Become the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Chongzhen!

Chapter 763 Distance Produces Beauty

Thanks to missionaries.

They traveled between the East and the West, passing on their knowledge and knowledge to both sides.

Since ancient times, Europeans have only been able to understand what the other side of the world is like through what they hear from people who travel to both ends of the world.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty is similar.

Most of the biographies written by these missionaries have some artistic processing and their own subjective consciousness, and they are basically from aristocratic backgrounds. In Europe, they would not care about the suffering of untouchables, and it was the same in the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, in order to gain support in Europe, the Jesuit missionaries must write good stories when they go to the East. They describe the gold everywhere and say that heaven on earth is the best. This can attract funds for the Jesuits.

Just like calling India a paradise on earth, calling America a paradise on earth is the same.

In addition to missionaries, there are still very few European maritime merchants who can reach China across tens of thousands of miles of routes, and can master Chinese. They can mix well among the Chinese gentry class. What they say about China may be accurate. Be specific.

But this means that the aristocrats who really control the power in Europe can only understand China through the biographies of missionaries and the mouths of a very small number of maritime merchants who can be called the best among them.

Therefore, just like the ancient Roman Empire and the Han Empire, they could not communicate effectively, so they flattered each other.

This is the core of what European gentlemen can understand from the information they receive.

powerful!
Invincible tomorrow!
The Ming Dynasty was a country with many adults and a lot of money. The people everywhere were wealthy, happy and harmonious, and almost all of them were literate. However, the ships in Guangzhou Port were spread out on the sea, blocking the sky and the sun as far as the eye could see!
Their emperor is also a very kind and wise man!I admire God so much!

To be honest, the facts do make some sense.

But the European gentlemen did not know what the state of the Ming Dynasty and the local government was at this time. Therefore, in the eyes of the noble gentlemen of the Dutch Parliament at this time, it was an extremely powerful Eastern Empire that had just put down the rebellion, split in the civil war but newly emerged. The Qing Empire eased relations.

Then we started going into the sea!

"This, this is definitely not just the East! This will change the maritime pattern of the entire world! A 560-foot-long giant ship! It is longer than Noah's Ark! God! I pray for your mercy."

"This must be fake! A length of about two hundred, forty and fifty feet is the maximum length of a battleship! Our shipwrights have tried it many times! If the wood exceeds this length, the wood will not be able to withstand it and the hull will collapse!"

"White sugar, we should have known earlier. The sugar imported by the company from the East is cheap and of high quality. It also belongs to the great eunuch who was appointed by the Ming Emperor to manage the Nanyang Company."

Compared with ordinary nobles or squires, the members of the Dutch Provincial Assembly obviously knew more and quarreled more fiercely.

"You still want to rescue those sinners!? The Qing Empire conquered the entire Japanese Shogunate Kingdom. Their naval warships look the same as the Ming Empire except for the color! Offended two great Eastern empires!?
Do you know the news from Ottoman!The Qing Empire conquered the homeland of the Mongols!They will want more!They could be the second scourge of God! "

"You rude and stupid pig! What a golden place Batavia is! Retreat to India!?"

The parliament was as chaotic as ever.

Maybe this place was very clean and civilized before the convening of the parliament, but the speakers and governors from various places who entered this parliament hall were not obsessed with aristocratic style when expressing their political opinions.

What is better than the local council is that this is a big council after all. The members can only throw some paperwork, ink, gloves, hats and shoes. No matter how angry they are, they will not humiliate their opponents by defecating on the spot.

The discussion is not limited to the Netherlands.

Perhaps because the Netherlands was the first to bear the brunt, there were heated discussions from the bottom to the top, but other maritime countries could not feel the threat from the distant Eastern Empire.

Spain is the most nervous.The bad news about the fall of Manila in Luzon, and even the fact that the governor and some officials fell into the arms of the Ming Dynasty was still on the way, but they had already received the news before that the Ming Empire's first choice target was actually the Spanish Philippines.

Taking over Dutch Taiwan was just a matter of convenience.

England and Portugal are also noisy.

Because this is not just a colonial thing.

Once an empire whose productivity is said to far exceed theirs or even Europe's is involved in maritime trade, the entire European market will be affected, even if it is thousands of miles away.

After all, in recent years, many new products from the East have appeared in the sights of noble lords and gentry and common people.

England, or the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

Peterborough Town.

Maritime power has risen, and England, which is gradually reaching its peak, is in a short republic period, but for the middle and lower classes of society, the country at this time is no different from before.

It's just that the king has become the protector of the country, and they are constantly engaging in political struggles to determine who will be in charge of the future of the country.

Life is still that life.

Since Peterborough is north of London, although it is not as good as Birmingham, it still benefits from London. The goods traded by merchant ships in London will also flow to the north. Even though the Scots and the English are on the same level, the big work They all have to live their lives.

So something very novel appeared in Peterborough Town today.

A three-wheeled bicycle produced in Nanjing, the Ming Dynasty.

A product bought by a Dutch businessman to test the waters and try to study it.

The results of testing the waters are quite good.

This novelty won great acclaim in London. One was even presented as a gift to the Lord Protector, and the others also sold for a good price.

Those who have money to buy it are naturally looking for novelty.

The young aristocrat was riding his bicycle clumsily on the street. There were many onlookers nearby, and they all cheered and praised, which made him very satisfied on his face.

It's no wonder that he came to Peterborough to show again after showing in London.

When the young noble is happy to be praised, he doesn't mind showing his kindness and letting the onlookers feel it.

Among the most enthusiastic group of children, the young aristocrat caught his eye at a young man who was the cleanest and neatest, and also acted relatively calm and stable.

"You! It's you! Do you want to try it? This thing was used in the Ming Empire to transport goods for civilians like you! Haha! It's just right for you to ride! If you ride well, my family can hire you to ride there specially Transport something!”

Isaac Newton, who followed his mother to the town for the market but was suddenly chosen, was stunned for a moment. He took two steps forward and looked deeply at the bicycle with his big eyes, and finally nodded heavily.

"I think!"

　barley
　　It’s not that I didn’t finish it when I posted it, I just forgot the title.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)