The sun never sets in America

Chapter 137 Geography and Canals

"Du Haoran... how about we go to the Sun Star Stadium after school and watch them train?"

In the classroom, Du Haoran's best friend Jiang Yun looked at Du Haoran and said, "Last time the Suns defeated the Galaxy team [-]-[-], don't you know that Huang Yaou's face looked like his dead father? ...Haha..." Jiang Yun mentioned the polo team and couldn't help laughing when he thought of the happy place.

"In my opinion, that kid Huang Yaou just needs to be beaten... Who asked him to recruit Song Tingting? Song Tingting is so beautiful, she likes him..." Before Jiang Yun could wait for Du Haoran to answer, he began to taunt himself. The one he hated the most was Huang Yaou.

"With Huang Yaou's virtues, Song Tingting can't possibly like him." When Du Haoran heard Jiang Yun mention Song Tingting, a little girl wearing a blue Hanfu appeared in his mind. That smile is still unforgettable to him, so when he heard Jiang Yun mention Song Tingting, he could not forget it. After Yun talked about Huang Yaou, Du Hao couldn't help but exclude him.

"That is, who is Song Tingting's father? His father is a baron, and he can like a nobleman of Huang Yaou's family..." Jiang Yun became even more disdainful of Huang Yaou after hearing this, "I think he is a toad who wants to eat swan meat. Looking for shit..." Jiang Yun continued to mock Huang Yaou, completely unaware of Du Haoran's increasingly ugly expression.

Because every word Jiang Yun said seemed to be talking about Huang Yaou, but why not talk about him, Jiang Yun? ?
He is a baron, and his father is also a public servant. His family has a noble fiefdom and a farm. What does their family have? That house in Xijing City? ?

It can be said that the more Jiang Yun talks, the more Du Haoran thinks.

The more I think about it, the more I feel like I am a waste and have nothing.

"Du Haoran, Du Haoran, why don't you take a pee and look at yourself, what kind of virtue are you... You don't deserve to miss Song Tingting, she is a serious noble, even if she can only continue for five generations, that's The nobles of the fifth generation...cannot be compared to a little prince in your family!!"

There is an identical villain in Du Haoran's heart, mocking Du Haoran in his heart.

"The teacher is here..."

"The teacher is here..."

Just when Du Haoran was thinking wildly, a few hurried voices suddenly disrupted all his fantasies.

"Go back to your seat..." Jiang Yun saw Du Haoran, who was still standing there and was at a loss, and immediately pulled up the white school uniform on his body.

After Du Haoran reacted, he immediately found a seat and sat down.

Ta Ta Ta...

A middle-aged man wearing short sleeves came in and looked at the students on the desk.

"Hello students……"

A middle-aged man, Liang Shanzhu, the geography teacher of Class [-], greeted the students in the classroom.

"Hello teacher……"

"Hello teacher……"

As soon as Liang Shanzhu finished speaking, dozens of students in the classroom immediately stood up and bowed to Liang Shanzhu with a respectful attitude.

"Sit..." Liang Shanzhu looked at the students in front of him and ordered with satisfaction.

shuh...

A series of sit downs sounded.

"We talked about American geography in the street class..." Liang Shanzhu stood on the podium and mentioned the American geography taught in yesterday's class. "Who can tell me now what kind of country the United States is..." Liang Shanzhu looked at it. The students below asked expectantly.

"Classmate Zhou, tell me..." Liang Shanzhu saw several students raising their hands and pointed at one of them and said.

"Teacher, you said in the last class that the geography of the United States mainly revolves around the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea..." Student Zhou first agreed with what Liang Shanzhu said in the previous class, "But what I saw on the map The United States is a country bordering Mexico and even the United Kingdom and Canada... I think the real geography of the United States should not be the Atlantic Ocean, but the interior of the United States, especially the midwestern area." Classmate Zhou said to Liang Shanzhu again, with a smile on his face Still revealing the childishness that remains.

"Why do you think so? You must know that the U.S. economy is almost all along the coast, in the thirteen states before independence." Liang Shanzhu heard that Zhou thought the geography of the United States was in the Midwest, and his face showed a test of education. expression.

"Teacher, you said in the last class that geography is the destiny of the country..." Zhou looked at Liang Shanzhu who was investigating him. He was not nervous at all and replied calmly, "If the United States does not have the Midwest, then he is just a good person." We can respect him as a powerful country, but there is no need to be afraid of him, but the United States is different with the Midwest. The flat university plains in the Midwest can allow the United States to support more people and occupy more resources... Just like we must defeat Mexico and seize Mexican territory." There was a hint of wisdom on Zhou's face.

He showed a maturity that was not befitting his age.

The other students around looked at Mr. Zhou who was standing on the desk, full of confidence. The male students were a little envious of him for having such insights and courage, while the female students felt that Mr. Zhou was so powerful. Some female students even looked at Mr. Zhou. The classmate's white and tender face showed a trace of flushing, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Only Du Haoran looked at the standing classmate Zhou, his eyes flashing, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Very good, classmate Zhou, you did go home and study seriously." Liang Shanzhu looked at this handsome young man and felt that he would become a great person in the future, and then he praised him politely.

"What Classmate Zhou just said is very good..." Liang Shanzhu then said to other students, "Yesterday we finished talking about the United States. Today we will talk about our country Han." After Liang Shanzhu finished speaking, he drew a picture on the blackboard Han map.

"Everyone, what is the difference between our map of Han and other countries?" Liang Shanzhu asked, pointing to the map of Han on the blackboard.

"Teacher, our country has an inland sea." A student stood up and replied to Liang Shanzhu, "The teacher once talked about the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire had an inland sea, so our country is like Rome." The student continued to talk to Liang Shanzhu and Liang Shanzhu in a carefree manner. The other students in the classroom said, even showing a trace of pride on their faces, as if he was the only one who saw this.

"Ha ha……"

Because of a Roman sentence, the whole classroom was enveloped in laughter, which made the student feel at a loss and even doubted whether he had said something wrong.

"This classmate's metaphor is really fresh and refined..." In the end, Liang Shanzhu could only answer the student's words with a fresh and refined sentence.

The student thought that his opinion was recognized and sat down with great pride.

"In fact, our Han country, like the United States, has the ocean as its core interest." Liang Shanzhu said, pointing to the blank space at the top and bottom of the map.

"The United States is in the Atlantic Ocean, and we are in the Pacific Ocean." Liang Shanzhu drew a map of the United States on top of the Han map, even including the Caribbean islands next to it. The drawing was extremely accurate, which shows that Liang Shanzhu's geographical skills are by no means as good as lectures. Simple.

In fact, before teaching, Liang Shanzhu was an intelligence soldier in the army who drew maps on the front line. He was responsible for drawing everything he saw along the way, and then compiled it into records. Many internal archive maps of Han Dynasty are still Liang Shanzhu’s original What's left behind is even his draft...

"Do you think the Atlantic Ocean of the United States is better or the Pacific Ocean of ours?" Liang Shanzhu asked the snow-capped mountains below after finishing the painting.

"You said..." Liang Shanzhu then pointed at a round-faced classmate and said.

"Teacher, I think the Pacific Ocean in our country is good. You see, our country does not have so many foreign countries. There are a lot of them next to the United States..." The round-faced student held a textbook. Above the map of the United States, there were those belonging to the United Kingdom and the United States. replied Spain's Caribbean island. "From your point of view, it is indeed true." After hearing this, Liang Shanzhu nodded to the round-faced student and agreed with this part of his view, "But have you ever thought about what is across the Atlantic Ocean? It is Europe. It is the place with the most developed technology and economy in the world." Liang Shanzhu once again drew a Europe, even cutting out France, even Prussia and other countries.

"We seem to have no rivals in the Pacific, but isn't this a kind of loneliness and isolation?" Liang Shanzhu half-questioned and half-answered, "Everyone knows that our country's largest trading partner is the United Kingdom, but as everyone knows, How far does the trade between us and Britain need to go?" Liang Shanzhu drew two roads on the map.

One is to take Cape Horn, which takes thousands of miles more, and the other is to take the Pacific Ocean, trading with Asia and the UK. Why not take the Arctic Ocean, wouldn't it be faster? ?

Going to the Arctic Ocean in this day and age, what the hell, I want to die.

(Maozi: I won’t leave, how about you??)
"Look, our final choice is to take the Pacific route, because this is the most cost-effective route." Liang Shanzhu pointed to the Pacific route and said to the students present, "Why is this route the most cost-effective? Because there are a large number of trade objects on this route... ..." Liang Shanzhu drew the Spanish Philippines, Japan, Korea, and even China, and even Southeast Asia and India on the blackboard.

"Following this path, our trade costs will be infinitely shared, because there are tradeable objects everywhere. Even if the British don't want them, we can still sell them to others." Liang Shanzhu continued to explain why he chose the Pacific trade route. reason.

"Teacher, why don't we trade with South American countries? Aren't they closer to us?" Zhou stood up and asked, "We can definitely trade with South America. They have a lot of minerals we need, such as Peru. A lot of bird droppings, isn’t this exactly what our country’s agriculture needs?” Zhou continued to use the South American country Peru as an example.

"Yes, of course we can trade with South American countries, but how do we open the markets of these countries?" Liang Shanzhu asked Classmate Zhou, "Do we rely on benevolence and righteousness, or do we rely on swords, guns and warships? You must know that Britain and France have a large number of troops in South America. Interests, what about Peru, doesn’t it have a lot of British assets, will they think that we will grow bigger in South America?” Liang Shanzhu asked another more sensitive question.

It also involves the relationship between Han and Britain.

"We are now allies with the United Kingdom. We can now take advantage of our friendly relationship with the United Kingdom to enter the South American market, even if it is only part of it." Classmate Zhou is still entangled in the South American issue, "What's more, the British interests in South America are ours. Don't move, we just want to get the interests that belong to us and belong to our Han country. For this, we will not hesitate to start a war!!" Student Zhou's whole temperament gradually became a bit tough, and even gave people the impression of being a bit hawkish. Pie feeling.

In fact, there are not a few people at the top of the Han Dynasty, and even among the people, who hold this idea. In their impression, there is nothing that cannot be solved by war. If there is, it means that the strength of war is not enough. When development is completed, Come and fight until that country is beaten to death.

"Child, remember, the world is not only black and white, there is also a kind of gray." Looking at the student in front of him who looked very similar to himself when he was in the army, Liang Shanzhu advised with some emotion.

"Our country's current enemy is the United States, not these South American countries." Liang Shanzhu warned those students again.

"Teacher, I have a question."

Just when Liang Shanzhu was about to talk next, a loud voice sounded in the classroom.

Everyone looked at the American boy with his hands raised... Du Haoran! !
"You said..." Liang Shanzhu was a little surprised, but still let Du Haoran speak.

"Since we are so far away from the Atlantic Ocean and so far away from Europe." Du Haoran said, "Why don't we open a strait in the middle... Just like our ancient Grand Canal, go directly through the middle." Du Haoran pointed to the book. On the top, the location of Central America suggested to Liang Shanzhu, and even all the students in the classroom.

"Go through the middle..." Du Haoran's question was like a bolt of lightning exploding in Liang Shanzhu's mind, "Do you think we can imitate the Grand Canal and build a channel connecting North and South America?" Du Haoran was a little afraid. Asked believingly.

"Yes, I think it would be good to build it at this location..." Du Haoran replied, pointing to the protrusion of New Granada in Central America (where Panama would later be located) "If an opening is made here, our country will be The distance to the Atlantic Ocean and Europe can be shortened, and our country's economy will be more prosperous and our national strength will become stronger!!" Du Haoran said enthusiastically.

In his opinion, if this strait is built, then Han will be like Britain who controls the Cape of Good Hope and has a fixed route to Europe. The strategic value of the strait will be immeasurable, not counting the potentially huge economy. Benefit.

"You think well, kid, but have you ever thought that even if this strait is really built, will it still belong to us, to our Han country??" Liang Shanzhu looked at the map carefully, recalling it in his mind. He had seen the real geographical map in the National Archives and instantly felt that a canal could indeed be built on that area.

But soon he became sad, because Han Dynasty simply did not have the ability to occupy this canal alone...

If nothing else, can the British sit back and do nothing, can the French not covet it, and can the Americans not be ready to take action? ?
All of these are currently difficult to resolve.

After hearing what Liang Shanzhu just said, all the students present showed a trace of disappointment on their faces.

After all, as Liang Shanzhu said, does the current Han State really have the strength to protect this canal? Even the most patriotic students have fallen into self-doubt.

The fantasy told him that Han could do it. Han had defeated the Mexicans. Han was the greatest country in the world and could do anything.

But that's fantasy, not reality.

"Students, don't be discouraged. Even if our country has no way to develop this canal now, when we become stronger in the future, we will definitely be able to get what we want..."

Liang Shanzhu looked at these students with low morale, sighed in his heart, and then comforted and encouraged them.

"You are the future of the country. As long as you are still here, this country will continue to be strong until the day when it is strong enough that we can say no to everyone..." Liang Shanzhu looked at these faces with childishness, even youthfulness. The students even saw the future of Han in them.

"Students, as His Majesty the King of Han said, our country should be composed of a group of young people who are full of vigor and high-spirited... They are like eagles that are about to spread their wings and fly high, and will bring our country to Above the Nine Heavens, a position above other countries!!”

Liang Shanzhu recalled Liu Peng's big speech to the teachers and students present on the opening day of the Royal University of Science and Technology.

The lesson finally ended with Liu Peng’s words.

Although it is over, some students are obviously still unwilling to accept it.

"I have decided that I will go to the Navy in the future, and I will take the Naval Academy..."

The round-faced student just now suddenly spoke, attracting everyone's attention.

"I want to take the imperial examination..." Classmate Zhou, who had just charmed a bunch of fans in class, said in front of everyone, "I always believe that our country needs development, and only development can solve our country's problems. , development is the last word!!" Zhou attributed Han's problems to insufficient development, or that there was not enough time for development and the intensity of development was not strong enough.

"Lao Du, I want to go to the army in the future. I like polo. The army has cavalry. If I become a cavalry, ride a horse and chop off the enemy's heads when charging..." Jiang Yun fell into a kind of hatred for the cavalry. In fantasy.

In Jiang Yun's opinion, cavalry is the coolest military branch, bar none.

It is such a romantic thing to ride on a tall horse, holding a shining cavalry sword, the horse under your crotch is constantly moving forward, and the cavalry's blade is always aimed at the enemy in front of you.

"Old Du, what are you going to do in the future? Why don't you join me as a cavalry? The two of us will ride on the horse and kill him without leaving a single piece of armor behind!" Jiang Yun suggested to Du Haoran excitedly, becoming more and more excited as he thought about it. , and started dancing.

"I...I'm the same as him." Du Haoran heard him being called, and then turned his attention to Zhou who was surrounded by the female classmates and was at a loss. "I also want to take the imperial examination!!" Du Haoran said in a tone of voice. replied tenaciously.

I don’t know if it was a tacit understanding or a coincidence, but after Du Haoran finished saying this, classmate Zhou just turned his head.

The two looked at each other, and both saw the desire in the other's heart that was as deep as the ocean...

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(End of this chapter)