Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

It was impossible to describe how Prince Karl and Bismark were feeling at this moment. He was shocked by Xiao Letian's bold and presumptuous prediction!

Xiao Letian was like a demon as he opened Pandora's box, using all of the Monarch Generals' deepest desires to stir up the emotions of Prince Karl and Bismark.

The second big technological explosion triggered the Second Industrial Revolution, which allowed the country to pass the curve in order to reach the front of Britain. This was simply a dream come true for any statesman!

The Prime Minister Iron-Blood Bismarck, who was known for being calm and collected all along, was also in a mess at this moment. He drank two cups of strong alcohol in succession, and took a deep breath to suppress his restless mood.

"Xiao Letian... "The surprises you've given me today are really too many, but right now, I can't answer your questions. I need time, I need time to think …"

Prince Karl grabbed his own scalp and shouted. "I need evidence, we can't say that oil is a strategic resource, it's a strategic resource. We can't let you casually say that it's an internal combustion engine!

Xiao Letian shrugged his shoulders, "I can! Do you want evidence? "Very well, I can give you the evidence!"

"According to the latest telegram, last month at Ryukyu's Hua Clan Industrial University, I have already produced an experimental machine, an internal combustion engine that could burn oil. Although he is still not mature yet, although he still has a lot of flaws, my research team has sent me the best news!"

"This gigantic machine has been running continuously for 48 hours, and only stopped three times during the process. The power output is very, very stable …"

"My God! Is that true? You actually came up with such a machine? "

Bismark also could not sit still any longer. He stood up, walked in front of Xiao Letian and grabbed her shoulders tightly: "I need a blueprint, can you let me take a look at it?"

"Oh!" My old friend, you're hurting me! "It's actually not difficult to obtain the blueprints. As long as the two of us sign an official alliance agreement before the Franco-Prussian War, the scientific exchange between the two parties will naturally continue …"

"Don't look at me like that, my Prime Minister. If the Chinese want to participate in this war, then they must have a word of truth. If there is no alliance between us, then once the war breaks out, then how can I, two thousand soldiers, reasonably set foot on French territory?"

At this time, Prince Karl suddenly laughed, "My dear Xiao! You are a profiteer. Is your alliance going to contain the conditions for the sharing of technology? How much technology do you want to trade for? "

"Hahaha, my dear Karl, don't say that. There is no one who is at a disadvantage in the science and technology exchange, only by relying on the technology exchange can humans produce a result of 1 + 1 > 2!"

"I told Prime Minister Bismark that this world is very big. There are too many empty spots in the east and west that are worth expanding to. There is no conflict between us."

"It can be said that in the coming hundred years, Germany will seek to rule over the continental Europe, and make a suitable colony expansion! And what we Chinese seek now is only to be able to dominate in Asia! "

"But this kind of goal requires a very long period of time, and requires us to struggle for it with our entire lives! Perhaps when this goal was achieved, we would all no longer be here, and only our children and grandchildren would be able to see such a prosperous world! "

"So we don't have to worry about anything at all. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps in the next 200 years, there will be conflicts between Germany and the Chinese. But that will be a very distant matter in the future. Those conflicts can only be resolved by future generations."

"And now, our interests are inextricably linked. We will suffer losses at every cost, and we will prosper at the same time!" "What do you think?"

Prime Minister Bismark nodded his head, "I admit, you have a sharp tongue that even the devils cannot refute! "However, an alliance isn't something that I can decide alone. I must report this to our king …"

"In addition, we must see for ourselves that machine of yours, and we scientists in Germany are going to carry out a test. If it really has the epoch-making meaning that you speak of, then I think it is possible for us to cooperate fully!"

Xiao Letian nodded, "Alright! Now, I can send a telegram to the Ryukyu to ship this machine away, and in two months, everyone at the pier of the hamburger will be able to see this epoch-making machine! "

"Before the war, I hope that our alliance will be implemented on black and white!"

Tonight, the amount of information Xiao Letian had revealed was simply too, far too great. Prince and Bismark were no longer in the mood to drink, and after exchanging simple words, the two of them borrowed the darkness of the night to leave the hamburger.

Right after sending off the prince and the prime minister, Xiao Letian watched as their guards disappeared into the night. Then, like a ghost, Sima Yun sneaked up beside Xiao Letian and said, "Is it really okay to tell so many secrets to Prussia?"

"What's wrong? Do you think we're at a disadvantage? " Xiao Letian turned his head and asked.

Sima Yun pursed his lips: "Don't tell me we took advantage of her?"

"I'm afraid that it's not what you, Sima Yun, is thinking, if such a stupid person like you could ask such a question, I'm afraid that there are many people below us who are already so anxious!"

Sima Yun had always been slow, he smiled and said, "The internal combustion engine is a secret weapon that we developed with great investment. Führer, you have also talked more than once about how important this machine is to the progress of the human era. Is it really okay to give it to Prussia for free?"

Also, there is the oil plan for the Middle East. Right now, only us Chinese know that there is a huge oil field hidden in the Middle East, and now that we are secretly sharing it with Prussia, even though it is our own exclusive bowl of rice, we have to give half of it to someone else.

Xiao Letian patted Sima Yun's shoulder, "Don't think like that! Pattern... You have to know what the pattern is, don't you? You guys better not be too small! "

"You've heard my lectures countless times, so you should know that I've repeated two concepts. One is the industrial system, and the second is the comprehensive national power …"

"The strength of a country cannot be achieved by relying on just one or two technological breakthroughs. Now that the Chinese have the first internal combustion engine, can they really dominate the entire world?" No, if we want our internal combustion engine to become a reality, we still need to borrow the power of the German to do that. "

"For example, a very simple smelting technique for steel, a very simple mechanical processing technique, there are many ways, many experiences, many tricks, they are all known by the German, and we do not know them."

"The parts on the internal combustion engine, if we make them ourselves, we can probably only use them 100 thousand times. If we let the German make them, we can probably use them a million times.

"The composition of an internal combustion engine requires hundreds, if not thousands of components, each of which is divided equally before a perfect machine can appear!"

"We only have one idea for the right direction, but to make this internal combustion engine perfect is not something we can do with our current little strength."

"We can make this internal combustion engine work in the laboratory, but can we make it completely mass-produced? So that he can continue to work well in the most brutal environment of wind, frost, rain, and snow? "

"Do you know how many disciplines, how many engineers, and how many scientists work together to achieve this goal?"

"With our weak family background and the shortage of talents, can we really play with such a plan?"

"At the end of the day, this is just us exchanging one big technology for hundreds of small technology in Prussia. Although this transaction looks like we are at a disadvantage, in fact, if we carefully calculate it, we are not at a disadvantage at all!"