PNB Chapter 198
Chapter 198
After watching the video, Qi Cheng stood up from the sofa and asked the system to pick someone.
"Wu Qian of the Southern Song Dynasty."
After looking at the system prompts, he found out that this person was a prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty. However, Qi Cheng didn't know him very well and didn't know whether he was a wise minister or not.
"Host, I've noticed you've mentioned Song Ci's contributions to forensic medicine several times, but the Song Dynasty didn't make any other scientific contributions."
All the officials outside the sky curtain raised their heads, especially those who knew something about the dynasties before the Song Dynasty through the sky curtain. Although the Song Dynasty was rich, its military power was very weak.
They are often bullied by foreign races, so what kind of technology can they have?
"The Song Dynasty's military strength was indeed somewhat lackluster, but socially, its development was quite good, with a variety of technologies emerging one after another."
Qi Cheng looked for some information.
"Ancient China has four great inventions, one of which is movable type printing, which originated in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was invented by a man named Bi Sheng. It basically involves carving characters out of clay or other metals, and then combining them together for printing."
"It can be said that the advent of movable type printing made originally expensive books a little cheaper, and also led to the emergence of more books in the Song Dynasty."
After finishing his speech, Qi Cheng found some videos and played them.
Daqin
"Since the Song Dynasty was able to build it, there is no reason why we can't." Qin Shihuang also knew the general situation of some later dynasties, which were very similar to the Qin Dynasty.
There have been some developments in technology, but there is definitely no sense of disconnection with later generations.
Fusu carefully recorded the information on the skylight, and secretly calculated in his mind whether it would be convenient to carve official script on these characters, and how long it would take the Qin Dynasty to produce them.
It doesn’t take long, a simple font can be made in a few days.
big man
If more books could be printed, that would mean that the Song Dynasty would pass down a lot of things. Liu Che was a little tempted, as his Han Dynasty needed such things.
Pass on the spirit of the Han people.
Moreover, with more books, there will definitely be more people reading them, which will also be a challenge for the aristocratic families. He quickly ordered his confidants to do this.
Try not to let the aristocratic families know too much, otherwise something unexpected might happen.
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"When talking about the technology of the Song Dynasty, one person we have to mention is Shen Kuo. He wrote a famous book called Mengxi Bitan, which describes the technology of the past in detail."
"He also introduced a black mineral in the book, which we now call oil. It is now the most important energy source in the world."
“Many wars have been fought over oil.”
Shen Kuo's colleagues looked at him with envy and jealousy. How come this guy became so famous in later generations? Didn't he just write a book? They would write one too when they returned!
Especially his political enemy Su Song, he also wrote a lot of things. I wonder if he would also talk about himself in the future.
Ming Dynasty
Zhu Di asked someone to bring Mengxi Bitan. He wanted to see what was written in it. The Ming Dynasty came after the Song Dynasty, so the technology in it should be available.
"Father, oil must be very important. Look at its distribution above. Our country..." Zhu Gaochi whispered, "I think the south is very suitable."
"Does the court have money?" Zhu Di asked with a smile.
"Colonize it. If the Western barbarians can colonize here, there is no reason why our Ming Dynasty cannot do it." Zhu Gaochi thought that they should occupy it first and talk about it later.
How can I allow others to snore on the side of the couch?
"Haha, that's right. Once I deal with Mongolia, I'll occupy the south."
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"Having said all that, let's talk about some gadgets invented during the Song Dynasty. The first one is the spectacles, which we now call glasses. In the Song Dynasty, lenses were generally made of white crystal, while we usually use glass or resin now."
"Of course, if we study it further, we might be able to build a telescope."
"Then there's some stuff about astronomy. Su Song and Han Gonglian, contemporaries of Shen Kuo, created a water-powered armillary sphere that demonstrated some of the laws governing the movement of celestial bodies."
"Also, Su Song created a large-scale star map based on actual measurements during the Yuanfeng period, which was also an extremely advanced work."
宋朝
Su Song also puffed out his chest in the court. His guess was correct. Since Shen Kuo was mentioned, he must also talk about himself.
The other ministers in the court became even more jealous. "You two have done enough. Tianmu just mentioned a few words. Is it necessary to make such a big deal out of this? I usually dabble in things like this."
It’s just not written down!
When I have time, it will be no problem to surpass both of you.
Qing Dynasty
Emperor Kangxi also learned a lot from the missionaries, but it seemed that he was the only one who understood these things. Among the princes, only the ninth prince understood something.
The others are of average qualifications.
Not to mention the ministers, most of them don’t understand these things. If you ask them to explain a sentence in the Analects, they will be puzzled for a whole day.
I don't really understand these scientific things.
There was a Dai Zi who knew about firearms before. The grass on his grave must be very tall by now.
Should I have forgiven him then?
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"Although the Song Dynasty was not good at foreign wars, its weapons were very advanced. They had infantry armor for individual defense and various crossbows for city defense."
"There are also books like Wubei Tuzhi."
"And he was much more advanced in the use of gunpowder than the late Tang Dynasty. I think the most famous one is the fire lance, which originally used bamboo as the barrel."
"It was stuffed with stones and iron pieces or something. It was the ancestor of later firearms."
Tang Dynasty
Li Shimin slammed the table. In the previous introduction, the Song Dynasty seemed particularly weak and almost every foreign race could bully it.
How could it be defeated by aliens with such advanced technology using muskets? I can't understand why it could be defeated.
"Father, I think technology is important, but the people who use it are also important. The Song Dynasty didn't pay attention to the importance of people, so even if they had high technology, it would be useless."
Li Shimin nodded and continued, "However, technology is also very important. If the Song Dynasty could come up with it, our Tang Dynasty should be able to do it too."
"Use the name of the Eastern Palace to recruit various talents."
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Wu Qian, who asked the question, originally had no expectations. They were now being bullied by the Mongols and didn't know which way was east, south, west or north. They were also bullied by the Liao and Jin before.
When did so much technology emerge?
Shen Kuo and Su Song mentioned above lived during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song. Just by listening to their posthumous titles, you can tell what kind of emperor he was and how such two great men emerged from his time.
"Prime Minister, should we vigorously develop the arquebus? Future generations..."
Wu Qian nodded and decided to give it a try.