Xiao Letian's speech in the Brunei oil field was called the clarion call for the Chinese to march into the second industrial revolution by later generations of scholars!
This is a spirit, a fighting spirit that points the way and breaks through the southern wall but also rushes forward. The Chinese industrial strength is indeed not strong, and the number and strength of talents are not as good as those in Europe!
But Xiao Letian has the courage to spend a lot of money and invest a lot of troops and national strength in support!
Don’t you in Europe believe in Adam Smith’s liberalism? Sorry, the Chinese don’t believe in this. What we believe in is Keynes’s idea of national investment and expanding trade surplus!
But in this era, Keynes was not born yet, and Adam Smith's liberalism and non-intervention principles still dominate!
At this time in Europa, there were almost no scientific and technological breakthroughs led by the Communist Party. The country only had some national investment in military technology!
All other natural sciences and inventions actually rely on the free behavior of the people!
A scientist or engineer has some bold ideas in a flash of inspiration, and then invests or solicits investment by himself to turn these inspirations into reality!
If he succeeds, he will apply for a patent and set up a company to make a fortune. If he fails, he will naturally disappear into obscurity and no one will leave any memory of him!
The advantage of this model is that the country does not need to take risks, nor does it need to increase expenditures on science and technology investment. It is completely appropriationism!
If there are good inventions in the private sector, I will spend money to purchase them and use them instead of investing heavily in basic scientific research that is extremely risky!
But the disadvantage of this model is that everything depends on heaven. The inventions of scientists rely on their own financial resources, as well as the investment of some enlightened businessmen and nobles!
This actually restricts the progress of science and technology!
Xiao Letianxing's approach is nearly a hundred years ahead of what's happening in Europe right now. It focuses on capital investment with the government as the leading role. The advantages are obvious. It concentrates its forces to fight tough battles, and there is a time difference between competing and competing!
But the shortcomings are also obvious. Once this kind of investment fails, the Chinese ** will have to bear the risk. In the end, all Chinese people will suffer the consequences!
But now Xiao Letian can no longer care about anything. His Zhiyuan has kicked off the global naval arms race, and the second industrial revolution has entered a rapid period!
In this special historical period, for a nation, stay alive! Live! It is the only goal and the overriding hard target!
Being able to survive in this special period of national reshuffle in the world is victory!
If the money is gone, you can still make it again, but if the nation dies, it will be a disaster!
Some time after leaving the Brunei oil field, Yuan Chao, Niemon and all members of the research team jointly issued a military order!
At the swearing-in meeting, Yuan Chao and Niemon said with tears in their eyes, "The head of state has pointed out all the directions! He has pierced all the window paper!"
"The fog is gone before our eyes. All that's left is experiments again and again. Boring and repetitive experiments to find the optimal ratio!"
"If this is not possible, what use does the head of state want from us? What use do the Chinese people want from us?"
"From today on, everyone has canceled their vacations and is eating, drinking and eating in the workshop! We will not leave until we can produce a prototype that the head of state is satisfied with!"
The Unit Zero experimental team worked hard, and the others were not idle either!
Xiao Letian began to conduct a careful inspection of Borneo's military and civil affairs. Rubber plantations, tin mines, gold mines, lumber mills... Railways were being laid one meter at a time!
Shipyards, coastal defense forts, farms... Borneo, a large and wild island that would eventually be divided up by Britain, the Netherlands and later Japan, has now been completely annexed by the Chinese!
The Lanfang Republic in the northwest has joined, the ancient Sulu Kingdom in the east has also negotiated terms, and the more distant Luzon Island in the northeast has been ceded to the Spanish!
There are currently only a small number of Dutch garrison in the southernmost Malapura area of Borneo!
However, the good days of the Dutch were coming to an end. Xiao Letian ordered some pro-Chinese princes in South Borneo to submit documents of protest to the Netherlands!
I won’t go to war with you either. I will protest first because I don’t recognize your right to rule my land. I will sue you first!
This is a hidden link. Xiao Letian has left a foreshadowing for the complete annexation of Borneo in the future. He is instigating you, the king of the country, to file a complaint, which will be known to everyone in the world!
In this way, you, the Netherlands, will not be able to brazenly say where your territory is!
It’s good to be controversial! If there is dispute, there will be conflict in the future, and if there is conflict, there will be excuses for the Chinese to interfere!
We are not in a hurry, we have plenty of patience. We are afraid of negotiating directly with you, the Netherlands, now. Once we reach a black and white document, we won’t be able to go back on our word in the future!
For the issue of Borneo's sovereignty, Xiao Letian has used many reasons to refuse to contact the Dutch envoy!
"The envoy of William III sent a telegram again? What's the reason this time?"
Xiao Letian stood on the Bailayi Fort, holding a telescope and looking at the sea area within the range of the cannon. The merchant ships, loaded with goods, were sailing to all parts of the world!
"The special envoy of King William III of the Netherlands said that he hopes to have lunch with the head of state to discuss the future peace and order of Kalimantan..."
"Haha... Go back and tell the Dutch envoy that the order he wants should be negotiated with the king of the country! You robbed other people's land and killed their people, but you are not allowed to complain?"
Wang Huaiyuan smiled, "That's right... Last year alone, the Dutch garrison in Malapura confiscated three ships of agarwood from the Tubang King!"
"Those are top-grade agarwood spices that are going to be sent to Guangdong for sale, worth 200,000 taels of silver. Those feudal states are still waiting for these profits to live!"
"It turned out that the Dutch wanted to dominate the business, so they accused them of grabbing goods on unfounded charges, and even killed two guards of the prince during the conflict..."
"Look, look! This is unreasonable! These things must be well documented and documented. They will be used in our lawsuits in the future!"
"Just say that I am very busy and don't have time to see them..." Xiao Letian put down the telescope and said to Xiao Hexin, "The defense force here in Borneo is still weaker!"
"Most of Brunei's oil fields are concentrated along the coast, and our future oil refining bases and oil depots will not be built too far away... They are all within the range of the enemy's naval guns!"
"Ask Krupp for help! Let them send their best engineers to design a batch of forts specifically for the Brunei region, and then order a batch of artillery..."
"There's nothing we can do, we can't save the money we should spend!"
While a group of people were having a secret conversation, a civilian officer with a black briefcase hurried over and "reported to the head of state... the secret telegram from Beijing!"
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