Goguryeo is quite an unusual place. If this thing really develops, it will be a serious problem.
This Li Sheng admitted, he really admitted.
After all, in my own memory...
The Tang Dynasty, as one of the top five dynasties with martial virtues in the history of China, had defeated countless foreign countries, but had a long-term confrontation with Goguryeo.
This is equivalent to the confrontation between Athens and Sparta in the Peloponnese. Ordinary countries simply cannot withstand such huge pressure - this is a confrontation with the Tang Dynasty!
If you can confront the Tang Dynasty, you can have a back-and-forth fight with the Tang Dynasty.
With this strength, it can be imagined that Goguryeo was definitely not in vain.
But... But recently, Goguryeo first suffered an investment failure. Its bandit fleet in the South China Sea was smashed to pieces by the Tang Dynasty's iron fist, and then it was beaten again near the border line in the Youyan area.
Whether it is a military defeat or a losing streak, if such a thing happens, how can there be no political turmoil in the country?
Can there be no military crisis?
Fighting requires food.
Defeating a battle consumes a lot of money, because in the later stages you need extra food. After all, no one wants to lose - this is similar to online games. The longer you play, the higher the stickiness, and the more willing you are to recharge...
But in the end, the war failed, so shouldn’t Yeon Gae So-moon take the blame?
Without food relief, Goguryeo would have been a bitter cold place. How many hungry people would have starved to death. Will there be a plague in the next step?
Therefore, military failure is quite terrible, and such a huge empire can really be said to be gone.
In this state, it is obviously impossible for Goguryeo to be as impressive as in history, and it can mobilize huge manpower and material resources to search for oil.
Li Sheng thought for a moment...
"It seems that this direction can only be Rome or the Arab Empire..."
Rome and Arabia are both players on the same level as the Tang Dynasty, and belong to the level of permanent members of the Security Council.
If oil is found in these two places, then in Li Sheng's opinion... I won't say it's serious, but at least it's a little disgusting.
After all, oil is a core strategic resource. If others get it first, wouldn't the industrialization process of Datang be slower than others? This...
This doesn’t seem to be good!
Of course, it is a small probability event that industrialization is slower than others, but this small probability event is quite disgusting.
Li Sheng thought about it, this matter... Orange won't talk about it, it's a trivial matter.
But since it involves oil, I can't just let it go.
After thinking about it, Li Sheng took a breath, shrugged and said, "Well... in this case, I will give you two directions. You should pay more attention to collecting intelligence..."
When Wu Meiniang heard this, she immediately became energetic.
Li Sheng has made arrangements!
No matter what Li Sheng's arrangement is, after all... Li Sheng listened to his report. In the future, if Li Sheng doesn't remember his beauty, he will at least remember his own merit. If he doesn't remember his merit, at least he will remember...
Wu Meiniang was thinking a lot, but then she heard Li Sheng say two completely unfamiliar words.
"Arab Empire... Roman Empire? What is this?"
The dazed expression of Wu Meiniang, an elite, had a subtle cuteness, but Li Sheng didn't care so much and waved his hand, "You don't need to know so much about these two things for the time being, but you have to know that they...well, Rome is called Rome,
The country that used to have envoys with the Han Dynasty is now called Byzantium."
"And this Arabian Empire has another name, called the Kingdom of Great Food."
"Great food country?"
Wu Meiniang's eyes widened slightly. She didn't understand the Arabian Empire that Li Sheng mentioned just now, but she had really heard of the Great Food Country that Li Sheng mentioned!
Hangzhou's maritime trade is prosperous.
The merchants from all over the world come from all over the world. And among these merchants, some of them really come from a place called the "Big Food Country"!
This great food country is said to be in the west.
When talking about the west side of China, the first thing people think of is the Western Regions.
But this big food country is not in the Western Region. It is located further west than the Western Region!
Even what is traditionally called the Western Region is regarded as the east in the Dashi Country.
Of course... the "Europe" and "Rome" that the young master mentioned are even more westward, and that place can be called "Taiwan".
What is Taixi? Mount Tai is the first of the Five Mountains, which means "highest" and "extreme". Since ancient times, emperors have held Zen ceremonies in Mount Tai.
And the meaning of Taixi is the most westward.
The most westerly location, no other, no further west!
But that is too far away for Wu Meiniang...
Since ancient times, the further away from the Central Plains, the more remote the mountains and the scarcity of water resources.
And the West is so far away... can people live in that place?
Just thinking about it makes my scalp numb... But since the young master said so, of course I will do my best to investigate and pay attention first.
If there is really information...hehe, then it will be a great achievement and there will be no dispute.
After Wu Meiniang stepped back, Li Sheng touched his chin and began to think deeply.
This doesn't seem right, because I seem to have missed something.
Arabia, Rome...theoretically there is no problem in these two directions of investigation.
Li Sheng remembered that in his previous life, it was the food merchants who traded with the Song Dynasty and brought back the printing technology that was just born at that time. After that, there was also the legendary century-old translation movement - in fact, the key is not translation, but the spread and popularization of many classics.
The first result of this massive popularization of knowledge books that were traditionally monopolized by the nobility was...
It was the Arab Empire that successfully took advantage of this change and grew stronger.
The final iconic result was that Constantinople fell because the Sultan used artillery!
Of course, printing was also spread to Europe after that. After that... Europe naturally also experienced many changes, but the results were good or bad. Some caused the industrial revolution due to the growth of intellectuals, while others were turbulent.
Get up, press here not to express.
For Li Sheng, the addition of printing to education, and how to operate this effect to best suit the interests of the Tang Dynasty, is a relatively long-term matter and cannot be done overnight.
After all, printing has just begun, and the addition to education has just begun...
Compared with this, Li Sheng was more worried about foreign empires such as the Arab Empire or Rome developing internal combustion engines first.
——If the technology of steam engines spreads, it is not impossible for powerful figures in these countries to follow suit and create internal combustion engines!
Burning dan is the first step in using the power of oil, so Li Sheng is worried about this.
But apart from this, I always felt that I had missed something... At this moment, a guard suddenly came to Li Sheng to report the news.