Of course, what is more important is that the Mozi Award itself has been widely recognized internationally, in the first session, many judges and two original winners refused the invitation, and in the second session, only two refused, and the wording was much more euphemistic, and in the third session, they all regarded it as a great honor, and none of them refused. On the contrary www.biquge.info the government of the Republic of China has begun to pick and choose, avoiding those countries and individuals who are hostile to China......

In stark contrast, the Nobel Prize, which has lost its head start, is inferior to the number of prize money, and is much less famous than its founder, has not been able to achieve historical glory and status at all, and has always been only a regional award, and finally disappeared into the long river of history early due to the drastic changes in the situation in Europe in this time and space......

Although he had long thought that the Mozi Award could become the world's No. 1 science and technology award, Li Hui was still very pleased that it was realized, and even glad that there had been no more foreign war in the past few years, and that the Mozi Award had ensured the necessary continuity at the most critical beginning, although he had actually postponed the war against the United States for another reason.

In the first few years of the Chinese Republic, it was rare for the wind and rain to stabilize the country quickly, but for China, which is prone to disasters, such good times are not destined to last long.

Beginning in 1901, China once again entered a period of frequent disasters, and the construction of a temple and three shrines on Mount Tai the previous year (Note 1) failed to play a protective role, but fortunately, Momen now adheres to atheism, and these buildings are only a place for the world to pay homage to the sages, otherwise they may be used by bad people with ulterior motives......

In 1901, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River were hit by a catastrophic flood that had not been seen in ten years, and the three provinces of Jiangxi, Anhui, and Jiangsu were seriously affected, while at the same time, parts of the northern provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi suffered from severe drought.

In 1902, although the area of the catastrophe was reduced, mainly affecting only one province of Sichuan, the land of abundance was almost untouched for a whole year, and the severity of the disaster can be imagined.

In 1903, Sichuan had just breathed a sigh of relief, but in 1904 it suffered another catastrophe, and before Sichuan had fully recovered from the drought of the previous year, it ushered in another great drought that had not been encountered in ten years, and at the same time, some areas of Hebei, which were originally short of water, were suddenly hit by rare heavy rains, which also caused considerable losses.

In 1905, floods broke out in many provinces across the country, among which Jiangsu also suffered a rare typhoon disaster, because there was a rare precedent for typhoons to land locally, and there was no satellite cloud map in these years, the local cadres and masses generally lacked preparation, and also lacked experience in disaster prevention and resistance, and the result was that the losses were extremely serious, with more than 10,000 casualties, hundreds of thousands of damaged buildings, direct economic losses of more than 600 million yuan, and indirect economic losses are even more difficult to count.

Because of the ineffective prevention and response to disasters, thousands of local cadres have been punished to varying degrees, among which hundreds of people with greater responsibility have been swept to the end, or even never used, but fortunately, it is still the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, coupled with the good leaders of many biochemical cadres, the official style of the republic is upright, and a few corrupt and dereliction of duty have not been discovered, otherwise I am afraid that Li Hui will kill again......

The disaster is so serious, thanks to the gratifying results achieved in the construction of farmland and water conservancy, and the Momen organization with extremely strong ability to organize and mobilize the masses to enthusiastically fight the disaster, as well as the people's army from the national defense force to the grassroots militia to the desperate rescue, and the government's financial resources, efficiency, honesty (otherwise God knows how much is left at the grassroots level) and disaster relief efforts are far from comparable to those of the previous Qing Dynasty.

However, due to the lack of large-scale water conservancy projects that can directly regulate the volume of rivers in China, each disaster needs to spend a lot of manpower, financial and material resources to rescue, and the disasters in recent years have been serious, and the cost is even greater than the original war against Britain, which makes Li Hui's restless heart completely calm down. He finally profoundly realized that as a country with a high incidence of natural disasters, China's preparation for war and preparation for famine need to be carried out in combination, and in addition to military rations, the central government also needs to prepare sufficient stocks of grain and other strategic materials to cope with a nationwide disaster, otherwise if a serious natural disaster breaks out in the country during the war, it will be in great trouble.

Both the United States and Russia have large populations and vast depths, and China wants to compete for the homeland of both countries, and it is impossible to expect it to admit defeat as quickly as Britain did, and a long-term all-out war will be inevitable, so that a major domestic disaster during the war is not possible, but almost certain.

After thinking about this, Li Hui wisely gave up his original plan, first did a good job of preparing for war and famine, and ensured that he would be able to go to war against the United States after he was secure. Anyway, as a late-developing country, the further China goes, the smaller the gap between its comprehensive national strength and that of the United States, and time is actually on its own side, as long as it does a good job of secrecy and does not let new weapons and new tactics be exposed in advance.

And if the United States and Russia take the lead, then Li Hui will not be afraid, because then China will be the side that has been invaded, and once the people have aroused righteous indignation, they will have a stronger tolerance for the suffering of the war, and in that case, the government of the republic will be able to hold on for a long time until the war is won.

In the final analysis, what Li Hui really feared was that the people at home were dissatisfied with the war, not that they would starve to death at home. In fact, in 1904, China basically achieved food and clothing, and on this basis, with China's terrifying super-large size and geographical location, even if it was a full-scale war, and the country was also hit by a serious disaster that had not been encountered for ten years for several consecutive years, the people in China would only have a hard time, and in any case, they would not be able to starve to death......

Yes, even Li Hui is a little incredulous, the goal of food and clothing that took China decades to achieve in history took less than ten years to achieve in the Republic of China. However, there is nothing surprising when you think about it, China's cultivated land area is much larger than that of historical China, with the continuous and vigorous reclamation in recent years, the total area of China's cultivated land has exceeded 2 billion mu, and such results are achieved under the premise of completely returning farmland to pasture or returning farmland to forest in ecologically weak areas, and the average quality of cultivated land is quite high.

Note 1: Including the Chinese ancestral temple dedicated to legendary figures such as the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, the saint shrine dedicated to the four great saints, and the sages [mainly scientists, but also a small number of virtuous ministers, the emperor can only enter the martyrs' shrine at most, which is also considered the political correctness of the republic. The Pantheon, the Martyrs' Shrine dedicated to the heroes and martyrs of ancient times. (To be continued.) )