"Luan'er, why did you agree so rashly? Two million taels of silver, this is definitely not a decimal." After the old eunuch left, Ma Shiying said with a worried look on his face.

Ma Mingfeng was not worried at all, because he knew that if the trade route was smooth, two million taels of silver would not be a big deal, let alone Chongzhen would not know where he would be in a year later.

So Ma Mingfeng went around and said to Ma Shiying with a mysterious look on his face: "Dad, to be honest, if trade is really smooth, two million taels of silver are not a big deal, do you know? There is a place in the far east, where there is an extremely rich gold and silver mine. As long as you occupy it, not to mention two million taels of silver, even twenty million taels are not a problem. Of course, there are relatively powerful troops there now. With our current equipment level, we are not a match at all. However, we can reach trade with that country. There is no other country, and gold and silver are inexhaustible."

"What? Is there really such a place?" Ma Shiying looked shocked and looked at Ma Mingfeng with disbelief: "Where did you hear about such a place?"

Ma Mingfeng was stunned, and then he could only say casually: "I heard from overseas merchants. It is said that there are two countries occupying that continent, one is Spain and the other is Portugal. Well, this Portugal is a small country in my Ming Dynasty. This country occupies a vast territory of that continent. If you spend more time, you can fight for it. If you can really fight for it, it is definitely not difficult to produce 2 million taels of silver annually."

"I have heard of this. It's just a tinea scabies, and it's not enough to worry about it. Besides, what's the point of stealing it? They still have to obey the management of my Ming Dynasty. Besides, it's just a piece of wasteland as big as a palm. The government can collect rent, so why not? As for that barbaric country, it's even less worth worrying about it. Why do you care so much?"

Ma Mingfeng was amused and laughed when he heard his father's words. He knew that although his father did not belong to the Donglin Party, his thoughts at some point were no different from those orthodox scholars and officials, especially his contempt for the "barbarians" overseas.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty has begun to lag behind those "barbarians" in some aspects. In the era that followed, when the Chinese people were immersed in the "Celestial Kingdom" and could not extricate themselves from the dream of a certain prosperous era, these "barbarians" small countries have silently completed transcendence.

So Ma Mingfeng said seriously: "Dad, what you said just now is wrong. Don't blame the child for being so rude, but I still have to say that the land was left to us by our ancestors. We cannot lose the size, and we cannot give up because of the bad conditions. Especially Dad, you will be the prime minister in the future, and you cannot say such words. Otherwise, you will be a stigma for the ages and you will not be able to afford it..."

Before Ma Mingfeng finished speaking, he saw Ma Shiying covering his mouth and whispered: "Little ancestor, you can take medicine indiscriminately, but you must not speak nonsense. Do you know how much trouble your unlimited words will cause me in the future?"

Ma Mingfeng waited for a while and took his hand away and said with a smile: "Look at your nervousness, but don't worry, this is not a nonsense of the child. This will definitely be realized when you become the prime minister in the future. You once asked someone to calculate your fate for you. Your destiny is destined to be the prime minister of the dynasty. However, there is one thing you must grasp and protect the King of Fu. Once the Emperor Chongzhen dies in his country, you must advocate the support of the King of Fu. At that time, you must guarantee the position of the prime minister."

"You, what nonsense are you talking? Are you crazy?" Ma Shiying's face turned pale. Ma Mingfeng said such ruthless words, which scared his legs so much that he had weakened. If the person in front of him was not his son, he would have ordered people to beat him to death.

But Ma Mingfeng smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not crazy, nor nonsense. Dad, think about it, now that Chi-led troops have evacuated Henan, there are still soldiers who can resist the thieves in the entire Central Plains? The thieves have now obtained the entire Shaanxi, and what is the situation in the provinces around Shaanxi? Henan is thousands of miles away from the land of Zhang Xianzhong, Sichuan is beaten by Zhang Xianzhong without the power to fight back, and Shanxi is already lacking elite soldiers. As for what kind of virtue is Yang Wenyue, the supervisor of Shanxi and other provinces, what others don't know about? I don't know about him? Just by how he can stop Li Zicheng? Therefore, it's only a matter of time before the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, but one thing is that although the Ming Dynasty will perish, there will be thousands of people who are unwilling to perish to stand up. What we need to do is to support King Fu as soon as possible, establish a new Ming Dynasty, stabilize people's hearts, protect half of the Ming Dynasty, and then restore the country."

Ma Shiying was shocked by what Ma Mingfeng said. He didn't expect his son to think so far. Although he seemed crazy when he said this, every sentence was reasonable, but he could not refute it.

"Since it is judged that the emperor will die, why don't we go to rescue you with all our might? You have 30,000 people under you, and I have 20,000 people here. If we are a father and son, we have more than 50,000 people together. Can't we save the current situation?"

"No." Ma Mingfeng sneered and said, "Li Chuang will definitely recruit soldiers and horses in Shaanxi now. It is said that he has officially become king. The country's name is Dashun, and the year name has been changed to Yongchang. In the next year, he will lead a large army to attack the capital. In front of hundreds of thousands of thieves, these tens of thousands of us are simply mantis chariots, which is not enough to mention. Not to mention this, even if we father and son are not afraid of death and risk our lives to lead the soldiers to the capital, what would Chongzhen think? We would definitely think that we are rebelling. At that time, we will probably be killed by the nine clans if we can't wait for the bandits at that time!"

"This...ah..." Ma Shiying is also a smart person. With his years of experience in the ups and downs of officialdom, he naturally knew that his son was indeed telling the truth. With Chongzhen's personality and character, he could indeed do this.

Ma Shiying even felt that Chongzhen did not realize that both father and son were governors and had so many troops, otherwise they would immediately order their power to be deprived, or their military power would be deprived of openness and secret relegation, and their military power would be deprived.

So Ma Shiying had to admit: "Long live our master, everything else is good, but we are suspicious of this, and we are really not a son of humanity."

"Hehe, it's more than that? Dad, don't you remember what Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War? At that time, Chen Shangshu and the Qing people discussed peace with each other. Let's not say whether this matter should be done, but after all, they worked for Chongzhen. Later, the matter was exposed, and the ministers wrote a letter to him. How did our Long Live King do it? Not only did he not have the slightest sense of responsibility, he pulled Chen Shangshu out and killed him. This fact makes people feel cold. Who would be willing to do things for him from now on?"

"This, the emperor did a little too much." Ma Shiying sighed when he heard this. He had to admit that Chongzhen was indeed a bit unauthorized.
Chapter completed!