Meng Yi didn't know what Ying Zheng was thinking, so he swiped the screen again, this time not a picture but a video.
Li Nian's phone, when swiping through the gallery to the video section, will automatically play.
The video depicts a night scene, with a brightly lit city under the evening sky. One by one, light spots rise from various parts of the city and burst open in the night sky, resembling blossoming flowers.
After the fireworks video finished playing, Meng Yi didn't move the screen again, and Li Nian only swiped a few times.
However, the video ends, but the event is not over.
Ying Zheng looked at Li Nian and said, "I believe you truly came from a later era, and these things are indeed beyond the capabilities of my great Qin today. There is one thing that intrigues me greatly!"
'King, that's not just impossible to create now, but even by the time of your death, the Great Qin cannot produce it.'
Li Nian muttered to himself in his heart. He knew that Ying Zheng was trying to save face for him, and it was wise not to voice it out loud. It wouldn't do any good to puncture the vanity of the First Emperor.
Li Nian said, "Your Majesty, please speak! Any common people who know would have to report the truth!"
Ying Zheng fell silent for a moment before finally speaking: "My Great Qin and the country from which you come in your later era, which is stronger?"
In fact, Ying Zheng already had the answer in his heart. It was just that his pride in his Great Qin was being overshadowed by a later era, and he felt uncomfortable about it, which is why he specially asked Li Nian.
What if Li Nian's answer is that the Qin Dynasty was stronger than the later era country?
In essence, Ying Zheng is now feeling a bit of resentment.
Over the years, Ying Zheng has been working tirelessly to build up the Great Qin. He believed that he had already elevated the Great Qin to the number one position in the world, unmatched throughout history. Otherwise, he wouldn't have deemed himself as great as the three emperors and five gods of virtue, creating the title of "Emperor."
However, today, this confidence has been shattered by Li Nian. His Great Qin is not the strongest and most unparalleled in history as he had thought. There may be countries in the later era that are even stronger than the Great Qin.
With this question raised, everyone in the grand hall became alert and eager to know the answer.
Their Great Qin had subjugated the other six states, ending hundreds of years of chaos. It should not be weaker than the countries of the later era, right?
As for this question, Li Nian had anticipated it. If the First Emperor believed that he came from a later era, his character would certainly ask.
Li Nian said, "Answering Your Majesty, this is not a matter of who is stronger or weaker, but rather not being in the same era. If we truly have to evaluate it, even with a thousand or a thousand and one Great Qins and ten thousand or a hundred thousand Great Qins, they are no match for the countries of the later era. The difference between them is as great as that between the great bird Ku and the fleeting insect mao zhe yu fuyou, as well as that between the bright moon and the firefly."
Upon hearing these words, the hall fell into a silence.
Even if they knew that the countries of the later era might be stronger than the Qin Dynasty, Ying Zheng and Meng Yi did not believe that the difference would be so great.
Listen to what this man is saying. A thousand or a thousand and one Great Qins and ten thousand or a hundred thousand Great Qins are no match for the countries of the later era?
Do you know how many battle-ready soldiers the Great Qin has? Do you know how many war chariots and crossbows there are?
Even if the countries of the later era are as strong as they can be, there is still a limit. If there are really thousands of Great Qins or ten thousand Great Qins, they can exhaust them with human resources alone.
This man, although from a later era, does not have the slightest understanding of the strength of the Great Qin, hence his remarks that would make others laugh at him.
Meng Yi shook his head and smiled, "Do you know how many people there are in our Great Qin, how many soldiers we have? And you dare to make such an arrogant remark!"
Li Nian said, "General Meng Yi, you are merely saying that the people of the Great Qin are numerous and have many capable soldiers. If there were really a thousand or ten thousand Great Qins, every person spitting saliva could swallow down the later era countries! However, this is not actually the case!"
"Common people have already said 'this is not a matter of who is stronger or weaker, but rather not being in the same era' in the past. The weapons of my era can kill thousands or even tens of thousands of people instantly, and some can destroy the entire city of Xianyang in an instant."
"This gap cannot be filled by numbers; unless there are infinite people, and the speed at which people can enter the battlefield is faster than the speed of bullet production. Even with tens of thousands of Great Qins, they would still not be a match."
Although he didn't understand what "bullets" were, Meng Yi was still shocked by Li Nian's words, "instantly killing tens of thousands of people and even entire cities in an instant."
He blurted out, "This is impossible. There are no such weapons in the world! Do you know how large Xianyang is, and how many people live there?"
Li Nian said, "The Great Qin indeed does not have such weapons, but the era I come from does. I don't know how large Xianyang is or how many people live there, but my country's cities usually have over a million people, with some as many as tens of millions. The total population of my country is one and a half billion!"
"Billions, a countless number!"
Ying Zheng and Meng Yi estimated in their minds Li Nian's words. The population of the Great Qin plus that of the original six states was about 16 million to 17 million people. However, according to what Li Nian had said, a city in the later era had such a large population, and the entire country had 1.4 billion people, which was several tens of times larger than the Great Qin.
Ying Zheng instinctively did not want to believe it, but thinking back to the city he had just seen, he felt that with the scale of that city, housing a million or ten million people was not out of the question.
Li Nian pointed to the phone still held by Meng Yi and continued, "I know Your Majesty and General Meng Yi don't believe me, but this thing contains records of some weapons from my era. To say, it is called a 'mobile phone' in the later era. Its main function is communication, allowing people to contact each other across thousands of miles."
Meng Yi looked at the phone in his hand. How can he, holding this device, communicate with people across thousands of miles?
He asked, "Then why don't you use this thing to contact the later era?"
Li Nian helplessly said, "General Meng Yi, the ability of mobile phones to communicate over long distances is because there were satellites and communication bases in my era. Its communication distance is also limited. Furthermore, my crossing into the Qin Dynasty was a time travel, and mobile phones cannot communicate across time."
Although some words and phrases are not understood, Meng Yi still understands that this strange object called "mobile phone" cannot be used to communicate over thousands of miles since the person's arrival in the Qin Dynasty.
At this moment, Ying Zheng spoke up, "Since this mobile phone contains records of weapons from your era, show them to me!"
Ying Zheng still didn't believe that there were such powerful weapons in the later era.
Li Nian said, "Please give me the phone, General Meng!"
Meng Yi walked over to Li Nian again. He was also curious to see what kind of weapons from the later era Li Nian spoke of, weapons that could destroy a city in an instant and kill thousands or even tens of thousands of people in a blink of an eye.
Li Nian prepared to show Ying Zheng a nuclear bomb. He wanted to demonstrate that the effectiveness of ordinary weapons was nothing compared to nuclear bombs. He started searching through the folders on his mobile phone for movies he had downloaded, looking for one with a nuclear bomb explosion scene.
He actually found one, "Resident Evil 2." At the end of the movie, Alice and her companions boarded a helicopter to escape Raccoon City. A nuclear bomb hit, turning Raccoon City into rubble.
Li Nian opened "Resident Evil 2," dragged the progress bar to the scene where the nuclear bomb is approaching, and clipped the segment showing the nuclear bomb attacking Raccoon City.
Meng Yi naturally saw the process of Raccoon City being destroyed by a nuclear bomb on the side. His face was full of shock and disbelief, and his mind was filled with thoughts: "If this person's words are true, there really are such powerful weapons in the later era. It can destroy Xianyang in an instant!"
Ying Zheng noticed Meng Yi's expression and also realized that the man's words were probably true. If it weren't so, how could his Prime Minister have such an expression?
