Xiao Letian had laughed enough, and Gladstone was also furious. The negotiation had become extremely weird and nondescript, and the entire negotiation rhythm was completely controlled by Xiao Letian.
Originally, this kind of favorable, polite and courteous negotiation should have been smooth sailing, but Xiao Letian's cynicism completely derailed it. Everything he said was obviously correct, and the eavesdroppers secretly admired it. Bonus points for Gladstone’s policy.
What a great situation. Xiao Letian had already established a good impression in their hearts, but his cynicism messed up the situation.
The little admiration just now wiped away Xiao Letian's ridicule. Some people even wanted to get angry on the spot, and many people decided to find ways to deal with this arrogant Chinese later.
The little Chinese leaders dare to laugh at the elites of the empire on which the sun never sets? There is something wrong with your brain. If you don’t have a chance to remember something, we are not worthy of being called the Empire on which the sun never sets!
But no one knows what Xiao Letian is thinking. Xiao Letian is not a fool. Of course he knows how proud these British people are and how fierce their madness is!
It's not that Xiao Letian doesn't know how to pretend to be submissive. If the situation is urgent, he will also pretend to be a grandson. But he can't because he knows that he wants to get more than ten years of peaceful development opportunities from the British in the future. Being submissive alone is not enough. They must be completely convinced.
Maybe they will not be convinced by the Chinese and China, but they must be completely convinced by themselves. All the efforts they have just made are just to make this pot of boiling water boil to 70 or 80 degrees. Although they can make tea and drink it, Xiao What Lotte wants is to completely shock their hearts and make these British elites completely convinced.
I definitely don’t want the warm water at 70 or 80 degrees. Since I’m willing to risk it, I have to boil it completely. If I don’t convince them, then won’t I, Xiao Letian, bear the name of a time traveler in vain?
He dared to take down the emperor even if he was killed! I'm willing to give up my life, but I'm still afraid of you short-sighted guys!
Thinking of this, Xiao Letian became cruel. He stuffed the bloodshot steak in his mouth and drank the wine in one gulp!
"Don't look at me like that. Those people are funny to begin with. Do you want to know what window paper is?" Xiao Letian looked at Gladstone teasingly. "If you want to know, pour me a drink!"
"You!" Gladstone's lungs almost exploded with anger. "Okay, okay, it seems you are addicted to playing with fire? I'll pour you a drink..."
He poured a glass of plasma-like wine and sprinkled half of it. Xiao Letian climbed over without being annoyed and drank half of the glass.
"Good wine! Haha... You asked me why I was laughing just now? What I was laughing at was the short-sightedness of those people, and the fact that you were sitting on the treasure mountain begging for food!"
"In my opinion, all your understandings of compulsory education are misguided. My most respected party leader, how can you think that compulsory education is a hindrance to your coming to power? It is obviously a help, okay?"
"There are also those elites of the empire. Their minds are simply stuck in a dark alley with no street lights, and they can't find the direction. Because it is too dark, these people have obviously walked out of that alley, but they still I feel like I’m still in it!”
"The truth can be understood with just one click. It's just like Chinese window paper, it will break with just a light poke!"
"What is the representative technology that originated from the Industrial Revolution? It was the steam engine and the Jenny spinning machine. Even children know this. However, the Industrial Revolution lasted for more than a hundred years, and science and technology were in a linear development process. How many times have various machines been upgraded over such a long period of time?”
"In 1733, John Kaye invented the flying shuttle, which led to the Jenny spinning machine after 1765. What happened when this kind of spinning machine became popular? In 1768, Arkwright invented the water-powered spinning machine..."
"In 1779, Crompton invented the hammer spinning mule, and in 1785, the Cartwright power loom... Look, I know of as many as five major textile machine technology upgrades!"
"Mr. Watt improved the steam engine, but the steam engine at that time was weak in power, had serious air leakage, and its practical performance was not strong at all. It was only after the efforts of countless scientists that the Kearney boiler invented by Trevishek in 1812... "
"Stephenson invented the steam locomotive in 1825, and then in 1844 William Fayburn invented the Lancashire boiler... It can be seen that this technology is always progressing step by step!"
"People always only see the glory of the first place, but forget the achievements of the second and third place. In fact, the contribution of the birther of any kind of technology is very huge, but the contribution of those who later upgrade is also not small. They are the key figures in making technology a productive force..."
"Making technology more and more perfect and productivity improving more and more is the essence of the success of the industrial revolution!"
"But..." Xiao Letian changed his tone, "But please don't forget that as technology continues to upgrade, technology itself has become more and more complex!"
Xiao Letian's expression suddenly became a little hesitant. He seemed to be undecided whether to say the following words. Under Gladstone's urging gaze, the head of state of the East gritted his teeth and let out a long and cruel sigh.
"Hey...that's all! Sir, let me give you a simple example! As technology becomes more and more advanced, complexity has become an obstacle that humans cannot avoid..."
"Take warships as an example. For battleships in the age of sail, what are the average types of standard parts for each battleship? There are about two thousand to three thousand types...for example, oak decks, teak masts, various types of cables, Artillery of various calibers, different types of guns, including nails of different sizes are all different types of parts..."
“I’m talking about the number of types of parts, not the total number of parts used, please keep this in mind!”
"Although the size and appearance of sail battleships have changed greatly over a long period of time, the essence of this kind of battleship has not been reformed, and the types of parts have not changed much..."
"There are two to three thousand types of parts, many of which are similar. What does this prove? This proves that the threshold for entry into the industry is not high, so small countries such as Portugal and the Netherlands can also develop their own navigation industries and thus compete in the ocean. Go ahead and occupy your own colony!”
"But this status quo will not last long. With the vigorous development of the steam engine and steel industry, including the upgrading of military products, it is inevitable that sail warships will be replaced by ironclad ships. You can take a look at the record of my Zhiyuan. Facing the old sailing battleships, the Zhiyuan is actually invincible!"
"So do you know how many types of parts the Zhiyuan has?" Xiao Letian looked at Gladstone with a cold look.
Dry stuff! This is real stuff! Gladstone and the eavesdroppers were all excited. The leader of the Liberal Party pretended to be calm, but his waist had already left the back of the chair, and his eyes were full of hope.
"Oh... I'd love to hear the details!"
