Chapter 833
The biggest difference between slums in the United States and slums in other countries is that although they are also called slums, people living in slums rarely worry about food, so they still have basic living security.
The reason for this phenomenon is that food in the United States is really cheap. As a major agricultural country, the United States not only dumps food to other countries, but the price of food in its own country is also extremely low.
This can be seen from Americans' waste of food. In the United States, almost all restaurants have regulations that once the food is cooked and no one eats it within two hours, the food will be thrown away.
So if you open any trash can near a restaurant in the United States, you will find a large amount of meat, salad or other food inside.
Of course, it is not the most wasteful. When you buy vegetables or fruits in American supermarkets, you will find radishes in bags and apples and other fruits in boxes, each of which is almost the same size.
This is of course not because Americans have some black technology that can make these things grow exactly the same size when they grow, but they just throw away everything that is too big or too small.
Carrots and other vegetables, even if they are not the same size, will be cut into the same size, which greatly satisfies various obsessive-compulsive disorders.
So in the United States, about 25 percent of food is thrown away because of size issues when it's on farms.
Yes, you read that right, it was thrown away directly because it was different in size from others of its kind.
Therefore, although eating in American restaurants is expensive, it is really cheap to buy food directly. After all, the average American family throws away about one pound of food per person every day, which is 0.45 kilograms.
In this case, even though Americans in the slums have no money, it is absolutely impossible for them to be without food. Whether it’s getting food vouchers from the government or picking up some stale food to eat, you can still get by.
Faced with this situation, Lincoln also remained silent.
The reason he wanted to visit the slums was to find out how many people in the United States were still living at the bottom. But the answer disappointed him. Even people living in slums in the United States had far better living conditions than the people at the bottom of his era.
The current situation in the United States has a far greater impact on Abraham Lincoln, the former U.S. president, than the impact when Li Yunlong and Zhou Shuren saw China today.
After all, although China is slowly rising, there are still some gaps in the United States.
When Lincoln was president, the United States was only an insignificant country in the world. Although it was a major power, it was just a younger brother compared to the big European countries with colonies all over the world.
Moreover, because culture did not rise at that time, the United States has been suffering from the invasion of European culture. Of course, even now, European culture is still not inferior to American culture.
If you have a fluent British accent, your success rate in picking up girls in the United States is much higher than that of someone with an American accent.
But Lincoln never imagined that when he fell asleep, the United States would become the global hegemon.
Old Europe, which used to dominate the world, now relies on the protection of American troops to dare to face Russia.
The British fleet, which was once the envy of Americans, now has no big cats, only two or three kittens.
And their own fleet, the United States, is not only ranked first in the world, but can also defeat the combined fleets of all the countries from second to tenth at any time.
"Such a change is something I have never dared to think about before." Abraham Lincoln said to Fang Ze, "God bless the United States. I am now more convinced that fighting the Civil War was a correct decision. If the black slaves were not liberated, it would strengthen the Federation, then the current country would not be so powerful.”
"Perhaps the outcome was doomed the moment you dared to go to war with the South." Fang Ze walked with Abraham on the deserted street and asked, "By the way, when you started the war, did you have any thoughts? What will happen if it fails?”
"No." Lincoln said, "Although the South's economic strength was stronger than that of the North at that time, the total population of the South was almost half that of the North, and the North could also mobilize liberated black slaves to join the war. In our time, it was possible The population joining the army basically determines the strength of the war, so from the beginning, I believed that the north would win. Because the north has enough troops, even if it fails once or twice, it will not have any impact on the overall situation, but the south is different. As long as they fail once, their strength will be greatly reduced."
"It seems you made the right decision." Fang Ze had a very strange feeling when chatting with Lincoln.
For Lincoln, he was resurrected and found that the country he once led had become a world hegemon. He definitely had no regrets in his heart. Even if he would sleep in a coffin again on Friday, he would not have any hesitation. , because everything he hoped to achieve has been achieved for him by future generations.
Just when Fang Ze and Abraham were about to leave after visiting the slums, they suddenly ran into a group of people.
The one in the lead looked familiar to Fang Ze. After taking a closer look, he recognized that this person was the one who had a conflict with Abraham yesterday, was beaten by Abraham, and finally stood up and said harsh words.
When Fang Ze recognized them, the group also recognized Abraham.
"It's you again." The leading man shouted, then pointed at Abraham and Fang Ze and shouted, "This is our territory. How dare you come in here? Don't even think about leaving today."
"We just entered here accidentally. We have no intention of fighting with you again." Abraham Lincoln, who was in a good mood, had no intention of beating up these gangsters again.
For a vampire hunter, there is no sense of accomplishment in hunting down a group of ordinary people.
"Really?" The leader looked at Abraham and thought about how he was beaten yesterday, so he waved to a younger brother to follow him, and then he walked in front of Fang Ze and Abraham.
"It looks like you dressed up specially today." The leader stood in front of Abraham and said, "Listen, I don't care if you come to us. But this is our territory. Although you are very good at fighting, we There are also things that can turn your head into a smashed watermelon in an instant.”
ps: Chapter 831 has been banned by 404, and I don’t know if it can be lifted.
(End of chapter)