Eight hundred and fortieth chapters violent breasts
After Xu Xiake said these words, he felt a little satisfied when he saw everyone around him looking surprised. As expected, they were all shocked.
However, Duke Xingguo didn't seem too surprised, which made Xu Xiake slightly disappointed.
"How?" Zhong Jinwei still asked the question that the guards had been waiting for.
Xu Xiake recalled with a hint of contempt: "In European countries, no matter whether they are princes or nobles or ordinary people, they basically don't take a bath for a year, and they are full of stench."
Yu Changjian, whose concentration was a little weak, couldn't help but lost his voice when he heard this: "Ah, can't they hear it themselves?"
He couldn't imagine not taking a shower all year round, and his whole body would stink. How could he go out?
Xu Xiake did not dare to be rude to the Duke's bodyguard. Besides, he was also a commoner who became an official in one fell swoop, but he had not been influenced by the officialdom. With his own age and experience, naturally he would not feel the need to answer Yu Changjian's question.
When it comes to questions, there is a feeling of identity.
Just listen to Xu Xiake smile and answer Yu Changjian's question: "Of course you can smell it. Although they wear brocade robes, they can't block the smell. Therefore, one of the most expensive things in Europe is spices, but they can't completely block it.
Stink."
"And they also pour tuberose on the streets at will, so the whole city smells bad." Xu Xiake said here, and added, "It's better now. It is said that it was even worse a few decades ago."
Seeing that Yu Changjian asked, Xu Xiake also responded politely. Wang Peng on the side couldn't help but also asked: "Are those Western Yi people mentally ill? I can't imagine how they can live in such a dirty world!"
When Xu Xiake heard this, he turned to look at Wang Peng and explained to him: "They think that if you don't take a bath, you won't get the Black Death. It is said that when Mongolia conquered Europe, half of their population got the Black Death and died."
.Therefore, everyone stopped taking baths in order to avoid the Black Death, and it became a tradition that has been passed down.”
"Black Death?" This time it was Gu Baichuan's turn to ask in surprise.
Regarding Gu Baichuan, a big stall in Dongchang, Xu Xiake also maintained courtesy and replied patiently: "They call it the Black Death. It is not only very contagious, but also has a very high mortality rate. As for what it is specifically, no one knows now
knew."
They didn't know, but Zhong Jinwei had heard of it. He explained to them: "The Black Death is the plague, a bacterial infection. It can be transmitted through the bites of fleas, mosquitoes, or the air such as spit.
"
Xu Xiake couldn't help being surprised when he heard Zhong Jinwei introduce the Black Death calmly and confidently. He didn't expect that the Duke was very familiar with the Black Death.
However, Zhong Jinwei's guards were numb to the excitement of his extensive knowledge and were not at all as surprised as Xu Xiake showed.
But what Zhong Jinwei said next made them all laugh. Zhong Jinwei said: "It makes sense for Europeans not to bathe in order to prevent the Black Death. Think about it, if they don't bathe all year round, what will happen to them?"
With a thick layer of armor, can fleas and mosquitoes bite the flesh?"
The lobby was quiet for a while, and then burst into laughter. They were amused by the scene described by the Duke. The dirt on their bodies was so thick that fleas could not bite them, and mosquitoes could not bite them. It was really like wearing armor.
Xu Xiake also laughed for a while, and then quickly stopped smiling. He asked Zhong Jinwei a little worriedly: "My lord, this plague is so severe. Fortunately, it has not appeared in my Ming Dynasty. What if it does happen?"
Prevention and treatment?”
If someone else said this, Yu Changjian would definitely scold him. But when Xu Xiake asked the Duke, he could only listen on the side to see what solution the Duke had.
Historically, the plague did appear in the Ming Dynasty, and the scourge was quite serious. It happened to break out when Li Zicheng led his troops to attack the city of Beijing. Almost none of the soldiers defending the city were spared. They all got the plague and were unable to defend. Otherwise, Li Zicheng's actions alone
It is really impossible for the peasant rebel army to capture the city of Beijing, which has a strong city and powerful artillery.
Moreover, when Li Zicheng's main force entered Beijing, they also contracted the plague. Because there was an incubation period, it did not break out immediately.
But when it broke out, it was during a fatal war with the Manchus, which resulted in Li Zicheng's army being completely defeated. There was no resistance at all, and the north was directly handed over to the Manchus.
The Manchu Qing Dynasty learned the lesson from the Ming army and Li Zicheng's army and did not enter Beijing immediately. Instead, they stationed outside for a long time. Due to the lower temperature in winter, the Black Death gradually disappeared and was eventually stolen by the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Northern provinces.
Zhong Jinwei had told Emperor Chongzhen about these matters before. Therefore, the sanitary situation in the capital was cleaner and tidier than before.
Of course, there was no need for Zhong Jinwei to talk about these things to the people in front of him. He just replied to Xu Xiake: "There is no good way to cure the Black Death at the moment. We can only prevent and prevent the spread of the Black Death. There are already dedicated personnel at the Tai Hospital.
Studying this virus, which is transmitted through bacteria, and how to treat it."
Xu Xiake felt slightly relieved after hearing this. Since we know the route of infection, we should not have the huge transmission rate in Europe.
Zhong Jinwei didn't want them to continue to dwell on this matter, because these people in front of him were completely powerless. So he changed the subject and said: "You said that Europeans are still very promiscuous, do you mean that they have sex between men and women?"
Xu Xiake actually did not mean this. A man having multiple mistresses is just like a man having multiple wives and concubines in the Ming Dynasty. It is also a normal thing.
But the Duke said it, and Xu Xiake agreed: "The Duke is right, some of their high-status women often have several lovers. But the thing that the official feels most shameless is not this..."
"What else could it be?" Upon hearing this, Wang Peng couldn't help but interject again.
From the perspective of men in the Ming Dynasty, a man can have multiple women, but a woman having multiple men is absolutely intolerable and will definitely be classified as an adulteress.
But they didn't expect that what Xu Xiake said didn't mean this. Could it be that there was something more outrageous?
Xu Xiake shook his head and sighed: "Perhaps it's just a matter of customs and habits. The upper class in Europe prefer to show their breasts. Even the Queen of England has her breasts exposed when meeting guests."
"What, big breasts?" Now it was Zhong Jinwei's turn to be surprised. He had never heard of this. He only remembered that Korean women had this custom of big breasts later, and later after the Japanese invasion, they were forced to change it.
. Is it possible that this habit of exposing breasts comes from Europe?
Xu Xiake was so surprised when he saw Duke Xing Guo, and finally realized something that the Duke didn't know about. He nodded affirmatively and said: "In order to maintain the beauty of their breasts and let others praise their exposed breasts, they don't even want to themselves