Chapter 15: The Dragon
The First Emperor sat on the dragon chair and asked Meng Tian, "Has Han Xin gone to sea?" β
Meng Tian, who had recovered his physical body, bowed down and said, "Back to Your Majesty, Han Xin has already set off." β
The First Emperor nodded and said: "It's good to set off, although the navy has not experienced battleship operation training and set off a little rashly, but at this time, I can't take care of so much, we must solve all these twenty or so islands overseas before Xia Guo reacts, these damn overseas alien races must be wiped out after I dominate the world." β
Meng Tian replied: "Your Majesty, overseas alien races have a long history, throughout the history of this world, this alien race has frequently invaded the coastline of Qi State, and now Your Majesty's great cause has not been accomplished, it is not appropriate to declare war with overseas alien races, if you want to put an end to this, you must have the most powerful navy, and now Your Majesty has asked Han Xin to organize a navy, inside, you can attack Chu and other places for military purposes, and outside, you can resist overseas alien races, the navy, must be built, just like Your Majesty built the Great Wall, there must also be a Great Wall on the sea, to resist the overseas clans, and wait for the future to free up, We're going to do it again. β
The First Emperor wondered, "The Great Wall of the Sea? You talk about it carefully. β
Meng Tian asked people to bring the map, pointed to the more than 20 small islands around the coastal city and said: "Your Majesty, please see, these 20 small islands just wrap the coastal line of the coastal city and even the entire east, we only need to install communicators on each small island to ensure the communication between the various small islands, we can form a beacon, once we find that there is a foreign invasion, we can also know in the fastest time and make defenses." With warships as a barrier and communications as our eyes and ears, we believe that aliens will be blocked at sea. β
The First Emperor looked at the map carefully, and it was really as Meng Tian said, the small islands in the East China Sea wrapped the entire coastline, and the reason why the alien races were able to frequently invade the coastal border of Qi was not to say how strong the alien race was, but because the communication equipment was too poor, and when the coastal city learned the news, the alien race had already arrived at the doorstep, if it could be known in advance, then these alien races on the sea should not be worried.
After the First Emperor confirmed it, he waved his hand and said: "Order, let Mr. Einstein, make every effort to build a large-scale communicator, I want to connect the communication of the entire eastern coastline, not only the communication of more than 20 small islands, but even the port side, so that the port can know anything between the 20 or so small islands at any time." Then the order was sent to Han Xin, no matter what the cost, he must take these twenty or so small islands. β
After deciding on this matter, the First Emperor asked, "Is there any action on the side of the nearby Qi State?" β
Meng Tian replied: "Since we conquered Binhai City, the minister ordered the soldiers to rebuild the only passage of Binhai City into a mountain pass, and a beacon tower for a hundred miles, connecting the entire mountain range, Qi State has organized a total of five large-scale counterattacks, all of which were rejected by Meng Tian and Wang Ling from the mountain pass, the most recent one was half a month ago, the Qi army wanted to cross the mountain range to attack, was discovered by the patrol, Wang Ling rashly defeated it, captured nearly 20,000 people, plus the previous one, there have been nearly 200,000 prisoners. β
The First Emperor smiled slightly and said, "This King Qi is really generous, this is in a hurry to give me away, hahaha..."
Meng Tian also smiled sneeringly: "Who said it wasn't, since I crossed the mountains, I really don't know what to think." β
The First Emperor said: "Take these 200,000 captives, 100,000 for the infrastructure construction of the coastal city, the roads and everything should be repaired, the earth and stars are now cement roads, asphalt roads, this other world is still a dirt road, really, and the walls of this coastal city should also be repaired, heightened and reinforced." Another 100,000 ordered it to open up the wasteland, and the sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and so on brought from the earth star were all given to the experiments. β
Meng Tian replied: "Receive the order, after the minister returns, he will send an order to Meng Tianhe Wang Ling and let them make arrangements." β
The First Emperor asked again, "By the way, what is the output of steel?" β
At this time, Fusu replied: "The steel plant founded by Dr. Einstein and Mr. Gongqiu is less than ten tons per month, mainly because of the serious shortage of coal and iron. β
Since coming to this world, the First Emperor has handed over all issues related to people's livelihood and economy to Fu Su to take care of, and intends to train him, which is also for the future of Great Qin.
The First Emperor was shocked and asked, "How can it be so little, didn't I order a large number of purchases?" And the tariffs have been lowered, and how can the constraints of merchants still be insufficient. β
Fusu replied: "Back to my father, since my father's order, my sons have set up a caravan, and also set up a trading house, with iron and coal as the main operation, but the harvest is very small, and other industries are okay, mainly because Qi State prohibits a large amount of iron and coal in Qi State from entering Binhai City, making Binhai City seriously short of coal and iron, and the same is true for food, Qi State has imposed economic restrictions on Daqin, and they have increased the tariffs flowing into Binhai City, so that many merchants cannot benefit from it at all, This has also led to high coal and iron prices in Marina City. β
The First Emperor frowned and said, "This Qi country, do you really think that this can stop my development, naΓ―ve." β
The First Emperor originally wanted to say something, but suddenly stopped saying it, just looked at Fusu and said: "Fusu, in the face of such a situation, if it were you, how would you solve it." β
After thinking for a while, Fusu said: "Father, Erchen thinks that he should send an envoy to the State of Qi, and makes the illusion of sending troops to force the King of Qi to agree to the trade between the two countries. β
The First Emperor nodded slightly and said: "Your method is decent, if the national strength of the two countries is equal, then it is no problem, but now that my Great Qin has just gained a foothold in this world, the State of Qi does not know the strength of my Great Qin, so how can the King of Qi be willing, I will tell you what the King of Qi thinks at this time, the King of Qi's idea at this time is that this so-called Great Qin is just a group of rebels, he doesn't know my Great Qin, he will only think that this is just a group of rebellious peasants, just a chaotic army, for the rebellion, As a monarch, he thinks not about how to live in peace, but how to quell the rebellion, do you understand? β
Fusu was speechless for a moment, and the First Emperor smiled: "So what we have to do at this time is not to send envoys, nor is it peace, what we need now is war, only if you are afraid of them, they will really want to use peace to solve the problem." β
Fusu asked, "What does the father mean?" β
The First Emperor sneered, "Hehe, what do I mean? What I mean is, Meng Tian, immediately send an order to Meng Tianhe Wang Ling and the two of them, and set up troops at Shanling Pass, and you will set off for Shanling Pass in three days, and march into Xingcheng, Fancheng, and Yecheng in Qi State ten days later, I will give you a month, and you must take these three cities. β
Meng Tian bowed and said, "The minister receives the order." β
The First Emperor looked at Fusu and said, "Fusu is the supervisor of the army, and he set off with the army." β
Fusu was slightly stunned and then bowed down and promised.
The First Emperor nodded with satisfaction, and then the First Emperor asked people to retreat, leaving only Meng Tian on the side, and after everyone retreated, the First Emperor asked with some loss: "Meng Tian, you say, am I too strict with Fusu?" β
Meng Tian was slightly stunned and said: "Why did Your Majesty say this, what Your Majesty did was also for the good of the son, but the son is still young and does not see the problem deep enough, and when he has experienced a lot, it will be fine." β
The First Emperor said helplessly: "Has he experienced less?" I've been killed once with an edict, it's still less, I can see it, he's more than merciful, but not courageous, it's naΓ―ve to say it's good, and it's stupid to say it's ugly. β
Meng Tian said: "Your Majesty doesn't need to be like this, Gongzi is kind-hearted, he is just too idealistic, as long as he recognizes the reality, I think Gongzi will be able to grow." β
In fact, as soon as Fusu's words came out, Meng Tian was also disappointed, Daqin has never been an empire that pursues peace, what Daqin wants is war, and what the soldiers of Daqin are eager for is also war, from the princes and nobles, down to the people of Limin, what they are eager for is war, only war can give the people below everything they want, and the princes and nobles also hope to get the fame and wealth they want through war, it can be said that Daqin is a history of war, not in war, or in preparation for war.
And now Fusu actually wants to achieve peace through diplomatic means, isn't it a joke? Only a strong country has the right to diplomacy, a weak country has no diplomacy at all, and backwardness is not necessarily beaten, that is because I don't want to hit you today, this sentence is common in that era and place, only if you are strong, why do you need to achieve peace through diplomacy and means.
The First Emperor sighed slightly: "Forget it, don't talk about him, I will take you to see something, and when you attack the Qi Kingdom, you will bring this thing with you, which will allow you to get twice the result with half the effort." β
Meng Tian was puzzled: "What is Your Majesty talking about?" β
The First Emperor smiled mysteriously and said, "Follow me to find out." β
The First Emperor took Meng Tian to the underground laboratory, and as soon as he got close to the laboratory, he heard a loud roar.
Meng Tian's face was puzzled, and the smile on the First Emperor's face deepened.
The two walked through the layers of laboratories, and finally came to the bottom of the laboratory, where Meng Tian had come, where meteorites were stored, and where the energy of the entire underground palace was located, where people were usually forbidden to enter, except for Einstein and Gong Defeat, everyone else had to get permission from the First Emperor to enter.
The two entered the laboratory, and at this time Einstein was doing some kind of research, and when he saw the First Emperor come in, Einstein asked, "Is there something about Your Majesty coming here?" β
The First Emperor smiled slightly and said, "It's nothing, I just took Meng Tian to take a look, my pet, I'm sorry to disturb Mr." β
Einstein shook his head when he heard this, and said, "It's nothing, Your Majesty doesn't need to apologize, Your Majesty knows the password of the gate, so I won't go." β
The First Emperor nodded, and came to a gate with a puzzled Meng Tian, the gate opened after the First Emperor pressed the password, and after entering the gate, Meng Tian was stunned by the scene in front of him, with an incredible face.