Chapter XIII Considerations

“…… To sum up, there is almost never time to rest along the way, which is why I have the leisure to write this letter to you today. ,”

Sitting at his desk, John scratched his head as he wrote this, not knowing how to proceed with this letter to Miss Emma Stone.

The morning after moving into his new house, John honestly stayed at home and wrote letters. He had hardly touched a pen since he came out of New York, and now that he had settled down, it was natural for him to communicate with his grandfather and friends about the current situation. Joshua and a few other friends had the best letters, and they only needed to inform them of their choice of the University of Berlin, so John put them at the forefront. Emma was a little girl, and at the height of her mind, it would take him a little longer.

Merely......

Writing letters to a teenage girl is not John's forte, but what can he say other than what he has seen along the way? Do you still want to talk to him about the trivial things in life?

After hesitating for a while, John decisively closed the letter.

After getting along for so long, John also has a good impression of Emma, and sometimes he really feels like he has an extra sister, so he finally said some nice things before signing his name.

"Next, it's a letter to my grandfather."

After a short rest, John's expression gradually became solemn. Without a doubt, this letter to his grandfather was the one he needed to think about the most!

"What should I say?"

Looking at the letter paper that had been spread out on the table, John subconsciously bit the tip of the pen, frowned, and thought as if he was very distressed.

If he was safe, he had already telegraphed it when he arrived in Liverpool, and again when he arrived in Berlin, this time John wrote mainly to explain the choice of the University of Berlin. Of course, there is nothing to be embarrassed about if you just choose the University of Berlin, the elder Huntelaar would have supported him to choose a German university, but if he chose the medical school of the University of Berlin, he would be in big trouble!

As has been said many times before, except for a very few physicians who stand at the top of the pyramid in this era, the status and income of everyone else is not very good, and it is hard for John to believe that old Huntelaar would support his choice.

"It's nerve-wracking!"

After thinking for a while, John simply threw the pen on the table in an anxious mood, stood up and walked to the window to look out.

Johann rented the house very close to the University of Berlin, only a few minutes away by horse-drawn carriage, even if it was less than half an hour's walk, and in the distance he could even see the spire of a church next to the University of Berlin in the distance. After moving in, John liked to stand by the window and look out, on the one hand, because the environment here is really good, and it can be used to nourish his eyes when his brain is tired, and on the other hand, because there are teachers living around the University of Berlin, and guessing their major every time he sees one is one of John's rare pleasures. Although there are few full-time professors living here because the houses here are not top-notch, there are many teaching assistants and some associate professors, and there are future big people in it.

Soon, John locked onto a black spot in the distance.

Because the distance is too far, even if John's eyesight is very good in his life, it is difficult to see clearly whether it is a carriage or a pedestrian, but he has no intention of doing anything else because of his irritability at this time, so he just keeps staring until the black dot gradually becomes clear, John's eyes widen instantly!

It turned out to be a cyclist!

Not the "weird" bicycle that has appeared in Europe for a long time, but the standard John "Ming" bike!

"Could it be that Joshua and the others have already sold their cars to Germany?"

John was suddenly surprised and delighted, and couldn't help but think. However, he soon overturned this idea himself, after all, in terms of the production capacity of the bicycle factory, even after the expansion, it is only barely enough to meet the domestic market in the United States, and even the British side can only have a small supply, otherwise Joshua and Funk would not be so anxious to come to the United Kingdom to investigate the construction of a new factory.

If it's not an imitation, it should be a personal transaction. The current bicycle is definitely in short supply, but Joshua and they can't limit the identity of the customer, so naturally it cannot be ruled out that a few Germans will buy it.

"It looks like there's a lot of potential in the bicycle market!"

Seeing a German gentleman in his thirties riding past his room, John's mood improved.

The last two decades of the 19th century were an era of rapid development of the world's major powers, and the frequent breakthroughs in science and technology and the deepening of the second industrial revolution turned people's lives upside down. John seems to have seen that in the next few years, the torrent of bicycles will run over the streets and alleys of Europe and the United States, and become the means of transportation of choice before the popularization of automobiles!

"It's all money!"

John's eyes were full of smiles at this time, and after secretly thinking about the benefits that the bicycle might bring to himself, he couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, the vision of the times is the only weapon to make money!" Especially now, it doesn't take much effort at all, just draw the drawings! ”

In a happy mood, Johan couldn't help but immediately wonder what he could do during his time in Germany. Compared with the United States, which was still relatively backward at this time, Germany's industrial workers were much higher and more sophisticated, and the last few years may be the most suitable place for him to exhibit.

"First of all, I have to write to Joshua and ask him to come to Germany and build a bicycle factory!"

It didn't take long for John to think through one thing and secretly make up his mind. Although Britain is now the world's largest power, and has a vast colony, will be the main customer, but Germany itself, plus relying on the whole of Europe 6, is also a huge market that cannot be ignored.

"Secondly, it is entirely possible to consider taking advantage of Germany's strong industrial base, especially the chemical industry!"

Thinking about the strength of the Germans, and thinking about the chemistry textbooks in his mind, the thought that had not been surging for a long time came to John's mind again.

A lot of things in the mind can be borrowed.

After being reborn, he has always been more cautious, on the one hand, because he is too young and the environment in which he grew up is too narrow, and he will not be able to explain it if he takes out too many things; On the other hand, because he lacks the means to protect himself, even if he takes out good things, he is afraid that others will take them away.

But now, it's a different story.

In half a year, John will be fifteen years old, which is already the age that most countries will respect, and behind him stands old Huntelaar, as well as Joshua and Funk and many other allies, as long as it is not the steel, oil, railways and other fields that the strongmen of this era are most concerned about, John is confident enough to keep his industry.

Turning back to his desk and sitting down, he pondered as he unconsciously drew on the paper with his pen.

Although he was determined to become a physician again, for the time being, it was completely unrealistic to introduce sulfonamides, penicillin, etc., and even if they could be made, it would not be possible to produce them on a large scale. What the pharmaceutical industry needs is a solid industrial base and sufficient talents, and John simply does not have these conditions at the moment. John was well aware of how difficult it would be to mass-produce those medicines from previous lives in this era, so he still set his goal on laying a solid foundation for the time being.

As for the medical field......

"For now, the main focus should be on surgery."

It was the golden age of the Surgical Fair, and John had to get a foot in it!

As a former surgeon, John would never give up on this, and he could take his time in all other aspects. After all, the medical discipline is different from others, and progress and development must rely on a large amount of evidence, and if John can make great achievements in the field of surgery and gain enough prestige, then the other aspects of the exhibition will naturally be twice the result with half the effort!

Thinking about it, the boredom in John's heart just now didn't know when it disappeared completely, he happily spread out the letter and rewrote the letter to Joshua with a quick degree, strongly suggesting that they come to Germany to investigate, and by the way, they can also come to see themselves. He hadn't met a friend in Berlin yet, and after getting used to the hustle and bustle of New York, he was really a little unaccustomed to it for a while.

But just as he had finished writing his letter to Joshua and John wanted to finish his letter to his grandfather while the iron was hot, he began to worry again: "Well, what should I tell my grandfather......

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