Another group of science and engineering men, who are mainly college students, and young people who are fans of the Ming Fan De Roller Army in the Huotang Club, are basically centrists.

In particular, that group of college students, because they have received a relatively complete and systematic education in their lives, naturally do not reject all kinds of equality consciousness, including the idea of inequality between men and women, but they are also wary of radical ideas, and they regard all statements that do not conform to the "mean" as "extreme", and "extreme" itself is synonymous with political incorrectness.

Of course, the main reason is that this group of single men are also happy to live a life of three wives and four concubines, and they secretly understand and even support the views of conservatives, but after years of education, they can more or less not accept the inferiority of men and women in this era, and even have a sense of guilt and a sense of social responsibility that hopes to change.

So they are a group of people who openly express their understanding of the views of the radicals, but that's all there is to it, and when it comes to voting on a resolution that is in their own interest, there will certainly be divisions and back-and-forth among them, and many of them will not actively participate in these discussions.

Undoubtedly, one of the main reasons why they did not actively participate in the discussion was that these people were interested in playing all kinds of "big chess", and they dreamed of being famous all over the world, so they were not interested in these things of living at home and having children.

Even during this period of heated discussion of marriage laws, this group of people did not interrupt the formulation of various "action plans" and secret discussions.

According to Zhu Beiguo's later disclosure, because of the accident with Xue Laixiang's external assistance, the members of the Huotang Club were discussing a plan of action in those days, and they hoped to save Zhang Huangyan, who had been active in the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the future, this figure was Mr. Zhang Cangshui, who Liu Sanniang had a relationship with, and the people of the Huotang Club believed that the rescue operation should be feasible, no matter what the result was, it should be avoided that this historical celebrity, known as the Three Heroes of West Lake, would eventually end up with a tragic ending.

The people of the Huotang Club emphasized that they should not be allowed to disband his anti-Qing rebels at the end of their ropes, because they were very optimistic about these people, and felt that these rebels were a force that could be used by us and that it was better to adopt them for their own use, and then they also gave this action plan a name: "Operation Torch".

Okay, this group of people has always been more mavericks, and they have always been a little out of touch with the things that everyone cares about at the moment, but they themselves are very proud of this, saying that this is a sign of our forward-looking strategic thinking, unlike the marriage conservatives of the vegetable garden club that they have always despised, the so-called ideal of life is actually only the desire of animals.

Of course, you can't say this in front of the people in the vegetable garden club, and if you say it, you will blow up the nest over there......

In fact, it is precisely because of this incompatibility that when people of this faction encounter these hot topics and discuss them, most of them are talking to the mud, saying that some of the ideas of the conservatives are realistic and operable, and that the ideals of the radicals are good, great and noble, and in line with the trend of history.

However, they have a point of view that is unanimously shared by the other two groups, that is, we should start with school education and the law, starting with young people, and inculcate the idea of equality between men and women.

As for adults whose minds have been solidified, it is necessary to be relatively tolerant, they believe that to admit that this is a problem left over from history, in short, it is necessary to take a gradual approach to eliminate polygamy step by step, rather than simply and rudely one-size-fits-all.

Conservatives also suggest that we should educate the next generation in school about gender equality, change women's attitudes, encourage women to go out of the house to work, let boys and girls go to school, make women financially independent, and so on.

Once women have culture and economic strength, they can gain self-esteem and respect in front of men, and at that time, it may be impossible for men to take concubines.

Therefore, they believe that some of the conservatives' opinions are reasonable, such as financial compensation, equal rights for wives and concubines, absolute custody of biological mothers' children, etc., rather than the traditional custom that the wife also has absolute custody of the children of the concubine.

However, they also agree with the radicals, arguing that this kind of equality is not only between wives and concubines, but also makes it clear that husbands and wives and concubines have equal personality and legal status, and that polygamy is restricted by legal provisions, compulsory education is carried out, and the goal of completely eliminating polygamy is finally achieved through a gentle and gradual approach, rather than simply and brutally prohibiting it.

As for the time interval between the realization of this ideal, the centrists said with a deep face:

"Everyone, the future is bright, the road is tortuous, we can't be in a hurry......"

Of course, arguments aside, the specific work still had to be done quickly, and at this time, in addition to the various constructions on Mornington Island, in the days when the fleet returned to Mornington Island, the sailing training on the Nicole and the Pride continued as usual.

Since going to sea to the present, Gu Jin's daily sailing training course for the crew has not been delayed because of various things, and the continuous training and active practical practice have made these sailing beginners more advanced than when they just set off from the Red Pier more than a month ago.

Today's crew has seen all kinds of things, experienced two small naval battles and many ocean storms, and in terms of sailing experience, today's crew is no longer the same as a beginner when they first went to sea.

But Gu Jin's daily routine sailing training for the crew is still every day, and he is still meticulous.

Every day, every crew member on the ship will face various shift exercises, classes, and even individual tutoring, etc., and Captain Gu is not relaxed at all.

The crew of the Nicole was like this, and the training on the Pride was never interrupted for any reason.

It is precisely because of this precious practical time that Gu Jin and Li Sanduo continued to train the crew that these original sailors made rapid progress within a few months.

And the most significant improvement was made by the crew of the Pride.

Compared to Nicole, they fought the sea on the Pride in relatively difficult conditions, and its sailing environment was closer to the realities of the era.

Therefore, Gu Jin and Li Sanduo both believe that in the future, our first batch of captain candidates should be selected from the crew of the Pride.

In fact, this is also the consensus of everyone, and the people who can stick to Pride are very convincing, but from the perspective of specific sailing training results and performance, the most convincing are Zhu Beiguo, Hu Xiaolin and Peng Qiang and several others, of course, Xu Zhi should be added, after all, he has sailing experience in the old world, as the first mate of Captain Gu of Nicole, he often takes shifts to intern on Pride.

In view of the fact that these people have always achieved outstanding results in navigation training, Gu Jin's training content for them has reached the third stage - captain internship.

Everyone knows that this is actually the beginning of training captains for the future sister ship of the Pride.

Therefore, during the voyage of more than a month, in addition to Li Sanduo, including Zhu Beiguo, Xu Zhi, Peng Qiang, Hu Xiaolin and others, they all temporarily served as captains of the Pride, ranging from one hour to several hours a day.

Among them, Zhu Beiguo and Xu Zhi were also given the responsibilities of full-time captains on duty, that is to say, when the two of them were on duty, there was no Li Sanduo standing behind them to guide, and they were completely in charge, which was completely different from Peng Qiang and Hu Xiaolin when they were captains on duty, and Li Sanduo would accompany and guide them throughout the whole process.

After all, Zhu Xu and the others once had the experience of driving a sailboat to sea independently, and their age and experience were stronger than those high school students, so it was somewhat reassuring.

Of course, the captain on duty is only on duty, and each person is on duty for up to six hours at a time, and if there is a major situation during this period, Li Sanduo is still required to come out of the town.