Chen Ci sat in the study with great concern, and the letters written by his two sons were on hand. There was nothing else involved in the letter except for longing, but these two letters that should have been directly in his hands were now handed to him by Luo Yishui, which was meaningful here.

It has been a long time since the two of them have had a crack. In terms of their governance, they have almost become more and more distant from their initial tacit understanding to their current situation.

Chen Ci advocated leaning on the Ming Dynasty and maintaining the status quo, but Luo Yishui was determined to unify the sea area of ​​Manila and establish a unified country. But his proposition was obviously contrary to the interests of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming people would never watch a unified and powerful country appear in this sea area and strangle their throats.

So Lei Wei appeared. In Chen Ci's opinion, Lei Wei's great war in this sea area was the most obvious warning from the Ming Dynasty to Manila, but Luo Yishui obviously didn't care. Luo Yishui was not unaware of the powerful strength of the Ming Kingdom, but he still believed that the vast sea and the distant distance would be the biggest enemies of the Ming people, and they could not stop their pace of unifying this area.

He has begun to be marginalized in Manila. If Luo Yishui wants to get rid of the influence of the Ming people, he is afraid that he will be an obstacle that he must clear. His two sons are both high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty and commanding soldiers, and suspicion is inevitable.

Just like Luo Yishui intercepted the letters written to him by his two sons in advance, why didn’t the Ming people use themselves as a lie? Their two sons are in the Ming Dynasty, one in the south of the world and the other in the north of the sea, and they are more than a thousand miles apart, but why did their letters appear in Manila at the same time? Chen Ci really didn’t believe it if there was no special arrangements from Ming people here.

In Manila, King Chalan is more of a symbolic figure, with only two real power figures, one is the prime minister Luo Yishui, who is in full power, and the other is the military commander Chen Ci. But I don’t know when Chen Ci himself could not determine when Luo Yishui began to slowly pry his corner of the wall. At that time, the troops who went into the sea and crossed the ocean together were all brave generals and soldiers under Chen Ci. But now, Chen Ci has clearly known that many generals have defected to Luo Yishui, and these people have not concealed it. This is also the only place where Chen Ci can feel comforted. It is easy to gather and part, and everyone has different goals, which is impossible to force. But in addition to these people, there are some people who secretly defected to Luo Yishui but he doesn’t know. This is what makes Chen Ci worry. If there is, it means that Luo Yishui is really worried about him.

Because Manila is an island country, the land troops have never been the strongest. Only in the previous stage when Luo Yishui and Chen Ci took power, the land troops were far stronger than the navy. In the final decisive battle, the navy from the Ming Dynasty was the one who won the water. For more than ten years, Manila has been committed to restoring the power of the navy. So far, the strength of the Manila Navy has been quite considerable.

Now Luo Yishui can gather thirty third-layer main warships and more auxiliary warships. Although these main warships are not as good as the main warships of the Ming Dynasty, they are enough to dominate the world in this sea area.

The sound of gentle footsteps came from behind, and someone gently massaged the shoulders, and a gentle voice came from his ears: "Master, are you unhappy again because of business?"

Chen Ci smiled bitterly and nodded.

"Since you are unhappy, you won't do it. The master has been working hard for most of his life and should take a rest. Since they are not happy with each other, why should they feel annoying? Why not retreat, but it is better to lose sight of the eyes and not listen to them?"

"Madam, how can it be that simple!" Chen Ci smiled bitterly and patted the two letters in his hand, "I know you miss your son and grandson, and want to go back to the Ming Dynasty to enjoy the joy of family, but how can I leave just by saying that I can leave? If I run away, the army will inevitably be in turmoil, and Luo Yishui will never allow this situation, especially at the moment."

Mrs. Chen walked to Chen Ci's side and pulled a chair to sit down, "I'm afraid it's not because of Luo Yishui, but because of Master, you can't let go, right? After more than ten years of business, you have given up completely, and you're a little unwilling to do so?"

Chen Ci sighed slightly.

Mrs. Chen took out a stack of paintings from her arms and placed them in front of Chen Ci: "Over the years, Zhihua and Jinhua have sent people to send portraits of their grandchildren every year. Seeing these little people growing up year by year, I really miss them. Master, forget it, you have been living for the Luo family all your life, and it is worthy of them. Now that you are old, Luo Yishui also thinks you have a tough job, so why not just do it. Let's go back to the Ming Dynasty, no matter what Luo Yishui wants to do?"

Chen Ci flipped through the lively and cute paintings of grandchildren carefully painted by the painters, and his heart was ups and downs. After a while, he said: "Okay, after this incident has a result, I will take you back to the Ming Dynasty. Only the two of us will go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a farmer, watch the sunrise and sunset, listen to the wind and rain, force grandchildren to enjoy the joy of family."

Mrs. Chen suddenly smiled and stood up happily: "I'll go and ask the kitchen to make some good dishes, and I'll have a few drinks with the master."

"Do you don't want to drink with me if I don't agree?" Chen Ci asked with a smile.

Mrs. Chen chuckled and left. Although both of them were almost sixty years old, their relationship was always very good. After decades of support, it was difficult for the two to separate each other.

"Master!" The voice of the personal guard sounded outside the study: "The Prime Minister's Mansion sent someone over and asked the Master to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to discuss matters."

Chen Ci frowned slightly, "But what's the matter?"

"Master, Ning Zeyuan from Yangang sent someone to send a convening order to summon the kings of all countries to Yangang to Yangang for discussion. Hearing the person who had just arrived to send the message, the Prime Minister was extremely angry." The guard whispered.

Chen Ci was also in a heavy mood at that moment. They had known that Ning Zeyuan had arrived in Yangang for a long time, but it was unexpected for everyone to issue the convening order so toughly.

The Ming Dynasty did not send all the main force of the navy to come. Although Chen Ci believed that if the situation continued like this, sooner or later, Mingren would do this, but now Ning Zeyuan only brought five or six warships over here, it was so arrogant. Are you really not afraid of the chaos in the situation here?

Now Chen Ci has a feeling that Zhu Bajie looks in the mirror, and is not human inside and outside. Unlike Luo Yishui, his relationship with the Ming Dynasty is more complicated and complicated. People in Manila regard themselves as part of the Ming Dynasty. In some ways, there is nothing wrong with him. Who made his two sons both high-ranking officials and nobles in the Ming Dynasty? Even though he has a clear conscience and has never done anything that would harm Manila, but has been working hard for more than ten years to fight for the prosperity and strength of Manila, but in this matter, he is indeed a little mute and can't say what he has suffered.

Ning Zeyuan is trying to force Manila to express his opinion! He either obeys or turns his eyes on the road before Luo Yishui, but there are actually only these two roads.

"I'll go right now!" Chen Ci stood up suddenly. No matter what, he had to work hard for this matter, and he could not make Manila and the Ming Dynasty turn against each other. If both sides turned against each other, even if Luo Yishui gained the upper hand this time, when the Ming Dynasty came in full swing, I am afraid that Manila, which they had worked hard for more than ten years, would become a ruin in an instant.

When he walked to the door, he suddenly remembered something again and turned to the guards and said, "Go and tell the lady, and I can't eat at home, so I'll tell her not to be busy."

"I understand!" The guards rushed away.

When Chen Ci arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Prime Minister's Mansion had already discussed this matter for a long time. Chalan, King of Manila, Luo Yishui, Prime Minister of Manila, Umberla, and the Manila Navy Commander seemed to have reached an agreement on this matter.

Looking at their faces, Chen Ci was not only angry, but what was this? He asked himself to discuss the matter. Did they already make a decision before he arrived? Then what did he call himself to do?

"General Chen, the Ming people are too rude and are alone with the Prime Minister's opinion..." Chalan looked at Chen Ci, smiling and preparing to express their decision.

Chen Ci shook his head firmly: "Your Majesty, before you make a decision, you will want to talk about your thoughts."

Chalan looked at Luo Yishui, Luo Yishui was sitting upright and nodded slightly. This made Chen Ci even more sad. When they arrived in Manila, they were in their early fifties, Luo Yishui was still in his thirties, and now he was covered in white hair, and Luo Yishui had already grown bright hair. However, the trust and feelings cultivated by the same boat for many years are still unknown how much left?

"I don't agree to rebel against the Ming people." Chen Ci made it straight to the point." The Prime Minister must know the strength of the Ming Dynasty better than me, and knows more clearly how deep our sea area is to rely on the Ming people now. Our economic ties with the Ming people can no longer separate us. Your Majesty, even the currency we trade uses the Ming people's currency. Once we rebel against the Ming people, I am afraid that Manila will soon return to the situation that was more than ten years ago. These more than ten years of hard work will be in vain."

"The second point is, if we turn against each other, can we win? Ning Zeyuan's purpose is so obvious, this is just a matter of starting a fight if there is a disagreement! Are we ready for war?"

"General Chen is too worried, right?" Navy commander Umberla sneered. As a native general in Manila, he was convinced by Luo Yishui, which does not mean that he was convinced by Mingren." Ning Zeyuan took such a few warships in the stinging area and ran to us to show off his power. Is it a bully for us to be alone? They dare to turn against each other completely, so we might as well send him to the sea to feed the fish."

Chen Ci looked at Umbella coldly: "General Umbella and Ning Zeyuan arrived at Yangang. Do you know their strength? What is their combat power? They use steam power. We have seen it, but we have no idea about their firepower configuration. You don't think that these seemingly bare warships win naval battles by impact, right? We know nothing, how dare you say that you must win? If the Ming people are not sure, will they be so aggressive?"

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