Leaving the Martyrs' Shrine, Zhu Fugui and his entourage went to visit the Fengdu Zoo, which had just opened.

The first phase of Fengdu Zoo covers an area of 300 acres and has opened the [Nanyang Pavilion] and the [North American Pavilion].

Now that the Ming Dynasty is on this continent, Zhu Fugui once planned to change its name.

But when you think about it, the Americas are actually pretty good.

It's no wonder that those veterans in the translation industry who pursue the so-called "faith, reach, and elegance" are to blame.

These people did their best to give the foreigners some lofty translations.

"America", "a beautiful continent".

Very good moral and there is no need to change it.

On the contrary, it is "Asian", and when you hear it, it is a kind of condescension to the second best.

In the new edition of the "Geography Textbook for the General Primary School of the Ming Dynasty and the Wajima Prefecture", the part of Asia east of the Caspian Sea has been changed to "Shenzhou".

The only thing that hurts the egg is that there's a strange stuff mixed in there.

However, in this era, everyone has not yet developed a good habit of daily milk prints, but many people have a very good impression of "Tianzhu".

Zhu Fugui didn't care much about this matter.

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In [Nanyang Pavilion], Zhu Fugui unexpectedly met Messi.

It stands to reason that it properly belongs to the animals of North America, and its appearance here is a mutiny.

And Zhu Fugui remembered that he had already chosen a hill for himself, why did he come here to see the tiger now?

Messi is really looking at the tiger!

She was led by a keeper boy, with her front paws pulled against the iron fence that prevented visitors from approaching, and blinked at the impotence and rage of the Sumatran tiger in its cage.

With Zhu Fugui's understanding of Messi, her eyes at this time were clearly mocking.

It's about the same as the way she looks at Wangcai and Barkley.

This is to get back to the field where I was scared to pee, right?

It must be like this, right?

Zhu Fugui couldn't believe that his wife's pet was so cautious, and he didn't learn the generosity of Su Su at all.

The little brother of the breeder hurriedly explained with a bitter face.

Who in the zoo doesn't know that this uncle, who goes to work on time at 9 a.m. every day and leaves work at 3 p.m. every day, is the pet of the Banzai family?

It wants to wander around the zoo, and who can stop it!

So in the past few days, Messi's work at the zoo has changed from being appreciated by others to appreciating animals.

Sometimes when she sees some animals like tapirs,, sambar deer, etc., she will drool.

The breeders had no choice but to pretend not to see it.

Fortunately, Messi followed Concubine Yin to appear frequently in various social occasions.

The people of Fengdu like her very much, and there is no chaos for the time being.

At most, parents have to pay more attention to their bear children, lest they owe hair or something.

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Messi looked at the tiger for a while, then yawned and went back to his mountain for a nap.

Zhu Fugui didn't want to disturb her.

After all, she is working to support the family.

According to the employment agreement signed with the zoo, Messi's daily salary is 0.5 silver dollars, which is as clumsy as a female worker.

In comparison, Zhu Fugui felt that his dogs and mules were becoming more and more wasteful.

Walking around, Zhu Fugui's jerky, carrots and hay were all fed.

Not surprisingly, the three clouded leopards are still nowhere to be found.

The western part of North America is empty, and out of Fengdu is the wasteland and mountains, and the three clouded leopards want to hide, and looking for it is simply looking for a needle in a haystack.

Zhu Fugui didn't embarrass the zoo either, after all, it wasn't lost by them, so they could only pay more attention.

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Speaking of the emptiness of the west, Zhu Fugui has a deep understanding.

Because in two days he was going to the Great Salt Lake area to meet Julie.

Speaking of which, compared with the two imperial concubines who have been staying in Fengdu and going camping in Yellowstone National Park at most, the background boards played by Zhu Fugui and Julie's little elk are much richer.

This time at the Great Salt Lake, there must be more poses and backgrounds to unlock.

Of course, Zhu Fugui didn't rush to the Great Salt Lake simply to have a tryst with his lover.

In fact, every time Zhu Fugui meets Julie in various strange places, it is basically for work.

It's just that the work that can be done in two or three days, with the little elk here, Zhu Datianzi usually has to do it for ten days and half a month.

Low EQ: Big tomorrow paddling and fishing, low work efficiency.

High emotional intelligence: the craftsman spirit of excellence and detail.

The reason why I want to go to the Great Salt Lake with Julie for a vacation is naturally because the middle line and south line of the Pacific Railway of [Shuangzhu Group] are on the agenda (the general route is shown in the map).

In contrast, the Northern Railway, which had already been in operation, used the valleys washed by the Columbia and Missouri rivers to cross the mountains, and the construction was the least difficult.

This is also the reason why Zhu Fugui was able to easily persuade the old Vanderbilt to bet.

The Southern Railroad can also take advantage of some of the gaps in the Colorado and Rio Grande rivers, which is less difficult to construct.

The most difficult, and the most important, of the three is the Pacific Central Railway.

The "Eighth Wonder of the World", which has left the bones of countless Chinese workers in history, is this middle line railway.

Xinhu (San Francisco) is strategically located as a good port and industrial base that must be vigorously developed.

In order to fully activate the potential of Xinhu, it is imperative to build a railway that will communicate it with the hinterland of the mainland.

However, the towering Sierra Nevada Mountains and the endless Great Salt Lake Desert are all moats that stand in front of the Daming railroad workers.

The Sierra Nevada Mountains are more than 2,000 meters above sea level and more than 100 kilometers wide.

If you make a comparison, its construction difficulty is no less than the miracle on Taihang Mountain, the artificial Tianhe - Hongqi Canal.

Even if you look at the height of the ridge, Mount Nevada is taller than Taihang.

The Great Salt Lake Desert, also known as the Utah Desert, or the Great Basin Desert of the West, is located between the Sierra Nevada, the Rocky Mountains, and the Colorado Plateau, and is the only feasible place to lay railroad tracks.

This stretching desert covers an area of 120,000 square kilometers, slightly larger than one Zhejiang and equivalent to two Tongliao.

Just forcibly crossed a high mountain comparable to Taihang, and has to cross a huge desert of 2T, it is no wonder that Americans call such a heavenly road a miracle.

Of course, the builders of miracles, tens of thousands of Chinese laborers, died and were crippled, and they survived by luck, and the anti-Chinese bill was finally arranged clearly.

But no matter what, no matter how much it costs, this railway will have to be built after all.

This time, the construction of the railway will not bother Li Zhongtang to become a shareholder.

As early as two months ago, before Xingzhen's birthday, Zhu Fugui had secretly thrown an olive branch to Chu Jun and invited Zuo Zongtang to pay a sum of money to subscribe for some stocks.

To tell the truth, Zhu Fugui is not short of money at all, and let Lao Zuo recognize a share, firstly, to pull him on the boat and give him a drink, and secondly, to force him to accept a vote.

It has to be said that Li Hongzhang has completely made up his mind to break with the Qing court, and the role of the railway stocks in his hand is probably much more important than the national righteousness in his heart.

And Zuo Zongtang not only rejected the Duke of Han canonized by the Ming Dynasty, but also established himself as the Duke of Chu like an adolescent rebellious child.

Chu Han Chu Han, you want me Han, I want Chu!

I, the Chu people, are barbarians, and I don't accept Zhou!

This is almost like slapping Zhu Fugui in the face, and it really seems like something Zuo Zongtang can do.

Fortunately, he is still a little measured, and there are no ghost things like the king of self-reliance Chu or the overlord of Eastern Chu, otherwise Zhu Fugui really can't get used to him.

Now it's just the Duke of Chu......

Hey, who made him Zuo Zongtang?

If someone else comes, you see that Zhu Fugui will be finished if he doesn't cut him!

In short, although Zuo Zongtang was unruly, Zhu Fugui didn't believe that his Chu army didn't need to eat, so he still threw away the meat and bones.

Sure enough, Lao Zuo was just having a good time, and as soon as he learned the news of the secret offering of the Daming Railway, he immediately sealed Zhu Fugui.

Zhu Fugui took the other content at a glance, but the first sentence, Zhu Fugui read it more than ten times with a smile.

"Minister, Zuo Zongtang plays the sky to hear the ......"

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After staying in Fengdu for a few more days, the dusty Zuo Chumi envoy finally arrived in Fengdu.

Zhu Fugui, together with a number of officials and guards from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, will take him by train to Xinzheng, and then transfer to a river boat to go south along the Columbisnet River (New Yellow River) to the Great Salt Lake area.

And the name of Zuo Zongtang's secret envoy is Hu Xueyan.