He pondered: "...I have an immature idea..."
The empress looked at him: "Tell me about it."
She was very interested. Jiang Fan often had many fantastic ideas. It seemed that he had never seen any that were truly immature and inoperable.
"I entered the northern border again this time and found that the small towns on the border of the Qin State were connected one after another. These cities were easy to defend and difficult to attack. If... if we use city walls to connect these cities in a line, we can build a long defense line that runs through the northern border of Qin. …”
The empress paused her hands slightly, and said slowly for a long time: "The project is too huge, it will waste people and money, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to realize."
Jiang Fan thought: "In the past, you can say that. But cement can start mass production next month. It is not impossible to build a long city wall."
The empress suddenly stared: "The long city..."
In a sense, Jiang Fan's idea is very effective. After all, the barbarians are all cavalry. They do not have heavy siege equipment and are not good at siege warfare. Theoretically, if a city wall stretching thousands of miles was built on the Qin border, it would indeed leave the barbarians with nothing to do. It would be impossible to travel thousands of miles to detour, right?
Jiang Fan smiled: "Yes, the Great Wall. After you unify the five kingdoms, you will also connect the borders of Wei State. If possible, extend it directly into the sea. In this way, even the barbarians will have nothing to do."
The empress thought for a long time and locked eyes with Jiang Fan: "Have you calculated the consumption?"
"After all, the barbarians have been invading the border for many years. This loss, plus the loss of sending out troops for defense, is far greater than the loss of building the city wall."
The empress looked thoughtful: "Let me think about this matter. Then give me the result of your calculation later."
Jiang Fan nodded, knowing that this was a huge project and even the empress would probably have to discuss it with the courtiers for a long time, so he changed the subject with a smile.
"Look, you asked me if I was tired just now, and then it's a military and national event. Can't you say something personal?"
The empress glanced at him: "What do you mean? How about telling me about your secret eating?"
ah? Mr. Jiang was momentarily stuck and said quickly: "Big things are the most important thing. Speaking of which, I have done some important things on this trip and I need to talk to His Majesty..."
Let's talk about military and national affairs, there is no need to do so.
He described in detail what he did this time, especially the four business deals with King Zuo Xian.
After hearing this, the empress' eyes became more and more surprised, and finally she couldn't help but stare at him and said slowly: "You want to use the hands of King Zuo Xian to sweep away the wealth of the grassland."
Jiang Fan nodded: "This is determined by vision. They can't see that far into the future. Only I know how terrible economic war is. It can drain the opponent's blood without even realizing it."
Moreover, isn’t it all about money when fighting a war? When you actually use your troops, they realize that those so-called treasures are worthless and nothing. Because, by that time, I will turn these into shit. "
The empress' always indifferent gaze also became very strange.
"Is this a continuation of the economic theory you told me before?"
Jiang Fan chuckled: "Your brain is easy to use, and you can see through it."
The empress gave a rare sigh: "I'm still not as good as you. How did you think of all this?"
Jiang Fan couldn't help but laugh, "I had an idea, I had an idea..."
What can I say? Can I tell you that it is not what I thought at all? It was summed up and refined by countless people over a long period of time from the development of human history?
The empress looked at him for a long time, and Jiang Fan always felt that she still hadn't given up the idea of cutting open his head.
"There's just one more question," the empress thought for a while and said, "You should tell me that King Zuoxian will become stronger during this process. How to deal with it?"
Jiang Fan laughed loudly: "Powerful? What he thinks is beautiful. He doesn't understand how I will operate, how much these outputs can achieve, and the price is dozens or even hundreds or thousands of times. Even he He will also hoard a lot of such useless things in a self-righteous way. And..."
Jiang Fan said with a sinister smile: "Does he think that he will only do business with him? Aren't the other three kings envious of him for accumulating wealth like this? Aren't the Golden Courts jealous? The most important thing...will this king let him have free time? Up?"
The empress suddenly smiled slightly: "There is no need to continue, I am relieved when you use the word "I am king".
When he was about to give a long speech about how to harm King Zuoxian's tribe and the entire grassland, the empress interrupted him with one sentence.
Jiang Fan couldn't help but be stunned and sighed after a long while.
"That's what it is..." Jiang Fan smiled bitterly without saying anything.
"That's how it should be." The Empress said matter-of-factly.
"After doing this for a long time, it's all yours. Alas... life is miserable."
The empress did not hesitate: "Well, mine, mine, everything is mine."
Jiang Fan glared and said unwillingly: "You are mine."
The empress was stunned for a moment, then made a sound and said nothing.
Very disdainful.
Mr. Jiang is very angry, so there is nothing he can do.
The two chatted for a while, and Jiang Fan basically explained everything that needed to be said. The only thing that surprised him was that the empress didn't ask the Seven Heavens. This made Jiang Fan sigh. She was still so clever.
After Young Master Jiang persuaded the Empress to take back the remaining elixirs, Big Gray Wolf happened to walk over carrying the little fur ball on his back.
Jiang Fan quickly changed his target: "Big Gray Wolf has done a great job this time. You will have to give him something as a reward later."
The empress looked at the ball of hair lying on its back and frowned: "Its son is also so ugly."
Jiang Fan couldn't help but chuckle: "What's his son? This little thing has a pretty big background. He is... the son of the White Wolf God."
The empress' sword-shaped eyebrows suddenly raised: "What did you say?"
Haha, are there times when you are surprised? Mr. Jiang was in a great mood.
He said proudly: "Yes, I brought the barbarian totem, the son of the White Wolf, for me."
The empress suddenly stood up, picked up the little fur ball, and looked at it carefully.
The little fur ball was frightened, its big eyes were giggling, and it looked at Big Big Wolf as if asking for help. It seems that they have a good relationship.
"The color of the fur is wrong." The empress looked at it for a long time and said, "There is not a single white hair."
Jiang Fan said: "Of course it's not right, the old guy has been dyed, otherwise it will be a big trouble if it is exposed."
The empress put down the fur ball: "So, on those days when you disappeared in the Mengwu Camp, did you go to the Golden Tent Royal Court?"
Jiang Fan snorted: "That old boy from the Big Wolf Lord actually plotted to harm me. He sent people to assassinate King Zuo Xian on his territory, intending to put the shit basin on King Zuo Xian's head. This is not the end of it, this old bastard actually planned to kill me. He alluded to the assassination of King Youxian. Not only did he want to get rid of me, but he also set up a double frame to frame me. How can he be spoiled by this?"
The empress' expression changed involuntarily, "So you just went to steal the White Wolf's son?"
"No, no." Jiang Fan waved his hands repeatedly: "It just happened. I originally planned to destroy his sacrificial ceremony, bring trouble to several tribes, and then just rob a treasure and teach him a lesson. Who would have thought that there would be an accident? Very happy."
The empress was also speechless. She destroyed the sacrificial ceremony, brought disaster to several tribes, and robbed a fortune. She said so easily. Isn't this a small thing? That's pretty cool. You're really brave to take out a totem sacred beast.
