The whole book is named "Farming, Nomadism and the Ocean", which means three forms of civilization. At the beginning, some of the impact of Chinese history on world history are mentioned to arouse the reader's interest, and then the three forms of civilization are described.
Afterwards, the origins of civilizations were traced. According to their respective origins, world civilizations can be divided into Chinese civilization, Central and South American civilization, and West Asian civilization.
The so-called Western civilization is derived from the West Asian civilization. After mixing the archaeological data mentioned in several books and excluding the remains of civilizations that have not yet been discovered, Fei Jingting first described the origins of each civilization.
Then it focused on the West Asian civilization and the derived Greek civilization. Greece is a typical maritime civilization. If you have been to that poor place in Greece, you will know that the land is barren, so you only grow some grapes and olives, and the food depends entirely on trade.
Relying on the Mediterranean Sea, the Greek city-states started maritime trade. Therefore, for maritime civilization, trade is its lifeline. The two city-states are fighting to the death today, but they can happily trade together tomorrow.
But having said that, if you refuse to do business with it, you will be a life-and-death enemy, and it will definitely fight with you. At the beginning, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was not willing to do business with the British. There were limited open ports, and British things were also sold in China.
stay home.
The British looked back and figured out, good guy, not only did they not make any money, they also lost a lot of money. Where the hell is this going? Just sell opium.
The opium trade made up for the trade deficit, which aroused great dissatisfaction among the enlightened people of the Qing Dynasty. Later, the opium ban occurred in Humen. The British were anxious at that time, so the first Opium War began. From then on, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was opened to the country.
After describing the nature of marine civilization, this book begins to talk about the thinking mode of marine civilization. It is like the same family, with healthy parents and three brothers in the family.
In China, the eldest son inherits the family business. If the second and third sons are capable, they will take the imperial examination. If they are not capable, they will just eat and wait to die. Anyway, with the protection of the clan, they will not starve to death. However, it is different in marine civilization.
If you inherit the family business completely, the second and third sons will not be able to make a dime.
What should we do at this time? When the second and third children reach adulthood, they will have to travel around and take chances. If they travel and find business opportunities, they can do business and become a businessman;
If you make some meritorious deeds, you will get a small title.
The saying that parents are not traveling far away does not exist in maritime civilization. It was also the fifteenth century. People in the Ming Dynasty were scared to death when they heard that they were going to Luzon, but Europeans came happily.
It is precisely because of the characteristics of maritime civilization that it also determines its expansion. Ottoman Turkey cut off the trade between the East and the West. In order to find a new way to China, Europe began its great geographical discovery.
As a result, the isolated America and Australia were discovered one after another. The isolated aborigines of the United States and Australia lacked the horses that were born on the Eurasian road, which caused the development of their civilization to stagnate. They were no match for the Western colonists.
Horses contributed to the rapid circulation of germs, which made the immunity of aborigines and Europeans completely different from germs.
Relying on steel, gunpowder and germs, Europeans quickly conquered the American continent. The great geographical discovery gave birth to a wave of immigrants; the wave of immigrants led to a shortage of manpower in European countries.
On the one hand, there is a vast market, and on the other hand, there is a serious shortage of manpower. In order to fill the huge market gap, European businessmen had to use machinery to replace manpower.
Knocking on the blackboard, here comes the key point! We have to use machinery to replace manpower! In fact, the reliability of mechanical equipment at the beginning was extremely poor, and the cost remained high, far exceeding manpower!
If it weren't for the shortage of manpower, how could European businessmen continue to invest in machinery and develop subsequent mature and reliable machinery and equipment?
From water power to steam power, looking back at this period of history, European civilization seems to have burst out with brilliance. In fact, the element of chance is extremely large.
In the middle of the book, Fei Jingting excerpts part of the documentary about the rise of great powers and introduces the history of the great powers such as Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
The text in this part is very cold. Throwing away the historical data, there are only two words left in the whole article: plunder!
Either trade plunder or force plunder!
The third and final part of the book is about the impact of Chinese history on world history. The question mentioned at the beginning is reiterated. If Mengge Khan had not died at the Diaoyu City in 1259, how would world history have changed?
In this part, Fei Jingting gave examples of the monsters that were expelled from the monster house of East Asia by the Chinese civilization. Most of the Huns were wiped out by the Han Dynasty. The remaining northern Huns moved westward, scaring Europeans and now they have a proper name of "God's Land".
Whip Attila'.
The Northern Wei Dynasty defeated Rouran until it could not recover for decades. Later, it was driven away by the Turks. Rouran moved westward and directly occupied Byzantium.
The Tang Dynasty directly defeated the Turks and moved westward, later establishing the Ottoman Empire spanning three continents.
Well...the Ottomans were dismembered after World War I, and the remaining Turkey still believed that the Turks were their ancestors. Later, genetic sequencing showed that these so-called Turkic descendants were actually Greeks...
The Ming Dynasty defeated Mongolia, and its descendants went to South Asia to establish the Mughal Empire.
At the end of the book, Fei Jingting narrates: "Eastern and Western civilizations have their own origins and are completely different from the way of behavior to the core of thinking. China's rejuvenation must follow China's own path and must not blindly imitate Western models and end up with HD learning.
The fate of Bu."
The flow of time in the small world is different from that in the outside world. For several days, Fei Jingting spent time in the library of the small world after practicing. It was not until a year ago that Fei Jingting finalized the first draft of this eloquent masterpiece of more than 100,000 words.
After reviewing it himself, Fei Jingting printed it out and planned to have Ni Qiufeng and Hu Qigu copy it out in their spare time.
Looking back, the information quoted in many places in the book is far-fetched, and the words and sentences are not polished. There is no way, it is already very good for an engineering student to write like this.
After exiting the small world and holding a large pile of thick printing paper, Fei Jingting approached Ni Qiufeng and asked, "Have you been busy lately?"
Ni Qiufeng put down the vacuum cleaner in his hand and said with a smile: "The shop is closed and we are so busy. Where can we be busy?"
"Well, then help me copy it out when you have time."
"This is……"
"The debt I owe is finally written down."
Ni Qiufeng quickly wiped her hands and took it: "Writing a book again? Then I have to take a good look."
"This one is different, I guess you won't be able to read it."
Ni Qiufeng was doubtful and turned around to read the manuscript and copy it. After reading only a dozen pages, she suddenly felt bored. The book was extremely boring. She had never heard of many things in it, so naturally she couldn't understand it.
She stopped thinking about him and concentrated on copying.
Fei Jingting turned around to go back to the study to continue practicing. As soon as he went upstairs, he saw the master bedroom door open, revealing Fu Yunzhao's confused face.
After careful identification, Fei Jingting confirmed that it was indeed Fu Yunzhao and not the transformation of Little White Snake.
He stepped forward in surprise and said, "Why did you come out? Have you broken through?"
Fu Yunzhao stretched his waist and said: "It's still early to break through...Brother Jingting, is it the Chinese New Year?"
Twenty-eight handfuls of dough, twenty-nine steamed buns, today is already the 29th of the twelfth lunar month.
"Yeah, tomorrow is New Year's Eve."
"Oh," Fu Yunzhao's confused expression gradually became more alert: "I won't rush to break the situation now, let's wait until after the New Year! Brother Jingting, have you bought any firecrackers at home?"
Fei Jingting, apart from practicing and writing books these days, how can he care about these chores? He immediately said: "It seems that I bought it, you go ask Guan Xiyi."
Fu Yunzhao left Fei Jingting and ran straight downstairs. He could hear his shouting from far away: "Sister Guan, did you buy firecrackers at home? Huh? I smell the croquettes. They must be delicious. Give them here quickly."
Let me try one!"
Sitting there, Fei Jingting couldn't laugh or cry. How come this girl still looks like she hasn't grown up even after getting married? She is crazy, gluttonous and playful, and she doesn't know when she will grow up.
After a while, Fu Yunzhao ran back, hissing and biting into a freshly fried radish ball.
She threw herself into Fei Jingting's arms and said coquettishly: "Brother Jingting, I want to buy firecrackers."
"Buy, buy as much as you want."
"Hee hee," Fu Yunzhao became happy, raised his head and stretched out his hand: "Then give me some money, a ten or eight yuan one is enough."
Fei Jingting obediently paid for it, and Fu Yunzhao happily took Little White Snake to the street to buy firecrackers.
This trip lasted all afternoon, and when he came back in the evening, Fu Yunzhao suddenly became the most handsome boy in the public concession.
He was seen holding half a candied haws in his left hand and a bag of steaming candied roasted chestnuts in his right hand. Behind him was a wheelbarrow loaded with fireworks.
By chance, Guan Xiyi came out to dry her clothes, and was shocked when she saw Fu Yunzhao's appearance: "Yunzhao, did you buy all the firecracker stalls?"
Fu Yunzhao raised his head and said: "This store has the most complete products and the most affordable prices, so I bought them all."
Yin Jinhua, who came home from school early, stopped boxing and circled the unicycle several times. Then he looked at Fu Yunzhao with admiration and said, "Master's wife, you are so amazing."
Yin Jinhua has a boyish temperament and has loved setting off fireworks and firecrackers since he was a child. As a child, he has a temper attack, and at this moment, his heart is filled with the longing and joy of setting off firecrackers.
That night, because Fu Yunzhao was out of quarantine for a short time, a few extra dishes were prepared at home. The women had no time to spare at night, so they prepared the noodles and fried foods by category.
Fei Jingting listened to the sporadic sound of firecrackers outside and felt the full flavor of the New Year. He simply stopped practicing and went to the supermarket in the small world for a walk. He picked up a lot of fried goods and saved them for tomorrow.
Fry it out of the pan.
In the evening, Guan Xiyi and Ni Qiufeng returned to the room early with a tacit understanding, and Fei Jingting followed the noisy Fu Yunzhao back to the master bedroom.
Fu Yunzhao hadn't broken through yet, so he could only sleep naked. The two talked for a while, and Fei Jingting laughed at Fu Yunzhao for interrupting his practice for the sake of firecrackers. Fu Yunzhao hummed in disbelief, and after a while he said: "Firecrackers and stuff are better.
Secondly, mainly because it’s my first time to celebrate the New Year with brother Jingting, I don’t want to miss it.”