It seems that everything has really become a little faster, the speed of technological development has become faster, the growth of military power has also become faster, and the efficiency of Chinese society in creating wealth and doing business has also become faster.
Everything is faster. Xiao Letian can't tell how much faster, but it is indeed faster!
The industrial reform of the Qing Dynasty was much faster than the real history, and even the conflicts between the working class and the rulers sped up the time.
If this speculation is true, will the First World War also be brought forward?
Xiao Letian suddenly felt deeply afraid of his own judgment! I have changed history, but I cannot change the operation of social forces!
Of course, a time traveler can change history, but can he change the confrontation between forces at all levels of society? Could it be said that if Xiao Letian traveled through time, he would be able to change the world and enter the era of the second industrial revolution?
impossible! Everything Xiao Letian does not only cannot prevent mankind from entering the second industrial revolution, but will actually accelerate it!
The second industrial revolution further improved production efficiency and intensified the concentration of workers!
These are the most primitive and fundamental forces that caused the outbreak of World War I!
A large number of organized and trained workers are a huge reserve of soldiers. These workers who have been trained in industrial production can easily be trained into qualified troops.
And more workers coming together will also intensify the development of the working class, and social conflicts will also intensify!
What's even more terrible is that the explosion of science and technology after the second industrial revolution made the production efficiency of factories increase so fast. Human beings suddenly produced industrial products that were simply unusable at that time.
It is completely oversupply, especially in the steel industry, which has already shown signs of growth in this era!
Each industrial country has produced a large amount of steel and coal that exceeds its own consumption. In order to consume these materials, more industrial products must be produced, but after they are produced, who do you sell them to?
Wealthy developed countries already have oversales, and France can use steel to repair the Eiffel Tower! There is overcapacity, and there is no place to put it if you give it to him for nothing!
Poor countries need steel, but they can't afford it, or even pay for the shipping!
The more developed the productivity is, the market for it is completely insufficient. What should we do? Then there is only war, which is the origin of World War I!
On the one hand, the warring countries consume the excess industrial products produced through war, and on the other hand, they also use war to seize other countries' colonies, so that after the war is over, they can sell more products!
This driving force of the origin of war still exists in the era of Xiao Letian's existence, and has even become more serious!
So do you think there will be a world war? Of course there will be a fight, but the way and process of the outbreak will be different, but changing the soup does not change the medicine!
Thinking of all this, Xiao Letian really shuddered. Do I have to participate in a battle before I die? I'm not mentally prepared for this!
I just want to lead the Chinese people to struggle for decades. I will retire at the age of fifty and travel around the world!
"The head of state... the head of state..." Just when Xiao Letian was thinking wildly without any results, Sima Yun greeted him in a low voice from the side.
Xiao Letian was startled and subconsciously looked up at the clock. It turned out that twenty minutes had already been spent in this daze!
Anyway, the conference room was full of old people who were direct descendants of Xiao Letian. They were all used to it. They all knew that the head of state would have various abnormal behaviors from time to time, so everyone just didn't say anything!
"Ah! Sorry, I suddenly thought of something important...Okay, let's continue our meeting first!"
"Everyone must be mentally prepared! Our fortress plan will be accelerated, and the steel industry is the top priority for our development!"
"China needs steel for its railway network, steel for its military products, steel for its navy, and steel for its ocean-going trade... We need to take a two-step approach to this!"
"The first one is to continue to provide tax cuts to stimulate investment in the steel industry! Even if the production capacity is reduced to excess, we must increase our production!"
"Ah? Can we still have excess production capacity?" Xiang Yingzheng, who was copying, raised his head in surprise when he heard this. "How is this possible? Our current steel production is only 200,000 tons, and iron production is 500,000 tons... This point Enough for what?"
"The Ministry of Industry had a plan some time ago. In the future, we Chinese need to produce at least one million tons of steel per year...the more iron, the better. How can the overcapacity mentioned by the head of state happen?"
Xiao Letian smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Don't restrict your imagination! My judgment on the future is different from that of the Ministry of Industry... In China, if we don't have eight million tons of steel production in the future, we won't be able to protect our country. From the country!"
"Eight million tons!" There was an uproar in the conference room. Who would dare to think of such a number in this era.
Xiao Letian waved his hand, "I can't explain it to you now. I just want to tell you...the lifeblood of the country in the next hundred years lies in heavy industry and high-tech industry!"
"Eight million tons is only the level required to protect China from foreign aggression. In the more distant future, we will still have to attack tens of millions of tons... Let's not think about it that far away. Everyone must remember the seriousness of this matter. That’s it!”
"Second point, the changes in the situation in the Qing Dynasty have exceeded my expectations, mainly because the speed of change is too fast... We must increase investment in intelligence and respond to all possible changes at any time!"
"The most serious thing... I judge that there will be a very large-scale civil war in the Qing Dynasty!"
"Well... do you want to inform Cai Bixia in Beijing?" Wang Ju asked in a low voice, feeling very concerned about this junior.
Xiao Letian shook his head, "No... don't inform Cai Bixia! His only task this year is to implement the treaty with Wulan Geli, don't distract her!"
"The third point..." Xiao Letian thought for a while, "This matter needs to be split into two hands and prepared! This is about the railway. We must speed up the construction of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway to help Zaichun build it!"
"And in the later operations, we must try our best to tilt it as much as possible to help Zaichun make money. At the same time, we must publicize it with great fanfare...let the Manchus know how profitable the railway is!"
"The Jiangnan stock market must be prepared to accept the issuance of Qing Railway stocks! Let's communicate with Liu Yuzhen later so that the speculators in Jiangnan are ready to vigorously speculate on Qing Railway stocks!"
"Haha... I have to make those Manchu and Qing court officials rich! Only by making them rich will they have the motivation to continue investing in railway construction..."
"Last point... order the Railway University Engineering Department to speed up the research on armored trains. Luo Huo obeys the order!"
Luo Huo immediately stood up and saluted!
"Luo Huo! I order you to secretly form an experimental railway brigade with a quota of six thousand to seven thousand soldiers..."
"Your task is very difficult, are you confident?"
