Diqin Designer

Chapter 405 Proving the Power of Qin
When the officials and nobles of Tammolidi heard Master Moye say, "Qin is probably the strongest country in the world, and there is no one in the world that can compare to it!", their first reaction was shock, followed by disbelief.

They can admit that Qin is not a small barbarian country, but to say that Qin is the strongest country and no country can compare to it, doesn't it mean that Qin is stronger than their Peacock Kingdom?
How is that possible? Their Peacock Kingdom is the most powerful country in the world. How could any country be stronger than their Peacock Kingdom?
For a long time, they believed that the Maurya Kingdom was the strongest country and were proud of it. They had a strong sense of superiority and looked upon everyone as barbarians. So after hearing what Master Maya said, they naturally rejected this statement and were unwilling to accept it.

If what Master Moye said was true, wouldn't their previous pride and superiority as a superior country become a joke: It turns out that you are not the most powerful country, so why do you still look at other countries with the attitude of looking at barbarians every day?

When they thought of this, a feeling of shame and humiliation arose in the hearts of the nobles and officials of Tamokuri, and they did not want to lose face.

A Tanmolidi noble shook his head and said, "Impossible, if Qin is really the strongest country in the world, how could we have not heard of it for so many years?"

The Qin people have already given an answer to this question, and the Tanmolidi nobleman knows it in his heart, he just doesn't want to admit it.

Master Maya answered the nobleman of Tamolidi: "First, the Qin State and our country are separated by high mountains and dense forests, and the roads are difficult and dangerous, making it difficult to travel between them. In the past, the great emperor in the West gave up continuing his expedition to the east for this reason."

"Of course, this is actually the emperor's luck. If he really led his troops to conquer the east, he would definitely be defeated by the Qin State."

The Western emperor had a great influence on their Peacock Kingdom. King Yuehu took advantage of the opportunity when the emperor invaded them to start a rebellion and eventually established the Peacock Kingdom.

Although in the history promoted to the people by the Maurya Kingdom, it was King Yuehu who defeated the emperor and forced him to withdraw his troops, the officials and nobles of Tamakuri knew that this was a rumor. The actual situation was that when King Yuehu started the rebellion, the emperor had already returned with his troops.

The great emperor left many rumors in the Maurya Kingdom, and he was definitely a powerful king. However, Moye said that if the great emperor continued his eastward expedition, he would be defeated by the Qin Kingdom.

"Secondly, Qin has been at war with other countries for many years. Their wars lasted for hundreds of years, and it was not until more than a year ago that Qin eliminated other countries in that land."

After hearing the answer given by Master Maye, the nobleman of Tammo Lidi still insisted: "Fighting for hundreds of years? Who knows whether it is true or not!"

Although the others were also reluctant to believe it, they did not insist on it. A senior monk from Molidi asked, "Why did you say that, Senior Brother Moye? Is the Qin State really that strong?"

It is necessary to question, but one has to get more information about the Qin State from Master Moye before questioning, instead of questioning just for the sake of questioning because one is unwilling to believe.

Moreover, these words came from Master Moye's mouth. Unless Master Moye was bribed by the Qin people and was deliberately deceiving them, it is very likely to be true.

Master Moye sighed again and said, "Because we have seen the strength of Qin with our own eyes, the Qin people forced us to follow the army and watch the battle in order to show us how powerful they are."

Recalling the scenes of watching battles with the army, especially the scene when the Qin army attacked the enemy with artillery, Master Moye couldn't help but close his eyes. He had never seen such a cruel scene before, but the Qin people just wanted to show off their martial arts to them and forced them to present it in front of them.

Master Moye opened his eyes and said in a deep voice: "You have not seen the tragic scene of the Qin army's artillery firing and the horses and men being shattered. When we saw it, we thought we were in the Avici Hell!"

"Cannons are a type of weapon used by the Qin people. They are extremely powerful. If a cannon is fired, anyone who blocks it will be crushed to pieces, and a horse that blocks it will die. I personally saw a horse being hit by a cannon. The horse's neck was broken on the spot, and its head was separated from its body. The knight on its back was also hit, and one side of his body was immediately missing!"

"After the artillery bombardment, the ground was littered with human and horse corpses, most of which were incomplete, and it was impossible to tell which was horse flesh and which was human flesh..."

Through Master Moye's description, the nobles and officials of Tamolidi seemed to see a cruel battlefield, with the ground dyed red with blood and filled with corpses. The flesh and blood of humans and horses were mixed together and difficult to distinguish.

The mayor of Tammo Lidi City asked: "Master, what kind of weapon is that cannon? Is it because of that cannon that Master believes that Qin is the most powerful country in the world?"

Master Moye did not answer immediately. He walked to a wooden box, opened it, and took out a bronze plate. The officials and nobles of Tammolidi saw that there was an object engraved on the bronze plate.

This engraving was made by Master Moye and his companions on the road after they left the borders of the Great Qin Empire. In order to prevent it from being damaged, they intentionally chose to carve it on a bronze plate.

Although they did not know the internal structure of the cannon or its principles, they had seen cannons and it was not difficult for them to carve out their shapes.

Master Moye showed the bronze engraving to everyone, "This is a cannon, but we don't know why a cannon can launch an attack, nor do we know how it was cast. We have only seen its power. Once the cannon sounds, even a huge army will be defeated by the Qin people. The Yuezhi and Donghu countries were defeated by the Qin in this way."

"The Yuezhi and Donghu are both powerful countries around Qin. If we only talk about soldiers and horses, they may be superior to our country. However, these two countries were easily defeated by Qin's artillery."

Not only is Qin stronger than them, even the countries defeated by Qin are stronger than them. Why does it feel like in Moye's words, their Maurya Kingdom has suddenly become a second-rate country?

To be honest, although the Maurya Kingdom is vast and has a large population, its combat effectiveness is indeed just so-so. Any one of the Donghu, Yuezhi, and Xiongnu can beat it up.

This is not nonsense. Originally in history, the Yuezhi people migrated westward to establish the Kushan Empire. They actually defeated India and occupied the upper reaches of the Ganges River in India. The Yuezhi people were just losers in the battle with the Huns.

After carefully examining the bronze engraving, a noble from Tammolidi said, "Is this cannon really as powerful as the master said?"

Moye said: "The power can only be greater, and the Qin people are still improving and getting stronger. They will definitely forge more powerful cannons. Maybe one day, the walls of Huashi City will be unable to withstand it."

"We believe that Qin is the strongest country in the world. Artillery is only one of the reasons. It also lies in the advanced knowledge and skills of the Qin people, their spirit and will, their systems and policies..."

"The Qin people have a lot of knowledge and skills that are ahead of our country, but unfortunately the Qin people did not allow us to bring them back, and even did not allow us to see them. After we entered the Qin territory, we were escorted by the Qin army all the way to the Qin capital Xianyang."

"It's called escort, but in fact they are monitoring us, not allowing us to walk around freely, and preventing us from learning their advanced skills."

Hearing this, a monk said: "Since the Qin people are so wary of the master, how can the master know that the Qin people's knowledge and skills are ahead of us?"

Master Moye sighed, "Although we were strictly restricted by the Qin people and were not allowed to walk around or communicate with others at will, we have seen the scenery of Xianyang and communicated with the scholars of the Qin State." "The architecture of the Qin State is classical and elegant, yet majestic, which is very different from our country. Xianyang City is more prosperous than Huashi City. The only thing that Huashi City can surpass is that it is slightly larger than Xianyang City. But Xianyang is expanding and will surely surpass Huashi City in the future."

"This is the scenery of Xianyang that I recorded before we left Xianyang. Please take a look!"

Master Moye put the bronze engraving back into the wooden box and took out several paintings to distribute to everyone.

These paintings were also drawn by them after they left Daqin based on their memories of Xianyang City.

They made a lot of things related to Daqin on the way, in order to bring them back to the Peacock Kingdom and let their people know about Daqin.

The scenes in the paintings are different. Some are views of Xianyang city from the outside, and some are what people see and hear while walking through the streets of Xianyang, depicting an exotic capital that people have never seen before.

Although it is depicted on paper, the momentum of the city can be seen through the painting. The streets in the city are flat, and there are many houses on both sides of the streets, but they are not messy. It is obvious that they are well planned. There are also many pedestrians walking on the streets, and judging from their clothes, it seems that there are not only Qin people, but also people from other countries.

The Qin people's house style is indeed very different from theirs. It has a kind of classical and elegant beauty. The more you look at it, the more charming it becomes. At first glance, you can tell that it must have come from an ancient and civilized country.

The noble holding a painting of a street scene in Xianyang asked, "Are there foreigners in the Qin capital?"

Master Moye said: "Not only that, there are many! They are mainly Xiongnu, Wusun, and the Baiyue tribes. They have established diplomatic relations with Qin and have many exchanges with each other. These countries have also sent children to Xianyang to study."

"The Qin State specially established a place called 'Daqin International College' in Xianyang to teach these foreign students!"

After hearing Master Moye's answer, the noble said, "The Qin people allow people from other countries to study in Xianyang, so why are they so wary of you, Master? Could it be that our country is better than Qin and Qin is afraid of being discovered by you, Master?"

Master Moye glanced at the nobleman, and from his words, he heard the nobleman's sense of superiority: The Qin people are on guard against us, which means that the Qin people are afraid of us!
Under the gaze of the crowd, Master Moye said: "We originally had the same idea, but later we found that the Qin people would strictly control us. In addition to preventing us from learning their knowledge and skills, the main reason is to prohibit us from preaching!"

Hearing this, the noble said: "The Qin people forbid you to preach, Master. This is the Qin people's weakness!"

Master Moye sighed. He had already said so much, so why did these people still think that the Qin people were weak? But he also understood this mentality.

They thought they were the best country in the world, but suddenly they heard that there was a country stronger than their own. Of course they were unwilling to accept the result and wanted to find all kinds of shortcomings of this country.

Master Moye said: "The Qin people think that our preaching is harmful to them, so they simply banned it. Even if the Qin people allow us to preach, I am afraid that the results will not be great. The Qin people are very different from the people of our country. The Qin people are extremely respectful of their ancestors and are brave and martial!"

The phrase "extremely respectful of ancestors" made everyone realize how difficult it was to preach in the Qin State. The Qin people were warlike and brave, which was the exact opposite of them, so it was difficult for the two peoples to get along together.

Master Moye continued, "The Qin people allow countries with which they have diplomatic relations to send people to Xianyang to study, but they will not teach them the most advanced knowledge and skills. There must be restrictions, but compared to us, it is much better."

Even if the Xiongnu and Baiyue people could not learn the most advanced skills from the Qin people, it was better than not learning anything at all.

Another official from Tammolidi asked Master Moye with the painting in his hand: "Master, what are these Qin people doing here?"

Master Moye glanced at the painting and said, "This is a place for the Qin people to teach ordinary people. It is convenient for those who have no way to learn but want to learn. There are often scholars from various schools of thought in Qin giving lectures on the stage. Anyone who wants to learn can go and listen."

"So, there are not only Qin people studying there, but also many foreigners who come to Qin!"

Everyone was surprised and shocked at the same time. From this, they could see that the Qin State might really have surpassed their Maurya State.

Another nobleman held up the map in his hand and asked, "Where is this? The house here is quite different from the other houses. Could it be the Qin royal palace?"

Master Moye said: "It is indeed the palace of the Qin State, but in the Qin State it is called the 'Imperial Palace' and the King of Qin is also called the 'Qin Emperor' because the Qin people believe that the 'Emperor' is above the 'King'. The Qin State Palace is quite magnificent, but we have not been able to see its entirety and have only been to a part of it."

At this time, another monk pointed at the painting in his hand and asked, "Brother Moye, are these Qin people also listening to the teachings?"

Everyone looked at the painting and saw that there were many Qin people gathered together in the painting, but they did not look like they were listening to a lecture, because someone was holding something that looked like a bucket, and the people in the middle did not look like people.

Master Mahaye said, "They are using a steam engine to draw water. We have never seen a steam engine, but we have heard that it is a magical device that can automatically draw water from the well without human intervention. Automatically drawing water is not a big deal, but what can it do in the future?"

These words made everyone in Tammo Lidi silent. They felt that the gap between them and the Qin State was not just a little bit, but a huge chasm.

Seeing that no one asked any more questions, Master Moye continued, "I am afraid that it is difficult for you to believe that the Qin people are more knowledgeable and skilled than us. This is the Qin children's enlightenment book that we brought back. We have translated it into our language on the way. Please take a look."

Master Moye took out several wooden tablets from a wooden box. Although the Qin people gave them some paper when they left, they were reluctant to use it, so they used wood chips and bamboo slips.

Everyone took a scroll and began to read it. Soon, a noble from Tammolidi asked in surprise, "Is this really a book used by Qin to educate children?"

What Master Moye took out was an arithmetic enlightenment. Some of the contents recorded on it were considered advanced arithmetic knowledge in their eyes, but in the Qin State, this was actually an enlightenment for children?

(End of this chapter)