1855 United States Tycoon

"Mr. MacDonald, the military placed an order for our wireless telegram. There are specific requirements." Scrooge's new female secretary Elizabeth put a document on Scrooge's desk. "In addition, Great progress has also been made in the transformation of generators in the large laboratory. Well, the related reports are also here."

Elizabeth was originally Anna's assistant, um, yes, the female secretary also has an assistant. Now that Anna was on vacation suddenly, Elizabeth naturally came up and became Scrooge's secretary.

Why Anna went on vacation suddenly, Elizabeth didn't know very well, but she guessed it more or less.

In this era, the family situation is generally quite poor if the daughter is asked to work as a secretary for others. For example, Anna, his father was originally a coal miner, although the income is small, but at any rate it is still able to support the family. She even sent Anna’s Big Brother to read some books very far-sightedly. At that time, Anna, who followed her Big Brother, knew twenty-six letters and could barely understand the old newspapers used to pack things. . But then, my father suddenly encountered a mine disaster, and a long section of the mine suddenly collapsed. Well, then, my father was gone, and he didn't even get his body. What kind of compensation, compassion, not even the towels my father brought from home to the mine. So of course Anna's Big Brother studies were abandoned halfway, and he could only find a place to work hard-to work as a porter on the dock. It turns out that misfortune does not come singly, three months of no wages (yes, you read that right, it means no wages. This is an agreement reached in an absolutely free free market, absolutely free, reasonable, and without any exploitation. The probation period was not full yet, and he was interrupted in a gangster brawl and his lumbar spine was completely disabled. The whole family was almost at the point where they were going to jump on Lake Erie in a group.

In order to save the family and support her mother and Big Brother, Anna is even going to be a disdainful street girl. Fortunately, at this time, Anna, who can be considered a little literate, saw the advertisement of the McDonald Infantry Weapons Company recruiting female secretaries. So just as someone who was about to drown saw a straw floating on the water, Anna went to the interview with enthusiasm, and unexpectedly, she was selected all at once. In fact, this is also normal. In this era, there are not many women who can read, and among these few people, there are even fewer who need to come out to find work to support themselves and their families. That number is probably less than the number of black and white bears who have sold cute for Sichuan and made foreign exchange for the motherland in later generations. So although Anna could barely recognize a few words, she was still selected.

Although Elizabeth's story is not as tragic as Anna, at least she does not need to consider who to feed. And the education she received was even more systematic than Anna. Her problem was that she was a fugitive slave legally. Yes, Elizabeth's father was a white man—the steward of a certain southern slave owner, but her mother was a black slave, and the slave's child was also a slave, even if she had white skin.

Because of this white skin, Elizabeth still got a little preferential treatment, that is, she got a certain chance of education. But this is only an investment made in order to sell her to a brothel at a better price in the future. Later, Elizabeth found an opportunity and fled to the north. It is said that his old master also hired bounty hunters to catch her. Later, she joined the McDonald Infantry Weapons Company and worked as Anna's assistant to be considered safe.

"Elizabeth, you are from Mississippi." Scrooge asked."Yes, Mr. MacDonald." Elizabeth looked at Scrooge suspiciously.

In fact, in terms of appearance alone, Elizabeth is not under Anna. Her eyes are not as big and blue as Anna’s, but they are equally energetic. Her facial features are also very delicate, coupled with the waist-length chestnut hair, and the tall figure, it is really small. Some big beauties. I just don’t know if it’s because of the lack of care when I was a child, so when interacting with others, I always unconsciously put on a posture of being a thousand miles away. Especially when facing men. For example, now, if Anna came to send these documents, she would definitely be standing at a distance of about a foot away from Scrooge’s desk, but Elizabeth was not like that. She always used to take a step back after putting down the documents. Pulled the distance between her and Scrooge to nearly three meters.

"Maybe, it won't be long before you can go back to Mississippi." Scrooge smiled. "The war will not last long, and the South is over. How about it, do you want to go back and see?"

"I didn't really want to." Elizabeth said. "The South didn't make any good impression on me. I don't want to see that place at all."

"Ah, so, do you know? In the near future, Mississippi will be hit by a devastating blow,'The earth is turned over like a pottery wheel, and the robber has become the owner of wealth.' The old plantation will Burned to ashes, the history of knights and ladies will pass away with the wind. Therefore, even if you go back, Mississippi will no longer be the Mississippi in your memory." Scrooge said.

"If so," Elizabeth said, "then I really want to see it. It's just that Mr. MacDonald, what are you going to do there." A rare smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Oh, since they were destroyed, naturally someone has to rebuild them. Of course I am going to rebuild the South. There is a big deal in this." Scrooge said, "I need an assistant who has a good understanding of them. ."

"Okay, Mr. MacDonald. But it's been a while since I left Mississippi, and many things may have changed." Elizabeth thought for a while and wanted to answer.

"I know better than me." Scrooge smiled and said, "Miss Elizabeth, go and make me a cup of strong tea."

"Okay." Elizabeth turned and walked out.

Scrooge opened the file and began to look at it...

"Elizabeth is beautiful, isn't it?" Anna asked with a faint smile.

"How can it compare to our Anna?" Scrooge walked over to Anna, sat down, stretched out his hand, and gently stroked her slightly bulging abdomen.

"Come on!" Anna stretched out her hand and gently patted Scrooge's.

"Women, really... If you say Elizabeth is beautiful, then she will definitely be angry because you dare to praise other women for being beautiful in front of her, but if you say they are not beautiful, she thinks you are trying to cover up something on purpose. Scrooge thought so, and shook his head involuntarily.

"Okay, don't shake your head. Seriously, Elizabeth is indeed a great beauty." Anna smiled, "You can walk with me."

"Mr. Edison, how is the condition of your generator?" Scrooge asked Edison.

"Mr. MacDonald, you see, I have made a prototype." Edison proudly showed Scrooge a new generator.

"It looks a lot smaller," Scrooge said.

"Although it is small, the efficiency of power generation has actually improved a lot. Now the output current of this generator is stable after running, and the current intensity and stability are almost on the same level as the battery pack. It is better to carry and use than batteries. The group is much more convenient." Edison said while gently stroking the generator, just like stroking his own child.

"How about the transmitter, especially how is the communication distance problem solved?" Scrooge asked. After the newspaper reported the successful test of the wireless transmitter, General Grant and General Sherman almost immediately realized the military significance of this invention. The equipment requirements were immediately submitted to the government. But now, wireless transmitters are in fact very immature. To sell them to the military, a series of problems including communication distance, mechanical reliability, and mechanical weight must be solved.

"We tried to drive it with a new generator, and used a longer antenna. Without obstruction, we can now stably transmit the signal to a range of 20 miles. However, it is still small in terms of miniaturization. There are many problems. Even." Edison showed a look of embarrassment, "Some means to increase the transmission range have also caused the further expansion of the transmitter. For example, the antenna or something is better than the previous experiment. It’s a lot older."

"So can it be modularized?" Scrooge asked.

"Modularity?" Edison looked suspicious.

"It is to design the whole machine into several pieces that can be disassembled at any time and can be combined together at any time. When you usually want to move, you break it down into several pieces, and when you need it, you can connect them with a few wires. Make up a whole machine." Scrooge said. In fact, the so-called modular design of later generations and what Scrooge is now talking about are not the same thing at all, but with the productivity of this era, Scrooge can't play a real modularity. At this time, in order to meet the portability requirements, this pseudo-modularization is also a way.

"Mr. MacDonald, your thoughts are very interesting, very interesting." Edison's eyes glowed, and he rubbed his hands and walked quickly back and forth in the laboratory. Then he stopped abruptly, then quickly took out a lot of design drawings and blank drawings from a drawer, as well as a series of things such as pencils and erasers, and began to write and draw on the blank drawings. When he got up, he seemed to have completely forgotten Scrooge.

Scrooge was not irritated by Edison's ignorance, anyway, the harder Edison worked, the better it was for him. So he waved his hand to the others, motioned them not to disturb Edison, and then quietly left the laboratory.

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