The steel group represented by Carnegie represents the highest level of industry in the United States. This group of people originally had very close trade relations with the Chinese. When they heard that Xiao Letian received 1.2 billion francs in war compensation, The eyes of these businessmen are all blue!
"Deepen relations! Cooperate closely! Gentlemen, let us show sincerity! The head of state in the East is rich, and he can purchase our latest technology!"
"Stop hiding your secrets, and stop using your third-rate technology to deceive people. After the war in Europe, the Chinese people in the East have broadened their horizons. If we don't have any useful information, all the business will be taken away by the Germans! "
"And the British, they will definitely get a share of the pie!"
The leaders of the industrial groups are all ready to take action. After all, the end of the 19th century is the early stage of the human industrial revolution, a transitional period between the first and second industrial revolutions. In fact, the technical barriers of various countries in this era are not that high at all!
Xiao Letian has experienced the 21st century. Of course he knows how serious the blockade of technology was by various countries in that era. It is impossible for any country to give up the latest technology to other nations!
In the 21st century, a weak country is a typical example of technology that even money cannot buy!
But this era is different. The Western powers are not very strict on technology blockade, and the fence gate has not been completely closed. This is the best historical opportunity for the rise of the Chinese nation!
As long as Xiao Letian is willing, he can get the latest technology from the United States, Germany, Britain and even the defeated France, and it doesn't cost much!
Why does such a special case occur? It still needs to be analyzed from the background of the times!
First of all, at the end of the first industrial revolution, the so-called high technology was not as complicated as people imagined. It was nothing more than steam engines, military industry, steel smelting and other traditional heavy industries!
Moreover, these heavy industries were not connected with chemistry, electricity and other majors, because chemistry was just emerging at that time and electricity was still in the laboratory!
Because it is simple, there is no significance in blockade. Just like the unique designs of Krupp's breech-loaded steel cannon, it did turn France into a blind turn during the war, but once the war was over, a few French engineers could dismantle a cannon. Figure out the doorway inside!
So after the Franco-Prussian War, France developed a very famous field gun in the history of artillery, that is France's 'Miss 75'
Needless to say, the epoch-making significance of this gun. Until the Second World War, Miss 75 was an absolutely outstanding artillery and was equipped in large quantities in China!
It is worth mentioning that the 'Italian gun' Li Yunlong said was actually 'Miss 75'
Since the difficulty of cracking the technology at that time was very low, there was no need for technological blockade. How advanced was Europe compared with China at that time?
In fact, the cash is in the industrial system! To put it bluntly, even if someone gives you the latest technology without any secrets, but you don’t have the basic system, you can’t build it!
The second reason is that at that time, the Western powers did not have a leader like the United States in later generations!
After the end of the Cold War, the dominance of the United States emerged. Technical blockades will naturally be monitored by this gang boss. As long as this boss is powerful, the countries below will not dare to leak it in a big way.
But at the end of the 19th century, the Empire on which the Sun Never Sets also faced huge challenges. It had too many opponents, and these competing countries were naturally at odds with each other!
You don’t sell it, but you can’t control that I don’t sell it!
A pile of loose sand can naturally be broken through one by one!
The third reason is that it was limited by the transportation capacity at that time. The complexity of geography determined the difficulty of commodity circulation!
Because they are separated by mountains and rivers, and are separated by vast oceans, this makes the circulation of goods difficult. Many times, European goods are sold to Asia, and transportation costs account for a large part of it!
Profit-seeking capitalists must of course control costs, so what is the best way? Of course, invest and build factories in the target market!
Whether it is a sole proprietorship or a joint venture, as long as your technology starts to leak out, others will definitely learn from it, especially the Chinese, the most learned nation in the world!
It is precisely because of these three reasons that the rise of the Chinese people has not encountered too many technological blockades at all. If the UK blocks me, I will go to Germany. If Germany does not have it, I will ask the United States!
If that doesn't work, go to French libraries and university towns to rob books and drawings. Anyway, cultural relics can be robbed, and science and technology can also be robbed!
Xiao Letian often sighs with regret, "China! In fact, it has missed many of the best historical opportunities. In fact, every opportunity to get on the bus is much better than after World War II!"
"China has indeed caught the last train of industrial civilization. If it could have started decades or hundreds of years earlier, history would never have been so tragic!"
What a perfect world this is!
In Xiao Letian's eyes, the world is full of opportunities. The Western powers are not monolithic. Western civilization itself is still a group of hungry wolves fighting each other!
They are all opportunities. As long as you can open your heart and take the initiative to welcome this new world, you will have many good opportunities to benefit from both sides!
Look at a Franco-Prussian War! After the Frankfurt Treaty was signed, the American industry went completely crazy. Of course they knew that their industrial level was worse than that of Germany. So if they wanted to do business with Xiao Letian, they had to take the initiative to ask for it and give them discounts!
Yes, in this era, Germany is the highest peak of human technological civilization, and the technological level of the United States is not even as good as France!
Let's go! Go east!
The New York newspaper shouted a deafening voice!
Let's go! Go east! Welcome the golden age created by the head of state Xiao Letian!
Wherever there is gold, let us put aside our arrogance and blend in... to make money!
There was a sensation in the business community across the United States, and all shipping companies on the east and west coasts could be said to be struggling to find a ticket!
Big businessmen buy first-class tickets because they have their own connections. They usually go straight to Ryukyu from the east coast, while those from the west coast are higher class. They think they can have the face to be received by the head of state, so they want to gamble on their luck. !
The business community began to take action, followed closely by the American consortium!
In this era, American consortiums are not yet at their most powerful, but the prototype has basically appeared!
The Rockefeller Group, the Morgan Group, the Mellon Group, the Kuhn Loeb Group, and more than a dozen other companies, large and small, have also set their sights on the Chinese!
The banking industry is the most important pillar industry for industrial development. If the Chinese want to achieve comprehensive industrialization, they cannot do without the strong support of the banking industry!
The number of branches opened in the past was still too small, and the quota allowed by the Chinese was not enough... This required negotiation and the nod from the head of state!
America is crazy! Industry and commerce are crazy! The consortium is also crazy!
