My wife is number one in the world

Chapter 4237 Idiot’s Dream
Well, all my expectations were dashed.

The braised venison tasted slightly dry and had a faint gamey smell. Although it tasted quite good after being carefully cooked by the soldiers, it was still quite different from the delicious taste he had imagined.

Overall, it doesn't taste as good as the sika deer!
However, its taste is somewhat unique compared to that of sika deer.

Overall, the braised venison tasted pretty good.

When the little cutie saw her father slightly frown after taking a bite of braised venison, she immediately stopped herself from picking up the braised venison with her chopsticks.

"Father, what's wrong? Don't you like this braised venison?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Mingzhi silently swallowed the venison in his mouth, then smiled and turned slightly to look at the little cutie, gently shaking his head.

"My dear daughter, it's not that it's not tasty, it's just that it's not as delicious as I imagined."

Overall, the taste is quite good.

"My dear daughter, giraffe meat isn't something we can easily get our hands on. You should try some and see how it tastes!"

The little cutie listened to her father's light-hearted reply, nodded her head twice with a slight smile, and then, with a curious look in her eyes, picked up a piece of braised venison and silently savored it.

Then, she tilted her head slightly and glanced at Young Master Liu.

"Mmm, it tastes really good, it's quite delicious."

"Hahaha, my dear daughter, if you think it tastes good, then eat more."

"Okay, I understand. Daddy, you eat too."

As Liu Mingzhi and his daughter Xiao Ke'ai were talking softly, Lü Sanlin, Li Zhihai, and their brothers, who had just gone to distribute food to the surrounding soldiers, returned one after another.

"General, your humble servant has returned."

"Commander."

"His Majesty."

"His Majesty."

Liu Mingzhi slightly raised his eyes and glanced at Lü Sanlin and his brothers, then nodded gently with a faint smile.

"Alright, alright, we've already started eating, so you should all sit down and have lunch!"

"Yes, we obey."

After responding to Young Master Liu in unison, everyone immediately sat down on the bench behind them.

After silently swallowing the food in his mouth, Zheng Jizhong smiled faintly and looked up at Young Master Liu, who was sitting diagonally opposite him.

"Your Majesty, this fresh long-necked venison, after careful processing, tastes and feels far superior to this cured meat that has been marinated for a long time."

Unfortunately, Your Majesty and Her Highness the Princess arrived at the military camp in the west of the city at a very inopportune time. The camp currently only has these cured meats that have already been prepared, and there is no fresh venison.

Your Majesty, if you really want to taste the flavor of fresh venison, I will immediately order a group of brothers to find a way to get you some fresh venison.

However, judging from the current time, Your Majesty and Her Highness the Princess are unlikely to be able to eat today.

This old minister will give a conservative estimate: barring any unforeseen circumstances, it should only take about six or seven days for Your Majesty and Her Highness the Princess to enjoy fresh venison.

No, no, to be more precise, it should be Your Majesty, the Empress, and all the other ladies and princesses enjoying fresh venison together.

So, Your Majesty, what do you think?

Upon hearing Zheng Jizhong's eloquent speech and his final question, Liu Mingzhi's eyes flashed with a hint of excitement.

Honestly, he still really wanted to taste what fresh giraffe meat tasted like, and whether it was as delicious as Zheng Jizhong had just described.

However, he was even clearer in his heart that the soldiers in the camp were there to defend the country and expand the territory, not to satisfy his own appetite.

There's a saying that goes, "What the superiors do, the inferiors will follow."

If I, the current ruler of this great dragon dynasty, set a precedent for doing so out of personal desire, then one day in the future, a second person will do the same thing out of their own personal desire.

Once there's a second person, there will naturally be a third.

With a third person, there will naturally be a fourth person, and so on, with more and more people.

Over time, the imperial army will be in serious trouble.

As the saying goes, once the arrow is released, there's no turning back.

Once something starts going wrong, it's very difficult to stop it.

Even if we can eventually bring it under control, it will likely come at a great cost.

Now, as the ruler of the Great Dragon Dynasty, how could I allow such a thing to happen?
It was precisely because of this consideration that the hint of interest in Young Master Liu's eyes disappeared as soon as it appeared.

Liu Mingzhi gently licked the grease off his lips, smiled, turned to look at Zheng Jizhong, and gently shook his head.

"General, to be honest, for a moment I was indeed moved by what you just said."

However, after careful consideration, I think it's best to forget about this matter!
The old general, and all my brothers.

Our soldiers of the Great Dragon Dynasty are meant to defend our homeland and expand our territory, not to be private hunters kept by me, Liu Mingzhi.

As the ruler of our Great Dragon Dynasty, how can I allow my own gluttony to make our battle-hardened elite soldiers toil and struggle for a mere amount of meat?

The world is vast and full of wonders. There are countless delicious things in my life that I have never seen or eaten.

Today, I, this young master, am making my soldiers toil and struggle for a little meat, all for the sake of my own culinary desires.

Given time, I might end up toiling away for those other delicious things I've never seen or tasted before.

A person's desires have no limits, and once some things start, it's very difficult to stop them.

Therefore, I absolutely cannot set a bad precedent!

In life, there are many things that are serendipitous and cannot be obtained by chance.

If we are lucky enough to meet her, that would be wonderful.

Conversely, it's not a big deal. Just take it easy and let it go!

After listening to Young Master Liu's long and earnest explanation, Zheng Jizhong quickly put down his chopsticks and bowl, and with a look of shame, raised his hands and gently cupped them in a respectful bow to Young Master Liu.

"Your Majesty is wise; this old minister did not consider this matter thoroughly."

Seeing this, Liu Mingzhi chuckled and casually swung the chopsticks in his hand.

"Hehehe, hey, it doesn't bother me, it doesn't bother me."

After all, for a fleeting moment, even I, the young master, was tempted.

Furthermore, the reason why you said that just now, General, is because my daughter Yue'er and I started discussing the taste of this braised venison.

General, what you just said was also for the sake of me and my daughter Yue'er.

Therefore, the root cause of this matter still lies with my daughter and me.

General, my brothers.

There's nothing more to say about this; let's move on.

"Eat, keep eating."

When Zheng Jizhong and his group saw that Young Master Liu had already said this, they all nodded slightly to him with smiles on their faces.

"Hey, okay, okay."

"Yes, Your Majesty, you should eat too, you should eat too."

Liu Mingzhi smiled and nodded in acknowledgment before heartily eating the food on the table.

Of all the dishes on the table, the one he ate the most was that small pot of mixed stew.

As Zheng Jizhong and the other elderly generals ate their meal with gusto, they couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions.

With Liu Mingzhi, a ruler of the new Great Dragon Dynasty who is strict with himself and never shies away from his own shortcomings, it seems unlikely that the former Li imperial family will be able to restore the Li family's empire.

Back then, after His Majesty raised an army in rebellion and seized the throne from the Li imperial family, he not only did not wage war against those members of the Li clan, but also showed great favor to some capable members of the Li clan, allowing them to hold great power.

Whether His Majesty's actions were out of consideration for the Third Princess Li Yan or for other reasons, they are enough to prove that he is a benevolent emperor.

However, everything has two sides, and many things are relative.

His Majesty's benevolence is a great blessing for all the civil and military officials and for the people throughout the land.

However, this may not be a good thing for the former Li imperial family.

The more ambitious and benevolent Emperor Liu Mingzhi of the new Great Dragon Dynasty is, the less hope the Li imperial family has of restoring the Li dynasty.

In fact, Zheng Jizhong and the other elderly generals were fully aware of the situation.

The idea that the Li imperial family could restore their former empire under the rule of Liu Mingzhi, the current emperor, is nothing short of delusional.

Nowadays, even the powerful civil and military officials in the imperial court, as well as the main generals who command large armies, have had to submit to the personal charm of Emperor Liu Mingzhi.

With the Li imperial family and the connections they control, what kind of trouble could they possibly stir up in His Majesty's hands, no matter how hard they tried?

At this moment, there were some things that Zheng Jizhong and his group didn't want to admit, but they had to.

That is, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Li imperial family's rule will eventually become a thing of the past.

A past that exists only in history books, perhaps mentioned frequently or occasionally, but which can never be returned to.

In this regard, it must be said that life is truly unpredictable!

Now that things have come to this, Zheng Jizhong and some others don't know how to feel or what mindset to adopt when looking at this matter.

At this moment, deep in their hearts, there was only one thought filled with a sense of regret.

Hopefully, those Li clan members in the capital city of Dalong, thousands of miles away, won't do anything foolish that's futile and leads to their own demise!
His Majesty is indeed benevolent, but that does not mean he will necessarily not commit mass killings.

The current fate of India and the Abbasid Caliphate, two uncivilized and barbaric countries, is the best proof of this.

Currently, His Majesty not only controls hundreds of thousands of elite troops within the territory of the Great Dragon Inner Palace, the Northern Palace, and the New Palace, but also hundreds of thousands of elite troops within the territory of the Anxi Grand Protectorate and the Western Regions, as well as hundreds of thousands of elite troops from the left and right western expeditionary armies and the second western expeditionary army.

In addition to these elite troops on land, he also controlled tens of thousands of elite troops under the command of Marquis An Jianghe of Haining.

These troops, when combined, are roughly two million strong.

It should be noted that this force of nearly two million soldiers is not composed of newly recruited soldiers who have never fought in a battle, but rather a highly skilled and experienced army that has fought countless battles.

As things stand, the weakest fighting force among the various battalions and units consists of the 100,000 soldiers of the second-route western expeditionary force who arrived in the Abbasid Caliphate just a few months ago.

However, even the 100,000 soldiers of the second western expeditionary force, which had the weakest fighting strength, had already experienced dozens of battles, large and small.

The reason they are considered the weakest in combat is because they are being compared to veteran soldiers who are all proud and fierce warriors.

Not being as strong as the older generation doesn't mean their fighting ability was really that bad.

With nearly two million battle-hardened soldiers at their command, veteran generals like Zheng Jizhong simply couldn't imagine who in the entire world could rival Emperor Liu, the current emperor.

Or rather, who is qualified to be his opponent?

The deep emotions that Zheng Jizhong and his brothers felt did not affect the rest of the group's meal.

Time passes silently, quietly.

Before we knew it, about half of the food on the table had been eaten.

After casually stuffing the last small piece of steamed bun with two kinds of flour into his mouth, Lü Sanlin smiled broadly and reached out with both hands to pick up the wine jar placed on the corner of the table.

He then skillfully removed the mud seal from the wine jar.

In an instant, a rich aroma of wine wafted out from the wine jar.

Lu Sanlin chuckled and took a light breath. Holding the wine jar that was emitting a rich aroma, he stood up from the bench and walked towards Young Master Liu.

"His Majesty."