What should I do if I am beheaded by the First Emperor at the beginning?

Hearing Chen Ke's words, Ying Zheng's worries eased a little, but a weird smile appeared on his face.

Ying Zheng looked at Chen Ke and said with a smile, "Aren't you afraid that General Wang will turn against you if you plot against General Wang like this?"

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 are saying."

"What have I done?"

"Why do you count Old General Wang?"

"Look, if the old general wants to go to the battlefield, I will help you to intercede so that the old general can go to the battlefield."

"I didn't do anything to offend the old general at all."

Ying Zheng pointed at Chen Ke and said with a sneer, "Only you haven't done anything to offend the old general."

"The old general wants to die on the battlefield, so he doesn't have to spend time on the sick bed."

"But what about you?"

"There is no preparation for the old general to bother at all. Whether it is gunpowder or the fighting method for attacking Baiyue, you try to use safe methods."

"Even the most energy-consuming long-distance trek, you have already thought up an idea for Wang Jian."

Ying Zheng curled his lips: "In this case, it is impossible for Wang Jian to do anything, and there is no possibility of "death in battle"."

"Is not it?"

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

"What Your Majesty said, isn't that bad?"

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

"With gunpowder, Daqin can speed up the pace of attacking Baiyue and reduce the casualties of Daqin soldiers. This is a good thing for Daqin."

He looked at Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty, do you think that if the old general knows the existence of gunpowder and knows that gunpowder can reduce the casualties of soldiers, do you think he will use gunpowder?"

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

Chen Ke continued to ask: "Even if you may not be able to accomplish what you have in mind?"

Ying Zheng nodded: "The old general is dedicated to Da Qin, there is no doubt about that."

Chen Ke smiled and said, "That's all right?"

"I just didn't tell the old general for the time being. Since the old general made the same choice after knowing about it, what else is there to say?"

Ying Zheng clicked his tongue, but said nothing against it.

For he really had nothing against it to say.

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

"Otherwise, how could you be so fickle?"

Chen Ke chuckled: "What Your Majesty said, I'm actually a disciple of that school, isn't it all right?"

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

"As long as what I know is useful to His Majesty and Da Qin."

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

Chen Ke nodded.

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

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

"In the past, most of the reasons why a country did not want to delay wars were because wars cost countless money, more food, and a large number of people died."

"But this war is different."

Chen Ke raised his head, looked at Ying Zheng, and said peacefully in his voice, "For one thing, with the existence of gunpowder, too many soldiers will not die in this war. Even our soldiers can be killed in battle as long as they are a little more careful. While making military exploits, save your own life."

"Secondly, with the implementation of the tax policy and Daqin's monetary policy, Daqin will have a short-term tax climax in the next few years, and the money and food that can be obtained will reach a peak."

"After this peak, it may enter 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 result in a lot of taxes."

"Planning starts after that, so there will be a brief period of peace."

"After this peaceful period has passed, tax revenue will gradually increase, because they already know what to do and 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 smiled and said: "Besides, our purpose of attacking Baiyue is not to occupy Baiyue's territory, nor to make Baiyue surrender."

"One is to train the two generals Zhang Han and Zhao Tuo, and the other is to build a city on the territory of East Vietnam and make this city one of the most important ports of Great Qin."

Chen Ke sneered: "It will take a certain amount of time to build a city, it will also take time for us to develop Zhongmu into a city with well-connected four directions, and it will also take time for us to transform Dongyue into a place suitable for our Central Plains people to live in. All of these are It takes time..."

"In a short period of time, use gunpowder to quickly attack Dongyue, and then open up wasteland little by little. While supporting the war with war, at the same time, building a city somewhere in Dongyue at the mouth of the sea is our ultimate goal."

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

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

There was a little coldness in Chen Ke's eyes, and he said with a smile: "My plan is five years. During these five years, Daqin's economy and transportation can also be developed."

"While the Great Qin is thriving, take down Baiyue."

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

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

"The thing I found in Penglai, and the thing I want to get from Yinshang mainland."

"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."

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

"Can steel also build ships?"

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

With nostalgia in Chen Ke's eyes, he said with a smile: "Of course steel can build ships, Your Majesty, but it's still a bit far away from us now."

"That is a kind of ship imagined by the sages of the Mohist school."

"Steel ships ride the wind and waves, and penetrate all wind and rain. The wind and waves between heaven and earth can no longer block such ships. They are the most powerful things that people can make."

"It's what conquers the ocean."

Ying Zheng looked at Chen Ke's expression with a smile in his eyes.

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