Foreign Minister Liu Xingwen walked into Qin Feng's chamber with a stack of official documents in his face with a spring breeze.

He has been unknown for most of his life, but now he is proud. Unlike his father, Mr. Liu, who was a sensible figure for a while, Liu Xingwen is more aware of being the father-in-law of His Highness the King of Qi. As for his position as the Minister of War, he is just a name and does not have much practical power.

This year, His Highness the King of Qi was married, and the qualifications of His Highness the King of Qi were officially clarified in a legal sense. Liu Xingwen's official position was finally moved forward and transferred from the position of Minister of War to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

This was originally a clean yamen, and there was not much practical priority. Because the Ming Dynasty did not have many places to carry out diplomacy, and in the past, those small island countries in Manila could allow the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deal with it. But time has changed, and today, the power of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has gradually increased.

The fat in Manila has almost been exhausted by all the yamen in the Ming Dynasty. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs can only be regarded as a small shrimp inside, and it cannot be divided into much soup. However, the colonial expansion of the Western Continent and Sanfoqi places has allowed the power of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be steadily expanded step by step.

Whether in the Western Continent or in the Sanfoqi, the teams that were expanded there were all rich and armed. When these were all classified as unified management by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs became a hot department in an instant.

The well-known merchants in the Ming Dynasty knew that it was no longer easy to make big money in the domestic market. First, various laws have been issued or are being discussed and prepared to be issued. These laws are blocking some ways to make big money and make huge profits in the past. It is not that they cannot make money, but that they can only flow slowly in the future. Where wars like Qi State are at high risk, and second, they need to have close relations with the military to make a fortune closely behind the army, but that's all. Because now, every time the Ming Dynasty conquers a place, the civil servant system will follow up quickly.

This is naturally not used to many Ming merchants who are used to making money quickly. Now, if you want to make big money and make money, you only have one way, that is, go overseas, whether it is to go to the Western Continent or the Three Buddhas. For the Ming Dynasty, these places are still out of place, and they are completely illegal in the Ming Dynasty, and they have become commonplace in those places.

But if you want to make a fortune in those places, it will not work without the support of the Ming Dynasty’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Liu Xingwen himself did not expect that the day he would be a crowded official.

Seeing Liu Xingwen come in, Qin Feng stood up and poured him a cup of tea himself. Qin Feng was quite satisfied with this in-laws. Whether in terms of Mr. Liu's face or Liu Xingwen's own performance over the years, he was a qualified foreign relative. He was not greedy for merit or took on power, and was willing to be an invisible official in obscurity.

After establishing a marriage relationship with the royal family, the Liu family has been selling their Shayang property. Now, only the ancestral homes in Shayang County and a little land for ancestral halls are left. Liu Xingwen's sons have also arrived in the capital and are silently working as intermediate officials in various departments. If they don't make any mistakes, they may eventually find a deputy ministerial position to retire in their lifetime. Of course, it is not ruled out that some of them will have to go to higher positions in the future due to their special merits.

The officials of the Political Affairs Hall were still very vigilant about their relatives. Moving Liu Xingwen from the position of Minister of War to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was one of their measures.

But what Jin Jingnan and others did not expect was that as the Ming Dynasty colonized suddenly accelerated, the status of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs became more and more important day by day. Now he has money and guns, and he has become a first-class and important department.

As Qin Feng and Tian Kang said, even a pig could fly as long as he stood on the wind. Liu Xingwen didn't think about what to want or fight for, but as the times were the case, his importance was still improved step by step because of these things.

Now overseas, there are regular imperial troops, a large number of merchants, and colonial armed forces under the control of merchants. In principle, although each has its own jurisdiction, in actual operations, they are all subject to the unified allocation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"Depending on your appearance, there must be some happy event?" Qin Feng pulled over a chair, sat opposite Liu Xingwen, and joked.

"Your Majesty, Lin Shu has the latest report." Liu Xingwen smiled and said, "They have selected a seaside city called Ankara as the territory of the Great Public of Venice to lend me the Ming Dynasty. Now they have completely settled down. And the Western Continent, just as His Majesty had expected, has been cherry-making into a pot of porridge."

"Matus has the upper hand?" Qin Feng asked.

Liu Xingwen nodded: "The first thing Mattus did when he returned to the Western Continent was that he had attacked the territory of the Grand Duke of Venice at sea and plundered and destroyed it. Even the Grand Duke's wife was captured by him. How could he bear such a great humiliation after Stenson returned? He immediately joined the crown prince to attack Mattus, but at this time Mattus was strong and powerful. The coalition that defeated Stenson and the crown prince was not defeated, but took advantage of the situation to occupy a lot of the territory of the crown prince, and the momentum was greatly boosted."

Qin Feng smiled.

"But at this time, the news that Dance died in the East was also spreading rapidly on the Western Continent. When Mattus and Stenson and the Royal Union fought, three larger principalities took the opportunity to declare independence." Liu Xingwen brought the globe from Qin Feng's big table, pointing to Qin Feng and explaining to Qin Feng that it was.

"The current situation is Mattus' side, Stenson and the crown prince are on the side, and those independent principalities are united to keep warm. For a moment, no one can do anything to anyone. Seeing this situation, many forces are starting to get ready."

"That's all!" Qin Feng laughed loudly.

"Lin Shu just settled down, and those newly independent principalities came to the door. They were all smart people!" Liu Xingwen sighed, and told Qin Feng in detail about Lin Shu's response measures.

"This guy is really a good guy to fan the Yin Feng and light the evil fire." After hearing some of Lin Shu's actions, Qin Feng nodded repeatedly to praise: "This man is born a good seedling for diplomacy, so I feel relieved. As long as this guy is there for a day, the Western Continent will not be born in peace."

"I also feel so." Liu Xingwen smiled and said, "Now the Ming people who go to the Western Continent use Ankara as their base and are building and renovating cities there. I think it won't take long for a city that is completely Ming-style. Lin Shu and Murong Fu are both literary and military, one by one, one by one, one by one. Although Wang Lingbo has not been there for a long time, he has already gained a lot of fame there. It is also funny to say that the two sides of the war sometimes send some important members who have been seriously injured to Wang Lingbo for treatment. The enemy who was still slashing each other yesterday, today they are lying on the hospital bed only across a narrow corridor, staring at me with big eyes. Lin Shu told this to me as a joke."

"I replied to Lin Shu where we are, and only protect Ankara City and the Ming people in the Western Continent. Whoever dares to fight Ankara will be unable to recognize him, but he will never be allowed to intervene in the battle between other principalities."

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"In a short period of time, human brains will be beaten into dog brains. We only need to send weapons, ammunition and other commodities to make money." Qin Feng smiled and said, "Look at how many years they will take to stop. Of course, for us, the longer the fight, the better."

"Since Your Majesty said that, our Ministry of Foreign Affairs will definitely find a way to make them fight longer." Liu Xingwen said intriguingly: "Your Majesty, some merchants hope to transport the steam engine to the Western continent, so they built some factories locally. The labor there was simply too cheap. If it was produced locally, they could greatly compress the cost again. However, the steam engine is a controlled material, and without the approval of the court, no one will be allowed to be transported out. This matter is also very hesitant."

Qin Feng stroked his chin and said, "It seems that Stenson has invested a lot of money for the businessman who came up with this idea. This person is indeed a smart person, and a wise person. You can see what is the principal and what is the last one. Mattus is almost the same. He only knows how to buy guns and cannons from us."

Liu Xingwen was shocked, "Your Majesty said these merchants were bribed by Stenson?"

Qin Feng waved his hand, "That's not, but Stenson found the key points of these merchants. Merchants are pursuing profits, which is their nature. Stenson is trying to exchange for technology for markets! Think about it, when our steam engines arrive at them, there is much room for manipulation. Their people can first learn how to operate, then learn how to repair, and slowly figure out the principles here. They can even use some means to use some of the steam engines to do other things."

Liu Xingwen said angrily: "Since that's the case, don't even think about it. Those merchants will deal with them well."

"Then there is no need!" Qin Feng smiled and said, "From another perspective, the steam engine is now in the Ming Dynasty. I know too many people. If you don't give it to them, can't they come up with other ways to get these techniques? It's definitely possible. Instead of doing this, it's better to give it to them openly."

"Your Majesty, why is this?"
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