The crackling sound of firecrackers rang out on the green grass outside the white house. Several female soldiers tied strings of long whips around the maple tree outside the white house and hung them to the ground. The little female soldiers were half-kneeling there, making incense and lighting firecrackers!
The firecrackers on the tree over there had just finished exploding, and the firecrackers on the tree here started ringing again. Everywhere along the line of fire, you could see firecrackers exploding one after another, sending up confetti all over the sky. Outside the white house, there was a smell of smoke and gunpowder, as if on a battlefield. Outside the iron fence of the white house, there were scholars standing with their heads peeping out to watch the excitement. Outside the white house, many schools now appeared on both sides of the empty street. Here in the United States of New Zealand, in the past, because survival was too easy and money could be made quickly from gold mining and hunting (furs), education was not paid much attention to.
Of course there are still schools, but they are few in number and the students mainly come from upper-class families. As for children born in the United States of New Zealand, as long as they are not born into the families of nobles, officials, or wealthy businessmen, they can be happy and illiterate without any worries.
However, their happy life ended completely with the arrival of the rich king. The local tyrant king himself is a top student and has loved reading since he was a child. His wife Wu Ahuan, concubine Ah Hai (although Ah Hai did not get admitted to Jinling Women's University, she is also a top student in the special department of Heshu University), Xu Jingzi, Du Mulan, who was chosen as the servant, was a top scholar, and most of the retainers who followed the rich king to the country were also top students. When a bunch of top academics come together, of course they have to pay attention to education.
How pitiful are the children here in the United States of New Zealand who don't study and play all day long, wasting their lives? You must go to school!
And it’s not like the United States of New Zealand doesn’t have money for education! Both the Xinzhou government and the people of Xinzhou have enough wealth to afford education!
If you want to calculate GDP per capita, it is definitely several times that of Ming Dynasty! With such a strong economic strength, it is really unreasonable to fail to provide education well.
Therefore, after Zhu Hehao took control of the United States, a compulsory education network covering all national settlements across the country began to be gradually established.
Of course, the compulsory education network that has just been established can only provide relatively basic educational services - every boy and girl who settles in Xinzhou is obliged to receive a four-year primary education.
In addition, through this compulsory education network, the Department of Education of the Ministry of Rites of the United States can also select the best among them through examinations and send them to senior primary schools in Washington City, Harbor City, Bozhou City, and Kinmen City for further education. After graduating from high school, more advanced middle schools await students from the New World, and the elite among them also have the opportunity to enter higher-level institutions of higher learning.
The institutions of higher education than middle schools in the United States of New Zealand are currently concentrated near the White House in Washington. They are Peanutton University, West Palace Military Academy, Washington Institute of Technology, Wotan Business School, American Gulf Maritime Academy, and the United States Legal Academy.
The six prestigious schools are located on the long street outside the white house. Due to the gathering of six prestigious schools, there are more shops on the street, including food vendors, bookstores, teahouses, and daily necessities. Most of them serve students from the six prestigious universities.
The originally deserted streets have now become not only a holy place for learning and learning, but also become bustling and lively.
At this time, the six major universities have dismissed their classes, and the streets are bustling with students who are wandering around after their studies. They were attracted by the sound of firecrackers outside the white house and peered inside through the iron fence. The students who did not understand the situation even asked the female soldiers on guard at the top of their lungs.
"What a good day it is today? Why are there so many firecrackers?"
"I just received the news that our large fleet over at Kinmen Bay defeated the Westerners' Three Kingdoms Combined Fleet, even their admiral was captured, and four to five thousand prisoners were taken, and they will be sent to Washington to report their victory! "
"This is incredible! This side of the Pacific has the most sea power. If we win the sea power, we can go anywhere!"
"I can go anywhere...then won't it be the time for my generation to make great achievements?"
"That's of course. At the moment, the three kings must be discussing with the officials of the two palaces where to develop, right?"
"What are you still discussing? Hurry up and send troops... We have won at sea, how can we lose on land? We can't go west, it's too cold to the north, and we can't just sweep away if we go east or south! "
"Isn't that right? We, the United States of Xinzhou, have soldiers and food, and there is a great tomorrow's dynasty behind us. We can sweep Xinzhou today only! This is the blessing of our generation!"
"Yes! It is our blessing to be able to create a foundation for eternity!"
"We are so lucky to be born in this pioneering world!"
"Yes, we are so lucky... The United States will win thousands! Win thousands!"
"Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng..."
Some of this group of students were born on the rich and primitive continent of Xinzhou, and some came from the Old Continent with their families (mainly nobles and military households). Unlike those older people who still miss the mountains and rivers of their hometown, they have long regarded the New World as their hometown, and have regarded conquest and development as their mission - they are all elites who grew up in the New World. , of course there is a sense of mission.
Moreover, there are almost unlimited increments in the New World, so most people can benefit from expansion!
Therefore, here in the New World, the entire society is full of motivation for outward expansion. It is not a traditional involution society (in a society with limited increment and hopeless development, involution is inevitable). What everyone is interested in is opening up a foundation for eternity, not getting an extra piece of the limited plate.
The sound of firecrackers and people's cheers came together. Zhu Hehao, who put on a neat military uniform and carried a saber, could not hide the smile on his face.
He is waiting for the ministers and councilors of the two governments to come to discuss the major affairs - most of the ministers and councilors of the United States are "island owners". Many people go to their own islands to relax when they are on vacation, and the Cabinet Office and the Council of the United States are not busy either. , there are so many holidays...
But when the war breaks out, this group of big shots who are used to living a leisurely life will get busy.
The firecrackers finally exploded, and Wu Ahuan, who had already come from Daming, clasped his hands together: "God bless, your Majesty, you can finally do something big..."
Zhu Hehao said with emotion: "This is our generation's great luck! I originally thought that we were thousands of miles away and would not have a good future. Now it seems that our generation is the hero who has opened up the country. From now on, we will leave a name in history, far away in Laosan." That’s above the Emperor of Peace!”
"Your Majesty, if you want to send troops this time, you have to take this concubine with you..." Wu Ahuan and her husband had been separated for several years, and now they have become inseparable, so of course they don't want to separate.
Zhu Hehao glanced at his wife apologetically, "Okay, let's go together... Anyway, the United States is not a country ruled by a king, but a country ruled by deliberation..."
Although Zhu Hehao has done a good job in recent years, the foundation of the United States cannot be changed by his efforts - everyone has a gun! If this fundamental cannot be changed, he is not the Lord of the United States! And he also had to let the gun-toting mob share the spoils.
"Your Majesty, where should we go?" Wu Ahuan asked, "Should we go east or south next?"
Zhu Hehao smiled excitedly, looked around and said to his wife in a low voice: "Of course we are going east... Going east is to conquer the world for our own family, and going south is to conquer the vassal country for the old man. Do you think Why did the old man send a large fleet over? He is so cowardly. Are he afraid of the Dutch and French? Even if he is afraid, why not stay at home? Why are you here? He just wants to fight for my brothers, but He doesn’t have much of an army here in Xinzhou, and the cost of sending civilians here is too high... So he wants to borrow the power of our United States, but we can’t go south, because those who go south will eat the meat in the bowl, and those who go east will You’re just grabbing the meat from the pot!”
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