Chapter 227 Shocking Changes (3rd update, please subscribe)
Only $100?
Are inventions so worthless in New York?
It’s not that inventions are worthless, but that inventions without practical value are worthless.
Is electric light of practical value?
Sure, but what if there is no electricity? Or a cheap, reliable supply of electricity, no reliable electrical switches, no safe light sockets?
What is that light bulb?
It's just garbage!
Looking at Henry Goebbels with his sleeves all worn out, he was indeed very poor!
Simply put, he was so poor that a middle-aged mechanic could only make a living by working in a watch shop like this, and he even had to make telescopes for people to watch the stars to make money.
One hundred dollars is definitely a huge sum of money for him!
Exchanging an invention with little practical value for $100 is undoubtedly a great bargain.
He glanced at the astronomical telescope in the room and thought that he could repair clocks and build telescopes. The company really needed a mechanic like him who was proficient in precision machinery. Although Lu Anxue was just a student and was not responsible for the company's recruitment work in New York, a mechanic like him who was good at invention was also needed by the company.
Thinking of the purpose of this trip, Lu Anxue smiled.
"Sir, if your light can work, in addition to this $100, I can introduce you to a job that pays you at least $100 a month!"
The company should need such talents. Of course, he is only responsible for recommendation. Whether he will be hired in the end will naturally be decided by professionals.
"What? A salary of $100 a month!"
Henry Goebbels excitedly said.
"What kind of job is this, sir?"
"You can use your expertise in a job, Mr. Goebbels. As long as you can show your value, your salary will definitely be more than $100, maybe even more. However, that job is not here."
As he spoke, Lu Anxue took out a business card and said.
"You can go to the South American trading company on the business card. They will provide you with a ship ticket. Oh, and the job is in South America. Do you mind?"
The South American Trading Company is a company established by the Amerian Company in New York. It not only engages in various trades with the United States, but is also responsible for the introduction of talents. There are many skilled workers or engineers like Henry Goebbels buried in the slums of New York. As immigrants, they are often buried in the slums of New York due to language, economic and other reasons.
These buried talents are the ones that companies bring in. Sometimes companies even ask them to recommend each other.
mind?
Why should you mind?
Even now, Henry Goebbels has not yet become an American citizen. When he was in Germany, he was a mechanic, but in the United States? He was just a watchmaker.
Leaving here would not only earn him a better income, but most importantly, dignity! He was no longer a watchmaker in the slums, but a mechanic and an inventor!
Two days later, after signing the contract with the South American Trading Company, Henry Goebbels was so excited that he even hailed a horse-drawn carriage - now he could be an engineer with a monthly income of $100!
"Okay, it's time to tell everyone the good news!"
Just as Henry Goebbels proudly stopped a carriage and was about to share his success with others, a newsboy ran by the side of the road, shouting loudly.
"Read the newspaper, read the newspaper, look at the historic election, Lincoln lost re-election, Democrat McClellan won the election! Lincoln lost re-election..."
If it were in the past, perhaps Henry Goebbels would spend a few cents to buy a newspaper, but now, he doesn't care about the American president or the war at all. None of this has anything to do with him. Soon, he will leave this damn country.
This is all important!
Just a few hours later, Zhu Xianhai received a telegram from Washington - Lincoln had lost the election!
"I still lost after all!"
Looking at the telegram, Zhu Xianhai couldn't help but sigh.
As the history books record, what helped Lincoln win over McClellan was not the fact that he wanted to end slavery. In fact, in the two months before the election, the Union had won a major military victory by capturing Atlanta and in the Shenandoah Valley. These military victories boosted the morale of both civilian and military voters. Soldiers seemed particularly sympathetic to Lincoln's campaign slogan: "Don't change horses in a stream."
And now?
Starting from Gettysburg, repeated failures not only made officers and soldiers tired of war, but also made people question Lincoln's ability.
The military failure directly led to the failure of Lincoln's choice. Even though Lincoln and his staff had most northern states pass new laws to allow soldiers to vote by absentee ballot in the barracks in order to win the election, if there was a military victory, the soldiers would naturally be more inclined to vote for their current commander-in-chief.
But what about now?
Military failure makes soldiers more inclined to replace the commander-in-chief!
"On November 8, McClellan won by an overwhelming margin. He received 54% of the civilian votes, 78% of the military votes, and 162 electoral votes in 22 states. In contrast, Lincoln received only 71 votes..." Once again, looking at the telegram in his hand, Zhu Xianhai knew that history had undergone a fundamental change!
What did McClellan's victory mean?
There is no way that Lincoln could have continued to lead the war, ultimately winning it with the goal of unifying the country and abolishing slavery, as he would have done in an alternative universe.
And now?
McClellan wins!
He was against the abolition of slavery!
"It's over. The North and South won't negotiate!"
Zhu Xianhai frowned. McClellan's campaign platform was to end the war through negotiation. In order to quell the war, he even said that he could give up the liberation of slaves.
In other words, the South no longer had a reason to fight.
What should I do now?
Thinking of the possibility of the United States reunifying, Zhu Xianhai frowned. Could it be that in the end, this war would inevitably lead to the reunification of the United States?
“Will politicians in the American South willingly give up power?”
Zhu Xianhai said to himself.
"Once a person has tasted the temptation of power, it is impossible for him to give it up!"
Although he didn't remember where he had seen this sentence, Zhu Xianhai still had a vague expectation in his heart, hoping that the politicians in the south would not give up their power and continue to maintain their independence!
A divided America is a good America!
However, an America that retains slavery is actually not bad!
(End of this chapter)
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