Finally understand Li Hongzhang How desperate was after visiting the United States.
1896, Li Hongzhang visited the United States under the order. When he came to the United States with anticipation, the scene in front of him quickly gave him a blow.
1877, that is, in the third year of Guangxu, Rockport, located in New York, USA, built the first regional boiler room and began centralized heating.
In that era when the weather was cold and shaking, it was hard for Li Hongzhang to imagine that the United States with heating actually achieved the reverse operation of wearing short sleeves in winter.
1912, the year when the Qing Dynasty fell, a doctor named Sidney Russell invented an electric blanket and realized the feat of converting electricity into stable thermal energy.
Li Hongzhang couldn't understand. A thin blanket was even warmer than a quilt of ten kilograms in his hometown. The key was that it could heat up by itself.
1891, that is, in the 17th year of the Guangxu period, the United States had 1,300 lighting centers, which could light up more than 3 million electric lights, and electric lights had entered thousands of households.
In that era when even using oil lamps was a luxury, Li Hongzhang couldn't figure it out at all. A single electric lamp could illuminate several rooms, and it seemed that it would never go out.
How desperate was Li Hongzhang felt after visiting the United States? This disparate distance made him indescribable.
1900, that is, in the 26th year of the Guangxu period, the number of cars in the United States was 15,000, and the traffic was already a reality.
For Li Hongzhang, going out to ride a carriage is the best match. He couldn't figure out why four-wheeled cars can travel thousands of miles a day.
1873, that is, Tongzhi twelve years, Americans invented the typewriter and began to promote it on a large scale.
In Li Hongzhang's view, movable type printing technology is already a high-tech. He is not only curious about typewriters, but also envious.
1870, that is, in the ninth year of Tongzhi, the predecessor of Mobil Petroleum Company, Standard Petroleum Company, was established, and petroleum products began to serve all industries.
For Li Hongzhang, facing the dark oil in front of him, he looked puzzled, not understanding what value it has, and even felt a little disgusted. The scene seen in front of
Li Hongzhang didn't say a word. He wanted to regain hope by visiting the United States, but he didn't expect that what he saw was despair. Faced with this cross-century gap, Li Hongzhang may not even believe that there is such a world on the other side of Pacific .
In 1896, Li Hongzhang was ordered to visit the United States. The people who welcomed him at the port were one after another, but his mood was mixed.
In the 22nd year of the Guangxu period, that is, the year Li Hongzhang was ordered to visit the United States, the cities in the United States were already full of tall buildings, marble buildings stood tall, and the cement pavement was flat and wide.
Li Hongzhang couldn't imagine that it turned out that the house could be built so high, the road could be built so wide, and it was everywhere. How much silver would it cost?
1878, that is, in the fourth year of Guangxu, Edison established the phonograph company, and the first generation of commercial phonographs entered the market, making recording sound possible.
Facing this talking machine, Li Hongzhang was a little at a loss. In his impression, there was no way for the machine to speak in this world.
1870, that is, in the ninth year of Tongzhi, American scientist Wood proposed a plan to divide time zones, laying the foundation for human scientific timing methods.
In Li Hongzhang's concept, the sky is the same sky, and the night and the day are synchronized in various places. I have never heard of the new concept of time zone.
The same earth really has different worlds. If Li Hongzhang traveled to the 21st century and saw the grand occasion today, what would he feel?
