"Woo———— clang, clang" The train's iron wheels hit the rail joints with a monotonous and rhythmic crashing sound. Outside the window, the scenes of fields, pastures, forests, hills, villages, and towns rushed behind the car.

However, in the carriage, there are few people sitting in front of the window, admiring the exotic scenery, but in twos and threes, playing cards and chess, drinking tea and chatting, after all, this is the third day on the train, and on the first day, there are still many people who feel novel about the scenery along the train, but now they are tired of seeing it.

This carriage is reserved for delegations and has a total of 9 4-person rooms, 4 double rooms, 2 single rooms, as well as a small restaurant and a small office. It was for the members of the delegation to rest, after all, they were going to spend six days on the train. The train is smaller and more turbulent than on a ship, but you can get off the train and move around the platform when the train stops.

The U.S. government has also spent a lot of effort to successfully handle this trilateral negotiation, and the cost of renovating this carriage and the fare are all borne by the U.S. government, and it has also arranged eight police officers on the train to protect the safety of the delegation. The American society in this era was not a peaceful and prosperous era, and coupled with the history of gun ownership in American society, if something happened to the negotiating delegation, it would be a major damage to the international image of the United States.

At this time, in the office, Li Sanjie, He Handong, Tan Qizong, Li Zhisong, and other leaders of the delegation gathered together to listen to Zhou Fengshan's briefing on the social, economic, and cultural situation in the United States. Although Zhou Fengshan is the director of the San Francisco office, the negotiations are very important, so Zhou Fengshan also left for Portsmouth with the delegation to help the delegation. Li Sanjie and others asked Zhou Fengshan about the situation in the United States, so Zhou Fengshan simply gave them a detailed introduction.

Although the East China government has also collected some information from the United States, not only is there too little information, but the source of the information is also very single, and it is difficult to verify it. Zhou Fengshan has lived in the United States for a total of 9 years in the old time and space, and has a considerable understanding of American history, culture, and social customs, and has lived in the United States for 3 years in this era, and has a relatively in-depth understanding of American society in this era.

Although Li Sanjie knew that the negotiations were just going through the motions, after all, he was in charge of foreign affairs, and it would certainly be beneficial for Li Sanjie to learn more about the social situation in the United States. He Handong, Tan Qizong, Li Zhisong, and others are even more tasked with attracting investment this time, and naturally they need to know more about American society and culture, so they not only listened very carefully, but also constantly recorded useful information in their notebooks.

The United States in this era is actually very similar to China before the crossing, on the one hand, the territory is vast, the population is large, the economy is developed, the volume is huge, whether it is industrial output value, national income, GDP value has been promoted to the world's first, but after all, the foundation is too thin, the early debt is too much, so science and technology has not kept up, in the core technology is still behind Europe Britain, France and Germany and other countries, and the comprehensive strength, military strength and international influence are not as good as Europe, is in a large but not strong more embarrassing position. The reason why the United States has actively negotiated between the East China government, Japan, and Russia, and has held this three-party negotiation is to enhance its international status.

Of course, on the whole, the United States is now in a period of rising national strength, to paraphrase a famous saying in the old time and space: like the sun at eight or nine o'clock in the morning. Therefore, the entire American society is in a positive and energetic state. Even during the train journey, farms, pastures, factories, and villages are full of life.

However, because the American society in this era is in the process of rapid development and transformation, due to the short time of the founding of the United States, the lack of foundation, the foundation is too low, and after the economic development, the cultural, educational, legal system and other supporting facilities have not kept up, so it has also caused a large number of social contradictions, coupled with the racial contradictions that have existed since the founding of the United States. Problems such as class contradictions, as well as the contradictions between capital and administration, as well as between capitalists and workers, as well as the private gun control system in the United States, have made the whole United States in a state of boredom, instability, continuous conflicts, and high crime rates.

However, these are all contradictions in the process of social development, and from a positive point of view, every country has to experience in the process of turning from big to strong, so it cannot be said that the current American society is a corrupt and degenerate society, or that the United States is developing in the wrong direction, that there are problems in the system, and so on. Of course, some problems or contradictions are structural and cannot be resolved, but they can also be alleviated to a large extent.

After listening to Zhou Fengshan's speech, everyone also felt that they had a great harvest, Zhou Fengshan said: "These problems should attract our attention, because in our development, our national conditions are very similar to those of the United States. The United States has a short period of time since its founding, while we have a short time to enter modernization, so we will almost all encounter problems in the course of development, so we must fully learn from the lessons, sum up experience, and reduce the impact of these problems on our development as much as possible. ”

Tan Qizong said: "I'm afraid we're still far behind, if China wants to reach the current level of the United States, it won't be a game in 3 or 50 years, and it is estimated that it will not be our turn to worry about it by then." ”

Zhou Fengshan shook his head and said, "I don't think so, and we should never underestimate the wisdom and hard-working spirit of the Chinese, so as long as we choose the right direction of development, the speed of development will far exceed that of other countries." At the time of our crossing, China was already the world's second largest economy, the first in industrial production, the first in purchasing power, and the second in comprehensive national strength, and who would have thought that we would develop so fast, I estimate that after the end of this war, at most 20 years, at least in some regions, it will reach the level of development of the United States. ”

Li Sanjie smiled and said, "Director Zhou, it seems that you are very confident in us." ”

Zhou Fengshan said: "This is a fact in the old time and space, so our development in this era will not be too slow, and don't forget that there are still us, our knowledge level and scientific theories are far beyond this era." After a pause, he added: "Actually, I don't care about our development issues, but I hope to be able to solve the labor problem of Chinese in the United States during my tenure." ”

Li Sanjie said: "You mean the [Chinese Exclusion Act]?"

Zhou Fengshan nodded and said: "After the [Chinese Exclusion Act] was issued, the number of Chinese coming to the United States has decreased significantly, but there are still a large number of Chinese in the United States, and due to the [Chinese Exclusion Act], the basic rights and interests of Chinese in the United States are not guaranteed. ”

Li Sanjie smiled bitterly, and he also remembered a story told by a Chinese who opened a small restaurant when the local Chinese held a banquet to entertain his party on the day he arrived in San Francisco. Because the taste of Chinese food is good, so the business is good, and the policemen patrolling the street of his restaurant often come to his restaurant to eat, of course, they never give money, and after eating, they have to pack 1 or 2 dishes to go, of course, the owner of the restaurant does not dare to ask for it, so he thinks that he is breaking his wealth and ensuring safety. But just over a month ago, the police went to his restaurant to eat and actually gave money honestly, and when the boss asked the reason, the police told him that the Chinese army defeated Russia and Japan in the Far East, which proved that China is actually a powerful country and the Chinese should be respected. When he said this, the Chinese were already in tears, and the other Chinese in the audience also cried after hearing this. It can also be seen that the life of Chinese people in the United States is quite difficult.

However, Li Sanjie also knew that now was not the time to negotiate with the United States to resolve the [Chinese Exclusion Act], and said: "Director Zhou, I can understand your feelings, but to be honest, now is not the time to solve the [Chinese Exclusion Act] Even after this war, we are only a regional power at most, and we still have a certain amount of influence in Asia, but we really don't have much influence on the United States, and we don't have enough bargaining chips to play with the United States; on the other hand, our task now is to defeat Japan and Russia, and the next step is to overthrow the Qing court, unify the whole country, establish a new country, and solve the [Chinese Exclusion Act], I am afraid that we can only go back in the row. ”

Zhou Fengshan could only sigh when he heard this, and said: "I can understand that things have priorities, and the things you just said are indeed more important than solving the [Chinese Exclusion Act], but I don't feel very good when I see what happened to the Chinese people in the United States." ”

Speaking of this, the atmosphere in the office was also a little heavy, and everyone else was silent, Li Sanjie said: "The [Chinese Exclusion Act] will be solved sooner or later, it's just a matter of time, there are too many shortcomings in China in this era, and there are too many things to solve, so we can only do it one by one, and we can't rush it, what we have to do now is to work hard and work hard to solve these problems, and one day we will solve all these problems, I believe that to solve the [Chinese Exclusion Act], it will not be later than the old time and space." ”

In the old time and space, the [Chinese Exclusion Act] was officially repealed on December 17, 1943 when the U.S. Congress passed the [McNoson Act], because it was during World War II, China and the United States became anti-fascist allies, and the Chinese Exclusion Act became an obstacle to Sino-US relations. It was not until June 18, 2012 that the U.S. Congress passed a resolution formally apologizing for the Chinese Exclusion Act. And in this time and space, it is clear that it will not drag on until that time.