When they have money, not only the Tang Dynasty wants to expand and develop, but the same is true for other countries, especially the Haiyi countries. Although they are all small countries, they do not prevent them from learning aggressively.

They came to the Tang Dynasty not because they wanted to be the younger brothers of the Tang Dynasty, but because they wanted to go further through the Tang Dynasty.

However, Wu Meiniang believes that sea transportation is not a good thing to surpass land transportation, so she made her own discovery.

"Why do you think that sea transportation surpasses land transportation is not a good thing?" Yunyao asked, wanting to hear the reason for such a judgment.

"Economic, when shipping is more profitable, everyone will do shipping, and then the population, assets and technology will gather in the east. From the perspective of national defense, Haiyi makes money through trade and strengthens through learning, and to a certain extent, they will inevitably threaten the coastline of the Tang Dynasty. This is inevitable, because all the small countries that have become stronger in the northwest of the Tang Dynasty will become enemies of the Tang Dynasty's border. Because they are small in size, the money earned by trade will become less and less sustainable, so they have to launch wars to rob China. In the past, Haiyi did not have any problems.

If there is development, it is naturally impossible to rob. Once it develops, many new enemies will emerge around us. Finally, from a historical perspective, the more convenient it is, the more likely it is to have problems. Therefore, all sages must prevent problems from escalating and are born from euthanasia. When we are greedy for the convenience of shipping, disasters will also occur from it." From three perspectives, the first two are objective angles, presenting facts and reasoning. The latter angle is from the perspective of experience and culture. Although there is no evidence, history tells future generations to die from happiness.

It all makes sense. After the development of Haiyi, it will indeed use the Tang Dynasty as the goal to transfer domestic conflicts. Because they also know that as long as they find the right opportunity, they will make a profit.

There is no eternal relationship between high and low in this world. If there is really a situation, there will be no rituals and music that will collapse. Therefore, after the countries in the Western Regions develop, they will divert contradictions through war, and the countries in the Haiyi will also be like this.

Therefore, the more developed the maritime transportation, the faster the development of the sea countries will be, and it will naturally become a problem at that time.

"But water transportation is cheaper than land transportation, which is the truth since ancient times. Emperor Yang of Sui dug the Grand Canal because it was inconvenient for land transportation and was blocked from north to south." Yun Yao said: "Of course what you said makes sense, have you ever thought about how to reverse it?"

"Since you can build a larger ship, you should also build a larger car, and maybe you can use the machines on the steamboat to the car." Wu Meiniang was very smart and felt that since she could push the oars, she could push the wheels. As long as the car was big enough, she could transport more goods and coordinate the trade between the world.

But what follows is a problem, that is, the road, and it is useless to have big cars but no roads.

"Yes, this is indeed a way of thinking. However, the fundamental problem is that it is impossible to avoid harassment from small countries regardless of land transportation or water transportation. Because small countries are bound by population, area, etc., it will easily develop to bottlenecks, and war will be launched when encountering bottlenecks. According to Zigong, internal worries are strong and external worries are weak. The Tang Dynasty can be said to be the best choice for small countries to transfer domestic conflicts."

"Then destroy their country and kill the chicken to warn the monkey." Wu Meiniang decisively believed that she should use force to destroy them.

"The problem is that if you destroy them, a new force will emerge in those places after a while, and then you will start to make trouble for us. But we spend a lot of troops, but we have done a loss-making business. And if you attack the east side, you can't deter the west side, and if you attack the west side, you can't deter the east side."

Then there is nothing to do. Wu Meiniang wondered if industrial upgrading can solve this problem? It cannot be. Even if a nuclear bomb is created, it will not stop the small country from transferring the inevitable contradictions.

"Please make it clear that land transportation and water transportation will cause problems. So is there a way to maintain long-term stability?" Wu Meiniang asked humbly.

Yun Yao said, "The opposite is the movement of Tao." Tao has been moving, so if you want long-term stability, you have to pay the cost. So she said directly: "There is no way to maintain long-term stability. There is no other way except to continue to improve yourself. I send you information about the Western Regions and Haiyi, mainly to prove one thing, that is, the necessity of national development. By comparing the developed Western Regions with the developing Haiyi, it is also to prove the necessity of our Tang Dynasty's industrial upgrading." Unfortunately, there are not many people who heard it, because many people are already satisfied with the current situation of the Tang Dynasty. Fortunately, Li Shimin is still willing to upgrade the industry.

It turned out that this is the purpose, and this comparison really revealed more problems. The Western Regions have developed, and it is very difficult to go further, so they often fight. The Eastern Yi has not yet developed and is developing, so they are more energetic, but they will definitely start a war when they develop.

Isn’t the same truth in the Central Plains? If it cannot develop, the incidents such as Wang Mang usurping the Han Dynasty and fighting for hegemony in the Three Kingdoms will even lead to a century-old chaos such as the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

"Your Highness is saying." Comparing the East and West can really see the importance of development. The Western Regions have been almost fully developed, so there are more problems than Haiyi.

Although Haiyi is very small, it is still developing, so it is peaceful. Just do business well.

But the Western Regions are still fighting. Before, a Turkic prince from the Western Regions came to hug Li Shimin's thigh, hoping that the Tang Dynasty would send troops to help him restore the country. The Western Regions are very chaotic now, because the more developed the country, the clearer the national borders will be and the more frequent the wars will be.

The Haiyi countries are now small in size and have no borders, so there are no conflicts. With the development, they will definitely have various conflicts and will definitely have to fight.

Since development will fight, it’s good if it doesn’t develop. The problem is that it won’t be possible if it doesn’t develop, because the Tang Dynasty is here. Doing business with the Tang Dynasty is development. If you don’t develop, others will develop, and then others will swallow the undeveloped one by one.

Therefore, the Tang Dynasty is like a machine that spreads inward circulation, constantly emitting advanced light, and wherever it is shined by the light, it will inevitably choose to develop. Because there are many forces in the world, if you don’t develop, others will first take the opportunity to develop if they are not developed. Therefore, all places that are shined must develop, and development will eventually lead to inconvenience and competition, and will inevitably promote the development of various regions like a torrent.

The Tang Dynasty naturally could not stop and had to develop, otherwise the small countries that developed would not be polite. Therefore, the best way to peace is to continue to develop and invert, so that everyone has no ability to start a war, and all resources are used for development, and no penny is left for the war.

So Yunyao said: "Of course there is no need to be pessimistic. As long as the Tang Dynasty develops, it will naturally drive the development of small countries. In this way, they are busy with development and have no energy to start a war with us. Development is like a race. Once someone starts running, others will follow up unknowingly, because he doesn't run and others are running, and he will become more and more backward. The Tang Dynasty wants to be a leader, leading all the small countries around, and no one can stop, and they will run all at that time."

Wu Meiniang's pearly eyes flashed with bright light, and she couldn't help but say, "It's wonderful, this is a soldier who won't fight without fighting. As well, our Tang Dynasty can run even further, but after all, a small country will fall if it's weak and can't run far. We don't have to work hard to drag them down. Industrial upgrading is really a clever plan."
Chapter completed!