C2297 strident speech (1/2)
Saying that, Xiao Letian suddenly became silent, he slowly sipped the cold red wine, the knife and fork in his hand cut off a small piece of tender beef, but the fork remained in his mouth.
Gladstone was not used to this weird behavior. That's it? Was there nothing after that? You don't seem to have officially answered my question? ”
Xiao Letian laughed bitterly and threw the meat and fork back onto the plate. This was very rude during the dining etiquette, but Gladstone only looked at him and did not say anything.
”Don't tell me that you have not heard me say this clearly? This isn't your style! Good... Since you insist on listening to my ugliness, then don't blame me for having a venomous tongue! ”
After raising his head and drinking the wine in his cup, Xiao Letian wiped his mouth with a napkin, ”Just now, I have already analyzed the key point of Britain's gradually acquiring maritime rights. Actually, it is not only the war with Spain, but also against France.”
”Napoleon can be said to be a once in a while talent, but he's just a genius commander. In the economic battles between the two countries, France has always been at a disadvantage!”
”Like I said before, even Napoleon's soldiers wear military uniforms and buy British goods! ”This is the magic of a market economy. It can even transcend nations and wars …”
”Anyone of the same quality would choose a cheap commodity. This kind of business behavior is not something the government can stop. As long as the UK can always ensure that its own country's productivity is higher than that of other countries, it will guarantee efficiency!”
”In the competition in the market, whoever controls the cost will have the right to speak. The country's strength will naturally rise as a result!”
”But …” At this moment, Xiao Letian's face turned serious, ”But in the last hundred years, the British National Policy has been running erratically!”
”What I just said about increasing the level of science and technology, increasing productivity, and increasing the international competitiveness of our own products all belong to the category of internal energy training. And if a country wants to become strong, that is clearly not enough.”
”After Britain officially became the overlord of the sea, your military forces were sent to the whole world. The colonies were established one by one, and the tiny island nation gradually became the British Empire!”
”Granted, colonies are an integral part of the British economy. Get cheap raw materials from the colonies, then use your efficient factories to process them into goods, then dump them into the colonies. This is the game of shearing wool!”
”I have obtained endless benefits from colonizing Britain. The glory of the British Empire is right in front of me. I am not blind, I can see it clearly!”
”But where is the policy of governing a country fixed? When the wheel of history turns to the breaking point, I ask Britain... Are you ready? ”
”Breakthrough node?” Gladstone asked.
”That's right, human civilization is not a constant. The development of science and technology is always moving forward, especially when the Age of Reason arrives. The basic natural sciences are flourishing, so the explosion of practical science and technology will be accelerated as soon as possible!”
”I had once written about this concept in the Journey to the West. I believe that the industrial civilization brought about by the steam engine can only be considered early stage Industrial Revolution, or perhaps, it's the first time that a Industrial Revolution has …”
”It has been a hundred years and there is not much room for improvement in the steam engine technology. Do you really think that in the future, there won't be any new technology to replace the steam engine technology?”