Chapter 1141 New world, new beginning for support)(1/2)
It is not embarrassing to surrender to the motherland!
The driver kept complaining like a chattering chatter, complaining that the members of the Republic were the members sent by the vassal states of West Asia and Southern Europe, how they forgot their ancestors and how they recited China.
"Those skeletons said they were from the Ming Dynasty, but many of them believed in Christ, especially those local nobles, and those skeletons were not Chinese at all..."
Of course, in the eyes of the truck driver, he must be a real Chinese. In fact, he is just an ordinary person, an ordinary good person. Although he was nagging along the way, that's it.
The sunset completely sank into the horizon. When night fell completely, the car drove into the edge of the city, and under the dim street lights, the truck rushed past. From the truck driver, he finally had a basic understanding of the world.
Babylon is one of the provinces of the Roman Republic, and this so-called republic is somewhat similar to the Venetian Republic. It is actually a noble oligarchy. The so-called "grand commanders" all come from dozens of great vassal states. They are kings themselves. As for the members of the great parliament, they are allocated seats according to the different vassal states, and the parliamentarians themselves are nobles of the vassal states. Although the great commanders cannot be hereditary, the electors and candidates of the great commanders are all hereditary vassal states and nobles of the vassal states. Therefore, the politics of the Roman Republic is still an unbiased aristocratic oligarchy, but the monarch is not allowed to appear.
To put it bluntly, it is a group of princes who do not want others to be emperors, just hooking up with their mother country and entertaining themselves. Speaking of which, this so-called Roman Republic has a little imagination and the Roman Republic in history, both of which are the same... aristocratic oligarchs.
By the way, it is now 1880 AD!
The Roman Republic was only twenty years old. As for why the name of Rome was used, in addition to the capital of Constantinople, and in the early years, the more important reason was... to disgust Li Hongzhang.
Finally, as midnight approached, the truck driver put him down near the railway station of Suiyuancheng, the capital of Babylon Province.
"Little brother, goodbye if you are destined to be!"
"See you well if you are destined to be!"
I came to the train station again. There seemed to be no big change here. The architecture was still the Chinese-style building. Even though the Greek and Tianfang culture had an impact on the Chinese princes, the Chinese princes were all great Chineseists in their bones, and the superiority of Chinese culture was also natural. At most, they only absorbed some Greek or Tianfang cultures, and the main body was still the Chinese.
"Clang, Clang..."
At this moment, Zhu Guoqiang heard the bell sound from the bell tower directly in front of him, and the hour hand of the bell tower pointed at the twelve o'clock position.
It's already twelve o'clock in the evening!
Where should I go next?
Looking around in a daze, there were many people outside the station, and people from all directions passed by him and walked towards the roadside. Although it was the 19th century now, in this world, cars had already run around the ground and planes were flying all over the sky. Is it the 19th century or the 20th century now?
Zhu Guoqiang couldn't help but feel confused...
Looking at those people wearing various costumes, only a few of them wore Ming style robes, and most of them wore clothing similar to suits. This type of clothing evolved based on military uniforms and was quite popular during the Qiansheng period, but now it has more types.
For Zhu Guoqiang, this time and space are undoubtedly unfamiliar.
What should I do next?
There is no doubt that in this strange time and space, he could not explain his origin to anyone. Could it be that he would have gone to Nanjing and told the emperor that I am your ancestor!
If you are not detained as a mental hospital as a psychiatrist, you will also be treated as a disrespectful person.
At present, he doesn't even have a reasonable identity, and survival has become the biggest problem.
If you have difficulties, you should be a policeman... No, it should be a police officer.
But for Zhu Guoqiang, the police are exactly what he avoids!
How will my life begin in this era?
Could it be...
"Sir, please show your ID!"
At this moment, the police...the policeman appeared in front of him. If he had difficulties, he didn't have to go to the police, but if he was suspected, the police would definitely appear.
Turning back, two policemen stood behind them, wearing black lapel uniforms, with numeric symbols on their collars, and their arms around their waists.
"Sir, please show your ID!"
Once again, the police asked.
Documents...
What documents do I have there?
Confused, Zhu Guoqiang remembered that there was an admission notice in his backpack, so he said.
"Sir, my wallet was stolen on the road, and my ID was in my wallet. Look, this is my college admission letter."
As he spoke, Zhu Guoqiang took out the admission letter and handed it over.
Lost your wallet near the train station?
This is not embarrassing.
"University Admission Notice?"
The police took the notice in confusion and glanced at it, indicating that it was the rich.
“What school?”
Another policeman asked.
“Imperial College London.”
Famous brand!
Zhu Guoqiang thought to himself, but the policeman's expression betrayed him, as if this university was not very good.
After thinking about it, it was true that, after all, England... was just a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. Even if there was a good university, how could it be?
Before the police left, they handed a form to Zhu Guoqiang, saying that they had filled out the ID card in the nearby police station.
Obviously, people often throw things at train stations, and this form is carried with you. I started looking at the thin form, and the items to be filled in from top to bottom are name, age, gender, ethnicity and... social insurance numbers.
Social Insurance Number?
I actually have social insurance!
Before he could be surprised by the difference in this world, Zhu Guoqiang had to start thinking about an extremely deadly question how should he survive next?
It is obvious that Zhu Guoqiang, who had inexplicably fallen into this new world, was a pauper. When he traveled through time, he only had a midsuit and only had a pistol. He was alone and had neither the currency of this world nor the gold, silver and jewelry that could be exchanged for currency, so now he is a penniless pauper.
This time, the police officer's cross-examination may have been fooled, but what about next?
He is penniless and may face interrogation from other police officers, such as working as an illegal worker, pretending to be an illegal immigrant or something.
I just don’t know if there are any illegal immigrants in this world.
So after being dazed at the card for less than a minute, Zhu Guoqiang made the first decision to stay in the waiting room first!
Let's talk about everything when dawn.
...
The next day, early in the morning, the last radio before departure sounded in the station waiting room:
"People, please note that the train to Constantinople is about to leave at 9 o'clock..."
Zhu Guoqiang, who had been in the waiting room for one night, joined the passengers and walked out of the station gate. Where to go next?
For penniless people, the place they can go... is a purposeless walk.
After walking aimlessly in the strange city for more than an hour, Zhu Guoqiang finally arrived at the city center of Suiyuan City. After walking around the bustling city center for a while, he was suddenly stunned. Although the people around him were squeezing him, he ignored it and stared at the front with his eyes wide open, staring at there.
Ming Bank!
After blinking his eyes, Zhu Guoqiang said to himself.
"The Ming Bank is still there..."
Of course, the Ming Bank is still there. After all, it was the central bank of the Ming Dynasty. During the Gansheng period, it had already opened all the provinces, vassal states and colonies of the Ming Dynasty.
"Maybe……"
Staring at the bank, Zhu Guoqiang suddenly became excited.
First of all, no matter what he does in the future, he will be a start-up capital.
Of course, this is not the start-up capital for some business, but a "rest and settlement fee".
What he needs most now is money. At least he needs money to get rid of the dilemma of being penniless and solve the problem of eating.
Without money, he would never be able to gain a foothold in this world.
Ming Bank!
The reason why Zhu Guoqiang was so excited was because... he had a silver dollar coupon from the Ming Bank!
When he "run away from home", he brought a lot of money, after all, traveling was very expensive.
As for where the silver dollar coupon is...
Zhu Guoqiang touched the pistol, and the gun was still there.
There is a silver note hidden in the handle of the pistol.
In fact, Zhu Guoqiang has visited this bank a century and a half ago.
After entering the bank, there were not many people in the bank, but when he entered the bank, Zhu Guoqiang still widened his eyes in surprise because he saw something familiar and strange on the lobby manager's desk.
That's...computer!
computer!
Yes, it must be a computer, but its appearance is simple and the screen is a bit like a black and white TV, which looks a bit similar to a computer from the 1980s. However, it looks like the screen is too small, only a few inches in size, which is disproportionate to the size of the host.
Have you entered the era of the information technology revolution now?
To be continued...