The "Flying Cloud" will set off on a long voyage again. In addition to Buffett, Field and others, there are also 137 international students of various ages leaving on the same ship.
On this day, the dock seemed very lively, with people everywhere coming to see him off.
As a school teacher, Tang Ming never thought that one day, his son would go to England to study. Even if it weren't for Li Weimin's lobbying, he would never have let his son go to such a far place, but as Li Weimin said -
In Nanhua, this is the only way to make a career.
This is Nanhua...not the Qing Dynasty! There is no future in reading the Four Books and Five Classics!
"Father, mother, I feel deeply ashamed that my child will not be able to fulfill his filial piety in front of my knees. Please don't take your child as your consideration..."
Looking at his son kneeling in front of him, Tang Ming just touched his shoulder silently and said softly
"When you get to England, study hard and don't worry about your mother. Okay, kowtow to your mother and get on the ship!"
There were no hugs or kisses. Only the most traditional Chinese etiquette. All Tang Shaozeng did was kowtow to his mother four times. Although his mother wanted to pretend to be happy, he could still see tears welling up in her eyes.
"Son, take this money,"
Mother took out some silver coins and stuffed them into Tang Shaozeng's hand and said:
"When you go abroad, you must listen to your husband, study hard, and write letters home often..."
Scenes like this are not uncommon on the pier. Although most of the immigrants in Nanhua live a life-long life, not many of them can stay together as a family. However, when selecting international students, they still deliberately chose a group of family members in Nanhua. Family members...
…It’s always a tie.
Although Zhu Xianhai had already hosted a banquet for the international students before their departure, today before their departure, he specially came to the pier to see them off.
These international students will not only study in Britain and the United States, but also in Prussia. The company has even carefully planned the subjects they will study in the country where they study. For example, the main subjects studied by international students in the United States are: postal law, industrial law, agriculture,
Animal husbandry, business law, and mining. The main subjects studied in Prussia are: political science, economics, physics, astronomy, geology and petrology, chemistry, zoology and botany, medicine, pharmaceutical law, education, etc. Studying metallurgy in the UK
Science, mining, navigation, shipbuilding and other disciplines. These disciplines are the suggestions given by the expert engineers employed by the company, and they are the dominant disciplines of each country.
Different from young children studying in the United States, these international students wearing Western-style clothes range in age. Some are only eleven or twelve years old, while the elders are even over forty years old. Li Qingen is even forty-one years old. There are even five women among them.
"May I have your name!"
Standing by the gangway, before the students boarded the boat, Zhu Xianhai said goodbye to them one by one.
"Reply sir, student Li Lin!"
"Student, Zhao Tianfeng."
Regardless of their age, all international students call themselves "students". This is because Zhu Xianhai is also the principal of the preparatory school. He is the king of heaven and earth and his teacher. In traditional Chinese culture, the status of "teacher" is transcendent.
In a word, these people are all his students, and he has indeed given lessons to these students, ranging from foreign languages to mathematics.
Of course, in the future Nanhua, they can even be called "disciples of the emperor".
Lu Anxue, standing at the end of the team, would cast his eyes on his employer from time to time. He, who was not tall, would only think about getting on the boat and being able to get on the boat again!
This time, it's not as crowded as when I came to Nanhua. I must take a good look at this boat.
Finally, it was his turn. When the principal came in front of him, Lu Anxue stepped forward and bowed.
"Student Ruanda, I have met Mr."
Ruanda!
Seeing the thirteen- or fourteen-year-old boy in front of him, Zhu Xianhai's heart was touched. He was not unfamiliar with this name. In the life simulator, he had issued a commendation order related to it. During the 417-day Linhai Defense Battle
He was not the only soldier who died with the enemy, but he was definitely the only engineer. Before the outbreak of the war, he was a naval engineer, and during the temporary defense war, he was an ordinary naval lieutenant commander.
, when he ran out of ammunition and food and most of the officers and soldiers on the position were killed, he used his last grenade to die with the enemy.
Looking at the young man in front of him and recalling the scene in the life simulator where the award was issued to Lu Anhai's widow, Zhu Xianhai was inevitably touched and asked.
"What are you going to study when you get to England?"
"In response to what Mr. Wang said, students want to study shipbuilding and build ships in a shipyard in the future!"
Lu Anxue's face was filled with the smile of a young man, confident and full of longing for the future.
"Well, when you go abroad, study hard on Western shipbuilding. When you return home after completing your studies, Nanhua will naturally have a place for you!"
After patting his shoulder, Zhu Xianhai smiled.
"Go ahead, I'll be here waiting for you to come back."
"Yes, students will definitely live up to sir's high expectations!"
After that, Lu Anxue carried his suitcase and got on the boat. When he was about to get on the boat, he turned back again, looked at the gentleman standing on the side and said.
"Sir, after the students complete their studies, they will definitely come back!"
"I know!"
Zhu Xianhai laughed.
"You will all come back! Master is waiting for you here!"
Almost all of these international students will come back, to Nanhua, because only here can they be used.
Standing next to his lord, Fang Zhanbo looked a little doubtful.
Will they really come back?
Will they take the opportunity to leave Nanhua and return to the Qing Dynasty?
These are all unknowns. As the lord's staff, he once raised such questions, but the lord just smiled and said.
"A bird that is accustomed to freedom cannot be put in a cage! In the Qing Dynasty, is there any use for them? What will they do when they go back? Will they continue to kowtow and be slaves?"
Hopefully, they will really come back!
…
The ship finally set off. Looking at the students standing on the side of the ship constantly waving goodbye to people, Zhu Xianhai would always focus on Lu Anxue and others.
They were the first batch of overseas students sent by Nanhua, and all those who returned had made a difference. But in the simulator, how many people died in that war!
Like Lu Anxue, if there hadn't been that war, he might have become a naval engineer in time, and even the future South China Navy would have a battleship designed by him.
But what about in the end?
Like many others, he died in that war! They could have achieved something great!
Thinking of this, Zhu Xianhai's eyes became a little heavy, he clenched his hands and murmured to himself.
"This will never happen again, never happen again..."