Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Empire on which the Sun Never Sets
Throughout Chinese history, whether in terms of national strength, culture, economy, science and technology, etc., it has been leading the world for almost two or three thousand years, but why has it begun to lag behind since the last feudal dynasty?
The starting point for this is the Great Geographical Discovery.
Since Columbus made several trips to the American continent to make Europeans re-understand the shape and geography of the world, Europeans began to lead China in their understanding of the world.
At that time, China was still in the Ming Dynasty, and a Ming Dynasty man named Wu Chengen wrote a book called "Journey to the West" about gods and demons, at that time, Chinese's cognition of the world was still in the fantasy stage of the round sky, and he did not understand the whole world at all.
And in the next era, there was the first industrial revolution in Europe.
Since the development of industry, Europe, which has been dark for thousands of years, has become a cowhide.
Militarily, they built guns, cannons, ships, and airplanes, and in terms of people's livelihood, they were affected by the improvement of work efficiency by dozens or hundreds of times the efficiency of looting machines, automobiles, and trains.
On the other hand, China was still an agricultural country at that time, and being able to eat and dress was the greatest pursuit of the Chinese, and the British came and wanted to carry out commercial and industrial exchanges with China, but the Qing Dynasty actually stupidly refused to communicate, refused to industrialize, and even came to a closed country, closed the door to play by itself.
At the same time, Japan began to grow stronger because of the Meiji Restoration and the industrialization of Europe.
What happened after that? Presumably, all Chinese who have studied history know that the invasion of agricultural China by industrial Europe and industrial Japan directly created a national humiliation for a hundred years.
Fortunately, in that period of salvation and survival, a large number of people with lofty ideals emerged in China, and the first party to truly speak for the grassroots people. Thanks to their efforts, China has finally come to life.
As an honor student in liberal arts, Ling Chi gritted his teeth with hatred whenever he thought of this history.
But history is history, and you can never change it. Because once history changes, it will cause a series of unpredictable consequences, which is also known as the butterfly effect. It was precisely because of this concept and the lack of necessity that Ling Chi did not think about changing history when he was crossing Xiaoao and Yitian.
Until the Condor World, seeing that there were only a few decades left in the Southern Song Dynasty, Ling Chi had the idea of 'what will happen if history changes', so he tried to change history, but he didn't expect this change to change to the ideal appearance.
In the Condor World, although he has been playing soy sauce for the last ten years, because he handed over the world map and the governing policy of New China's reform and opening up to Zhao Yun before, the Great Song Dynasty has already made great strides in the direction he likes.
After that, because Zhao Yun was getting older, he was afraid that he would not be able to see the situation of the Great Song Dynasty dominating the world, so he asked Sunflower Ancestor to go to Zhongnan Mountain to meet him.
At that time, after careful consideration, Ling Chi gritted his teeth and went to live in the Lin'an Palace for three months, and conducted a devil training for Zhao Yun, allowing him to learn the recipe of longevity fish.
In this way, as long as Zhao Yun does not die by himself, or encounters natural disasters**, he should be able to dominate the world in his lifetime.
At least since he left the Condor World, Zhao Yun has done a good job, when the economy of the entire Great Song Dynasty has developed rapidly, the industry has also reached a certain scale, and the infrastructure construction of the Great Song Dynasty has been done faster and better than any previous dynasty. The people's living standards have also been raised to a higher level.
Although because of the short time, it has not reached the level of his inner expectations, but it is not bad.
At that time, the Great Song Dynasty finally created a powerful musket, and with the power of the musket, the history of cavalry domination of the world also came to an end.
However, although the power of the musket is good, it is of little use against white high-level characters and above. Because the characters above the white level are all martial arts masters with good internal strength, and their reaction speed is more than ten times higher than that of ordinary people. The bullets fired from those muskets were no different from hidden weapons to them. Although it can still kill them, as long as you are prepared in advance, you can completely dodge the past with your body skills.
This can't be helped, the musket made in the early stage of the industry can have the power of a hidden weapon. However, it takes three to five or seven years of cultivation for a master of hidden weapons to become a fire, but a musketeer can kill and injure enemies as long as he learns how to shoot and aim. The most terrifying thing is that muskets can be manufactured in batches, and musketeers can also be manufactured in batches, which is much simpler than people in the martial arts who practice martial arts for ten years.
Before Ling Chi left, the Great Song Dynasty already had 100,000 musketeers, and not only did the Mongols pee on the buttocks, but even the people in the martial arts inside were overwhelmed.
In the past, those people in the martial arts came and went, happy and revengeful, and the government had no way at all, but since the arrests of the local government were equipped with muskets, everything has changed.
When the musket was used on a large scale, the government arrested more than 4,000 people in the martial arts who caused trouble, and killed more than 2,000.
More than 2,000 died in the early days of the musket. At the beginning, those people in the martial arts didn't know the power of muskets, and violent resistance was definitely the first choice.
And then they were GG.
As more and more people in the GG, people in the martial arts were intimidated, and the crime rate dropped significantly.
There is no way, even if you are not killed, you will be forced to go to labor camp for a few years after being caught.
Labor reform is not easy, either go to the quarry to knock stones, or go to the construction site to repair bridges, pave roads and dig rivers, which is miserable. The only consolation is to be able to eat a full meal, but it is only to eat a full meal, and the pickles in the wotou are safe.
According to official statistics, in three years from the first person who has completed the re-education through labor, there are almost 5,000 people in the re-education through labor camp, and only three cases of recidivism have been re-offended.
At that time, seeing the chance of recidivism, Ling Chi was very glad that he had retained the regulations of the 'labor reform'.
That's right, if they commit a crime, they must be reformed through labor, so that those who commit crimes know how 'glorious' it is to be reformed through labor, so that when they try to commit another crime, they will remember the 'happy times' in the labor camp, and the idea of committing a crime will be swept away.
Alas! Such a good way, but modern ......
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Because he saw the changes in the Great Song Dynasty in the Condor World, this time he met Zhao Kuo, who was even better than Zhao Yun in the Condor World, he had the idea of helping the Great Song again, and put it into action tonight.
"Your Majesty, as long as you gather skilled craftsmen from all over the world, unify management, work together, and make every effort to develop the manufacturing industry, and wait until you build powerful muskets, artillery, warships, and even strategic weapons such as airplanes, the whole world will not be able to stop the expansion of my Great Song Dynasty. At that time, as long as the sun shines, it will be the territory of my Great Song Dynasty! ”
Listening to Ling Chi's demonic voice, Zhao Kuo's breathing was short, and his eyes were red.
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