Chapter 32 Reminders
Chen Dingtian does not know that the rise of his great power will cause a lot of sensation. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoActually, he just wants to advertise behind the book, hoping to make a splash and then win future book sales. As an author, he just hopes that the book will sell well, so that he can get more manuscript fees! However, in the eyes of some Europeans, he has become an expert in the analysis of the international situation, and even predicts that Germany and the United States will rise in the future, and have the capital to challenge Britain's position as the world hegemon. At the same time, not only Britain caused a sensation, but even the Kingdom of Prussia surprised many people.
Frederick William IV, King of the Kingdom of Prussia, heard the news, but it was not the book about Chen Dingtian that caught his attention, but the Leopoldrank, which made him very angry.
"This Leopoldranke is such a bastard, to do such a stealing thing in England is really a shame for our Prussians." Frederick William scolded at four o'clock.
Frederick William IV did not care about the book that Leopoldranke had stolen, but thought that this Leopoldranke was damaging their reputation as Germans. This disgraced him, so he had to apologize to the UK.
However, the younger brother next to him, the future William I, persuaded: "Brother, in fact, I don't think this is anything special. You see, Leopoldranke saw a book about evaluating our Germany as a country qualified to challenge Britain's world hegemony in the future, and it seems that he attaches great importance to this, so it will be so! ”
But Frederick William IV said unconcernedly: "I know what the Oriental said, but it is just some common sense." Moreover, the affairs of our Germany are not yet judged by an Oriental. ”
William I had no choice but to leave, and he went straight back to his residence, shaking his head at his brother. My brother himself has become a little nervous since the Great Revolution a few years ago and was almost abolished from the throne. His brother seems to have become very crazy after the revolution, and he has received some stimulus, which makes him behave a little peculiarly. Of course, after this revolution, this brother also responded in time, dismantling the revolution through deception and other means, and retaining the throne of their family. However, later on, the actions of his eldest brother became more and more reactionary, and he almost began to suppress those revolutions, using various means of repression, and almost intolerable revolutions. This policy is becoming more and more reactionary, and there are even many cases of overkill.
"This Chinese, on the other hand, has some foresight, and can actually know that as long as there is an opportunity for reunification in Germany, it will inevitably become an empire that threatens Britain's world hegemony." But where did this opportunity come? Look at the way he looks, and then there are books about the German part, especially how will he write this German part? And, where was the opportunity for the unification of Germany? Wilhelm I thought.
Wilhelm I looked at the news from his people in England and was a little curious about Chen Dingtian's prediction about Germany. Of course, this is just a little curious, and it doesn't have to be seen. Especially for this prediction of European countries, William I felt that he wanted to see a country that looked at the West in the eyes of the East.
The European aristocracy, after the Leopoldranks, began to tell the story of an Oriental man who wrote Western history and even dared to predict the future world situation. However, everyone treats this Chen Dingtian almost polarized. Some people attach more importance to Chen Dingtian's analysis and judgment, because they think that this mountain stone can be used to attack jade, look at the Western history written by an Oriental, or see what the Western history is like in the eyes of an Oriental, and how to evaluate various countries. There are also predictions about the future of Western countries, which are also very curious about some politicians in Western countries.
Of course, there are more people who scoff at Chen Dingtian's "The Rise of a Great Power", because they think that an Oriental cannot understand the West so well, and even dare to judge the future trend of the West, and they do not think that an Oriental can do this at all. They all subconsciously think that this is the case, and as for the content that Chen Dingtian wrote about Spain and Portugal, they also think that it is something from the past. These past events are nothing, as long as you can find information, you can write about it.
Because of this, in the eyes of the vast majority of people in the West, Chen Dingtian's so-called "Rise of a Great Power" is worthless and has no value at all. And these people are mainly middle-level people, but in the eyes of some really good rulers of the empire, this still has a certain reference value, but how much reference value there is still remains to be observed. They were just a little curious, because the Western countries in the eyes of an Oriental were what they hoped to expect.
In particular, at present, European countries are hoping to colonize the East, and colonization to the East will inevitably not bypass China. At present, in the eyes of many Westerners, China is still a world-class power, and this is something that everyone attaches importance to. They urgently need to understand the Western world in the eyes of the Easterners, and Chen Dingtian's books give them some ideas for reference.
Of course, they only hope to refer to the formulation of Eastern policy as a future, and they do not really pay attention to the content of Chen Dingtian's prediction. They just hope that through these books, they can understand the West in the eyes of the Chinese, which can be helpful for future colonization, and they do not really pay attention to Chen Dingtian's so-called prediction.
"Let's see, when the time comes, see how he writes the next book, and how he judges other countries when the time comes. Since he is so bold in evaluating countries, let's also see how he evaluates countries and see how capable he is! Wilhelm I thought.
However, in the East, Chen Dingtian received a reminder from the consul of Ali Guo.
"Chen, Prince Albert in our country wants you to hurry up and write some of the remaining content of "The Rise of Great Powers", especially the content about the United States and Germany, and I hope you will write it as soon as possible. Our Prince Albert is very interested in seeing, what do you think? Ali Guo said.
"Prince Albert, your Queen's husband? The de facto ruler of Britain? Chen Dingtian asked.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem......" Ali Guo coughed suddenly.
Ali Guo didn't have anything to say about Chen Dingtian at first, because Prince Albert is indeed the royal husband of the Queen of England, which is not surprising. However, Chen Dingtian actually said that Prince Albert was the de facto ruler of Britain, which obviously made him cough in fright. You must know that this Queen Victoria's "wife is sluggish" is not known to many people in the United Kingdom, and only half of the people who are in politics or around the queen know about it, and this kind of thing is not easy to say. Queen Victoria listened to her cousin and husband for almost everything, and this is not something unusual in European high society.
But an Oriental also knows about it, so it's obviously a bit embarrassing. In particular, Ali Guo also understands Oriental culture, and in Oriental culture, this is definitely "harem interference", which is absolutely not allowed. So Chen Dingtian said it so directly, which made Ali Guo very faceless.
However, Ali Guo is very experienced and very good at resolving embarrassment, so he changed the subject and said: "Our Prince Albert is somewhat interested in your book "The Rise of a Great Power", and I hope you can write the following content as soon as possible. Especially about the United States and Germany, Prince Albert is interested in going and seeing, you can see if you can write it as soon as possible! ”
"You're here to urge the draft?" Chen Dingtian asked.
"Well, I have received a request from Prince Albert, and I hope you will be able to write the rest of the manuscript as soon as possible." Ali Guo said.
However, Chen Dingtian said: "I think I am afraid that I have not written about the United States and Germany at present." I only have information about Russia at the moment, and I intend to write about Russia first. I have carefully analyzed Russia's advantages and disadvantages, and there are quite a few advantages and disadvantages of Russia, and I still have a good understanding of them. And even if some shortcomings are not changed, then in the end there will inevitably be huge problems in Russia. Even Russia will decline as a result, and eventually a revolution may break out. ”
Of course, Chen Dingtian could not be stupid enough to write out this Germany and the United States directly and immediately, you must know that Germany and the United States are the two future quasi-powers in Chen Dingtian's plan, and they are countries that are qualified to challenge Britain's world hegemony. Of course, this kind of thing has to be written later, especially since he must first write about all the big powers, so that only after he has written about all the big powers can he show why these quasi-powers have the potential to challenge world hegemony. Otherwise, no one will believe it! At the very least, we must first write down the advantages and disadvantages of several big countries, so that everyone can see where the shortcomings of these big countries are.
"Oh? What are the shortcomings of Russia? Ali Guo asked.
"Well, just read a book when the time comes!" Chen Dingtian said.
Of course, Chen Dingtian can't "spoil" so quickly, otherwise what books would he sell? And Ali Guo is also speculating in his heart about what Chen Dingtian is doing, and how to evaluate Russia's advantages and disadvantages, this is also an important question. Ali also knew that Russia was a European steamroller, so they didn't know what Russia's shortcomings were.
Of course, everyone has the limitations of the times, and it may be easy for future generations to evaluate the merits of the policies of the ancients or the reasons for the demise of the country. However, it was difficult for the ancients to find their own problems, and the ancients were confused by the authorities, and the future generations were clear, so the two sides were in different perspectives, which naturally caused different situations.
Therefore, when Chen Dingtian said that if Russia does not change these shortcomings, there will inevitably be decline and even revolution, which made Ali Guo very interested. If you're not interested in this kind of thing, that's a strange thing! But what happens next, this still depends on how Chen Dingtian writes.
"Okay, I'll go back and write it right away, and I'll give it to Mr. Truman. Since I have given Mr. Truman all the publishing rights to the European part, you can go to the Truman family publishing company and see the books, so I think you can get the books. As for the manuscript you want, I can't give it to you, because I'm going to talk to Mr. Truman about credibility. Chen Dingtian said.
Of course, Chen Dingtian couldn't treat his friends badly, Truman helped him a lot, and even when he was still losing money, he was willing to continue to buy out the translation rights of the other three copies of the four famous works. This shows that he is very particular about business reputation, so Chen Dingtian has no intention of breaking the contract, at least for the time being, Truman is not sorry for him, but has helped him a lot, Chen Dingtian can't sell his friends for this money.
As a visionary person, it is naturally impossible to sell people who are kind to you so easily, so that others will see you? Therefore, since this copyright has been promised to be published by Truman, it is impossible to give it to this Ali country casually. Anyway, Chen Dingtian thinks that he will have no friendship with this so-called Prince Albert in the future, so why should he offend his friends for the sake of this so-called prince who is far away in the world?
Chen Dingtian returned home, looked at the sky, and then immediately said, "Guan Qin, get ready to start work." ”
According to the order, when it gets dark, Guan Qin is on duty. Originally, it was not suitable for writing a book when it was dark, but because Chen Dingtian had already typed the manuscript, he only needed to copy out his memory, and he didn't have to worry about anything else. This is also the advantage of copying the public, you don't have to think too much about things, just copy out the things in your memory. What's more, the rise of this so-called great power, don't look at the title Hongda, but in fact, there are not many chapters in each chapter, but tens of thousands of words. Tens of thousands of words can be made in about two hours at the speed of more than 200 words per minute in his shorthand, and then Guan Qin will be responsible for translating the content of the shorthand into Chinese characters, so that he can sleep peacefully.
As for getting up the next day, just let Fu Shanxiang translate it in English. These two women are not stupid, they learn things very quickly, and even Guan Qin is proficient in the four languages of Manchu, Han and Zangmeng, although this is required to be learned by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but she is also a good talent. It's just that I haven't learned English before, but if I want to, I can learn it quickly.
"The Rise of Great Powers, Russia Chapter!"
Chen Dingtian began to write quickly in shorthand, and it was soon a page.