Chapter 1925, the prosperity and wealth of the capital
"Our capital city of the Ming Dynasty has many places worth visiting. When you come to the capital city, you must go to see a football match, listen to a play, and go to the zoo to see animals from all over the world.
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In a leisure area of the Daming Royal Hotel, many students gathered together and excitedly discussed their travel plans in the capital. Chen Peter, Zeng Ziying, Li Xiangdong, Yun Tiankong and others had just arrived in the capital, but because they were taking a sleeper train
They came here, so they were not tired. On the contrary, they were full of energy, and they were saying that they would start traveling around today.
Anyway, it's still June, it's still very early, and there are still a few months until the general examination. It's okay to have some fun and relax in the capital first, and then prepare for the exam properly.
The imperial examination is not useful for cramming. Even if you prepare hard for the examination, the probability of getting into high school is still very slim.
Nearly 20,000 people came to take the imperial examination, and there were only more than 500 places. With such a low admission rate, the absolute majority of them probably came to the capital to experience the prosperity and excitement of the capital.
So after finally coming to the capital, I naturally wanted to have a good time.
Chen Peter listened to Li Xiangdong and Yun Tiankong talking endlessly about the interesting places in the capital, talking about our Ming Dynasty, which always made Chen Peter feel a little awkward.
Because both of them are authentic Caucasians and Georgians, their looks are very different from those of the Ming Dynasty. It is always a bit awkward to keep calling us Ming Dynasty people.
To be honest, Chen Peter's identification with the Ming Empire is not that strong yet, and his time for reading sages' books is still short.
He used to grow up in a noble family of the Principality of Moscow. It was not until the Black Earth Province was incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty a few years ago that everything about the Ming Dynasty gradually filled his daily life.
Li Xiangdong, Yun Tiankong and the others were different. They had grown up under the rule of the Ming Dynasty since they were young. Their parents often told them about their previous miserable lives and their happy lives after becoming people of the Ming Dynasty.
Under the influence, Nanyun Province has gradually forgotten the previous concepts of Caucasians and Georgians. The concept of Ming people and people of Ming Dynasty has gradually gained everyone's recognition.
Becoming part of the Ming Empire and the people of the Ming Dynasty are very lucky for the local people in Nanyun Province.
In the past, they were the targets of plunder by the Ottoman Turks, Persians, Crimean Khanate Tatars, Mongols and even the Genoese in Italy, and were the source of their slaves.
Georgian slaves and Caucasian slaves are among the most popular slaves on the market.
Men were tall and strong, making them the best labor force and the best war slaves, and were highly favored by the Ottoman Sultan.
The woman is fair-skinned, beautiful, tall, graceful, and has a docile personality. She has always been the favorite of Middle Eastern nobles and tribal leaders.
Their history is a history of being robbed, plundered, and humiliated.
Neighbors from all directions can come and bully them. Their homeland is the grassy valley of the Mongols, Turks, and Tatars. It is a place where Persians, Turkmen, and Arabs find confidence.
With such a long history, their lives have always been very turbulent and restless, and they often have to resist the invasion and plunder of foreign enemies.
It was not until the Ming Empire incorporated this land into the Ming Dynasty that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty began to bless the people on this land, and they began to truly live a happy, stable, and prosperous life.
It benefited from being located at the transit point of East-West trade, benefited from the rapid development of capitalism and colonialism in the Ming Empire, and benefited from the advancement of science and technology and industry.
The development speed here in Nanyun Province is very amazing. The construction of trains, highways, urban planning, etc. have also brought a large number of jobs to the local people.
The lives of the original locals in Nanyun Province have rapidly undergone tremendous changes.
Now more than ten years have passed, and Nanyun Province is no longer the original Caucasus region, and the Caucasus Mountains have been renamed Nanyun Mountains.
The life of the local people is very prosperous, stable and comfortable. People like their current life and are grateful to the Great Tomorrow and actively integrate into this great empire.
This is something that the local Slavs in Black Earth Province cannot yet understand, especially for old Slavic aristocrats like Chen Peter, who find it a bit difficult to understand Li Xiangdong, Yun Tiankong and the others.
However, when he came to the capital, Chen Peter could also feel the prosperity, wealth and excitement of the Ming Dynasty.
In addition, here in the capital of Ming Dynasty, even though it has only been a short time since arriving here, Peter Chen can also see it.
The capital of the Ming Dynasty is very clean. It is difficult to see any garbage on the roads. You can see some trash cans everywhere in the streets and alleys, and you can also see some elderly people cleaning the streets.
This alone has completely overwhelmed European cities.
The Moscow city in my memory, when I followed my father to visit the city, the whole city was extremely dirty, chaotic, and disorderly, and all kinds of indescribable smells filled the streets and alleys.
Look at the capital city of the Ming Dynasty now. The streets are clean and tidy, the roads are spacious and straight, and the air is very good. The key is that you can see a lot of trees planted on both sides of the road, which are shady.
The Ming Dynasty people on the street are all well-dressed, clean and tidy, and have a very good spirit. This is something that people in Moscow did not have in the past.
Compared with the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty, the city of Moscow is like a stinking ditch and there is no comparison.
Of course, Meucheng is also undergoing reconstruction, widening roads, building tap water and sewage systems, and imposing corresponding requirements on all residents. The environment has also changed a lot.
The people of Ming Dynasty seem to have magical powers and can always make a place more and more beautiful.
In addition, the prosperity and prosperity of this capital also left a deep impression on Peter Chen.
On the way to the hotel in a rickshaw, Peter Chen carefully observed the situation on both sides of the road.
There are many high-rise buildings, buildings with more than ten floors, twenty or thirty floors, can be seen everywhere. At a glance, it seems that they are all composed of such high buildings.
There are many expensive cars, and cars costing several thousand taels each are very rare in Meocheng. Only those Ming Dynasty people who are really rich can afford to drive one.
But here, cars seem to have become extremely ordinary. There are so many cars on the road that the road seems a bit congested.
As for bicycles and motorcycles, they are even more common. Yanran has become something that everyone owns. There is a huge wave of bicycles and motorcycles on the wide roads.
Bicycles and motorcycles are not cheap, but here, they are just ordinary means of transportation, and their ownership and ownership rates are very high.
The businesses on both sides of the road are extremely prosperous, with a wide variety of shops selling products from all over the world. There are many things that Peter Chen has never even heard of, let alone seen.
Look at the Ming Dynasty students around us. The content they discuss is all over the world, from the traditional Confucian Four Books and Five Classics to today's current affairs and politics, as well as strange things from all over the world. These students themselves come from all over the world, and naturally they also bring
of things and things from all over the world.
Here, a dark-skinned student from Nanyang was bragging about the types of fruits in his hometown, such as durian, mangosteen, jackfruit, coconut, etc.
There are also students from Huangjin Continent, talking about the vastness and magic of Huangjin Continent, and boasting that their families have more than a dozen gold mines and tens of thousands of acres of fertile farmland in Huangjin Continent.
A student from Ningguo, a vassal state of Ming Dynasty, boasted about the prosperity and liveliness of Tianzhu Continent, and told everyone about the caste system of Ningguo. He proudly told everyone that we Ming people are of the highest caste. On Tianzhu Continent, those of lower castes
People cannot step on their own shadow while walking, otherwise it will be a serious crime.
There are also students from Australia who are telling everyone about the vast grasslands of Australia, talking about some magical animals on the Australian continent, kangaroos that use pockets to raise babies, and giving everyone a taste of the full-flavored kangaroo jerky.
It is also said to have the effect of nourishing yin and replenishing yang.
Chen Peter didn't know whether it worked or not. Anyway, he was too spicy. The taste of the kangaroo jerky was too strong, so he had to use chili pepper to cover it up, otherwise it would be difficult to eat.
There were also students from the grasslands who recounted the glorious history of their Mongolian ancestors and told everyone about the life of thousands of galloping horses on the grasslands, riding horses, shooting arrows and eating roasted whole sheep. They also warmly invited everyone to come with them if they have time after the imperial examination.
Let’s have fun on the grassland and treat everyone to a roasted whole lamb.
The students in front of him came from all over the world, and everyone told each other about things in their hometowns, which was an eye-opener for Chen Peter.
In the past, although I could understand something by reading newspapers, nothing reported in newspapers could be as convincing as what the locals themselves told.
For example, the Golden Continent is full of gold, but students from the Golden Continent tell everyone that this is pure nonsense. Although there is indeed more gold in the Golden Continent, it is absolutely impossible to say that the entire Golden Continent is filled with gold.
"Brother Chen, you are from Black Earth Province. Can you tell us something about Black Earth Province?"
Some people looked at Chen Peter and wanted to hear Peter Chen talk about the Black Earth Province. This Black Earth Province had only been under the rule of the Ming Dynasty for a few years. Everyone was also very curious about everything about the Black Earth Province and all looked over.
