Chapter 2231 This is the life that descendants of Yan and Huang should have
Chapter 2231, This is the life that the descendants of Yan and Huang should have
Capital City of the Ming Dynasty.
The sky is clear, the wind is sunny, and the autumn air is crisp. It is really a good weather.
The temperature is neither high nor low, and it is the most comfortable time of the year.
Liu Jin walked around the campus of Imperial College London, looking at the golden fallen leaves covering the campus roads, and then looking at the energetic young students on campus.
The whole person couldn't help but sigh. He seemed to be really old, just like this season. Although the residual heat of summer is still exuding, autumn is thick and winter is approaching.
This year, there have been widespread and large-scale disaster weather events around the world, which has led to a significant reduction in global agricultural production and harvests in many places around the world.
In areas such as the Ottoman Empire, the Persian Empire, Egypt, and Europe, many people at the bottom are suffering from hunger at this moment.
Expensive food is constantly depriving them of them invisibly, making them poorer and even poorer. It is normal for them to sell their sons and daughters.
However, all this is very far away for the people of Ming Dynasty, and their impact is very small.
Although several northern provinces in the Ming Dynasty were almost faced with large-scale production reductions or even no harvests, the impact on the lives of the people of the Ming Dynasty was minimal.
The price of food has not fluctuated at all. The Ming Empire has enough food reserves to feed the people of the Ming Dynasty for several years.
What's more, the proportion of agriculture in these provinces of the Ming Empire has been declining rapidly, especially Beizhili.
As early as more than ten years ago, few people in Beizhili were growing food, and most people were developing other more valuable agriculture.
Such as breeding, fruit planting, flower and tree planting, vegetable planting, etc. Vegetable greenhouses are very common in Beizhili. In winter, the vegetables produced here in Beizhili can not only satisfy the huge demand in the Beijing-Tianjin area
The demand has even enabled large-scale support to be sent to other parts of the Ming Dynasty, so that the people of the Ming Dynasty can eat the freshest vegetables even in winter.
Therefore, even if there is a drought or something, the impact on these places is not great. Advances in technology and industry, as well as industrial changes, have made the impact of natural disasters on these places less and less.
Reflecting on the lives of people in the Beijing-Tianjin area, the lives of people in the Beijing-Tianjin area have not changed at all. They are still living the happy life of citizens of a powerful empire as before.
Liu Jin carefully observed these students on campus.
First of all, the most profound impact on Liu Jin is that these students are generally taller, especially compared with before, these young people today are much taller.
When Liu Jin first traveled through time, Liu Jin's biggest impression was that the people of the Ming Dynasty were not very tall. The average height of men was probably only about 160 centimeters. As for women, it was even shorter. There were short people everywhere, one was 170 centimeters tall.
He is considered tall despite his height, and he is tall and powerful.
You must know that this is a northern region. In later generations, the average height of men in Shandong and Hebei was around 180cm, and for women, it was around 170cm.
But in the Ming Dynasty, the height of this Ming Dynasty man was more than ten centimeters shorter, and it was difficult to see people over 180 meters tall.
Now after more than thirty years of development, if you look at these young people today, they are all tall and tall, and they have basically returned to the average height level of later generations.
There is no doubt that this is mainly because the diet of the Ming Dynasty people has undergone decisive changes. In the past, it was a problem for the Ming Dynasty people to even eat enough. Now, the Ming Dynasty people can not only eat enough, but also eat well.
Fish, shrimps and crabs in the ocean, cattle, sheep and horses in the grassland, pigs, chickens, ducks and geese in the farms, etc., these have become home-cooked dishes on the dining tables of the Ming Dynasty people.
Born in such a new era, these young people of the Ming Dynasty have been growing taller and stronger, and there are even a large number of over-nourished fat people.
Fat people were rare in the past. Fat people could only be found in landlords' families. It was impossible for ordinary families to have fat people because it was impossible to raise fat people without enough food.
But now, in the Ming Empire, especially in the Beijing-Tianjin area, fat people are very common. Even ordinary families have many fat people.
This situation is similar to that of later generations.
Before the reform and opening up, living conditions were not good, there were very few fat people, and they were generally short. However, after the reform and opening up, people's living standards continued to improve.
There are more and more fat people, and everyone among the younger generation is generally tall and tall.
Just judging from the height of the younger generation, the development of the Ming Empire over the past few decades has been fruitful.
It can even be said that the current Ming Empire is better than that of later generations.
Apart from anything else, beef and mutton accounted for a very large proportion in the diet of the Ming people. This was mainly because the Ming Empire had many of the best pastures in the world.
In the northern grasslands, Western Regions, Central Asia, Northwest, Hezhong, Black Earth, Australia, Golden Island, etc., the Ming people had a large amount of land and high-quality grasslands to graze cattle and sheep.
The number of cattle and sheep produced is very large, and coupled with the convenient transportation of railways and highways, it can be continuously transported to various parts of the Ming Empire.
In terms of the price of beef and mutton, the price of beef and mutton is not much more expensive than the price of pork. Pork is sixty-seven cents per catty, while beef and mutton are only eighty-nine cents per catty.
This price can be said to be very cheap!
In later generations, the price of beef and mutton has generally been tens of kilograms. This price is very expensive. Ordinary families are generally not willing to eat beef and mutton every day.
But for the people of the Ming Dynasty in this period, eating beef and mutton every meal was no problem at all. Compared with the income of other Ming people, eight or nine cents per pound of beef and mutton was not a problem at all.
Nowadays, the average annual income of people in the Ming Dynasty is almost 200 taels of silver. One tael of silver is equal to 1,000 wen. Eating beef and mutton does not put any pressure on the people of the Ming Dynasty. Sometimes they even think that beef and mutton are not delicious.
pork.
This is the current Ming Empire. It has a huge pasture, which is enough to produce a large number of cattle and sheep to supply the dining tables of the Ming people, so that the people of the Ming Dynasty do not have to worry about meat.
Comparatively speaking, compared with the small amount of pasture in later generations and the huge population of more than one billion, the beef and mutton produced are simply not enough, and it is normal for the price to be high.
You must know that in other parts of the world, such as Australia, South America and Argentina, where there are many pastures and small populations, it is very common for them to eat beef and mutton. The price is also very low, and ordinary people can eat it at will.
To sum up, the Ming Empire now has fewer people and more land, and is rich in resources, so it is possible to live a very comfortable life.
Liu Jin's face was filled with a smile.
I have traveled through time and worked hard for decades, just for today, for this moment.
Seeing these new generation Ming people, Liu Jin felt that his efforts were worth it and that all his efforts were rewarded.
The great descendants of Yan and Huang have been the most diligent and intelligent nation since ancient times.
However, the life of the descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties has not been very good. There have been too many sufferings in history. In later generations, they have experienced hundreds of years of suffering and have become poor and weak.
Even if we work hard to catch up, relying on the efforts of several generations to slowly catch up with the pace of the world, there is still a big gap compared to the world's powerful countries.
Especially for the people at the bottom, the pressure is too great. Mortgage, education, medical care and elderly care are still big problems and a lot of pressure.
Let’s look at the current Ming Empire.
The descendants of Yan and Huang are spread all over the world, occupying the vastest land, the most resources, and the greatest wealth. They live the best life and enjoy the happiest moments.
In Liu Jin's view, this is what the descendants of Yan and Huang should look like and live.
Because only in this way can we be worthy of the hard work and wisdom of the descendants of Yan and Huang.
“It’s time to see Ming Dynasty’s first airplane!”
Liu Jin sighed for a while, and then walked towards a testing ground on campus.
The reason why Liu Jin came to Imperial College London this time was mainly because he was invited by Imperial College London to watch the first airplane in human history invented by Imperial College London.
PS: Alas, there are too many sheep now. There are sheep in the house, and I am trembling~