After seeing the launch of the new ship, everyone was arranged to visit the shipyard, although it was just a round of sightseeing, but it also made the revolutionaries feel that the trip was worthwhile, and now there are a total of 11 warships under construction in the shipyard, in addition to the one that has just been launched, it also includes a battleship in the dock, an armored cruiser is outfitting by the dock, and there are 2 Dongchang-class protective cruisers, 2 destroyers, and 4 patrol boats on the slipway.

Although most of them are small and medium-sized warships, they still amaze the revolutionaries, whether it is a large ship or a small ship, it is basically mechanical construction, at least mechanical assistance, and it is indeed a modern shipyard.

And even more shocking is Hirayama Zhou and Miyazaki monstrous, their understanding of industrialization is deeper than that of revolutionaries, Japan is a country that attaches great importance to the navy, both have been to the shipyards in Japan, and feel that the level of technology and equipment of the Japanese shipyards does not seem to be better than this shipyard, although the machinery and equipment used in the Qingdao shipyard are purchased from Germany, but Japan can not do the production of machinery and equipment now, all have to be imported from the United Kingdom, so in this regard, the two sides are actually half a catty, but overseas Chinese have only 3 years to become Qingdao to build a modern shipyard, if they are given 5 years, 10 years, how far will it go?

Of course, the two did not know that although they introduced foreign machinery and equipment at the same time, Japan and Britain had a general commercial trade relationship, and Britain would not buy its best machinery and equipment to Japan, and at the same time it would leave a hand for Japan's technical guidance, so Japan was always about 5 years later than Britain in terms of technology, while the East China government was trading with Germany with its own military technology, and Germany did not dare to pit the East China government like Britain pitted Japan, and the machinery and equipment were all used by Germany properly, and the technical guidance was also unreserved, so that Qingdao Shipyard became a shipyard that reached a higher technical level in this era in a short period of time。

At noon, everyone had lunch in the canteen of the shipyard, in fact, the food in the shipyard was very rich, two rice and two vegetarian soups, rice and steamed buns were full, and the average family in this era could not eat such meals.

The revolutionaries didn't care, but everyone sat around three tables, eating and chatting about what they saw and heard in the shipyard, Huang Xing said: "If the overseas Chinese had come a few years earlier, in the First Sino-Japanese War, our China would not have been defeated so badly." ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded again and again, but the expressions of the two Japanese were a little embarrassed, and Chen Tianhua said: "Overseas Chinese can build such a powerful warship, which shows that the military strength is not bad, and it occupies such a favorable position as Shandong, why not just raise the banner and take the lead, wave the army to the north, go straight to Beijing, overthrow the Manchus, but also pay tribute to the Manchus in the name." ”

Xu Xilin also said: "Yes, if we had such a powerful force, we would have been righteous for a long time, and I am afraid that we would have overthrown the Manchu Qing Dynasty long ago." ”

Huang Xing shook his head and said, "Overseas Chinese naturally have their reasons for doing this, maybe they are waiting for the opportunity, but it is not known. ”

Chen Tianhua said: "What time do they have to wait, China is so ruined, it is all the fault of the incompetence of the Manchu rule, the Manchu Qing survives for one more day, and it should be overthrown as soon as possible." What's more, with the current strength of overseas Chinese, it is enough to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty, do overseas Chinese still have illusions about the new policies carried out by the Manchu Qing Dynasty?"

Ma Junwu shook his head again and again, and said: "How could it be? With the wisdom of overseas Chinese, how could they not see that the so-called new policy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was actually just deceiving the people of the world, not to mention that Mr. Xia did not say that the goal of overseas Chinese was to establish a republic, and even if the new policy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was true, it was also constitutional, and it was completely unrelated to the overseas Chinese. ”

Huang Xing smiled and said: "Xingtai, you don't have to worry, when we talk to overseas Chinese, it's not too late to ask them, I think they should give us a satisfactory answer." ”

Zhu Zhixin also said: "Yes, didn't the overseas Chinese arrange a three-day visit for us? During these three days, we might as well take a look at the achievements of the overseas Chinese in governance, and then it is not too late to discuss other matters." ”

Chen Tianhua listened, so he didn't say anything more.

After lunch, in the afternoon, everyone visited the iron and steel mills, textile factories, and supermarkets, of course, the East China government also had the intention of making such an arrangement, the shipyards and steel factories represent the level of heavy industry, and the shipyards can also represent the military industry, while the textile factories are the representatives of light industry, and the supermarkets are just in the retail industry, and the supermarkets are also private enterprises, so it can be said that these factories and enterprises are the basic components of modern society.

Although the revolutionaries only went around these places, they still had a new understanding of the governance ability of the East China government. This is basically the prototype of a civilized society.

It has also been noted that there are still a large number of female workers in these factories and enterprises, and in textile factories, the number of female workers even accounts for more than 70%, and in supermarkets, the number of female workers exceeds half.

The East China government has always attached great importance to the emancipation of women and the improvement of women's social status, which is of course not just a slogan or purely political considerations, but has considerable social and economic value. Because the emancipation of women and the full participation of women in social labor can greatly increase the number of labor force and improve labor efficiency, because some jobs such as the textile industry and service industry, women are indeed more competent than men, and at the same time, they can also play a role in regulating the working atmosphere. Since the population of the East China government is insufficient, the emancipation of women is of great practical significance.

Of course, the concept of hundreds of years is not so easy to change, and the folk customs in Shandong are relatively conservative, but the traverser has established a huge prestige in the hearts of the people through military exploits and land reform, so the ordinary people generally dare not easily disobey the policies formulated by the traverser, but there are still criticisms in private.

However, the traversers are pragmatic people, knowing that the emancipation of women and the improvement of women's social status cannot be solved only by political orders, and more importantly, it is necessary to improve women's economic independence, after all, the economic base can determine the superstructure. At present, the average salary of female workers in factories is about 2 silver dollars, although it is not as good as that of male workers, but it is a very good income in this era, and women have an income to work, subsidize their families, and it is easy for society to accept them as men. Women have their own jobs and are able to achieve economic independence, and their status in the family and society is naturally different. It will be easier for the East China government to implement policies to improve the status of women, such as freedom of marriage and equality between men and women.

This set of theories also made the revolutionaries nod their heads when they heard it. In fact, this group of people have more or less come into contact with some new ideas, and they support the emancipation of women and the improvement of women's status, because Qiu Jin herself is a woman, and she is also deeply affected by feudal arranged marriages, her marriage with her husband Wang Tingjun is a typical "parents' order, matchmaker's words", although now Qiu Jin and her husband have a son and a daughter, but the husband and wife's personalities, aspirations, and thoughts are completely incompatible, even to the point of frequent quarrels, this time Qiu Jin went to Japan, with the help of someone, escaped from the Wang family. After joining the revolution in Japan, Qiu Jin also set up propaganda and campaigns to improve the status of women. But the main actions were limited to writing articles calling for women's self-improvement, or organizing a small number of women to form groups aimed at promoting the women's movement, and this set of theoretical and practical actions of the East China government made Qiu Jin realize that although her previous actions could not be said to be all useless, they could only be regarded as scratching the surface, so she felt that the spear was suddenly opened.

It can be said that the first day of the visit made the revolutionaries feel that the trip was worthwhile, and after returning to the hotel, everyone discussed what they had seen and heard today, and Huang Xing and other representatives of the group gathered together and discussed until late at night.

The items visited on the second day were schools and military camps, and the East China government has always attached great importance to education, and the Hope School established by the East China government has also been on the right track to carry out systematic teaching. Of course, short-term education courses have also been retained to meet the needs of different levels, and two universities founded by the East China government have also opened, with the first batch of more than 100 students each.

All schools are co-educational and have access to the same level of educational resources for both sexes. It is also of great significance for the improvement of women's social status, after all, education is also a manifestation of social advancement. This point coincides with Qiu Jin's thoughts.

However, for Huang Xing, Chen Tianhua, Xu Xilin and others, they were more interested in visiting the barracks, after all, they had heard about the brilliant achievements of overseas Chinese before, and naturally wanted to see what the overseas Chinese army had to offer.

Everyone first visited the dormitory, canteen, activity room and other places in the barracks, and the others were a little puzzled, but Huang Xing studied military affairs in Japan, of course, he knew that although these small details were inconspicuous, they reflected the army's military appearance, military discipline, spiritual outlook and other factors, which are also the embodiment of combat effectiveness.

Of course, since they came to the barracks, they could not fail to visit the army's training, but the barracks did not deliberately arrange training performances, but brought them to the training ground and let them watch the normal training of the troops.

And it is precisely because of this that for an insider like Huang Xing, the training is a little less performative and more realistic. After watching the training of the People's Army, Huang Xing also admitted that the training level of the People's Army and the quality of the soldiers should be higher than that of the Japan he had seen. Of course, it turned out that Huang Xing had not studied military affairs in Japan for a long time, less than a year, and the Japanese military academy would not really teach Chinese students, so Huang Xing actually only learned some scratches and did not really see the training of the regular Japanese army, and the comparison was only the training of students he saw in the military school.