Chapter 1638, this is what the city should look like
Although he felt sad for the Tianzhu people, Leonardo da Vinci could not do anything. Looking at the pious looks of these people, he seemed to be content with it.
As far as Leonardo da Vinci knew, this huge country of Ning had a huge population of tens of millions.
However, among them, the number of Han people is only a few hundred thousand. The rest are basically native to Tianzhu. A few hundred thousand people rule a population of tens of millions. Just thinking about it is like walking a tightrope, which makes people nervous.
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However, in fact, Ningguo's rule is extremely stable, and there are few rebellions. It seems that everyone here is willing to accept the rule of foreigners.
No matter how hard and tiring their lives are, they seem to be content with it, and even think that all this is natural. Not only will they not resist these Ming people who are riding on their heads and domineering,
And I feel that all of this is natural.
Such a strange phenomenon made Leonardo da Vinci have to admire the power of religion and the power and terror of the caste system.
Just like Europe in the Middle Ages, under the rule of the church, the entire Middle Ages was dark without a trace of light, and everyone even took it for granted.
Leonardo da Vinci did not stay in Tianzhu for too long, because he felt that great ideas and art could not be nurtured in such a dark and lifeless soil, so he still had to go to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.
As he came into contact with more and more people from the Ming Dynasty, and after contacting many intellectuals from the Ming Dynasty, he became even more eager to arrive in the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, go to the Ming Dynasty to learn about Chinese civilization, and experience the splendid and dazzling Chinese culture.
Departing from Anning City in Ningguo, we took a boat all the way eastward, along Ceylon Island, Malacca, Luzon, and Ryukyu. After more than a month of sea voyage.
Da Vinci finally arrived in Songhu, Ming Dynasty, and I set foot on the mainland of Ming Dynasty.
In the Songhu Huangpu River, Leonardo da Vinci stood on the deck and looked at Songhu in front of him.
On both sides of the Huangpu River, there are many high-rise buildings, and the glass windows reflect the dazzling light under the sunlight; the straight and spacious cement roads extend to the end of the field of vision, and at the same time, the two sides of the Huangpu River are divided neatly and dotted.
On both sides of the Huangpu River, there are many docks and countless ships are moored. Various flags are flying on the ships. The Ming Dynasty Dragon Flag at the top is the most dazzling, fluttering in the wind and making a hunting sound.
Looking into the distance, huge chimneys stand in the industrial area, constantly emitting billowing white smoke into the sky, filling the air here with an industrial atmosphere.
On the spacious cement road, there is a lot of traffic, and the number of four-wheeled carriages is very large and very busy. In addition, you can also see a huge group of bicycles. People ride two-wheeled bicycles on the road very fast.
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Restaurants, teahouses, restaurants, hotels, etc. can be seen everywhere on both sides of the Huangpu River. When standing on the boat, you can even look at each other while sitting in the restaurant enjoying the river view.
The exterior walls of the buildings that you can see are all painted white with lime. Some of them are exquisite, and even use various colors. When you look at it, it gives people a very good feeling, clean and tidy.
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"Finally arrived at the mainland of Ming Dynasty, Songhu!"
Da Vinci got off the boat and set foot on the land of Songhu in the Ming Dynasty.
The Huangpu River Port Terminal is naturally all made of cement. Although the pier is extremely busy, it is very clean.
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Every wharf is cleaned very clean, and those who load and unload goods are no longer slaves. The use of slaves is not allowed in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the wharf workers are a group of people with little technical content but high income, and there are many things to pay attention to.
"The people of Ming Dynasty are really extravagant!"
"Everywhere is paved with cement. This road is spacious and easy to walk on, and it is also very clean and tidy."
Looking at the cement road in front of him, Leonardo da Vinci couldn't help but think of European cities.
The roads in the city are really indescribable.
The places where there are paved bricks and stones are better, at least not too muddy, but many places are basically not paved with bricks, and the special climate in Europe makes it humid and rainy.
When it rains, the roads become extremely muddy and full of potholes, just like mud, leaving you with no place to step.
As for when the weather is sunny, the roads are naturally easier to walk, but when people dump all kinds of excrement on the road randomly, the city will stink, and the pungent smell will make you feel uncomfortable at all. Can't stand it.
This is why European royal families and nobles like to build castles in the countryside, because they can't stand the stench of the city.
This is also the reason why Europeans invented high heels. The purpose is to prevent stepping on some unspeakable things and make it easier to walk in the city.
But even if you build a castle outside the city, European royal families and nobles like to hold parties, dances and the like frequently. After a party, it becomes dirty again, so you often need to prepare several castles to avoid getting dirty. The other one will come back after cleaning it.
The most distinctive characteristics of European cities during this period were that they were dirty, messy, and full of stench. On the contrary, European villages and countryside were very nice because of their special climate conditions, with fresh air and green grass.
In Leonardo da Vinci's impression, cities have always been like this, very dirty and smelly.
However, the moment he set foot on Songhu, his view of the city completely changed.
Let’s not talk about the high-rise buildings, but the clean, tidy, and neatly planned city in front of us. There are even a lot of trees, flowers and plants planted on both sides of the road.
At this moment, the trees are luxuriant and the flowers are in full bloom. In some places where osmanthus trees are planted, when the osmanthus blooms, the fragrance of the flowers overflows, and the whole street is filled with the fragrance of osmanthus.
Here, you can't see any dirty things at all, and you can't see women dumping those unspeakable things into the streets and alleys. Even the four-wheeled carriages walking back and forth have a horse hanging on the back. Zhuanzi is specially used to hold horse excrement.
On the streets, you can see trash cans everywhere. People dump all their garbage into these trash cans, and then there will be special garbage trucks to transport the garbage away.
"This is what a city should be like!"
Da Vinci couldn't help but sigh.
Before coming here, he never dared to imagine that the city could still look like this and be so clean.
He could even say that the roads here are cleaner than those in European homes.
And the city in front of us has no city walls at all. The roads stretch to the end of the field of vision, straight and straight, as if there is no worry about being invaded at all.
I walked very casually on the streets of Songhu. The shops on both sides were clean and tidy, and the products inside looked so exquisite.
The people in the Ming Dynasty on the street all have rosy faces, are neatly and cleanly dressed, and are polite to each other. You can clearly feel the confidence that the people in the Ming Dynasty exude at all times.
This confidence not only comes from the strength of the Ming Empire, but also comes from their confidence in their own country, their own nation, and their own civilization.
In contrast, what I saw in Europe was that not only were the cities very dirty and messy, but most of the people were also dressed in tatters, dirty, and often appeared barbaric and rude.
As for the complexion, there is no way to compare it. The aura exuding from the body, you can't see the confidence and pride of the Ming Dynasty people at all.
Compared with the Ming Dynasty cities in front of us, European cities are like clowns and like dirty fish markets. There is no comparison at all.
And in terms of scale, Songhu in front of us is even more huge.
On both sides of the Huangpu River, there are neatly planned buildings, industrial areas, living areas, etc. everywhere. If you put any area in Europe, it would be a big city.
As for the Songhu in front of me, I heard someone say it when I came here. It is said that this Songhu has a huge population of more than 3 million.
Three million people gathered in one city. It was really hard for Leonardo da Vinci to imagine how huge this city was, but what was even more unbelievable was that a city with such a huge population could be so clean and tidy.
You know, here in Europe, sometimes the population of a country is only a few million people.
However, in the Ming Dynasty, the population of just one city is several million. It is said that Songhu in front of us is not the largest city in the Ming Dynasty.
The capital of the Ming Dynasty, Tianjin, and Jinling were all larger than Songhu and had a larger population.
"Millions of people are crowded into a city, and it is incredible that it can be so clean and tidy!"
"What's even more incredible is why people in the Ming Dynasty are not afraid of various diseases?"
"The more and densely the population gathers, the greater the risk of various diseases. Don't Ming people understand this?"
Leonardo da Vinci fell into deep thought. He also studied medicine. Europe had a small population and small cities, which were largely affected by the Black Death in the Middle Ages.
More than a hundred years ago, the Black Death swept through Europe. The disease killed one-third of Europe's population and killed 25 million people.
Countless big cities turned into dead cities overnight. Since then, the population of Europe has dropped sharply, and cities cannot develop. A city with tens of thousands of people is considered a big city. As for a city with hundreds of thousands of people, it is considered a big city.
It is an amazing big city, often the capital of a country.
Songhu in front of us has a population of several million. It seems that people in the Ming Dynasty are not afraid of various diseases at all, or that these diseases will not spread in the cities of the Ming Dynasty at all.
