noffsinger Chapter 436 The King of Qin is like God
Chapter 436 The King of Qin is like God
Li Jize pulled out a ten-liang silver ingot from his pocket and threw it over. "Not bad! Here's a reward for you!"
"Thank you, Your Highness! Thank you, Your Highness!"
She only answered with one sentence and got ten taels of silver. Of course, the little palace maid was very happy.
then……
This started the conversation, and all the palace servants began chattering and talking.
When they had almost finished speaking, the little princess and Eunuch Chen looked at Li Jize, waiting for his "brilliant opinion"! Why were the barbarians so powerful?
Answer……
It’s the environment and climate!
Ok?
This left everyone dumbfounded. What kind of answer was this?
"It's actually very simple. Because they come from a cold and harsh land, they're very inclined to resolve problems with violence. On the other hand, we're an agricultural people, self-reliant and able to feed ourselves, so we naturally wouldn't attack others. The simplest way to make this logic consistent is that since ancient times, the north has almost always unified the south! Why hasn't the south ever unified the north?"
After hearing this, everyone fell silent!
Hey! It's true, if Li Jize hadn't brought it up, they really wouldn't have noticed this problem.
"Furthermore, because of the bitter cold in the north, they are more able to endure hardships. According to my investigation, these true barbarian cavalrymen can even eat, drink, defecate, urinate, and sleep on horseback during battle. They can often rush hundreds of miles away overnight, catching us off guard. Is that true or not?"
After Li Jize said this, everyone thought about it carefully. This was indeed the case in the many battles between the Qi army and the barbarians.
"But Your Highness, the south doesn't produce horses, the north does! These barbarians grew up on horseback, so of course they can rely on the horse's power to make long-distance raids. What can we do? We are helpless!"
"Well said! Northerners excel at land battles because they have horses. Southerners, on the other hand, excel at water battles because the South is densely populated with waterways!"
There is nothing wrong with what he said. Boss Cao is so powerful, but he still can't defeat Sun Quan. Isn't it because the Sun family's navy is so powerful?
But what about getting ashore?
How did Sun Shiwan get his name?
One hundred thousand naval soldiers came ashore and were chased and beaten by Zhang Liao's eight hundred cavalrymen!
This is the gap between the north and the south!
Which is better, the south or the north?
In the past, the north would have been better, as the north has always ruled the south. This shows how powerful the northern cavalry was!
But we are about to enter the modern era, and the world has begun the "Age of Discovery". Do you think cavalry is better or navy?
The navy can go outside to plunder more resources to strengthen itself, even if the soldiers in the south are really weak, not as strong as those in the north, and not as good at riding horses as those in the north.
But technology, to put it nicely, is invented to solve the inconveniences in human life, but in fact it is invented for lazy people.
If everyone just farms honestly and everyone has enough food to eat, what is the point of developing technology?
Isn't it just for laziness? I was thinking about how to sow seeds easily, how to weave cloth easily, and how to defeat the enemy easily, so I rely on machines and keep moving in the direction that can make my life easier?
When I couldn't defeat the northern barbarians, why didn't I bully the foreigners who were weaker than me, rob them of their resources, and then add technological buffs to myself?
Once the buff is stacked high, super soldiers can also kill heroes!
The most important thing is, you northerners want to emulate me, but you can't! Because you don't have a navy, it's infuriating! Your war horses can't cross the sea.
What's wrong with you, barbarian?
This thing is called a warship. Have you ever driven a warship?
So what if you are a barbarian? You can only watch your Qin Jun grandfather go overseas to rob wealth, and you can't afford to be a barbarian!
and so……
When Li Jize gave these people scientific knowledge, he was certain that the future era would be the Age of Discovery.
In the future, land power will definitely be defeated by sea power!
Moreover, when a more powerful enemy comes up from the sea, how the hell will the little princess, eunuch Chen and a group of people beside them be?
Everyone stared at Li Jize as if he was a fool, wondering if the King of Qin was crazy today?
What's there overseas? Overseas is a barren place!
Let’s not talk about anything else, just take the Eastern Japanese people in Penglai as an example. It is said that they can’t even afford to wear pants, not even a single short. What’s so good about that?
In fact, many people in Da Qi held the same view at that time, for no other reason than that the ancient sages had all advocated the theory of "the earth is round and the sky is square".
They said that the earth is actually flat, and the sky above is actually a thing like a pot lid, directly attached to the ground.
The most marginal area is the corner of the sky and the end of the sea. Da Qi is the most central place on this plain and also the richest place.
The other places are full of barbaric savages who may not have evolved into civilization yet and are still living a life of drinking blood.
It is precisely because of this idea that the Chinese people have been killed. They always think that their place is the best and they will guard this little piece of land and everything will be fine after unification! Who would go to those poor places outside?
Especially after seeing the barbarians and the Eastern Japanese, they became more certain that more remote places must be poorer places.
Why would we go so far to study the navy, a waste of money and effort? To alleviate poverty? To support these struggling poor countries?
Li Jize shook his head and sighed. He felt very sad. Not only did Confucian culture imprison their ambitions, with its emphasis on civility, but also the idea that the earth was round and the sky was square, which directly limited the perspective of the people of this land. They always viewed the outside world from the perspective of a "superior country."
Let’s not talk about it. You think that East Japan is poor, but they actually occupy 30% of the world’s silver in this era.
Take those foreigners overseas for example. They have already invented muskets and cannons a long time ago, and now their warships have begun sailing to all parts of the world to plunder crazily.
Once they have plundered their first pot of gold, brought these resources back, and armed themselves...
It won't be long before they set their sights on the land of China, even if it already has an owner! By then, they will turn it into a semi-colonial, semi-feudal territory.
Li Jize's idea is also very simple: I will do what you don't do! I will grab what you dare not grab.
He, Li Jize, might be seen as shameless and a despicable bandit in the eyes of these people, and even people from other countries would see him that way, but...
Future generations will surely understand what Li Jize has done for China and the people of Qi!
Standing from the perspective of God and comparing global events, they will definitely be shocked by Li Jize's "prophetic perspective". It is his "omniscience and omnipotence" that always takes the lead and pulls Da Qi into a new era.