Chapter 967 The real situation
"You are a smart person, but you are not smart enough. I will not be stupid enough to send troops to Europe now. Your stupidity lies in thinking that the Great Chongqing Congress was easily destroyed like an indigenous person."
Sitting upright on the red vermilion wooden chair in the official office, Xiao Ming looked straight into Dick's eyes.
Dick was speechless. He had to admit that this failure was fundamentally due to the arrogance they brought to foreign colonization over the past century, otherwise they would not have taken this action at all.
And now it turns out that he is fighting an industrial power in Asia.
"Dear Emperor, you are the wisest emperor I have ever seen in Asia. It is true. I think this time, both Britain and France will reconsider the relationship with the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and there will be a seat in the Great Chongqing Kingdom on the list of civilized countries."
Dick flattered that in the 200-year history of European colonization, Europe has actually been adopting two foreign policies.
For the indigenous tribes of Africa and South America, they divided them into primitive indigenous peoples who had not yet entered a civilized society, because these indigenous people had not yet formed a complete social structure and lived mainly by hunting, and even these tribes would eat the corpses of their enemies.
This type of indigenous people was completely abandoned by them from civilization, and the policy they implemented during the colonization process was massacre.
Because they need the land and resources of these indigenous peoples, and these uncivilized tribes are of no value to them. After all, many tribes do not have writing or language, nor accept modern civilization, they are barbaric and dangerous, and their commodities cannot make enough profits from these indigenous peoples.
After colonizing India, they divided a level of civilization, which was a semi-civilized society slightly higher than the original indigenous peoples.
For countries with basic social structures, written languages, and their own commodities, but lack scientific development, they adopted a policy of colonization and trade.
Because the people of other countries have sufficient purchasing power, their goods can be sold in these areas.
At the same time, these countries also have certain counterattack capabilities and they need to be treated with caution.
In the past, their division of the Great Chongqing Kingdom was exactly the same as India's second type of country. Their goal was to make the Great Chongqing Kingdom the second India.
But now it is obvious that the Great Chongqing Kingdom should be included in the ranks of civilized countries on par with them.
Thinking of this, Dick explained in detail to Xiao Ming, hoping that the emperor in front of him would be happier, because this is equivalent to glory for a country, because Europe finally looks down on this civilization.
Dick's explanation ended, not only Xiao Ming, Qian Dafu, Xie Yuan and Ding Chang and others all laughed.
Including the translator, there was a hint of mockery in his eyes.
"Mr. Dick, you seem to be making a mistake. In our eyes, you Europe is the second-class country, and this is the Great Chongqing Kingdom now!"
Xie Yuan gave a thumbs up, confident and calm.
Xiao Ming shook his head helplessly. He understood Dick's mood. In fact, like modern times, it is difficult for the West to change the concept that has been formed for a long time.
Today in the 21st century, Western countries still look down at their country with tinted glasses, and their internal propaganda is also smeared everywhere, so many Westerners believe that their country is still in the backward scene during World War II.
So the same is true for Dick. Although his life is in full swing, he unconsciously revealed his true thoughts.
"Arrogant British people, one day, you will live in the shadow of the Great Yu Kingdom and tremble." Xiao Ming narrowed his eyes, "Now you should just give it honestly."
Dick's body shook for a moment. He understood that all his tricks had been seen through, and the current Dayu Kingdom was not afraid of them.
He sighed in his heart, and he had to describe the British affairs in detail to Xiao Ming.
While listening, Xiao Ming asked the translator to record it. This would be the first-hand information he obtained today.
An hour later, Dick said everything he could say, and Xiao Ming asked Xie Yuan to imprison Dick and Wilson again.
"Your Majesty, what is now wasteful of our money from the Great Chongqing Kingdom for food and accommodation. I thought it would be better to send them to the mine to work hard work." Xie Yuan looked at Wilson with a dangerous look.
The war won, but the navy also suffered the biggest losses since its establishment, and he felt depressed.
"You can do it. Just don't die. I'm waiting for them to send ransom to replace them." Xiao Ming said with great certainty.
According to the Dutch, there has always been a rule in Europe to exchange for ransoms for captured generals. Wilson and Dick must have come from a large family and will be worth a lot of money.
He might be able to speak loudly by the lion.
After receiving Xiao Ming's instructions, Xie Yuan felt relieved. He asked the soldiers to take the two of them down and ordered them to "help them well."
At this time, Xiao Ming took the information given by the translator and frowned. In the previous story, Dick described the current development status of the UK in detail.
Overall, steam engine technology is developing very rapidly in the UK. Perhaps due to the stimulation of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, the Queen of England allocated a large amount of money to support the application of steam engines.
The concentration of funds and talents is said to have brought about a second generation of improved steam engines. At the same time, under this promotion policy, the nobles and capitalists quickly established a number of steam engine factories.
In addition to vigorously developing steam engines in the UK, the UK also exported steam engines to the European continent to earn money to develop local technology. Now, a steam engine craze has been set off throughout Europe.
France is not willing to be lonely. It is competing with the United Kingdom for profits in the steam engine market in the European market, which is due to the cooperation between Britain and competition with each other.
"Master, Europe is a threat to us no matter what, and it is not a good thing to prosper steam engine technology in Europe now." Qian Dafu sighed, "Especially these two traitors have made Europe's basic science leap. In addition, European countries' culture and education are even above the Great Chongqing Kingdom, it is easy for them to use these technologies to compete with us."
Xiao Ming nodded slightly. He understood Qian Dafu's concerns, just as the civil and military officials in the court were also so worried.
However, he himself knew very well that the accumulation of European technology could not keep up with the accumulation of technological crystals in any case.
Today, Britain has at most high school level of science and technology, and this knowledge can at most allow it to develop its industrial capabilities using steam engines to the level of World War I.
But in Xiao Ming's view, this knowledge is actually not very important to Europe, because according to the current scientific standard of Europe, it will be fully possessed after 30 years of development.
The most critical issue now is the changes brought about by the development of the Great Chongqing Kingdom itself. These changes are truly on the table and can be seen at a glance.
For example, if the UK cannot obtain ready-made technology from the two of them, but it has obtained an accurate research direction, then scientists will naturally make efforts in this direction because this is a direction that does not require verification and disputes.
The slow development of science in history was because it took many detours and was questioned by opposition forces. Now the Great Chongqing Kingdom has become a beacon for the development of science and technology.
Chapter completed!