Listening to Fu Zikang's words, the First Emperor showed a little disappointment in his eyes.

It’s not like the First Emperor had never heard falsehoods.

Wei Liao, the country's captain, said when they first met him that he would formulate a strategy for him to pacify the six countries.

Zonghenghou Dun is weak, his words can make thousands of gold and his clever words can cause the six kingdoms to fall apart.

Li Xin, the Marquis of Longxi, issued a military order on his own, and if he could defeat Chu with 200,000 Qin troops, he would return.

These words were all false at first, and even the First Emperor found them absurd.

But the First Emperor was willing to listen to their specific operations and analyze the possibilities.

Wei Liao presents it in the military book "Wei Liao Zi", explaining the reasons in simple and profound terms.

The First Emperor thought it was feasible and appointed Wei Liao, who had been unsuccessful in the Wei state for a long time, as a state captain to hold the highest military power in the Qin state.

Dunwei analyzed the world situation and analyzed the royal families and folk customs of various countries in detail. He even took the First Emperor as an example and said, "I know that the king loves talents. Even if I say that the king is unfilial, the king will not kill me immediately. This cannot be proved."

Is it possible for a weak person to penetrate people's hearts?"

When the First Emperor heard what you said, it seemed to make sense, so he promised Wanjin, worshiped him as a minister, and sent Dunrui to travel to the six countries, completely ignoring that Dunrui might make money and run away.

Li Xin brought a large map and explained to the First Emperor in the Yizheng Hall how to attack Chu, where to attack, how to divide the troops and horses, what kind of response Chu might make, and how he could solve the problem.

One night passed, the First Emperor thought about it, and it seemed that there was no big problem. So he boldly appointed the young general Li Xin as the general and gave him 200,000 troops to attack Chu.

The first two of these three succeeded, and the latter failed.

But the one that failed actually almost succeeded - if Chang Wenjun had not rebelled.

The First Emperor was actually very willing to listen to these false words, provided that there was a possibility that these false words could come true.

If Fu Zikang said that Lord Chang'an could raise the money needed for Chidao within one year, the First Emperor would pay attention and ask for details.

But what Fu Zikang said was that the money that Lord Chang'an had sent to Zhi Su Nei Shi Mansion was enough to build Chidao.

What Fu Zikang said was in the heart of the First Emperor.

It is equivalent to Wei Liao saying that I can conquer the six kingdoms tomorrow, Dun Rui saying that the day after tomorrow I will persuade the monarchs of the six kingdoms to surrender to Qin, and Li Xin saying that if the king gives me twenty soldiers, I can conquer Chu.

Extremely absurd.

Nonsense.

There is no possibility at all.

The First Emperor didn't even bother to ask.

Wang Wan has been handling internal affairs for many years, and is the main person in charge of large-scale construction projects such as the imperial palace, the Great Wall, and the imperial mausoleum.

As soon as Fu Zikang finished speaking, the others had not responded, and when the First Emperor was unwilling to speak out, Wang Wan had already shouted angrily.

"absurd!"

Seeing Wang Wan getting angry, Fu Zikang was a little afraid.

His body trembled and he took half a step back.

I just wanted to say something and participate...

"Nine galloping roads lead to the east, west, north, and south of the Qin Dynasty. Such a huge project is comparable to Dayu's flood control and control of Jiuzhou. Only by gathering the efforts of the people of the world and the wealth of the world can we hope to complete it. If the money sent by Chang'an Lord is enough to complete the construction of nine

Chidao, unless his money can match the wealth of the world, it will be enough to pay for the army of our Great Qin Dynasty for ten years!"

Seeing Fu Zikang's half-step back, the First Emperor was completely disappointed with Zikang.

The First Emperor was always majestic in his actions, and his character was extremely powerful and never fearful.

In the eyes of the First Emperor, people must never be without courage, and timid people cannot do anything great.

The words are false and the heart has no courage.

I remembered that when Cheng Yu recommended this person, he said that he should be treated as a descendant of the Mohist family. He is only suitable for doing things, not for discussing politics. This is the absolute opposite.

The First Emperor thought, and was about to let Fu Zikang go back first, and then let Li Si talk about the matter of searching for copper and iron from all over the world to cast twelve golden figures.

Then the timid Fu Zikang muttered in a low voice: "It will take more than ten years. Based on the military pay of the Qin Dynasty last year, it will take the military pay of the Qin Dynasty for eleven years and three months to build Jiuchi Road."

"Oh, you really dare to say that." The First Emperor was amused.

The First Emperor did not expect that Fu Zikang not only dared to admit that the money Ying Chengyu moved was ten years of Qin's military pay, but also dared to say that it was more than ten years.

In particular, the military pay was calculated based on last year, not this year, which is completely out of line.

At the beginning of last year, the Qin Dynasty's 600,000-strong army was under the control of Wang Jian, who was out to attack Chu. In the middle of the year, the Chu State was destroyed by Wang Jian. The Qin State provided 600,000 people with horse chews for half a year, and the cost of military pay was astronomical.

This was not over yet. Less than three months after the victory of the army against Chu, the First Emperor appointed Wang Ben as his general and Meng Tian as his general to conduct an expedition against the Qi State, allocating a total of 400,000 troops and horses.

Although the Qi State finally surrendered, it was because Meng Tian was fighting the main force of the Qi army. Wang Ben led 50,000 Qin troops to attack Linzi and came to Linzi city. Qi King Tian Jiancai surrendered after being persuaded by the weak.

Moreover, Qi State is in the far east, close to the East China Sea, and is the farthest country from Qin among the six countries. Qin State's military expedition to Qi State cost no less than Wang Jian's 600,000 soldiers to attack Chu.

Last year was the year in which the First Emperor spent the most on military pay since he came to power in the past ten years.

"Absurd! Ridiculous! I have never heard such arrogant words! You treat us like we are ignorant children!" Wang Wan angrily slapped the table and shouted.

Fu Zikang quickly took two steps back, shook his head and said, "Don't dare, don't dare."

Meng Yi thought that Fu Zikang didn't know how much the military pay of Great Qin was last year, so he was talking nonsense here, so he said in a bad tone: "Do you know how much the military pay of Great Qin was last year?"

Upon hearing this, Fu Zikang's eyes immediately lit up and he immediately said: "As of the New Year, a total of 1,189,237,346 yuan has been spent."

Fu Zikang's voice was much louder than before, and he said it very smoothly. I don't know how he memorized this series of irregular numbers.

Gai Nie is now extremely sensitive to accuracy. Hearing this, he gently turned his head and glanced at Zhao Gao: Look at Zikang, he can be accurate to single digits.

Zhao Gao: What does this god of plague look at me for? His eyes seem to contain contempt. What did Gao do?

Meng Yi never thought that Fu Zikang would be able to answer. He originally said, "You don't even know this, yet you dare to say that it can be worth ten years of military pay."

Fu Zikang's answer made him go back home mid-sentence. The Meng family scholar said with some embarrassment: "Ah, it turns out that the military pay was so huge last year..."

Wang Wan continued Meng Yi's words and said angrily: "Since you know the amount of military pay last year, why do you dare to speak nonsense in front of His Majesty?"

Fu Zikang didn't know why Wang Wan, the right prime minister, always had a bad attitude towards him.

But he kept in mind Ying Chengxuan's warning to him - if he wanted to secure his position as the Nine Ministers, he only needed to take care of his accounts. There was no need to worry about any other matters, and there was no need to argue with others.

"I dare not speak nonsense..."

He whispered again.

Fu Zikang made a not-so-standard apology to Wang Wan, then returned to his seat and sat down.

I have said so much, so I should be considered as participating. I should have kept my position as governor of Su Neishi, and I can still get two thousand shi of grain a year.

When Wang Wan saw this, he wanted to say something else.

The First Emperor signaled with his eyes to shut up.

Li Si didn't turn around to look at Fu Zikang at all.

If he were still a court official today and one of the Nine Qings along with Fu Zikang, he would still do some face-saving projects, talk to someone to help him out, and build a good relationship with Fu Zikang.

But Li Si is now the Prime Minister Zuo. The Tingwei will care about the history of Su Nei, but the Prime Minister Zuo will not.

Prime Minister Zuo didn't want to pay attention to people who were full of lies and harsh words.

Li Si saw the First Emperor's eyes returning to him and gave him a wink, asking him to continue speaking.

Then I heard Gai Nie, who had always had a cold face and didn't look good on anyone, speak.

"Your Majesty, Zikang never speaks falsely."

"Huh?" The First Emperor looked back.

Gai Nie and the First Emperor looked at each other and said: "Nie and Zikang have known each other for several years, and they have never heard Zikang make a false statement."

The First Emperor did not believe what Fu Zikang said.

But the First Emperor believed what Genie said.

If Genie hadn't woken up the First Emperor in advance last night on his own initiative, the First Emperor would have slept until three o'clock in the morning before waking up.

Although the First Emperor felt that there was nothing wrong with sleeping until three o'clock in the morning, Genie's actions still doubled the First Emperor's trust in him.

In terms of his own safety, the First Emperor believed that.

Compared with Zhao Gao, who obeys every word, Ge Nie, who is full of personality, is better.

"Mr. Gai's words mean that the money that Chang'an Lord sent to Su Neishi Mansion is 1.2 billion. Mr. Gai, does he know how much 1.2 billion is? It is difficult for the entire Su Neishi Mansion to let go of such a large amount of money.

Money!" Wang Wan said in a stern voice.

You're lazy, you didn't even remember the string of numbers Zikang just mentioned.

"Nie doesn't know how much money he can pretend to be in charge of Su Nei Shifu. Nie only knows that Zikang doesn't tell lies."

Fu Zikang nodded gratefully to Gai Nie, although he felt that there was no need to say this.

The young master warned me that if I want to be in charge of the history of Su Nei, I should not get into disputes with others...

The First Emperor acted decisively and immediately stopped Wang Wan who was about to continue speaking, and said with a smile: "Noisy, noisy, noisy, what's the fuss about this matter? The money is real and fake, why don't you go with me to Zhi Neishi's Mansion to see if it's inconvenient?"
To be continued...