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Chapter 986 The Prevalence of the Survival of the Fittest (Part [-])

At Tianjin Wei Wharf, the Dongfang steam cable ship, which has been silent for several months, is ready to go, and there are workers moving materials up and down.

The Dongfang cable-laying ship has undertaken a new cable-laying task, and is preparing the materials needed for the crew to go to sea.

"Compared with the submarine cable that arrived at Yokohama Port last time, the cable laying task this time is on a smaller scale. We only need to pull the submarine cable to Seoul, which is the royal city of Koryo. If the submarine cable from Beijing to Seoul is successfully laid, Then there are three main submarine cables in the Bohai Sea, the submarine cables to southern Liaoning, Edo City, and Seoul."

The commander-in-chief of the navy, Nelson, received a mission from the military. Unlike the submarine cable that was connected to the Dongying country last time, the purpose this time was to integrate the Koryo country into China's telegraph network system.

After Li Mo, the eldest son of King Goryeo, came to power, he implemented a foreign policy closer to China, continued to regard China as the suzerain, and at the same time sent more foreign students to learn the knowledge here, and carried out reforms according to the system here.

The idea of ​​establishing a telegraph station was brought up by Li Wei who sent someone on his own initiative. He believed that since Goryeo wanted to learn from Huaxia in an all-round way, it should also set up a telegraph station.So the submarine cable project between Beijing and Seoul began to be implemented.This project is not only unilaterally funded by Huaxia, but Korea also participated in the investment.

According to the assumption, after the telegraph station in Seoul is put into use, if the factories and technicians of the Kyushu Army are idle, it can help Koryo to establish its own telegraph network to cope with the continuous rebellion since the crown prince Li Wei came to power.

"How long is the estimated time for laying the cable?" Tianjin Wei Zongbing followed Nelson and asked with a little interest.

As the commander-in-chief of the Tianjin Guard, he has seen various things in this place, such as receiving the Japanese envoys, the Korean envoys, and the British envoys, witnessing the construction of submarine cables, and so on.He believed that if he wrote a memoir, it might be a bestseller.

"The estimated time spent this time is about half of the time spent on the Dongying country submarine cable project last time... I am a naval commander, and now I have become a cable laying engineer." Nelson laughed at himself.

The era he lived in before was in the era of British and French hegemony in Europe, and he was inseparable from naval battles throughout his life, and he even died in naval battles.But at this time, the East is under the control of the three fleets of the Kyushu Army, and the Korean Navy and the Dongying Navy are not enough. Even the Beiyang Fleet led by Zheng Zhilong can crush the navy of the two countries to death!
The mission of the Zhili Fleet led by Nelson had no other combat objectives except to protect the capital and prevent any possible mutiny of the Beiyang Fleet and the Nanyang Fleet.To make the most of resources, Nelson also acted as interim cable project leader.

"You are still sailing on the sea on the Victory and Vostok, and I can only catch thieves locally. Now the world is peaceful. I heard that apart from some small rebellions in Nanyang, the people are all in peace. .As long as you can eat enough, who would want to make trouble?" Tianjin Wei Zongbing also said with emotion.

He is the magistrate of Tianjin Wei, and he can only catch some petty theft, even murderers have become very few.

"What do you sheriffs usually do with idlers?" Nelson was also curious about the work of the Tianjin Guard General.

"For the bankrupt refugees, the men will rush to work in the mines and factories, and the women will rush to the textile factories. Everyone has to support themselves and use their labor to obtain food and salary. You have heard the phrase "survival of the fittest" Is it a theory? The newspapers have already promoted this theory, and I personally think it makes sense. Tianjin Wei is undergoing drastic changes, and everyone can only try to adapt to this drastic change, and no one can get something for nothing." Tianjin Wei Zongbing said .

"Survival of the fittest..." Nelson knew that this was the concept proposed by Darwin and Yan Fu of the Academy of Sciences.

One of the considerations for promoting this idea is to reduce the pain of transformation brought by the industrial revolution to the greatest feudal dynasty ever.

Regardless of the fact that the place under Chu Yun's rule is booming, in fact any social change will bring discomfort and some lost classes, which is unavoidable.

For example, all the land was forcibly nationalized, and the landlord class almost directly declared bankruptcy, which caused many rebellions in the past few years.Even if some large landowners received partial compensation, they managed to maintain their previous standard of living, but the compensation they received was squandered at once, and they could not escape the fate of bankruptcy.

In addition, the imperial examination system was changed to a school system. Not all scholars of the old school were able to accept the new learning of mathematics, science, and law.

There are also skilled workers who have gone bankrupt due to the use of machines, some banned occupations, and even traditional occupations such as matchmakers have been greatly impacted.

Social changes have reduced some people to refugees and poor people. If they are not resettled properly, it is likely to cause social unrest.

At the same time, a theory is needed to explain this phenomenon to reduce the panic of the people.So the concept of "survival of the fittest" began to spread, inspiring people to try their best to adapt to the changes in this society.

When Nelson was chatting with Tianjin Wei Zongbing before departure, a galleon from Xiamen Bay docked.

"Er Gouzi, tell me honestly, why did my son ask me to sell the house in Xiamen City, and then come to the capital with you? It was bought by his father at sea before risking being intercepted and killed by pirates. Your house." A woman in her 40s nagged.

"Old lady, the Young Master's family has said that he will develop in the capital in the future, so it is better to live in the capital." The apprentice Li Jinde sent to pick up his mother explained.

"Heh, he came to the capital to meet the military leader, and he decided to stay in the capital to develop? His contacts are all in the Xiamen Bay area, and he doesn't know any big shots in the capital." Aunt Li obviously abandoned her son. I don't quite agree with the idea of ​​working hard in the capital for my foundation.

"Old lady, don't worry, the young master has his own plan, and he has thought it through." The apprentice said.

"I always feel that he has something to hide from me, and he is evasive in the letter to my family. Alas, my son has been thinking about strengthening his father's family property all day long, but he has been unwilling to find a good friend. When will my mother I can hold my grandson." Aunt Li got angry when she mentioned this.

It's not just looking for a good friend, but getting married directly.The apprentice murmured in his heart, probably Li Jinde would not dare to directly mention the matter of marriage to Aunt Li in his family letter because he was afraid that his old lady would be angry.

　I forgot to put it on time again, there will be three more tomorrow morning

　　
　
(End of this chapter)