Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

This time, Xiao Letian's gift to Prussia was just too heavy, allowing the internal combustion engine to appear in this world fourteen years earlier. Furthermore, he gave it to Prussia, who was extremely advanced in technology, the moment it appeared, it undoubtedly added wings to Prussia's national fortunes.

In the future, many people, especially the Chinese, would complain about the Führer's generosity. They all thought it would be a waste to give away such a huge gift when the Central Plains Alliance had already been formed.

Since Prussia had agreed to develop side by side with the Chinese, why would they send out the key to the Second Industrial Revolution?

Was the Führer a little too generous?

There were even some people in Four Heavenly Kings who objected to this. For example, General Luo Huo, the big general who was born as a bodyguard for the company, watched as Prussian carried away the internal combustion engine and trembled in pain.

When they rode on the private train back to Berlin, Luo Huo muttered to himself to express his discontent.

"Master! I'm a boor, I don't know so many science and technology paths, I can fight... "But I'm not an idiot. You keep saying that technology is the number one productive force, what steam engine changed the world …"

"Then let me ask you, how could such an important internal combustion engine be given to Prussia so easily, when it was the key to a new era that you spoke of? Aren't you being too generous? "

Xiao Letian looked at Luo Huo, then looked at the surrounding group of officials who wanted to say something, but did not dare to.

"What a grand format, what a grand frame of mind!"

"Don't always think that the internal combustion engine is some kind of heaven defying technology. It's as if we, the Chinese people, can lock him up to surpass the luck of the English and French. That's impossible!"

"The dawn of science and technology is born in a certain country. It can indeed give this country a chance to catch up. However, it's not that simple to make technology into true national power!"

"Gunpowder, compass, paper making, movable type printing... This is all our Ancient China's invention, but why are these technologies shining so brilliantly in Europe? "

"The use of gunpowder has spread to Europe, and they have been doing research for hundreds of years, from artillery to rifles. They have been continuously developing for hundreds of years, and now they are looking at China? In the days of Kang Xi, the red cannon was still a copy of the technology of the Portugal, we have even lost the ability to make cannons! "

"The compass became a powerful weapon during the exploration period of the European The Age of Great Navigation. Papermaking and lettering directly promoted the European Renaissance and religious reform!"

"Do you know why Martin Luther was able to create the Protestantism Lutheran? Why he was able to fight against the powerful Church of God?"

"Isn't it because Gutenberg used his printing press to print the Bible for the first time? From then on, the precious collection that the Bible copied from the clergy became something that any ordinary person would have!"

"Because of the increase in productivity, it was possible for ordinary citizens to own a Bible, and then the appearance of the Protestantism broke the old rule of writing Bibles in Latin!"

"It was this series of breakthroughs that gave the common people the opportunity to explain the gospel of God. This is the essence of the religious reform!"

"The so-called religious reform in Europe is basically an attack on the Vatican's power. It has completely destroyed the Vatican's power and spread it out, causing the Church to lose its sense of mystery!"

"When religion can no longer control people's hearts, then there will be the possibility of literature review!"

"Brothers, this series of technological advancements cannot be completed within a few decades. Technology can form a productive force and ultimately form a nation, affecting national destiny. That is the struggle of countless people!"

"Without a century-long subdivision of technology, it's very difficult for it to become the driving force behind national destiny!"

"Just like this internal combustion engine! Although it appears in our hands, it is too primitive and the level of technology inside is too low. Just looking at our little idea would be enough for the scientists of English and French to replicate it! "

"If they wanted to copy our technology, it would be effortless for them. A single photo can leak all the information!"

"How many scientists do they have in reserve? How many chemists are there? Engineer? A mathematician? Physicist? "So many …"

"As long as they pass your machine and smell a little gasoline, they will be able to guess the secret of this machine!"

"Oh you, don't be a miser, don't think that hiding this thing in your room will help you escape the eyes of those people …" Unless you never let this machine see the light of day, you won't be able to hide it at all! "

"You will always remember this sentence, and you will also have to pass it on to the future generations of the Chinese clan!"

"Science and technology can't just remain so, he has to face the challenges from competitors all over the world, and he has to maintain our advantage in this game!"

"This is the first generation of internal combustion engines. We are going to join hands with Prussia and use thousands of scientists to attack it. Then we will have a more mature second generation, then a third generation... "Countless generations of internal combustion engines!"

"What we need to do is make this machine more and more cheap, more and more reliable, and increase its efficiency greatly. In the future, the size of our internal combustion engine will become smaller and smaller, but the power will become bigger and bigger!"

"One hundred horsepower, five hundred horsepower, even a thousand horsepower is possible!"

"One day, we can even load the internal combustion engine onto the hot air balloon, onto the warship, and onto the carriage! Can you imagine that? "

"And to do all of this, we have to work together and interact with each other. There's no other way!"

What Xiao Letian had described caused all the high officials in the carriage to go silent. Luo Huo muttered in disbelief, "Pretend …" On a hot air balloon? You mean the hot air balloon doesn't need to consider the wind direction anymore? "

"I can fly however I want?"

"On a warship? Do you want to burn oil instead of coal? Can you have that much energy? "

Xiao Letian said indifferently, "It's definitely impossible for the first generation prototype to work, but can't the second and third generation machinery do it? Don't underestimate Prussia's industrial prowess! "

Xiao Letian had successfully dispelled all of the misgivings in everyone's hearts, and the subsequent developments had also successfully verified Xiao Letian's judgement.

As expected, technology needed to be communicated. Within three days of the prototype being sent to a secret military factory in Berlin, the excited Central Plains engineers had found the crux of the problem.

"My God! You Chinese have a very serious problem with iron and steel, your desulfurization techniques are completely useless! "

"Do you know why this machine is so big? It's because you guys are afraid of the explosion, so the high temperature and high pressure from the gasoline combustion will also leak out! "

"Because you do not dare to make the steel thinner and smaller, because you do not have the most advanced desulfurization technology, so you are unable to solve the problem of cracks inside the steel!"

"God bless you, fortunately the Führer managed to communicate the technology... Now let's show you how advanced Prussian steelmaking is! "

"Ten days!" We can reduce the prototype to half its original size! "