RNP Chapter 278
Chapter 278
At this moment, Kong Bai was standing on the podium of the virtual demon cave academic report hall, smiling at the 1,023 scientists from all walks of life sitting sparsely under the stage, but he was laughing at himself in his heart and complaining:
"There is only one dragon country in Nuoda, and more than 1,000 people are sitting here!" Fortunately, he lowered the criteria for selecting academicians of the No. 801 Academy of Sciences to the point where he could learn as long as he had expertise, otherwise, today's situation would be even more bleak! "
'Three noes, two noes, and one promise', like a heavenly barrier, has allowed many scholars and experts to draw a clear line with themselves, and they are clearly distinguished!"
"It's okay, the Tao is different, don't conspire against each other!"
"It's hard to walk! It's hard to walk! Divergent road, where is it today? Long winds and breaking waves will sometimes hang directly on the clouds and sails to the sea.
"Let's see what the future holds!"
Kong Bai sorted out his emotions, slowly paced on the stage, and asked with a smile:
"How about it, academicians, does this set of virtual reality smart helmets really make you feel like a 'dream butterfly'?" In the future, no matter where you are, as long as you wear a smart helmet, you can achieve barrier-free communication across time and space, and from now on, in the 801 Academy of Sciences, in the virtual magic cave, scientific research will be given a new form!
Everyone in the audience nodded and praised, and many people turned their heads left and right, whispering to the people around them, one by one, as if they were children who got new toys, showing excitement! After a while, I don't know who took the lead in applauding, and then the venue was filled with enthusiastic applause, mixed with loud applause!
Kong Bai nodded with a smile, waited for the applause to fall, and continued:
"Today is the day of the opening of the online magic cave, according to international practice, as the boss, should I say something..."
Kong Bai thought for a while and said,
"Since it is the Academy of Sciences, let's briefly talk about my views on science!"
"Speaking of science, we have to talk about the history of Western science and the history of Western civilization, because science and civilization are inseparable wholes, so the posture of civilization represents the attitude of science!"
"What is the essence of Western civilization? Why did the rise of modern science take place in the West, and not in other ancient civilizations?
"In the historical context of the long chaos of the Middle Ages, when the entire European continent was mired in the quagmire of a theocratic feudal monarchy, and there were wars between countries, how could it suddenly have the ability to modernize and even the industrial revolution?"
"I read a lot about the history of the Western countries the other day, according to their own words, because the Renaissance in Europe in the 14th to 16th centuries and the Enlightenment in the 17th and 18th centuries created scientific thought and humanist spirit, thus liberating and developing the productive forces! And it was the advanced emerging bourgeoisie of the West that promoted and led all this, and it was they who established an advanced state system that led to all this!
"Oh, I don't know what you guys think, I don't think they got to the point!"
"Everyone is engaged in scientific research, knowing that science is a very money-burning thing, which requires the whole country and society to attach great importance to it, invest a lot of money and manpower, and continue to invest!" Under such accumulation, from abstract scientific theories to practical technologies spread in society, it takes a long time and massive funds to smash into it, in order to promote a technological explosion like the 'industrial revolution'!
"But where do the money and resources come from the small countries and widows of the Western countries?" What motivates them to spend so much money on long periods of time and high investment?
"Let's see what they did during the same period, and maybe we will know the answer!"
"The long-term chaos in medieval Europe made its national strength unsustainable under the continuous consumption of national strength, and in desperation, individual European countries opened the era of great exploration, the initial motivation was actually to find the rich eastern countries in "Marco Polo's Travels" and open up maritime trade routes, on the one hand, because the travelogues made an exaggerated description of the wealth of the East, on the other hand, because the land trade routes were monopolized by the Ottoman Empire, and they launched 8 crusades before and after. None of them opened up the eastern trade routes by land, and their nobles could not curb their love for oriental silk, tea, ceramics at all, and their backward way of life could not get rid of their dependence on spices.
"After the discovery of sea routes in the 15th century, the Portuguese and Dutch invaded the spice production areas, and through unequal exchange, or direct plunder, transported large quantities of spices into the European market for amazing profits. It can be said that the desire of Europeans for spices directly gave birth to geographical discoveries.
"At the same time, during this period, they also discovered the American continent!"
"Compared with the quiet and peaceful and relatively backward American continent at that time, the European army that has been baptized and tempered after thousands of years of continental melee is naturally much more advanced, although they can't fight the Ottoman Empire, but at least they have iron armor and muskets, as well as well-trained Sibanya phalanx, slaughtering Indians who are very primitive even cold weapons, that is extremely sharp!"
"So, after 300 years of slaughter, colonization and plunder, a large amount of gold and silver were continuously plundered by them from the American continent! A little funny is that a large part of the silver was transported to the East by them ship by ship, exchanged for various oriental goods, and shipped back to Europe, so it also directly led to the depreciation of silver during the Ming Dynasty of the Dragon Kingdom, which is the first recorded import inflation caused by excessive trade surplus in human history, and also indirectly led to the collapse of the Ming Dynasty!
"And in this Age of Discovery, which Westerners are proud and proud of, through brutal slaughter and plunder, they achieved nearly three hundred years of primitive capital accumulation, and completed the transformation from feudal society to modern society with gold and silver stained with the blood and tears of Indians, blacks, and Southeast Asian natives!"
"Of course, in the eyes of their historians, this is all the credit of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, and they do not look at the mountain of bones and countless grievances!"
"It's amazing to read their history carefully! In Europe, a place about the size of the Dragon Country, human beings have been fighting non-stop for thousands of years, and the word 'war' is deeply engraved in their genes!
"You see, even in the golden age of their pride, war has not been far from them in the slightest, and the developed countries of the West inspired by the Renaissance and the Enlightenment claim to represent advanced and civilized, but they are still enthusiastic about war and plunder, and they have fought for 500 years in order to compete for land and sea supremacy, for trade routes and colonies!"