The crowd of commoners across from him slowly moved closer.
Liu Di stood in the middle of the street, watching the figures passing by him with astonishment.
The commoners were rosy-cheeked and strong-bodied, without the slightest trace of famine. The nation was prosperous, and its people were strong.
The saying "powerful Han, flourishing Tang" had not come from nowhere.
More than two thousand years ago, the Han dynasty had been a world power. Its technology had surpassed the West by far!
Papermaking, one of the Four Great Inventions, had originated in the Han dynasty!
The mathematical masterpiece The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art had originated in the Han dynasty!
Beyond addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and the Pythagorean theorem, even the equations and root extraction found in modern advanced mathematics had appeared in The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art!
Yet the Han dynasty had shone brightest in the development of medicine.
Two of history's most famous physicians had both appeared during the Han dynasty: Zhang Zhongjing and the Divine Doctor Hua Tuo!
The Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases, as well as the ancestor of anesthetics, Mafuisan, had appeared in the Han dynasty!
The advancement of medical technology had even directly increased people's average lifespans!
And in astronomy and geography.
There had also been the birth of the great master Zhang Heng. His Seismograph could predict disasters such as earthquakes, a full 1,700 years ahead of the West!
Fragments of history surfaced in Liu Di's mind.
His awe and solemnity were plain to see.
The Han dynasty could be said to have been filled with outstanding figures. Beyond those scientific masters.
There were countless historical luminaries, such as Huo Qubing, the famed general who fought against the Xiongnu.
Looking across history.
There were endless causes and effects.
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