On the wedding day, my wife was abnormal

If Shangguan Moxuan hadn't mentioned it, Qin Wenchang would have had trouble remembering this person.

After all, compared to Lin Zhenxian, Lin Zhen rose to fame much later and had a smaller reputation, but now it seemed that he was indeed the one who could not be ignored. He was no ordinary person to become the emperor's husband and the de facto helmsman of the Qian Kingdom.

If possible, Qin Wenchang really wanted to meet him.

At least we should learn from him his experience in governing the country.

Shangguan Moxuan sighed and continued, "Alas, our Great Qin has been left far behind. Our national strength is weak, our people barely make ends meet, and our annual iron production is less than half a month's worth of ironware produced by the Qian Kingdom. The court is filled with numerous powerful families and factions, and there are countless cases of selling official positions and titles, and corruption and abuse of power. And yet, His Majesty is old and foolish, spending all day playing with women in the harem and ignoring state affairs. Wenchang, do you think there is any hope for a country like this?"

Qin Wenchang said, "Sir, although His Majesty is old, the princes are all diligently preparing to show their talents. If the throne is passed to any one of them, the Qin State may regain its glory!"

"Ha." A naked sneer crossed Shangguan Moxuan's old face. "Can those few princes save the Qin State? The Crown Prince has formed cliques, and the Second, Third, and Fourth Princes, including several younger princes, are all plotting how to kill the Crown Prince and take the throne themselves. They have no ambition for the country and only want to be emperor. Even if such a person becomes emperor, it will be in vain. He can't save the Qin State at all."

"What's the teacher's opinion?"

"Merge with Qian Kingdom."

"This..." Such a result was difficult for Qin Wenchang, who had always had a patriotic sentiment, to accept.

Even though he knew that he could not defeat Lin Zhenxian, Qin could not defeat Qian.

Shangguan Moxuan continued, "Wenchang, we can't always rely on books to see the lives of ordinary people. You need to go down to the countryside, to the fields, and see the real side of the people. If you really go and see, you'll see that those aristocratic families are trying to annex the people's land. Selling children and daughters is commonplace. Last year's drought killed 200,000 people in Chencang County alone. The people are starving and are even exchanging their children for food. Oh, I don't believe in such a country. You'd better not trust those aristocratic families who are trying to win you over."

"Thank you for your guidance, sir. I have learned a lot."

"Well, this time we're borrowing the passage from Lin Zhenxian to see if they can capture Northern Yan. If they can, I suggest that Qin surrender. If not, we'll wait and see what happens. You should also make preparations. I'm thinking this will be a war that will go down in history. It would be best if you could go to the front lines and learn from them. It would definitely benefit your future command."

“Students understand.”

.......

On the deck, Lin Zhenxian was drinking tea. The spring sun was not too strong, so it was a perfect time to sunbathe.

The fat man didn't like drinking tea. It would be a waste to pour such an elegant thing into his mouth, so he walked away and found something to do.

Lin Dana came over with a sword hanging from his waist, looking very powerful and holding a letter in his hand.

"Your Highness, there's a letter from home sent by carrier pigeon."

"Hmm." Lin Zhenxian took it and, after checking the sealing wax, opened it and looked at it. He laughed heartily, "Hahahahahaha, great! Qingwen finally gave me a great-grandson! Great, hahahaha, when I return I must ask His Majesty to grant her an imperial title! And it has to be of the first rank!"

"Your Majesty? Our Lin family has an heir?"

"Hmm." Lin Zhenxian stroked his beard with satisfaction, grinning from ear to ear. "Hahahaha, not only did Qingwen give birth, but Qingxia is also about to give birth, and Concubine Ning has been taken home to recuperate. And that quiet Yue Wu is also pregnant. Great, great! God has mercy on us. The Lin family is finally expanding."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"Yeah." Lin Zhenxian carefully put Lin Zhen's Shuxin into his arms and said, "Why is this boat still not moving? Go ask what the old Shangguan does for a living. Can he not even take care of his own students?"

"Report!!"

The messenger shouted and ran over, kneeling on one knee, "Your Highness, the Qin State's great general, Qin Wenchang, is under the boat requesting an audience."

"Oh? What is this brat going to do?" Lin Zhenxian muttered, then thought it couldn't be a big deal, so he said, "Let him come over."

"Yes."

Soon, Qin Wenchang came with two personal guards, taking off their swords.

He was very polite and saluted Lin Zhenxian, who was sitting in front of the coffee table basking in the sun, and said, "Qin Wenchang, I greet the prince."

"Wenchang, thirty years have passed since we parted at Songyuan. Is there anything going on when you get on board today?"

Thirty years ago, Lin Zhenxian joined forces with the State of Qin to fight against the State of Han, and the two had met each other several times.

Qin Wenchang raised his head and smiled, "Nothing, I just missed the prince, so I came to see him."

"Haha, you kid, you never come to my temple for no reason. Tell me, what's the matter? I'm in a hurry to get on my way and don't have time to chat with you."

"To be honest, Wenchang wants to go to the front line with the prince, as a student, to observe and learn."

"Oh? After you finish your studies, are you planning to launch a surprise attack on Daqian like Beiyan did?" Lin Zhenxian looked at him intently.

Qin Wenchang felt embarrassed.

"No, no, no, the prince is the Chinese God of War. How dare Wenchang deceive the prince?"

"Hahaha, you've made tremendous progress over the years. I guess it was that old Shangguan who reminded you to come and observe this time? Well, just stay and watch how I deal with these Northern Yan barbarians!"

After saying that, Lin Zhenxian stood up and patted Qin Wenchang's armor.

"But you have to remember, you can learn, but you can't spread it to others. Otherwise, I will be the first to kill you."

"Uh...Don't worry, Your Majesty."

For someone like Lin Zhenxian who has walked through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, the sense of oppression released by him is definitely not something that ordinary people can resist.

Even someone as strong as Qin Wenchang had to take a step back, breaking out in a cold sweat.

At this moment, he no longer dared to think about fighting against Lin Zhenxian.

Following Qin Wenchang's order, the iron chains on the river were lowered and the fleet continued to move forward.

Lin Zhenxian returned to the cabin and summoned several vanguard generals to discuss how to capture Dingxiang.

"Your Highness, we have very few people with us this time. I'm afraid we can't force an attack on the city."

"Yes, Your Highness. Dingxiang City is high and strong. Although the defenders are few, it would be difficult for us to capture it with only a few thousand people."

"Do you have any good ideas?"

Lin Zhenxian pointed at Dingxiang City and smiled. "Hahaha, Mingyuan, if you were the defenders of Dingxiang and found a group of fearless Qian people shouting at you from under your tower, with no cavalry and few in number, what would you do?"

He Mingyuan's eyes lit up immediately: "I will order a cavalry raid, so that I can achieve great merit and report it to the court."

"That's right!"