It has been said that the process of industrialization has been too cruel for both those in agrarian societies and those engaged in traditional agricultural production. [Full text reading] That's a good point.

The problem, however, is that, at a macro level, industrial societies are actually much more benevolent than agricultural societies. It's just as simple.

Working in a factory, especially in a steam-powered factory during the First Industrial Revolution, was quite hard indeed. A lot of noise, dust, and all kinds of work-related injuries happen all the time in these factories. Moreover, compared with ordinary traditional agricultural production, unlike agricultural production and when the farm is busy and slack, industrial production is carried out around the clock in three shifts without black and white and no idleness.

While it is true that working in the industrial enterprises of the Renaissance Society can not only enjoy high wages and favorable treatment, but also that the enterprises of the Renaissance Society provide a full range of social benefits for the workers from the cradle to the grave, and although these wages and benefits are very satisfying, the work in the factories is indeed very heavy and it is easy for people to get irritated during these repetitive tasks.

Of course, working as a worker in the factories, especially in the factories of the Revival Society, compared with the time when they carried the work for the landlords and gentry, their quality of life improved in all aspects. The most direct evidence of this is that under the rule of the Renaissance Society, the birth rate has increased by a very high margin, while the mortality rate of the population, especially the mortality rate of newborns, is declining across the board.

Workers working on the front lines do not feel the change. They just know that their work is hard, but life at home is getting better and better. Ordinary soldiers who serve in the army do not feel it deeply. However, there are many young fighters with parents, who find that their parents seem to have added a lot of new younger siblings to them in recent years.

However, people like Ye Feng who can deeply understand the significance of the progress of industrialization can understand that the increase in population and the decline in infant mortality are not caused by other reasons. That's because of the Revival. It was achieved after the establishment of chemical plants, medical device factories, and chemical and pharmaceutical factories by the Renaissance Society, and the training of a large number of medical personnel who had received comprehensive professional training.

In Ye Feng's view, with the Fuxing Society, and because the Fuxing Society insisted on industrialization, the infant mortality rate was reduced. Without Renaissance, or without industrialization, infant mortality would remain as high as usual. It is the drugs that are mass-produced in the factory and the doctors who are trained in batches by the Fuxing Society that ensure the survival rate of newborn babies. All these are the benefits and merits of industrialization.

It is difficult for a worker who performs repetitive labor in a factory assembly line to understand the full production method of a manufactured product. If a single individual in society does not receive a comprehensive education, he or she cannot understand the functioning of the whole society.

In Ye Feng's view, many people who are not comfortable with the industrialized life of the Fuxing Society simply only see the hardships of industrialization work and do not see the benefits of industrialization. In other words, although many people have enjoyed the benefits of industrialization, they do not know where the benefits come from. Unbeknownst to them, it was their labor in the factory that created the quality of life they now have.

When Ye Feng was talking to Zhang Zhaohuan, he chose a very simple entry point. The vast majority of ordinary people's children actually know that it is not easy for them to survive and grow up safely. is a child of a big family like Ye Feng, and he has also experienced several tragic deaths of his newborn brothers and sisters.

What Ye Feng has experienced, Zhang Zhaohuan has naturally experienced it. In ancient times, there was no contraception, and his parents could not give birth to birth control, so they would naturally give birth one after another. He knew that many children had died in his family before him. After him, he saw with his own eyes that one of his sisters, who was already two years old, had died of a cold. This experience is painful for everyone, but it is very ordinary.

After Ye Feng received Zhang Zhaohuan's affirmative answer, he said: "We won't talk about the benefits of the Revival Society, let's talk about why we want to study in the Junior Army." You also know that there are hospitals in the Renaissance. Compared with those doctors who are even deceived and deceived, our hospital can be said to cure the disease. It's that the intestines in the stomach are broken, and when the doctors in the hospital give him an operation to cut off the bad intestines, the person is fine. We all say that the doctors of the Revival Society are good, but do you know how the doctors of the Revival Society are trained? ”

Zhang Zhaohuan was a smart man, and he knew that there would be a medical school in Fuxing, so he immediately replied: "Provost, I know about this. Our Revival doctors all learned from medical school. ”

Ye Feng nodded and continued, "You see, if we want to avoid the situation where our brothers and sisters died at a young age in the past, we must have a doctor like the Revival Society. And a doctor like the Revival Society didn't come out of nowhere. These doctors used to be ordinary people just like us, and they also became doctors after entering medical school and passing their professional studies. You know that. ”

Zhang Zhaohuan nodded thoughtfully when he heard this.

Ye Feng showed a gentle smile on his face, and he calmly said to Zhang Zhaohuan: "Just having a doctor is definitely different. In addition to their own professional skills, doctors also need corresponding medicines, which you must have seen. That's the little pill you used to treat roundworms in your stomach. Do you know how this medicine is made? ”

When Zhang Zhaohuan heard the head of the school mention the experience of treating roundworms, he couldn't help but shudder. He shook his head cautiously.

Ye Feng said to him, "Regarding how these drugs are produced, this rest day the army will organize everyone to visit the pharmaceutical factory." I'll tell you when the time comes. ”

The day off was just three days later, and it was not long before it came. Zhang Zhaohuan's platoon visited the pharmaceutical factory in the Jiangbei Industrial Zone under the leadership of the instructor and platoon commander that morning.

From Fuxing City to Jiangbei Industrial Zone, it is usual to take a train. Zhang Zhaohuan, who took the train for the first time, was very excited like his comrades.

Ye Feng sat next to Zhang Zhaohuan. Looking at Zhang Zhaohuan, who was looking around, Ye Feng said, "Zhaohuan, do you see how fast the train is running?" ”

The excited Zhang Zhaohuan nodded happily.

Ye Feng asked again: "Do you see that compared with the ox cart and horse-drawn carriage, the train also carries more goods?" ”

Zhang Zhaohuan nodded excitedly.

Ye Feng continued to ask, "Then do you want to know how trains are produced?" ”

Zhang Zhaohuan continued to nod excitedly. Space-Time Gate 1619

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Chapter 265 of the main text, student Zhang Zhaohuan 5