Looking at the unusually vast continent on the map and the country that Li Ke said had records four thousand years ago, everyone was a little stunned, because in their hearts, China was a country in the Celestial Empire, but there were records in the Celestial Kingdom. The history of China is not even four thousand years old!
The other side already has a history of four thousand years, so one can imagine how big the gap between the two sides is.
Li Ke could probably see the expressions in their eyes. In the eyes of these people in ancient times, the earlier the civilization was recorded in writing, the more powerful it was in their hearts!
"What if there is a country on this continent that is more powerful than the Tang Dynasty? The Celestial Kingdom, such thoughts will kill people! Because the thoughts of the Celestial Kingdom are a manifestation of arrogance! We must strategically despise The enemy, but we must pay attention to the enemy tactically."
"The most important thing is that we must always put ourselves in the position of the weak to make higher progress, instead of resting on our laurels and being complacent." Li Ke said.
"But Your Highness, it's not that I disagree with your statement. I just feel that this place is tens of thousands of miles away from the Tang Dynasty. Their threat to us should not be that great." Yuchi Jingde hesitated and said.
"Times are developing! Technology is also developing! More than a year ago, my Datang ship could only travel at 15 kilometers per hour on the sea, which is 30 miles per hour, and it was still It only works when there is a tailwind.”
"But this year, with the improvement of Datang's sea-going ship technology, the current speed of Datang's sea-going ships can reach 21 kilometers per hour, which is an average speed of about 42 miles, and can travel against the wind."
"At the same time, after we have improved observation devices and some devices for calculating orientation through stars, ships can now sail on the sea at night."
"Please do the math, 42 miles in one hour, 24 hours in a day is 1,000 miles! And it is only 30,000 miles to reach this continent from Guangzhou Port, which means that it can be reached in just one month. Is this distance very far? From If we ride horses from Chang'an to Xizhou, it will only take us one month to reach Dunhuang and other places."
"Is it far?" Li Ke continued to ask with a calm face.
"Many people say what is the use of sea-going ships? In your eyes, sea-going ships are useless. I used them to earn nearly 3 treasury last year! At the same time, I also occupy a large amount of territory overseas, and these territories will be used every year in the future. At least bring a profit to the Tang treasury! Is it useful?"
"A single sea-going ship can carry 1,000 soldiers. With Datang's current shipbuilding speed, if we build it at full speed, I can have a fleet carrying 30,000 troops in up to a year!"
"Thirty thousand troops can land anywhere on the long coastline of the Tang Dynasty at any time. Is there any threat?" Li Ke glanced at everyone.
"The point is, our Tang Dynasty ships have improved so much in just one year. Do you know what the speed of the enemy's ships is? What if they can reach a speed of 60 miles per hour, or even 80 miles per hour? What if their ships are bigger? , can it carry thousands of people? Everyone, the Tang Dynasty is not the most powerful in this world, so don’t sit in a well and watch the sky!" Li Ke said with a profound look on his face.
Wei Zheng paused for a moment, then stood up and saluted Li Ke and said, "Your Highness, I am too arrogant."
Li Ke waved his hand, and then continued: "This is not wrong. It is right for us to maintain national self-confidence in ourselves. Anyone who integrates into our Datang and joins our Datang is our Chinese nation. We have confidence in ourselves. It is correct. But as the saying goes, a person should not be arrogant, but it is impossible not to be arrogant. If you don't see yourself, you will be clear; if you don't be self-righteous, you will be outstanding; if you don't cut yourself off, you will have merit; if you are not self-conscious, you will grow."
"Because this world is very big, we don't know where the enemy is coming from. More importantly, this is what we know. In fact, there are still unknowns, because based on the area we calculated. So far we have explored The bright place only occupies half of the area of this planet."
"Think about it, everyone, half of the planet is covered by such a huge continent, so does the other half of the planet also have such a huge continent, and how powerful countries should be on those continents?" Li Ke looked at them and asked road.
Everyone was stunned. The area currently discovered is only half of the planet? Naturally, they all know the concept of planet. This is a name proposed by Li Ke, but now only half of the area is such a large land, what about the other half?
"I'm not afraid to tell you some things, but I hope you can keep them secret and don't tell anyone, not even your own family members." Li Ke said calmly, "In addition, I will promote Zhongshu Province and my subordinates The province has added a new law to the Datang Code, which is the crime of leaking state secrets. In the future, important state secrets must be signed a confidentiality contract. If they are leaked, you must consider the consequences yourself."
When Li Ke said this, everyone became nervous. What did His Highness want to say?
"In the past two or three years, you should all have felt the changes in the Tang Dynasty. In fact, I am not afraid to tell you, such as iron and steel making, such as the Quyuan plow and other advanced technologies. In fact, I got a book from this I learned it from books revealed on another continent on the other side of the planet."
"I have always kept this secret personally, but today I feel that your thoughts are very dangerous, so I tell you it! Think about it for yourself. These technologies are just technologies that others reveal casually. Their own technologies should have How advanced?! What do you think our Datang will do if they come over?!" Li Ke threw out a piece of news that shocked everyone.
Even Li Shimin next to him was shocked when he heard this, because Li Ke had never told him.
As soon as everyone saw Li Shimin's expression, they knew that His Highness didn't even tell His Majesty, which meant that this matter was true!
"Huo Gang." Li Shimin, who was sitting there, spoke.
"I'm here." Huo Gang stood up with a serious expression.
"This information is strictly forbidden to be leaked. Anyone who leaks the secret will be punished according to the consequences." Li Shimin said with a serious face.
"Yes!" Huo Gang took the order directly.
Everyone took a deep breath. They had just experienced the power of the Intelligence Department before, but now His Highness has asked the Intelligence Department to take charge of this matter. So if they really leak the secret, can they hide it? Can it withstand the investigation of the Intelligence Department?
"Your Highness, you are so ungrateful. You can just know these secrets yourself. Why are you telling us? I, Old Cheng, have the habit of talking in sleep." Cheng Yaojin shouted loudly.
"Mainly, I think you are a little too arrogant now. I wasn't going to tell you originally, but now I have to tell you, because our Datang has many potential enemies, so don't be arrogant!" Li Ke said with a look on his face serious.
Li Ke had carefully considered this matter. America was not very attractive to Li Ke. The things in America are nothing more than gold and silver plus those unique crops.
If Li Ke didn't have a strategic warehouse, he would definitely be greedy for American crops. But now that he has a strategic warehouse, and they are all modern and improved seeds, America is not very attractive to him.
As for gold, the gold found in these lands is enough to mine, but for this, Datang needs a mysterious enemy! An external pressure is needed!
