Chapter 1590 , the great melting pot of Chixia City
The 'Little Herring' sailed on the sea for several days and finally arrived at Chixia City.
Simon stood on the pier and looked at the Chixia Port in front of him. It was very large, far larger than any port he had ever seen. Compared with it, Marseille in France was like a small market in the countryside.
The Chixia Port in front of you is extremely busy. The piers extend along the coastline to the end of the field of vision. The spacious roads connect the Chixia City without city walls. What you can see are tall buildings. Under the sunlight, the people on the tall buildings are
The glass windows reflect dazzling light.
All kinds of huge signboards are very eye-catching, and the huge Chinese characters have a sense of history. These buildings show the charm of the East, and look at the ships moored in the port.
Each of these ships is huge. If you put any of them in Europe, they are large ships, which are relatively rare. But here, they are almost all large sea ships. Simon even saw the super large ones that emit smoke.
ship.
It is said that this is a new type of sea-going ship called a steamship. It has only been out for a few years. It relies on steam engines to provide power. It is very fast and is getting bigger and bigger. The Galenic sailing ship in Europe is in front of it.
It looks like a small sailboat.
Everything told Simon that he had arrived at Chixia City in Ningguo, West Africa. However, when Simon looked at the crowd around him, he was dumbfounded again, because many of the people he saw were blond and blue-eyed, with tall noses and deep eyes.
People, as for Ming people with dark eyes and black hair, they are not very common, and the number does not seem to be very large.
But soon, he knew that he had indeed arrived in Chixia City, because here, whether they were white Europeans with tall noses and deep eyes, blond hair and blue eyes, or Tianzhu people with slightly darker skin from Tianzhu, or some from the Middle East
Arabs all speak Ming dialect.
Although Simon doesn't understand Daming dialect, he has listened to it a lot along the way and can tell that this is Daming dialect, and some of it is a bit lame and slow.
Look at the way these people dress, they are all in the style of the Ming Dynasty. Only the Ming Dynasty people in the world like to shave their beards and cut their hair short.
There is nothing to say about the hair. The beard is a symbol of identity and status in many countries. In Europe and the Middle East, it is strictly forbidden to shave the beard, because it means that there is no manliness and is very feminine.
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But in the Ming Dynasty, the situation is different. People in the Ming Dynasty like to shave their beards. They believe that beards affect people's lives, so they should be shaved off, just like nails must be cut when they grow long.
, the same is true for this hair.
From the maritime academy to the army and then to factories, shaving beards and cutting short hair gradually became popular, and now it has become a trend, especially among young people.
Naturally, this also affected the overseas vassals and colonies. Everyone also followed suit to shave their beards and cut their hair, which in turn affected the slaves who came to the Ming Dynasty. Gradually, everyone got used to it and felt that this was really good.
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Cutting your hair short and shaving your beard not only makes you more comfortable, but is also more hygienic and makes work and life more convenient.
But at this time, both the Middle East and Europeans regarded their beards as something sacred and inviolable. Even the nobles in these places would put on fake beards. The thicker the beard, the more manly it looked, so they were asked to shave it.
It's impossible to lose your beard, they will fight you tooth and nail.
The same goes for Simon. With his beard, he immediately looked a little out of place standing on the streets of Chixia City, so that people around him frequently cast strange looks at him.
“Find a place to eat first~”
Simon touched his belly. He had not had a good meal for several days on the boat. Now that he finally arrived in Chixia City, he was not in a hurry to find the Jewish community. He planned to inspect Chixia City first.
Case.
"Look carefully, we Jews are the best at doing business. There are tens of thousands of Jews in Chixia City. They will definitely become the rich people in Chixia City, and their properties can be seen everywhere."
"We will go visit them then, and we will soon be able to understand everything in Chixia City in detail."
Simon ordered the few followers around him, and then started wandering around Chixia City, preparing to look for restaurants and see if he could find any shops opened by Jews.
They quickly found the hotel. There were many restaurants, restaurants and the like. Chixia City is a big city in East Africa. The economy and trade are very developed, and there are many ships going between them.
This provides excellent development conditions for Chixia City's catering, entertainment, and trade. There are a large number of restaurants, restaurants, hotels, brothels, Chuguan, etc. near the port.
However, I couldn't find any shops opened by Jews. All the signboards had the same Chinese characters. Even though some shops were not opened by Ming people, they still had to use the Chinese characters to say "Minghua".
Any other language or script is allowed.
I randomly found a place called Hongxia Restaurant, and as soon as I walked in, I could see several teenage boys coming up to greet me.
"Gentlemen, please take a seat~"
Simon couldn't understand the Ming dialect, but he looked carefully at these teenage boys. They were all Europeans, but they spoke authentic Ming dialect, and they were all dressed like Ming people.
, apart from this appearance, you really can’t tell the difference.
I randomly found a seat by the sea and sat down, and the waiter quickly wiped the table, served tea, and handed over the menu.
"Gentlemen, what would you like to eat?"
Jack Chen asked with a smile on his face.
When he was a child, he followed his mother and was sold as a slave to Chixia City. Later, he was bought by the restaurant owner Chen Laoshi. His mother became Chen Laoshi's concubine. Later, he started to open a small restaurant and slowly opened it to what he is now.
This Hongxia Restaurant.
Jack Chen also changed his surname to Chen and became a waiter in this restaurant.
"We came here from France, Europe, and we don't know Ming dialect or Chinese characters~"
Simon and others were a little dumbfounded when they looked at it. Several of his followers knew multiple languages, but no one knew how to speak clearly. They had no choice but to speak to Jack Chen in several languages.
The Italian spoken in it is Jack Chen's native language. He is Italian and can understand it.
"I can speak Italian, but it's been a while and I'm not very good at it anymore."
Jack Chen said in Italian.
"That's great~"
Simon immediately became happy, finally meeting someone with whom he could communicate.
"Bring me some random food, as long as I can eat enough."
"Okay, one bucket of rice and two stir-fried meat and vegetable dishes."
Jack Chen immediately shouted, this is the consistent rule of Daming Restaurant. When the customer orders, the waiter will sing the food. Firstly, it is to respect the guest, and secondly, it is also to facilitate the kitchen to serve the food in time.
"Is this really Chixia City?"
"Why do I see that many people are not from the Ming Dynasty? The number of people from the Ming Dynasty seems to be very small."
Simon asked Jack Chen very puzzledly.
"Of course this is Chixia City~"
"There are hundreds of thousands of people in Chixia City, including about 50,000 Ming people. The rest are people from all over the world, and of course most of them are slaves."
"It is naturally more difficult to see Daming people in the streets and alleys. Daming people are all people of the highest caste. They have a noble status. Even if they travel, they rarely walk. They always sit in four-wheeled carriages, or are pulled by rickshaws and rickshaws.
, and there are slaves carrying the sedan chair.”
Jack Chen smiled and said.
"Highest caste?"
"We just happened to know it. I don't understand it very well. Could you please explain it to us in detail?"
When Simon heard this, he immediately asked.
"Here in our country of Ning, His Highness Prince Ning has divided everyone into many levels. The highest level is the Ming people, which are the Ming people with black eyes and black hair. They can also be said to be Han people."
"They are the descendants of Pangu, the descendants of gods. They have noble status and noble blood."
"Next are the Brahmins created by God Pangu with his own hands. They were created by God to protect his children. There are several types of Brahmins. One is the people from the Ming Dynasty vassal country, such as the Japanese and Korean people.
, and the other ones are some nobles of the Ning Kingdom, people who have been given noble status by His Highness King Ning himself."
Chen Jack told Simon in detail about the caste system in Ningguo. This caste system originated from Tianzhu and is now being developed and studied to the extreme by Ningguo.
People are divided into three, six or nine grades. In addition to blood and bloodline, there are also the degree of learning the Ming Dynasty dialect, whether they can write Ming Dynasty characters, how much they know about the customs and customs of the Ming Dynasty, and whether they are good citizens.
, make any special and outstanding contributions to Ningguo, etc.
A very complete system, but one thing that is very different from the caste system here in Tianzhu is that the caste system in Ningguo is similar to the household registration system in Ming Dynasty, that is, people from lower castes can climb to higher castes through their own slaves.
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For example, as long as a slave makes a special contribution to the Ning State, such as fighting for King Ning and making meritorious service, he can become a free man from a slave at the bottom, or as long as he works hard for more than thirty years, his master will report to the government.
After applying here, after verification, it was found that he was indeed diligent and worked for the master for many years. According to the consistent rules of the Ming Dynasty, even if the old scalper is dying, he must be given a certain degree of dignity.
When this slave gets old, he can still be free. Even if he dies, he will no longer be a slave, but will die as a free man, giving him the final dignity. To provide you with the fastest update of Ming Zhenhai King,
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