Rebirth in America: Great Slave Owner

"Edison?!"

Because Mark Qin's research work on automatic fire extinguishers has entered a critical period, and he himself does not particularly like to do management and external relations work, so when Tangning came to settle in New York, he begged him if he could hire two more people, and he was only responsible for the behind-the-scenes research and development. .

Tangning didn't reject this, because he knew about Mark Qin's character. Before, he was only a temporary replacement. Now it's better to hire someone. So today's interview was held, but the name of the first applicant made him surprised. Exhale, because his name is "Thomas-Alva-Edison"!

Everyone had heard of Edison's name. Tangning never imagined that she would have the opportunity to recruit this "inventor capitalist" as her subordinate, but looking at Mark Qin next to her, she suddenly felt that she had arranged for these two enemies in her previous life. It's fun to be a colleague...

After calming down, Tangning instructed Isabel to call Edison in, and found that the "king of invention" was only a young man in his early twenties, but he looked very smart and capable.

According to the recruitment process, Tangning asked Edison to report his resume, only to hear Edison answer slowly, "Hello Mr. Tangning, I used to be a telecommunications operator at the Stratford Junction of the Great Trunk Railway, so I am proficient in telecommunications services; The invention patent of the voting counter "..."

Hearing Edison talking about the "voting counter", Tangning couldn't help but think of a rumor. It was said that this was Edison's first invention. After the invention, he was excited that this device would speed up the work efficiency of Congress and would be welcomed. Congressman told him that sometimes voting slowly, also out of political necessity, hit Edison's decision to never make inventions that people didn't need.

At this time, I heard Edison say: "I also founded the "Herald" in Detroit..."

Hearing this, Tangning couldn't help but think, why don't she start a newspaper herself? In this way, the serialized novels in the future will be published in their own newspapers, which can be regarded as a permanent industry for future generations. After all, the patents of electric lights, trolley cases, and bulletproof vests are limited in years.

Moreover, the requirements for starting a newspaper in the United States during this period were very low. Many people have founded newspapers, such as Edison, Mark Twain, Pulitzer, of course, except for Pulitzer, everyone else has failed.... ..

But I can only think about this idea for a while, not to mention that Edison is not a talent for running a newspaper, even if there are enough things now, how could he go to create a newspaper for himself, and this guy's ambition is not Smaller than Rockefeller, it is estimated that he will not be able to work here for a few years. Remember s:// for a second

Even though Tangning knew that Edison would not be working under her for long, he would never miss the opportunity to recruit a future "king of invention" as her subordinate, so she decided to keep him on the spot. However, in order to share his workload and take precautions, Tangning hired another young man named Sheppard.

Just as Tangning was about to leave, someone knocked on the door and walked in. She greeted Tangning with a smile, "Boss, long time no see!"

Tangning looked up and saw that it was Rockefeller. She quickly replied, "John, you are the real boss now!"

And Rockefeller insisted: "If it wasn't for your long-term trust and guidance, boss, how could I be where I am today!"

In fact, Rockefeller was right in what he said, because Tangning had always given him full trust and advice at critical moments over the years. For example, when he and Morris had serious differences in management, Tangning decisively stood by him; Another example is to mention that Rockefeller used a lot of debt to increase capital, a lot of reinvestment, and a lot of development of by-products, which was a high-risk but ultimately successful extreme operation, which is the key to the rapid development of Standard Oil.

"By the way, John, why did you suddenly come to New York from Cleveland?" Tangning asked curiously.

Rockefeller explained: "Oh, I'm going to set up a trading point in New York, after all, Cleveland doesn't have the convenience of trading here in New York."

Then he changed the subject and said, "I heard Isa say, boss, do you plan to stay in New York for a few years?"

Tangning nodded and replied, "Well, after all, New Orleans hasn't recovered from the war, so it's not time to go back yet, and even if you can go back, you won't be able to grow cotton, so I plan to sort out the business here in New York. "

While Downing was chatting with Rockefeller, there was a heated quarrel within the Congress over how to deal with the defeated southern states!

I saw the successor President Andrew Johnson said slowly: "My opinion is not to liquidate any southerners~www.wuxiaspot.com~ In the least painful way possible, let the southern states return to the Union in the shortest time possible. , to unite the nation and restore strength."

As soon as the President's voice fell, the radical Congressman McGill immediately stood up and said excitedly: "Mr. President, if you don't completely eradicate slavery and turn the southern states into northern markets, you will continue to make southern states and the United Kingdom flirt with each other. Isn't the Civil War fought in vain? Isn't so many people dead in vain?"

"What's your opinion?" Johnson asked with an unpleasant expression.

McGill sorted out the outline in his hand and said loudly: "First, the Southerners are required to take the oath of absolute loyalty, stating that they have never supported the Confederate government or served in the Confederate government in the past. It's a bit like a "declaration of quitting the party." , which is equivalent to attacking the beliefs of southerners on a spiritual level.

The second is to impose military control on the eleven southern states. Even though slavery is now abolished in the South, black people still have no right to vote, so the original white leaders have the final say in the governments and parliaments of the eleven southern states. This is absolutely unacceptable to us. "

The third granted amnesty to most southern citizens who swore allegiance to the northern federal government and returned private property but not slaves.

But there are certain categories of people who cannot be pardoned even under oath, such as governors of eleven southern states, Confederate civil servants, officers above the rank of colonel in the Confederate Army, officers above the rank of captain in the Confederate Navy, those who mistreat prisoners of war or have been convicted for other military crimes. catcher. "

PS: Today I saw the chapters of "The Road to Cultivation School" and "Breaking Love", I was really moved. Seeing the characters in the nearly 300 chapters pass away one by one, it really seems like an old friend is saying goodbye forever. Lao Qi's skill in portraying characters is indeed a role model for my generation!