GBP Chapter 492 The Birth of Firearms
Chapter 492 The Birth of Firearms
"This group of people from the sect is actually so rich, how many people have to be searched for!"
In the court hall, looking at the data sent by Anxi County, Shi Teng, Minister of the Household Department, first flashed a gleam of joy on his face, and then a tinge of anger.
Nine-figure money, even if Daqin is as rich as it is today, it will take several months of taxation to achieve it. For the original Seleucid region whose economy is far inferior to Daqin’s, it is definitely not unreasonable to say that it is richer than the national treasury. Pass.
However, when Antioch, the capital of Seleucid in the past, was besieged by Roman soldiers, the royal family initiated a fundraising campaign, and this group of sect members were still crying for poverty.
No wonder His Royal Highness wants to target this group of sects like this, it is really a cancer among cancers.
"The horror of faith is that it can completely manipulate the psychology of believers, making believers willingly sacrifice everything in the name of worshiping the gods, but they don't realize that they have been deceived."
"It's not just gold and silver fields and other money. Some believers, after being fooled by the sect, even donate their wives and daughters as gifts to the so-called gods. In fact, their wives and daughters are all For the playthings of those high-level religious sects, I live a life that I can't survive or die."
"People from these sects deserve to die!"
Meng Yi snorted coldly.
Meng Yi has always paid attention to eliminating evil and doing everything he can to these evildoers. What they have done has already offended the bottom line of the Great Qin Shangqing.
"But for me, Da Qin, it's actually a good thing."
"The extermination of these religious sects not only gave Daqin a very high reputation in the local area, but also the receipt of this large sum of money will also speed up the construction of several new counties, and the prospects will be brighter."
"The Xinzhou County Chief Officer who is about to be in place will be much easier to use."
Seeing the atmosphere in the court getting more and more serious, Xiao He immediately changed the topic.
"It's true. After the big break, it will be easier to achieve great governance, and the scourge will be eliminated, and it will be easier to develop."
Feng Jie also echoed, "The situation in Seleucus is so serious, I'm afraid the situation in Rome and Carthage won't be much better."
"Everything you love to say is reasonable. There are indeed advantages and disadvantages in this matter."
Ying Zheng glanced at the court and said, "Prince, what do you think?
"The so-called sects are nothing more than a group of god sticks, pretending to be gods to plunder benefits."
"Actually, according to this interrogation, even the top sect leaders themselves don't believe in those so-called oracles."
"However, there are always fools and foolish women who will believe these pretending tricks, and it is impossible to guard against them."
"Therefore, the control of the sect must not be relaxed at all times, and it must be completely under the supervision of the imperial court."
"Moreover, it is necessary to formulate more detailed laws so that local officials can have laws to follow when dealing with them. Naturally, it will get twice the result with half the effort."
"There is also the propaganda about this aspect, which must be implemented in place and must be firmly grasped."
Ying Yu thought for a moment and said.
The issue of the sect, in the final analysis, is still the issue of the control of the fishing boat. Once the right to speak is not in the hands of the government, and the people are fooled by the sect, big problems will arise.
But if the government is strong enough, can communicate directly with the people, and can deal with problems in a timely manner, these magic sticks will not be able to deal with big storms.
To put it bluntly, they are just a group of liars who talk smartly and bully the weak and fear the hard.
"With your words, I will feel at ease."
"By the way, how is the renovation of my Zulong? The west tour can't be delayed any longer."
Ying Zheng smiled.
To put it bluntly, the issue of the newly included territory is too far away from Xianyang and lacks control. Yingzheng, the first emperor of Qin, personally inspected it, which definitely has a great effect on stabilizing the hearts of the people and stabilizing the rule.
For Yingzheng, it is also a very fulfilling thing to patrol the thousands of miles of land.
"It was almost finished, but it happened that another key research project in the Academy of Engineering had a breakthrough. Therefore, you may have to wait for a while to remodel it, Father."
Ying Yu opened his mouth and replied.
"Is there a breakthrough in key research projects?"
When Ying Zheng heard this, he immediately became interested.
It is absolutely unusual for Ying Yu to regard it as a key project, and to remodel the Zulong, which has already been remodeled.
"It's a sharp weapon for destroying the enemy on the battlefield. It's too complicated to describe it specifically. Father, you can see it yourself and you'll know."
"If you adults are interested, you can also go together."
Ying Yu replied with a smile.
"The weapon that destroys the enemy, could it be that the gunpowder you mentioned earlier has been improved?"
Ying Zheng recalled for a moment, and a look of surprise flashed across his face.
The fireworks show on the first emperor's birthday was still fresh in his memory. If the astonishing momentum appeared on the battlefield, it would definitely have a huge effect.
Many generals proposed to use these fireworks for military use at that time.
However, Ying Yu rejected the request at the time, and claimed that the fireworks were just incidentals, and the gunpowder weapons that were actually used to kill enemies on the battlefield were still under development.
And the effect will be far beyond everyone's imagination.
"Such a divine tool actually has results?"
Wang Ben and others were also pleasantly surprised.
The reason why Daqin was able to win consecutive battles was that apart from high morale, the various new weapons developed by Ying Yu were also the top priority.
Without the three artifacts of horse warfare, it is impossible for Daqin's cavalry to surpass the grassland people who grew up on horseback and achieve anti-killing on the grassland.
The powerful but very light Liannu that appeared afterwards made the Daqin cavalry even more powerful.
Equipment such as Mingguang Armor, Hengdao, and Mazhao doubled the combat power of the soldiers of the Great Qin Dynasty.
The emergence of catapults and super sea-going ships also allowed Daqin to conquer the sea for the first time, expand the boundless sea area, and open up the golden channel for unlimited sea trade.
All these things impressed the generals deeply.
As for gunpowder weapons, although everyone doesn't know much about them, you only need to know that gunpowder is an excellent fire starter and has an amazing momentum, and you can look forward to it.
"How about it, you guys will experience it for yourself later!"
Ying Yu smiled slightly.
"It just so happens that the court meeting is almost over, so let's go to the Engineering Academy to have a look!"
With a wave of Ying Zheng's hand, a group of important officials of the imperial court, under the leadership of Ying Yu, traveled all the way to the test site of the Engineering Academy outside Xianyang City, located in the valley and heavily guarded by the imperial guards.
As soon as he entered the testing ground, Ying Zheng's eyes lit up involuntarily.