273, Arrive at Ameiken Country (please complete order)
"Of course, I'm just a suggestion."
"It's up to you whether you listen or not..."
Himura Kenshin sighed. To be honest, he still couldn't bear to see Yamada Mitsuko looking at him like this. Since he couldn't let go, he, as an elder, could only use other reasons to enlighten him.
"I will consider this matter seriously."
Yamada Mitsuko nodded, worrying about gains and losses.
Does she really want to force Bai Gui to divorce his wife and marry her? If Bai Gui really does this, will he still be the man she once liked? But if she doesn't do this, it will be difficult for her to accept that Bai Gui has another man.
woman.
"Take a step and take a look."
"I went to Yale University just to study."
She thought to herself.
…
This steamship sailed from Tokyo to San Francisco in the country of Ameken. It would take at least more than a month to reach its destination.
New York State is on the east coast of America.
In later generations, the Panama Canal shortened the voyage from East Asia to the east coast of Ameken. However, at this time, the Panama Canal was still under construction. It was necessary to take a railway from San Francisco on the west coast to New York State on the east coast.
.
It was about the same time as Bai Gui expected.
In about forty days, they arrived at San Francisco, the east coast of Ameken.
"When I returned to China with my brother, San Francisco was not like this. I didn't expect that just a few years later, San Francisco has changed so much."
“The speed of development of Amei Ken is amazing.”
Bai Xiuzhu just got off the ferry and looked at the busy scene in front of her, a little shocked.
San Francisco five years ago and San Francisco now are changing rapidly.
"The first industrial revolution occurred in England because the production of handicrafts could no longer meet the needs of the market. However, the outbreak point of the second industrial revolution was concentrated in emerging countries because..."
"The old direct system has brought great benefits to the empire on which the sun never sets. This group of British people are even more keen on building a huge direct system to plunder wealth. However, emerging countries do not have opportunities like England and France, so they only
You can cultivate your internal strength and expand your productivity technically in order to overtake others in corners.”
"So, when you go to England, you can see the use of various steam engines, but in Ameken, there are already various applications of electricity..."
Bai Gui shook his head and said casually.
This is only part of the reason for the great changes in Ameiken. The general trend of history is inseparable from the changes in the economic factors behind it. This is also what Confucianism says is that all the bustle in the world is for benefit, and all the bustle in the world is for benefit.
It is not yet the golden period for the development of Amei Kenya. After the European War, the real outbreak will begin.
"Weekly News."
"On January 1, the world's first scheduled civil aviation route started operating in Florida, with a route distance of 35 kilometers."
"On January 5, Henry Ford significantly raised wages for Ford workers in an effort to stimulate production."
"..."
"The Panama Canal is expected to be opened to navigation on August 15th..."
As soon as they reached the port, they heard the radio horn sounding.
"Is that what the newspapers call radio?"
“I didn’t expect people from my country would start using it so quickly.”
Everyone was amazed.
After they entered Ameiken's country, they really felt like country bumpkins.
In the early years, they saw in newspapers that scientists predicted that radio would become a new media method. However, they did not expect to see the implementation of radio so quickly when they arrived in Ameiken.
"As early as 1864, the English theoretical physicist Maxwell discovered the basic principles of electromagnetism. In 1884, the German scientist Heiny Hertz followed Maxwell's method and realized the method of generating, transmitting and receiving infinite radio waves.
…”
"A few years earlier, in 1906, University of Pittsburgh professor Reginald Fessenden had implemented a short program broadcast."
"The current broadcasting technology should not be used for commercial purposes. Amei and Kenya are still in the exploratory stage in terms of broadcasting."
Bai Gui benefited from his good memory and said slowly.
According to the history he knew, it was not until 1920 that Amei Ken would start formal radio broadcasting.
But...it is only in the exploratory stage, which is far beyond that of most countries.
"Mr. Bai... is really well-informed."
Himura Kenshin sighed.
Only now did he realize Bai Gui's true excellence, because he was not only a martial arts practitioner, but also a famous scholar at home and abroad.
When we left the port, we rarely saw rickshaws. They were all taxis with Ford cars parked.
The model is a Ford Model-T car.
The price of this car in 1908 was US$825. By 1916, the price of this car was US$360. At that time, the monthly salary of Amei-Ken workers was approximately
Fifty-six dollars, so they only need to work for about six months to buy a Ford Model T.
"Hello, go to the train station!"
Bai Gui took Bai Xiuzhu's arm and got into the Ford car and spoke in English.
Behind him, Himura Kenshin, Yamada Mitsuko and Yamada Mitsuko's bodyguard also got into other Ford cars together.
Himura Kenshin was just protecting Yamada Mitsuko by the way, and it was obviously impossible for the Yamada family to just let Himura Kenshin protect him like this, so they arranged three samurai bodyguards, all of whom were former retainers of the Yamada family.
"Okay, sir."
"Your English is so fluent, it sounds like you have a London accent."
The driver, a middle-aged white man, turned his head from the driver's seat and said.
"I learned spoken English for a while with an Englishman in London. Well, he was my butler."
Bai Gui made nonsense.
At this time, the Amei Ken people still had some inferiority complex when facing the English people. After all, the sun never sets in England now, and it is not the small country huddled in the British Isles in later generations.
A fluent Cockney accent will obviously gain the respect of others.
"It turns out he is a noble gentleman."
"Please wait……"
The driver corrected his attitude and said.
He started the car engine.
The Ford car drove slowly on the busy street.
British butlers originated in France, just as French was once the high-level language second only to Latin in the upper class of Europe, but later with the development of history, British butlers became more famous.
(Greece and Rome used Latin as a means of communication and specially set up Latin education.)
Generally, wealthy nobles like to hire English as housekeepers.
At this time, Amei-Ken had a Haiku Act, but it was also during this period that the number of Amei-Ken studying abroad was increasing day by day. In terms of Geng funds, the Amei-Ken government even used this as funds for sending students to study abroad. Zero
From 9 to 2012, 100 students will be selected to study in the United States every year, and 50 international students will be selected to study in the United States every year.
From then on, studying in Japan and studying in the United States became the two major ways to study abroad.
In the final analysis, the so-called Haiku Bill means that Amei-Kenya people believe that domestic workers are taking away their jobs, so they refuse to admit Chinese into Amei-Kenya...
But... wherever Mr. Huang goes, he is Mr. Huang.
Especially Mr. Huang, who speaks with a smooth London accent and is dressed in upper-class clothes. The taxi driver is not confident enough to despise Bai Gui. Even if he is disdainful in his heart, he will not say it out loud.
Not long after, we arrived at the train station in San Francisco.
Bai Gui and his party didn't plan to stay in San Francisco for a long time, and there weren't many uncomfortable places on the ship so they wouldn't have to rest, so they planned to get to New York State as quickly as possible.
