Far away on the other side of the world, on the west coast of the United States, in San Diego, the sun has just risen.

The city of San Diego is located in San Diego Bay, surrounded by hills on the east, north and south, with San Vicente Hill rising to the northeast. The Point Loma Peninsula, Silver Beach and the North Island shelter from the Pacific Ocean, making the huge San Diego Bay a blessed haven.

It was originally a military fortress in Spain, and the seaside marinas, buildings, military fortresses, church buildings and so on in the old city have maintained a Spanish style. In 1834, San Diego became a Mexican territory; In 1848, it became the land of the United States.

San Diego was home to more than 100,000 people, with Spanish immigrants and Mexicans making up the vast majority. With the influx of 150,000 Chinese, the city soon took on the imprint of China.

The Huafu consortium built an industrial base in San Diego and recruited a large number of workers. Three shifts, no holidays, only eight hours a day; There are holidays and holidays, and you only need to work 10 hours a day.

When the news came, the entire West Coast was in a stir.

In the United States at that time, the work intensity was very high, and workers often had to work 12 or 14 hours in factories, and some black-hearted bosses even forced workers to work 18 hours a day.

People go to higher places, water flows to lower places, and they only need to work eight or ten hours a day to get the same salary, and who wants to do another 12 hours, or even 14 hours to get paid?

In the morning, the kilometres of beach on San Diego's La Jolla beach are a golden hue, with the blue water lapping against the sand, stirring up snow-white waves and hundreds of seabirds flying freely in the air.

The Tonshire Avenue from Los Angeles to San Diego is right next to the La Jolla waterfront. The morning was once secluded and peaceful, but now it was filled with the sound of falling horses' hooves and wheels crushing.

A large number of flatbed carriages and covered carts filled with daily necessities rushed to San Diego, and stagecoaches and private carriages were full of people chasing their dreams. On both sides of the road, there are many poor adventurers who are rushing to San Diego on foot, with a good vision and yearning for life.

A horse-drawn rental carriage follows the traffic all the way south.

There was another small hill ahead, and the traffic was slowing down. The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Osvaldo, a reporter for The Californian, poked his head out and exclaimed, "I haven't been here for a month, and this road has become more and more congested!" ”

"It's just that there are many horses, more cars, and more people!" Nils, who was sitting in the carriage, didn't raise his eyelids, "There are many places like this on the East Coast. ”

"Alright, my old classmate." "Don't forget that this is the sparsely populated West Coast, and there's no place like San Diego in California." ”

Chinese scientist Wei Sen. A few days ago, he returned to San Diego from Europe, and Osvaldo came to cover the news, and by the way, he sent his old classmate Nils to take office.

Nils is the newly appointed San Diego District Attorney.

The constitutions of most states in the United States stipulate that the position of prosecutor is elected, and California only joined the United States in 1850, and the residents of San Diego were mostly Spaniards and Mexicans. As a result, the San Diego District Attorney is still appointed by the state attorney general for the time being.

The traffic in front of it gradually accelerated, and the rental carriage continued to move briskly forward.

Osvaldo turned his head and saw a lazy little guy on the beach, his eyes lit up, "Nils, look, there's a sea lion on the beach, it's so beautiful here!" ”

"Alas!" Nils sighed in the carriage and said sullenly, "San Diego is coming, what do I have to do to see the scenery now." ”

"Nils, how many times have I told you along the way." Osvaldo shook his head helplessly, "San Diego is a good place, the economy is taking off rapidly, nearly 200,000 workers poured into the city to work last year, and the social order is also orderly, it is definitely a beautiful difference to come to San Diego to be a district attorney!" ”

"But 150,000 of them are Chinese!" Nils touched his nose and sighed.

Nils, of course, knew that this was a poor United States, and his California counterparts were all eyeing this oily position.

Maybe it's because his family has a solid foundation and his luck is quite good, or maybe some of the investigations he secretly conducted touched the nerves of some people, and this beauty difference fell on his head inexplicably.

"I know, 'white people are supreme, the rest are inferior,'" Osvaldo said disapprovingly, "stop playing, the Chinese are also white!" ”

Nils was silent, and he couldn't help but think of last year's "People v. Hall" case.

Nils was an assistant to Supreme Court Justice Murray, who was about to take on the case of People v. Hall last June, but unfortunately overdosed and became delirious.

Justice Murray has always been a strict person, drinking lightly and never drinking too much, how could he drink too much and die?

Nils was puzzled, and before he could wake up from his grief, the final verdict in the case of "People v. Hall" arrived.

Justice Douglal of California declared that the General Office knows that China has thousands of years of splendid history and culture, and that the skin color of Chinese people is comparable to that of southern European countries such as Spain and Italy, and whiter than the skin color of some white people, so the three judges unanimously believe that the Chinese are a branch of the white race, have the right to testify in court, and have the right to participate in the management of US government affairs.

When the verdict was announced, Justice Duggle's face flushed and his expression was excited. The other two justices were gray-faced and yawning.

How so? The Chinese turned out to be Caucasian too!

Nils was shocked, knowing full well that Justice Duggle was a "white supremacist" just like himself. Could it be that those filthy Chinese are really Caucasians?

No! It can no longer be said that the Chinese are dirty!

A Chinese mutual aid society, "We Are Brothers," rose from the ground, and the Chinese miners, tailors, cooks, domestic helpers, small traders, and so on in California all changed their appearance, their long braids were gone, and they all wore suits, and their clothes became the same as ordinary Americans.

Soon, a Huafu consortium with Chinese colors invested heavily in the development and construction of southern California, and the Chinese miners, tailors, cooks, and helpers who had always been hard-working and hard-working all rushed to San Diego.

"The Californian" is a positive evaluation of the Chinese: "They are the hardest working people we have ever seen...... They live under our laws and are born and raised here as if they were born. These people have begun to fit the title of citizen. ”

The Californian, California's most widely circulated newspaper, seemed to have become a fan of the Chinese during this time, and the entire page was almost entirely filled with reports about the Huafu Foundation, Oriental Laboratory, and so on.

What Huafu Iron and Steel Plant was successfully built.

What California scientist Wesson. Zhou published the theory of "human origin" in Europe, which caused a sensation in the entire European and American world.

What a great scientist Wessen. Zhou returned from lecturing in Europe.

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Nils didn't believe that people were monkeys, but Osvaldo around him did, and he hurried to find Wesson. Weekly Interview News.

Nils was puzzled, what happened to this world!

Down the slope, a sedan carriage fell apart and overturned on the side of the road, and the coachmen were scrambling to repair it, slowing down as the traffic passed by.

Seeing two middle-aged men with the appearance of scholars standing on the side of the road with melancholy faces, Osvaldo and Niels hurriedly jumped out of the car, "Professor Davis, Professor Martin, why are you here?" ”

Byron 61 Davis is the dean of the College of California, and John 61 Martin is a professor of biology at the College of California. When they heard that Zhou Weisen had returned to San Diego from Europe, they hurried to visit and wanted to invite Zhou Weisen to give a lecture at the college.

Seeing that he was about to enter San Diego, he never thought that the car would collide with another truck, and the truck had nothing to do, but the carriage fell apart.

"Professor Davis, Professor Martin, get in our car!" Osvaldo graciously invited, "I also went to visit Mr. Zhou. ”

Byron 61 Davis was a little embarrassed, "This doesn't bother you, does it?" ”

Nils looked enthusiastic, "It's an honor for us to be with these two scholars. ”

After getting into the car, Nils sat sullenly for a while, and finally couldn't hold back and asked, "Professor Martin, do you really believe that people are changed by monkeys?" ”

"No, it's not!"

Professor Martin laughs, "The Theory of Evolution just says that humans and monkeys may be the same ancestor. ”

Nils belly slander, doesn't that mean it?!

Professor Martin continued, "The Theory of Evolution is only a hypothesis at the moment. ”

"Hypothesis!"

Nils' eyes lit up and he said excitedly, "That means that humans and monkeys don't have to be the same ancestor!" ”

"No, no, no!" Martin shook his head, "The Theory of Evolution is a scientific hypothesis, and a scientific hypothesis is an important form of theoretical thinking in the natural sciences......"

When Zhou Weisen put forward the "theory of evolution", he listed a large amount of data and carried out rigorous logical reasoning. All of this was recounted by Professor Martin.

Oh my God, that's a chatter!

Nils was tormented, but he had to pretend to be interested.

Walk past kilometers of waterfront and climb up a small hill and San Diego is right in front of you.

To the north of the city is the expansive San Diego River, which flows through the Point Loma Peninsula and rushes out to sea. On the south bank of the river, factories such as Huafu Iron Works, Huafu Forging Factory, and Huafu Machinery Factory have been preliminarily completed, and there are towering chimneys everywhere as far as the eye can see, spitting black smoke into the sky.

To the west of San Diego is the Docklands. This side of the North Island is full of wharves that extend out. In the distance, in the direction of Silver Beach, a row of brand new piers can be seen under construction. From afar, the harbor is full of ships like black spots.

The carriage soon came to the San Diego Bridge, and five or six guys in overalls deftly navigated the traffic, handing out leaflets to pedestrians and wagons.

Several leaflets were delivered into the carriage, and Nils picked them up curiously.

"The woodware factory recruits a large number of male workers, works ten hours a day, rests normally on holidays, eats and lodging, and enjoys three insurances and one housing fund."

"The textile factory recruits a large number of female workers, working eight hours a day, no days off, including food and accommodation, and enjoying three insurances and one housing fund."

"The machinery factory recruits skilled workers, with good wages, working ten hours a day, resting normally on holidays, including food and accommodation, and enjoying three insurances and one housing fund."

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Professor Davis, Professor Martin and Nils were all a little surprised, "eight hours of work", "food and shelter", these are understandable, but what the hell is three insurances and one housing fund?

Osvaldo explained with a smile that Huafu Group's factories in San Diego are all high welfare benefits, and said that Huafu Group's factories will help workers pay pension insurance, medical insurance, work-related injury insurance, and housing provident fund in Huafu Insurance Company.

"Isn't this a new island of utopia?"

At that time, European and American intellectuals were somewhat left-leaning, and Professor Davis and Professor Martin were full of interest after listening to it.

In the 30s and 40s of the 19th century, a "socialist" trend of thought was widely circulated in Europe, the main meaning of which was the welfare of the working masses, social peace and social transformation, and at the same time allowed the existence of private property and social inequality.

Professor Davis shook his head, "In 1824, Mr. Robert 61 Owen conducted this socialist experiment in Indiana, but it failed!" ”

Professor Martin shrugged, "Mr. Owen has failed, maybe Huafu Group can succeed." ”