But then again, the main significance of obtaining land and reparations for China is to enhance the future development potential, and the growth of China's strength in recent years mainly depends on the hard work of the people of the whole country, otherwise even if there are more benefits in the war, it may not be able to develop industry, which only needs to see the history of France, which continued to deindustrialize after the victory after the First World War. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In 1910, China's total industrial output accounted for 15% of the world's total, an increase of 3 percentage points from before the Three Kingdoms War, which may not seem remarkable, but if you consider that China has been engaged in a brutal all-out war in those years, and that it was a two-front war, and that it cost enough manpower, money, and material resources to bring down the former Manchu court more than a dozen times, you can understand how rare such an achievement is. And 12% to 15% seems to be an increase of only three percentage points, but in fact, it is a 25% increase!

Although even so, China's total industrial output can only rank fourth in the world, and there is still a considerable gap with the British Empire, which ranks first, but considering China's huge advantage in core science and technology ahead of the West for nearly a decade and the advantages of the planned economic system that is inherently suitable for war, in fact, China's industrial hard power can be said to be the first in the world. With such a powerful industry as the foundation, the terrifying volume of more than 600 million Chinese population and the vast depth of more than 30 million square kilometers of land area have made China completely invincible, even if the entire West unites to besiege China, it can only play a role in delaying economic development, and preventing China's rise has become an impossible dream.

The situation is very good, even Li Hui, who has always been cautious and cautious, can't help but get a little carried away, he even violated the principles he has always adhered to after crossing and plagiarized a famous poem of a great man to express the happiness in his heart, no way, the song "Man Jianghong and Comrade Guo Moruo" is really too suitable for the situation, as long as you change one word, it is completely compatible with the current situation, and the desire to pretend to be forced is completely unbearable......

"Little globe, two flies hit a wall. Buzzing, a few poignant, a few sobbing. Ants boast of a big country, and it is easy for grasshoppers to shake trees. The west wind falls under the leaves of Chang'an, flying and singing. How many things are never in a hurry; The world is turning, and time is pressing. 10,000 years is too long. The four seas are churning, the clouds and water are angry, and the five continents are shaking and the wind and thunder are fierce. We must sweep away all pests and pests, and we will be invincible. The upper part of the poem mocks the tragic defeat of the United States and Tsarist Russia with a spicy irony, which greatly stimulates the national pride of the Chinese people, while the lower part teaches the people not to be complacent because of this, but to work harder and harder to build the country, although China as a whole is already strong, but it is still far from the height it should reach, and it must continue to work hard against time, and at the same time warns those countries that are still hostile to China, well, it seems more accurate to say that he is a wild hatred......

Fortunately, the elder Chamberlain was a mature statesman, and he did not turn his face against China in a daze, but took the initiative to make certain concessions to ease relations between the two countries. On the one hand, this was because of the need to vigorously develop British Canada, and on the other hand, he was soberly aware of the consequences of making a bad deal with China, India, Australia, and New Zealand were too close to China and too far from the British mainland, and if they really fought, Britain would soon lose those three important colonies, and such losses would be too great.

To put it bluntly, although Britain has revived rapidly with half effort and half luck, the old problem that their territory is too scattered has never been solved, so although its overall strength is strong, it can invest limited forces in other regions except for Europe, where it is located, which is very different from the United States and Germany, where their strength is concentrated in their homeland.

Moreover, China has now become a superpower that has never appeared before in human history, and even if the entire West unites, it is impossible to defeat it, and at most it will be as meaningless as the previous stalemate between China and the United States on the North American battlefield. If Britain is strong enough to force the United States and Germany to be cannon fodder, it still has some meaning, but now Britain is not strong enough to that extent, if it really wants to fight a long-term war with China, the United States may still be able to seriously contribute some strength, Germany will definitely only verbally support, Britain will consume a lot of its own strength and decline, wouldn't they just be able to replace it?

Therefore, instead of turning against China and losing its strength, and as a result, other Western powers took advantage of the loophole to take away the position of Western hegemon, the elder Chamberlain would rather make friends with China to speed up his own development and expand Britain's power advantage in the Western world, and even hoped to use China's power to suppress those who follow Britain in the Western camp, "China and Britain join forces to divide the world equally." "Doesn't seem bad! At the very least, it is much more attractive than the stupid suggestion that Britain jumped out and sacrificed itself to fulfill the United States and Germany......

However, after re-becoming the hegemon of the West, the arrogance of the British media inevitably became more accustomed to pretending to be the center of the Western world, and the public opinion advocating that "Britain has the responsibility to defend Western civilization" became increasingly high, which caused a headache for the old Chamberlain, who is now in high prestige at home.

Just as the elder Chamberlain was thinking about how to deal with it, the already chaotic situation in Russia underwent a drastic change that the Western powers generally did not expect, which attracted the attention of almost all the Western media, and most of the concern about the Chinese question was suddenly lost. However, this did not make the old Chamberlain breathe a sigh of relief, because the Russian question was equally important to Britain, especially since the tsarist government and many Russian enterprises still owed Britain a lot of money that could not be paid off!

After the news of the Treaty of Portsmouth ceding a large part of the country spread, Tsar Nicholas II was criticized at home, but the bad performance of the Tsarist army by the Chinese and the bad situation of civil strife in Russia had already given a preventive shot to those Russians who cared about politics in advance, so it was not completely desperate for it all at once, and more importantly, the Tsarist Russian army, which had been frightened, was relieved that it finally did not have to go to the (Sino-Russian) battlefield to die, Coupled with the fact that a large number of non-commissioned officers and students were found in the army according to Rasputin's advice, Nicholas II's control over the Tsarist army was much stronger.

In addition, the Orthodox Church also stood up in time to support many disgruntled Russian peasants, so that Tsar Nicholas II's rule in Russia did not immediately fall apart, but because of his next moves, many Russians rekindled their undeserved hopes......