"Yes, the sea is complex, and the battles on the sea are completely different from those on land. If there are pirates and sea ships who do not obey orders and commit crimes, they cannot be completely suppressed by bows and crossbows alone. Over time, more people will inevitably follow suit. In order to prevent this situation from happening, I have created a Taiyi God Cannon according to the Heavenly Book of Heaven. One attack can throw more than ten kilograms of iron projectiles out of three miles apart. Within three hundred feet of projectiles, the deck of the sea ship is more than a foot thick. As long as this weapon is equipped on the sea ship, it can shock the evil people in the world!" Chen Xu bowed and said.

"Left Prime Minister, this Taiyi God Cannon can be used to fight on sea boats, and it must also be used to fight on land, right?" A general stood up excitedly and asked with his fists.

"That's true. This Taiyi God Cannon can be placed on a ship or on a city wall, or used for confrontation between the two armies, but it is far less effective than that on the sea when used in plain combat. The damage caused by a projectile of more than ten pounds on land is very limited, and even against the city wall is not obvious. Naval battles are different. Once hit by a projectile, the hull will instantly penetrate a large hole. The hull will inevitably sink when it is severely damaged. This kind of damage with a long-distance power will make the enemy frightened. It is a weapon of naval battle. However, everything has its advantages and disadvantages. Because this artillery needs to be filled with gunpowder, it requires strict training. At that time, I will send people to the sea boat to guide the operation, so that the explosion will cause the ship to be destroyed and killed!" Chen Xu nodded and said.

"The left minister makes sense. Since there are merchant ships going to sea, there will inevitably be robbers. Moreover, the exchanges between North Korea's Yingzhou are all based on large sea ships. The situation along the way is complicated, and it is indeed necessary to have a very powerful weapon that shocks the evil people. With this Taiyi God Cannon, all the little ones in the world can only retreat and do not dare to do anything wrong. I agree with the Left Prime Minister's suggestion and prepare a sea master academy as soon as possible, build sea ships, and build Taiyi God Cannon to equip a navy that shocks the ocean!" The Ministry of War Order Wei Liao stood up and said excitedly.

"Accurate~" Qin Shihuang nodded without hesitation.

No one in the court opposed the civil and military officials.

Chen Xu just sent a few sea boats to Yingzhou for inspection, but in two or three years, he got back tens of millions of silver and tens of thousands of kilograms of sulfur.

Silver is an extremely rare item in the Central Plains. Like gold, gems, pearls, it is an extremely valuable item. It is basically collected by kings, princes, princes, ministers and wealthy people and generally does not use it for trading.

Sulfur is also a very important material. It used to be a scarce material used by medical alchemists to refine alchemy. The yield in the middle is small. Moreover, in order to make gunpowder, merchants have been purchasing large quantities of sulfur all year round, but it is still not enough. Sulfur has become a huge shortcoming in the manufacturing of gunpowder.

It is precisely because of the scarcity of sulfur that Chen Xu has never been able to promote the development of firearms on a large scale. Of course, Chen Xu has other concerns, but the output of gunpowder does greatly limit the promotion of firearms, because once it is promoted on a large scale, such as a musket force equipped with 10,000 people, the consumption of a war will probably consume all the gunpowder accumulated over the years. If there is not enough gunpowder to supplement it, the musket will be a fire stick in the hands of the soldiers, which is better than a sword to use.

Now that Chen Xu learned that Yu Wuya was about to transport tens of thousands of kilograms of sulfur, he decided to start preparing for naval artillery training in advance, which not only planned to maintain the safety of North Korea's Yingzhou shipping, but also prepared in advance for conquering the world through great voyages in the near future.

The truth is within the range of the cannon.

The cannons are opened and he will blow his mother, and the power is within and return to his hometown.

When the mighty Qin Haishi fleet crushed and the cannons rang out, Chen Xu believed that whether it was the powerful rest, the lonely Egypt, the ravaged Greece, the limelight Rome and the miserable Carthage, their most dazzling military commander Hannibal, they would have to kneel down and call him dad.

Today's court discussions change rapidly, and the selection of the hundreds of schools of thought quickly moved to the incident of the emperor's group sculptures, and then was soon transferred to the construction of customs and sea masters by Chen Xu in a few words.

Overall, Chen Xu successfully transferred the political struggle to national defense and economic construction with the five million yuan donated by merchants and the 20,000 kilograms of silver that Yu Wuya was about to transport back, and in an instant he gained absolute initiative.

Zong Zhengcheng Zhao Yuan, who usually never speaks in court, suddenly attacked today, pointing out that he set up statues for the hundreds of philosophers and did not take care of Qin Shihuang's identity and emotions. However, Chen Xu had long guessed that someone would come out to discuss and provoke trouble for this matter, so he decided to put together a group of emperors from the beginning of planning the library, but he had been planning secretly. Today, he took them out and just blocked many people's mouths.

The method of making artillery was Chen Xu's plan after careful consideration. The battle on the sea was not enough to rely on boats, and it also required enough firepower to suppress it.

Nowadays, these places in Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi have been included in the territory of the Qin Dynasty. It is difficult to get around and control these places by land. However, as long as the docking port is established and large ships for navigation are established, these remote counties can be easily developed.

With the gradual hot development of Yingzhou and North Korea, a group of robbers will inevitably emerge as the prosperity of maritime shipping. Pirates have always been the most difficult target to attack. In order to ensure the safety of the coastline of the Qin Dynasty, establishing sea divisions and equiping artillery are the best and most direct methods. Under the attack of cannons, such as firearms that surpassed the times for thousands of years, once pirates are targeted by the navy, they will basically be cold.

At the end of Mao, the morning court will scatter.

Before Chen Xu could leave the court, he was chased by the palace servants and brought into the palace.

After Emperor Qin Shi's court, the court uniforms had not changed yet, so he warmly welcomed Chen Xu to have tea in the Imperial Garden.

"The young master said last time that Yingzhou and Korea were wilderness, but he asked in the court to arrange officials to go to Korea and Yingzhou to set up an office for management. Since that's the case, why not a prince was appointed to guard Korea and Yingzhou, wouldn't it be safe to worry?" After drinking a cup of newly picked Ziyun Fairy Tea this year, Emperor Shi put down the tea cup and asked about his doubts.

In the eyes of Emperor Qin Shi, it is inconvenient to travel in remote and wild places like Korea and Yingzhou, and it is not worth the trouble of going abroad. It is the most convenient to throw away one of his idle sons in Xianyang and let them do it.

"Your Majesty, Yingzhou and Korea seem to be deserted and remote at the moment, but the locations of these two places are very special. It is easy to entrust a young master to manage it, but after a long time, I thought it would lose control of the princes of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It would be very difficult to incorporate Yingzhou and Korea into the territory of the Qin Dynasty. Without a powerful sea master, it would be impossible. Even if it is conquered again, if this happens again in the future, the separatist rule of the princes and the court will not obey the orders of the court, which will only make the court overwhelmed and exhausted. Over time, it may even threaten the rule of the Central Plains dynasty..."

Qin Shihuang was not a political novice, so he naturally understood what Chen Xu meant. Although he was sure that this would not happen in a short time, he nodded after pondering for a moment: "You are right, I am negligent. The trip between North Korea and Yingzhou is entirely dependent on sea boats, and it is indeed easy to lose control. According to the report of the Shaoshu, he set up counties and officials to go to govern!"

"Your Majesty, in fact, these two places do not need to set up complete county officials now. If you feel troublesome, you can set up a governor in North Korea to fully manage the affairs of North Korea and Yingzhou. The governor is directly responsible to the court and conducts assessment and appointment and removal like the county chief. All officials and government affairs in both places are decided by the governor. You only need to regularly hand over the tax collected by the customs and implement the Qin decree. The only difference between the governor and the prince is that you cannot recruit your own independent army, and you can only recruit a certain number of police officers to be responsible for public security, and you must also regularly accept inspections and inquiries from the imperial censors. If you encounter rebellion and war, you will report them to the court for disposal..."

Chen Xu began to promote the colonial rule strategy of later generations to the emperor.

For the current Japanese islands, apart from silver and sulfur, there is no military value or population value for the Qin Dynasty. They can only be used as a plunderable resource. North Korea is even more useless and has nothing to do with anything except as a transit station connecting Yingzhou.

Therefore, it is not only difficult to fully implement the county management system of the Central Plains to waste national strength, but also unnecessary, because there are thousands of islands, large and small in Japan and Korea, most of which are still deserted islands, and there are not even natives. If you arrange officials to go to the court, you have to take care of them for food, drink, defecation, and scatter. It is far better to throw them to the governor to implement semi-autonomous jurisdiction. The difference between the governor and the princes is that the princes are independent kings, and changing the dynasty only requires approval and enthronement from the central court. The governor is still a minister of the court, accepting the assessment and appointment of the court, and the governor has no military power, so it is not easy to rebel and independence, which greatly weakens the opportunity for colonial rebellion.

Although the British colonies in later generations gradually became independent, this was caused by the changes of the times, and the British influence on these colonies has penetrated into the bone marrow and blood, and he can no longer get rid of the influence of British culture.

Nothing in the world is unchanging. Chen Xu believes that all the policies he is implementing are only temporary and cannot be eternal.

Just like he changed the Qin Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty could not be passed on for generations like Qin Shihuang's ideas, because this does not conform to the laws of development of human society and nature.

However, in view of the current situation in Daqin, Chen Xu could only use the simplest and most conservative method, the more convenient the better.

"Well, the position of governor of the Shao Shi is indeed very good. It is more responsibilities and power than the county magistrates, and worse than that of the princes. The court can be easily controlled. This matter is done according to the plan of the Shao Shi. I will just go on and handle it in the Wu Dynasty!" Qin Shihuang followed Chen Xu's words and decided quickly.

"Your Majesty called me to come, not just for the affairs of North Korea and Yingzhou, is it?" Chen Xu bowed and said with a smile.
Chapter completed!