C491 Advanced and backward

Having more people and strength seemed like the right thing to say, but was that really the case? No, manpower is great in numbers, but it's also great in terms of internal friction. How can you guarantee that you can think of a group of people together and do things in one direction?

Many people have many thoughts. One person's set of thoughts from east, south, west, and north would cause a great deal of internal friction. Many things lost because of internal friction.

Furthermore, there were also many traitors. There were always people on the ship who wanted to jump the ladder while sitting in the pot, and the chances of encountering such people were much higher than the probability of success.

Therefore, for thousands of years, all of China's dynasties had been under the rule of the world, and they did not take the lead in developing an advanced national and national view. It was not because the Chinese were stupid, but because the ancient Chinese were too smart.

In ancient China, only blood-related clans could maintain the bond of a group of people. They could work together to resist the enemy or invade others together, and thus form a relatively loyal interest group.

The brothers were of one mind, and their sharpness cut the gold. The truth was that simple.

But this social order, which knows only home and no nationality or state, is destined only for agricultural societies, and in industrial societies the idea is destined to become a cancer.

How much would it cost to start the The Age of Great Navigation? To promote the steam engine, how much did it cost to cultivate railway network throughout the country? How much would it cost to send an expedition fleet to colonize the world? How much would it cost to climb an unknown technology tree?

Such a huge amount of funds was not something that could be spent on one family. Even if one family could spend so much money to do such big things, who could guarantee that the other families wouldn't covet it?

In the early stages of The Age of Great Navigation, if one wanted to build a navy, as long as they supplied the materials, it would not be a problem. In the late stage of Industrial Revolution, the first time a sail battleship used up its funds, it was not wood but artillery.

The more money you spend the less you need, the more you need to upgrade your wooden battleships to Iron-armored battleship, then to battleships, submarines, aircraft carriers, and then to develop your Air Force, Armored Forces, and even Manhattan Project.

The more powerful a human was, the higher the stepping stone. In the end, the gap between countries could no longer be calculated by adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.

In the middle of nineteenth century, to be honest, this is really the last chance for the Chinese nation to surpass the strongest people in Europe. If you don't jump on the train that just started up on this trip of the Second Industrial Revolution, you probably won't have another chance in the future.

Xiao Letian knew how urgent the time was and how serious the situation was. He would never forget the humiliating history of his previous life.

What was worse was that at that time, the production capacity of the Chinese military factories was not even enough to fill the gaps between teeth. 90% of the military supplies needed to be imported, and the scenes from the humiliating war were still appearing in Xiao Letian's nightmares.

Look, how can we live without industrialization?

Money, money! Don't look at how Xiao Letian was already as rich as a nation. If he wanted to enjoy it, he could even lead a luxurious life like an emperor. However, this money was still far from enough, because Xiao Letian had a dream of growing strong strong strong countries in his heart. He even wished for China to become the leader of the Second Industrial Revolution.

The newest Iron-armored battleship will be the first to appear in East Asia, okay? The first electric light bulb in the human world was invented by the Chinese, okay? The first tank, the first plane appeared in the world of China, okay?

What a beautiful scene this was, but could it be possible without a vast amount of money? Is it okay to have so many like-minded people gathered together?

What troubled Xiao Letian even more was that with so much money gathered together, how could he prevent his subordinates from harming their private and official affairs? What the heck if they were all embezzled by me?

To put it another way, the prevalence of China's corrupt culture, more or less, has to do with the cultural tradition of home. They only knew that there was a family, but they did not know that there was a country. Then the interests of the family were supreme, and the national interest and national interest could be completely ignored, or it could be carelessly cheated.

"I don't care if your project is vital to the country? I don't care if you are in the interests of the masses. Your nation has been revived and your country is rich and powerful, but what does that have to do with me? Anyway, I'll give this project to my brother-in-law. Anyway, my family's benefits are sacred and inviolable … "Un, I'm really too great. My wife might even drag my sister-in-law to bed tonight. It's not impossible for her to be rewarded with a pair of wings!"

He had seen this kind of thing too many times in Xiao Letian's previous life, and he was very clear that this group of people had their own set of values.

This was because they themselves believed in the world, and their thoughts had always rested on the ancient agricultural society. They even believed that their thinking was correct, because the values of the world had ruled Asia for thousands of years, while nationalism and modern state concepts had only spread for a few hundred years.

Look, they'll use simple words to tell you that we've been around for thousands of years, and we're right, and that one of yours will never work. You're already standing by the river. Why don't you wash your feet?

Look, this is the value of the corrupt. If people did anything in this world, as long as there was a thought to support them, they would be invincible.

Xiao Letian would never give these people a chance, and he was not interested in having the Torture Chamber draw out a large amount of manpower and resources to supervise these people. He did not come to this world to be a good person, it was impossible for him to change everyone, nor did he have the interest to save everyone.

"I am not a savior of mud spirits, other than saving myself, one should not count on others to live for the rest of one's life. Xiao Letian is just a sow of new ideas, if you like what I say, you can believe it. If you don't, you can drop it …"

In Xiao Letian's previous life, he still had a lot of respect for Lord Deng, especially in the few special districts that he set up. Aren't you all against me? Aren't you all very puzzled? Then I'll come up with an experiment. I'll bring a group of people out first. Living examples are always easy to smack in the face.

Time was of the essence, Xiao Letian really did not have the time to convince each and every one of those influential powers. What he could rely on now were the resources available, the new army, the Ryukyu, and the Samoan that no one could imagine.

The new army was established single-handedly by Xiao Letian, he saved the Ryukyu single-handedly, and Xiao Letian had always been instigating new ideas from the beginning till the end, it could be said that he spared no effort to brainwash them, as for those who doubted him, those with low status had long been eliminated, and those with high status like Jin Changsen had also been secretly monitored, they could not ruin their own careers.

The new army and Ryukyu were reliable, but it was surprising for the Japanese Shimadzu Family to join them. However, Xiao Letian had his own plans, for the first time, this nation of Japan was very good at learning from strong people. As long as you submit to them, you could trust their loyalty before they surpassed you.

In addition, the Japanese Shimadzu Family was the first person in history to accept Western knowledge. Before Xiao Letian had even transmigrated, the Shimadzu Family had already purchased three steamboats, and in August 1863, they fought a war with the Sa'ying.

At that time, the Samoan had eighty cannons, three steam boats, and even a research institute in modern industry.

Samoan claimed defeat in this war, but from a military perspective, the two sides should be on par. Don't look at how the Samoan's cannons, research facilities, and steam boats were destroyed, one British battleship was also heavily injured, and two of them were lightly injured. They even lost two Captain s and sixty sailors.

In the end, the result of the peace talks was very fair. It was one thing for the Japanese to pay the British 25,000, but from that point on, the British had a special respect for the Samoan.

If the Qing Dynasty were to know about this end of the war, it would definitely be exaggerated. It would even be touted as a rare victory for the imperial court by the country's Qing Liu. But Japanese was very practical, they would not care about this lack of face, instead, Samoan sank into deep thought.

Why do we also have sharp firearms and end up failing? Even if there was a technological gap between the firearms, how could the Samoan have the advantage of land? Most importantly, during the war, there was a small typhoon that was passing through Deer Island, and this was also the God of Heaven's blessing!

It was also from that war that Samoan and the Shimadzu Family finally understood that the power of the westerner was definitely not only because of the strength of their ships, they must also possess a secret weapon that the Asian did not know about. Perhaps that weapon was something that could not be seen with the naked eye.

From that moment onwards, the Shimadzu Family pushed out their king's camp, because they knew it was unrealistic to create a crowd. No matter how loud the shouts were, the shouts of the cannons would always be louder than your shouts.

The Shimadzu Family was at a loss until they met Xiao Letian. Only then did they get the answer, when Xiao Letian brought along his pitiful new army, and relied on a few righteous slogans to ignite the fighting passion of the one hundred thousand Chinese people. After the warriors of the Shimadzu Family were completely chased out of the Ryukyu.

The Shimadzu Family finally understood one crucial point, the answer they wanted was Xiao Letian. This was also the main reason why Taro Shimadzu and those famous warriors had secretly entered the Ryukyu.

Gong Cheng and Molière never guessed that, before they even came to the Ryukyu, this group of people had already accepted Xiao Letian's nationalist inculcations and understood the secret behind the new nation's victory over these backward countries.

Fortunately, right now, before they were the Minzhiweixin s, the Japanese Islands did not have any advanced nationalism or concept of a nation. If they wanted to add sand to it, now was the best chance.