Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

The world was undergoing a drastic change. Those who were conservative ignored this change. Those who were short-sighted could not see any changes. However, the changes were like a full moon tide that surged forward. No human would be able to stop it.

Maybe history played a little joke on them, or maybe powerful civilizations all had their own commonalities. The new British Empire and ancient civilizations of the Chinese Empire gave birth to countless talents, or maybe countless hidden dragons.

And these hidden dragons who were good at change could keenly discover the changes in the world and actively use their active attitude to adapt to these changes, thereby allowing their nation to continue to be rich and strong or overtake by turns.

Just what kind of change had happened in the nineteenth century's world at the end of the world? People at that time might not have felt it, because they were in the process of change and were typical of boiled frogs in warm water.

However, the future generations would be able to obtain an accurate answer through the horizontal and vertical comparison. That was the rise of neo-colonialism.

Interestingly, Xiao Letian and Gladstone threw out the concept of neo-colonialism at almost the same time, because they had discovered the changes in the world.

But in the concrete operation, the two kinds of neocolonialism have very different.

Gladstone's neo-colonialism was more inclined to return to primitive mercantilism, or a kind of isolationism that was more moderate than American isolationism.

Under this ideology, Britain will reduce the external military intervention, even the political and economic intervention is much less, people pay more attention to internal affairs, more attention to their own strength accumulation.

Outsiders strictly compute the proportion of inputs and outputs, and any action must pay off, not waste money and soldiers' lives for the sake of face.

For example, Benjamin and the other colonialist s had always been eyeing Sudan and Ethiopia, because this was the only piece of Europe that had a colonial void.

The rest of the areas were mostly split up by the English and French, if they were to attack the Sudan, then Black Africa would become a colony in Europe, and there would not be a single blank area.

It could be imagined that if the Sudan area was annexed, the glory of this victory would definitely make the British people cheer for half a year. However, in the eyes of Gladstone and the others, such cheers were meaningless.

Because the Sudan was too barren and had no coastline, it belonged to a high and inland country. Its agricultural base was very backward and its industrial base was basically zero.

The neo-colonialists, in fact, strictly followed the ancient Chinese language, although the nation is warlike, they will perish! They knew it was a loss and they would never do it.

In addition, even if it was a profitable business, they were unwilling to use military means to open up such an extreme business. If a simple sentence could be done at the negotiating table, then they would not need to trouble the army.

It could be said that in the past, the traditional colonialist liked the kind of military colonization where they absorbed land, while Gladstone's group preferred to use commercial power to colonize. They would prefer to completely destroy the traditional economic system and replace it with the British commercial system.

In their eyes, making money was the first priority. The theory of investing less effectively and saving resources to manage affairs at home was still very marketable in British society at the time.

On the other hand, Xiao Letian's colonialism was completely different from Britain's. The Chinese colonization plan was actually a colonization policy with culture as the leader.

The Chinese immigrants were all based on the most barren lands in Nanyang, relying on the perseverance of the farming people to build up new industries.

The Chinese know that they have to endure, that they cannot enrage the Western Powers in the initial stages of the expansion of the colonization system, so they could only choose those barbaric lands that you do not want to live in.

If we were to plant the land first, there wouldn't be any threat in farming, right? In any case, there was a huge market like the Great Qing behind the grain business. Although it didn't earn much, it was stable!

Xiao Letian first set about farming to fill his stomach, and then, he would have to rely on the accumulation of the Chinese civilization to forcibly convert the natives. Xiao Letian did not care about religious beliefs, nor about cultural traditions, he only cared about one thing … Chinese and Chinese!

Who cares if you believe in immortals or Tuteng. As long as you write Chinese characters, you can forget about escaping.

China's massive population base and thousands of years of civilization were what the Chinese colonized and expanded. At the beginning, the Chinese did not have to worry about the benefits, as long as they could provide appropriate military protection to the colonies.

The hardworking Chinese are the most famous people in the world. The people at the bottom are like the seeds of weeds, and as long as you scatter them on the wasteland, they will be able to make you a wealthy overseas colony in less than ten years, without any investment or cultivation.

Although this mode of colonization appeared to be slow and the initial harvest was small, it was still a stable one. As long as this mode was operated in a region for a few decades, then the land would not be able to escape.

One model was for profit as its main purpose, while the other model was for civilization as its main purpose. The difference between the two would depend on history.

Under the patient persuasion of a group of Empire's elites, Gordon finally managed to open his mind, and more or less understood Gladstone's policies.

It turned out that his previous misconception of him was this deep. He always thought that Gladstone was a coward and a capitulationist.

But when everyone explained the reason to him, especially after hearing the huge success of the compulsory education in Prussia, Gordon was emotionally moved. Especially the words said by the Secretary General of the Navy, made Gordon feel even more lingering fear.

"We must admit that Prussian has already moved ahead of us in certain aspects of the development of science and technology … "Here, I can divulge some secrets. The imitation of the Chinese Zhiyuan Warship was not successful …"

"We underestimated the industrial strength of Prussia. We really didn't expect them to be able to build such a huge ship, especially that 210-caliber cannon … Our factory has already been destroyed by three of them. Can you imagine such a terrifying scene happening in the empire's factory? "

"It turns out that the compulsory education in Prussia really has stored a lot of talented people. If we don't chase after them, in ten years, there won't even be qualified craftsmen left in our factories!"

"Let go of the door! Use your influence on the Tongzhi Emperor to help the Empire get their hands on the railway... Remember, this railway line can bring you more benefits than the colonial Sudan you have always desired! "

At this point, Gordon had nothing more to say. He gave enough face and on top of Gladstone's chariot, another one of Benjamin's trusted aides had come.