C2479 What a grand setup! Pattern!

"The pattern has to be bigger. If it's bigger, then don't have that kind of sense of a small farmer. All of you are like small families that have never seen the world, thinking you're rich just because you have two pieces of tofu in your pockets?"

"The level of technology between China and the West is hundreds of years different. How can we easily catch up to them in just ten to twenty years?" That's why we must take the initiative to work with them in the early stages. "

"Don't even think about taking advantage of us or suffering a loss. Even if this technology was given to them for free, it would be worth thousands of gold in exchange for the technology exchange between us. In exchange, they would cultivate new technicians for us."

"Without the industrial strength of Germany, do you think we would be able to produce Iron-armored battleship s on our own? Just the processing of the main cannon's barrel is not something we can solve. Until now, we have yet to overcome this technical obstacle. "

"In the end, our overall national strength is still too weak, and in the end, our industrial system has not been established yet. Right now, we are like gamblers, forcefully throwing our limited scientific resources at every point, trying to break through!"

"Every investment is a gamble, luckily we won the bet, but we just won the bet." Every investment was a gamble, luckily we won the gamble, but we won the bet.

"These are two entirely different things, ah! Do you understand? People don't need to gamble, they all have perfect industrial systems, with thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people working in the field. "

"That's why they were able to lay their cards on the table so easily. Many technologies don't need their heads of state to worry about. They can naturally erupt from the people."

"How long can we maintain our superiority in the face of such strength?" Have you thought about that? "

"Even if we have an internal combustion engine, how long can we guarantee this advantage? In the eyes of European researchers, such crude and primitive machines can be easily replicated! "

Rather than letting them copy it for free, we might as well take advantage of their ignorance and merge with it. We can still earn a little bit of favors, and during the process of technology exchange and integration, we can also learn from their rich experience.

"Don't you understand the deal?"

"Well, let's talk about the Persian Gulf oil. "Indeed, only we Chinese know that there is a lot of oil in the Persian Gulf, but you won't be so arrogant as to take all the oil in the Persian Gulf for yourself, right?"

"That is the sphere of influence of the British! The two river basins are currently the domain of the British and the Ottoman Empire, can the Chinese fight with them now? "

"Let's not talk about whether we have that kind of strength, just based on the distance, we have no way of dealing with it. Can our navy break through the Sea of Arabian and go straight to the Persian Gulf? "That's impossible, the army is even more impossible. Without that railway, how could our army have traveled so far?!"

"It's a piece, we can't even eat the fat in our mouths, we just got some news in advance, so we have to drag Germany in, we have to borrow their strength to get a share."

"My brother, you must remember that there are only two countries in the world with the highest technology in railways. One is Prussia, the other is the United States. Don't be superstitious about England and France. Their technology is already behind."

"In the future, after we control the Central Plains, we will need to learn more American and Prussian technology if we want to build a vast railway network!"

"That's why I need to cooperate, that's why I need the Central Asia Railway. We need to cooperate with Germany on half of our family, and the place where the two rivers meet up is on the plains!"

"This plan is too huge, I'm afraid I won't be able to see it for the rest of my life!" But regardless of whether I can see it or not, I have to lay the foundation for this dream! I can't do it, there is also my son, my son can't do it, and there is also my grandson, one day, the Chinese will definitely fulfill this dream! "

"It's a new Silk Road! The new Silk Road! "

Sima Yun was speechless! He was encouraged by his old brothers around him and went to find the leader to open their cards. However, they all thought that this stuffy guy never spoke, and that he must have a lot of strength when he started speaking.

But they never would have thought that even Sima Yun was also at a loss for food at the leader's place!

No one could refute Xiao Letian's logic, especially his words, "how could it be so!" The sarcasm and mockery in his demeanor made the faces of the numerous Chinese officials turn red. When they thought about it carefully, they realized that they really had a low status and had a forehead full of small farmers' consciousness.

At this point, no one dared to question the cooperation plan between the Führer and Germany!

In the next half a month, Xiao Letian's envoy entered a short period of leave, because they did not want to provoke the France and prepare to carry out their original plan to deceive people. William I did not receive Xiao Letian, and the Prussian authorities did not even hold a grand welcoming ceremony.

This contrasts sharply with British enthusiasm.

This was the plan that Xiao Letian and Prime Minister Bismark had made previously. They had to carry out a strategic deception before the war broke out, and without sufficient conditions, they couldn't enrage the France, and couldn't let France fall into a crazed state of preparation for war!

The French Emperor in Paris heard countless good news from various channels in delight!

Xiao Letian had not received Bismark and the king for half a month, and even his good friend Prince Karl did not visit him.

The previous night's meeting was completely confidential. No one knew that they had gathered together on the first day.

Napoleon III truly believed that his threat had worked and he happily expressed, "Take a look! Facing the strong France, Prussian finally knows how to retreat! "

What made Napoleon even more excited was that when Xiao Letian came to Prussia this time, the emperor of the Great Qing, Tongzhi, did not follow him all the way. The British side claimed that the queen did not want to see him leave prematurely, and hoped that the little emperor would stay in Britain for a few more months.

However, anyone with a discerning eye would be able to see the clues. The French intelligence agencies all agreed that Tongzhi not accompanying Xiao Letian to Prussia was the sign of a showdown between master and disciple.

Not only that, but even the Prussian diplomats in Paris had shown more friendliness and humility than usual in their meetings with French officials.

All sorts of signs showed that he was willing to make peace in Prussia. In Napoleon's eyes, as long as he could give up the conditions, the weak Prussia would definitely not dare to challenge him.

Just as France was beginning to relax, another piece of good news came from England in January 1870.