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Zhu Wencong had recently thrown all his thoughts into oil, the original oil resources that had lit up the world and later made distances on Earth no longer significant.
Paladon took Zhu Wencong on a tour of his own oil fields and refinery, the culmination of over a decade of hard work.
The industry in America was truly enviable nowadays, and it was no wonder that it could later surpass England. This was the foundation of a great nation.
What does that mean? The present stage of America and the future rise of the East were quite similar, both able to rise swiftly despite being encircled and blocked by the West.
The key lay in that exports could be turned into domestic sales, and a vast population could absorb huge quantities of industrial products. Moreover, the country's abundant resources solved the problem of importing from abroad.