After hearing Mi Zhu's words, Sima Lang even shouted: "Brother, you must not take risks. Besides, the Qin Dynasty you said is powerful, is this true? It's not that you fooled us. Is the Qin Dynasty stronger than us?"

After hearing this, Lu Ning shook his head and said, "Fifth brother, the Qin Dynasty is the Roman Empire I mentioned to you. It is indeed very powerful. Both the territory and the soldiers of the soldiers are stronger than our army, and the soldiers under other princes are even more incomparable. If we fight alone, our soldiers will be much worse than those of the Roman soldiers. If we go to war with Rome now, I will not have any confidence in winning. I can only win the defeated Roman army, not destroyed, and defeated Roman army. After a decisive battle of tens of thousands, the captured Roman soldiers will be at most a few hundred, and the others will basically die on the battlefield."

After hearing this, Zhang Ji said, "Lord, what you said is that Rome is really larger than our great man's territory? Is there really a country that is stronger than us?"

After hearing this, Lu Ning smiled bitterly and said, "The outside world is huge. Now the territory controlled by Rome is several times larger than our Han territory. The wealth of the Roman Empire is even more unimaginable. In many aspects, Rome's technology is much better than ours."

After hearing this, Tian Feng didn't believe it at all, so he said to Lu Ning directly: "How did the lord know?"

Here again, aren’t you making things difficult for Lu Ning? Can Lu Ning make it clear to you? He had to smile bitterly and said, “I also heard Fairy Chang’e say in my dream. I think she wouldn’t lie to us.”

Everyone laughed after hearing this, and Tian Feng even glared at Lu Ning. They all knew that as long as Lu Ning didn't want to explain, Sister Chang'e would resist. Guan Ning still asked: "Ziyi, what is the purpose of your rest? You have to explain it to us clearly. If it is just for fun, then you can't go. Although the jurisdiction will be temporarily safe, there are many things that you need to deal with. You can't be the boss."

Lu Ning glanced at everyone and said to them seriously: "I want to go to rest in peace, but there are only three purposes. One is to open up a Silk Road on the sea; the other is to understand the situation in Rest in peace, Rome and other countries; the third is to buy a batch of books and great craftsmen from various industries come back."

After hearing this, Gu Yong said, "Lord, are the books of Anxu and Roman better than those of our Han people? Their craftsmen are really better than ours?"

What did Lu Ning say? He had to sigh and sighed: "Yuansang, I don't know much about Anxue, but Rome's technology is indeed more developed than ours, especially the construction level, the technology for treating patients, and some machinery industries are really better than ours. I want to buy some as much as possible when they have not yet protected the technology. Once they have a sense of protection, we can't buy it even if we want to buy it. After buying their good books and craftsmen, it will improve our technological level and shorten our backward situation; of course, we can also earn a lot of gold coins."

After hearing this, Guo Jia said, "Lord, how do you arrange your walking route?"

After hearing this, Lu Ning sighed and said to them: "I originally had a big plan. I wanted to recover Yidao and Zhuya Island on the way, and then conquered Bintan Island at the entrance of the Strait of Malacca, and then conquered Eibuguo. If that was the case, it would be perfect. We can build a naval base on Yidao. In this way, our army will have a supply point and a transit place for the conquest of Big and Small Luzon Island. Moreover, for our army's conquest in the future, training naval and marine soldiers on Yidao is the best place. The soldiers trained there can adapt to the climate characteristics in actual combat. Prevent Bintan Island at the entrance of the Strait of Malacca and establish a naval base. In that case, it will be beneficial to the security of our Han people and ocean-going trade.

As long as our army deploys a navy there, Rome, Anxi and other powerful countries who want to attack our great Han, they must pass through the Strait of Malacca. Otherwise, it will not be possible to attack our great Han. But this time it will not be realized. There is also the Yicheng Buguo. If it is concluded, we will have a supply point for our ocean trade and occupy the Yicheng Buguo. It will be much more convenient for the next step of conquest to conquer the Huangzhi Kingdom in the Decan Plateau. It will become our base camp and will be very beneficial for our army's conquest. The Decan Plateau stores a large amount of iron ore and is a place with rich resources. It seems that it is not possible now. We have too few naval and marine soldiers under our command and do not have the ability to eat all these places. We can only recover the Yi Island first and train the soldiers there first."

Guo Jia and others were very happy to hear it, but they didn't have the concept of those places in their minds, which sounded very difficult. I saw that there was no way, so I had to take out the map of Asia I prepared for them and explain to them one by one its geographical location and important role.

Tian Feng, who was watching the map in detail, said something that made Lu Ning angry. "Lord, this map is too delicate. Where did you get it from? Why haven't we seen it before?"

Lu Ning ignored Tian Feng's question and continued to explain to Guo Jia and others, telling them that as long as our army occupied Bintan Island, it would control the Strait of Malacca. In the future, our Han merchant ships could sail directly to the Indian Ocean and to Rome and other countries. If we wait for the Japanese island to conquer, we could cross the Pacific Ocean. These locations are really important to our Han people.

After looking at it, Guan Ning also said, "Ziyi, as you marked on this map, there is really such a big place outside the territory of the Han Dynasty. It's really incredible."

What a big deal? If Lu Ning took out the world map, I wonder if you would be shocked. Lu Ning looked at Guan Ning and said, "Master, your boss wouldn't think it was me who made up the matter. Besides, I can't make up such a thing. This is what Sister Chang'e told me."

Guan Ning glared at Lu Ning after hearing this, and Sima Lang said: "Brother, I think I have to continue to recruit new recruits on Yidao. Our troops are short of force now, and we can free up our troops after the war in the northeast ends. Don't recruit new recruits anymore. The cost of raising soldiers is too high."

After hearing this, Lu Ning almost couldn't get up, wouldn't you say something nice? You'll call me when you recruit soldiers, you really don't do anything to you. "Fifth brother, after the war in the northeast ended, Zitai and his army were ready to conquer the countries in the Western Regions, how to free it up; and the soldiers recruited on Yi Island were used to conquer islands. I'm going to train another 100,000 Marine soldiers and 30,000 naval soldiers on Yi Island, which may increase in the future. Navy and Marine soldiers are the key development branches of our army in the future."

When Sima Lang heard this, he shouted: "Brother, how can that be? If that is the case, we would not have to raise an army of nearly 500,000. This burden is too heavy."

After hearing this, Lu Ning laughed and said to Sima Lang: "Fifth brother, is the burden really heavy? Not to mention a 500,000 army, according to our current economic strength, even a million army should be able to support it. You forgot the situation when we first recovered Yanmen. In that case, we can all survive, let alone the current situation. You don't have conditioned reflexes. As long as you ask for conscription, you will shout, you must carefully analyze and study, consider all aspects of the situation, and consider actual needs."

Gu Yong said to Lu Ning: "Princess, then who will guard Jinyang after you leave?"

When Lu Ning heard that this was a problem. Jinyang must be guarded by a general, and it is important to be a loyal person. Lu Ning thought for a while and said, "The conquest in the northeast is also entering the final stage. I am going to tune Zilong to guard Jinyang. What do you think? There is also waiting for Tian Chou, Tai Shi Ci and his army to conquer Yu, Yiluo, and let them assist Xu Gongming, Lu Su and others to solve the three Koreans as soon as possible. Now that Mahan is solved, it is much easier for other Benhan and Chen Han. After the three Koreans are solved, except for Lu Su, Ganning's navy and Marines continue to conquer the Japanese islands, the rest of the army will be transferred back to Jinyang except for some garrisons. As for the Far North, the Far East will be sufficient by the two armies of Gao Shun and Que Yi. There is no need to increase the number of troops participating in the war."

Seeing that Lu Ning's long journey was a foregone conclusion, Mi Zhu said to Lu Ning: "Lord, then are you going to set off for more battles?"

Lu Ning thought for a moment and said, "The key is to see how many materials you have prepared for me can be done well. Of course, the faster I will be, the better, and I will leave after the New Year at the latest. If you set out at this time, there will be a strong Northeast trade wind, which will help the fleet move forward. Besides, the end of the year is approaching, and you don't have much time to prepare."

After hearing this, Gu Yong said, "What are you going to bring with you, lord?"

Lu Ning smiled and said, "The main ones are silk products and ceramic products. I won't take out the others for the time being, especially the silk products, so it's best to get two or three thousand pieces."

Zhang Ji immediately smiled and said, "Lord, if it is just silk and ceramic products, it is very simple. We will be ready in a few days. The manufacturers in our jurisdiction have a large supply of goods, but it will take some time to transport it to Changdao."

Guo Jia glanced at Lu Ning, pondered for a while and said to Lu Ning: "Master, why don't I go with you this time? I also want to go outside to see. Is this Rome, Ali really as powerful as the lord said?"

When Lu Ning heard this, beloved, can you Guo Jia have such a body? Don’t let it die on the sea, then Lu Ning will suffer a lot. "Fengxiao, if you go, who will take charge of the work of the General Staff Department? The most important thing is that I am worried whether your body can withstand the bumps of the huge waves on the sea. It is extremely dangerous to sail on the sea, and ordinary people cannot resist it."
Chapter completed!