The power and rise of the Southeast Asian countries is by no means like that of Goguryeo and Tuyuhun, which only stayed on the surface, or stayed in the past version of their power, in a state of ranking based on the number of people and horses.
Judging by the size of the population and horse herd, this is a simple, good, loyal and responsible attitude, but it is not an ambitious attitude. Such development...
In this era when "social development" not only has breadth, but also has depth due to the development of science and technology, this is irresponsible.
Development without depth is, after all, development that deceives oneself and others.
Yeon Gae So-moon's transformation was precisely because he finally saw this clearly... But as we all know, the driving force of life comes from pain, and the quality of Wang Jing and others' theory of pain may be somewhat different from Yeon Gae So-moon, but in terms of quantity,
That's really not too much to give in. In short, the Southeast Asian countries were affected by the participation of the leader of the Five Surnames Qiwang, a literati group from Fuxin, China...
And what kind of people are Wang Jing and others? They are a magical group who make trouble every day in the Tang Dynasty (but can't do it yet), and serve the country loyally wherever they go abroad. Therefore, they serve as advisers to the leaders of the Southeast Asian countries, and they also
Really captured the point.
Since the Romans came specifically to send aid, of course they had to pick the best and most useful things...
The fertilizer itself had to be transported from Rome to Southeast Asia. This extremely long navigation route was more difficult than transporting the fertilizer from Rome to Tuyuhun and Goguryeo using teams of mules and horses. It can even be said that... Rome was also a unified land power after all, although Rome itself was
The Mediterranean is used as a canal, but the delivery capability on land is not bad, compared to sea transportation.
But this time, because Rome was seriously planning to create some more interesting opponents for Datang, this time, it directly brought the full set of techniques for the fertilizer factory, and even included the complete process of construction and start-up - in layman's terms, that is
A tutorial for fools.
original……
It's not like Wang Jing and others haven't thought about it, the production of chemical fertilizers is also a way to make money, but chemical fertilizers...
I don’t know if it is because of the existence of Goguryeo and Tuyuhun. While Li Tangchaotang builds massive fertilizer factories every year, he also uses various means to control the outflow of relevant talents...
In short, it is said that there is a thick special book in Hangzhou's Shibosi Yamen, as well as imperial officials who are specially sent from Chang'an every year to take turns to manage this matter, and none of them can be lost.
This makes it difficult for Wang Jing and others to cope, because there are no corresponding talents to run something like a factory, which is really difficult... But now that the Romans are helping, this matter will naturally become much simpler.
The Romans came not with two envoys, but with an entire fleet. Although it was said that they suffered a lot of damage... But this is not important to Wang Jing and others. In short, since there is a tutorial for fools, there are also among the Romans
Craftsmen who understand the technology can be said for the construction of this fertilizer factory!
For the Southeast Asian countries, as well as the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes... Such a collective, which has recently suffered heavy military losses from the Tang Empire, is nothing more than the sweet rain after a rain. And it's more than that...
In addition to chemical fertilizers, Wang Jing and others also obtained an important technological point from the Romans——
Eight Li Si collapsed the ballista!
This ballista was used in the battle in Africa, and... in that battle, the Romans failed, and the Tang Empire's strategic eastward expansion achieved a considerable degree of success, and it gained a foothold in southern Africa. And...
Because Africa itself is not a small area, after Rome recovered its strength as quickly as possible, the Tang Empire's garrison had already established its foothold in the southeast corner. Not only did it have an actual strength of 50,000, but also... waiting for the Romans to investigate.
When I arrived, I saw that people had even planted farmland... and it still occupied an egg.
In short, during this battle, the Bali Si Tao Ballista was only known, but it did not actually become famous because of this battle.
However... after arriving at Southeast Bay, Wang Jing and others quickly discovered the power of this thing——
When this thing throws stones or large special crossbows, it can actually exert the same power as an artillery... Although it is still far from a real artillery, it is still no problem to destroy some small ships, and in today's world
In military issues, especially in the field of naval warfare, the "wet canvas anti-arrow method" is widely used. This defensive method is also ineffective against the Bali Sitan ballistae.
However, these are not the main point. The main point is that this ballista is used to project grenades, which is simply convenient.
You can even think that this ghost thing was specially made for throwing grenades!
Although today's Rome has not yet been able to produce artillery as powerful as the Tang Empire, this is the true national treasure of the Tang Empire. But...
Compared with the traditional method of using the physical strength of the arms to throw grenades, this Eight-Li Si-Tan Ballista is much stronger!
The arm of a soldier who is stronger than usual can throw the ball far farther.
In short, the appearance of this thing made Wang Jing and others find a treasure. Although... it did not win the battle between the Tang and Luo empires in southern Africa... But Wang Jing still quietly learned that although the Romans did not win
,but……
The Romans didn't win, but the arrogant ballistae did!
Anyway, in Wang Jing's opinion, this is the situation.
Of course, just because Wang Jing attaches importance to this thing does not mean that everyone does. Wang Jing is respected as the boss by everyone, but he is not a boss.
So the Wang family's children who came to Southeast Diao with them, as well as other Guan Gai elders, such as Mr. Zheng Taishan, couldn't help but ask curiously.
So Brother Wang, what's so good about this thing? It can't beat Li Er's artillery anyway... Isn't this buying a bunch of donkeys, and donkeys are destined to be unable to outrun horses, isn't it?
As for Wang Jing, he said so.
Brother Zheng Shi, you must not underestimate this Bali Si Tao ballistae. Although it cannot defeat the artillery of the Tang army, but...
"Marine merchant?"
Zheng Taishan couldn't help but be startled, "What's the use of being able to fight against maritime merchants? Then Li Er's army can still...can, that..."
Mr. Zheng Taishan did not say this completely, but the meaning was very obvious.
This eight-legged ballistae can't defeat Li Er's artillery. So this thing... can only defeat the maritime merchants, wouldn't it mean that Fela is unbearable?
And what Zheng Taishan said...
Although he didn't finish his words and had a silly look on his face, he still asked the thoughts of others present.
Just as Zheng Taishan said, this ballista has no ability to defeat Li Er's artillery. Then... wouldn't it be Li Er who is the king and hegemon in the South China Sea?
Wang Jing looked around at everyone present and smiled.