Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Not only did the Duke of Newcastle not agree with Xiao Letian's pollution theory, he had even insinuated that the Northern Industrial Zones was messing with him, with the key point being the multiple standards of the Industrial Zones.

To be honest, this was really a source of chaos in the Tanggu District, because in the era of early human industrial development, there was a long period of time where people lived close to each other, with various countries developing different industrial standards for various purposes.

Each country kept its technology a secret, and in the course of design and manufacture, the same parts had different names and standards, even the rails had deviations. The most famous was Russia, where the tsar had used the distance between the two segments of his beard as a standard for rails.

Not to mention steel casting and machinery manufacturing, at that time, the country's lifeline was well-prepared and was directly linked to the military industry. The military factories of various countries were all extremely secretive, and any words that could be leaked were meticulously camouflaged.

This era was not like after the Second World War, when different countries began to cooperate and divide up their industries. Each country developed their own national industries according to their own circumstances, and then used trade to make up for their shortcomings. It was only in that era that global industrial unification and standardization could take place.

Each country worshipped the law of the jungle, and each one was a hungry wolf with red eyes. They desperately wanted to tear off some meat from the other party to get fat on themselves. At this time, all countries were pursuing the big industrial system, because only big industrial systems could guarantee the country's security.

To put it bluntly, all strategic goods and resources must be secured, and the industrial products made from these resources should also be able to do their own work. Only in this way would they not be caught in the middle of a war.

This kind of strategic thinking was hard for people in the twenty-first century to understand, because in Xiao Letian's previous life, there was a large number of young people who had never seen war before, who truly believed in the common world and human peace.

However, the international community before the Second World War was completely different. Almost all the powerful individuals were preparing for war, so even if they did not want to instigate a war, they had to be prepared to passively enter it. That sense of crisis was not only present in the hearts of politicians, but was also deeply imprinted in the hearts of ordinary citizens.

For example, under the current severe Prussian relations, Xiao Letian was an undisclosed ally of Prussia, so he could get some highly confidential information.

In those top secret reports, Xiao Letian knew that Krupp's arsenal had made a huge breakthrough. The God of War had cast his fortune on Prussia, but France knew nothing about it.

In the past, when Napoleon swept across Europe, the French artillery had played a crucial role. Napoleon was born as the artillery commander, so his use of the War God could be said to be superb.

At that time, France's cannon technology was definitely the first in Europe.

When the Krupp received the support of the Kaiser, their technology began to develop rapidly. At the moment, the French had no idea that Prussia had already started equipping a large number of long-range, highly accurate and powerful Krupp cannons.

The scales of war had long been tilted!

All in all, the industrial development of the countries of this era, under the premise that they had the same basic principles, was going their separate ways.

Everyone was eager to develop their own unique industrial system. They all wanted their country to be more efficient, more economical, and more technologically advanced so that no one else could steal it.

This has created a great confusion of industrial standards across the globe, and engineers in different countries will have to hone themselves for a while if they want to adapt to other people's systems.

It was just like how humans had to learn foreign languages. At that time, each country's industrial standard was the language used in industrial production. If you wanted to understand, you had to learn it first, of course, on the premise that the other party was willing to teach you.

The standards of the countries were extremely chaotic, but the Northern Industrial Zones that Xiao Letian created was even more so. He did not completely follow the standards of a country, like the United States and Prussia.

On the contrary, there were many different European companies in the Tanggu District. Some of the factories were joint ventures with the Americans, while others were joint ventures with Prussia, the United Kingdom and Italy.

Of course, the United States and Prussia had the largest number of factories.

This is one point of great dissatisfaction for many European engineers, as it is very difficult to match standard factories and it is also difficult to train Chinese workers.

Chaos, there was chaos everywhere. There was once a British engineer who wrote to saying, "If the Northern Industrial Zones were to completely use the English standard and system, then the efficiency would at least double!"

The process of industrialization of the Great Qing was naturally the focus of attention for all the strong warriors in Europe. This was not only related to the security of the country, but also to a huge amount of wealth.

All the advantages and disadvantages of the Special Administrative Region could not escape the British intelligence network. As a high-class noble of Britain, the Duke of Newcastle was naturally familiar with it by heart.

Today, when he heard that Xiao Letian had doubts about the pollution in England, the Duke who did not want to lose out immediately retaliated. On one hand, he had attacked the weakness of the Tanggu District, and on the other hand, he had planted a seed in the heart of the Tongzhi Emperor.

The standard is still to be used by the United Kingdom, you see we British industry is very developed, the world number one ah! If you don't want to learn from the first time, could it be that you want to learn Xiao Letian's Myriad Kingdom Card? This was not the work of a wise man.

Hiding under those beautiful diplomatic words was a competition for profit between countries. Xiao Letian understood that the Duke of Newcastle was trying to belittle him to increase his status in Britain.

National competition was not all military, and business was also a battlefield! The industrialization of China in the future was destined to be a huge cake worth hundreds of billions of silver dollars. Britain could no longer sit still.

After understanding all of this, Xiao Letian smiled faintly: "Myriad Kingdom Card? Chaos? "I don't think so. On the contrary, I want all of my Special Zone to use this kind of universal standard..."

"Nothing else, it's just a hundred years old plan!"

"Hundred years old?" Zai Chun and the Duke asked in shock.

Xiao Letian looked at the land of England, at the grey and misty land, and said with sorrow: "Yes, we cannot do things only with our eyes, we must have a one hundred year plan!"

"On the surface, the Great Qing is missing Steel plant, coke oven, textile factory, chemical factory … However, the root of the problem is still in terms of technology. It's because of the lack of technology that the Great Qing is unable to produce the latest machines! "

"And what does technology rely on? It depends on the person to create it, so the cultivation of talent is the most important! "

"Why would I want to use the standards of a Myriad Nations brand? Why would I want to buy equipment of different models from all over the world? The aim is to enable our Chinese technicians to get more and more contact with different countries' technology to understand different design styles! "

"Only by reading a large number of books can one make a breakthrough! Isn't there a common sense in cultivating industrial talents? "