During this period, American University was still in the process of being established, and the famous schools of later generations are now insignificant.

The predecessor of UC was a private college founded in downtown Oakland in 1853. In 1855, the college was licensed to establish the "California College".

The college subsequently purchased about 160 acres of land that now belongs to the University of California, Berkeley, and together with the "Morrill Land Grant Act" signed by Lincoln in 1866 by the Standing Committee of the California Assembly, we have the current outline.

The founder is Henry Durant, an alumnus of Yale University and a Congregational clergyman, and American universities all have a college system.

At the beginning, the college was very short of funds. When it reached a certain scale, it also lacked land resources.

The United States is a capital system, and there are many restrictions on the development of the college. Whether it can develop depends entirely on the donor father.

In the United States, which is dominated by the agricultural faction, land resources in various colleges are extremely scarce. At that time, the industrial faction found a solution.

In 1857, Vermont Senator Justin proposed the Land Grant Act, which was passed by Congress but was vetoed by the president in 1859.

During the Civil War, the opposing states had already seceded from the Union, so this bill was signed and passed by Lincoln on July 2, 1862 after the change.

What does the bill mean? Simply put, states use land or funds from land sales to build universities that teach agriculture, science, military science and engineering.

The industrial faction is 100% supportive. This is entirely to cultivate professional talents and reserve professional knowledge for them.

The agricultural faction is 100% opposed, not only to give up the land, but also to make the industrial faction stronger.

After the Civil War, not only did American industry rise, but also American universities rose, with more land and funds.

The University of California (Berkeley) was established on March 23, 1868. It was the first full-course public university in California.

Zhu Wencong rode a carriage to Oakland, which is only one bridge away from San Francisco.

The director of the college, Craigie, led someone to receive him at the door. For him, Zhu Wencong was the father of the sponsor.

Belding introduced the school administrators to Zhu Wencong. These people were all his good friends and people from the same circle.

Zhu Wencong shook hands with them one by one, but did not see the principal himself. It seemed that his status was still a bit low.

"Let me take you around our academy first!" Kreki acted as Zhu Wenchong's guide.

"Are you very surprised that you are not the first person to come to our academy as a yellow person?

Students from the Far East are, I heard, people from the Japanese islands. They learn from us Americans in an all-round way.

Alas! I thought we Americans were the most imitative, but when we saw the Japanese, we felt a little ashamed.

I have to say that you Easterners are really diligent, hard-working, and hard-working, and these qualities are worth learning from us." Craigie said directly.

Zhu Wencong looked surprised. He thought it was one of his own who was studying here, but he didn't expect that it was the Japanese who flew first.

Su Yanting looked at the surrounding buildings and thought, this is Western University? It’s really unique!

"Is it any different from our college?" Zhu Wencong asked Su Yanting.

"I still like the academic atmosphere here!

It's just that we have been studying half of Confucianism for thousands of years, and now we are really too behind.

Although our Confucianism is also advancing with the times, the power of the conservative school is too strong, and the new learning has never been the mainstream.

Alas, every time I think of these troublesome things, I suddenly feel unhappy." Su Yanqing sighed.

Zhu Wencong smiled bitterly, Confucianism himself didn’t know what to say, there are good and bad, it all depends on the people in power.

Confucianism actually continues to this day, and the Chinese language of later generations is also Confucianism, with the dross removed.

"Should I study hard here?" Su Yanqing suddenly asked.

"No need for now! I have a lot of things at hand recently, and I still can't do without your help.

When we get to the east coast, I will arrange for you to go to the best university for you to study.

This school is still in the development stage, and the overall teaching resources are not complete. The subjects are agriculture and machinery.

In the future, we will rely on finance to make a living, so you must focus on the financial field." Zhu Wencong arranged.

Su Yanting looked at Zhu Wencong seriously and thought, aren't you going to take over the entire federal cotton market?

Why did he engage in industry and finance all at once? I can’t figure out where Zhu Wencong got his energy and time.

"Look! This is our future planned campus, and we haven't broken ground yet." Craigie pointed to the wasteland in the distance.

"I'm just coming here with the funds!" Zhu Wencong said with a smile. All universities in the United States rely on their father, the donor, to support them.

Craigie likes the smart Zhu Wencong very much. Huang people are not as dull and stupid as rumored. On the contrary, they are very smart.

"Do you also have female students?" Su Yanqing noticed that there were several white girls.

Craigie nodded. They are one of the few female students in the college. After all, the college's majors have too many restrictions.

In addition, people who go to college these days basically have certain family conditions, and college is not accessible to ordinary people.

"Female engineer?" Zhu Wencong asked.

"Yes! We used to have agriculture courses, but now we are gradually replacing them with engineering courses.

The future development of the college will definitely be to cultivate more outstanding talents for industry. This is the mission and responsibility of our industrial school.

Even though they have been opposed by many people, they can't control our school's affairs, hahaha!

Does your wife want to come to our university to study?" Keleji looked at Su Yanqing.

Zhu Wencong shook his head. Su Yanqing is still too young now, so it would be difficult to skip a grade.

Craigie felt a pity. Since he could not keep Su Yanqing, Craigie looked at Zhu Wenchong.

Zhu Wencong and Craigie looked at each other, wondering if they would let themselves graduate from this university?

"I told them about your success. With your ability and talent, you can definitely cross the level!

Moreover, it is separated from San Francisco by a bridge, and they are fully aware of the recent changes in San Francisco.

Although the world doesn’t know that this is your masterpiece, we all know in our hearts that without you, there would be no San Francisco today.

California's industry took the lead in breaking out of San Francisco, and your contribution is extremely important." Belding praised.

Zhu Wencong remained silent. He actually did not contribute much, and the people below did everything perfectly.

Originally, he wanted to respond together with San Francisco in the state capital, but the resistance from the state capital was too great, and Zhu Wencong has not made any move so far.

"Do you want to return to San Francisco to direct the work?" Craigie couldn't figure out why Zhu Wenchong left.

"No! I have great faith in my people's abilities, and they will not let me down.

I feel relieved to leave San Francisco to them, but my focus is the state capital and the entire California!" Zhu Wencong emphasized.
Chapter completed!