Ying Zheng was full of praise for this and played with the crossbow arrows in his hand back and forth.
Chen Ke, on the other hand, stood aside and watched silently, with a flash of pride on his face.
This is something that belongs to the Mohists themselves, rather than something they brought from later generations.
What does this mean?
In the original history, crossbows would not appear until much later, at least hundreds of years.
The emergence of crossbows means two things.
First, history has quietly changed.
Second, even if they don't have themselves, as long as they can change some concepts, Da Qin's scientists who are not yet "scientists" can develop more powerful weapons.
Chinese people are no worse than anyone else.
What others can do, we can also do, and we can even do it earlier.
We can't do it just because we didn't bother to do these "wonderful skills" before.
For some reason, even though this thing is not as good as explosives, when he saw the crossbow arrows, Chen Ke was even more happy from the bottom of his heart than when he saw the explosives.
"Your Majesty, this is just a repeating crossbow arrow."
"I haven't tried this siege crossbow yet."
Chen Ke smacked his lips and patted the siege crossbow beside him.
The wheels of the siege crossbow were turning, and there was a slight luster on them, which made people feel a little scared just looking at them.
Ying Zheng stood next to the siege crossbow and watched silently.
After the experiment, Ying Zheng looked even more amazed when he looked at the siege crossbow.
He didn't expect that this thing could be so powerful...
It's simply frightening.
Ying Zheng couldn't help but sigh: "If this thing had existed more than ten years ago, I'm afraid the world would have been at peace long ago, and there would be no need to wait until today."
Chen Ke stood aside and smiled: "But if that's the case, wouldn't it show your majesty's wisdom and prowess?"
However, Ying Zheng just glanced at Chen Ke and said with a smile: "What kind of wise and powerful people are not wise and powerful?"
"With this thing, how many casualties of Old Qin people can be reduced?"
"Is my so-called wisdom and martial prowess that important?"
He patted the siege crossbow, but asked another question: "What happened to the thing Lu Sheng was studying?"
Chen Ke immediately said: "Your Majesty, the development of that thing is still in progress and has not been completed yet."
Ying Zheng looked at Chen Ke and continued to ask: "How long do you think it will take?"
After Chen Ke estimated the time in his mind, he said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it will take about half a year, right?"
Half a year?
Ying Zheng nodded: "If Lu Sheng is missing something or you are missing something, just tell me."
"I really want to know, can people master the power of gods?"
In Ying Zheng's eyes, the explosion caused by explosives is still the kind of destruction that only gods can create.
That is the power that belongs exclusively to the gods.
Ying Zheng patted the siege crossbow next to him, put it away, and walked leisurely in the garden with his hands behind his back.
"Chen Ke, I know why you came here several times before and these times."
"But, is Daqin really ready?"
He turned his head and looked at Chen Ke who was standing there: "Is Da Qin really ready to start a war?"
"You have to know that once this trend starts, it will never stop."
"No one can watch others get something but not themselves."
Ying Zheng pondered: "This is also the reason why I clearly could have Meng Tian destroy the Xiongnu and Baiyue, but I didn't take action."
"These two things are like life-saving medicines that can be used when a person is about to die."
"It's just that the Xiongnu and Baiyue are medicines aimed at the huge empire of Qin."
Chen Ke was very clear and understood what Ying Zheng said.
Perhaps in Brother Zheng's eyes, these two places are not a concern at all.
One day, Da Qin's ascending channel was about to be closed, and civil strife was about to break out in Da Qin, and those people began to unrest.
Just pick one for surgery.
Whether it is Baiyue or Xiongnu, they are all the same in his eyes.
When the war begins, huge teams will be activated.
Countless people died in the war, and countless people gained titles, land, money, and everything from the war.
But it's like a machine. Once it's turned on, it can't be turned off.
Chen Ke just lowered his head silently: "Your Majesty, this is not a war."
"Targeting against the rebels of the Six Kingdoms can only be regarded as suppressing them."
Ying Zheng sneered: "You kid, you know how to change the subject."
"You know exactly what I mean."
Chen Ke remained silent, he indeed knew what Ying Zheng was talking about.
When the Qin Dynasty targeted the rebels from the Six Kingdoms within its territory, could the Xiongnu in the north and the Baiyue in the south really sit idly by and ignore it?
And once Baiyue and the Xiongnu take action, what will Da Qin do?
Start the war machine and wipe out everything?
But when there is nothing to use as bait, what should the countless soldiers do?
Chen Ke just smiled and raised his head.
"Your Majesty, do the Xiongnu and Baiyue really dare to attack Da Qin at this time?"
"Let General Meng Tian and General Zhao Tuo lead their troops to guard the border and coerce these two forces."
"Can't fight."
"Furthermore, I actually know His Majesty's worries."
"It's just that today's papermaking industry, block printing, and even the manufacturing of recliners, iron pots, cooking and cooking in Daqin, etc., aren't they all creating opportunities for these people?"
Chen Ke smiled slightly: "Not to mention that the war will not break out, even if it breaks out, after the war, they will have a way to make a living when they come back."
"And when all the fields in the world are distributed and three-crop rice is planted in the south this year, Daqin's food supply will soon become rich."
He looked at Ying Zheng with a very serious expression.
"Your Majesty, when the Science and Technology Palace researches more things, Da Qin will need more and more manpower."
"The people of our Great Qin are very precious. One is a soldier, the other is an ordinary person."
"Then who should do the corvee work?"
Ying Zheng squinted his eyes and seemed to hear the meaning of Chen Ke's words.
"you mean....."
Chen Ke nodded: "Yes, of course those dangerous and fatal things should be left to outsiders."
"I, a Qin man, just need to do something that is not dangerous."
"After all, if there is an accident, it will be a huge loss for our Qin people to die or be injured, but there is no need to feel bad about the death of those barbarians."
Ying Zheng nodded slightly, indicating that he was right.
He stopped on the grass of the garden, feeling the temperature of the surrounding forest, and said with a smile: "In that case, just continue to do it according to your plan."
"The traitors of the Six Kingdoms have been lying on Da Qin's body for a long time."
"It's time to pull out this maggot completely and kill it!"
Chen Ke stood behind the First Emperor with a serious look on his face: "My lord, I obey the order."
.........
In the house
Chen Ke put the dishes in the hot pot and simmered them. Recently, he discovered a new taste. Although it was not as spicy as the hot pot bottom, it was still edible.
Vine pepper.
This stuff was still a spice at this time, and it first appeared in the Book of Songs.
But Chen Ke felt that it would be better to turn this thing into vine pepper oil.
In the cooked broth, cook vegetables or mutton or beef, and then stir lightly in the seasoning of vine pepper oil and sesame paste.
The aroma of beef and mutton is completely stimulated.
The flavor contained in the bone broth is mixed with the flavor of the pepper oil, forming a product that is relatively more fragrant than the pepper.
Chen Ke ate happily and thought happily.
He thought that sesame paste was introduced to China in the Han Dynasty, but who would have thought that this thing actually existed very early.
It seems that the reason why this thing is called "flax" is because in the Han Dynasty, the stuff imported from abroad was more famous, right?
Fusu sat opposite him, and the two of them often ate together.
Most of the time, it was Fusu who came to find Chen Ke.
"Teacher, I don't understand something."
Fusu put down Kuaizi and looked at Chen Ke with a very confused expression: "Why did my father give the order to temporarily block the Chen family's siege crossbows?"
"Moreover, my father also said that the Chen family cannot even use the crossbow easily?"
"With the Chen's siege crossbow, shouldn't it be used to deter internal thieves and external enemies?"
Chen Ke blinked and took a spoonful of soup.
Although he still feels embarrassed when he hears the name Chen's Liannu...
But since the emperor has said it, that's all.
During the day, whenever the First Emperor was happy, he would name the siege crossbows and the repeating crossbow arrows.
The original names were "Chen Ke Repeating Crossbow", "Chen Ke Siege Crossbow", or "Chen Shaofu Repeating Crossbow", "Chen Shaofu Siege Crossbow"...
Later, after being strongly opposed by Chen Ke, it was changed to "Chen's Repeating Crossbow" and "Chen's Siege Crossbow".
Chen Ke took a breath and relieved the embarrassment in his heart.
Then he spoke.
"Fusu, if you had ten gold cakes, would you spend ten of them?"
Fusu immediately shook his head: "Of course not."
Chen Ke smiled and said: "In that case, why can't you understand?"
"Nowadays, siege crossbows and repeating crossbows are the most powerful things. We have no other trump cards, so we can only use them as trump cards."
"And the repeating crossbow is even better."
"A weapon, when you use it regularly, becomes a weapon."
"But when you only use it occasionally and the weapon has great power, the weapon becomes a deterrent."
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He said meaningfully: "The enemy will always be concerned about this thing of yours."
"But when you use it regularly, their "fear" will gradually disappear. "
"As for the siege crossbow, this is even more true."
"If one day there is a more powerful siege weapon, the siege crossbow can be used to scare others."
"His Majesty's plan is very long-term and cannot be predicted by you or me."
Fusu blinked after hearing Chen Ke's analysis. Is this really the case?
But he felt that what the teacher said seemed to make sense...
"I see."
Fusu sighed with emotion: "Teacher, do you really want to attack people from the Six Nations?"
Chen Ke nodded directly: "Of course."
"The Six Kingdoms have become the maggots in the tarsal bones of Da Qin. If they are not cured as soon as possible, how can Da Qin maintain long-term peace and stability?"
"These rats in the gutter must be dug out as soon as possible!"
Fusu nodded without any scruples.
He also believes that those traitors deserve to die.
.........
fuso island
Xu Fu stood on the land of Fusang, looking faintly in the distance.
"That's the direction of Da Qin."
He glanced at the people around him: "Have all the silver been loaded on the boat?"
The deputy on the side nodded quickly: "Yes, Dr. Xu."
"The silver mines have all been installed, but because the technology and tools here are insufficient, it cannot be further refined."
"You have to wait until you get back."
Xu Fu nodded, and when he was about to leave, he thought again and called the people stationed here over.
"You urge those people to mine as soon as possible."
He frowned: "Didn't that leader want a bronze vessel representing the gods?"
"You ask the craftsmen to use the previously discarded bronze to build a golden crow hibiscus tree for him, and ask him to seize the time to urge the people in the tribe to have children, and also send some absenteeism."
"The work in the silver mine cannot stop for a day."
"Got it?"
Cui Cang, who stayed here, nodded quickly: "Dr. Xu, don't worry."
"I will definitely handle this for you."
"that is....."
"It's just that a lot of the natives in Fuso have died recently. Do we want to have some ideas? Slow down the progress and wait for new absenteeism to come??"
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