"Big Apple, I'm back."

Looking at the rapidly retreating street scene outside the carriage, John's face was calm, but his heart had already rolled over like a boiling pot.

It's been five years since I left the city.

In five years, John has grown from a young boy to a steady young man with jaw-dropping achievements, and in the same five years, the young and vibrant city of the Big Apple has undergone tremendous changes - such as more bicycles and taller buildings on the streets, and dense black lines like spider webs between buildings on the side of the road......

"That's a phone line!"

Hans, the butler who was riding in the same carriage with John, saw John's doubts and explained with a smile: "I was also very strange when I first came back, and later learned that in the years since we left, the Bell Telephone Company has become one of the most eye-catching companies in New York City, and it is said that the current valuation has reached millions of dollars, which is about the same as the Flying Pigeon Bicycle Company!" ”

Back in New York City, Hans looked in good spirits.

To say that following John to Europe for so five years was indeed hard enough for Hans, and even John felt a little inhumane. After all, Hans was not a bachelor, he had a family of his own, and five years was enough time for the children to feel strange to their father. However, due to the insistence of old Huntelaar and Hans's willingness, he had no choice but to subsidize him financially in normal times. So in the past five years in Europe, in addition to the high salary of old Huntelaar, John has made up a lot, so that the housekeeper has received four or five times the income when he was in New York!

So overall, both sides are very satisfied.

So after five years of separation from his family, Hans did not complain about the Huntelaar family. On the contrary, he became more and more faithful - because even after returning to New York, the elder Huntlaar still gave him twice the salary he had received five years earlier. So after receiving the news that John had boarded the ship, Mr. Butler had been waiting at the dock since the tenth day......

"How is this possible? Is the penetration of phones in New York so high? ”

After listening to Hans's explanation, John's eyes that had been squinting instantly widened a lot.

When I was in Europe, the telephone had always been the preserve of the aristocracy and the wealthy, and after returning to New York. John saw that the roadside was densely packed with telephone lines? Could it be that in the past five years, New York has developed beyond the impression of John and surpassed London and Paris?

"I don't know, maybe it's because this is the birthplace of the phone, right?"

Shrugging his shoulders, Hans smiled a little uncertainly: "But we have just replaced the new telephone, which seems to be more convenient and clearer to use, and the cost has been reduced by almost half!" ”

"Hmmm......"

Answering softly, John nodded thoughtfully.

"Sir, look!"

Just when John's brow flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Hans, the butler, suddenly lit up his eyes and pointed to the side of the carriage and shouted, "That's your hospital!" ”

"My hospital?!"

John was startled and quickly raised his eyes to look over. Because of his excitement, he even left his seat and half-stood up with his hand on the armrest of the saddle.

At a glance, a building stands out from the crowd hundreds of meters away!

This is a building with a completed main structure, with six floors and a height of more than 30 meters. Compared to the surrounding buildings that are up to ten meters high, this kind of building with a dark red exterior is so eye-catching. So much so that John was firmly attracted to it at first sight!

"This ...... Is it my hospital? ”

Staring at the building in the distance with wide eyes, he couldn't help but murmur in a low voice.

Although he asked Steve to buy a piece of land and build a building for him, and he wrote to him to tell him the location and size of John's Hospital, he had no idea from the beginning to the end. So on the way back this time, John didn't expect to pass by this building and see the whole picture so closely!

"Sir. This is your hospital! ”

Knowing that John's sense of direction was not very strong, Hans was not surprised, and explained with a smile: "With a total area of 3.6 acres, in addition to this building, your hospital has six other large and small buildings and three small gardens. But it's all blocked by it, and we'll have to go around a bit to see it all. ”

"Goo-dong!"

John swallowed hard and felt his heart skip out.

"This is my hospital!"

Looking at the building that was getting closer and closer, John clenched his fists tightly, not realizing that his nails, which had not been trimmed for a long time because of the crossing of the Atlantic, were now deeply sunk in the palm of his hand!

This dark red building is so charming in the sun!

In the 19th century, there were few buildings with more than six floors in Europe and the United States, on the one hand, naturally because the development of architecture was not yet in place, and on the other hand, because the electric revolution in Europe and the United States had just begun, and elevators were not widely used. After all, there are at least 100 steps on six floors, and no one wants to climb up and down every day, especially in the 19th century, when people were far less clothed than in later generations.

Therefore, when John submitted the rough plan for the building and asked Steve to design and build it, he was strongly opposed by the elder Huntelaar and Steve - if it was done according to John's vision, not only would there be a problem that the floors would be too high to go up and down in the future, but also the cost of the building would be pushed up to an unbearable level!

But in the end, it was John who won.

With his reminder, Steve reserved a place in the elevator and waited for the mature technology to appear, and after selling his stake in the Flying Pigeon Bicycle Company, John was able to afford nearly $150,000, or almost £30,000 to build. You know, even twenty or thirty years from now, building a football stadium in London that can accommodate tens of thousands of people will only be 100,000 pounds!

It is precisely because of such a huge investment that this six-storey, 10,000-square-meter building is so charming!

As for the elevator problem, John is even less worried, because he vaguely remembers that the skyscraper began at the end of the 19th century, and the Chicago Home Insurance Building is now completed, and I believe that the problem should not be too difficult to solve. Taking 10,000 steps back, even if there is no solution in this era, doesn't New York City still have a partner, Tesla? Asking that deified scientist to design a new type of elevator shouldn't be a big problem, right?

"Sir, do you need the carriage to stop?"

Blinking, Hans whispered, "I've been in there to see that the building is undergoing final renovations, and it should be finished next month." ”

Taking a deep breath, John waved his hand and said, "No, no. ”

Without waiting for Hans to respond, John sat down with a flushed face. Although he really couldn't wait to stop and go to his hospital to have a look, after hesitating for a while, he still reluctantly suppressed this urge. Now that I have returned to New York City, the next thing is to have time to take a closer look at the entire hospital. Hans had already called home at the station, but his grandfather was already waiting for them......

……

On June 15, 1887, John? Together with his coachman, Huntelaar returns to the Big Apple after a five-year absence.

In New York City, John's private hospital has been completed and is being renovated according to the plan he provided, and many custom furniture, equipment, surgical instruments, medicines, clothing and other supplies have either been placed with local manufacturers in New York, or are about to embark on the ship with Thomas and Ehrlich and others on the ship to North America!

And as a surgeon, John? Although he had no roots in New York, he fearlessly entered the American medical profession in the last darkness before the dawn with a series of remarkable achievements in Europe, as well as a full set of surgical instruments and six drugs with amazing effects...... (To be continued......)