After going through the online education of the European King, Ying Zheng and Li Si fully understood that they were staying in Peach Blossom Village to learn the ways of strengthening Qin, not to play around.
As a result, the two of them gave up their intention to have fun and began to study hard.
Of course, the main reason was that Zhao Yun had left a lingering shadow on them.
"Today, I'm bringing you to work at the Munitions Factory, which is a place that specializes in making weapons. I have to warn you in advance that you can only follow the weapons here and don't think about learning them.”
Jian Heng looked even more serious than when he first met the two of them.
"Village Chief Jian Heng, this Peach Blossom Village is located in a secret place. No outsiders will find this place at all. Why do you want to produce weapons?”
This was one thing that puzzled Ying Zheng and Li Si. If it was to protect the village, there was no need to build an arsenal to manufacture weapons.
If he did not understand Jian Heng's character, Ying Zheng would have even suspected that he wanted to rebel.
"Aren't you outsiders?"
Jian Heng's words stunned both Ying Zheng and Li Si. There didn't seem to be anything wrong with his words.
"But we have no ill intentions.”
"You don't mean any harm, but what about the future? If one or two can come in, three or four can naturally come in. You guys are considered honest people, but no one can guarantee that those who come in later will have evil intentions.”
"However, there is no need to specially research such a powerful weapon.”
Previously, Meng Tian had seen the ballistae made by Jian Heng. The ballistae that could make a 180-degree turn and fire continuously could be considered a divine object.
"You guys, do you know the term comprehensive national strength?”
"Comprehensive national strength? Please enlighten me."
Ying Zheng and Li Si had already gotten used to the new terms that came out of Jian Heng's mouth one after another, and they did not intend to think of the answers themselves.
In any case, he couldn't think of a reason no matter how he thought about it, so he just asked.
Jian Heng sighed, then pointed to the stone bench beside the road. He gestured for her to sit down.
And Zhao Yun beside Jian Heng went to prepare tea for the three people very sensibly.
"Let me ask you first. In your understanding, what is considered a strong country?”
This question had left Ying Zheng and Li Si dumbfounded. Didn't they ask why they wanted to build weapons? Why did it involve the prosperity of the country?
"The national treasury is full, and the people are living well?”
Li Si answered tentatively. In his imagination, as long as the national treasury was filled and the lives of the people were better, the country would be strong.
"The army is valiant in battle, and the foreign enemies don't dare to invade?”
This was Ying Zheng's answer, which was a supplement to Li Si's earlier answer. After all, as an emperor, he had to consider more things than Li Si.
This time, Jian Heng did not mock them. Instead, he nodded and replied,"
"Both of you are right, but this is not everything. Whether a country is strong or not mainly depends on the overall strength of a country's land area, social economy, science and technology, military and national defense, internal and external policies, and so on.”
They knew the size of the country, the economy, and the military, but they had never heard of science and technology.
"Village chief, what is this science and technology?”
"The so-called science and technology is science and technology. Science is a field of knowledge that is used to explore the connection between things. For example, why do we die, why do we get sick, how far away the sun and moon are from us, why do things that we throw into the sky fall to the ground.”
"These things still have research value? Life, death, and old age are all human nature. Even if we knew the distance between the sun and the moon, it would be meaningless to us. Why would something thrown into the sky fall to the ground?”
Li Si's answer could be said to represent everyone's point of view in this era.
Even the two scientists of the Spring and Autumn Period, Mo Zi and Lu Ban, focused on practical use. They would not research meaningless things.
"First of all, since you said that it's human nature to be born and die, what's the use of having a doctor? Why do you need to know the distance between the sun and the moon? You should know how far away a place is. And why did they fall at the same speed even though they had fallen to the ground since ancient times? Could we study the relationship between these things so that people could fly in the sky?”
Jian Heng's words had shocked the two ancient natives, Ying Zheng and Li Si, silly. For the first time, they realized that this world was not what they had known.
"But even if you understand all this, it doesn't mean anything to the country's prosperity.”
"How is it meaningless? It's just like the crop harvesting machine that I previously researched. Now, it's only because of technical reasons that it can't be mass-produced. However, if the manufacturing technology really breaks through and can be mass-produced, do you still think that this thing is useless? However, technological breakthroughs could not be separated from the guidance of scientific theories.”
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