Ma Mingfeng knew this and now Ma Shiying admitted that Chongzhen could no longer save him, but the Ming Dynasty still had the chance to save him, so he asked for the next solution.

So Ma Mingfeng said softly: "First of all, Dad, you should win over the important officials from Lu Feng to Nanjing in advance as I said, and naturally protect King Fu. Once you get the news from the capital, you must immediately support King Fu. You must seize this opportunity, and you will definitely become the chief minister at that time."

After hearing this, Ma Shiying nodded dejectedly. A person like him who has been reading sages since childhood made him give up the king. This would be something that he could not imagine before, but he was not a pedantic person. Although it was his responsibility to rescue the king, and although he was not afraid of death, if he was suspicious of the king and died for no reason because of this matter, and even brought all nine tribes into it, he would never be able to do this.

"Next." Ma Shiying asked expressionlessly.

Ma Mingfeng naturally understood his father's mood, but after four hundred years of democracy and freedom, he did not take this seriously. He just changed his leadership, whether it was a Ming or a Ming Dynasty, and the leader was replaced by his own people, which was actually a good thing for him.

"Next..." Ma Mingfeng thought for a while, then said: "Then we have to find a way to deploy defense. At that time, the main goal of our battle will no longer be the thieves, but the Qing people. Therefore, when facing the Qing people, we must be careful of those traitors. These people will not surrender to the thief army, but can surrender to the Qing people. There will be no pressure when surrendering. However, those gentlemen who can deceive the side do not have to worry about these. For example, Shi Kefa, who is currently the Minister of War in Nanjing, of course, Shi Kefa is not a general. If we want to defend Nanjing, we also need a powerful person to take charge. I recommend a person, whose name is Yan Yingyuan, and it should be Jiangyin Dianshi..."

"Yan Yingyuan? Jiangyin Dianshi?" Ma Shiying immediately looked confused when she heard this and murmured: "Why have I never heard of such a name? And he is just a small dictionary, a small official who doesn't even have a rank?"

Ma Mingfeng said seriously: "It is this classic history. Dad, you must remember that it is best to write it down. People who are not famous and have low official positions may not have no real ability. Did Dad remember that in the Three Kingdoms, Guan Erye, who was just a horse archer, killed Hua Xiong with a warm wine? So sometimes, unknown people do not necessarily have no real ability. This person can truly save our entire city. Please ask Dad to invite him and trust him absolutely, and give everything to him to command. I dare to guarantee his life. He will definitely create miracles when the time comes! He is the next Tian Dan, Zhang Xun..."

"Since Luan'er, you said that, of course, Dad believes it. You will never harm your father. I will write Yan Yingyuan's name on my robe to remember it. However, this person is so capable, I have tried my best to support him. If he cannot be used by me in the future, wouldn't it be a big hidden danger?"

When Ma Mingfeng heard this, he was so amazed that his father was good, but his structure was not broad enough, so he smiled and said, "What's the point? First of all, he was an unknown person, and it was his father's appreciation that gave him the opportunity to show his strength. How could he not be grateful to his father? Besides, this time and that is the moment. Now we use his strength to turn the tide. If he really is an enemy of us in the future, can't he deal with him with his father's means? We can't give up the opportunity to save the country now because he may have hidden dangers in the future, right?"

"Haha, my son is right. This is because he has lost his mind for his father for a while. This is why he asked this question. You are right. If one day he really became the chief minister for his father, or if he has the ability to have this ability, he will definitely bring Yan Yingyuan to Nanjing."

Ma Mingfeng repeatedly told him, and when he saw that his father finally agreed to his requests, he immediately felt relieved. As long as he took these two key steps, he believed that Nanming would have hope of preserving it, so that he could let go of his overseas trade with confidence.

For Ma Mingfeng, earning enough gold and silver, purchasing powerful firearms, and building a powerful army is the capital for the re-emergence of the Ming Dynasty, and the foundation for the Ming Dynasty to catch up with its former backwardness and even becoming a world power.

You should know that it is the sixteenth year of the Ming Dynasty. According to the 19th year of the lunar calendar, it is already 1643. In this year, the British bourgeois revolution has broken out for three years. In another year, the parliamentary army will be able to turn defense into offense and soon establish a new maritime hegemony. Once this scene occurs, I am afraid no one can stop the country's progress.

If it continues according to the trajectory of historical development, China will soon be taken over by the Qing people, and then after sinking for two hundred years, it will be hit by this rising country and enter that disaster-stricken modern period.

Since Ma Mingfeng was born in this era and knew the future development context, he certainly had to find ways to change this history to avoid future generations from threats from powerful enemies and avoid the great country sinking.

"Now I have an army that can conquer and fight well, and I have a certain amount of capital. This is the support I started and the reliance of the country. However, this army also needs to be re-armed. There is naturally no problem with using them to deal with backward Asian, African and Latin America countries. However, it is really a bit unsatisfactory to deal with Western robbers who use advanced firearms."

For now, the way to quickly arm the army is naturally to purchase a large amount of advanced equipment, but this also requires a large amount of gold and silver. Without an army armed with firearms to protect it, it is difficult to open up overseas trade. So what Ma Mingfeng has to do now is to make money quickly and then buy a batch of weapons. Of course, it would be better if he could first acquire a group of skilled technical workers and then imitate it in large quantities after purchasing advanced weapons.

So what Ma Mingfeng’s most urgent task now is to get the Liujiagang shipyard into his own hands.

So after Ma Mingfeng finished his conversation with Ma Shiying, he immediately set off to Liujiagang again. This time his identity was different from the last time. He was the Governor of Jinghai and the imperial merchant who was ordered to trade overseas. Of course, this imperial merchant was actually a bit inconsistent with the name, because this imperial merchant had no capital. After being appointed, he only symbolically received 100 taels of gold, that is, 1,000 taels of silver.

Ma Mingfeng believed that he would definitely gain something this time, but the final result was that there were no shipbuilders in Liujiagang now, and most of the skills of those shipbuilders were lost, and only a small part was still in Nanjing.

Ma Mingfeng's eyes lit up when he heard this, as if he was about to move to Nanjing.
Chapter completed!