piece that you set up inadvertently will have the effect of controlling the situation. Today, I'll just give them such a reflection, and what you need to do next is the key."

"Build a road?" He Rentu smiled and said, "But it seems that they are not enthusiastic."

"No matter what they are, we will build it first, from Qinghe County to Zhaoying Gorge. Qinghe County is too poor now. The court will build some major projects here to drive local economic development. This road is a good start. It kills two birds with one stone."

"The court really wants to invest a lot of money in Qinghe?" He Rentu was a little surprised: "I thought His Majesty was cheating Zhu Yi casually?"

"How is that possible?" Qin Feng said: "Look, when Luo Liang returns this time, he will definitely put most of the responsibility for the failed task on Zhu Yi and Guan Hongyu. This will make Min Ruoying even more disgusted with these two old ministers. In addition, the other people will be in trouble. Anyang's finances will never be able to just take care of themselves in the future. Min Ruoying will ask them for a large amount of property, and these two people are still as loyal to the Chu court as you said, so despite the difficulties, they will also find ways to meet Min Ruoying's needs."

"This is a vicious cycle." He Rentu said thoughtfully: "They gave it to it, Min Ruoying would want more. If they gave it to it, it would make Min Ruoying feel that Anyang has endless potential and can still take out more. With the current situation of Chu State, Anyang without war is really a treasure land. But if this continues, one day they will not be able to take out."

"So, when they feel more and more difficult, they will think of what I said, building roads, communicating with us, and increasing tax revenues will become the only choice." Qin Feng smiled: "When the business road is connected and the traffic is exchanged, the influence of the Ming Dynasty will emerge incomparably and slowly penetrate and change everything here."

"Your Majesty, is it possible that Min Ruoying will send someone to replace Zhu Yi and Guan Hongyu after discovering that An Yang can provide him with more financial resources. After all, it will make Min Ruoying feel more at ease."

"Min Ruoying must have this idea, but have you forgotten Bian Wenhao and Bian Wushuang? That's the time for them to show their skills."

"This time, I don't know what Min Ruoying will explain to Bian Wushuang? Things didn't work out, so Bian Wushuang didn't hold Bian Wushuang's handle, but Bian Wushuang held his handle. Now I think Min Ruoying must be very uncomfortable." He Rentu laughed.

"There will be nothing big. Min Ruoying will do the same, and Bian Wushuang will pretend to be stupid, just pretend that nothing happened." Qin Feng smiled. "This is what a smart person does."

"I think this will happen," He Rentu said.

"The most regrettable thing this time is that I didn't take the opportunity to kill Luo Liang. Zhu Yi spoke up, but he wouldn't give him this face." Qin Feng said with some regret.
Chapter completed!