"Dear Xiao..." Gladstone's tone was extremely kind. This was a clear signal to Xiao Letian that you passed the test.
"Dear Xiao, some people say that you are a genius if you are half a step ahead of the times. If you are one step ahead of the times, you are a madman!"
"It's better not to say the words you said today to others, because they are too far ahead of this era, and most people will think you are crazy!"
Xiao Letian picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Gladstone. "Of course, I know this truth very well. Sometimes madmen and geniuses can communicate, and geniuses and ordinary people can also communicate, but madmen and ordinary people cannot communicate..."
I smile with my mouth, but I curse in my heart. Aren't I afraid that I will reveal too much and let other nations realize that the great changes of the times are just around the corner?
If you want to maintain Britain's position, you have to do everything you can to crush other ethnic groups to death. People who are not ours must have different minds. This old guy really understands this truth.
But Xiao Letian likes the metaphor of genius and madman very much. For this era, Xiao Letian is really a madman.
People can't go too far beyond an era. Once you think about something that no one can imagine, then you are crazy. The opposite is genius, because genius is only half a step ahead of ordinary people. What genius thinks can at least be imagined by ordinary people.
This is actually an important reason why the entire British elite is under the spotlight. Why can Xiao Letian understand the node of the second industrial revolution? Why can he realize that the technological explosion is coming?
Why can’t these top British elites realize this?
The key point is still a common human problem, that is short-sightedness.
Don't talk to ordinary people about avant-garde technology, because they will really think you are crazy. To give a simple example, when the steam engine is invented, you tell them that in the future this huge machine can carry carriages on the track. If you go forward, ordinary people will think that your idea is very bold and genius.
But if you told them that this machine could carry warships on the sea in the future, then people at the time would probably call you crazy.
Hot air balloons have just been invented, and you tell him that the military will definitely adopt this technology in the future, and that humans will even add a power system to hot air balloons to get rid of the constraints of the wind direction. Then this prediction is understandable to ordinary people, and it is a prediction of genius.
Then you tell them that one day hot air balloons will be equipped with high-end hotels, where people can drink and dine, dance together and enjoy the beautiful scenery outside the window, using hot air balloons as human transportation.
If you dare to say that, you will naturally not be able to escape the title of lunatic.
Big Brother hasn't been invented yet, so don't talk to them about smartphones!
Jet aircraft haven’t become popular yet, so don’t discuss the application of aerospace rocket technology!
In fact, this is how darkness under the lamp comes about. In Xiao Letian's era, at the end of the 19th century, human beings' forward-looking fantasies about various technologies are actually not far away at all.
To use Xiao Letian's words to describe it, it is short-sighted.
Originally, steam technology and steel smelting technology had reached the standards, but the navies of various countries were still unwilling to carry out large-scale reforms. The new steel warships still adopted the design ideas of past sail warships.
Without the emergence of the Zhiyuan, it would have been difficult to agree on the arrangement of the battleship's main guns. The ironclads currently produced by Britain and France still use multiple gun arrangements on the left and right sides. In fact, the design ideas are still the same.
At this time, can you talk to them about gas turbines and power systems? Can you talk to them about bulletproof steel plates with a diameter of more than 500 mm and naval guns with a caliber of more than 300 mm?
If you dare to say that, they will think you are crazy!
Their vision has limited their thinking, and the result is that everyone is crossing the river by feeling for stones, and everyone is exploring the path carefully little by little.
Only Xiao Letian, a time-traveler, can master the magic skill of a dragonfly. He does not need to touch the stones to cross the river. Every step he takes is a solid rock. Every technological choice he makes is destined to succeed. The mainland is smooth.
This is overtaking. If you don’t have such awesome skills when overtaking in corners, you may end up with a car crash and death!
But at this moment, Xiao Letian was also very lucky. He was lucky that he, a lunatic, was not discussing such serious issues with ordinary people, but with a genius like Gladstone.
Since Gladstone's thoughts were already half a step ahead of this era, he could also grasp Xiao Letian's thoughts which were a full step ahead. To put it bluntly, he could understand and understand.
The same goes for the eavesdroppers. They are all figures at the top of the pyramid of the Empire on which the sun never sets. In fact, their level is similar to that of Gladstone. They can also understand the future described by Xiao Letian.
If Xiao Letian were standing in the chamber of Congress at this moment, when he said this to members of varying skill levels, he would probably only receive boos and boos.
Prince Edward breathed a sigh of relief for Xiao Letian. He rubbed his swollen temples and whispered, "Okay, gentlemen, do you have the answers you want? Now that the exam is over, we will leave through the back door." Bar……"
"Wait a minute..." At the critical moment, someone spoke up to stop everyone present. It turned out to be one of the elders of the Tory Party and the current foreign minister of the empire, the Earl of Larendon.
Larendon himself is a Tory. Although today his identity is beyond the party, emotionally he still cannot accept the failure of the Tory party, so even when the final defeat is determined, he still has to fight to the death.
"Haha... I admit that I don't have the ability to refute Xiao Letian's reasoning. I agree with everything he said..."
"But...but don't forget, no matter what, he is also Chinese. How can he be so kind and give advice to our empire on which the sun never sets?"
"Don't forget, the Chinese courtesan just now tried her best to see Xiao Letian! She even took out a gun... Shouldn't this give us an explanation?"
Everyone suddenly lost their composure. Thinking of Fangguan's crazy energy just now, the doubts in these people's hearts arose again. "Yes! Fangguan is a Chinese spy. Everyone in Europe knows this. She desperately wants to see Xiao Lotte, are you trying to block this negotiation?"
“Could it be that the Chinese knew the secret of the Berkeley restaurant in advance?”
"Does Xiao Letian already know that we are eavesdropping next door to him?"
"If this is the case, we can't believe what he says!"
Bitter, bitter! Prince Edward even started crying for Xiao Letian, saying to himself that your life is really hopeless. Seeing that you have succeeded in breaking through, why did something change happen again?
Fangguan, Fangguan, you are also a smart woman, how could you do such a mentally retarded thing?
"Okay, then let's wait a little longer. I believe Gladstone will help us find the answer!"
