If Xiao Lotian heard Benjamin's words, he would definitely drop his jaw in shock, because Benjamin's prediction was not false, but the general direction of the future development trend of the world.

You must know that in the conflict and competition between countries, people will naturally protect their own core technology, steam engine, which seems to be extremely backward technology in the 21st century, is really tall and sophisticated in that era!

The first industrial revolution was dominated by coal energy and the steam engine, which was the core of industry and of course the most advanced cutting-edge technology.

At that time, each country had its own development standards, and each country had its own unique skills, and the machinery between each other had its own little secrets.

In this context, Britain will never let these smoky factories relocate, these polluting heavy industries recognized by later generations, in the hearts of politicians at the time, but the weapon of the country cannot be shown!

Therefore, the industry will never move out, but can only be blocked within the country, and in addition to various geopolitical reasons, the current colonial export resources, industrial countries export products, and then the sea route is connected, such an industrial economic chain.

But science and technology are destined to spread slowly over time, and the 'high technology' that the great powers have blocked is destined to be mastered by one or two countries at the beginning, and then developed to dozens or even hundreds of countries together.

When technology becomes ubiquitous and can be upgraded anytime, anywhere, it's not so easy to close it off.

Prussia and other backward European powers, they are facing a world that is no longer a barbaric era, Britain and France and other vanguard forces have snatched the sweetest cream on the cake, and these backward countries can only share some leftovers.

It is better to have leftovers than nothing at all, and as long as you cultivate deeply, even a barren colony will have a day of wealth creation, and under this thirst, the world's economy is destined to change.

In particular, in order to get rid of the British control of the sea lanes and avoid being controlled by others as much as possible, many countries will begin to establish production bases directly in distant colonies, and they will obtain resources from the colonies and then process and sell them locally, so as to save a lot of sea transportation costs.

This model was adopted by a large number of European and American countries during the Second Industrial Revolution, of course, at that time, European and American technology had already entered the era of electrification, and the old industrial system was no longer top secret, so it did not matter if it was dispersed to the colonies.

However, this model posed a great threat to the great unification of Britain, and the empire thought that it could use the control of maritime trade routes to choke the throats of its competitors, but it did not expect that these opponents would secretly display their positions, and the decline of the British Empire was inevitable.

Of course, there will be the rise of third world countries after World War II in the future, as well as the explosion of the Internet industrial revolution, but there is no doubt that the old technology will always slowly spread out in the passage of time, and those empires that rely on old technology and models to rise will eventually be replaced by new technologies and economic models.

This is the inevitability of the development of human history, but it is a pity that the time period of this development is relatively long, decades or hundreds of years, and the life of mortals is only a short fifty or sixty years, and many people cannot experience this subtle change.

Only the truly intellectual, or rather the professional who has the time and energy to delve into the development of history, can have an epiphany about this subtle change, and it is clear that Benjamin was such a person.

And today, he put this imaginary judgment that existed in his mind and put it in front of the crown prince in one go.

Edward was stunned, but this was not an admiration for the Prime Minister, but a shock to Benjamin's bold fantasies.

"My God, you should really go and write, isn't there a writer in France named Jules Verne, and your imagination is much stronger than his......"

The prince naturally had an innate sense of pride, and although he was smart, the heyday of the British Empire was completely incomprehensible to Benjamin's pessimistic judgment.

The crown prince smiled and waved his hand: "My dear Prime Minister, all this of yours is just a fantasy, and there is no basis for any facts at all! You said that there will be a breakthrough in science and technology, and there will be a big explosion, so where is the direction? What system can replace everything now?"

"I've been to the Royal Academy many times, and someone said that oil would replace coal, and they had to give me a separation experiment...... And guess what, a pungent air mass erupted, and a little explosion came right away!"

"Oh my God! If it weren't for the small dose, I guess the entire lab would have been overturned...... At that time, my guards were about to catch him, or did I stop him......"

"I'm not expressing to you how merciful I am, I'm just using this example to prove to you that the so-called scientific and technological breakthroughs are very difficult, and it is good for those fanatics to have one of a hundred cranky thoughts, and our national fortune cannot be gambled!"

"At present, it seems that coal and steam engines are still the foundation of the industrial system, and what do madmen say about electricity and oil! I am afraid that in two hundred years, there will be no industry!"

The crown prince is not a straw bag, on the contrary, he still has his own unique views on governing the country, and his rebuttal of Benjamin makes it difficult for the prime minister to deal with it.

"Yes, I know my guess is bold, but you must have such vigilance, this empire will be yours sooner or later, you must tighten this string in your heart!"

The necessary face is still to give the prime minister "Okay, I humbly accept your opinion...... Well, get straight to the point and say your worries are okay, the air here is so bad!"

Benjamin looked at the crown prince and said helplessly, "The exaggerated prophecy I just made is not impossible, right now in front of us, what if Xiao Letian's Chinese and Prussia join forces?"

"If the two of them join forces, the unique model I am talking about will definitely become a reality, Prussia does not have to follow our old path to military colonization, he only needs to reach an alliance with the Chinese, and then rely on the Chinese, the Asian tiger, to carry out in-depth development......"

"Prussia's capital and technology will take root in Asia, the model of the Tanggu Northern Industrial Zone will be copied one by one, and Prussia will instantly open the market of the Qing Dynasty, and there will be no need to traffic it from a long distance!"

"They will produce and sell it locally, and their sea ships will be enough to transport gold and silver currency! It's terrible to think about, what we can't do in the British Empire, those two strongmen will definitely be able to do it once they join forces!"

"That's what I'm here for today!"

Benjamin gritted his teeth and said, "Can't let this happen, for the good of the empire, Xiao Lotian ...... The Chinese must die! The Chinese must ...... Extinguish!"