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At the end of the 13th year of the Qingli period of the Song Dynasty, a decisive battle broke out between Liao and Jin in the north.
Apart from the Northern Military District stationed in Youyan Road, not many people in the Song Dynasty paid attention to this battle.
Apart from some newspapers in Bianliang briefly mentioning the changes in the situation in the Liao Kingdom, no one paid any attention to it.
It’s not that such a national destruction event has aroused the interest of the people of the Song Dynasty.
Rather, the culture and entertainment of the people of the Song Dynasty are booming, and various performance forms such as opera and storytelling are rapidly becoming popular.
New changes appeared every day, attracting the attention of most people in Bianliang.
Just like in later generations, no matter how chaotic the war is abroad, the people at home live a peaceful life. At most, they will just take a look. Who would pay all their attention to what is happening abroad?
What's more, this is also a trend.
Societies with insufficient material resources tend to lag behind in cultural industries.
It does not refer to poetry and songs, but to folk culture.
People live with no food to eat, and all they think about every day is how to fill their stomachs. Naturally, they don’t consider issues like this.
Therefore, from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Tang Dynasty, folk entertainment was not so developed.
In the past, various forms of performance only had a rudimentary form at most, or even if they appeared, they only served the rich and powerful and were difficult to provide to the common people.
This situation did not change until the Song Dynasty.
The first agricultural revolution in the Song Dynasty saw an explosive increase in grain production and improved productivity. People's lives became slightly more affluent, and they were able to enjoy spiritual nourishment in addition to filling their stomachs.
As a result, culture and art developed rapidly.
A large number of folk entertainment forms have emerged from various theaters and restaurants.
Art forms such as drama, storytelling, and juggling flourished and a hundred schools of thought contended.
This situation is quite similar to the "Double Hundred" policy mentioned in high school history books, which allowed various art forms to flourish.
However, in later times, it was the government that proposed and promoted this policy, while now it is mainly private construction, which the court is pleased to see and highly praises.
Under such circumstances, the construction of material and spiritual civilization forms a virtuous circle.
Because not only are there many people working in the arts and literature who are constantly exploring new art forms, but there are also many people with scientific research and business acumen who are also trying to develop better artistic expression methods.
Perhaps cameras, video cameras, and televisions may appear in the future. As long as people have spiritual needs in this regard, there will definitely be someone who will find a way to satisfy them.
This is the general trend, and it's what Zhao Jun most hopes to see. After all, demand is the only way for technology to develop at the speed of light.
As Professor Wen, Zhao Jun's mentor, once said, war has driven the development of science and technology. But isn't it also the rulers who, out of the needs of war, have vigorously promoted the development of science and technology?
After the Laba Festival in December, Zhao Jun's fleet slowly arrived at the Guangji River wharf outside the city of Bianliang.
A convoy was already waiting for him at the dock.
Since August this year, Zhao Jun has not been in Bianliang, but went to Wuan Iron and Steel Plant first.
Because Cai Zhi said that they had already demonstrated a lot of results in automobile research and development, he went to see it in person and found that the other party had already built a prototype of a car.
And it was not the three-wheeled car similar to the tricycle invented by Karl Benz, but a car with a roof built according to Zhao Jun's instructions.
Except for the simple appearance, the overall framework has been set up, including the cooling system, fuel supply system, ignition device, etc.
Zhao Jun had to admire their execution ability.
Although the most difficult engine in the automotive industry has been completed, other systems are not so simple either.
However, it is a miracle that Cai Zhi and his team managed to polish out a relatively complete car in just nine months.
certainly.
There is still a big difference between a polished car and a mass-produced one.
After inventing the three-wheeled car, Karl Benz, the founder of Mercedes-Benz, quickly established the Mercedes-Benz company.
But it was not until more than ten years later that the commercial car was invented, which saved the Mercedes-Benz company from bankruptcy.
Therefore, even if a prototype has been developed, it is not so easy to mass-produce it.
But it shouldn't be too long.
After all, Karl Benz of later generations fought alone and completed the entire invention of the car by himself.
As the chairman of Wuan Iron and Steel Group, Cai Zhi has a huge steel group as his backing, as well as support from the court and guidance from Zhao Jun.
So with the technical and material conditions, it was possible to quickly accomplish what took Benz decades to accomplish.
This is the benefit of mobilizing the whole nation's efforts. For example, Japan in later generations mobilized the whole nation's efforts and was able to complete the entire industrial accumulation in just a few decades.
After inspecting the Wu'an Iron and Steel Plant and giving Cai Zhi some advice, Zhao Jun left Wu'an without stopping and headed for Dengzhou, Shandong.
He was going there to inspect the newly built Weihai Shipyard.
This was the third large state-owned shipyard in the Song Dynasty. Before industrialization, the shipbuilding industry in the Song Dynasty was well developed, with 26 shipyards in Quanzhou, Qianzhou, Tanzhou and other places.
However, among these places, only Quanzhou is mainly used to build seagoing ships, while the rest of the shipyards mostly build canal ships and domestic river ships. The seagoing ship industry is monopolized by Quanzhou.
After industrialization, the Song Dynasty first built a shipyard in Zhejiang to build large sea-going ships to facilitate trade with Japan and Goryeo.
Soon after, steam engine technology was applied to ships, and the first ironclad ship was born in Zhejiang Shipyard. Liu Yong, the deputy transport envoy of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Road at that time, became a witness.
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