African Nationhood

Chapter 307 Jinling Electric Power College
  Thanks to the Nanhua Company's continuous investment in railway transportation construction over the years, by the end of 1892, the railway transportation from Anhai Town to Bulawayo had been completed.

After the railway transportation line was completed, the conditions for relocating the headquarters of Nanhua Company to Bulawayo City were ripe.

Therefore, General Manager Shi issued an administrative order for the relocation of the company's headquarters through the company's general affairs department.

The administrative order ordered the Department of Transportation to develop a detailed schedule for the relocation of the company's headquarters.

The Transportation Department soon announced a relocation plan. The relocation period was divided into two months. Each department would move according to the time period on the plan, striving to complete all relocation work before the Spring Festival of 1893.

The first batch to be relocated is the medical department, agricultural department and education department. These three departments have the most equipment and personnel, and have many instruments and experimental materials, all of which need to be relocated.

The Transportation Department has arranged the most ample time period for these three departments, up to 30 days.

The reason for arranging such a long time is mainly because the train speed at this time is too slow, only 40 kilometers per hour.

In addition, it is not a straight line from Anhai Town to Bulawayo. You must take the Wen (Hot Springs City)-New (New Orange Town) line, and the New (New Orange Town)-Bu (Bulawayo) line.

The round-trip journey of thousands of kilometers took so long that special trains had to be coordinated for their relocation.

As for departments such as culture, commerce, construction, legal affairs, finance, etc., they can go in the second batch. They have less stuff and it is easy to coordinate carriages, so there is no need to arrange special trains.

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The Transportation Department has also specially set up food replenishment points at stations along the way. People on the relocation train can take them as they please, but wasting food is strictly prohibited.

Sun Ying's family was sitting in the carriage, having a very comfortable time.

Her parents were both workers at Nanhua Medical College, and she was among the first batch of students admitted to the Electric Power College. Therefore, her family was the first batch of freedmen to relocate.

Along the way, they saw the vast territory of Nanhua Company and the different landforms in various places, including mountains and deserts, fertile fields, and herds of cattle and sheep running freely.

After the Namib region was specially listed, in the Orange Grove area, people on the special train truly felt what it means to be rich and beautiful.

There are exclusive small courtyards along the way. Red lanterns are hung in every house, and herds of cattle and sheep are kept in the houses. People are wearing more colorful and colorful clothes, and even the children they see are stronger and more lively.

At this moment, people on the special train also became more aware of the heritage of Nanhua Company. Compared with the desolate and rough Namib region, people here live more delicate and beautiful lives.

The only drawback is that the population density of the entire Orange Grove area is not high. If the population under the company's control is larger, the wealth and beauty of these areas will be even more magnificent.

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In early January 1893, the people who were moving the special train followed the train around Matobo Mountain, and a mountain valley appeared in front of them.

As the train continued to move forward, they finally arrived at the destination of relocation, Bulawayo City.

This newly built city covers a vast area and is full of vitality.

As the train entered the station, many Chinese people with dark faces and thin bodies wearing Chinese clothes on the train platform showed smiling faces.

They are the pick-up personnel arranged by the company, some are receptionists, and some are porters.

Although everyone has different jobs, the joy and joy on everyone's face cannot be hidden.

After Sun Ying and her family got off the train, they saw someone holding a tin horn in front of them and kept shouting: "Those in the medical department should go to aisle 1, those in the education department should go to aisle 2, and those in the agricultural department should go to aisle 3."

Sun Ying's family is in a bit of a dilemma. After all, they belong to different departments.

After taking a look at it, the grandson's father and grandma said to Sun Ying, "Girl, can you leave by yourself later?"

Sun Ying smiled and said, "It's okay, Mom, I can do it. Besides, I still have many classmates."

Grandfather and grandmother nodded and smiled, "Then be careful later and don't run away!"

"I got it, Mom."

The family separated. Sun Ying carried her luggage and watched her parents leave from aisle 1. Then she turned around and looked back. Finally she saw a classmate.

So she waved to the classmates coming behind her and shouted: "Jiang Wei, come here quickly, let's go to school together."

Jiang Wei is an orphan and an heir. He has good academic performance and originally wanted to study in Europe.

But in order to gather enough students for the "Electric Power College", the school forced him to be included in the list of students of the college. Because he had been feeling a little depressed during this period, he ignored Sun Ying's greeting and walked over.

Sun Ying rolled her eyes at this short and thin boy, but still followed him towards aisle 2 guided by the staff.

The receptionist at Channel 2 first checked their student ID cards or work ID cards. Sun Ying and Jiang Wei were guided by the staff to the boarding point outside the train station, where they got on the carriage parked on the roadside.

There are still empty seats in the carriage, so the coachman will have to wait for a while.

Sun Ying approached Jiang Wei and asked in a low voice, "Which major have you been assigned to?"

Jiang Wei continued to remain silent, and a voice came from behind him, "This guy majors in motor manufacturing, and I major in power transmission. Where are you?"

Sun Ying looked around and found a boy who had just gotten into the car. This boy was taller and more handsome than Jiang Wei.

Now that she had answered her question, Sun Yingsui smiled and answered, "I am a communications major."

When he heard that Sun Ying majored in communications, the tall boy immediately became interested, "I don't see that you are still a high-level talent."

Hertz and Tesla realized radio communications through electromagnetic waves. The establishment of this major is mainly to continue to study more application scenarios of radio and the in-depth application of radio communications.

Sun Ying smiled and said, "It's nothing. I prefer to study it in depth."

The tall boy walked to Jiang Wei and sat next to him, and introduced with a smile: "My name is Wang Dehai, and I am Jiang Wei's neighbor.

This guy was inspired by what he heard about Europe from his father's comrades, and wanted to go to Europe to study abroad and see the outside world.

Although our Southwest Africa is already very big and very good, he is still not satisfied and wants to go to Europe.

In fact, in my opinion, Europe is like that.

If they are good there, why are there so many white immigrants in the company's territory? "

After hearing what Wang Dehua said, Sun Ying quite agreed.

“You’re right, my parents and I immigrated from Brazil, and the Europeans there are rough and violent.

They are very vulgar to the Chinese, not to mention respectful. The good life we ​​have today is all earned by Mr. Shi, Mr. Shi.

Those seniors who have studied in Europe have experienced discrimination and humiliation in Europe, but they just don't talk about it.

There is really nothing good about Europe, but Southwest Africa is the best! "

After hearing what Sun Ying said, Jiang Wei asked curiously: "How do you know this?"

Sun Ying smiled bitterly, "My family lives in the medical school family area, and one of my neighbors is an international medical student. She told me that.

She told me: Everyone has endured the suffering outside, and she vowed in her heart that when we build our homeland, we will let the foreign devils see that our life in Southwest Africa is no worse than theirs, and only in this way can we vent the evil in our hearts! "

After hearing what Sun Ying said, Wang Dehai immediately gave her a thumbs up, "Well said, your neighbor is really an ambitious girl!"

Sun Ying nodded. At this time, many students came from the train station and were guided to board the carriage they were sitting on.

When the crowd was full, the coachman shook the bell in his hand and shouted: "The coach is starting, everyone, sit tight."

The carriage was moving smoothly, and the students on board were enjoying the scenery along the way.

This city is so new. The roads are wide, the buildings are new, and even the jacaranda trees on both sides of the road are full of life.

According to the direction of the sun, Sun Ying discovered that they were driving southwest of the city.

The carriage drove for nearly an hour, and their destination finally arrived.

The signboard of "Jinling Electric Power College" shines in the sunlight.

PS: The name of Bulawayo has been changed to Jinling, which makes Jincheng a bit more straightforward.

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