Chapter 157: The ever-changing life
Time passed by little by little, and in a blink of an eye, the three towns of Shengli Town have been established for nearly three months. Since defeating the invading 40,000 British troops and Hessian mercenaries more than a month ago, the lives of more than 50,000 people in the three towns have stabilized. Originally, because of the concern that the company was defeated by the British army, not many people had the heart to work hard. More of it was a time-consuming activity driven by worrying and wanting to protect their own property.
Fortunately, the performance of the company's army was too amazing. Most of the 10,000 people were ordinary people who had never participated in the army, and they were also remarkable in the performance of this war. Under the training of the powerful guard instructors, these soldiers had only three months, and their qualities in all aspects even surpassed those of the British regular army. Naturally, sufficient food and excellent weapons played a great role. The only inexperienced shortcomings were gradually made up for after being honed on the battlefield.
In this war, the company invested a total of 13,000 troops, and only more than 1,500 casualties were killed or killed. Moreover, because of the company's perfect battlefield medical system, advanced medical concepts and technologies, as well as sufficient medicines and high-tech equipment, the number of people who died in the end was reduced to more than 500. This is extremely incredible to many people. Before 1719, there was never a battle with a total of more than 50,000 deaths.
Among these five hundred people, only more than one hundred were from the guards. The sacrificed people received generous pensions at home and enjoyed various welfare benefits from the families of martyrs. Four hundred families who lost their relatives gradually lost their sadness and began to live a better life in the envious eyes of their neighbors. When the war ended, the white people who originally belonged to the British camp began to truly discover the changes in their lives by the company.
The first thing is the most important aspect of medical care and hygiene. The company's five small towns (plus the former Lugu Town) have built a hospital of not very large size, which is probably equivalent to a hospital in a small town in the 21st century. There are only fifteen doctors and forty-five nurses. However, all the drugs that can be purchased in the 21st century are available here, and surgical equipment that only many large hospitals in the 21st century have also been available here.
These drugs and equipment, except for the labels and instructions, were kept confidential and collected, and even the names were not removed. With the medical technology of all forces except companies in this era, these drugs could not be copied within a hundred or even two hundred years. You should know that in this era, European doctors are the most popular method of bloodletting treatment, and even traditional Chinese medicine technology that is slow to achieve but can cure the root cause can be surpassed by more than ten streets.
Under this technology, everyone can be cured unless they suffer from AIDS cancer, Parkinson and other terminal illnesses that cannot be solved in the 21st century. Originally, there were many people who had sudden changes in the weather, heatstroke, heatstroke and colds. If it were the past, dozens of people would have to die. However, when they arrived at the company, they would be much better if they were sent to the hospital in time, and had a fluid injection and took some medicine. You can meet that the average life expectancy of anyone who joined the company would be extended by at least twenty years.
What has something to do with medical care is the change of living environment. For a long time, neither white nor Indians have any concept of hygiene. The Indians are a little better. Because of the medieval plague, the whites actually started to spread from the bathhouse because the epidemic started to spread from the bathhouse, so they were sure that taking a bath would make people sick. Those nobles did not take a bath all year round, and in order to cover up the odor on their bodies, they applied a huge amount of spices, which instead formed a strange smell that Xiao Lin could not bear.
Moreover, the domestic waste and excrement of these people were dumped at will. When Xiao Lin decided to build three new towns, he changed this lifestyle directly. The towns were scientifically divided and the residential areas were all concentrated. Domestic waste must be placed in large trash cans on every street. Every morning, sanitation workers drove the truck to the treatment plant to handle the garbage. Fortunately, because there is no plastic bag, the treatment is difficult, and it is very convenient to dispose of garbage, rags, food residues, glass, etc. that have been decomposed for a long time.
Public toilets have been built on every street, and everyone can go to the toilet here. Even if there is a shit and urine pot at home, they have to pour these things into these toilets every day. With people's excretions and fertilizer, it also reduces the huge demand for fertilizers. No one dares to continue to pour it around. Once discovered, they will not only be fined a huge sum of money, but also volunteer. They were a little uncomfortable at the beginning, but gradually, people consciously maintained this policy. After all, no one wants to be surrounded by shit and urine all day long.
Under the company's publicity, the concept of taking a bath and washing your hair and brushing your teeth every day has also been accepted by people. Going out cleanly and cleanly can also start a new life in a good day.
In addition to these, the most changed is that people have spare money in their hands. In the past, under the pressure of the colonial high-level leaders, people were busy for a whole year and probably hadn't even eaten meat. But now in just a few months, everyone has Yanhuang coins in their hands with more than fifty yuan, which is pure deposits, and most of them have become various pots, pans and clothes. The purchasing power of Yanhuang coins is temporarily twice that of Huaxia coins. After all, a force was in the 18th century and a country in the 21st century. How much purchasing power of Yanhuang coins has is determined by the leadership of companies such as Xiao Lin.
When you have money, you naturally have to spend money. When you didn’t have money, you could only be jealous when you saw good things. Now when you have money, you naturally have to start purchasing some. The company owns thirty-eight kinds of light industrial products, and the corridor includes all the things you need to use in daily life. The most jealous of them is all kinds of beautiful or handsome bicycles. However, one price is more than 70 yuan, so they are still waiting and watching for the time being.
The company inherited and learned the food from China since the 21st century, which is the big deal they bought now. These foods have replaced the food cooked by the British themselves and occupied 100% of the dining tables of the company's owners. They began to hate hard breads that were not very delicious, but instead ate white, fat, fragrant, soft steamed buns and buns. Fried sticks, oil cakes, hemp rounds, soy milk and other special Chinese breakfasts became their choice.
People who go out to work like to order a rice bowl or soup noodles at noon every day at noon. Even noodle soup noodles, they would never have imagined that there would be so many types. Fine noodles, wide noodles, dragon beard noodles, cut noodles, noodles, rice noodles, rice noodles, various dumplings and wonton dumplings made them look good. There are more rice bowls, thirty kinds, and the taste is very good. The cost is not much, and a meal is only a few pieces of Yanhuang coins, which is one-sixth of their daily work pay.
In terms of clothing, they also abandoned several layers of clothes that were inconvenient at all. Most people wore labor protection clothes or jeans, and paired with a pair of sports shoes produced by the company, which was much better than before. Those who were recruited by the company in the army would wear straight black regular clothes and specialized military leather shoes when going out, and they looked heroic and handsome. When training and fighting, they also had special field military uniforms. The best looks are various high-end suits and long skirts. Because the price is relatively high, there are only people who have entered the important part of the company and those who joined the company early.
The three new towns gathered more than 40,000 people who originally lived in fifteen settlements, but slowly became formal. Abandoned the original lifestyle, and people began to create wealth with their hands with great enthusiasm. The whole weather was like the rising sun, full of vitality. In the colonies of other European countries, due to constant exploitation, a lifeless weather as the setting sun had appeared. Without a company, this weather would trigger an uprising like the American War of Independence.
Now, companies have appeared decades ahead of schedule, and by that time, most of their territory may be occupied by companies. Large-scale uprisings may become a large-scale escape to the company's territory.
The war ended, and smuggling activities continued to take place. Without the purchase of the Charles family and the trader tribe, the company was not short of customers. The French now not only purchased revolvers and grenades, but began to purchase all kinds of military food from the company. French feasts were famous in later generations, but this era had not yet fully developed, so they naturally could not compare to company foods with more spices and seasonings. French people were very happy to eat canned and instant noodles.
Even if the British were taught a lesson, many British people still chose to continue doing business with the company because of their interests. There is no way. Since they used the good things from the company, who would still be willing to continue to go back and live a good life? With this demand, there is a huge room for profit. This is how capital is. As long as they have 300% of the profit, they can sell their own hanged ropes.
However, maybe these people are still very willing to become companies. The company has perfect laws to protect the interests of businessmen and even encourages people to do business. In the company, there has never been a situation where a person is killed by those in power because of too much wealth. In the British colonies, this situation is quite common. However, because the company now has few self-employed individuals and does not have much property, the merchants naturally wait and see first.
Chapter completed!