李瑶将剑收了回去，龙国的文物总有种神奇的魔力，李瑶看着这剑，有种莫名其妙的骄傲和开心，这可是老祖宗的东西啊，虽然这里不是地球，但两世都为龙国人，让李瑶最基本的那点爱国情是没变的。
Li Yao couldn't help but sigh. To have such exquisite casting techniques in that era, one can only imagine what it would have been like if these techniques had not been plundered and tortured, and if they had been passed down.
Most people may only see the corruption of the late Qing Dynasty and the development of foreign industry from movies, TV series and novels, but forget the other side. The development of industry is inseparable from minerals, gold and silver and weapons. So where did the advanced forging and artillery technology of the Ming Dynasty go? Although the Qing Dynasty was corrupt, it still resisted the invasion of Western powers for a while. The invasion was not completed in one or two years, but intermittently for half a century.
So what happened to the skills passed down in the Dragon Kingdom over the past half-century? What happened to the gold and silver mines on the Dragon Kingdom's land? What happened to the Dragon Kingdom's artisans and craftsmen?
Do you think the Western invasion was only because China was backward? No, it was because of China's wealth and advancement in certain aspects. Industry and the bourgeoisie naturally led to the rampant burning of resources. China was an agrarian society at the time, without industrial pollution, many mineral resources were not developed and utilized, and there was a large number of able-bodied young laborers, advanced craftsmanship and a large amount of gold and silver.
They don't need to spend time and effort on research and experimentation; they can simply steal ready-made formulas from China for porcelain, silk, embroidery, skincare products, wine, food, and so on. They can then set up factories back home and sell the products back to China to reap the profits.
Any creation is difficult to discover and verify, but the Western powers accomplished this part through plunder. They only needed to use the existing formulas and theories, and then use their own knowledge system to summarize the conclusions that they could accept more, and then they could monetize them.
For example, when toothpaste and soap are mentioned, people often think that Western science and chemistry have changed our lives. Some novels also believe that soap is a powerful weapon when you travel to ancient times. In fact, people who don't know much about it may not know that ancient bathing products were made by grinding pig pancreas into a paste, mixing it with bean flour, spices, etc., and then drying it naturally to make block-shaped products.
This type of bath powder, popular during the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties, was an aristocratic version with various added fragrances. Its formula was almost identical to today's soaps, differing only in the production process. One used extracted reagents for mixing, while the other involved steaming, boiling, and drying.
It's easy to imagine that China's wealth and craftsmanship accumulated over thousands of years were a tempting prize for Western powers. This situation remains true even today.
The concept of green mountains and clear waters emphasized by China and the harmonious society of China, compared with foreign countries where guns are everywhere and robberies are common, China is still a piece of fat meat. Foreign countries are full of people who cannot afford to live in houses. Their resources and wealth are being consumed in large quantities. If one day they suddenly discover that there is still a large area of land that is harmonious and stable, rich in resources, hospitable, and cheap, then everyone will be tempted to take it for themselves.
The difference lies only in whether or not one can seize it, never in whether or not one wants to seize it.
In her past life, Li Yao was a 35-year-old office worker whose most cherished principle was not to drain herself internally. If one had to drive someone crazy, then drive someone else crazy. Love yourself; everything and everyone else comes after loving yourself.
Li Yao still adheres to this principle in this life. Since the international law is that the strong prey on the weak, then now that she is strong and the strongest on earth, everyone else can be her prey.
Some people say you shouldn't become the kind of person you hate, but Li Yao believes that when the premise is strength versus weakness, you must become the kind of person you hate and surpass them.
Li Yao's thoughts gradually returned, and she began to rub her hands together, sharpening her knife as if to pounce on pigs and sheep—no, on the flags.
There are 35,000 museums in the Flags, with about 100 in New York alone. Li Yao collected museums mainly for the treasures of her ancestors, which, in a martial arts novel, would be treasures scattered all over the world. So Li Yao had the system filter them.
"6834, after filtering out modern artworks, we mainly selected museums with Dragon Kingdom artifacts, as well as some museums of historical significance to the West, and the treasure vaults of several super conglomerates of the Flag and Stripe Kingdom," Li Yao said to the system.
[Okay, host, we will mainly filter out the addresses that meet the following criteria]
Upon hearing this, Li Yao opened the system panel and saw the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the map. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the largest museum in the Banner Nation, with a collection of approximately 3 million items, including ancient Greek and Roman art, ancient Egyptian art, paintings and sculptures by European masters, modern art from the Banner Nation, as well as art from Africa, Asia, Oceania, Byzantium, India, and Islam. The Metropolitan Museum also has a rich collection of musical instruments, costumes, and ancient weapons and armor from around the world.
The National Museum of Asian Art is one of the world's most comprehensive museums of Asian art, with a collection of over 100,000 works of art dating from over 4,000 BC to the present day.
ZJG Art Museum: ZJG Art Museum is one of the oldest museums in the State of the Banners, with a collection of over 300,000 works. It is renowned for its large collection of Impressionist works and State of the Banners art, including works by Monet, Van Gogh, Edward Hopper, Grant Wood, and others.
The National Gallery of Art (HSD): The National Gallery consists of two buildings, east and west. The west building primarily houses important paintings and sculptures from the European Middle Ages to the 19th century, including the only Leonardo da Vinci work in the entire banner collection. The east building mainly houses modern art, including works by Picasso, Andy Warhol, and others.
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