Wei Ziyu searched his memory, but he still felt that he had never heard this word...
Completely unfamiliar.
This is a real new word!
Realizing this, Wei Ziyu's eyes suddenly widened, then narrowed, his brows began to wrinkle slightly, and his whole person suddenly became serious.
In this era of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the fellow villagers in Youzhou, there were also Lao Li and others, and it was almost Wei Ziyu and Li Sheng who were most familiar with them.
In terms of the number of interactions with Li Sheng, Wei Ziyu is the one who has almost the most. Not to mention anything else, just doing research and development together during the recent period can be said to be getting along day and night.
And... it is precisely because of the understanding and familiarity with Li Sheng.
Wei Ziyu also knew that although there were many new words in Li Sheng's mouth, if he thought about them carefully, he had heard them occasionally before.
But if a completely unfamiliar word pops out of Li Sheng's mouth, it usually means something big is happening!
Of course, Asmin did not have such familiarity and understanding of Li Sheng, but when she saw her mentor's expression... At this moment, Asmin knew that something big was about to happen.
Asmin's expression immediately calmed down, and she put on her most skilled expression of solemnity and skillful removal of indifference. Although she didn't know what it was... but since her mentor valued it so much, Li Sheng's expression directly sighed.
If you get up, you'd better listen attentively - if you don't get "rejected".
You must know Li Sheng...
Although I don't know much, I know that this person's mental knowledge is unfathomable. There are too few things in the world that can make Li Sheng sigh with emotion... Even the things that were mentioned before about the border of the Roman Chen Bing Empire were nothing.
The waves are as calm and terrifying as they are discussing wontons.
And then Li Sheng really broke the bombshell news.
Li Sheng was very familiar with the meaning of arms race.
"The so-called arms race means, as you can see, the Tang Forbidden Army is now strong, firstly, because of these many brave warriors, and secondly, as you know..."
Soon, Li Sheng explained the meaning of "arms race".
And when he finished speaking, Asmin, Wei Ziyu...
I finally understood what kind of big event could make people like Li Sheng sigh with emotion.
"It means...said..."
Wei Ziyu's face was pale, and he instinctively resisted what Li Sheng had just said, trying hard to tell himself that it might not be true, that it might not be like that in the future, and that he didn't need to be nervous, but...
Li Sheng's gaze made her dare not deny this fact!
"So... in the future, the entire Tang Dynasty will invest all the national resources and invest every effort in science and technology? This..."
Wei Ziyu felt that this was too outrageous.
That’s right!
As Li Sheng's first direct disciple, he can also be regarded as a technological pioneer of the Tang Dynasty.
If Datang really invests all the national resources in science and technology in the future, then... its own status will inevitably rise...
No, even the rising tide lifts all boats. It can only be described as soaring into the sky!
But perhaps because he had an extraordinary background and was born into the family of a prince, this prospect did not arouse Wei Ziyu's excitement and yearning at all.
She just felt scared!
Because... the speed of technology outflow, if it is really like what Li Sheng said.
That is not a grand occasion of the whole country engaging in science and technology and making great progress in civilization, but... once the Tang Dynasty gets carried away and falls behind in this "arms race", the future and destiny of the entire country will most likely be ruined——
And this kind of funeral is even more cruel than the great chaos in the late Qin and late Han Dynasty, because it is killing each other after all - in the end, the only ones left will still be our own people.
But once this "arms race" fails...
"Don't we, the Tang Dynasty, want to... exterminate the entire species?"
Wei Ziyu quickly understood the meaning behind the "competition" Li Sheng said!
I also understood what Li Sheng’s sighing expression meant...
Faced with Wei Ziyu's horrified look, Li Sheng didn't say anything more. He just looked leisurely at the heavy snowfall outside the wine shop, and leisurely sipped his glass...
For Li Sheng, there is really nothing to repeat about this kind of thing, and he doesn't even want to talk about it.
People in this era are not familiar with it, but Li Sheng is too familiar with this kind of struggle - if it weren't for several big bosses Gu Quan Dayi returning to China to bring the project and completing the famous "Miss Qiu" experiment, today...
It is extremely likely that today there will be no time-travelers at all, let alone anything that changes the times.
But some things can be changed, and some things never change...
"That's right. After all... there has never been a world of great strife." Li Sheng said with a faint smile, "This world has always been... full of strife. It has never stopped."
Today’s wontons were a bit unpleasant to eat.
Wei Ziyu was under great pressure, but Li Sheng stopped pretending and gave her some relief. He also told her that although she would face pressure in this area in the future, "scientific and technological progress requires the efforts of the entire country" and it was not that scary.
The reason is simple, trade!
Not only can science and technology contribute to the country, but also...it can also make students who study hard make money. After all, things with higher technological content are more valuable, and even if most students are not so enlightened, they are just doing it to make money.
Tang's technological progress won't be too slow either.
but……
Wei Ziyu breathed a sigh of relief, but Asmin, who was weakly listening on the side, couldn't bear it.
Damn it... The Tang Empire opened up trade routes, which allowed merchants and talents to advance in technology while making money, and invisibly serve the country, but... but what about Persia?
What trade routes does Persia currently have...
Asmin summarized it briefly and discovered that there seemed to be only one or two nobles in the country with sea ships, and the number of trades was even less.
Of course, the number has increased for some reason in recent years, and it was even a bit prosperous until I left Persia... because it is said that many bandits that my father failed to exterminate for a long time have also switched to sea trade.
But... can the progress of this small water pipe be compared with the big river of the Tang Empire? I'm afraid it's a bit...
Moreover, in Persia, only he, Shanak, and a few guards are studying science and technology, but they don’t know how they are doing. As for the junior high school... there are not many people who have passed the Geometry Elements from Europa.
This... is so hard to bear!
When Asmin thought about Li Sheng's mention, Rome might have started cultivating its own scientific and technological talents...perhaps even for a while.
And Persia hasn't even started yet...
This pressure is really... sour!
But Asmin also knew that it was useless no matter how nervous she was now.
The most urgent thing...
That night, Asmin tossed and turned all night long, and finally came to a major conclusion.
The top priority for Persia is indeed to cling to the empire...