We don't know these things at all.

Even! We don’t even have a map. Among you, none of you have been to Mandalay. I’m afraid, you haven’t even been to Myanmar.

How dare you lead your troops to fight when your eyes darken?

How many kilometers is it from Mandalay to Yangon Port, and how many kilometers is it from Lincang in Yunnan?

Everyone here, who among you can tell me?"

Zu Chengxun looked at Cao Bianjiao. Cao Bianjiao turned his head in embarrassment and ignored Zu Chengxun.

“Mandalay is 570 kilometers away from Yangon Port and 500 kilometers away from Lincang.

Everyone, this is kilometers.

Thousands of miles away, the roads are impassable, the terrain is unfamiliar, and you can’t even understand the language of the locals.”

"Ha! Is it difficult to find a good tongue?" Another mocking voice sounded next to him.

Li Xiao glanced at the person who spoke. He was Shi Dewei's son and Li Hao's eldest brother-in-law!

"The customs are different in ten miles, and the customs are different in hundreds of miles. There are many local ethnic groups, and the languages ​​​​are also different. Sometimes, people who are more than ten miles away cannot understand each other.

What do you expect from the tongues? A thousand miles away, you bring a hundred tongues ​​in various languages? Words are passed around, and after being translated by so many people, can you be sure that the words translated by the tongues are accurate?"

One sentence made everyone speechless.

In fact, not only Myanmar, but also the Ming Dynasty's rule over Yunnan was weak.

Except for Kunming and Dali, there are officials from the imperial court in big cities or counties, but there are no officials at all in the countryside. The imperial government's decrees basically cannot reach there.

The mountain is high and the emperor is far away, it is said that this is a place like that.

The whole of Yunnan does not even have a decent road. Let alone support the army to conquer Burma.

It can be said that if you want to go to Mandalay, there is no other option except airship.

But the problem is that the people of Ming Dynasty also don’t know the climate of Mandalay. They only know that there are rainy season and dry season there, but no one knows when it is the rainy season and when it is the dry season.

Moreover, even in the dry season, unexpected things may happen.

"Knowing yourself and knowing your enemy will make you safe in a hundred battles, but we know too little about the area. If we rush into the army rashly, we will probably suffer heavy losses." After Zu Chengxun made his final summary, he stood at attention and looked at Li Xiao.

"Okay! You can win a hundred battles if you know yourself and your enemy. This is true. But fourteen Chinese people died tragically in a foreign land, and there are three jade mines, four gold mines, and seven factories.

The property damage was no less than tens of thousands of Ming Dynasty silver coins, and this matter is over like this?" Li Xiao smoked a cigar and looked at Zu Chengxun.

"Commander! Fourteen lives and a loss of thirteen thousand Ming silver coins.

But if we send troops to Mandalay, we will need tens of thousands of troops. The number of civilians to be mobilized must be at least 30,000. The mountains are high and the forests are dense, and miasma and epidemics are rampant.

With so many people dispatched to fight, the number of casualties would probably far exceed fourteen lives. The money spent would probably far exceed thirteen thousand Ming silver coins.

Just for the word revenge, our Ming Dynasty has paid too high a price."

"You mean to let this matter go. Our people in the Ming Dynasty died in vain, and our industry was stolen in vain." Cao Bianjiao said angrily.

"Of course we Ming people cannot die in vain, nor can our property be robbed in vain." Zu Chengxun replied with a stiff neck.

"Then you can't do this or that. Could it be that those people in Mandalay will cut off their heads and send them to you?"

PS: Because Lao Long still has work during the day, writing can only be done at night. Therefore, the update is a bit slow, which is something that can't be helped. If you only count on the royalties...!

If Laolong has enough time, he will add more updates. Here, Laolong says sorry.
Chapter completed!