Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1638, surpassing Europe in an all-round way

In a tea house in Songhu, Leonardo Da Vinci came here early, just like the people of Ming Dynasty, ordered a pot of tea, a few breakfasts, and a newspaper, while drinking tea and eating breakfast, he also read the newspaper, by the way Listen to the tea lovers in the teahouse chatting here.

"The Son of Heaven issued an autumn harvest decree, demanding that all local governments in Ming Dynasty must do a good job in autumn harvest work to ensure food security!"

"The Egyptian canal was affected by the war between Spain and Egypt, and the stock price fell below 200. In order to protect Ming's interests in the Mediterranean, the imperial court decided to send ten more main warships to the Mediterranean Sea and five more warships to the Red Sea."

"Half a month ago, a great war broke out between Spain and France. Both sides suffered heavy losses, and France won a disastrous victory. The King of Spain issued an order to recruit [-] troops to prepare to attack France."

"Half a month ago, along the golden coast of West Africa, the Spanish fleet broke out with the Persian fleet and the Korean fleet. The two sides fought fiercely, and finally Spain won miserably."

Da Vinci looked at the news items in the newspaper, and couldn't help frowning when he saw the back.

"Europe is thousands of miles away from Daming. Even if we use the fastest horses to deliver news day and night, how could this news from a month ago appear in Daming's newspaper?"

Along the way, Leonardo Da Vinci was very aware of how far the distance between Europe and Daming was, and he was tired of taking the boat, but Daming could know what happened in Europe very quickly.

Even if the people of Ming Dynasty established an effective station system, which could transmit news quickly, it is impossible to say that it is so fast.

This made Da Vinci really puzzled, how did the people of Ming Dynasty transmit information so quickly?

With doubts, Da Vinci continued to read.

"The Ministry of Industry announced that the construction of the Jiangxi-Guangdong Railway is about to start. It is planned to run from Nanjing to Jiangxi, run through the north and south of Jiangxi, and then connect to Guangdong. In the future, it may be built from Guangdong to Guangxi, Jiaozhi, and Xianglin provinces to connect the Indochina Peninsula. This railway Once it is fixed, I can expect to eat fresh Nanyang fruits and Nanyang vegetables in winter in all parts of Daming.”

"Yesterday, an earthquake occurred in Fujian and Ryukyu. The shock was felt strongly. There is no news of casualties."

"The second half of the year is the season of dense and frequent typhoons in the southeastern coastal areas. The imperial court issued a red warning, requiring ships passing by the coast to pay attention to avoid typhoons and reduce losses and casualties."

After reading the news one after another, Da Vinci became more and more amazed.

The Ming Empire is so huge, but the news from all over the country can be transmitted to the whole of Ming Dynasty through newspapers the next day, which is really inconceivable.

At the same time, from this newspaper, one can clearly understand some of Daming's current situation.

The political situation is stable, the economy is prosperous, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Even Daming continues to build railways and roads. News of the completion of some roads can be seen in newspapers, and reports about railways can also be seen.

"Trains, railways, you must take a ride yourself. I heard that there are trains from Nanjing and Jinling that can directly lead to the capital of Ming Dynasty."

Da Vinci took out a small notebook and wrote down this silently.

After coming to the mainland of Daming, he heard too many, too many new things, among which the trains and railways were the ones he heard the most.

At this time, the conversations of other guests in the teahouse attracted Da Vinci's attention again.

"Old Wang, how did you get better soon?"

"Of course, it's nothing. It's just an operation, cut a knife on the stomach, and then cut off the rotten intestine, and the disease will heal naturally."

"That's right, it looked like you were dying at the time."

"That's right. It is said that the Son of Heaven also suffered from this disease back then, and it was cured by surgery. Now the Son of Heaven is in his prime, long live, long live."

"Yes, yes, I've heard that too."

"It's also fortunate that there is a hospital on our side of Songhu, otherwise we would have to go to Beijing and Tianjin for this operation."

"Their medical skills are really so miraculous?"

"Of course. Let me tell you, it's better to go to a hospital to see a doctor. The medical skills are superb. The key is that if you are seriously ill and need surgery, only a hospital can do it."

"The current world is better. The imperial court is vigorously building hospitals in various provinces, popularizing medical knowledge, and various new medical techniques and medicines appear."

"Back then, one of my older brothers got the disease of swinging, but he couldn't survive it. He died in his teens, but now, the disease of swinging can be easily cured."

"Isn't it? Over the past few years, the imperial court has invested a lot of money, especially in the aspect of giving birth to children. Many people died in the past. Now, after training, popularizing some common sense, and drinking more boiled water, the death rate It has been greatly reduced, and now every household is very lively."

"Yeah, yeah, that's how I got my life back. If there was no cure for this disease before, now I'm alive and well within a month or so."

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Da Vinci listened carefully and frowned in thought.

"I have long heard that the medical skills of the people of Ming Dynasty are unparalleled in the world. Many diseases can only be cured by people of Ming Dynasty. Now it sounds as if it is true."

"This intestine is rotten, and it can be cured by surgically cutting it off."

"It's equivalent to cutting a knife in the stomach, and it can also cure the disease."

Da Vinci found it unbelievable. He was obsessed with anatomy and medicine for a while, and now he heard that Daming used surgery to treat diseases, ripping open people's stomachs and cutting off rotten intestines to treat diseases. This feeling It's incredible.

He was thinking about medical skills, and Da Vinci was surprised by the conversation of a table of guests next to him.

"I just can't figure it out, why is it not allowed to use slaves here in Daming? The labor is really too expensive. It's too expensive to hire a worker, and the salary is five taels of silver, plus food and lodging. "

"Isn't it? The key is that five taels of silver may not be able to recruit enough workers. My factory is still short of dozens of workers."

"If slaves can be used, I will spend a sum of money to buy hundreds of slaves and come back."

"Don't mention this matter. Last year, the imperial court thoroughly investigated this matter. Many factories that used slaves were shut down and severely fined."

"I heard from the people above that this is to protect the land of Ming Dynasty, because this land is a sacred place for our descendants of the Yellow Emperor, so no slaves can appear."

"What does that have to do with slaves?"

"I thought so too, but there is no way, this is the law, if it is not allowed, then it is not allowed, we can only recruit workers, with food and housing included, and we must be treated well, otherwise we can just leave, we can only stare blankly .”

"Isn't it? Now that the business is good and there are not enough products to sell, that's all I can do. I have arranged supper for the workers in my factory, and I have to give red envelopes and gifts during the holidays. That's it. , or someone will leave.”

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"A salary of five taels of silver a month?"

"Food and lodging are also included?"

Da Vinci was dumbfounded when he heard this, the labor of Daming is too expensive.

He now knows the value of silver very well. One silver dollar is very valuable and durable. At the beginning, Zhao Han gave him dozens of taels of silver, and now there are more than twenty taels left. When he arrived at Tianzhu, Xiong Lan gave him dozens of taels of silver as money.

Along the way, Da Vinci ate and drank well, and he didn't mean to wrong himself at all, but the money was very expensive. A few tens of pennies were enough for a meal, and a few cents for a night's stay. It's not bad to live with more than [-] Wen.

This man of the Ming Dynasty earns five taels of silver a month, calculated to earn sixty taels of silver a year, and the key is to cover food and lodging. Such expensive labor is unimaginable.

On the European side, hiring a person to do things often requires only a little food, and even as long as there is food, there are countless people who will come to do things for you.

Five taels of silver, a family in Europe can't spend much money in a year.

But on Daming's side, five taels of silver would not be able to hire enough workers.

It is said that Daming has a population of hundreds of millions, which is far larger than the population of Europe. It stands to reason that labor should not be expensive. After all, if there are too many people, it will naturally be worthless.

However, it costs five taels of silver a month to hire a worker here, which is too expensive.

"This Ming Dynasty has really surpassed Europe in every aspect!"

Da Vinci sighed in his heart. He had to admit that Daming and Europe are not in the same dimension and in the same era just after seeing them in Songhu.

(End of this chapter)