C3273 The lethality of Frankfurt Treaty 3 (1/2)

This group of people originally had very close business dealings with the Chinese. When they heard that Xiao Letian had obtained the compensation of 1.2 billion francs, this group of merchants' eyes turned blue!

”Deepen the relationship! Work closely together! Gentlemen, let us show our sincerity! The leader of the East is rich, he can purchase the latest technology from us! ”

”Stop trying to hide things, stop using third-rate technology to deceive people. After this war in Europe, the Eastern Hua Clan has expanded their horizons, if we do not have any dry goods, then our business will be taken away by the German!”

”And the British, they'll get a piece of it!”

The leaders of the industrial groups were all stirred up. It had to be said that this nineteenth century was after all the early stage of the human Industrial Revolution, and was considered a transition period of the first or second stage of the Industrial Revolution. In this era, the technological barriers of the countries were not that high!

Xiao Letian had experienced the 21st century, of course he knew how serious the technology embargo was for all the countries of that era. No matter which country it was, it was impossible for any of them to give their latest technology to any other people.

In the 21st century, a weak country is a typical country that cannot buy technology even with money!

But in this era, it was different. The Western Powers's blockade of technology was not strict, and the fence door had not been completely closed. This was the best historical opportunity for the Chinese to rise!

As long as Xiao Letian wanted it, he could get the latest technology from the United States, Germany, Britain and even France, the defeated nation.

Why would there be such a special case? He still had to analyze it from the context of that era!

Firstly, at the end of the first Industrial Revolution, the so-called high technology was actually not as complicated as people had imagined. It was simply just a traditional heavy industry like steam engines, military affairs, steel smelting, etc.

Moreover, these heavy industries were not related to chemistry, electricity and other specialties, because at that time, chemistry had just arisen and electricity was still in the laboratory!

Because it was simple, there was no sense in blocking it. It was like the unique designs of Krupp's posthumous steel gun, which had indeed caused a French turn in their direction during the war. However, once the war ended, a few French engineers would be able to dismantle a cannon and figure out what was going on inside!

Thus, after the end of the Franco-Prussian War, France developed a very famous field gun in the history of artillery, which was the French 'Miss 75'.

There was no need to talk about the epoch-making significance of this cannon. Until the Second World War, Miss 75 was an absolutely outstanding cannon and was equipped with a large amount of equipment in China!

It is worth mentioning that the 'Italian cannon' that Li Yunlong spoke of is actually 'Miss 75'.

Since technology was easy to crack, there was no need to block it. Where was Europe and China more advanced?

In fact, cash was in the industrial system! To put it bluntly, even if someone gave you the latest technology, you still wouldn't be able to hide it from them. However, without that basic system, you still wouldn't be able to create it!

The second reason was that at that time Western Powers did not have a management big brother like the United States!

After the end of the cold war, the unique structure of the United States was revealed. The technology blockade was naturally under the supervision of this gangster boss. Only this boss was powerful enough to prevent the countries below from revealing it openly.

But at the end of nineteenth century, British Empire also faced a huge challenge. He had too many opponents, so naturally, these competing nations would not have the same thoughts.

You won't sell it, but you can't stop me from selling it!

A piece of scattered sand could naturally be destroyed one by one!

The third reason was because of the limited transport capacity at that time. The complexity of the geography would determine the difficulty of the circulation of goods!