Although it has been a big deal for a long time, even since the beginning of contact between China and the Romans, but then again, it is not that big. As for the reason,
First, the Romans were far away, in places like Europe.
With such a vast distance, even if you tell the Chinese people that those places are very important, but where can they go? Anyway, the Romans are not Romans, and they will not come to China to delay the people, such as cooking and washing.
Clothes and stuff.
Secondly, this is because the Romans are not only far away, but the national power of the Tang Dynasty has been developing and it can be said to be prosperous.
With such a healthy situation, it is really difficult to make people worry.
but.
However, there have been some changes in the recent situation. The pace of China's external development has rarely slowed down. In particular, a landmark event has occurred, that is, the imperial court has officially announced that it will reduce the budget for external development and slow down the pace of development.
In this way, even ordinary people who originally didn't care much about things began to learn that the situation had changed.
Gradually, of course, many details of the imperial court's foreign development activities also became known. Originally, the people of China also knew that the imperial court intended to open up the Americas and Australia. Since the European continent was unable to make plans, these two directions were the top priority.
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Although the imperial court has such major external actions, the people are actually not that worried about these things. At least compared to the grandeur of the development undertakings of these two groups, the people's attention to them is almost non-existent.
But it has been different recently. The imperial court's development career has also shown sluggishness. Now, many things have begun to be discussed, and there are even signs of a blow-up.
There are also more association activities among the people, and there is a faint feeling that people's hearts are floating in the world.
When Wu Meiniang talked about this, her face couldn't help but become a little serious.
However, immediately after, Wei Ziyu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then waved his hand,
"This is nothing more than a trivial matter. It's not always smooth sailing for the common people in running their families, let alone the game between the imperial court and Rome?"
"It's just a turmoil, why should we underestimate the Tang Dynasty? It will be resolved sooner or later."
After saying that, Wei Ziyu waved his hand, indicating that Wu Meiniang was worried unnecessarily.
When Wei Ziyu said this, Wu Meiniang was startled, thinking that it might not be that simple. The improvement of the Tang Dynasty's national power seemed to have reached a bottleneck, at least for now, it seemed like this. In this situation, it would be difficult to compete with the Romans.
In a battle of wits and courage, the pressure is really not something that can be easily resolved.
However, although he was a little worried in his heart, Wei Ziyu continued with a smile and said, "Sister, think about this. If we are in a different place, we are the subjects of Rome. Our opponent, Tang State, is extremely powerful and has continuous offensives."
"Suddenly, the momentum is suspended. This does have some benefits. How can we feel at ease?"
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Wu Meiniang was startled, and looked at Wei Ziyu with a somewhat surprised look. It looked like this was really the case?
After all, the meaning of Wei Ziyu's words is very clear. Although the current situation is not a good thing, if we put ourselves in the shoes of the Romans, it is not optimistic either.
It can even be said that the situation has not changed much. After all, it is still full of crises. After all, in the final analysis, Li Tang's national power is still there, and it is indeed impossible for the Romans to rest assured - and in turn it can be shown that the great
Tang's current situation cannot be said to be bad.
However, although her heart gradually became peaceful, Wu Meiniang still felt that there was not enough peace. After all, she no longer worked for the West Lake Industrial Zone, and she was not involved in many things in Datang.
The good or bad direction of something that you cannot participate in is very important, which makes people feel insecure.
But when I think about it, I am following Li Sheng and accompanying Li Sheng's thigh. Thinking about it carefully, there may be no one safer than myself in the world. Maybe even His Majesty is not as safe as here.
Thinking like this, all the thoughts in Wu Meiniang's mind gradually settled down and she no longer had too many worries. However, this time, Wu Meiniang quickly remembered something important.
Recently, in addition to exercising and keeping in good health, Li Sheng also took care of Sister Wei. The main thing he was busy with was compiling a book. Li Sheng did not keep this thing secret. When Wu Meiniang asked about it, Li Sheng directly admitted that it was for iron smelting.
The art of.
Iron smelting, Wu Meiniang was still quite surprised by this when it first started - iron smelting? Hasn't the young master done this before?
There are iron-making blast furnaces everywhere in the Tang Dynasty. This method of making iron in blast furnaces was not only researched and popularized by the young master, but it has brought countless benefits to the whole of China.
First of all, the Imperial Army of the Tang Dynasty. The quality of their armor and weapons has improved a lot. In addition, the efficiency improvement of farm tools made of iron smelted in blast furnaces is absolutely well-known throughout the Tang Dynasty.
It was not only well-known in the Tang Dynasty, but now even farmers in Rome pay attention to farm tools made of "good iron".
Old-fashioned farm tools made of iron are basically useless in the eyes of farmers with better conditions.
result.
After the advent of blast furnace ironmaking, which has already become popular, it seems very strange that Li Sheng has started to study iron materials and iron tools, as well as ironmaking technology, and iron ore, long after it became popular.
Especially, for ordinary people, the things His Royal Highness the Holy King studies are of course, without exception, all of them are beneficial to everyone and are important enough.
But for Wu Meiniang, a close confidant of Li Sheng, this is a bit magical. Thinking about it, it feels a bit incredible.
So naturally Wu Meiniang asked Li Sheng about this matter, but Li Sheng explained it very straightforwardly and quickly.
In other words, although Datang now has blast furnaces for steelmaking, the quality of the steel produced by the same blast furnaces is also different.
Li Sheng's statement was not beyond Wu Meiniang's expectation, because of the situation here.
Li Sheng didn't need to tell him, he had heard of it himself.
In China's private consumer market, or in the commercial field involving steel, these terms have always been used. In the past two years, there have even been expressions such as "A iron" and "B iron" to distinguish the quality of iron materials.
There are different levels. And the quality of iron materials has different levels.
This was a very normal thing in China in the past, and there was no such thing as A or B.