This time, although it was the first time for George Han to ride on such a huge steam liner, after a whole day of instruction from his brother, he, who was wearing a tweed business suit like George, could not hold back his exclamation.
, the most I can do is take a few more glances, but I don’t dare to look too much for fear of being laughed at by others.
After a few hours, the passenger ship arrived at the port of Ceuta successfully!
When he arrived at the port, George Han looked at the city of Ceuta Port, especially when he heard his brother say that the huge and magnificent building on the coast was his workplace. Although he suppressed it, his face was still full of shock.
He had never dared to imagine the scene he saw today, let alone seeing it in his life.
After landing, George said: "Let's go, I will take you to your uncle's house first!"
"The European hotel where I work provides accommodation. The conditions of the dormitory are quite good. I have a separate room of my own!"
"So you go to live with your uncle for the next few days. I have told my uncle in advance and he agreed. However, my uncle's family has a large population and they don't have many rooms, so you will have to lay the floor!"
“When you get a job, move out!”
“Don’t worry, many jobs in Ceuta provide room and board!”
Qiao Han said: "Is it easy to find a job here? I searched for a long time in Cadiz before, but I couldn't find a satisfactory job!"
George said: "Don't worry, this is Ceuta, our Tang Dynasty's largest overseas territory in Europe. When there are many job opportunities, as long as you can endure hardship, you will definitely be able to find a job!"
More than half an hour later, the two of them changed to public carriages several times before getting off at a platform at a street corner. After walking for more than ten minutes, they stopped at the door of an apartment building.
It didn't take long before they appeared in uncle's living room.
The furnishings of his uncle's house made Qiao Han fuss again. In terms of area, his uncle's house was actually not very big. It was estimated to be only about 100 square meters and had four rooms.
However, the transparent glass windows and small balcony make the house very bright, even without lighting a kerosene lamp.
However, his uncle's family is quite large. In addition to his uncle and his wife, they have six children.
The older one is already working to make money, while the younger one is still in school.
The uncle was very enthusiastic about the arrival of their brother, and he also said that if Qiao Han's job search did not go smoothly, he would go to the superiors to beg for mercy and give him a job.
However, the salary of this job is naturally not high.
Not every temporary resident can be like George, who is proficient in multiple languages, is smart, and can find a pretty good job.
Most temporary residents still need time to accumulate and do some work within their capabilities.
Even they cannot get land for free like the new immigrants from the Tang Dynasty. They can also get land, but they need to pay for it themselves!
After asking his uncle to take care of his younger brother, George rushed back to the European Hotel that day. He had asked for leave for the past two days. Although his superiors had approved his three-day vacation, he still wanted to end his vacation early.
Because asking for leave will deduct wages!
Not only will wages be deducted, but if you don't work, you won't be able to provide services to those powerful people, so naturally there will be no tips.
Tips account for a large part of his income.
So I rushed back to the European Hotel that day to prepare for work the next day.
And his younger brother was not idle the next day. He went out to look for work with his cousin. After searching again, he found that Ceuta certainly looked like a paradise on earth.
But it is still not easy to find a better job.
Although Qiao Han passed the Tang language test and could read and write Tang language proficiently, he was terrible in other aspects.
Because he found that many job opportunities often require academic qualifications.
This academic qualification is not just his high-level Tang language examination essay, but the primary school and middle school essay in Datang.
With the overall social development of the Tang Dynasty, the strong economy also led to the rapid development of basic education in the Tang Dynasty. At present, the proportion of school-age boys enrolled in primary schools in the empire has exceeded 90%.
Even though many people drop out of school, the proportion of people who can obtain primary school diplomas is still quite high.
Basically, if you want to find a decent job, you often need a middle school degree. As for a primary school degree, let alone that. Even if you are recruiting apprentice clerks in a store, you are required to have a primary school degree.
Qiao Han had never studied in a school in Datang, so naturally he didn't have any literary appointments.
Although not everyone values academic qualifications, there are a few temporary resident shop owners like Qiao Han who are willing to give him a chance because he is also a temporary resident.
But when George Han didn't even know slightly complicated arithmetic and other common sense, everyone shook their heads.
After searching outside for a day, he returned to his uncle's house dejectedly.
And his uncle seemed to have expected this situation, so he said: "Don't be discouraged. Your brother came here like this back then. So, go to my company and work as a handyman tomorrow. Although the salary is a bit low,
But at least you can support yourself!"
"But you still have to work hard in the future. Not only do you work hard, it's better to save some money and go to night school and try to get a primary school diploma. Although the primary school diploma in night school is not very valuable, it is better than nothing.
"
"Your brother just spent a few years to pass the elementary school literary examination. Otherwise, how could he work in a European hotel, even with my recommendation?"
Hearing what his uncle said, George Han nodded: "Uncle, I listen to you. I will definitely work hard to pay off the debt as soon as possible."
When brothers George and Johan were struggling at the bottom of Ceuta to work and pay off their debts.
Count Carlton in the European Hotel was also very curious, because he found that in Ceuta and even in the European Hotel, in addition to the Tang Dynasty people, there were actually many Europeans and even West Asians like him.
Don't these people of the Tang Dynasty particularly hate the blond and blue-eyed barbarians? Why are there so many barbarians here!
And they were given temporary resident status!
Earl Carlton knew very well that the people of the Tang Dynasty particularly disliked close contact with Europeans like him.
When he was studying in Cadiz, although he went to school in the embassy district, to be honest, except for a few instructors from the Tang Dynasty, he didn't have much contact with other Tang people.
Even apart from their military academies, he had never seen any other Europeans.