"Many people have asked me this, and I dare not say some things myself." Gu Qing whispered.

"Why?" Yan Liben asked.

Looking at Yan Liben's expression, if he didn't give Yan Liben a reply this time, he might have to ask the question to the end. Gu Qing took a sip of tea and said, "I am not sure about some things myself, but I can tell you exactly that there will be no rivals in the Tang Dynasty within hundreds of years."

"I'm still worried." Yan Liben asked.

Gu Qing looked at the blue sky for a day, "It doesn't matter where I come from. My hometown will never pose a threat to the Tang Dynasty. I promise! I swear!"

Hearing this, Yan Liben observed Gu Qing's expression, "I can trust you for now."

"For hundreds of years, no one will master the technology of firearms, but it cannot always be like this." Gu Qingshu whispered: "Yan Dajiang, it is actually not difficult to manufacture firearms. Many weapons with huge lethality can be derived from firearms. This technology cannot always be unique to the Tang Dynasty. It is certain that it will spread, and it is inevitable that it will spread."

"You are right." Yan Liben said.

The manufacturing of firearms was very simple at the beginning, and Yan Liben also saw them. At that time, what Gu Qing made was just a clay jar stuffed with something. Now the process is getting better and better. As long as you know that the structure is not difficult to make, every time the gunpowder is used up, a lot of carbonite and saltpeter will be left behind, and these materials cannot be covered.

Gu Qing also said: "In terms of mastering firearms, the Tang Dynasty wanted to be unique, and to be the only one who could dominate the whole family, it was only necessary to improve the Tang Dynasty's firearms to a very high level, a level that others could not reach. This is what the Tang Dynasty needs to do now."

"Now that Taiping is coming, the manufacturing of firearms is also in the hands of the royal family. I don't know how they are making it now."

"I don't know either, but now it seems that the improvement has been stopped." Gu Qing said, "It's like I want to build cars and iron ships. I unknowingly turn everything I master into industry step by step. I have heard a saying for a long time that science is the primary productive force, and knowledge determines the level of science and technology."

"So you build academy?"

"I didn't think so much at first." Gu Qing shook his head, "But when everything reached a certain scale, I found that my steps could not stop. Even if I didn't do anything now, the steps would still not stop. I admit that the firearm I took out was like opening a Pandora's box. I even regretted it. Gradually, I realized that as long as the Tang Dynasty was strong enough and as long as the surrounding small countries were thrown away from technology, it might be possible to make up for the Pandora's box I opened."

"The use of firearms is inevitable. In the future, there will be more and more firearms, so I am worried that there will be somewhere to use firearms vigorously to surpass the Tang Dynasty in a very short period of time."

“There will be such a place?”

"There will be." Gu Qing continued: "There have been many wars in my hometown, and even the whole world is fighting. During that period, weak countries could only survive with difficulty, and some countries that were originally weak have become strong countries in the world. As long as they have cohesion and leaders who can call on, everyone stands together in the face of major issues. With the national strength of the whole country, a small country can become a strong country in the world within a few years."

Yan Liben listened attentively.

Gu Qing continued: "Didn't the use of firearms in the Tang Dynasty develop rapidly from the beginning to the present day?"

"Soon." Yan Liben nodded.

"There is another word called technological explosion." Gu Qing used tea to draw a circle on the table. "This circle is the world today. The Tang Dynasty is just a corner, and there are many uncivilized places. When a place comes into contact with brand new knowledge and technology, it opens a new door for them. Just like the Tang Dynasty, it will even take less time than us, and catch up in a very short time."

Yan Liben nodded thoughtfully, "What you said is not unreasonable."

"Instead of waiting like this, we should keep improving ourselves." Gu Qing took a sip of tea, "I hope the Tang Dynasty will not always be comfortable. Comfort will make the Tang Dynasty stagnate. If the Tang Dynasty is always self-consistent, it will become an adult again to a child. Time will not stop. Everyone will move forward. When everyone is arrogant, there will always be people working hard behind their backs, and some people will surpass you and stab you hard after they are ruthless."

"If there is such a day, I will blame me, blame me for opening this door. Once the Central Plains shows weakness, then the Central Plains will definitely become the target of slaughtering the whole world."

Yan Liben looked at Gu Qing's eyes, and Gu Qing's eyes were filled with regret and some unconcealable anger, and asked, "Have you ever experienced those?"

"I have never experienced it. My predecessors came out of those painful lessons." Gu Qing whispered.

"I understand everything you said, but who is the opponent under the Tang Dynasty's sweep?"

"My hometown." Gu Qing said to Yan Liben: "It is better to say that my hometown is the enemy of the Tang Dynasty than to say that there is no enemy."

"You didn't say..."

Gu Qing interrupted Yan Liben, "I know that my hometown cannot become an enemy of the Tang Dynasty, but I can treat my hometown as an imaginary enemy. With this imaginary enemy, Li Chengqian will always be worried. Why did Li Shimin keep checking my origin? Because Li Shimin is afraid, he is afraid of my hometown, and he is worried about how powerful my hometown will be. I really don't come from this Central Plains, but you will never find my hometown in your life."

Looking at Gu Qing in a daze, Yan Liben whispered, "Li Shimin once told me that many people in your eyes are filled with pity, and I see this pity in your eyes."

“Is there any?”

Yan Liben stood up again, "Just you said, your hometown is very powerful? I can see some clues from the knowledge you brought to the Tang Dynasty. If there is a country that has mastered firearms a hundred years earlier than the Tang Dynasty, then the firearms used in this country must be extremely lethal. It is easy to destroy the Tang Dynasty today. I will say this because I have watched the changes in the Tang Dynasty's firearms with my own eyes. From the first firearm you made, you can generate firearms of various combat purposes in just a few years."
Chapter completed!