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In fact, in 1881, the first tram track laid by the German engineer Werner von Siemens in the suburbs of Berlin was electrified by one track and the other was used as a loop. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 In 1884, the American C.J. van der Poel experimented with a tram to carry passengers at the Toronto Agricultural Fair.

In 1888, the American Spolag improved the vehicle's current collector, control system, electric motor suspension method and drive mode, so the modern tram appeared.

1890~1920 was a period of great development of trams around the world, and before World War I, almost every major city in the world had trams.

In March 1908, China also drove its first tram from the Bund of Jing'an Temple in the British Concession in Shanghai.

Of course, although it is only 1886, but thanks to the Sino-American war, the American Spolag, who had improved the modern tram, plundered the Huo family army to Nanyang two years ago, relying on the advanced nature of the Huo Family Military Academy in the research and development and use of electricity, soon the mature electric locomotive was manufactured, and with the stronger power of the electric motor developed by Tesla, the tram is more mature than in the previous life.

Now, with the intervention of Huoshan, both Pontianak and Machen have built tram networks. When the application is mature and enough experience is accumulated, it will be built on a large scale in the entire Huo family army territory.

The construction of trams is also the focus of the second five-year construction plan of the Ministry of Transportation of the Government Council.

I was stunned for a while. It wasn't until the tram disappeared into the Pontianak rows of buildings that Wang Wenbin and Lu Jiacheng came to their senses.

After glancing at each other, they couldn't help but shake their heads. Since coming to Nanyang, the two of them have been like 'Grandma Liu has entered the Grand View Garden', they don't understand anything, and everything is fresh.

"Both of you, the luggage is all gone, let's go!"

Although these two people from the Qing Dynasty are not as knowledgeable as ordinary peasants on their side. But he has also seen a lot of such people, almost everyone who came from the Qing Dynasty for the first time. In addition, people are their own employers, so middle-aged car owners have no intention of laughing.

"Hmm. Let's go!" After hearing this, Wang Lu and the others nodded, and then walked in through the portal in the middle of the carriage.

As for the servant who had come with them, he found another carriage.

"Where are you going?"

There is a small square window in the box on the side of the carriage near the driver, which makes it easy for the driver to communicate with the passengers in the carriage.

"Let's go to the University of Borneo!"

Originally, they were going to find a place to live first. Then I went to the University of Borneo to find my own two who ran away from home a year ago. Wang Wei and Lu Dong came to Nanyang to study. But the strangeness of Nanyang made the two change their minds invariably, and decided to find the two first, at least they have lived here for more than a year, and they know much more about Nanyang and the Chinese People's Army in Nanyang than the two of them.

On the contrary, the two of them bumped around here like a hooded fly. What taboos have been violated by the province. After all, this is also a foreign country, although the power of the two families has no influence in the Qing Dynasty.

This also made the two experienced people a lot more cautious.

"University of Borneo?" the owner was stunned for a moment, "Do you have family or friends studying at the University of Borneo?"

"How do you know?" Wang Wenbin said in surprise.

"Hehe, I've been driving the carriage on this dock for four years, and I've seen a lot of people like you!" the coachman laughed.

"Oh, so to speak, this Borneo University is not bad, it can attract so many people to study here!" Lu Jiacheng said after being stunned for a moment.

"Oh, not bad? How is it not bad, our Borneo University in Pontianak is the third school among all universities in the entire Chinese People's Army, although the comprehensive strength is not comparable to the Taiwan University in Taipei, and the Eastern University established in Machen, but the Department of Physics and the Department of Mechanical Engineering alone are ranked first among all universities in the entire Chinese People's Army, and even many foreigners study there!"

In fact, the reason why the physics department and the mechanical engineering department of the University of Borneo are so famous even ranked first among the more than 60 universities that Huo Jiajun has now established. The key is thanks to the Gögentine University in Germany.

At the beginning, when Huo Jiajun handed over the technology of machine guns and new rifles to Germany, he did not ask for any other conditions, the only thing was to let Germany send university teachers to support Huo Jiajun's educational development.

The University of Borneo has undertaken a group of professors and scholars from the University of Gögentine in Germany. As a result, Gögenting inherited the strengths of the physics and mechanical engineering departments, as well as the academic rigor of the Germans.

After the start of the Sino-American War, a number of professors from Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology joined in the United States, making the physics and mechanical engineering departments of the University of Borneo more prominent.

From its establishment in 1882 to the present, in the past five years, it has firmly occupied the first place in the Department of Physics and the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the annual university evaluation. And the overall strength is also ranked third, and it has never fallen.

After listening to the coachman's words, Wang Lu and the others couldn't help but glance at each other in surprise, compared to the surprise of the educational strength of the University of Borneo, it was the most ordinary coachman who actually had such insight, which made them feel even more incredible.

"Where did you get this news?" Wang Wenbin finally couldn't help but ask.

"Of course, it is in the newspaper, almost every issue of Nanyang Youth Daily has an introduction to the major schools, and some of the education policies of the Ministry of Education of the Government Council, as well as the development of Nanyang education, the use and allocation of education funds by the Ministry of Education of the Government Council will be published on it every year!"

Nanyang Youth Daily is an official newspaper of the Ministry of Education of the Government Council, which aims to publicize the development of education in Nanyang.

"Just like some time ago, the Ministry of Education just announced that in the future, our children will not have to pay any tuition and miscellaneous fees until they finish primary and secondary school, and breakfast and lunch will be provided by the school for free!"

He has a wife and two concubines at home, and there are now nine children, basically all of whom are at the age of primary and secondary school.

The driver didn't know how much impact his words had on Wang Wenbin and Lu Kangcheng. At this moment, the hearts of the two of them are like boiling water, and they can't calm down no matter what.

Not to mention the openness of the Nanyang State Council's Ministry of Education on its own education policies and development, as well as its courage to let the masses monitor the use of education funds.

Just talking about the tuition waiver and breakfast and lunch subsidies for primary and secondary school students in the future, I don't know how much it will cost. According to the current population size of Nanyang, I am afraid that tens of millions of taels of silver will not be able to stop it.

Compared with the importance of education in the Nanyang Chinese People's Army, the development of education in the Qing Dynasty is really lagging too far behind. Moreover, compared with the insensitive Qing Dynasty people under the policy of ignoring the people, the people of Nanyang are more like a thinking people.

Thinking of this, after Wang Lu and the two glanced at each other, they invariably saw the solemnity in each other's eyes, they are both members of the family, and they naturally know the importance of education. It can be said that the key reason why the Wang and Lu families have been able to survive thousands of years from the Northern and Southern Dynasties is to understand the importance of education and talents.

"After going back this time, we must make sure that the head of the family is clear and the center of the family is transferred to Nanyang. The two of them had almost the same idea in their hearts.

The carriage runs on the flat and wide asphalt road, and from time to time you can see the tram speeding next to it, and the green belts on both sides are purple and red, reflecting each other, making the wide street bloom beautifully, and the windows on both sides of the street are placed with all kinds of exquisite goods, and there are many shopping people in different clothes on the crosswalk, and there are many blue-eyed and white-skinned foreigners here, but they do not have the arrogant appearance of the foreigners in the Qing Dynasty concession area here, but abide by the order here like ordinary people。

All this made Wang Lu and the others, who met for the first time, feel surprised. Nanyang is too foreign to them.

"Why aren't there rickshaws here?" asked Wang Wenbin in a whisper to his companion.

Rickshaws were created in 1870 and are also called 'Toyo cars' because they are mostly imported from Japan to China.

After the French introduced the French Concession in 1873 and established the 'hand-pulled trolley service agency', rickshaws became popular within the Qing Dynasty. Up to now, there have been a lot of rickshaws in the capital, and for many dignitaries in the Qing Dynasty, rickshaws are still a novelty.

But today I haven't seen any of them in Nanyang. How much surprised Wang Wenbin felt in his heart.

However, what he didn't expect was that he only wanted to say what he wanted to say to Lu Jiacheng, but he was listened to by the owner of the car who was driving the car in front of him.

"You mean rickshaws, no one wants to do that thing since the tram was there!" the owner said back.

"Why?" said Wang Wenbin in surprise.

"Of course I don't make any money! Making a tram is cheap and fast, who still rides a rickshaw! And those who have money and don't want to squeeze the tram also have horse-drawn carriages. Besides, in our place, as long as a person applies, he can get five acres of good land, and he can earn more than a dozen silver dollars a year, who wants to go to the bitter rickshaw!"

"Five acres of land for one person?" Wang Lu and the others thought it was very incredible, you must know that in the Qing Dynasty, there was nothing more valuable than land. Both of them are in Hebei and Shanxi, and they control a large number of good fields, which is also the foundation for the prosperity of the Wang family and the Lu family. (To be continued.) )u