Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 388 Revealing Strength
PS: 5,000 words long chapter
The dislocation at a certain point in history has continuously caused one chain reaction after another. After the Chinese Exclusion Act was officially promulgated and implemented, it has become an open fact that Chinese people are treated as an inferior race in the United States, regardless of whether the US government admits it or not.

Since the Chinese Exclusion Act, the American biological science and historical circles have re-raised the example of justifiable massacres of Indians and introduced a theory of eugenics.

Eugenics theory divides the people living in the United States into superior races and inferior races based on their race and skin color. The blond and blue-eyed Germans, Anglo-Saxons, and Gauls
, and even Slavic whites, were classified as eugenic races,

People of mixed Latin descent such as Mexican and Cuban are classified as an intermediate race.

The Chinese, blacks, and Southeast Asian pygmies are classified as inferior races.

Taking advantage of the anti-Chinese sentiment in various parts of the United States, eugenicists published their views in newspapers and media, saying that the children of inferior races are as inferior as their parents, and when the children of inferior races grow up, they will inherit the "defects" of their parents and continue to be poor and criminals. Therefore, eugenicists spread the message that integration with inferior people will lead to "racial degeneration" in the United States, and called on the government to legislate to prohibit people of color from marrying white people.

The proposal of eugenics theory has aroused widespread public response in the United States.

In June 1882, Virginia passed the Racial Purity Act, which made it a felony for people of color to marry white people. Later, Alabama (again, the hardest hit area of ​​the anti-Chinese movement, the degree of persecution of local Chinese people was the same as that of California) and Georgia and California also passed similar laws.
This discriminatory argument against people of color was particularly popular in the southern states. In many southern states, discriminatory forces against Chinese and blacks quickly carried out racial segregation under the banner of eugenics.

Once the fanatical atmosphere of racial discrimination is aroused, it will be difficult to carry out the plan of the planners.

A large proportion of the early immigrants to the United States were criminal prisoners, gangsters, and street thugs. After arriving in the American colonies, they developed unique brutality and distorted values ​​after more than two hundred years of war with the Indians. They took pleasure in killing Indians and collecting the scalps of killed Indians as trophies. They slaughtered Indians without any bottom line and without restraint, which led to a social atmosphere in the United States that discriminated against the yellow race and did not treat the yellow race as equal human beings.

With the out-of-control development of eugenics theory, the red-haired descendants of Celts and Spaniards, who belonged to the same white camp but were discriminated against in the religious culture of European countries, also suffered unequal treatment.

Some fanatical white Americans continue to divide the white class into different levels, and continue to divide white people of different races into different levels based on skin color, hair, height, religious culture and other factors.

In August 1882, some radical eugenicists proposed an evil operation.

Expand the scope of discrimination to include the poor, criminals, prostitutes, the disabled and other lower classes of the white community.

They were labeled as "socially defective people" and eugenicists mercilessly mocked them as "social parasites" who should be solved "once and for all." Since killing them is not an option, let them have no descendants.

On September 9, twelve Indiana state legislators initiated
The proposal to deprive people with social disabilities of their reproductive rights advocates prohibiting such people from having offspring.

On September 9, the Indiana government rejected the eugenicists' proposal with 22 votes against and 301 votes in favor.
However, the government's opposition did not discourage them. On the contrary, seeing that more and more Americans were accepting their ideas, eugenicists were encouraged to continue to rush forward on the out-of-control path.

White women who marry people of color, especially Chinese, are excluded from their families, and the children they give birth to are classified as part of the colored ethnic group and are excluded from the white ethnic group.

Before the U.S. government unilaterally tore up the Chinese Laborers Repatriation Agreement, about 57 Chinese laborers arrived in the United States in nearly three decades. Excluding those who died from disease, storms and other accidents during ocean transportation and those who returned to their homelands in South America and the Far East, in April 1882, there were approximately 4 Chinese workers and Chinese-white mixed-race descendants in the United States.

Although the hardworking Chinese workers who entered a foreign country suffered discrimination from white men, those Chinese men who completed their labor service and worked in grocery stores, peddlers and other businesses in local areas of the United States were treated more gently when they came into contact with white women.

Medical doctors, country peddlers, and small grocery store owners often came into contact with white women. Over time, some white women from the bottom of American society were attracted by the unique oriental temperament of Chinese men. They ignored family obstacles and the attention of the people around them and married Chinese men of a different skin color.

The rise of the South American Han Kingdom brought about the spiritual liberation of the Chinese. After cutting off their braids and improving their living conditions, young Chinese workers who paid a little more attention to their personal clothing and appearance gradually broke the slander imposed on them by mainstream American society. Therefore, as they stayed in the United States for longer and longer periods of time, the number of long-term single Chinese workers marrying white women gradually increased. When the South American Han Kingdom was preparing to count the number of Chinese leaving the United States, they found that among the total 30 people who applied to immigrate to the South American Han Kingdom, the number of white women exceeded 4, and the number of mixed-race offspring of male Chinese workers and white women was also close to 10.

Including the number of American women who married Chinese men but were unwilling to leave the United States with their Chinese husbands, there were probably more than 5 ordinary American women who married male Chinese workers.

Not all white women are willing to leave the United States where they have lived for a long time after marrying Chinese husbands. At the same time, not all Chinese studying in the United States are willing to accept the helping hand extended by the Chinese country, give up part of their family business, and return to the unfamiliar Chinese country in South America.

Including Chinese workers, white women who married Chinese, and mixed-race descendants, the total population of the Chinese community tacitly counted by the Han government was about 36. In the end, the total number of people who chose to leave the United States was only 30. More than 1 white women who married Chinese and more than 4 Chinese still chose to stay in the United States.

Everyone has their own aspirations. Chinese students studying in the United States have their own considerations, and the Chinese government also has specific requirements for selecting immigrants.

The number of Chinese who request to emigrate to South America each year exceeded the carrying capacity of the Han Dynasty's ocean-going transport ships two years ago. The Han Dynasty has also passed the initial stage of accepting all Chinese. There are a lot of Chinese who request to immigrate to South America, and only those who meet the government's immigration standards will be accepted. Guys like those who are born as gangsters and social dregs, even if they are lucky enough to escape entry inspection, will not escape the fate of being exiled to the colonies after being discovered later. As for social transformation of them, from the emperor Li Mingyuan to the ordinary people of the Han Dynasty, no one has the intention to do so. If you spend a lot of energy trying to transform a stubborn social scum, it would be more economical to accept a few ordinary Chinese who are simple by nature and law-abiding.

Sending ocean-going transport ships to help Chinese evacuate the United States is a matter of national and state morality. As for the tens of thousands of Chinese who are unwilling to evacuate, the Chinese side will not force them to do so.

Since the first batch of more than 1882 ocean-going transport ships arrived in Miami, a city on the Atlantic coast of the United States, on May 5, 6, transport fleets from South America to North America along the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans have continued to sail non-stop. …………

The impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act exceeded that of the same period in history. In order to keep abreast of changes in the domestic situation in the United States, Li Mingyuan specially summoned Wang Youtian, the former head of immigration affairs in the United States, Hu Yaji, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and others to inquire about the relevant situation.

"The anti-Chinese situation in California and Alabama is the most serious. The local radicals not only exclude and expel people, but also persecute some white women with black hair and similar appearance to Chinese people..."

Wang Youtian, former head of immigration affairs in the United States and current censor of the Inspectorate, reported.

"Too much is as bad as too little, and Americans will pay the price for their actions."

Li Mingyuan has never had any illusions about the moral bottom line of Americans. It is not surprising that racial discrimination has been expanded in the United States due to the enactment of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

"How is the Annan Chinese transportation operation going? Will the use of ocean-going ships to transport Chinese Americans have a big impact on the Annan operation?"

"As of mid-October, about 76 Chinese from Annam have arrived in mainland China. The remaining 26 Chinese from Annam are expected to arrive in South America by transport ships before February 1883. The withdrawal of some ocean-going transport ships will not have a major impact on Annam's transportation operations."

Liu Pu replied.

"The U.S. government was very active and proactive in repatriating Chinese workers. In the Atlantic and Pacific coastal areas, not only did local ocean-going fleets transfer Chinese people, but domestic shipping companies also accepted dispatches from the U.S. government and undertook the task of transporting Chinese workers free of charge," Wang Youtian explained.

"It's not completely free. Although American shipping companies did not charge Chinese people for boarding or transportation, the cost of ocean transportation was paid by the US government."

Hu Yaqi shook his head and said in confusion, "The domestic industry in the United States is developing rapidly and needs a large number of laborers to undertake infrastructure construction tasks. Chinese workers are hardworking and demand low wages. Could it be that they would give up the low cost advantage and would rather hire local white people at twice the price of Chinese workers just because of the so-called racial difference?"

“It’s not just the economic aspects.”

Li Mingyuan looked up the population growth data of the United States in recent years and found that due to the continued turmoil in South American countries, the U.S. population has increased by nearly 300 million compared with the same period in history.

The additional 300 million immigrants needed jobs to support their families. To this end, expelling the hardworking and hardworking Chinese from the United States as scapegoats and then using the jobs left behind by the Chinese workers to accommodate white immigrants would be more beneficial in the long run than simply considering the low cost of Chinese workers.

Li Mingyuan explained to everyone why the doubling of the number of immigrants in the United States led to a change in the attitude of the US government towards Chinese workers.
He continued: "The so-called bad nature of the Chinese is just an excuse the U.S. government made up to implement the Chinese Exclusion Act.

South America is vigorously increasing the number of immigrants and population, and the US government is also accepting a large number of white immigrants.

In order to free up jobs and living space for white immigrants, the U.S. government could expel and persecute the Chinese without scruples. As for the reason why the U.S. government dared to do so, it was nothing more than that the Qing Dynasty was corrupt and decadent and was about to collapse, while the local government was still weak, and could not compare with the United States in terms of population or national industrial strength.

If you fall behind, you will be beaten. If a country is backward and weak, its people will be bullied and persecuted by other countries abroad.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Americans have given the local government a direct "educational lesson". All Han citizens must firmly remember the humiliation that the Americans have brought upon the Chinese nation and never forget it!"

"When the king is humiliated, the ministers die. When the nation is humiliated, the ministers have no choice but to bear the humiliation and repay today's shame!"

Liu Pu and Wang Youtian said in unison.

"Knowing shame leads to courage. The Chinese Exclusion Act insults the entire Chinese nation. The local government should not only lodge a solemn protest to the US government, but also use actual scientific and technological achievements to show that the Chinese are not an inferior nation and that the Chinese nation is also capable of developing world-leading industrial achievements."

The longer Li Mingyuan lived in this era, the more he felt how severe the blow the Chinese Exclusion Act had dealt to the national self-esteem and self-confidence of the entire Chinese community. Therefore, in order to boost the spirit of the Chinese people, Li Mingyuan decided to change his strategy of low-key development in the field of science and technology.

“Notify Chang’an Electric Power Company that I will personally inspect the Primero River Hydropower Station the day after tomorrow. At that time, the Propaganda Department of the Ministry of Rites and the Electric Power Department of the Ministry of Industry will each send capable officials to make sure that the Western powers, especially the Americans, know that the world’s first practical hydroelectric power station is the Primero Hydropower Station of the Han Empire!

Han Chinese are no worse than white Americans in the field of emerging technologies!"

In October 1878, the rotating magnetic field generator project led by the Han Chinese Academy of Sciences was a complete success. In November of the same year, the construction of the Melipro Hydropower Station and the Melipro Dam started simultaneously. In March 10, the overall construction of the hydropower station was completed. The following month, three improved rotating magnetic field medium-sized generators capable of providing 11kw of electricity were transported to the hydropower station for installation and commissioning. On April 1882, 3,
The silent and dark Chang'an city received the light brought by electricity for the first time under the night sky.

In fact, according to the Han Dynasty's technical reserves in the field of electricity, as early as 1880, the Han Dynasty Academy of Sciences had the technical capability to supply electricity to Chang'an City. However, considering the future direction of electricity development, Li Mingyuan rejected the suggestions of local and hired foreign scientific researchers and insisted on delaying the operation time of the Chang'an Primero Hydropower Station to 1882.

Li Mingyuan originally did not care about the title of the world's first practical hydropower station, but under the current circumstances, it has become very necessary to vigorously publicize the development and progress of Han State in the emerging power field.

"Your Majesty, the Academy of Sciences has produced more than 2,000 tungsten filament incandescent lamps. Can they be installed on the main streets of Chang'an City with the help of the electricity provided by the Chang'an Electric Power Company?"

"Have the problems of vacuum quality of incandescent lamps and smelting of tungsten filaments been solved?"

"The Academy of Sciences adopted the method of filling the bulb with nitrogen and smelting tungsten metal by electrolysis, which basically solved the vacuum problem of incandescent lamps and the cost of tungsten metal smelting. At present, the cost of making an incandescent lamp has been reduced from 10.7 Han yuan to 5.2 Han yuan, and it is initially possible to install it on the main streets of Chang'an City."

The cost of making light bulbs and the cost of electricity are two major problems that limit the widespread use of incandescent lamps. The cost of 6.2 Han Yuan per light bulb and 2.4 Han Yuan per month for electricity are still prices that ordinary people cannot accept. Therefore, the current tungsten filament incandescent lamps can only be used in the main urban area of ​​Chang'an, the capital.

"For the time being, 600 incandescent lamps will be installed on six streets in the main urban area of ​​Chang'an. Electricity will be delivered regularly by the power company from : pm to : pm every day."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Minister of Industry took note of Li Mingyuan's order and asked carefully, "Is the V-twin gasoline engine developed by Mr. Daimler also included in the announcement?"

"No, gasoline internal combustion engines are not yet widely practical. In the next five years, local research on gasoline internal combustion engines will focus on technology reserves, and implement a three-generation technology replacement system of one generation of open commercialization, one generation of technology reserves, and one generation of research and development. To put it bluntly, internal combustion engine technologies that are equal to or slightly better than those of Western powers will be put into commercial production, and internal combustion engine technologies that are ahead of the current commercial field and have been basically mastered will be kept confidential. Internal combustion engine technologies that are far superior to the current technical level and are not yet ready for market production will be included in the key research and development list, and major scientific researchers will be concentrated on research and development."

Having a prophetic vision in the field of science and technology can help Han Dynasty's scientific researchers avoid many detours. For example, in the field of internal combustion engines, when the internal combustion engine project was initially established in 1876, the research and development direction of gas-type internal combustion engines was rejected, allowing the relevant scientific researchers of the Academy of Sciences to focus on gasoline-type internal combustion engines from beginning to end.

"The overall level of local scientific research is still far behind that of Western countries. The commercialization of electric lights and hydropower station projects cannot be hidden from Western countries, so it is okay to make them public. However, research and development projects related to the core interests of the country, such as internal combustion engines, submarines, and airships, must not leak any information!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

More than a dozen officials sitting on chairs in the palace stood up and said seriously.

"The United States, France, Britain, and Germany are all conducting research on submarine technology. Although the American Holland rejected the invitation from his local government, I have also made many suggestions to the researchers at the Academy of Sciences on the main strategic uses of underwater submarines, including the application of periscopes on submarines. The scientific research technology of the Han Kingdom cannot be overly dependent on Westerners. Without Holland, the Han Kingdom must also develop a top-notch underwater submarine!
Minister Liu, tell the Navy that there is no need to rush the submarine development project. I can wait ten or twenty years. But if the submarine project has not overcome the technical difficulties of offshore combat before 1900, I will hold them accountable for their dereliction of duty!"

"I will convey your Majesty's order to the Navy Department without any change."…………

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