"The master is back!"

The guardian of the Chu Mansion was shouting outside, causing Chu Qi, who was playing with Rouer in the pavilion to cool down. His father, the Minister of War of the Ming Empire, returned home!

Soon a middle-aged man with a national face stood in front of Chu Qi. He was wearing a robe and had a scar on his face. He stood there without anger and was arrogant.

Chu Xin, the Minister of War of the Ming Empire, once served as guerrilla general, general general, general of Liaodong, general general of Malacca, and other positions. The scars on his face were scratched by fragments of artillery shells on the battlefield, which added a bit of blood.

Chu Xin was stunned when he saw his son talking and laughing with his maid.

Although this son is very outstanding, he always looks cold and ignorant when he faces me. Why did he seem to have become a different person after he first recovered from a serious illness and talk and laugh with Rou'er?

"Sir, Father." Chu Qi quickly sat upright.

In front of him was the Minister of War of the Ming Empire, one of the six ministries, who controlled the border defense of the entire Ming Empire!

"Ro'er sent me a telegram saying that you had suffered from malaria after returning from Nanyang's official duties and was in danger. I rushed back from Weihaiwei, but it seemed that you had nothing to do. Roo'er, what's going on?"

When Chu Xin saw Chu Qi jumping around, like a ok person, he looked at Rou'er with a stern face.

Chu Qi quickly spoke to Rou'er: "My father, every word Rou'er said in the telegram is true. The child almost lost his life. It was only fortunate that he would not accept me that he could appear in front of you safely. In the opinion of the child, you not only can't blame Rou'er, but you should praise her."

"Good and smooth-talking!" Chu Xin snorted coldly, but was a little surprised.

Chu Qi looked at Chu Xin tentatively, and then he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he was not angry.

Chu Qi said: "Father, what are you doing when you are going to Weihaiwei on this trip?"

"You have no right to ask about this." Chu Xin then showed a slightly kind expression. "You little brat, it's fine, and you seem to have become a different person. But being a little slicker is better than being cold all day long like a machine."

Chu Qi smiled helplessly. Chu Xin didn't know that his original son died of malaria. He was a stranger to him.

However, Chu Xin's blood flows in this body, and he is not a real stranger.

After Chu Xin returned to his residence, the Chu Mansion was still very calm because there were too few people in the Chu Mansion.

"How many days have you asked the Jinyiwei for leave?" Chu Xin poured himself a cup of tea and asked Chu Qi.

"Ask for leave?"

Chu Qi thought hard and thought, he was indeed taking leave from the commander of the Jinyiwei for a while because of his illness.

I originally thought that I could be a prodigal son when I traveled to the Minister of War’s Mansion, but I didn’t expect that I would have to go to work?

Moreover, in Chu Qi's impression, the Jinyiwei, which no longer serves the royal family, became a military intelligence agency and was extremely strict in management. Except for the illness and being unable to act, the Jinyiwei members must be on call, even if there are weddings and weddings.

If the Ministry of War is protecting the people of the Ming Empire openly, then the Jinyiwei is walking in the night with the Jinyiyi and secretly protecting the Ming Empire.

Only cold people like Chu Qi would choose to join the strict Jinyiwei.

Chu Qi, who had traveled through time, had to take on such a position.

Chu Qi replied: "The commander of the Jinyiwei asked the child to return to the team five days after healing. That is to say, the child will go to the General Office of the Jinyiwei in three days."

Chu Xin nodded: "It's a turbulent time now. The Jinyiwei should be too busy. Chen Jianxing is not in enough staff. You should know this more than me."

Chu Qi knew who Chen Jianxing was. He was the commander of the Jinyiwei and a third-rank official. He was lower than Chu Xin, the Minister of War. However, Chen Jianxing's voice was no worse than Chu Xin. He had various intelligence networks that infiltrated the great powers.

Chen Jianxing is also Chu Qi's immediate superior, and he is covered by the Jinyiwei.

"My father, how does our Ming Dynasty compare with the European powers?" Chu Qi asked.

Since he has come to this world, he has to make a career, and it is not in vain for his current identity.

And what I care most about is the enemy of the Ming Empire.

At this time, the conflict between the Ming Dynasty and other great powers was ultimately a dispute over interests arising from the bordering spheres of influence of Eastern and Western civilizations.

Chu Xin replied: "Our Ming Dynasty has a territory of thousands of miles, and it is the world's largest power today. The two are the Empire of Sun and the Three are the Tsarist Russian Empire, the latter are the French Empire, the Prussian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the United States, the Eastern Shogunate, the Kingdom of Italy, and the Ottoman Empire. These are the ten major powers. The Ming Dynasty can easily defeat any country, but if the countries unite, I am afraid our Ming Dynasty will have a little disadvantage."

Chu Qi listened to his father's analysis of the strength of the great powers. The Ming Empire was far ahead, the Sun-Don't Set Empire, the Tsarist Russian Empire, the French Empire, and the Prussian Empire were called the top four continents, among which the Sun-Don't Set Empire was the strongest.

What Chu Qi did not expect was that after the Oriental Shogunate became a vassal of the Ming Empire, he actually went from a backward agricultural society to an industrial civilization, and was still the eighth-ranked power.

In this world, the current status of the Oriental Shogunate is thanks to the rise of the Ming Empire.

After the Ming Empire began the Industrial Revolution, warriors came to the Ming Empire to come into contact with industrial technology and then passed it back to Japan.

Forty years ago, the Ming Empire made the Oriental Shogunate a vassal. In order to fight against the pressure from Western powers, the Ming Empire supported the Oriental Shogunate to become the No. 1 younger brother, and also supported the Goryeo and Annan Kingdom, namely the No. 2 younger brother and the No. 3 younger brother.

However, neither the Goryeo Kingdom nor the Annan Kingdom could fight, and only the East Shogunate had a crush on the list of the top ten powers.

In Chu Qi's memory, in addition to paying tribute every year, the Oriental Shogunate also sent troops to participate in the war between the Ming Empire and the Western powers as servants. For example, in the 47-day naval battle nine years ago, the Oriental Shogunate sent 60 large and small steamships, 30,000 warriors to participate in the war, of which 37 steamships were sunk and 15,000 warriors were killed.

Even so, the Eastern Shogunate still obeyed the Ming Empire and was on call.

This is not something Chu Qi could consider for the Ming Empire. He is only one of the fourteen thousand households of the Jinyiwei, and can only be regarded as the middle-level member of the Jinyiwei.

"But I believe that the Western powers are not united. They are just a community of interests. To dismantle their joint fleet, you must rely on your Jinyiwei to do it." Chu Xin patted Chu Qi on the shoulder and was full of confidence in him.

Chu Qi did not expect that he still had such a great responsibility.
Chapter completed!