C2071 The Prime Ministers Prophecy (1/2)

If Xiao Letian heard these words, he would definitely be shocked to the point that his jaw dropped. This was because Benjamin's prediction was not fake, but it was the general direction of the future development of the world.

One must know that in the conflicts and competition between countries, people naturally protected the core technology of their own country. The steam engine was a technology that seemed extremely backward in the 21st century, but in that era, it was truly lofty and sophisticated!

The first time was when the Industrial Revolution was controlled by coal energy and steam engines. This was the core of the industry and, of course, the most advanced technology.

At that time, every country had its own standards for development and each country had its own unique skills. The machines in each country all had their own secrets.

Against this background, Britain would never let these smoking factories move out of the country. These heavily polluting industries were regarded by future generations as the best tools of the country in the eyes of the politicians at the time!

Therefore, the industry could not be moved out. It could only be kept within the territory of the country. Adding on to that, various geopolitical reasons had led to the formation of the colony's current export resources, the output of its products from the industrial country, and then the link between the sea and the sea.

However, technology was destined to slowly spread over time. The 'high technology' that all the powerful beings had sealed would be mastered from one to two countries, then to dozens, or even hundreds of countries.

Once technology was introduced and upgraded at any time, it would not be so easy to seal it off again.

The world that Prussia and the other great powers of Europe were facing was no longer a barbaric era. English and French and other great powers could only share some leftovers after they snatched away the sweetest cream from the cake.

It was better to have leftovers than nothing to eat. As long as they plowed deep into the ground, even the barren colonies could one day create wealth. With this craving, the world's economy was destined to change.

Especially in order to get rid of the British control of the sea lanes and to avoid being controlled by others, many countries would definitely start to set up production bases in distant colonies. They would acquire resources from the colonies and then process them and sell them on the spot, thus saving a lot of maritime transportation costs.

This pattern was adopted by a large number of European and American countries during the Second Industrial Revolution period. Of course, at that time, European and American technology had already entered the era of electrification, and the old industrial systems were no longer top secret.

Originally, British Empire thought that he could use the method of controlling the maritime trading routes to grab the throat of his competitors. However, he never thought that these opponents would actually secretly take advantage of the situation, and thus, the decline of British Empire was inevitable.

Of course, there would be the rise of third world countries after the second world war, and also the explosion of the network industry revolution. But it was indisputable that old technology would slowly spread over time, and the empires that rose from old technology and models would eventually be replaced by new technology and economic models.

This was the inevitable development of human history. Unfortunately, this kind of development took a long time, a few decades, a hundred years, and a mortal's life was only a short fifty to sixty years. Many people were unable to understand this subtle change.

Only the truly wise, or to be exact, the professionals who had the time and energy to study history could have a sudden insight into such minute changes in history. Obviously, Benjamin was such a person.

Today, he decided to place this existence in front of the Crown Prince.