Johannesburg has already used electric lights, and Roque will certainly not treat Nyasaland badly.
Although Nyasaland does not have a river with a wide basin and a large scope like the Limpopo River, Nyasaland's water resources are superior to those of Johannesburg. The Limpopo River is only a seasonal river. Although the rivers in Nyasaland
The distance is short, but the drop is large and the number is large, which is very conducive to the development of small reservoirs and hydropower stations.
Rock does not need a model project like the Crocodile Bay Reservoir in Nyasaland. Although the installed capacity of a single hydropower station is not as good as that of the Crocodile Bay Reservoir, it cannot support the large number of hydropower stations in Nyasaland. The installed capacity of all hydropower stations combined is more than
Qiguwan Reservoir is only high but not low.
What's more, because the scale of a single hydropower station is small, the construction period is shorter, so Nyasaland's use of electric lights was not much later than Johannesburg.
Speaking of which, although electricity had just appeared in the world, Su Xian was no stranger to electric lights.
More than ten years ago, Su Xian, as his father's assistant, was already qualified to enter and exit the palace. The palace had already used electric lights in 1888, but because all the electric lights at that time were powered by generators, Su Xian did not have
I heard the roar of the generator, so I misunderstood.
The moment he saw the electric light, to be honest, Su Xian had mixed feelings. In the Qing Dynasty, only the nobles in the palace were qualified to use electric lights. The imperial hospital where Su Xian's father worked was not qualified to install them. For a moment, Su Xian thought
Back to three years ago.
In just three years, people have changed and the land has changed dramatically.
Compared with Su Xian, his family's eyesight is not enough. Although electric lights have appeared in the Qing Dynasty for more than ten years, to ordinary Chinese, electric lights are legendary existences. Ordinary people have no chance to see them at all, so even if electric lights are
It was a bit dazzling, but several children still stared at the electric light without blinking.
Fortunately, Su Xian was very strict with the children. Although they were curious, the children did not lose their composure and just watched quietly. Without Su Xian's permission, the children did not even enter.
"Mr. Su, you will be staying here for the next few days. If you have any inconvenience, please come to me directly or ask the staff at the transfer station. I am Liang Kuan, the deputy director of the transfer station. If you need anything, just say hello." Liang Kuan.
His attitude was respectful, and after he finished speaking, he turned around and wanted to leave.
"Director Liang Liang, may I ask, is our family the only one who lives here?" Su Xian called to Liang Kuan in time.
"Yes, it's just your family. There are eight rooms upstairs and downstairs. Downstairs is the living room, kitchen, and guest room. Upstairs are three bedrooms and a study room, as well as a shared bathroom. If it's still not enough,
Then you have to live in the attic, but there is no bed in the attic. If you want to live in the attic, you have to make a bed on the floor. The bedding in the room is ready, just in the cabinet next to the bed. I will go up with you." Liang Kuan said this.
, I don’t know how many times I have to repeat it every day, so I just took Su Xian upstairs.
The smooth and shiny wooden floor bounced slightly when you stepped on it. Walking up the stairs, Liang Kuan turned on another light at the corner. This made Su Xian secretly scared. He didn't know how many of them were installed in this house.
Electric light, it seems that Nyasaland is indeed as wealthy as the legend.
Before agreeing to go to Nyasaland, Su Xian had heard that many Chinese had immigrated to Africa in the past two years. At that time, Su Xian thought that Africa or Nyasaland were both barbaric lands.
After going there, I can only serve as cattle for the foreigners. It is absolutely impossible to be like the legend, where everyone can live and work in peace and contentment and not be bullied by the foreigners.
The reason why Su Xian agreed to come to Nyasaland was because he had no other choice. At that time, Su Xian was even willing to come to Nyasaland alone and let his wife and children stay in the Qing Dynasty.
Fortunately, Su Xian's wife was sensible and would rather die than separate her family. So Su Xian and his family entered the camp of Nyasaland Human Resources Company together.
In the camp, Su Xian's family was well cared for. After the camp staff learned about Su Xian's occupation, they did not force Su Xian's family to shave their heads and change clothes like others, nor did they separate Su Xian's family.
They were arranged in two separate rooms, which was a bit crowded, but compared to those who had to separate men and women, this was much luckier.
After entering the camp, Su Xian finally realized how wealthy the Nyasaland people were.
At this time, in the north of the Qing Dynasty, due to continuous wars and natural and man-made disasters, the people were already in dire straits. The high-ranking officials were better off. Although their lives were also greatly affected, they could still guarantee food and clothing. Ordinary people were miserable. Su Xian's father
He used to be an imperial doctor, but his family had been ruined. The situation of ordinary people can be imagined. Although Su Xian did not see Yi Zi and died of starvation, more and more people voluntarily sold themselves into slavery.
Five years ago, you only needed 80 yen to buy a daughter-in-law. Now you can get a living, grown-up girl with no money at all and just two pounds of millet.
It was another situation in the camp. Not only were they well-fed and well-clothed, at least they had food to eat and clothing to wear, and the most important thing was that they had enough food to eat. This had calmed down many new immigrants.
Coming to Nyasaland, Su Xian's understanding was refreshed again, and the electric light was just the beginning.
Although the room was not big, it was clean and tidy. There were also electric lights in the room, but Su Xian was starting to feel numb now. It seemed that the electric lights that only dignitaries could enjoy in the Qing Dynasty were common in Nyasaland.
That's right, the electric light was introduced to the Qing Dynasty by foreigners, and it was naturally not rare in the foreign world. Just like the porcelain and tea of the Qing Dynasty, the price was low in the Qing Dynasty.
Doing business, but we also know these situations.
Liang Kuan opened the standing cupboard next to the door and did not reach out rashly. He just stretched out his hand to indicate: "The bedding is all in the cupboard. Every room is the same. The climate in Nyasaland is very different from that in the Qing Dynasty. It has great weather all year round."
Part of it is summer, but the weather here is not very hot. As long as you don't bask in the sun, you still need to prevent mosquitoes at night. But we don't need to light mugwort. There are mosquito coils on the windowsill. After lighting them, the mosquitoes will naturally disappear.
If you dare to get close, someone will send you something later, please wait a moment, Mr. Su."
After speaking, Liang Kuan cupped his hands and went downstairs without waiting for Su Xian to return the favor. This time, Su Xian did not stop Liang Kuan. It could be seen that Liang Kuan, the "director", was also very busy.
When Su Xian and his wife returned upstairs after seeing Liang Kuan off, the concubine and the children still couldn't believe it.
"Dad, are we going to live here from now on?" The person who spoke was Su Xian's eldest son Su Wei. Su Wei just came of age this year. He also studied medicine with Su Xian since he was a child. It has been more than ten years now. If he hadn't encountered a disaster, he would have been there.
A few years later, Su Wei was qualified to hold clinics, but now all this has come to nothing.
It's not necessarily true that since the Nyasaland people spent such a price to bring Su Xian and his family from the Qing Dynasty to Nyasaland, they definitely didn't want to treat Su Xian and his family as livestock. It is estimated that Su Xian will still have to pay more attention in Nyasaland.
It's just that Su Xian is still not sure if there are any herbal medicines in Nyasaland. If there are no herbal medicines, then Su Xian will have nowhere to use his skills.
Listening to what Liang Kuan said just now, the climate in Nyasaland is very different from that in the Qing Dynasty, so even if there are medicinal herbs in Nyasaland, the medicinal properties must be different from those in the Qing Dynasty.
"I'm staying here for the time being. I don't know how they will arrange it. Please be patient. You and the second and fourth children will live in one room, and the third and fifth children will live in the same room. Go and make the bed. There will definitely be a bed tonight.
I'm living here." Su Xian had settled down since he came, but now that he's in this situation, he can only resign himself to his fate.
After sending the children to make the bed and closing the door, only Su Xian and his wife were left in the room.
The concubine was obviously uncomfortable in this environment, so she found an excuse to go to the kitchen to have a look. Su Xian's wife finally spoke.
"Looking at these Nyasaland people, they don't look vicious. I thought they were all foreigners in Nyasaland, but it seems that the rumors are not true." Su Xian's wife also comes from a wealthy family, so her outlook is naturally different.
"I heard that Baron Nyasaland is Chinese. He has made great contributions to foreigners in the past few years, so he was made a baron by the Queen of England." Su Xian told Nyasaland in the camp of Nyasaland Human Resources Company.
There is quite a bit of understanding, and the Qing State should also know this information, but Su Xian doesn't know why, and the Qing State is very tight-lipped about Nyasaland.
"But a few years ago, foreigners invaded our Qing Dynasty?" Su Xian's wife's face turned pale.
"No, they are helping foreigners fight against foreigners." Su Xian shook his head. If Baron Nyasaland helped foreigners fight against the Qing Dynasty, Su Xian would rather die than come to Nyasaland.
If you work for a tiger and help a tyrant, you won’t be able to enter your ancestor’s grave even if you die!
"That's rare." Su Xian's wife let out a sigh of relief, and subconsciously felt more recognition for Nyasaland.
"This Baron of Nyasaland is still very rare. I heard that in the war between foreigners, he helped the British Empire kill the commander-in-chief of the other side, and then brought peace to the other side. Even among foreigners, he is outstanding." Su
When Xian first heard about Baron Nyasaland, he couldn't believe it. Over the past few years, he had only seen foreigners bullying the Qing Dynasty, but he had never heard of the Qing Dynasty attacking foreigners.
Just as Su Xian's wife was about to speak, the doorbell suddenly sounded from downstairs.
Su Xian went downstairs with his wife, and at the door was a neatly dressed white man.
Su Xian and his wife's hearts suddenly lifted.
When he opened the door, the white man's Chinese language was not very proficient, and his stumbling words were funny, but his words were not funny: "Mr. Su, this is your family's dinner tonight."
Turns out he was delivering food
Wait, delivering food is a job of serving people. Is it possible that in Nyasaland, Chinese people can order white people?
Su Xian really couldn't believe it, but the facts were in front of him, so what if he didn't believe it?!
