Looking at the unusually vast continent on the map, as well as the country that Li Ke said had a record four thousand years ago, everyone was a little stunned, because in their hearts, Huaxia was the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, but there was no recorded history of the Celestial Empire for four thousand years!

And the other side has a history of 4,000 years, so you can imagine how big the gap between the two sides is.

The expressions in their eyes, Li Ke could probably see that in the eyes of these people in ancient times, the earlier the civilization time with written records in their hearts, the stronger it was!

"What if there is the same country on this continent that is more powerful than the Tang Dynasty? Heavenly Empire, such thoughts are going to kill people! Because the idea of the Celestial Empire is a manifestation of arrogance! We are to despise the enemy strategically, but we need to value the enemy tactically. ”

"The most important thing is that we must always put ourselves in the position of the underdog in order to make higher progress, rather than rest on our laurels and be complacent." Li Ke said.

"But Your Highness, it's not that I disagree with your statement, I just think that this place is tens of thousands of miles away from Datang, and they shouldn't be that big of a threat to us." Wei Chi Jingde hesitated for a moment and said.

"Times are evolving! Technology is also evolving! More than a year ago, my Datang sea boat traveled at a speed of only 15 kilometers per hour on the sea, which is 30 miles per hour, and it was only in a tailwind state. ”

"But this year, with the improvement of Datang sea vessel technology, the current speed of Datang sea vessels can reach 21 kilometers per hour, which is an average speed of about 42 miles, and they can travel against the wind."

"At the same time, we have improved the observation devices and some devices that calculate the direction through the stars, and now ships can sail on the sea at night."

"Do the math, 42 miles in an hour, 1,000 miles in 24 hours a day! And it is only 30,000 miles to reach this continent from Guangzhou Port, which means that it can be reached in only one month, is this distance very far? From our Chang'an to Xizhou, if we ride a horse, a month is just to arrive in Dunhuang and other places. ”

"Far away?" Li Ke continued to ask with a calm face.

"A lot of people say what is the use of sea boats? A useless sea ship in your eyes, I used it to earn close to 3 treasury last year! At the same time, it also occupies a large number of territories overseas, and these territories will bring at least one treasury profit to Datang every year in the future! Is it useful? ”

"And a sea ship can carry 1,000 soldiers, with the current shipbuilding speed of my Datang, if it is built at full speed, at most a year, I can have a fleet of 30,000 troops!"

"An army of 30,000 can land anywhere along the stretching coastline of the Tang Dynasty at any time, is there any threat?" Li Ke glanced at everyone.

"The point is, my Datang sea ship has improved so much in just one year, do you know what the speed of the enemy's sea ship is? What if they could reach speeds of 60 or even 80 miles per hour? What if their ships were larger and could carry thousands? Ladies and gentlemen, this world is not the most powerful in my Datang, don't sit in the well and watch the sky! Li Ke said with a deep expression.

Wei Zheng paused for a moment, stood up directly, and saluted Li Ke and said, "Your Highness, the minister is too arrogant. ”

Li Ke waved his hand, and then continued: "There is nothing wrong with this, it is right that we maintain national self-confidence in ourselves, everything that integrates into my Datang and joins my Datang is my Chinese nation, and it is right that we have confidence in ourselves." But as the saying goes, you can't be arrogant, but you can't be arrogant. not self-seeing, so clear; is not self-sufficient, so it is revealed; It is not self-cutting, so it is meritorious, not self-conscious, so it is long. ”

"Because the world is big, we don't know where the enemy is coming from, and more importantly, it's what we know, and in fact there is something unknown, because according to the area we calculated. The places we've discovered so far only occupy half of the planet. ”

"Think about it, half of the area of this planet is such a huge continent, so is the other half of the planet also such a huge continent, and how powerful should those continents be?" Li Ke looked at them and asked.

Everyone was stunned, and now the proven area is only half of the planet? They naturally know the concept of the planet, this is a title proposed by Li Ke, but now only half of the area is such a large land, so what about the other half?

"There are some things that I am not afraid to tell you, but I hope you can keep them confidential and don't tell anyone, not even your own family." Li Ke said lightly, "In addition, I will push Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province to add a new law to the Datang Law, that is, the crime of leaking state secrets, and important state secrets must sign a confidentiality contract in the future, and if they are leaked, you will consider the consequences yourself." ”

As soon as Li Ke said this, everyone became nervous, what does His Highness want to say?

"In the past two or three years, you should all feel the changes in Datang, in fact, I am not afraid to tell you, for example, iron and steel making, such as Quyuan plough and other advanced technologies, in fact, I got a book from another continent on the other side of the planet to learn."

"I've kept this secret myself, but today I think your thoughts are dangerous, so I'm telling you about it! Think for yourselves that these technologies are just the technologies that people casually revealed, how advanced their own technologies should be?! What do you think we Datang should do if they call?! Li Ke threw out a piece of news that stunned everyone.

Even Li Shimin next to him was shocked when he heard it, because Li Ke hadn't told him.

As soon as everyone saw Li Shimin's expression, they knew that His Royal Highness didn't even tell His Majesty, which means that this matter is true!

"Huo Gang." Li Shimin, who was sitting there, spoke.

"The minister is here." Huo Gang stood up directly with a serious face.

"It is strictly forbidden to disclose this news, anyone leaks secrets, according to the different consequences caused, the lightest will be decided!" Li Shimin spoke with a serious face.

"Yes!" Huo Gang directly received the order.

Everyone took a deep breath, just now they had learned the power of the Ministry of Intelligence before, but now His Highness has let the Ministry of Intelligence be in charge of this matter, so if they really leak secrets, can they hide it? Can it withstand the intelligence department's investigation?

"Your Highness, you don't talk about martial arts too much, you can know these secrets yourself, tell us what to do? My old Cheng has a habit of talking in his sleep. Cheng Yanjin shouted loudly.

"The main thing is that I think you are a little too drifting now, I was not going to tell you, but now I have to tell you, because we have a lot of potential enemies in the Tang Dynasty, so don't be arrogant!" Li Ke's face was serious.

This matter Li Ke has been carefully considered, and the Americas are actually not very attractive to Li Ke. The things above the Americas are nothing more than gold and silver plus those peculiar crops.

If Li Ke didn't have a strategic warehouse, he would definitely be greedy for American crops, but he now has a strategic warehouse, and they are all seeds of modern improvement, and the Americas are not very attractive to him.

As for gold, the gold found in these lands now is enough to be mined, and compared to these, Datang needs a mysterious enemy! An external pressure is needed!