At that time, the West Coast Company can use the "laborers" brought to develop the land here.

This plan can be said to be quite long-term.

Dong Liang's spirit of expansion has begun to affect his subordinates.

According to Dong Liang, the Chinese, who account for more than half of the world's population, should theoretically control more land.

Why did those dynasties in Chinese history that were so powerful that they had no rivals around them fail to consolidate their expansion?

The reason is that it is limited by technology.

Dong Liang was deeply touched by this.

Even a telegram has its own limitations. It takes a lot of effort to send a telegram.

To build a telegraph network, telegraph poles were also erected.

Telephone poles at this time were all made of logs.

The surface of the log is baked and carbonized by fire, which can prevent insects and prevent corrosion.

So you can't just lean on the telephone pole, otherwise your clothes will be smeared with carbon black.

The speed of train laying is also a bit slow. The Chinese have only built a short-distance railway now, which is considered experimental.

Next, Dong Liang planned to extend this railway to both ends and connect all the major cities in coastal provinces by railway.

In this way, if the coastal area is attacked by an enemy fleet or encounters landing enemies, the troops stationed along the railway will be able to support the front line very quickly.

These are not enough. Dong Liang wants to expand overseas. If he wants to promote large-scale grain cultivation overseas, he must have machinery suitable for large-scale agricultural production.

The size of the steam engine prevented it from being used to drive agricultural machinery.

Some European engineers tried to build earth-moving machines driven by steam engines, and even steam trucks.

However, none of these designs can be promoted on a large scale.

Only after the popularity of electric motors and diesel engines did industry truly change people's food, clothing, housing, transportation, and all aspects of agricultural production.

From this, it can be said that the first industrial revolution, represented by the invention and application of the steam engine, changed only the military and industrial fields.

The Chinese are now about to take the lead in starting the second industrial revolution.
Chapter completed!