John recalled for a moment and thought about the family's situation.
Speaking of the Addams Family, they are actually quite famous in the West, especially in New Flamingo.
This was a down-and-out nobleman from Brooke. Like most of the Brooke nobles in the West, they were descendants of down-and-out nobles who came from poor families and ventured to the New World to work hard, or who had no inheritance rights.
The reason why the Adams family impressed John was that this family did not mainly experience land-related industries such as traditional agriculture, animal husbandry and cash crops like most nobles, but was committed to operating emerging industries such as steam machinery factories.
and new shipyards.
This allowed the family to develop very quickly, and there might be Brook's power behind it, otherwise a down-and-out aristocratic family probably wouldn't be able to come up with so many new technologies.
Although the scale of the Adams family's industry is not large, they are also emerging industrialists behind several large families, including the Hessenser family.
In particular, their family has the most industries in the New Flamenco State. At first, they did not compete with several big families in the Golden Sands State, which has the most obvious geographical advantages. Instead, they chose to work in the newly-joined Flamenco State. Now it seems that it is obviously a wise decision.
s Choice.
Although New Flamingo State is far from being able to compare with Jinsha Port, the first urban area in the west, in terms of resources and city size, it has a large number of Spanian and mixed-race refugee stowaways who have fled from Hyjal.
, there is no shortage of human resources here. With a little training, these people can become a large number of basic workers, which can save a lot of labor costs for labor-intensive industries such as mines, shipyards and machinery processing plants.
After all, the salary level in New Flamenco is much lower than that in Jinsha Port. Although Jinsha Port has a large population, the nobles want to save face. In order to win people's hearts, and to set off the cruelty and cold-bloodedness of the eastern government capitalists, the factory treatment in the west is
Although it is not good, it is much better than the eastern industries that use a lot of slave labor and child labor.
He didn't expect that he would be able to meet the child of this industrial tycoon from New Flamenco State with the ticket he chose at random. However, John thought that most of the people who took airships nowadays were rich or noble, so it wasn't that surprising.
"Looking at the fact that he is only fourteen or fifteen years old, he should be the youngest son of the Adams family. Is he going to study in the east?"
Without John asking, the two chatted for a few words, and sure enough the other party revealed the purpose of his trip. Sure enough, he was going to the eastern part of the Federation to study like Klaus and John.
Because the best colleges in the White Eagle Federation are all in the east, who was the first to discover and develop the east by the colonists? This kind of heritage is something that the west will not be able to catch up with in a short time.
Therefore, children of families in the west and children of wealthy businessmen and middle-class people will choose to study in the east after graduating from public schools or completing primary education as tutors.
In this era, higher education was still very scarce, and the top universities were concentrated in the old and powerful countries of the Old Continent. There were only two universities in the White Eagle Federation that could be recognized by the Old Continent, and only these two colleges of higher learning.
One is the Federal National University, which is said to be a public university, but is actually an educational institution supported by domestic industrial consortiums. It mainly focuses on industry and machinery manufacturing, and its comprehensive level can reach the level of a second-rate university in the old continent.
The other is Rodrigues College, which focuses on military, literature and art. In recent years, it has also added emerging majors such as steam machinery. Because it was a private higher education institution supported by the aristocratic immigrants and dignitaries of the Old World from the beginning.
Most of the teaching staff comes from the Old Continent, so it is more accepted by the Old Continent countries. In terms of reputation and strength, it is slightly higher than the comprehensive university of Federal National University.
Since Rodrigues College belongs to their own faction, the Western rulers simply stopped setting up higher colleges and continued to fund Rodrigues College, so that more than 80% of the students in this college were taken over by the Western aristocratic faction and all classes.
Occupied by students.
In recent years, most of the university students are aristocrats and wealthy businessmen. In fact, the so-called middle class in later generations has not yet been fully formed. They are basically people who depend on the aristocrats and capitalists. As for the real common people at the bottom, they account for less than 1% of the total number of college students.
Second, it can be seen that it is rare.
This is driven by social development, and this is basically the case in all countries, unless it is like the White Eagle Federation, which selects orphans from the civilian class every year for brainwashing and training, and then becomes a vanguard loyal to the federal government and against other factions such as the aristocracy.
It is not that the Federation does not covet the resources of Rodrigues College, but the college has the support of various institutions of higher learning in the Old World and has many world-renowned and influential professors. It has a transcendent status and is a private institution. The Federal Government has no excuse.
To control and control.
Therefore, although the college is not in the west, it is not much different from being in the west.
When it comes to Rodriguez College, one is a senior who graduated from the college, and the other is a junior who is about to enter the school. The two of them have a common topic.
Nick Adams asked for advice and told his own troubles in a low profile:
"Senior Claus, my family hopes that I will study steam and machinery-related majors so that I can inherit the family business after graduation. But I don't have much interest in those cold machines and water-heating steam engines. I want to choose alchemy.
Pharmacy, etc., I have been very interested in the occult and supernatural fields since I was a child, but it is a pity that the Adams family does not have this inheritance."
John also has a good impression of Nick, his little brat junior fellow student. After all, his name is also one of Nicholas's nicknames and is mostly used on Brook Island, while Klaus is commonly used in the Holy Empire and Western and Southern Europe.
Abbreviation.
So he had a good first impression of this kid and patiently explained to him:
"Choosing a major is an important choice in life. For an ordinary student, it will affect his or her life. Nick, although your family background allows you to make a living without relying on what you have studied after graduation, the choice of major will also affect the future.
development, we have to be cautious.”
"However, I cannot and am not qualified to make a decision for you in this regard. I can only briefly analyze the pros and cons of these two majors for you. The specific choice depends on you!"
When the butler who was listening on the side heard this, he couldn't help but cast a look of approval at this influential figure of the younger generation in Jinsha Port.
I thought to myself: "Isn't this well-known libertine as ignorant as the rumors say? At least these words are very pertinent and he has shown some goodwill to the family. I heard that this man is also an extraordinary professional, young master.
You might benefit a lot from dating him..."
Of course, John didn't know the psychological activities of the butler next to him. He was now playing Klaus and said in a slightly frivolous tone:
“I don’t know much about the steam and machinery profession, but ever since the invention of the father of steam and machinery was announced, it has affected the development of industry. This is a technological revolution, whether it is steam trains or steam trains.
Steamships, as well as the airships we ride now, are all products that transcend the times. They have greatly shortened the distance between people and promoted the development of the world in terms of economy, transportation, etc., so the future of choosing this major can be
It is said to be very broad, but for us nobles, unless it is due to interest and extremely talented in this area, then your family will also celebrate the birth of a great inventor and great engineer in their family! Otherwise,
, Take myself as an example. I am not interested in complex steam and mechanical knowledge. After taking over the family business in the future, I will basically control the situation behind the scenes as the boss. For specific design and manufacturing, I only need to hire professional engineers, so
Whether I study this major will not have much impact on my future, or it will not bring much benefit."
Hearing these words, Nick Adams nodded repeatedly, and his eyes lit up at that time. It was obviously the first time he understood this issue from another direction.
If he explained this to his family, maybe he could convince his stubborn old father, right?