Short video spoiler history: The beginning of modern warfare

Chapter 112 The True Image of the People in the Late Qing Dynasty
Jinling City.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but imagine the scene: small houses standing on the land, replacing the original large tracts of rice and wheat fields, and then continuously spitting out grain.

Originally, 5 mu of land might only be enough for a family to live on, but now more than 5 such machines can be placed on these 3000 mu of land, and the efficiency has been greatly improved.

Moreover, this machine can operate completely independently of humans, so doesn’t it mean you don’t have to go hungry anymore?
How abundant will the resources be at that time?

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly wanted to see the vegetable markets in later generations, to see what they usually ate and what the prices were like.

"It turns out that rice and wheat produce fruits through photosynthesis, and the ingredient inside is called starch." People in the Science Department wrote it down, including previous knowledge of pistil and stamen pollination, self- and cross-pollinating plant distinctions, polyploid breeding, chromosomes-genes, etc. Everyone knew very little about biology as a subject.

“Perhaps we could look at the rice plants and other leaves under a microscope?”

"What a good idea!" Sun Chuanshi's eyes lit up. Previously, they had focused on studying bacteria. Finally, they found the shapes of all the bacteria mentioned by Tianmu, named them one by one, and studied their pathogenicity.

In the past two months, in addition to finding bacteria everywhere, people have also focused on looking for viruses, which are much smaller than bacteria. They just can't be found, even with better lenses.

As everyone was lost in thought, the screen switched again, simulating a doctor's diagnosis.

[Patient 1: Doctor, what should I do if someone says bad things about my home team before the game? ]

[Doctor: It’s okay, just go to WB and deal with him, next one]

[Patient 2: Doctor, I accidentally criticized the other team before the game, and their fans want to mess with me. What should I do? ]

[Doctor: It's okay, as long as TES can win, next one]

[Patient 3: Doctor, someone predicted my defeat before the game, but I never won the game. What should I do?]

[Doctor: It’s okay, as long as G2 can beat T1, next one]

Patient 4: Doctor, we will fight to T1, what should I do?

[Doctor: It’s okay, I’ll help you contact an RNG celebrity]

In front of Fengtian Hall.

It took everyone some time to sort out the relationship between them. Although they didn't care about it before, after playing Tianmu so many times, it was natural for them to remember the names of some teams.

"What kind of game is this? Pesticide? Three Kingdoms? Chicken?" Someone from the Science Department frowned, watched everyone shake their heads and asked the names of the games one by one.

Since most of them were promoted from the Imperial College and were relatively young, their preferences were similar to those of young people in later generations.

Looking at the various fancy games in later generations, except for the Three Kingdoms Kill which they were able to reproduce, we can only watch the others.

Among them, everyone played a few games of Three Kingdoms in their spare time and was fascinated by it. However, they only knew the skills of a few traditional generals, such as Yuan Shao, Huang Gai, Lu Xun, Dabao, etc., and knew nothing about the others.

Therefore, students of the Imperial College re-designed the card skills of various generals according to books such as Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Records of the Three Kingdoms. At the beginning, this game was only popular in places with many young people such as the Imperial College.

However, due to its high playability, the different roles chosen by the lord make the generals chosen by other people in each game vary greatly. Because of the different light and dark identities, it is quite exciting and easy to get started, so it gradually became popular.

"Yes, ah ah."

"Oh. It's the game that the giant panda plays."

When he said that, everyone remembered things like "It's okay, brothers, I still have zombies.", "One knife, two knives, eighty-eighty.", etc. They remembered them inexplicably after hearing them two or three times.

Zhu Biao was also happy. He looked at the people from the Science Department with some envy in his eyes, but he stopped looking in the blink of an eye.

As the crown prince and the future emperor, he knew that his every word and action affected the court and he was watched by countless eyes all day long. If he showed any sign of being addicted to this card game or having fun, he would receive countless memorials of advice.

Besides, he was determined to be a wise king, so he naturally had to spend more time processing memorials and various research and development matters in the Ministry of Science. He had no time to participate in these games.

[The real image you see now is the life of the people on the streets of Beijing 112 years ago, in the late Qing Dynasty. The image was taken in the third year of the Xuantong reign of the Qing Dynasty.]

[Soon after this video was taken, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty was forced to abdicate, so this video is also a rare document of the Qing Dynasty. Now let us travel back to the real end of the Qing Dynasty and experience the life of the people living in the feudal period.]

[The first thing that comes to mind is the Meridian Gate in Beijing. You can see that the Meridian Gate is majestic and solemn, giving people a strong sense of oppression. This is where criminals in the Qing Dynasty were executed, which is where the saying of "execution at the Meridian Gate" came from.]

[Walking out of the Meridian Gate is the Caishikou of the time. A caravan leading camels slowly passes by in front of the camera, and officials in Qing Dynasty uniforms come on horseback.]

[The one in the front is the official's bodyguard, and the one riding behind is the official himself, wearing a windbreaker and a golden crown, looking very domineering]

[Since the Meridian Gate is the only passage in and out of the Forbidden City, a group of eunuchs are walking out of the palace. The one wearing silk and satin is the chief eunuch, and the one carrying goods behind him is a junior eunuch]

[There were many horse-drawn carriages parked in front of the Meridian Gate, and the horse-drawn carriages at that time were equivalent to today's high-end taxis]

[The camera turns to the Zhengyang Gate of the Qing Dynasty. There are policemen on duty in uniform under the gate. When we arrive at Qianmen Street, it is a lively scene with a constant flow of people on the street.]

[In an open-air barber shop, a barber is trimming a customer's braid. Before the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Chinese people believed that their hair and skin were given by their parents, so they dared not damage their hair and never kept braids.]

[But after the Manchus entered the country, in order to make the Han people submit, they forced everyone to shave their heads and tie their braids to show their submission]

In front of Fengtian Hall.

Everyone widened their eyes in curiosity, because the video did not have the high-rise buildings of later generations. Instead, there were short wooden buildings everywhere, which was exactly the same as the situation today.

It begins with a young man holding a bowl and eating food at a roadside stall. His dress is very different from today's. He does not wear a robe, but instead a separate top and bottom trousers, which is the same as in later generations.

However, the clothes they wore looked much older and more worn, and even felt a little dirty.

Pedestrians on the road were carrying all kinds of things, such as haystacks, or pulling or pushing wooden carts. Although the video looked old and faded, it was still clear to see the people on the street. Everyone had a dark face and was very thin. Several teenagers could be seen on the street, with dark and tender faces and braids on their heads. They pulled a cart full of sacks together, and it was unknown where they were going.

All of this is not much different from the current Jinling City, and it is even more prosperous.

"I didn't expect that just a hundred years would bring such a complete change." Liu Ji and others were amazed. There is no harm without comparison. The life in the late Qing Dynasty was actually the normal life of ordinary people in history.

It is abnormal if it is like the sky curtain. The national strength has been verified by various videos over the past six months and has been demonstrated from all angles to be unprecedentedly strong.

"It should be said that it is more than 70 years." Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned it. He clearly remembered some previous videos, knew the approximate historical period, and knew about the development in the past few decades.

The crowd saw many men pushing wheelbarrows on the street with two bamboo winnowing baskets hanging next to the wheelbarrows. Everything felt like a mirror. There were also many men in Jinling City who pushed goods to sell themselves or helped others transport goods.

The shops on the roadside are all hung with signs made of paper glued to wooden boards, with the words written in a flamboyant style. Sometimes bamboo poles are hung between shops, with old rags stacked up and turned yellow from drying.

Horse-drawn carriages, camels, human-drawn carts, etc.
"Only by taking pictures of today's streets and comparing them one by one can we know how big the gap is." Hu Weiyong sighed. In fact, he didn't care at all whether the people in Jinling City lived well or not. He just felt that the gap was too big and sighed.

The silence of the crowd was deafening, and the officials in the hall were too embarrassed to make any excuses.

[A shoemaker is working hard on the roadside. You can see the needle and thread in his hand moving skillfully on the shoes.]

[A landlord's wife sits on a reclining chair, holding a hookah in one hand and a dry pipe in the other. For some reason, she can only smoke to relieve her sorrow.]

[At the North Canal Wharf, workers are carrying goods. Generally, those doing this work are from the lowest social class. They unload goods from the ship and then load the goods from the wharf onto wooden boats. Although it is a physically demanding job, the pay is very high.]

[A large number of pedestrians travel back and forth between the two banks on the Hukou wooden bridge. As the camera slowly moves across the other side, an orderly row of houses stands on the shore.]

[In that era when one-story buildings were important, the two-story building in the picture looked particularly impressive. At that time, only the dock owner could live in this house.]

[Many fishermen can only make a living on small boats, and far away from land, they can only eat rotten vegetable leaves on weekdays, and the meat dishes are animal organs that are obtained from nowhere.]

[In short, ordinary people at that time spent everything just to survive]

[The last scene is the inauguration of a second-rank official in the Qing Dynasty. The second-rank official at that time was equivalent to the vice-ministerial level today. You can see a general riding a horse to lead the way, followed by a group of soldiers holding weapons.]

[Next came the band beating gongs and drums, followed by the servants holding up placards to boost morale, and in the procession that stretched for several kilometers and seemed to have no end, finally came the second-rank official riding a white horse. It must be said that the new official was very impressive when he took office.]

Hexing Tea and Snack Shop.

Not to mention other people, Shopkeeper Wan also fell silent. The work of the people here seemed so familiar.

There were shoe menders, dock workers, fishermen, coachmen, people carrying loads into the city to sell eggs and vegetables from farmers, camel caravans replenishing supplies, and open-air tea stalls.

All of this is similar to what is happening in Jinling City, and it is precisely because of this similarity that people's defenses are broken. Because people in later generations have never seen this kind of scene, someone posted it to let everyone see it.

If you don't know, you might think it's to introduce the grandeur of Beijing to the country girls.
And those guards of honor were totally different from those seen on the sky curtain, in terms of spirit, stature, clothing and equipment, those guards of honor on the sky curtain were so different that if you didn't know them, you would think they were some elite troops.
In fact, just like people in later generations look at the lives of the rich, many people in Jinling City are also fascinated by the afterlife. Some people even run out when it thunders and rains and go crazy, hoping to "travel through time" by being struck by lightning.

"Costume dramas are so fake. The clothes of real people are all old and torn, and even don't fit. The fabrics are also the lowest quality coarse cloth, unlike the beggars in TV dramas who wear new clothes [covering face]"

This is really poor

"They are not poor anymore, that place is Beijing. People in small counties on the 18th tier probably had to eat wild vegetables and tree bark at that time."

"In fact, our times in the 1960s and 1970s were similar, except for the clothing. Almost everyone had lice and wore patched clothes."

"People seem to be quite thin. There are no fat people on the streets. Ordinary people are wearing shabby clothes. You can imagine the living conditions. It's not easy to live."

"I have mysophobia. When I see people from that time, I feel like they don't take a shower every day. I would be very uncomfortable if it were me. My bed sheets, quilt covers, and pillowcases smell good even after I sleep for a month."

"Guess why officials in ancient times took a day off called xiu mu. Mu means washing hair or washing, probably taking a bath. Oh, yes, in the Ming Dynasty, we had a day off on the fifth day of every month."

"At this time, the United States had tall buildings, cars, and electric lights. "

Wan Zhanggui and others had seen some clips from that kind of costume dramas, all of which featured handsome men and beautiful women.

He was very young, probably less than 30 years old, but he had become a general or a prime minister. The colors of the clothes he wore were more than he had ever seen in his life.

Even beggars have fair skin and clean clothes. To be honest, Shopkeeper Wan feels that he is the beggar.

In front of Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent. This was the first time he was disliked after he ascended the throne. Or maybe it wasn't directed at him, but he also had something to say. What family? Taking a bath every day?
Looking at the sloppy appearance of his ministers, Zhu Yuanzhang calculated in his heart that the fifth of every month was a day off, and the skylight was set on the eighteenth day of every month, so there was basically no work on that day.

Two days off a month is more than enough
But this appearance is really not very decent. Sometimes when I sit close to them, I feel choked, especially those generals.
Liu Ji, Hu Weiyong and others were also helpless. They were considered lucky, as at least they paid attention to hygiene and appearance. Ordinary people really could not afford to take a bath, especially in winter.

In the summer, it is easier for men to solve the problem. They just need to jump into the river and rub it. But it is quite difficult for women.
"We should explore coal mines across the country as soon as possible, dig and sell them locally, and try our best to improve people's living standards." Zhu Yuanzhang gave an order. In fact, coal mine exploration has been going on all over the country.

However, due to its much lower quality, small reserves and high difficulty in mining, the overall cost is higher than that of coal mines in Datong and other places. However, there are very few coal mines in the densely populated areas of the south.

So it is helpless that most of the consumer goods still choose to be shipped by sea from the north.

Since the Grand Canal has not been dredged for many years and is no longer navigable, the coal mines in Datong can only be transported to the south by sea, which increases the risk on the sea.

"Perhaps it's time to dredge the Grand Canal again." Zhu Yuanzhang thought to himself. In fact, in the past six months since the fall of the sky, the court has made a lot of money by selling honeycomb coal, kerosene lamps (petroleum), refined salt, etc.

However, the expenses were too high, such as last year's Northern Expedition, supporting the Ministry of Science's research and development, laying electricity wires in the palace, and this year's military expedition to Sichuan, so the court still appears to be very poor.

(End of this chapter)