The following days were not so much a long journey as a sightseeing tour. After crossing the Andes, we returned to the Pampas again.
With the company of beautiful women along the way, the journey is actually very pleasant. During the journey, there are countless amorous feelings, endless lingering, and the passion of Latin girls will always make people fall in love with it.
Because of this, their speed is naturally much slower.
Fifteen days later, before the arrival of the New Year, Zhu Xianhai finally returned to Nanhua after a long absence. Although he left Nanhua for less than half a year, the changes here were amazing. Half a year ago, most of the buildings in the city were made of wood. Now, around the block
There are many more red brick buildings.
At the same time, more factories were put into operation, and more than two dozen small-scale factories including printing factories, glass factories, and canning factories were acquired from Buenos Aires, further enriching Nanhua's industrial base.
Of course, the most gratifying change is the arrival of a new batch of immigrants - the arrival of a total of 30,000 new immigrants, doubling the population of Nanhua again.
It has to be said that compared to South America, which lacks population resources, China in this era is basically a treasure trove of human resources.
"Is this Nan Hua?"
The city that appeared before Maria's eyes was unfamiliar, but she could clearly feel its difference. It was a city that was growing day by day and full of vitality.
Factories, docks, everything that comes into view makes it hard to believe that all of this only took one year.
"A year ago, was this really just a deserted place?"
"That factory is also newly built?"
"Shipyard too?"
"That's all you see."
"Oh my god, how is this possible? Even God can't do this."
"God can't do it, but the Chinese can do it."
Zhu Xianhai's tone was full of pride. In this era, China not only has the richest human resources in the world, but also has the national characteristics of hard work and hard work of the Chinese nation. If it is incomparable to any other nation, it is for this reason that the Chinese nation
Only then will he rise from the sinking again and again, and make the world marvel at him again and again.
The current Nanhua is just a small test.
"It's really hard to believe how you did it."
However, soon, her curiosity came to an abrupt end because of the arrival of the countess. When the carriage stopped in front of the mansion, when she saw the countess through the car window, looking at the elegant countess, she actually
I felt ashamed of myself,
"Dear, welcome home!"
Although Elizabeth wanted to throw herself into Zhu Xianhai's arms, she still kept a little distance. When she saw Maria getting off the car with him, she walked up with a smile and said in welcome,
"You must be Miss Rickmeier. Welcome to Nanhua."
"lady."
As Maria saluted, Elizabeth said.
"You don't need me to be so outspoken. Your grandfather and my grandfather have both participated in San Martin's army. They have known each other since we were in Mendoza."
In 1814, after the fall of Rancagua, Bernardo O'Higgins led the remnants of the Patriot Army to retreat to the city of Mendoza in Argentina to join San Martin. At that time, Elizabeth's grandfather was an officer of His Majesty San Martin.
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It doesn't matter whether they know each other or not. What's important is that after sharing a common experience, the two people will naturally become much closer.
Seeing this, Zhu Xianhai finally breathed a sigh of relief. When he ordered the maid to take Maria to freshen up, Elizabeth looked at her back and smiled.
"My dear, she should be a good marriage partner. O'Higgins has a high reputation in Chile and Peru. The only thing that is shocking is that her mother is an illegitimate daughter."
"You know, this is not what I thought."
Putting his hand around her waist, Zhu Xianhai said softly.
Naturally leaning her head on his shoulder, Elizabeth said softly.
"You should seriously consider this issue."
"Because your career needs an heir."
Elizabeth's soft words made Zhu Xianhai smile first, then he picked her up and said.
"Then let's work hard now..."
"It's daytime now!"
Putting her hands around his neck, Elizabeth's tone became extremely charming.
"During the day...so what!"
How can Zhu Xianhai care so much? Of course, if there is a chance, he can bring Maria with him. The ridiculous scene in the Andes hot spring is really nostalgic.
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After returning to Nanhua, Zhu Xianhai was not idle. He was even busier than before when he led the army. Although Nanhua's construction was on track, there were still many things waiting for him.
Of course, no matter how important it is, it is not more important than going to school - school!
After he left, Fang Zhanbo and the others finally compiled a set of primary school textbooks, several textbooks to be precise.
As soon as he entered elementary school, Zhu Xianhai heard the sound of reading loudly.
"When the first emperor of Qin destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world, he prepared the Huns in the north and built the Great Wall, which was more than 5,000 miles long and three feet high. He built forts every thirty-six feet for defense. It was a majestic scale and was a major project in the world.
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Listening to the sound of reading coming from the classroom, Fang Zhanbo said before Zhu Xianhai could speak.
"My lord, I believe that the Chinese language class is not just about learning literacy and common sense, but also about learning the history of China. Although we live in South China, we are Chinese people and we should not forget our roots!"
Fang Zhanbo's explanation made Zhu Xianhai smile and nod.
"You've done a great job! We really shouldn't forget our roots, China..."
Reciting these two words, Zhu Xianhai's expression was quite solemn.
"People of China should learn the history of China. In the history textbooks compiled in the future, the history of China and the history of the country can be put together. After all, the roots of South China are in China."
Rooted in China!
This will never change. The people educated by Nanhua in the future will definitely not be a group of banana people. Zhu Xianhai is confident about this.
"How many textbooks have I compiled now?"
"Now we have compiled three volumes of Chinese language, the first volume, the second volume for the first grade, and the first volume for the second grade. In addition, the three volumes of mathematics that my wife helped to translate have been compiled. The villain and several friends in the writing team have looked at it. In addition to the numeral symbols, Western arithmetic is easy.
Apart from writing, there’s not much else..."
Before Fang Zhanbo finished speaking, Zhu Xianhai smiled.
"That's just addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in elementary school. What other books have you compiled?"
"The museum is still being translated, but my wife helped translate some teaching wall charts. Students can study through the wall charts for the time being."
Everything is difficult at the beginning, especially education.
To give a simple example, after the opening of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the first set of primary school textbooks was not compiled until 1906. As for Japan when it implemented compulsory education in the 1870s, it had not yet been able to compile suitable primary school textbooks. But the latter
During the shogunate period, there were already thousands of scholars who were proficient in orchid studies and proficient in Dutch or English.
Just at this moment, Zhu Xianhai heard English reading in a classroom. Although the student's English was not fluent, he was still pleasantly surprised.
"Does the school already offer English?"
When Zhu Xianhai was talking, he walked towards the classroom and followed him, Fang Zhanbo said.
"Yes, my lord, but right now we only have one English teacher. Speaking of which, being able to offer English classes is a complete coincidence. I'm afraid my lord doesn't know that one of our immigrants once worked as an interpreter in Ningbo and speaks extremely good English.
He was fluent, and his subordinates felt that a talent like this could not be idle, so they asked him to teach English in schools, and he even wrote some teaching materials himself..."
When Fang Zhanbo introduced that the school, no, there was only one Chinese English teacher in Nanhua, Zhu Xianhai seemed a little excited. There are many talented people in the road!
Among Chinese people in these days, those who read the Four Books and Five Classics can attract hundreds of thousands or millions of people, but how many of them can speak English?
If you don’t learn English, how can you study abroad? If you don’t study abroad, how can you learn modern European science? If you can start the industrial revolution in South China!
This chapter has been completed!