The Chinese do not realize that they have entered a new great era, and this great era is driven by them.

But the technology competition promoted by the navy quickly began to have an impact in China's public opinion circles, and the Chinese began to care more about technology than ever before, and ordinary people who used to think it was a craftsman's business, now under the propaganda of the navy, they know that technology will affect the rise and fall of the country.

Forty years after the outbreak of the Industrial Revolution, the country has only begun to see a technological boom, and it has to be said that traditional thinking is sometimes really a shackle of the new era.

The British did not have these problems, their mechanics were better, and the exchange of ideas was more active, but the Chinese mechanics were more numerous, more patient with their craft, and in the technical competition, the two sides sent spies to each other, so that the technical level could not be pulled apart.

The difference between the British and American nations and the East Asian nations in terms of technological innovation has begun to be clearly distinguished in this era.

The British are keen to create new technologies, and the Chinese patiently improve on the basis of new technologies, what is the reason for this difference, later generations of experts are not clear, in short, it should be inseparable from traditional culture and education. But the contribution of the two innovations is greater, and perhaps the pioneering contribution is greater, but without the artisanal improvement of the East Asian peoples, many original technologies will not be realized into wealth. Just like the later generations of Japan, a large number of original European and American technologies were introduced, and then turned into products that sell well all over the world through the hands of Japanese people. LCD technology was invented by the Americans, and LCD TVs were invented by the Japanese, and this kind of application innovation based on new technologies is a characteristic of the East Asian nation.

Japan went through the Meiji Restoration and post-war reconstruction, and it took 100 years to form this innovative model; China also experienced the industrial development of the Republic of China in the late Qing Dynasty, and finally slowly formed this model in the decades after the reform and opening up.

Zhou Lang has only been promoting the industrial revolution for decades, and he has not been able to change the influence of this traditional culture, nor can he completely stimulate the creativity of the Chinese people, and he has never been able to surpass the United Kingdom, the leader of this era.

Of course, with the establishment of the patent law and other systems to encourage innovation, the creative ability of Chinese is still getting stronger, but the accumulation of originality has not yet been able to obtain results, but the improved innovation ability has been cultivated. In addition to the improvement of new technologies in Europe, in fact, the greater technological improvement is the innovation of traditional technology inherent in the country. Through technological innovation, the combination of traditional technology and steam power is currently the most popular method of innovation.

The East Asian-style model of incremental innovation, although it has not yet allowed China to lead the way in the field of technology, is enough to keep China from falling behind in technology, and even always standing in the first class, just like the future Japan, it is difficult to imagine what revolutionary inventions they have, but it is impossible to ignore that their technology is in the world.

Zhou Lang is also helpless about this, the four major inventions that can affect the world, I don't know when the Chinese can create again, but the people have begun to enter the era of innovative innovation, which also allows him to be satisfied.

Zhou Lang actually didn't realize the arrival of a new era, just like after the Spaniards and Portugal opened the Age of Discovery, they only stared at the dividends of the Great Voyage, and did not realize that they had made the world closer, and they had initially connected the world market.

The biggest influence of the big era is always the little people, and the fate of the little people is more upside down in the big era, but it is also more exciting, it is they who create a small wonderful, forming the glory of the big era.

To say that the place that has the greatest impact on China in this great era is actually not the mainland, although the mainland is the closest to the war and bears most of the cost of the war, but in fact, the most influential is the American Chinese.

Because of the impact of the war, a large number of local people chose to immigrate to the Americas. During the war, the economic environment deteriorated, which led to a large number of working people settling in the Americas under the guidance of the government.

It seems that nothing has changed, the government is worried about the population pressure, encouraging immigrants, carrying out official propaganda, and people are forced to make a living, sign up to emigrate, and through the ferry tickets provided by the government, set foot on overseas land.

It seems that the process is similar, but the result is very different.

It was under this circumstance that Zhang Youfu's family moved to the Americas.

It was the third year of the war, and the family economy could not support it, so Zhang Youfu and his wife Cai discussed it, signed up at the government office and went to the Americas.

Zhang Youfu's ancestral home is Songjiang Mansion, which is a wealthy place, and the tendency to immigrate has not been large, and there have been few immigration waves.

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't get by, Zhang Youfu wouldn't have come to the Americas.

Like everyone else, people who have left their homes tend to have more sourness. Zhang Youfu was born in a tenant family in Huating County, where Songjiang Prefecture was economically developed and land annexation was serious, with landlords owning the vast majority of land, a small number of yeoman farmers, and many tenant farmers.

Zhang Youfu's name is out of breath, and his family is very poor. Unfortunately, his father died of illness when he was ten years old, and his mother secretly remarried, and his uncle, who lived in the county town of Shanghai, took him to the city.

Uncle is also a person who does not do his job, in their hometown, people who are not willing to farm well go to the city, this is not necessarily prejudice, his uncle is indeed a person who does not do his job, and sells fake medicines in prosperous areas for a living. took Zhang Youfu to the city, not to enjoy happiness. The young Zhang Youfu had to start supporting himself, and when he was a child, he cooperated with his uncle on the street to deceive people. Is it stealing chickens and dogs, the uncle runs to the casino to gamble when he has money, and the uncle is not a woman, but he is addicted to gambling.

When he was fourteen years old, he was already a street runner on the street, and if nothing changed, he would probably be like his uncle for the rest of his life. As a result, when he was fourteen years old, his uncle owed a loan shark, and he was beaten to death by others along with the casino people.

Zhang Youfu completely lost his support, fortunately he was already Zhang, he hadn't learned his uncle's deceptive tricks, he could only go to the dock to carry the bag. Although life was hard, the economic situation was good in those years, and he could save some money through heavy physical labor, and Zhang Youfu slowly got rid of some bad habits and was accepted by the neighbors.

When he was sixteen years old, the enthusiastic old lady next door introduced him to a family business, a female worker in a yarn factory.

The development of the cotton textile industry in Songjiang Prefecture is in full swing, and there are many female textile workers, but like the wharf coolies, only those who are really poor will send their daughters to work in the factory, and the same is true for Zhang Youfu's object, and it is also a family unfortunate, she lost her mother at an early age, and her stepmother sent her into the factory, and Zhang Youfu is also a good match.

Perhaps because he was in a hurry to send his stepdaughter out of the door, after Zhang Youfu promised to use all the money he had saved in the past two years as a bride price, the Cai family agreed to this family business.

Zhang Youfu is not handsome, Cai's is not beautiful, Zhang Youfu's savings are given to the Cai family, and Cai's wages as a worker are also managed by the stepmother, and the two poor people just walk together. After getting married, Zhang Youfu worked harder, and his wife continued to work in the factory, although Zhang Youfu longed for the day when he could be prosperous, and then he would not have to let his wife show up, but the pressure of life forced him to accept the status quo that his wife continued to work.

Cai's ingenuity, now is working for herself, more attentive, she carefully figured out, soon learned all the techniques, became the best worker in the women's craft, after their owner replaced the new equipment, she was also the first to learn to spin with a machine, and later the owner added a weaving factory, she was also the first to learn the technology with the master, and then taught other female workers.

With the improvement of technology, Cai's income has surpassed that of Zhang Youfu, who works as a coolie at the dock, but the virtue of marrying a chicken and a dog has made her not complain, and she takes the initiative to hand over her salary to Zhang Youfu every month, and everyone regards her husband as the head of the family.

It wasn't until he found out that Zhang Youfu was addicted to gambling that Cai had the first quarrel with Zhang Youfu, and no longer handed over the money to Zhang Youfu.

But Cai's is very stubborn, soft and hard, but he just can't get her husband to quit gambling.

Cai's can only save money silently, she hopes to buy a yard for her family in the city, and plans to rent out the front yard and live in the backyard.

Zhang Youfu did not go to a dead end like his uncle, once when gambling, suddenly the black casino was blocked by the official, the casino owner and the group of black thugs were all exiled, Zhang Youfu was almost exiled, Cai's ran in many ways to make the official master believe that he was just a gambler, not a thug in the casino.

Zhang Youfu was so frightened that he had a serious illness, and in his dream he dreamed of his uncle who was beaten to death by the casino, and his gambling addiction was quit.

Because they had no savings before, the two have never dared to have children, and they use various local methods to prevent pregnancy. After quitting their addiction to drugs, the two plan to have a child.

But at this time, a misfortune happened to Cai, and a machine failure rolled half of her left hand into it, and one palm was cut off and only one thumb remained.

It is said that he worked overtime at the factory for a long time, and in a groggy state, he made a mistake and shoved his hand into the conveyor belt. The factory owner did not miss the old feelings, and after seeing that Cai's could not work, he gave her a little soup and medicine to drive her out of the factory, and did not even see her, so the factory supervisor notified her, only saying that it was difficult for the owner to do so in these years.

After squatting for three days in a row, Zhang Youfu was desperate, and when he was treating his wife, the doctor said that Cai was pregnant with a child. The heavy pressure of life forced Zhang Youfu to jump into the river.

At this time, the government posted a list to recruit immigrants, and each household would be divided into 100 acres of land, and tax exemption for ten years, and one year's rations would be given.

Before eating the last 10,000 rice in his rice tank, after being urged by the landlord to pay the rent three times, Zhang Youfu discussed with his wife that he planned to immigrate to the Americas. The disabled wife was obedient, for fear of being abandoned by Zhang Youfu, this kind of thing was not unheard of among his other female workers, and she let Zhang Youfu call the shots.

In this way, Zhang Youfu went to the Americas.