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Xiao Letian's speech at the Brunei Oilfield was known by future generations of scholars as the charging horn for the Chinese army to advance into the Second Industrial Revolution!

This was a type of spirit, a type of fighting spirit that could point the way to the south wall. Chinese industry was indeed not strong, and their numbers and strength were not as good as Europe's!

However, Xiao Letian had this kind of boldness.

Don't you believe in Adams' liberalism in Europe? I'm sorry, but we Chinese do not believe in this. We believe in Keynes's national investment and his expansion of his trade surplus!

But in this day and age, Keynes was not yet born, and Adams' liberalism and noninterference were still in the mainstream!

At this time in Europa, there was almost no government - led scientific and technological breakthroughs. The state was merely investing in military science and technology!

As for the other natural sciences and inventions, they all relied on the free actions of the common people!

A scientist, an engineer, with a flash of inspiration, he came up with some bold ideas, and then invested in himself or in others to turn these ideas into reality!

If he succeeded, then he would apply for a patent and establish a company to make a fortune. If he failed, then he would disappear from the world in obscurity. No one would remember him!

The advantage of this model was that the country did not have to take risks, nor did it have to increase the cost of scientific and technological investment.

The people have a good invention, I will spend more money to purchase it and use it, and not put a lot of money into the research of basic science which is extremely risky!

However, the drawback of this model was that everything depended on the heavens. The invention of scientists depended on their own financial resources, as well as the investment of a number of enlightened merchants and nobles!

This was actually restraining the advancement of technology!

Xiao Letian's plan was much more advanced than Europe's by nearly a hundred years. With the government as the lead, he invested a lot of important funds, and the advantages were obvious.

However, the disadvantages were also very obvious. If this kind of investment failed, the Chinese government would have to take the risk. In the end, all of the Chinese people would suffer a loss!

But right now, Xiao Letian could no longer care about anything else. His own Zhiyuan Warship had already started the prelude to a global naval arms race, and the Second Industrial Revolution was entering a period of rapid growth!

This special period of history, for a people, meant that they were alive! Live! It was the only target, a hard target that could overwhelm everything!

To be able to survive in this special period of time, where the people of this world had their cards reshuffled, was to win!

If he lost his money, he could still earn more. If his people died, he would be beyond redemption!

After leaving the Brunei Oilfield for a period of time, Yuan Chao, Ren Youweimen and all the other members of the research team had made their orders!

At the swearing-master meeting, Yuan Chao and Ren Youweimen said with tears in their eyes, "The leader has pointed out every direction! "All the windows have been punctured!"

"There is no longer any fog in front of our eyes. All that is left is to experiment after experiment. The boring and repetitive experiment gives us the best ratio!"

"If we can't do that, what does the Fiihrer want us to do? Why do the Chinese want us? "

"From today onwards, everyone will have their holidays cancelled, and all the food and drinks will be in the workshop! If we don't get a prototype machine that the leader is satisfied with, we swear we won't leave! "

The Zero Plane's experimental team went all out, and the others did not stay idle either!

Xiao Letian began to carefully inspect the military and civil affairs of the Borneo. rubber garden, tin mine, gold mine, logging field … A railway was laid down one meter away!

Shipyard, shore gun turret, farm... The Borneo, which was eventually to be divided up by Britain, the Netherlands and Japan, had now been completely annexed by the Chinese!

Lan Fang Republic of the Northwest had already joined the alliance, and Ancient Kingdom of Sulu at the east had already agreed on the terms. The further northeast island of Luzon had already been ceded to the Spaniard!

At the moment, the Borneo only had the southernmost Malapra region with a small number of Dutch garrison troops!

However, the good days for the Dutch were coming to an end. Xiao Letian ordered some of the pro-Chinese King of the Land s of the Southern Borneo to submit their protest documents to the Netherlands.

I won't start a war with you. I'll protest first, just don't recognize your right to control my land. I'll sue you first!

Xiao Letian left a foreshadowing for the future of completely annexing the Borneo, which is to instigate your King of the Land to complain, and make everyone in the world know about it!

That way, you can't brag about where you belong in Holland!

It's good to be controversial! There would be conflicts in the future, and if there were conflicts, then there would be Chinese interference!

We are not in a hurry. There is patience. Right now, we are afraid of directly negotiating with you in Holland. Once we reach an agreement, we will not be able to go back on our words even if we want to!

For the sake of Borneo's sovereignty, Xiao Letian had already used many reasons to refuse to come into contact with the Special Envoy of the Netherlands!

"William III's envoy has sent another telegram? "What's the reason this time?"

Xiao Letian stood on top of the Belait's cannon emplacement with a pair of binoculars, he looked at the sea area under the range of the huge cannon, and saw that the merchant ships were all heading towards the different parts of the world with cargo!

"The special envoy of King William III of the Netherlands said he hopes to have lunch with the Führer and talk about the peaceful order of the future Kalimantan Island..."

"Haha …" Go back and tell the Special Envoy of the Netherlands that he wants the order to be discussed with the King of the Land! Stealing their land and killing their citizens, are you not allowed to let them complain? "

Wang Huaiyuan laughed, "That's right... Just last year, Malapra's Dutch garrison captured three ships of the King of the Land, Agarwood! "

"Those are the top-grade heavy spices that are going to be sent to Guangdong for sale, worth two hundred thousand silver taels. Those Earth States s are still waiting for these profits to make their living!"

"In the end, Dutch wanted to do a hegemonic business, so she took out an unwarranted crime to steal the goods. She even killed two of King of the Land's guards in the conflict …"

"Look, look!" This is unreasonable! "We must find the evidence and put it on record. In the future, it will be the material of our lawsuit!"

"Tell them that I'm very busy and don't have time to see them …" Putting down the binoculars, Xiao Letian said to Xiao Hexin: "Borneo's defense is still weaker!"

"The majority of Brunei's oil fields are concentrated along the coast. Our future oil refineries and oil depots won't be built too far away … This is all within the enemy's range of naval gun! "

"Ask Krupp for help! Have them send their best engineers to design a cannon emplacement for the Brunei Area, and then order a batch of cannons … "

"There's no other way. We can't save the money that we should spend!"

Just as the group was discussing amongst themselves, a civilian officer with a black briefcase hastily ran over. "Reporting to the Head of the Guards …" Beijing's secret lightning! "