Listening to Chen Ke's words, Ying Zheng's worries were put down a little, but a strange smile appeared on his face.

Ying Zheng looked at Chen Ke and said with a smile: "You are so calculating General Wang, aren't you afraid that General Wang will turn his face against you?" ”

Chen Ke shrugged his shoulders, with a helpless smile on his face, he looked at Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, I don't understand what you said." ”

"What did I do?"

"How can you count General Wang?"

"You see, the old general wants to go to the battlefield, and I will help you intercede so that the old general can go to the battlefield."

"I didn't do anything to be sorry for the old general."

Ying Zheng pointed at Chen Ke and said with a sneer: "Just you, you haven't done anything to be sorry for the old general." ”

"The old general thinks about dying on the battlefield, so he doesn't have to linger on the sickbed."

"But what about you?"

"There is no preparation for the old general's efforts at all, whether it is gunpowder or the battle method for attacking Baiyue, you try to use a safe method."

"Even the most energy-consuming long journey, you have thought of an idea for Wang Qian."

Ying Zheng pursed his lips: "In this case, it is impossible for anything to happen to Wang Qian, and there will be no possibility of "dying on the battlefield". ”

"Isn't it?"

The look on Chen Ke's face was even more smiling.

"Isn't that bad, what Your Majesty said?"

"If you can live, probably no one wants to die, right?"

"With gunpowder, the pace of Daqin's attack on Baiyue can be accelerated, and the casualties of Daqin's soldiers can be reduced, which is a good thing for Daqin."

He looked at Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, do you think that if the old general knew about the existence of gunpowder and knew that gunpowder could reduce the casualties of soldiers, do you think he would use gunpowder?" ”

Ying Zheng did not hesitate at all: "Yes." ”

Chen Ke continued to ask: "Even if you may not be able to finish what is in your heart?" ”

Ying Zheng nodded: "The old general is dedicated to Daqin, there is no doubt about this. ”

Chen Ke smiled: "Isn't that okay?" ”

"I just didn't tell the old general for the time being, since the old general's choice is the same after he knows, then what is the need to say it?"

Ying Zheng snorted, but did not say anything against it.

Because he really has nothing to say against it.

"Chen Ke, sometimes I really feel that you are not a disciple of the Mo family, you are a disciple of the Zongheng family."

"Otherwise, how could you be so fickle?"

Chen Ke smiled: "What Your Majesty said, in fact, I am a disciple of the first-class sect, is it nothing?" ”

"Left and right have no effect on Your Majesty."

"As long as what I will do is useful to Your Majesty and to Great Qin."

Ying Zheng glanced at Chen Ke, and then shook his head: "So in your plan, attacking Baiyue is a matter that implements the first five-year plan?" ”

Chen Ke nodded.

"Your Majesty, there is no hurry to attack Baiyue."

"Sometimes, war can bring not only disadvantages, but also benefits."

"In the past, the reason why a country did not want to prolong war was because it cost a lot of money, more food, and a large number of people died."

"But this war is different."

Chen Ke raised his head and looked at Ying Zheng, with peace in his voice: "First, with the existence of gunpowder, there will not be too many soldiers killed in this war, and even our soldiers can save their lives while making military achievements." ”

"Second, with the implementation of the tax policy and Daqin's monetary policy, Daqin will briefly break out of the climax of taxation in the next few years, and the money and food that can be obtained will reach a peak."

"After this peak, there may be a relatively smooth period."

"Because people have to adapt and explore at the beginning, there will be a lot of trial and error costs, which will cause a lot of taxes."

"Planning starts after that, so there's going to be a short period of peace."

"After this period of peace, the tax will gradually increase, because they already know what they have to do, and they will enter a period of development."

Chen Ke said while looking at Ying Zheng and said, "So we have to make good use of this period." ”

He said with a smile: "Besides, the purpose of our attack on Baiyue is not to occupy Baiyue's territory, not to make Baiyue surrender. ”

"First, we are here to train the two generals Zhang Han and Zhao Tuo, and secondly, to establish a city on the territory of Dongyue and make this city one of the most important ports in Daqin."

Chen Ke sneered: "It takes a certain amount of time to build a city, it also takes time for us to develop Zhongmu into a city with developed links, and it also takes time for us to transform Dongyue into a place suitable for our Central Plains people to live in, all of which take time. ”

"In a short period of time, our ultimate goal is to quickly attack East Vietnam with gunpowder, and then open up the wasteland little by little, and at the same time build a city at the mouth of the sea somewhere in East Vietnam."

"When the city is built, we will be able to use it as a foundation and devour the surrounding land on a large scale."

"So, a long war is a good thing for us."

Chen Ke's eyes were a little cold, and he said with a smile: "My plan is five years, and within these five years, Daqin's economic development and transportation can also be developed. ”

"While Daqin is thriving, he will take down Baiyue."

"Only in this way can the world be attached."

He looked at Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten?" ”

"The thing that the minister found in Penglai, and the thing he wants to get from the Yin Shang Continent."

"Daqin needs a certain amount of time to learn how to use these two resources, so that Daqin can change from a wooden ship to a steel ship."

Ships of steel?

Ying Zheng listened, with a little curiosity in his eyes, he heard Chen Ke talk about steel ships for the first time.

"Can steel build ships?"

"What does a ship made of steel look like?"

Chen Ke had nostalgia in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Of course, steel can build ships, Your Majesty, but it is still a little far away from us. ”

"It's a kind of vessel imagined by the sages of the Mo family."

"The ships of steel ride the wind and waves, and penetrate all wind and rain, and the wind and waves between heaven and earth can no longer hinder such ships, they are the most powerful things that man can build."

"It's something that conquers the sea."

Ying Zheng looked at Chen Ke's expression, and there was a smile in his eyes.

"I hope the Mo family can make this thing as soon as possible, I began to want to see it."