In a huge castle in Toledo, Spain, the huge hall is extremely luxuriously decorated. The walls are rich in religious paintings, there is a large crystal chandelier overhead, and the floor is covered with cashmere carpets from the Ottoman Empire.
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The band was playing lively music, and the fine wine and food around the hall exuded charming fragrances. In the hall, many Spanish nobles were enjoying their own beautiful era.
Zhao Houhou and a Spanish countess danced slowly and briskly to the music.
It has been almost half a month since he came to Spain. Zhao Houhou is very busy every day. Every day, Spanish nobles invite him to various banquets.
And at every banquet, he was the focus of everyone's attention and was deeply loved by these Spanish people. For people from the distant eastern countries, these Spanish ladies wanted to swallow Zhao Houhou and Jiang Liang and study them carefully.
Ichiban.
With the rise of the Renaissance movement, European ideas gradually liberated, and the era of combining sex with art was extremely open to this aspect.
"The development of these Europeans in all aspects has reached an extremely high level. They are the most developed countries and regions I have ever seen. In many aspects, they have even surpassed our Ming Dynasty."
"However, the body odor on their bodies is really too strong. Why don't they like to take a bath?"
Holding the beautiful countess in his arms, Zhao Houhou's nose couldn't help but move slightly.
Europeans throughout the era did not like bathing. This is a tradition originated from the Middle Ages. They believed that bathing would bring diseases to themselves, so they did not like bathing from top to bottom.
Although the temperature in Europe is not high, and the sweat glands of Europeans are not very developed, the consequence of not taking a shower for a long time is that everywhere in Europe in this era is full of stench.
Even the well-dressed nobles in the hall are like this. They have all kinds of stinks that make people do evil. In addition, they all like to spray various perfumes.
When many flavors are mixed together, you can imagine the taste.
"Zhao?"
"You smell so good. What perfume are you wearing?"
Margaret, who was hugged by Zhao Houhou, pressed her head tightly against Zhao Houhou's body and smelled it carefully. The light fragrance was refreshing.
"This is not perfume, this is the fragrance in soap."
Zhao Hou lowered his head and looked at the beauty in front of him. The white skirt was layered one after another. The waist was very thin and full of beautiful curves.
"What is soap?"
Margaret asked with some confusion.
"A thing specially used for bathing. It can remove the greasiness on the body. In our Ming Dynasty, as long as conditions permit, we have to bathe almost every day."
Zhao Houhou smiled and explained.
"God, do you Ming people take baths every day?"
When Margaret heard this, she opened her mouth slightly and said.
"Yes, taking a bath regularly will keep your body clean. This way you will be more hygienic and less likely to breed diseases."
"I'll give you some soap later. I think you'll like it."
"By then, even if you don't wear perfume, your body will be full of charming fragrance."
Zhao Houshou smiled and said? But in his mind, he was thinking that there were not many things left that he had brought. If he kept delivering them like this, they would all be delivered soon.
But there is no way, Spanish ladies are too enthusiastic.
"Really?"
"Thank you very much."
When Margaret heard this, she couldn't help but stood up on tiptoes and offered a kiss.
Zhao Houhou is busy picking up girls here, but Jiang Liang on the other side is surrounded by a group of Spanish nobles? Listening to Jiang Liang's story about the Ming Dynasty,
"God? You conquered the Mongols?"
When they heard that the Ming Dynasty had defeated the Mongols, some people exclaimed in disbelief.
Back then, the whip of God struck the Europeans so hard that they still cannot forget it. But now, Jiang Liang actually told them that the Ming Dynasty had conquered Mongolia.
"Yes~ A few years ago, our Ming Dynasty defeated the grassland people, and now their grasslands are also under the rule of our Emperor Ming."
"Our Ming Dynasty's territory is extremely vast. It is nearly 7,000 miles from Beihai in the north to Nanyang Province in the south. If you are riding a horse, you may have to ride for more than a month to reach it."
"Our Ming Dynasty has a very large population. If we include the concealed population, our Ming Dynasty's population may exceed 10 million people."
Jiang Liang nodded solemnly and talked about the vastness and vastness of the Ming Dynasty.
"Oh God~"
“It takes more than a month of horseback riding to get from the southernmost to the northernmost~”
"The population exceeds 10 million~"
When the nobles around heard this, they couldn't help but exclaimed again.
It sounds like the whole of Europe is not as big as the Ming Dynasty, and the population of the whole of Europe is not as large as the Ming Dynasty. What a huge empire this is, everyone can't help but imagine it in their minds.
"I really want to visit your Ming Dynasty and experience the prosperity of your Ming Dynasty~"
"What do you think of our Spanish cities?"
"Compared with your Ming Dynasty city, which one is bigger and more prosperous?"
Some nobles asked eagerly. They were curious about the Ming Dynasty and wanted to ask all aspects of the Ming Dynasty carefully and clearly.
"Your city is also very large and prosperous. I have traveled to many countries and regions, and your Spanish city is the largest and most prosperous city besides our cities in the Ming Dynasty."
Jiang Liang smiled and replied.
He is a navigator. He has been to Japan, Korea, and other countries in Southeast Asia. He is quite knowledgeable. It must be said that this Spanish city is relatively large and prosperous.
"There are many prosperous cities in our Ming Dynasty, such as Beijing, Tianjin, and Nanjing in our Ming Dynasty. For example, Tianjin in our Ming Dynasty is very large and prosperous."
"Because Tianjin is so big and developing so fast, it has no city walls."
"In Tianjin, our Ming Dynasty, there are many high-rise buildings everywhere. Spacious cement roads connect the four directions. There are many factories in the factory area. When commuting to get off work, the two-way four-lane cement roads are congested."
"In the prosperous Tianjin Port, there are hundreds of ships moored in the port at any time, and the entire Tianjin population exceeds five million."
Jiang Liang's eloquence is not very good, nor does he speak Spanish well. When describing the prosperity of Tianjin, he doesn't know what aspects to describe it from. He can only describe it from some contents in the Ming Dynasty Morning News that he has read.
Let’s talk about it.
"A city with a population of more than five million?"
"God, what a huge city this is!"
The people around them couldn't help but exclaimed again. In Europe in this era, cities were generally small in size, with only a few thousand residents. Cities with a population of more than 20,000 were considered big cities.
Even the famous big cities of later generations, such as London, Paris, Rome, Venice, Genoa, Florence, etc., have a maximum population of two to three hundred thousand.
In the 14th century, Europe experienced a shocking outbreak of the Black Death, which caused a sharp decline in population. Almost a century has passed, and it is only now that Europe's population has slowly recovered.
Now that I heard that Tianjin's population exceeds five million, the people present were deeply shocked. Such a huge population can even be compared with the population of a country in Europe. You must know that in 1500
Around Spain, the population of the entire country is about five million.
The population of one city in Ming Dynasty is almost the same as the population of their entire country.
"It's so scary~"
"How come your Ming Dynasty has such a big city?"
"How come your population is so large?"
"The powerful eastern country~"
The people around them couldn't help but sigh. Through Jiang Liang's description, they could generally comprehend the vastness and power of the Ming Dynasty in their minds.
It has an incomparably huge land and population, and is very powerful. Even the Mongols of God's Whip were conquered by them. How powerful and huge the Ming Dynasty was.
"Is your Ming Dynasty like what Marco Polo described, where everyone wears silk and uses porcelain?"
"I heard that your Ming Dynasty is very rich. You must have a lot of gold somewhere, right?"
After sighing, everyone around began to ask curious questions.
They are like curious babies, always asking endless questions. They are eager to know every bit of the Ming Dynasty and everything about this distant country.
"Not everyone in our Ming Dynasty can afford to wear silk. Silk is very expensive. In our Ming Dynasty, only nobles and rich people can afford silk."
"As for porcelain, every household has a few pieces. Of course, this kind of thing is still very common in our Ming Dynasty. Really high-quality porcelain is also very expensive, and not everyone can afford it."
Jiang Liang took a sip of wine, a luminous cup of grape wine. This kind of wine made from grapes still tastes good. Compared with Damingde wine, it has its own merits.
After hearing Jiang Liang's words, everyone nodded. Silk and porcelain are really expensive. Even among the nobles present, not everyone has clothes made of silk, and not every family has porcelain plates and porcelain.