In November 1850, it was already cold. Chen Dingtian www.biquge.info living a warm life in his small villa, and his recent days are really too comfortable. Not only are there two beauties around you, one of them can agree to any conditions for you, and you can even play with it casually, and you can also experiment with all kinds of gameplay in various love action movies one by one, which feels really good, and Chen Dingtian also feels a little happy. Especially the Manchu Qing Dynasty has recently heard that it has been entangled, and Hong Xiuquan's god stick has begun to make trouble everywhere in Guangxi, and has already started a small-scale war with the Qing army. Those Qing court's sticky agents have been transferred almost most of their forces to detective Hong Xiuquan and others, and they currently have no energy to deal with Chen Dingtian, they don't look down on Chen Dingtian, and think that Chen Dingtian is far less important than Hong Xiuquan. So these days are still very peaceful, Chen Dingtian knows that China will be in turmoil in the next ten years, and the Manchus have no heart to pay attention to themselves, this comfortable day really doesn't have to be too easy. Write something during the day, and play a friendly match with the beautiful guard Guan Qin at night, this kind of day is really comfortable.

However, when Chen Dingtian was living a comfortable life, a shocking scandal occurred in the distant British Empire.

The British Imperial Library, also known as the British Library. This library is arguably the largest library in the world, at least in this era. Not only are there all kinds of books from all over the world, from the West to the East, and even many kinds of documents, and the collection is gathered here. A strong country must be a country that values knowledge. In this era, knowledge is also books as the carrier, and books are the only carrier of knowledge in this era, so attaching importance to knowledge is to pay attention to the preservation of books. A country's library symbolizes a country's national strength. The British Empire is currently the largest power in the world, so there is a large collection of books here. Many foreigners also come here from thousands of miles to read books. Because there are the most books here and the most complete.

"Mr. Ranke, please!" A waiter at a British library said.

This Mr. Ranke was an old man in his fifties, and perhaps most people did not know his name, but his name was Leopoldrank, and perhaps in the future, the word "von" could be added to the middle of the name. That's right, he is also a German, and he is currently called a Prussian, he is a Prussian historian, and in the future he will become an aristocrat, a world-renowned historian. And he compiled the history of England, the history of France and other historical classics for Germany. However, he is still in the process of compilation, and has not really become a codification. He is currently in the British Empire, entered the British Empire Library, and consulted materials, hoping to prepare for the compilation of national history books in the future.

I have to say that compiling history in this era is obviously not an easy task, just the preparation of various materials is extremely painstaking, and it is not at all like a click of the mouse in later generations. Leopoldranke went to the British Imperial Library and began to consult the materials.

Leopold began to look up history, and he began to search the catalogue of books with his usual eyes, hoping to find one that he had not read. And after a while, he found a strange book.

"What is this? Is it a new book? Leopold pulled out a book and asked, apparently new.

The waiter said, "Oh? This, this is a new book that has just been delivered for a few days, and I heard that someone from the Truman family sent it, and I hope to put it here. But you also know that there are not many people who like to read books in this kind of history category, and most people love to read historical novels, and there are not many people who read this kind of books, so they don't get much attention. However, this book is obviously not written by a famous author, as if it was written by an Oriental person. It's just funny that an Oriental actually writes the history of our West. I don't believe that an Oriental would write the history of our West. ”

Leopoldranke didn't think it was anything, but then he heard that the history of the West was written by an Oriental, which made him even more curious. Because many scholars understand a truth - the stones of other mountains can attack jade, although foreign countries may not have this famous saying, but many scholars understand this truth. From different perspectives, that may lead to different results, which is also important to historians. Leopoldran Frank had just asked casually, but since he had found out that it had been written by an Oriental, he was even more interested.

"The rise of great powers? Portugal Spain? Since there are chapters on Portugal and Spain, is there room for others? Like England, France, or Russia? Leopoldranke thought to himself, confused.

Leopoldranke began to flip through the contents of Portugal and Spain, the rising powers, and then couldn't help but fall into the book step by step.

"Good, great, really good. How did an Oriental get so much information, I'm afraid the Spaniards and the Portuguese themselves don't know very well, how did he get it? That's amazing! Leopoldranke said.

Leopoldranke felt that Chen Dingtian's ability to collect information was so strong, as a historian, he knew better that it was not difficult to write history books, but the most difficult thing was to collect information. Collecting information often costs many times more than writing a book, and this is the most difficult. Because of the difficulty of collecting information, it is difficult for private individuals to undertake such a huge workload because many of the compilation of history books is organized by the state authorities. Even the official organizations may not be able to do a good job, and one can imagine the difficulty of compiling historical books. Leopoldrank's most amazing feeling, that is, Chen Dingtian's ability to collect information, where did he get so much information?

"The rise of Spain and Portugal, and the current decline, have all been depicted by him in a vein. It's really embarrassing, and he used such easy-to-understand language to depict the rise of these two countries. It is even easy to understand, and many people can understand it, without the boredom of ordinary history books. But it's all very neutral, which is really good. ”

Leopoldranke was also a man of neutrality, and he did not mix too many personal emotions when compiling history books. And Leopold was also a person who studied political history, and he saw the rise of this great power, which can be just his appetite. Leopoldranke immediately got into it and quickly read it. This content is not much, that is, tens of thousands of words, that is, a thin booklet. Leopoldranke soon reached the last page, which turned out to be a teaser preface.

"There are currently three great powers in the world, and there are three quasi-great powers. There are also a number of great powers that have lost their glory. I will record the process of the rise of these great powers here, and analyze and summarize them, hoping to enlighten the rising powers in the future. It also predicts the process of the rise of the three quasi-powers in the future, and gives the inevitable factors for the rise of these quasi-powers. ”

Leopoldranke then saw the standards of these great powers, which were Great Britain, France, and Russia, and the three quasi-great powers were Germany, the United States, and China. And the reason for this division, Chen Dingtian also gave a relatively fair reason. Britain has the most powerful navy in the world, the largest colony, and a developed economy, it is the center of the world, and the status of a great power is naturally one of them. In addition, France has the largest army in the world, at least for now. And the glory of Napoleon in the past has also swept the world. Especially now that they are still very long and powerful, Napoleon's tiger power is still there, and it is considered a big country.

Russia, on the other hand, has a huge population and territory, and it has become a European steamroller by its population alone. As for the reason for the three quasi-powers, the reason is that Germany has been gradually unified, and the quality of the population is very good, as long as there is an opportunity for reunification, it is inevitable that it will become one of the largest powers in the world. The United States has a huge industry, and it is far away from the old European continent, it is not easy to be disturbed by the disputes of the old European continent, and the industrial level is gradually and rapidly rising, and it has the potential to become a great power. However, the biggest shortcoming of the United States is that its military strength is not strong and it is unable to effectively open up to the outside world.

As for China, a quasi-power, it is actually Chen Dingtian who has put gold on China's face. The reason given by Chen Dingtian, a quasi-large country, is that the economy is developed and the GDP is still one of the best in the world, but the disadvantage is that the quality of the population is relatively poor and the level of education is insufficient, which cannot be denied casually. And industry is also a serious shortcoming, so China can only be called a "quasi-power" at present, not a big country.

However, when Leopoldranke saw these divisions, he felt like a ghost.

"It's amazing, don't look at it, it's just such a sentence, don't look at it, it's divided like this, but this is simply a thorough analysis of this. Although I don't know much about the specific process, just looking at the criteria for dividing these major powers and quasi-powers is also reasonable. This kind of division standard is beyond the imagination of ordinary people. I never even thought that the United States would have the capital to become a great power, but he actually analyzed it. ”

"Germany? Germany, the current Prussia? ”

Seeing this criterion, especially Germany, a quasi-power. When Leopoldranke saw Chen Dingtian's definition of Germany, that is, the industrial base is okay, the quality of the population is very high, as long as Germany can succeed in reunification, it will inevitably become a large country in the world. Seeing this, Leopoldrank, as a Prussian, was even more excited, if it was really as Chen Dingtian said, then Germany would become a great power in the future.

"Why not? Doesn't it mean that for several quasi-powers, there will be a corresponding analysis? Why not? Leopoldranke said excitedly.

Immediately a waiter came up and said, "Mr. Ranke, what do you want to do?" “

"What about this series? Isn't this a series? Isn't there supposed to be a series for the rise of this great power? Leopoldranke asked.

The waiter immediately said, "Mr. Ranke, this was just sent by the Truman family a few days ago, and you see that this book number is still new." The latter ones have not yet been delivered, and they have not even been written at all. ”

Leopoldranke finally calmed down, and then smiled. This is really trying to give him a chance. Since no one knew this, Leopoldranke had an idea, that is, not to let this "masterpiece" flow out, let the British know. It's a work of great value, at least in Leopold's eyes. With this work, it may even affect the fate of Germany. Because the author of this work later wrote that he would make predictions about the future of Germany, and even describe the future fate of those countries.

If someone had dared to say that before, maybe Leopoldranke would have spat him in the face, but now he doesn't see it that way. In particular, this made him see the author's literary brilliance and the author's understanding of the general trend of history. As a historian, I understand the truth of the "general trend of history" very well. Sometimes the general trend of history is inevitable, but there are also some accidents. He knew that this author was definitely a man who had studied the inevitability of the general trend of history, and since he predicted the inevitable rise of Germany, he was willing to believe it.

Although Chen Dingtian only listed the potential conditions of these "quasi-powers" and pointed out some rough introductions. However, this introduction is not very clear, and Leopoldrank's heart is like a cat scratch.

"It seems that I must take it back and show it to His Majesty the King, and I must ask him to contact the author and see what he thinks of the future destiny of our future Germany. What should we do, I hope he can give us some reference! Leopoldranke thought.

Leopoldranke tucked the book up his sleeve and hurried to leave. Because he was a thief, he naturally wanted to leave quickly.

"Mr. Ranke, why are you in such a hurry to leave? Mr. Ranke, stop! The Imperial Library attendant hurriedly shouted.

When Leopoldranke heard this, he thought he was exposed, and hurried out of the library gate, because he was a thief!

But as soon as he ran out of the gate, he suddenly slipped his foot and immediately fell.

"Mr. Ranke, I'm going to tell you that someone just outside the door didn't know what grease was outside, and I'm telling you not to go out in a hurry, but to be careful. Well, what is this? Oh, my God! Mr. Ranke, how did you get this book out without going through the normal borrowing process? You follow the rules, but you have to count it as stealing! ”

The waiter spoke very loudly, which immediately attracted everyone's attention to the people who were about to read the book. Especially when they heard the word stealing, everyone was even more surprised, who had eaten the bear's heart leopard so much and dared to come to the British Library to steal, and lived impatiently?

Leopoldranke covered his face, his reputation was ruined.