Seeing that both of them became a little sad, Zi Luo hurried over to smooth things over and moved a few small plates to Li Zhi: "Standalone Li, you must have eaten these side dishes normally, but the recipes here are a bit different. Try them and give us advice!"

When Li Zhi was interrupted by Zi Luo, he immediately calmed down from his sadness. He was a very human being, with extremely tenacious will. He never regretted it after doing it. What's more, he didn't think he did it wrong.

He lifted the chopsticks, pointed to the small plate in front of him, and smiled and said, "You said I have eaten all of them, but now I can't recognize any of them. Qin Feng, after entering this garden, regardless of food and accommodation, I feel like a country bumpkin has entered the city!"

"Li Shuai was joking." Qin Feng smiled.

Li Zhi picked up a chopstick from a small plate, put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully for a while, and shook his head: "Beautiful is beautiful, but I can't taste the original taste at all."

Seeing Li Zhi put down his chopsticks, Qin Feng asked with a smile: "What? Isn't it to taste? Or do you think it's not delicious?"

"No, it tastes great, but I don't want to eat it anymore!" Li Zhi said: "It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it's difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. If I eat it smoothly with you, I will inevitably be obsessed with it. With my status, as long as I have a hobby, there will be people to welcome it. Just like I slept with you all night yesterday. Although I felt sore in my waist and back pain, I still felt very comfortable when I lie down!"

Zi Luo stared at Li Zhi with wide eyes, completely unable to understand the old man in front of him.

"Enjoy is a poison. Although it will not be fatal immediately, it will make a person gradually become lazy. Our Daqin is absolutely lazy. I have to keep myself in such an ascetic life, which is to remind me that Daqin still needs us to work hard all the time. Only when everyone can eat and wear warm clothes can people like me be qualified to rest. Unfortunately, I have worked hard for this for the rest of my life, but I still haven't achieved it."

Qin Feng looked at Li Zhi: "This is not your problem, but the problem of the entire country. Just like what you said before, if there is no thorough reform, the days you imagined will never come. But the pain of reform is something you don't want to bear. Li Shuai, how can you have both fish and bear's paw?"

Li Zhi sighed: "I am old and can't move. And even I can't bear the consequences. Qin Feng, because there are two consequences, one will become better and the other will become worse."

Qin Feng nodded silently and held Ziluo's orders and said, "Ziluo, go back and change the hard bed to the Dashen's room. There is no need to spend so much effort on these dishes, they are authentic."

"Yes, General!" Zi Luo bowed.

"Qin Feng, I have brought the first batch of horses you want. Deng Su's heavy cavalry this time is one man and three horses, two of which are prepared for you, a total of two thousand. They are the best wasteland horses in our Great Qin. They have good loads, long endurance, and short-distance sprints are not as fast as Qi Chu's horses, but they are successful in their long strength and can last long battles."

"That's great!" Qin Feng cheered his hands and was overjoyed, "I have always wanted to form a cavalry, but I have suffered from lack of horses. The transaction between Qi and us involves many industries, but on the war horses, it is very tightly blocked us. The country of Yue has no horse source. This has always been a headache for me. With Qin Feng's wasteland horse, this problem will be solved."

"What about what we asked for?" Li Zhi asked.

"Don't worry, Li Shuai, do I dare to play any tricks in front of you? The first batch of grain raised by Cheng Weigao was ready when he set out to the capital. With just one order, a caravan will be transported out. As long as the Qin Dynasty can provide us with a steady stream of wasteland horses, our grain will also be transported into Qin. I believe that this will play a great role in alleviating the food shortage in Qin. The decline in grain prices will be of great help to the growth of Qin's national strength."

"It's not just food!" Li Zhi shook his head.

"Of course, if it comes to salt, iron and other things, you must send a special person to talk to us in charge of business. Chu and Qi prohibit the two countries from adding these things to Qin, but we can provide them and the quality is excellent. However, there are many problems involved here. Wang Yueyao, the official in charge of business, will soon enter Beijing. At that time, let them discuss the details. We, just hold on to the general direction, right?"

Li Zhi looked at Qin Feng deeply: "Qin Feng, I am very worried. I am worried that you will take advantage of the opportunity of a sharp rise in business relations between the two sides and use your sets to get closer to our Daqin merchant gentry class."

Qin Feng smiled, "Li Shuai was too worried. As you said, Qin State, the powerful merchants are either from the royal family, from the Deng family, or from the Bian family. Do you think the three families will allow me to pry their corners? Whether it is salt, iron, or other controlled goods, merchants who can take over must have strong strength. Ordinary merchants cannot cross this threshold at all, don't you think?"

Li Zhi thought for a while and nodded: "That's right."

"But, we still hope to deal with the Deng family. No matter what, we have a good cooperation with Deng Pu and Deng Zhong, and we are not familiar with the Bian family or the royal family. If it is mainly Deng family, then I think there will be less trouble and many links in the process. These things can be shipped to Qin faster, and the transactions between the two parties will be smoother. Li Shuai, the prosperity of business can bring benefits to both of us."

"I have no objection to it. I can decide on this matter." Li Zhi said affirmatively: "I hope the faster the better."

"Of course." Qin Feng stood up with a smile: "Then I won't bother Li Shuai. You have a good rest. Tonight, I will hold a welcome dinner in the palace. At that time, Li Shuai will be welcomed to attend."

"Okay, thank you General Qin for taking the time to see me, the old man!" Li Zhi stood up and reached out to Qin Feng: "No matter what will happen in the future, at least now, I want to express my gratitude to you, because of your generosity, our people of Qin will have a better life."

"It's just a win-win." Qin Feng said: "I have never liked zero-sum games. I will never do things like harming others and not being self-interested. In this transaction, I also got what I want."

Zi Luo accompanied Qin Feng out of the yard where Li Zhi lived, looked at Qin Feng, and stopped talking.

"Zi Luo, what do you want to say?"

"General, I feel a little paranoid, this old man Li Shuai." Zi Luo said.

"You see it very accurately. He is indeed paranoid, but this paranoid is admirable. Haha, if you call him an old man, if he hears it, I don't know if he will get angry?"

"In my eyes, the general is only respected. Whether he is angry or not is not my business." Zi Luo smiled and said, "General, I think you have designated Deng to trade with us, and there is a lot of articles to do here!"

"Li Shuai ignored it, or he didn't think of this aspect at all, or he didn't understand the huge benefits contained in these things. You also heard just now that the reason why the Qin Dynasty is so stable is because of the three-legged tripod. What I am doing now is to make one of them slowly swell up."

"Deng's family!"

"Yes, the Deng family controls the Qin border army, but the Qin border army's equipment is shabby. I am deeply impressed by this." Thinking of the outlaws in the Luoying Mountains who were dressed in ragged clothes and were not responsible for their lives when fighting, Qin Feng felt a little chilled. "The border army is looking for wars but its equipment is poor. This is not that Qin is really unable to provide even an army. At least, they can provide better weapons. This is because of their domestic balance. Deng family is outside, strong, but cannot control the court. Bian family controls the Thunder Army, controls the center, and the royal family serves as balancers and referees. This must be based on the balance of strength between the two sides. What if Deng family is strong enough to threaten the center?"

"If Deng is allowed to dominate these businesses, they can make huge profits, and these huge profits will inevitably become equipment for the border army in the end." Zi Luo's eyes shiny.

"Once the balance is broken, the next thing will be suspicion, conspiracy, and assassination." Qin Feng said lightly. "The Qin government will inevitably be in chaos because of this. What's more, Deng Fang of the Deng family is an ambitious guy himself. When they get rid of the shackles of financial resources, ambition will also grow."

"Will Li Zhi figure this out?"

"He will understand in the future, but I think that when he understands, this fast horse has already run so wildly that he can't even let him stop. This is the general trend."

"But the Qin border army is not without threat to us," Zi Luo said worriedly.

"Their strength is because of our existence. Once there is a conflict between us, do you think there will be a penny of things transported over? These are consumables, a little less. Of course, this requires a long time to ferment. Within at least four or five years, both of us will be in a honeymoon period."

"The general is really planning and winning thousands of miles away!" Zi Luo looked at Qin Feng with admiration.

"I thought you were extremely insidious. He was intimate in front of me, but behind me was touching the guy to plot against someone." Qin Feng paused, "This is the battle between countries, and it has nothing to do with personal emotions. Personally, Li Zhi and Wei Zhuang, they are the people I admire the most."

"General is an open and upright plot, it's insidious!" Zi Luo said indifferently.

Qin Feng laughed loudly, "From our standpoint, of course you will say that, by the way, how has your renovated in heaven and earth been like this? When will it be officially opened? Then, I will be there in person and cut the ribbon! I will give you a big publicity."
Chapter completed!