C2303 The Power of Education (1/2)

From the end of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century, this was the first time that the Industrial Revolution had evolved to an important stage. During this period, all kinds of new technologies flourished like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.

The outsider watched the fun while the expert watched the flow. The explosion of technology was a rare splendor in human history. It didn't happen out of nowhere. It must have been planted decades ago, and then the luck would have taken root and flourished.

Gladstone could not fully understand history, but Xiao Letian could. He was very clear that in the coming decades, that would mean that during the first world war, the position of the world's top technological power would no longer be preserved.

This trend continued all the way to the second world war. After the second world war, the America established the absolute dominance of the global technology center.

Although Britain maintained its title as the world's most powerful nation during the First World War and the Second World War, they had already begun to eat their share. The most productive countries were not him, but Germany and the United States.

The United States had its own unique advantage as a technology powerhouse. Due to its own geographical advantage, the United States had been able to carry out isolated policies for a long time. The long peace and vast lands gave them the time and space to practice internal energy.

Due to the war and the poverty of the immigrants who came to the United States, coupled with the gradual popularization of compulsory education in the country, the United States started to reserve a large number of scientific researchers. That was how they got to stand out in the Second Industrial Revolution.

The world's first practical generator was invented by the German Siemens, and the world's first four-stroke internal combustion engine was also invented by the German Ao Tuo. The Second Industrial Revolution's representative technology, electricity and internal combustion engine were all invented by the German.

Not to mention the fact that Germany had a powerful ability to surpass its peers, many of the technology pioneered in other countries could be upgraded and become more practical in their hands.

It could be said that during the period of the Second Industrial Revolution, Germany and the America were on the same side of the road, while Britain had already fallen to third and fourth place.

This was only around the time of the First World War. Adding in the various black technology that Germany had created before the Second World War, it proved the technology of German Nationality at that time even more.

Rocket technology, nuclear research, jet engines... Even flying discs were said to have been researched. Only the heavens knew if there was anyone in the Black German.

Germany's rise in technology was definitely not a fluke. It was all thanks to religious leader Martin. Lu Li was the one who proposed the concept of compulsory education. At that time, he wanted the entire European people to be able to read the Bible and give back the power of interpretation to the people.

The most terrible part of medieval darkness was the darkness of the hearts of the people, when the Holy See was entirely independent of Catholicism and demanded that the Bible be written in beautiful Latin.

However, Latin was a very ancient language, and only a small part of the scholars and the professional monks of the Pope had mastered it.

This was a denial of the people's right to see the Bible. The people had to pass through the cultivators to hear the voice of God, which strengthened the Church's control over the hearts of the people.

As for Martin. Ludezon, the Protestantism whom Luther had founded, had broken that rule by proposing that the Bible be written in a language that everyone could understand. It could be written in German, in French and in both English and Chinese.

Not only that, but he also advocated the promotion of mechanical printing as well as compulsory education for all, increasing the literacy rate of the people so that every citizen could afford to buy the Bible and read it at home.