Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

"How do I speak to His Majesty?"

Seeing this, Chang Baishan immediately stepped forward and scolded him.

Qin Ming stopped him and slowly turned his gaze to the young man who spoke.

"what's your name?"

"I don't have a name, you can call me Zhao San."

The slaves of the Yan Dynasty had no names. They were called by the surname of the noble family plus a number depending on how many children were born in the family.

Although he was just a slave, Zhao San was still a very responsible person.

Qin Ming's evaluation of him suddenly increased a few points.

"Zhao San, when did I ever say I would burn the names of millions of people?"

"But you just said you wanted to blow up the waterway!"

Zhao San immediately refuted.

"Will blowing up the waterway necessarily cause all the people to suffer?"

Qin Ming continued to ask back.

Zhao San glared and said in disbelief:

"Do you have a way to stop the merchant ships without harming the civilians?"

"They are all living beings. How could I let them die in vain like this?"

Qin Ming nodded as a matter of course.

"If that's the case, I'm sorry for the offense just now. I can help you."

Zhao San finally put away his anger and his tone became a little more respectful.

During the wars of the Yan Dynasty, many nobles did not care about the lives of civilians and slaves.

But Qin Ming's performance moved many water ghosts present.

It is difficult to win a battle while taking the lives of the people into consideration.

"Your Majesty, it's easy to say. But if we want to blow up the waterway without harming the people around us, what should we do?"

Chang Baishan looked at Qin Ming strangely.

He knew that Qin Ming was not a man who talked big.

But he couldn't even imagine how such a fantastic thing could be achieved.

"It's simple, the difference in height."

Qin Ming's words made the water ghosts present immediately widen their eyes.

“There really is something interesting!”

A middle-aged water ghost, about forty or fifty years old, immediately stood up.

The waterway from the upper reaches of Jiaguan to this place has a relatively gentle height difference.

But if Qin Ming uses gunpowder to forcibly create a large enough height difference, Yan Wujiang's support plan may be stranded.

Zhao San standing by also showed some approval.

He originally thought that Qin Ming was an outsider, but what Qin Ming said now made him admire him a little.

After thinking about it, he reminded Qin Ming:

"There's another problem. The narrowest part between the upstream and downstream of Xingjia Pass is still several hundred feet wide. After all, this is a river that runs across the entire Yan Dynasty."

"With your strength, can you blow up such a wide waterway in one go?"

If Qin Ming wanted to create a height difference, he needed to blast the waterway to make it undulate.

This requires a lot of preparation and explosives.

"What good ideas do you have?"

Qin Ming looked at Zhao San with a smile.

Zhao San nodded and said:

"It's very simple, just fry and fill!"

Zhao San's plan is an extension of Qin Ming's plan.

He planned to discuss with several water ghosts present and find a relatively narrow area, then raise the front and blow up the back.

This creates a height difference that can easily block the passage of merchant ships upstream.

"Blow up the mountains, blow up the rivers, don't worry about the gunpowder."

After receiving their proposal, Qin Ming made a decision quickly.

At this time, Chenpi came behind Qin Ming with some vigilance.

"Your Majesty, why do I feel like there's something wrong with these people? They are from the Yan Dynasty, yet they chose to help you achieve victory."

At this time, Zhao San, who had some martial arts skills and excellent hearing, also heard what Chen Pi said.

"To be honest, most of us water ghosts are from slave families. Only people from poor families would do these things."

"The Yan Dynasty hasn't been kind to us. If there's a chance to change the sky above our heads, we'd like to try it."

As he spoke, he took out a copper coin from his pocket.

There is actually the mark of Luo Sect engraved on it.

This is also one of Qin Ming's means of infiltrating them. Many Luojiao believers will use this kind of copper coins to identify themselves.

As he took out the things in his arms.

Several more water ghosts followed and showed the copper coins in their arms.

Nearly half of the Luojiao believers were present.

"This……"

When Chen Pi saw the Luojiao copper coins on them, he was stunned.

Even Qin Ming was a little surprised.

You must know that the Yan Dynasty still has a hostile attitude towards the Luo Sect.

Especially within the royal territory, once discovered, the consequences could be serious or minor.

Therefore, only loyal Luojiao believers would take huge risks and carry such copper coins on their bodies as a symbol of their faith.

"Since you are all followers of the Luo Sect, and our Majesty is the leader of the Luo Sect, why did you see him..."

Chang Baishan was a little curious as to why they didn't reveal their identities when they first met Qin Ming.

Zhao San smiled bitterly and shook his head:

"The leader and the Luo Sect of Daqian are both far away and have nothing to do with us. We only trust the fellow Luo Sect members who have developed locally."

"I'm revealing my identity today because I believe Your Majesty is truly extraordinary and compassionate. He won't kill innocent people. He's someone I can trust."

"We hope that after Your Majesty takes control of Xingjia Pass, you will change the status of the local slaves. Beyond that, we have no other requests."

Over the years, Zhao San and his companions have suffered a lot of unfair treatment because of their status as slaves.

Now that they finally have the opportunity to get rid of this identity, they naturally want to work hard for it.

Seeing that there was indeed nothing wrong with what he said, Qin Ming nodded slowly, then clasped his fists towards the others and said:

"I can promise all of this, so I'll leave it to you all."

Everyone nodded, and that night they took Qin Ming upstream along the road on the east coast and arrived at a pier.

Because the east coast had been cleared by Daqian's troops, the dock here was also empty.

Zhao San pointed at the river in front of him and said to Qin Ming:

"Your Majesty, this place is about seven or eight hundred feet wide, and it is already the narrowest place upstream."

Qin Ming glanced at the location and nodded slowly, but did not directly order them to start work.

"Chenpi, go and take a group of people, put on your equipment and go to the other side to explore."

Yan Wujiang is a smart and cautious person.

Knowing that Qin Ming could easily tamper with the upstream, he would definitely have a backup plan.

Qin Ming couldn't take any action before he knew his backup plan.

"Okay, I'll go take a look."

Chen Pi has some experience in leading the navy into battle today.

Upon hearing this, he immediately waved his hand and called the soldiers around him over.

We asked them to carry a batch of equipment, go into the woods to change into them and prepare to go into the water.

At this time, Zhao San suddenly stepped forward and said to Qin Ming:

"Your Majesty, if you trust me... could you let me lead the team? I'd also like to try out these equipment."

"Oh?"

Qin Ming raised his eyebrows.

With the water ghost's swimming ability, coupled with these underwater equipment, the flexibility is improved a lot!