Chapter 478 Playing Chess
In the end, Li Chenming left alone, taking his secretary ship Hipper with him. Although Hipper was a little arrogant, she had no problem executing orders.
However, because Li Chenming was away temporarily, some of his work was also distributed to the people below him. Of course, the handling of some matters was assigned to Qin Ge, and the others had no experience, so they could only do this.
Moreover, Qin Ge could not set out to fight at sea during this period of time, so he completely took on the duties of the port area commander.
After getting up in the morning and exercising every day, he went to his office after breakfast to handle official business. After working until noon, he had lunch with his secretary and then started patrolling the port area.
In the past, after patrolling the port area, I would have some free time. Basically, during this time, I would either accompany the secretary ship on a date, or accompany other ship girls on a date, or I would simply stay alone in the office or rest in my own house.
Since Li Chenming was away these two days, even after patrolling the port area, he had to go back to the office to be on duty in case of any emergencies.
And because Zhenhai was the secretary ship during this period, the two of them spent most of their time playing chess in the office.
"Tsk, I finally know what it means to be indecisive." Qin Ge held the black chess piece in his hand, looked at the criss-cross chessboard in front of him, and said with some self-mockery.
"Commander, do you think we still have a chance of winning this round?" Zhenhai said with a smile as he watched Qin Ge's indecision.
Qin Ge blinked and looked at the chessboard again. "If it's at my level, it will be a dead end no matter how I play."
"Haha, since you know it's a dead end, why not fight to the death? Maybe there will be a way out, and you can survive? Such chess games were everywhere in the ancient Donghuang period." Zhenhai said with a smile.
Qin Ge rolled his eyes, "I'm not Zhao He, don't think you can fool me that easily. To survive in a desperate situation is a strategy of counterattack when the strength between you and the opponent is equal.
And now I haven't even gathered a big dragon, but your formation has already forced me into several corners and surrounded me with a large army. In such a dilemma, putting myself in a desperate situation to survive will only make my death more miserable. "
"Oh, it seems that the commander's chess skills have improved recently. Such moves can't fool you." Zhenhai said with a slight smile.
"Why do I feel like you are insulting me?" Qin Ge said depressedly.
"No, I'm just praising you." Zhenhai smiled and said, "Actually, Commander, if you want to win, there is another way."
"Oh? What way? I hope Zhenhai can give me some advice." Qin Ge asked curiously.
Zhenhai smiled and said, "The ancients said that the chess field is like a battlefield, so sometimes both the inside and outside of the field need to be close. If you want to win, being a gentleman on the chess field will be very disadvantageous.
War is not a fair game, so if you take advantage of the opponent's inattention, think and understand first, and then make two or three moves, victory will come that way. Of course, this is just one of the ways. "
"Well, this method is a bit of cheating. Although it can be applied on the battlefield, it is a bit... Is there any other way?" Qin Ge asked.
"In a real chess game, there are no friends. It's not like what's going on between me and the commander right now. We two know each other and play chess calmly.
In a real chess game, I sit opposite the commander, so the commander is my opponent. If I want to win, I will do everything I can.
For example, you can stop the game from going on, announce the victory, or directly stop the commander from playing the game. So the victory of a game is not determined by the game itself. The real victory actually begins the moment the two players prepare to play. "Zhenhai said with a smile.
After hearing these words, Qin Ge looked at Zhen Hai with interest, "Zhen Hai, I suddenly found that you are very similar to someone."
"Who?" Zhenhai asked curiously.
"Legend has it that during the Three Kingdoms period, there was a famous scholar named Jia Xu. Later scholars regarded him as one of the five great counselors of Cao Cao's group, along with Xun Yu, Xun You Cheng Yu, and Guo Jia. Moreover, in the later novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, many people believed that Jia Xu was the most toxic counselor of the Three Kingdoms, that he understood the weaknesses of human nature and had no bottom line in making suggestions." Qin Ge said here and smiled at Zhenhai.
"Jia Xu? Haha, the commander actually compared me with Jia Xu. He really overestimates me." After hearing these words, Zhenhai was not angry at all. Instead, he seemed very happy.
"So what does the Commander think of Jia Xu?"
"I think Jia Xu is a smart man, but also a selfish one. He understands human nature, but he wants to protect himself, so he can see through the other party's weaknesses repeatedly when touching the album.
And he was able to have a good ending in the chaotic Three Kingdoms period, which shows how powerful he was." Qin Ge said with a smile.
"I thought the commander would look down on him." Zhenhai smiled.
"How can I look down on him? War is all about deception. The battle between the two sides is to the death. Talking about gentlemen and morality at this time is irresponsible to your own camp." Qin Ge said with a smile.
"I feel relieved to see that the commander is so open-minded." Zhenhai said with a smile.
"How about we play again? I don't see any hope in this round, so if I continue to struggle, it will only add to my distress." Qin Ge said immediately.
"Okay." Zhenhai smiled, "But playing chess normally will get boring after a while, why not add some other rules to make the game more interesting."
"What rules?" Qin Ge asked puzzledly.
"For example... if you can win a game from me, I will agree to one of your requests, how about it?" Zhenhai smiled, but his tone was full of provocation.
Qin Ge looked at Zhen Hai deeply, then nodded, "Okay. It's a deal."
"It's a deal."
After the two finished talking, they started a new game. But not long after the game started, Qin Ge felt something was wrong , because he seemed to be playing very smoothly, so smoothly that he began to doubt himself.
"Oh, I was careless. I am always good at making plans, but I made a mistake in such a place... Well, congratulations on winning. Then you must admit defeat and tell me what your request is. Anything is fine, hehe~" Zhenhai put down the white piece in his hand and said to Qin Ge in distress.
"Really?" Qin Ge asked in feigned disbelief.
"Of course it's true, but you only have this one chance, so Commander, please tell me your requirements." Zhenhai said with a smile.
"Ahem, in that case, let me make a request." Qin Ge said seriously, "Aren't you from the Fengtian clique? General Zhang Zuolin has a very famous catchphrase. Can you tell me about it?"
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