Leonid's mind was a little confused. He knew what a patent was and the significance of applying for a patent. But what he couldn't figure out was why Li Xiao went to the UK and France to apply for a patent?
Leonid asked with confusion: "You just told me that your invention will change the situation of the war and will explode with great lethality?"
Li Xiao calmly replied: "Yes. I'm sure!"
Leonid asked again: "You should know that our relations with Britain and France have been very tense recently, and there is a risk of war, right?"
Li Xiao still replied so calmly: "I know. The issue of the Holy Land is quite big. It seems that Your Majesty is planning to use troops against the Turks, right?"
Leonid suppressed his displeasure and continued to ask: "Then you will send these powerful weapons abroad to apply for patents? Is it difficult to understand that you don't know this potential risk?"
Li Xiao remained calm. He nodded and said, "Of course I know! It's precisely because I knew that I did what I did!"
Leonid was going crazy. He wanted to grab Li Xiao's collar and shake it hard. He wanted to crack Li Xiao's head open with a hammer to see if his brain circuit was any different from that of a normal person.
No normal person would do such a thing, right? This is simply slandering the enemy!
Li Xiao smiled and said: "Then according to your opinion, I should shelve these inventions, or simply burn them with fire. That is patriotic, right?"
Leonid nodded in agreement. But Li Xiao sneered: "No! You are wrong! That is not patriotism! Patriotism is to make the country better, not to safeguard some old stubborn interests that hinder the development of the country."
"Do those old haters in the Navy and War Departments know the significance of new technologies? They don't know, and they refuse to know. They are stubborn and stubborn... If there is no external stimulation, they will still be what they are now in ten thousand years!"
Li Xiao roared angrily: "However, the world does not move according to their will, and is always moving forward. Both Britain and France are applying new technologies at a rapid pace, and they have left us far behind. Even if there is no
With these inventions of mine, they can invent the same thing in five years or at most ten years. At that time, can you still pray to our enemies to be merciful, or simply be merciful and not use new weapons on us?"
Li Xiao waved his hands angrily and said: "It's impossible, our enemies will never have the slightest mercy, they will only deal with us more cruelly, make us bleed to the last drop of blood, and eat our flesh and blood. At that time
Do you think the old war and navy war chests can save our country?"
Leonid hissed in his throat. He wanted to say yes, but the knowledge he gained over the past few months told him that he really couldn't.
Li Xiao laughed sarcastically and said: "So, we can't cling to our laurels, let alone stop eating because of choking. We must give those old antiques a little stimulation and let the bloody reality tell them that they must move forward instead of resting on their laurels!"
"Moreover!" Li Xiao waved his hands heavily and said, "The sooner, the better! The sooner we pay, the lighter the price we will pay!"
Leonid was stunned, his mind was buzzing, and he almost lost the ability to think. His mind was filled with Li Xiao's arrogance and his slightly ferocious expression.
He kept asking himself: [Are things really so bad?]
【Isn't there a better way?】
Emotionally speaking, Leonid couldn't bear what Li Xiao said. He loved his motherland and was willing to dedicate everything to it, even if he sacrificed his life.
But now Li Xiao told him that if he wanted to be good to Russia, he had to bleed Russia. This kind of fallacy made Leonid go crazy. But he still felt that Li Xiao had a point, and Leonid even doubted it.
I've lost my mind.
"You didn't! My friend!"
Li Xiao said calmly: "You also know that the situation is very bad, and you also know what the situation is like with those old bureaucrats. It is undoubtedly a fool's dream to hope that they can lead Russia to a bright future. You also know that you need to find another way, but you are not willing to give up on our country.
Going through the pain of changing paths.”
"My friend, I have to tell you, if you don't accept the labor pain now, it will be severe pain in the future! Even miserable!"
Leonid was still hesitant. He thought hard to find a reason that could convince Li Xiao, but he couldn't think of any. On the contrary, Li Xiao kept convincing him.
"It seems that bringing patents to Britain and France is detrimental to our country. But in fact it is not!"
Li Xiao patiently analyzed: "It is true that this will enhance their strength in a short period of time and greatly widen the gap with us, but you must also see that they are the only two countries that can realize my invention now."
"They have a complete industrial foundation, sufficient funds and resources, and are willing to provide fertile ground for all new and useful inventions."
"My invention will be promoted faster when it reaches them. Presumably by that time, even the conservative and decadent bureaucrats in our country will not be able to pretend not to see it, but will instead promote the development of related industries in our country!"
"What's more, these patents are not provided to the British and French for free, they require payment. I can guarantee you that each one can harvest a lot of money. With this money, we don't have to go
I beg the corrupt bureaucrats in the country to grant funding so that we can build our own factories and train our own technicians!"
"This will achieve a virtuous cycle, which will promote our country's emphasis on new technologies and new machines from both internal and external sources, and ultimately allow us to catch up with our powerful enemies!"
Leonid was finally convinced. Although he was still a little reluctant, he knew that leaving these patents in Russia and locking them in a drawer made no sense at all. Russia was backward and conservative in all aspects, and it was necessary to find a way to whip those patents away.
Those lazy donkeys who are unwilling to move forward, they have been at ease for nearly thirty years, it is time to get to work.
At the same time, Leonid also had an unprecedented sense of urgency. He found that he had lived too comfortably in the past twenty years. He only saw a small aristocratic circle and thought that all Russia was as comfortable as this small circle.
But the reality is that there are two heavens: heaven and hell. The nobles live in heaven, and the common people and serfs live in hell.
What's even more frightening is that the few people in heaven have no idea of saving the same kind in hell, and they don't even regard those in hell as the same kind. They naturally think that their comfortable and luxurious life is natural.
This was very scary. Leonid felt that the resentment in hell was on the verge of breaking out, and there were too many evil spirits in hell. They had already filled the hell with their fingertips.
To the floor of heaven!
Soon, these resentful souls will explode and pour into heaven, destroying everything in heaven!!