Since ancient times, weak nations and backward countries must learn to overtake in corners if they want to challenge the strong!
What is overtaking on a curve? In the process of major historical changes, relying on the characteristics of a small ship that can easily turn around, it quickly adjusts its domestic economic structure and forcibly promotes new science and technology, thereby improving its own productivity and achieving the goal of surpassing the strong.
The bigger and older an empire is, the greater its own inertia will be. For example, the current empire on which the sun never sets is because their national economic structure relies heavily on traditional technology.
Factories throughout the country basically continue the past standards. This habit has been deeply ingrained. If you want to innovate and upgrade technology, you need to invest a lot of capital and a lot of money. At the same time, There will also be a period of confusion.
Human beings are all inert. When they are already number one in the world, their motivation for innovation will be much smaller than that of other nations. To put it simply, they can become number one in the world by relying on old models. The pot is full, so why take the initiative to make changes?
Change is a gamble, and the future is a gamble. The current model has already made the UK a lot of money. Why should they take this risk? This is their own inertia.
But we can't. We are a weak country. We are not even as good as France or Tsarist Russia at the moment. If we want to become stronger, we must take the initiative to seek innovation and change. We must forcefully surpass them on the bend.
They were like heavy elephants charging forward slowly, and we were agile cheetahs, quickly crossing and surpassing them on the winding mountain road.
Now the curve of history is unfolding before us, and the signs of what I call the second technological explosion have already been seen.
In 1859, the French engineer Lenoir experimented with a brand-new machine, a small gas-burning machine. I have bought all his drawings through various channels at a high price. This is a copy of the drawings stored in the laboratory. It was a failed invention that did not reach mass production, but to me it is very valuable.
Because this immature machine will provide mankind with a brand new power source!
What is the basis of industry? In fact, we all know that the foundation of industry is power!
In primitive society, if humans want to change nature, they can only rely on human power, the energy of our arms, legs, and bodies, and the power of livestock. This is the only power that we humans can borrow.
The core of the industrial revolution is actually a new power source, which is the steam engine!
It is certain that there must be power to propel machinery. Without manpower, animal power, and water power, we humans can actually start huge mechanical operations by burning coal and wood and using the power of steam. This is a genius invention.
However, the steam engine is an external power source, and its efficiency is very low, because countless energy is wasted during the combustion process and the leakage of steam, and its thermal efficiency is really too low.
As for this failed invention of a French engineer, his idea is actually correct. I call it an internal combustion engine, which allows the fuel to burn inside the body rather than outside the machine. This ensures that the thermal efficiency will not leak too much. If there are more, the utilization rate will naturally be higher.
In other words, a small amount of energy can provide more powerful power, and the size of the machine can be reduced accordingly.
At this moment, we Chinese people have placed our scientific research bets on the research of internal combustion engines. To be honest, all my universities have such scientific research groups, and my foundation is also searching for engineers from all over Europe who cannot be reused. , mathematicians, physicists, chemists, etc...
So far, according to the latest statistics, there are 378 Western scientific researchers working for me in Ryukyu, and this number is still increasing.
Dear prince, my prime minister, you can think about it carefully. If one day there is such a machine, it is very compact and small, only 1/5 or even 1/6 of the size of an ordinary steam engine.
But the power it can provide is the same as or even higher than that of a huge steam engine. So is this power source a brand-new technological breakthrough? Couldn’t this new power source promote a new industrial revolution?
A more efficient power source will create a more efficient factory, a more efficient factory will have stronger productivity, and the country's strength will naturally increase!
You may have some questions, what does such a technological breakthrough have to do with this railway? Well I can tell you right now, the relationship is huge!
The French engineer used coal gas as the fuel, but gas is not the best fuel source. After countless experiments and countless failures, we finally determined the research direction. If we want to make breakthroughs in the internal combustion engine in the future, then their best What is fuel? It’s oil!
Petroleum is the best fuel to start internal combustion engines, so when internal combustion engines are fully popularized, petroleum will naturally become a strategic resource to replace coal and iron.
Whoever controls oil in the future world will be able to control the world!
And where is the oil? I think the Prime Minister and the Prince know very well, where is the most traditional and primitive oil-producing area in Europe? Right on the Black Sea!
The Black Sea coast has been rich in black oil and fire oil since ancient times. In the ancient Roman and Greek times, locals collected this thick black grease and used it as fuel for war.
Even Constantinople, a great city that is said to have not fallen for thousands of years, was saved by this burning oil during many wars with the enemy.
The oil on the Black Sea coast, especially in Romania, is the earliest oil field discovered by mankind!
The Baghdad Railway must pass through the Balkan Peninsula, and through the Balkan Peninsula, it will naturally control the Romanian region.
In addition, my dear friends, not only Romania, our destination is the Persian Gulf, which also has huge oil reserves. Don’t look at me like this. I know that no one has discovered oil in this area, but I have. !
This is a very high secret of my Chinese family. I shared it with my old friends. This has expressed my sincerity!
Now, I just want to ask my dear friends, do you believe my prediction?
If you believe what I say, then you will understand the importance of this railway. Being able to control the largest oil producing area in Europe and Central Asia, you know how important it is to future national security!
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