Chapter 130: The cruel truth buried under the history
Beihai County is a part of Qingzhou, and Qingzhou is a part of the Thirteen Prefectures of the Han Dynasty. It was the seat of the ancient Qi State. The capital of Qi State, LY, is located in Qingzhou.
Qingzhou has been quite prosperous since ancient times, and its population is also very large compared to southern states.
In fact, whether it is Jingzhou or Yizhou, in today's era, the population is not large, and it is not comparable to the Central Plains, not even Hebei!
The populations of Qingzhou, Jizhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou and Yanzhou are basically stronger than those of Jingzhou and Yizhou.
However, since the Yellow Turban Uprising, the states and counties in the Central Plains and the north have not lived a good life.
First came the vigorous Yellow Turban Uprising, in which the first wave of people died.
Then there were sporadic remnants of the Yellow Turbans, bandits from all walks of life wreaked havoc on one side, and the common people began to die in the second wave.
Then the feudal lords separated themselves, warlords fought in a melee, and the common people began to die in the third wave.
During the course of these wars, diseases, especially typhoid fever, continued to spread. Large-scale wars brought about large-scale population movements. Large-scale population movements created conditions for the large-scale transmission of certain diseases.
As a result, many people did not die directly on the battlefield, but died from diseases caused by the war.
Many times, if a cold is not treated well, the person will die.
"It's really unimaginable that Taiping Dao started out in such a simple way. I always thought that Fu Shui was just a lie and had no effect, but why did Taiping Dao start up directly?" Chu Feng was a little confused, and then looked at
Taoist Changkong on the side.
Taoist Changkong said expressionlessly: "In ancient times, productivity was very low, and the development of medicine was far from reaching the modern level."
Although the medical community in Bactria was ahead of other countries for a long time in ancient times, it still lagged far behind modern society.
"In terms of the number of doctors, there is not even one doctor for a thousand people. In other words, in the Han Dynasty, it was not possible to have one doctor in every village. It is hard to say whether it was possible to have one doctor in every township."
"In such a production environment, it is normal for no one to treat you when you get sick. On the one hand, medical treatment is relatively expensive and the poor look down on it. On the other hand, there are too few doctors. Occasionally, there is one, or it may be a quack doctor who treats you.
not good."
Ancient doctors and doctors were just one person, and they might only be good at a certain aspect or a few aspects. You can't expect a good ancient doctor to be proficient in all aspects of medicine and be able to cure all diseases. That's impossible!
"The ultimate reality is that when ordinary people get sick, they can only grit their teeth and fight it off. If they can get over it, they will be fine. If they can't get over it, if it gets serious, they will die!"
Hiss, Chu Feng couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
Because the scene described by Taoist Changkong is different from the ancient information he has been exposed to.
When talking about the Han Dynasty, netizens will only talk about how powerful and powerful the Han Dynasty is. Even when the princes are fighting, any border governor can beat the foreigners.
I, a big man, died by force alone...
However, no one had ever told Chu Feng the true productivity level of the Han Dynasty, nor had anyone told him that ninety-nine percent of the people in the Han Dynasty had to fight hard after getting sick. If they couldn't resist, they would be gone.
"Isn't this a bit alarmist?" Chu Feng said weakly.
After hearing this, Taoist Changkong no longer wanted to talk to him. Instead, Ye Fan said thoughtfully: "Not necessarily, maybe that's really the case."
"The emperor was powerful enough in ancient times, wasn't he? But even the emperor's sons often died in infancy. You can't count all the princes who died in infancy as part of the palace struggles. Most of the princes who died in infancy died of illness."
"The medical conditions in ancient times were like this. Even for the most noble prince in the world, his son would die at will. As for his dead daughter, there were even more. This is still the emperor. The medical conditions enjoyed by the emperor must be the best in the world.
First-class. Not necessarily the best, but definitely not bad.”
"The most powerful emperor cannot guarantee that his sons and daughters will grow up smoothly. What about the nobility? What about the officials at a lower level than the aristocrats? The ones below the officials are the local tycoons, then the small and medium landowners, and then the ordinary people.
"
"There are only so few medical resources. The emperor and I occupy part of them. Nobles, officials, local tyrants, landlords, they come down one after another, and how many of them fall on the poor?"
"Of course, I'm just looking at the death of children. In fact, adults don't have many opportunities to see a doctor."
Having said this, Ye Fan pointed to the Yellow Turban Army in the distance.
"Did you see it? Did you find anything?"
"They are all very thin, many are skinny and bones, and many have deformed bodies. Many of them have hunched backs. They must be hungry or tired."
Ye Fan nodded and shook his head: "Most of them are adult men and strong women, old people, children, weak men, weak women, very few, very few!"
The weak ones have starved to death or been beaten to death by the strong ones.
"In this era, productivity is extremely backward, and it is difficult to guarantee two meals a day. Only during the busy farming season can the main worker in the family enjoy two meals a day. Only during the busiest days can one have enough food.
, the rest of the time, eighty percent full is good.”
"This is the current situation of the times. Every one of the people here is taken to a modern hospital for examination. Most of them have long-term poor nutrition and physical underdevelopment..."
What will happen if you don’t have enough to eat and still have to work hard?
Don't live long!
Short lived!
There are always people who like to whitewash peace and insist on saying that the average life expectancy in ancient times was thirty, because children who died in infancy were included in the statistics. In fact, if we only count adults, the average life expectancy is still sixty, if not sixty.
Fifty.
If this is the case, why can one call himself an old man after the age of thirty?
"In this era, men get married at the age of 13, 14, 15 or 16, and become fathers at the age of 16. Then they work hard until they are 32 or 3 years old, and see their grandson born. Basically, in this life
That’s the end.”
"Women get married earlier. Basically, after they come to their aunt, they can get married. That is, when they first come to their aunt at the age of twelve or thirteen, in ancient times, according to the standards of the current era, they can get married."
"In ancient times, there were no contraceptive measures. A junior high school student of thirteen or fourteen years old would become pregnant and give birth directly."
Letting a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old junior high school student get pregnant and give birth to something like this in modern society would be condemned by the whole people, and the man would be called a beast and beaten to death!
But in the feudal era, this was a very common thing.
"Premature birth destroys the mother's body and leaves the child with congenital defects. Either there is a problem here or there is a problem there."
"This has been the case throughout the entire era. Men at the bottom of the class do not have enough to eat all year round. Outside of busy farming periods, they can only eat porridge. Two meals of porridge a day is the norm. Many people cannot even afford this."
"Such material conditions have caused the people here to generally have some mental problems. The people depicted in Mr. Lu Xun's works are the normal state of most people in the feudal dynasty."
"It's not just the Manchus who were so sick. Even under the Han dynasty, if the productivity was not up to standard, the people could only be like this and sick. Of course, the Han dynasty must be stronger, but how much stronger can it be? Productivity
It’s laid out here!”
"This is why, we can see in history books that a favor must be repaid with a meal."
In modern society, what is a meal?
Isn’t it just a meal?
The cheaper ones, egg fried rice only costs a few yuan, the medium ones cost dozens of yuan, and the more expensive ones, a few hundred yuan are not enough for you to eat alone?
"Understand, this is an era where you give other people good food and drink, and they will work hard for you!"
In this era, life is really worthless!
A meal can save a life, it’s not a joke, it’s something that happens all the time!
"So, you think that issuing talisman water on Taiping Road is a very ridiculous and superstitious thing. You even think that this is the virtual world of reality and the talisman water cannot be useful, so you think that the people are ignorant."
"But in fact, for the people at the bottom, the Taoist priests of Taiping Dao are the superior people, and the talisman of Taiping Dao is the concern from the upper class."
"As for whether Talisman Water is useful, the actual effect is not there, but the psychological effect is great. Some people have recovered from illness by relying on the body's internal self-regulation. Now after drinking Talisman Water, they are no longer afraid mentally and regain their health.
There are even more.”
Although some people die faster after drinking Talisman Water, as long as they are well publicized, people will only see the ones who survived...
At this moment, Chu Feng was greatly shocked. Through Ye Fan's description, he seemed to see the most realistic current situation of the Han Dynasty.
"A strong man is a strong man from a noble family, a noble family, or an emperor, not a strong man from the lower class. Fortunately, we are here!" Chu Feng said slowly.
brush brush brush
Following the sound, Chu Feng saw Peng Bing jumping up and down on the treetops. Every time he came into contact with the treetops, the treetops would snap and break, while Peng Bing moved upwards and forwards.
, after a few jumps, Peng Bing landed firmly.
Although it is not as free, easy and handsome as the qinggong in martial arts novels, the ability to climb a tree or jump like a monkey is enough to make ordinary people envious.
"Uncle Bing, are you back? Did you find anything? How good is Guan Hai's combat effectiveness? Did Tai Shici rush into the battle? Can he take the general's head from the crowd of thousands of troops?"
As soon as he landed firmly, Chu Feng's question came to his ears. Peng Bing shook his head: "I didn't see Taishi Ci, nor did I see Guan Hai. I was observing the Yellow Turban Army in front of me."
"This is the first time we have paid close attention to the ancient army. We still need to record and observe more. Although we may not be afraid of such an army, it does not mean that other descendants are not afraid either."
The mission of the advance team, in addition to pioneering, is to collect intelligence, observe and record, and ultimately, explore a path suitable for ordinary descendants to conquer the virtual world.
Otherwise, with the abilities of Xiong Yan, Chu Xuan and others, they can easily crush this world even without the help of treasures from the real world.
But the problem is, Xiong Yan and the others rely on their talent to be powerful and unscrupulous, and they can do anything, but what about the others?
As a dean and a minister, what we should do is to find a path suitable for ordinary people. Otherwise, who wouldn't rely on their personal talents to show off their skills?