Ten years later, the Third Five-Year Plan ended.

At this time, it also happened to be Li Chen's fortieth birthday. The big bull sent a big gift, the ironclad.

What is an ironclad ship, this is a steam-powered warship, covered with hard ironclad and with great firepower on board.

The appearance of ironclad ships made Daqin completely bid farewell to the era of wooden ships with wind energy or manpower as energy.

This ironclad ship, independently designed by Da Niu, has a total length of 23 meters and a width of 13 meters, and the sides and bow of the ship are each equipped with many guns. Although the hull is still made of wood, it is wrapped in thick iron armor, and the ship gives it a very powerful feeling at first glance.

If the previous ten years were the ten years of Great Qin on land, then the next ten years were the years of Great Qin galloping on the ocean. A large number of huge ironclad ships equipped with artillery and steam engines gave Daqin's fleet the ability to go to the sea.

Xianyang City, Afang Palace.

At today's court meeting, the issue of ironclad ships made the entire court quarrel.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should quickly equip Daqin with a large number of ironclad ships. I haven't expanded my territory for more than ten years, and now is the time. Han Xin clenched his fists with both hands and said.

Who Han Xin is, everyone in the court knows. If Li Chen's disciples occupied half of the court before, then now, Li Chen's disciples can be said to occupy two-thirds of the court.

At this time, Han Xin stood up and put forward a proposal to attack the world. All the ministers in the court understood that this seemed to be a suggestion made by Han Xin, but it was actually Li Chen who followed Han Xin's mouth.

Since they knew that this suggestion was Li Chen's suggestion, then everyone in the court naturally understood, and they had to be careful what they wanted to say next.

However, although Li Chen's strength is huge, this court is not his hall. Over the years, there have been some officials who are not Li Chen's faction who have gradually grouped together, and they think that it is too dangerous for the power in the court to be in the hands of one person. After having this kind of thought, these people naturally began to unite and gradually oppose Li Chen.

"It has been said since ancient times that the belligerent will perish. Now, my Great Qin's territory is so vast, why should I covet the barren land on the other side of the sea? At this point, an opposition official spoke.

The important positions in the court are basically in Li Chen's grasp, but it is inevitable that some inconspicuous and dispensable positions will be neglected. This name is a speech official of Great Qin, and the word official, to put it bluntly, is an official who doesn't do anything and specializes in disgusting people.

This person is also a person who opposes Li Chen, so as long as it is Li Chen's opinion. Regardless of whether it makes sense or not, whether it is beneficial to Daqin or not, he always has to jump out and oppose it twice. Like a fly, it doesn't crawl on your food because it's hungry, it's just disgusting you. Although the meal that has been eaten by flies does not affect the consumption, he is disgusting.

"Oh, you think the other side of the sea is barren?" Han Xin asked with a cold face.

The official didn't think about it, and said directly: "Of course, the other side of the sea is of course barren land. Although this world is big, my Great Qin is the central place. I am a great Qin land, and I have a holy emperor like Your Majesty. Since my Great Qin is already the center of heaven and earth, there is really no need to covet barren land. ”

As he spoke, he also patted Fusu's ass with extremely inferior means. Hey, if you want to say that this is also the trend of the world, now even the sycophants are so naked.

"Your Excellency, have you been to the other side of the sea?" At this time, Han Xin suddenly asked.

"This"

"I" Han Xin asked, which made the famous official a little speechless for a while. Naturally, he had never been to the other side of the sea, not even to the side of the sea.

"I've never been there, of course, but it's a barren place on the other side of the sea."

Han Xin is not a good person, and when he saw that he had asked this person, he hurriedly said: "Since the adults have not been to the other side of the sea, why do you assert that the sea is a barren land." ”

"Oops, I haven't been there and I'm talking nonsense. This is the sin of deception, and it will kill people. At this time, Wang Li was also fanning the flames on the side.

As the saying goes, two fists are difficult to defeat four hands, and it is difficult for a good man to beat many people. Although this official is a spokesman who eats with his mouth, he can't stand too many people. For a time, the civil and military officials of Li Chen's faction spoke out one after another to squeeze him.

"You guys."

"I haven't been there, and neither have you. I cannot assert that the sea is barren, and how can you say that the sea is a land of plenty. ”

"In that case, why should I, Great Qin, forcibly occupy that side. Once the war starts, how many of my Great Qin's sons will die. ”

"You warriors, you know about fighting all day long, but you haven't thought about the consequences of fighting."

This official caught a gap in the attack of an official of Li Chen's faction, and immediately began to counterattack with a small mouth.

His point was simple: since I have never been to the other side of the sea, I cannot assert that the other side of the sea is barren. In the same way, you have not been to the other side of the sea, and you cannot assert that the other side of the sea is a land of abundance.

Since it is impossible to judge whether the sea is barren or rich, then there is no need to go to Bo for the sake of an unknown and rush to war, which will only make the Great Qin soldiers die in a foreign land.

"This is not unreasonable, my Great Qin now has a lot of maritime merchants, and it is completely possible to achieve the purpose of plundering resources through trade, and there is really no need to start a war for land that cannot be clear about resources." At this time, Yan Guan, as a stunned young man, had already gained a firm foothold, and immediately someone who opposed Li Chen stood up and said.

His words seem to have some truth again, we are already in business, and if we can solve it through trade, then why do we have to fight. You know, fighting a war kills people.

In short, what is the main point they grasp now, that is, the people of Li Chen's faction have also never gone to the sea, and even many professional maritime merchants are only offshore trade, and there are very few real maritime merchants who are going to the sea.

Now they have seized the unknown on the other side of the sea, and there is no need to rush to war for the unknown.

At this time, Li Chen did not speak. Even the rest of the officials of Li Chen's faction did not speak, and just allowed the opposition to throw out their own views without any refutation.

For a while, the situation in the court seemed to be that the opposition began to raise their eyebrows and began to beat the people of Li Chen's faction, so that the people of the entire Li Chen faction had no power to fight back.

The atmosphere in the court was a little weird for a while. In fact, at this time, anyone with a discerning eye knew that Li Chen was brewing a counterattack. Once Li Chen counterattacked, it would inevitably be fatal.

(End of chapter)