On February 26, 1885, the Berlin Conference ended.

During the meeting, Portugal wasted no time in presenting a "pink map" proposal for a vast area from Angola to Mozambique, stretching from east to west (i.e. from the Atlantic coast to the Indian Ocean coast), in which Portugal sought to compensate for the loss of colonies in South America. Most of the participating countries agreed, but the UK disagreed, as it conflicted with the UK's "2C" from Cairo to Cape Town. Five years later, Britain issued an ultimatum to Portugal, and the Portuguese king had no choice but to give in, and in the end, Portugal only received Angola and Mozambique in the "pink map".

Britain and France are at stake over which country the Niger-Saï-Baroa line and the northeastern coast of Lake Chad should belong to, in which case diplomats from the two countries invoke the "principle of mutual exchange". France owned the area north of the line from Say to Baroa, and Britain occupied the area south of it; The Nile basin was owned by the British, and the French got the Lake Chad basin; In addition, according to the 11th and 15th degrees of longitude, the border line would pass through the Kingdom of Ouadaí, a black country that existed at the time, which was arbitrarily assigned to France, while Darfur, with which it had deep roots, belonged to the United Kingdom.

Bismarck was also a big winner of the Berlin Conference, and he included Togo, Cameroon, and South-West Africa (present-day Namibia) in Germany's pockets, and his demarcation of Cameroon's northern and western borders was a "different kind" in Africa's borders. The partition of France and Italy was much more "rigorous", with the Tropic of Cancer demarcating the border and drawing particularly "geometric" figures, such as Libya and Algeria.

In addition, King Leopold II of Belgium, a small European country, took a shit luck and became the owner of the Congo River valley in his inconsequential capacity. This land area is 2 million square kilometres, which is 76 times the size of Belgium itself. Although the big merchants accounted for 40% of the benefits, Wang Yi finally decided to sell the land, one of the purposes was not to irritate the European powers too much. Of course, the main reason is that central Africa is still a bit far away from the Northeast.

It should be noted that at the time of the Berlin Conference, only part of Africa's coastal areas were in the hands of European colonizers, and 80% of the land was still under traditional tribal control.

Wang Yi's last buyer was Portugal, which had two large African colonies, Angola and Mozambique. Angola is in the southwest of the Congo Free State, while Mozambique is in southeastern Africa and close to South Africa.

The talks were held between the Northeast, Portugal, and Belgium, and special envoys from Britain, Germany, and France attended the meeting as observers. Wang Yi gave all his gains in the Congo Free State, that is, 40% of the land in the Congo Free State, to Portugal, and the land in exchange was Mozambique in Southeast Africa.

Such an exchange is beneficial for both parties, which is the so-called win-win situation. The Portuguese colonies in Africa could be linked together, with Angola and the Congo Free State drawing 40% of the land. The Great Shang had access to Mozambique, and in this way, the nearly 1,000 square kilometres of land he had purchased from the Boers in the northern part of South Africa gained the support of the rear of the Stable.

Although King Oliver II of Belgium was a little dissatisfied with the talks, in the face of the northeast and Portugal, his strength was obviously not on the table, and finally he had to reluctantly agree to the three-country treaty.

From the middle of the 17th century, Portugal implemented the "balazzo" system in Mozambique, in which the royal family granted land to some large estate owners, and ruled on behalf of local chiefs, and these large estate owners exercised absolute power over Africans, and even sold them into slavery to become a state within a state in Mozambique. At the same time, Portugal began exporting slaves from Mozambique. By the 18th century, slaves had replaced gold and ivory as the main export commodities in the Zambezi River Basin, and the slave trade in Mozambique continued until the end of the 19th century. At the end of the 19th century, Portugal introduced a system of forced labor in Mozambique and began to export large quantities of indentured labor to neighboring countries.

In order to resist the brutal rule of Portugal, in the 19th century, almost all ethnic groups of Mozambique participated in the struggle against Portuguese invasion and rule, and the struggle of the Ngoni against the Portuguese lasted for 70 years. They occupied Lorenzo-Marques, captured Sofala, and confiscated large estates south of the Zambezi River. In 1885, the Ngoni chieftain Gengenhana united the surrounding ethnic groups to form the Gaza Federation, which was not suppressed until 1895. The Shona people, who live in the central Manica plateau, under the leadership of chiefs Umtasa and Mapondra, rebelled against Portuguese rule for more than 30 years from the 60s of the 19th century, and at one point expelled the Portuguese from the border between Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

When Chen Xingbang, the spokesman of the Great Merchants in Africa, arrived in Mozambique in 1886 with a huge fleet of 8,000 men, he was greeted not by welcome, but by war. However, he was not afraid, because he was accompanied by Yan Fu's Nanyang Fleet, now renamed the Northeast African Fleet.

Because of the establishment of the five provinces of Southeast Asia, plus Hainan, Taiwan, and Okinawa military ports, the oil supply of the entire region is no longer a problem, so after quelling the rebellion in South Vietnam Province and the invasion of Siam, the Northeast decided to divide a part of the ships with the native fleet to form a new Nanyang Fleet, and the original Nanyang Fleet will go to Africa to form the African Fleet.

The biggest difference between the new Nanyang Fleet and the previous Nanyang Fleet is that the fuel for ships is not only coal, but also fuel oil. In this way, the power performance of the fleet has been greatly improved, and the equipment of the home fleet is much more advanced than that of the Nanyang Fleet, so the combat power has been greatly improved, and the control over the entire Nanyang region has been further strengthened. The new commander-in-chief of the Nanyang Fleet is Sa Zhenbing.

Yan Fu's fleet was the first to arrive in Maputo, in southern Mozambique, which is not yet a town. The Portuguese authorities handed over formalities to the northeast here, and then evacuated Mozambique with a pile of looted gold and silver treasures. However, their departure does not mean that the entire Portuguese influence in Mozambique has withdrawn. The large landlords who remained under the "balazzo" system still stubbornly occupy Mozambican land.

Fu Hanxin, who currently resides in the Transvaal Republic, manages a vast area of land between the Golden Field (later Johannesburg, now predominantly agricultural) and the Premir Mining Area. The Boers are very friendly to the Northeast at present, the commercial trade is flourishing, the gold fields produce a large amount of grain and various industrial products and medicines provided by the Northeast, and in the Transvaal, and in the south of Orange, both of which are very popular in the Boer country. More than a dozen Dashang medical teams, known as the Angels of the East, are well-known throughout southern Africa.

Just a few days ago, Fu Hanxin had arranged a large number of convoys to transport a large amount of food and supplies to Maputo to provide supplies for the newly arrived African fleet.

Long before the First Anglo-Boer War, the Great Merchants purchased land throughout the Jintian region for agricultural production. And after the end of the First Anglo-Boer War, the land in the Premir region was purchased. At that time, the Transvaal Republic had just gained independence from British rule, but because of a lack of funds, it was only because of the lack of funds that it agreed to the land purchase requests of the great merchants. At that time, no one knew what kind of mineral deposits were contained in these two places.

Fu Hanxin traveled to Pretoria today to meet the three rulers of the Transvaal Republic, Paul Kruger, Piert Joubert and Little Pretorius.

Paul Kruger was an old man with a high prestige among the Boers, but now because of his advanced age, he was not in good health. But under the treatment of Dashang, it alleviated a lot of pain. Joubert was quite talented in military affairs, a natural warrior, and was very envious of the weapons of the Great Merchant Insurance Corps, so he came to discuss military tactics with the officers of the Grand Merchant Insurance Corps. As for little Pretorius, he was able to ascend to the throne because of the prestige of his ancestors, but he himself was also in the prime of life.

At the beginning, the Boers elected these three men to form their own government, and sent the declaration of independence of the Republic of South Africa to the British garrison in Pretoria, but the British refused to accept it and ordered the garrisons from all over the country to reinforce Pretoria quickly, so the First Anglo-Boer War began.

On December 7, 1880, clashes between Boer citizens and the British garrison broke out at Potchefstroom. On 20 December, two companies of the 94th British Regiment stationed in Leidenburg rushed to the aid of Pretoria and were ambushed by the Boer militia at the Bronkhorst River, and the first battle began. Due to the guerrilla tactics employed by the Boers, 77 of the 247 British troops were killed and 157 wounded, while only 2 of the 247 British troops were killed and 4 wounded.

In January 1881, reinforced British troops marched from the Natal colony to the Transvaal. The commander of the British army, General Colley, led this reinforcement force of more than 1,000 men to the west of the Transvaal. The Lang Gap on the border between Natal and the Transvaal was blocked by General Joubert. The British had 93 killed, 133 wounded, 54 captured, and Colley himself killed at the top of the hill. On the part of the Burunese army, only one was killed and five wounded.

On 6 March 1881, an armistice was signed between the British and Transvaal armies, followed by the Pretoria Agreement on 3 August. The agreement provided for the guarantee that the Transvaal could establish a fully autonomous government under the suzerainty of the British Queen, and that Britain would retain three prerogatives: control of the Transvaal's foreign relations; maintaining control over the Transvaal's relations with African tribes; In wartime, the British had the right to borrow the Moral Lanzvaal.

It was by winning the First Anglo-Boer War that the Transvaal Republic became independent. At that time, no mineral deposits had been discovered in this area, otherwise the British would never have let go of their domination of the Transvaal.

Paul Kruger, Pierte Joubert and little Pretorius were all very happy to see Fu Hanxin, and one of them said with a smile: "Oh, my dear friend, I heard that you made a deal with those Portuguese and got a large piece of land in Mozambique. ”

Fu Hanxin nodded and said with a smile: "We had invested in the Congo River basin before, and later obtained 40% of the interests there with the King of Belgium, but Congo was too far away from us, so our chairman decided to make this deal with the Portuguese and exchanged it for Mozambican land." In the words of our Northeast Autonomous Region, this is also a win-win situation. ”

Paul Kruger laughs: "Your leaders are very intelligent, know how to do business, and would love to have the opportunity to meet them." ”

Fu Hanxin said: "Thank you for your compliment, as long as you are willing, we welcome you at any time in the Northeast!" ”

"By the way, my friend, there's always something to come to us this time, right?" Little Pretorius asked with a smile.

"There is something, it is so, because we have a colony in Mozambique, and our chairman wants to be able to build a railway from Maputo, Moamba, via Nelspruit, Middelburg, and finally to Pretoria, and the Golden Fields."

Fu Hanxin unfolded the map at this time and drew the pre-prepared route.

Paul Kruger, Piert Joubert and little Pretorius looked at each other and did not speak.

Fu Hanxin continued: "In this way, the Transvaal will have a good outlet to the sea, because of our deep friendship and because of your care in the Transvaal, our Chairman has decided to charge only half of the customs duties on all ships registered in your country, in addition to routine inspections. ”

Joubert didn't care much about the economy, but Paul Kruger and little Pretorius were overjoyed, but still suppressed their excitement.

"I wonder who should fund this railway?"

Fu Hanxin knew that the Transvaal was not rich now, so he said: "I am willing to invest in the construction, and we will account for 51% of the railway's shares, while your country will account for 49%. We're in charge. After the opening of the traffic at that time, the profits will be divided equally between the two sides. ”

Apparently neither Paul Kruger nor Junior Pretorius expected that the big merchants would offer such favorable terms, and were slightly surprised. But immediately became happy, little Biltorius hugged Fu Hanxin and said, "Friend, we have a happy cooperation!" ”

Half a month after the arrival of the African fleet in Maputo, a second convoy arrived in Mozambique, with a large number of transports and 5,000 new immigrants. In addition to leaving behind three thousand-ton frigates, Yan Fu and the rest of the fleet began to sail north, from south to north, successively capturing Saisai, Inhambane, Beira, Quelimane, Mozambique Island, and Pemba.

New settlements were established, and the main radio communication network was established along the coast of Mozambique. The local blacks watched the Portuguese replacements with a look of awe, and after the initial exchanges, the blacks found that the new ruler did not seem so terrible, and the two sides gradually began to communicate.

Since Mu Renying was sent to Laos by Wang Yi, he and more than 100 of his men launched jungle warfare exercises together. However, the situation was more difficult than they expected, and it took five months for the entire special jungle operation rules to be preliminarily formulated. Later, at a secret base in Laos, they began to train Burmese rebel fighters, mainly in guerrilla warfare, of course.

When Wang Yi got the report, he deliberately approved a sum of money from his own account, and I don't know how effective it was, but it was enough for the British to have a headache.

Since the last time she received Wang Yi's necklace, Guo Xiaoyun felt that he was very annoying, and then he couldn't see it, and on the second day of work, he returned the necklace to Wang Yi, which was completely returned to its original owner.

"If you do this again, I'll quit and won't do it!" These are Guo Xiaoyun's words when returning the king's chain.

Wang Yi, who had been silent for a long time, said helplessly: "I'm sorry." After that, it was like a different person, and seeing Guo Xiaoyun was as plain as water, and the number of visits to the hospital decreased sharply, and many times he didn't necessarily come once a week.

The head nurse Li Chunhua shook her head, but she didn't blame Guo Xiaoyun, but she just didn't think it happened.

When Guo Xiaoyun occasionally looked at the locked special consultation room, she would inadvertently think of Wang Yi, but she just thought about it.

The situation in Mozambique was soon reported back to the northeast, and the two airship carriers that accompanied it, a total of four small airships, had already begun to explore the vicinity of several settlements. The map given by Wang Yi is very sketchy, and the maps of later generations are actually not very helpful, and many towns have not yet been established.

Chen Xingbang met Fu Hanxin in Maputo, and Yan Fu was also present.

"Han Xin, you're here!" Chen Xingbang and Fu Hanxin are old acquaintances, they worked together in Jintian before, they have a good relationship with each other, and they are also friends. Chen Xingbang is now the governor of Mozambique province, but the name now seems to be in name only.

"Brother Xingbang!" Fu Hanxin gave Chen Xingbang a gift.

Chen Xingbang introduced at this time: "This is the commander-in-chief of the Northeast African Fleet. Previously, he had completely annihilated the French fleet in the Far East, and the battle was very successful. ”

"I've heard of the name for a long time!" Fu Hanxin hugged Yan Fuyi.

"You're welcome!"

After the three of them took their seats, Yan Fu spoke first and said, "Brother Han Xin, you have been in East Africa for a long time, I don't know what the armed forces here are?" ”

"Well, I made a special inquiry at this time. Let's start with a few things related to maritime safety. At present, pirates are rampant in this area, and there are all countries in it, but with you to clean it up, it won't cause a big problem. But I'm afraid the problem on the other side is even bigger! Through the Strait of Mozambique, is the island of Madagascar. Speaking of which, we have a good relationship with the rulers of the island, but now the French are stepping up their aggression against Madagascar. However, with the help of our personnel, the French are currently struggling. It's just that the French are great powers after all, and once they are ruthless, I'm afraid it won't be something that Madagascar can resist. ”

Yan Fu nodded, understanding what Fu Hanxin meant. Madagascar, which controls the entire East African sea area of Mozambique, will be in the hands of the French, and according to the past grievances, Mozambique will be shrouded in the shadow of the French, and then the northeast will not have a good time.

"What about on land?" This is an issue that Chen Xingbang is concerned about.

"Mozambique's land power is mainly in two parts, one is the large landed people left by Portugal, who control nearly two-thirds of Mozambique's land area."

"Didn't the Portuguese authorities let them go?" Yan Fuqi said.

"No, these people say that the ugly thing is the emperor, there are some ancient families who have lived here since a hundred or two hundred years ago, you can say that they are Portuguese, they are also Mozambican natives. Many families who made their fortunes from the slave trade now care about gold and ivory. Most of them have their own armed forces. If it is united, it is also very troublesome. "Fu Hanxin has collected a lot of relevant information before, so he can answer questions fluently." Of course, it is not impossible for Portugal to forcibly remove them. However, most of this is also deliberate, and most of them also have the intention of interfering in Mozambique again. ”

Chen Xingbang nodded and said, "Indeed, as Han Xin said, our situation in Congo is different from here. It is virgin land, undeveloped and without the slightest trace. Mozambique, on the other hand, is familiar to the Portuguese. They have ruled here for hundreds of years, and influence is not something that can be eliminated in the short term. ”

"That's what it means! However, there is a more important reason why Portugal gave up Mozambique, that is, the local tribe resistance here is also very strong! It has caused a lot of trouble for the Portuguese. If they had no choice in Africa, they would have to bite the bullet and put down the rebellion. But we took the initiative to send it to the door, and with the Congo closer to their homeland, although it needs to be redeveloped, it is still a profitable deal. ”

A great power is a great power, how can it be a loss!

Yan Fu nodded, and sighed in his heart.

"What are your plans for the future?" Fu Hanxin asked at this time.

"From now on, we will try to bring in 5,000 new immigrants every month, and we can now establish towns and towns along the coast, and we can recruit those who have left behind in Portugal. Those who agree to come with us must hand over all the land and we can distribute the shares they are going to build a new factory. And those who resisted......" Chen Xingbang snorted coldly.

"That's fine." Fu Hanxin agreed.

"As for the native tribes, we return the land to them, and at the same time let their children go to the schools we have built, and they can also enter our factories. But the ugly thing to say is ahead, the land is ours, and we will expropriate it at any time. As for those stubborn tribes who have to fight us to the end, we will not be relentless and will not let the forces around us understand. We are pierced, and not everyone can touch it. ”

The three of them got together and drew up a strategy first.

By the time the meeting was completed, it was evening and the beaches of Maputo were beautiful. After dinner, the three of them walked barefoot on the beach, and then talked about the customs of South Africa, which also has a unique flavor.

The trio then took a bunch of photos and were eventually sent back to their headquarters in Tohoku.

Wang Yi was looking through it, although it was black and white, but it still made him envious, if only he had the opportunity to go out for a walk! Somehow, I remembered the color photo

"It would be nice if it had color." Shen Yazhi was next to Wang Yi, on the other side was Qianjia, and Jin Yun'er and Jiang Jiaren were also watching from the side.

"Are the photos still in color?" Jiang Jiaren asked curiously.

"Yes, it's just too cumbersome to shoot and even more cumbersome to develop." Qianjia explained.

In 1869, the French scientist Dick Oron was the first person in history to propose that the painter should mix the three basic pigments of red, yellow and blue according to different proportions to make color photographs. Although his works are not satisfactory, there has been a breakthrough in color photography.

However, the subsequent development did not go well, and it was not until 1883 that Ma Tao, a physicist of the Great Shang, unveiled a novel method of color photography without dye. He was the first scientist to produce a photosensitive version of color photography. He uses technology to add a layer of reflective mercury to a panchromatic photosensitive emulsion, so that the light and shadow pass through the photosensitive emulsion, and then reflect it back and interfere with the incoming light and shadow into a latent shadow, which will accept it, and each color has a different image, which is obvious when viewing, bright and real.

It's just that the process of making color negatives produced by Ma Tao's method is very complicated, it cannot be printed repeatedly, and it takes a long time to be exposed, so it can not be popularized among the people except for being used in the military by the insurance team.

For the trouble of color photos, Kang Jiaren and Kim Yuna were slightly disappointed. Wang Yi laughed at this time and said, "If I remember correctly, just a month ago, Ma Tao had completed the improvement of color photos. In addition to the high cost, after a while, it should be ready to use. ”

"Really? That's great! Several girls cheered.

Since the invention of the tungsten lamp, Edison in the United States has felt a little discouraged. His bamboo lamp is no match for tungsten lamp at all, and the life of the bulb is not at all comparable. Later, with the gradual development of Dashang Lighting in the hands of Shen Yazhi and Tong Qianjia, Edison finally gave up catching up and reluctantly devoted himself to another grand cause, that is, the establishment of the power grid.

Edison Electric is currently promoting DC power grids in major cities in the United States, trying to make DC the industry standard in the United States. However, Edison himself was aware of the huge problem of direct current, that is, as the transmission distance increases, the loss of electrical energy is very strict. And in order to solve the technical problems, he gave the task to the young employee of the company, the mathematician and engineer, the so-called electrical genius Nikola Tesla!

However, the results of the research made Edison angry, and the reason why he vigorously promoted direct current technology was to compete with the alternating current industry standard of Dashang Electric. But the solution used by Nikola Tesla is a copy of Dashang Electric's three-phase alternating current transmission line.

"Mr. Truss, I can only say that your research is déjà vu!" Edison's face was pale.

Nigra Truss didn't know what was going on, in fact, he didn't have the slightest understanding of the big businessmen in the Northeast, and said with an innocent face: "Sir, I don't understand what you mean. ”

Edison slapped the table and said, "Nikolai, the technology you are using is the same technology that Jack Sparrow is now promoting at his American Electric Company!" And that is actually the three-phase alternating current related rapid of the Northeast businessmen. ”

Nicolas Truss was taken aback, he did not expect that his new creation Zào was just following the old path of others.

"How so?"

As an inventor, Truss is only interested in her own reality and has no interest in anything else. If he really wanted to know how to use the market and make money like Edison, he would not end up in a downtrod life.

Edison understood Truss's personality, so his face finally softened, and he shook his head and said: "Nikolai, although your method is wonderful, I don't think it's feasible at all, it's not realistic at all." ”

Nicolas Truss is also stubborn, so he directly contradicted: "Why? Where is it not feasible......"

Edison, who was already pale, saw that Nicolas Truss was so faceless and did not put himself in his eyes, his eyes immediately widened.

"When I say no, it's not viable! The company listens to me, and I want to promote the industry standard for DC transmission, and you have to do the opposite. I'm not going to support your research project on alternating current, which will be completely stopped as of today. ”

Nikolai felt that Edison was being unreasonable, so the two sides quarreled. The entire industrial room was shocked, and everyone knew that Nikolai would not have a good time from now on.

As expected, Edison was not only an inventor himself, but also a businessman, and I could say that I did not need to do anything to achieve my goal. And as a businessman, he needs to maintain his majesty in front of his subordinates, so that he can better control the operation of the entire company. And Truss's blatant challenge to his prestige is no longer a simple matter of academic debate, but a struggle for the violation of leadership, for such a challenger, Edison will never allow.

Nicolas Truss is also young and vigorous, and he thinks that he has no grandfather here, but has his own place. In 1885, a disheartened Truss left Edison's company and originally wanted to set up his own electrical company to work against Edison. But Jack Spiro's American Electric Company has obtained all the patents for the three-phase alternating current transmission system, and he is now setting up the company, which is tantamount to challenging the patented system. The cost of this, Truss, a mathematician, still understands it. However, at this time he also became interested in Jack Spyro, more precisely, the big business group behind Jack Spyro.

But it's good that I don't understand, and after some collection from various sources, Nikola Truss was a little dumbfounded. The big business group dominated too many patents, and his two representatives in the United States, one was Naide's American-China Group and the other was Jack Spyro's American Group.

Although the two companies compete, it looks more like an act, with both sides competing for market share, but also squeezing out third parties from entering the market. At the financial level, the banks of the two groups maintained a good business relationship with the founder J.P. Morgan in 1871, who co-founded the Drexel-Morgan Company. Of course, the current Morgan Company cannot be compared with the pre-war Morgan Group, but it is still strong.

"Anyway, it's okay now, it's better to go to the northeast of the Qing Dynasty for a walk, I heard that the industrial real room over there is also strong, go and see it." With this plan, Truss hesitated again and again, and finally embarked on the journey to the northeast.

Edison was still competing with Jack Sparrow's American Electric Company in the United States, and American Electric Power was installing alternating current generators all over the country, especially in remote mountainous areas where Edison could not take care of them. Although it entered the market more than two years later than Edison, the number of power stations of American electric companies has been equal to that of Edison Electric Company, and even slightly outperformed.

This made Edison feel unprecedented pressure, and through Guò's research on Truss's alternating current technology, he also discovered the potential dangers of alternating current.

"With such a high voltage going through the wires, there must be a huge danger, and it won't be long before someone is electrocuted." Edison confidently assured his subordinates, though the expectation was a bit wicked.

In May 1885, a dentist named Southwick in Buffalo, New York, wrote to Edison that he had invented a more humane way to deal with death row prisoners, and that was to use electricity. Acutely aware that this was an opportunity to educate the public about the potential dangers of alternating current, Edison immediately wrote back to Southwick: "Although I have been doing my best to abolish the death penalty, I know that electric current can be used to carry out executions, and the most effective is the alternator, which is produced by American Electric Power." ”

By early 1886, Edison began to show reporters the enormous threat of alternating current, electrocuting a dog and then popularizing it to people. Half a year later, he made a new presentation to a committee in New York State, but this time he electrocuted not a dog, but a few cows and horses. Although the animals did not die immediately, the members of the committee were still impressed. So they decided to ask an electric seller named Brown to develop an electric chair for death row inmates.

When the American power company heard the news, it was furious and refused to sell the alternator to them. However, Brown still got the machine from somewhere else, and with the help of Edison, he finally succeeded in inventing the electric chair.

William Keller, the butcher who was sentenced to death by the court for killing his wife, was finally executed by an electric chair, and he was the first prisoner to be executed by an electric chair. And Edison, in order to take the opportunity to build momentum, also gave the electric chair a name for the death penalty, called: "Spyro Death Penalty Law." ”

This incident made Jack Sparrow very angry, and he spent a lot of money to hire many lawyers to appeal for Kellerm, but unfortunately it ended in failure. However, it also ended in failure Edison's deliberate execution of the electric chair.

Condemned prisoners are hooded, pressed into special circle chairs, their hands and feet are trapped with belts, wires are fixed at the head and ankles, and within a specified time, the executioner pulls down the electric switch. A powerful current of 2,200 volts passes through the prisoner's body within 30 seconds, scorching the internal organs. When the electric gate is closed, the body of the prisoner is often dumped forward, sometimes accompanied by vomiting blood and incontinence.

This is the humane death penalty that Brown and Edison boasted about! Along with the Statue of Liberty and chewing gum, it became a symbol of the United States.

However, William Keller did not enjoy the so-called humanity, when the electricity hit him, he clenched his fists, and after 17 seconds, the power was cut off. Brown, the "father of the electric chair", proudly announced to the audience at this time: "This is the result of my research, we are finally living in a more advanced civilization!" But before he could finish speaking, Kelham suddenly began to scream in pain.

"Oh my God!" The audience screamed. "He's still alive......"

"Plug it in!"

Because it takes a while for the generator to run, during which everyone watches in amazement as Kylum dies to death. Finally the electricity passed through his body again, and for a moment he seemed to regain consciousness, but finally he didn't move.

This clip has become a classic scene in later horror films, the most famous of which is the 1999 Academy Award-nominated film, directed by Frank Darla Brynt, starring Tom Hanks, and adapted from the novel "Green Miracle" by Stephen King.

Jack Sparrow is angry at Edison's unscrupulous suppression, but he knows that what he is doing has been proven to work and is right in the Northeast. Therefore, his belief is still very firm, but in the correspondence with Wang Yi, it is inevitable that he will complain a few words.

Later, Wang Yi gave him the idea to use the color photographs invented by Ma Tao and funded by Jack Sparrow to hold Northeast color impression exhibitions all over the United States. The color photographs show the American public the new life of the Northeast, such as the starry streets and the twinkling neon lights. The application of alternating current is far less terrible than people think, on the contrary, compared to the electric chairs of Edison and Brown, he really brought people into a new civilized society.

The exhibit was a huge success, acknowledging alternating current and giving the American public the first visual recognition of their neighbor across the Pacific Ocean. While envying love and jealousy and hate, they also cast their eyes first here.

Although Edison later electrocuted an innocent elephant in front of thousands of spectators, the effect was unprecedented and sensational, but it still could not change the course of history, and soon Jack Sgeogh's American electric power company won a huge order, and the alternating current network was officially laid out in the United States.

Of course, Wang Yi didn't pay much attention to this matter, and he was more interested in Ma Tao's color photos. Just after Ma Tao's color photos were developed, Wang Yi began to become a color film company in Dashang, he was a subsidiary of Dashang Optical Company, but in two years, it became the main profit growth point of the optical company. And Ma Tao has become one of the richest people in Northeast China, and has completely changed from an otaku to the focus of attention. I have to say that color photos are really popular with girls.

On this day, when Wang Yi came to the First Affiliated Hospital of Dashang Medical College, he suddenly found that Guo Xiaoyun was missing, and she was replaced by another trainee nurse. Later, after inquiring with Li Chunhua, the head nurse, I learned that Guo Xiaoyun's internship in cardiac surgery had ended, and now she went to other departments.

Although Wang Yi wanted to go and see it, he thought of the trouble caused to Guo Xiaoyun and the fact that it was very unfair to let her replace his ex-girlfriend, so he refused Lin Taixi's offer to visit Guo Xiaoyun and turned his eyes back to Mozambique again.

Originally, the second half of this chapter was wanted to be posted last night, but at ten o'clock in the evening, the old Meniere's syndrome happened again, and the dizziness was terrible, and the whole body didn't dare to move, and the world was spinning, and it wasn't until now that I recovered.