Viscount Ferdinand suddenly felt a little homesick. He missed his home in Paris very much, and missed even more the beautiful city of Paris, the Arc de Triomphe, the Seine River, Notre Dame de Paris... If he had to find one miracle that Ferdinand was most proud of, Then his first recommendation is Paris’s underground water system.
Where is the conscience of a city? It's underground, just out of sight, and Paris is the country in Europe that pays the most attention to sewer construction.
The promoter of Paris's major municipal renovation, especially the sewer system project, was the currently reigning Napoleon III. No matter how bad the emperor's reputation was, at least Ferdinand admired him for the construction of Paris.
It was precisely because of Napoleon III's major renovation that Paris became the cleanest city in Europe at that time.
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There is no city that is the cleanest.
All the streets have been paved with cobblestones, rows of gas lamps are mixed among the plane trees, the Seine River is getting clearer and flowing in the center of the city, bridges connect the two sides of the river, and countless sculptures are scattered in the middle of the city.
There is no dirty water, garbage, or odor...the aristocratic district is as beautiful as a garden in the sky, and even the environment of the slums is comparable to the living areas of the middle class in other countries.
All of this is very important. Ferdinand knows very well that all of this is a symbol of a country's soft power. Beautiful things can attract the attention of the world, thus giving Paris a leading cultural effect.
Although Britain is an empire on which the sun never sets, when it comes to European cultural power, it is only France and Paris.
Moreover, the major urban transformation of Paris also has very practical benefits. Since the urban environment changed, Paris has not had a plague outbreak in the past ten years, only typhoid and colds due to changes in weather.
Today I finally got the answer. Ferdinand, who was highly educated, finally understood the subtle relationship between hygiene and plague through Dr. Buck's popular science. It turned out that bacteriology, which was a marginal subject, had such a big role.
Drawing inferences from one example, smart people will naturally understand something from the other party's words. Ferdinand suddenly thought of some of the empire's previous intelligence investigations on Ryukyu.
According to the information, Ryukyu's urban infrastructure is no less than Paris. Although the scale is not as large as Paris, it is said that the health level of the entire city is even better than Paris.
Today, the medical team led by Dr. Buck shocked him even more. From the skillful skills of these Chinese people, it can be known that at least in the study of bacteriology, the Chinese are no less than Europeans.
This is a very worrying thing. It shows that Xiao Letian has consciously improved the country's soft power and is trying to use this influence to attract more attention and use this difference in civilization to influence people's hearts. .
What a terrible opponent! Today, the medical team casually missed a trick, which has already made Ferdinand feel strong pressure. Because he is a noble, he is naturally sensitive to this invisible force.
Suddenly Viscount Ferdinand raised his hand to stop Dr. Buck's words, "Well...Dear Mr. Buck, I have generally heard what you said clearly, but I have a question. Which city in Naha, Ryukyu, is also Have the health and epidemic prevention methods you mentioned been popularized?”
Buck didn't know that this was a test but said proudly, "Of course, of course we strictly follow these health regulations. You must know that many regulations exist in the form of laws in Chinese cities!"
"The sewer system extending in all directions ensures that sewage does not flow randomly at all. Some neighborhoods even draw seawater to clean toilet feces..."
"The people have long been forced into the habit of drinking boiled water. The most popular ones in that city are not bars but teahouses. Anyone can buy cheap hot tea anytime and anywhere, and there will be no drinking water-borne diseases at all. The popularity of…”
"Garbage must be collected and sorted centrally. There are red sleeve bands on the streets organized by the government. They are specifically responsible for picking up spitting, littering and other illegal behaviors. The high fines are enough to make a middle-class businessman feel painful. In serious cases, even Will be sentenced to hard labor!"
"Not to mention that Chinese medicine pays great attention to the relationship between climate and the body. Generally speaking, Chinese medicine can always prescribe maintenance prescriptions when the weather changes drastically. In the summer, the local government will distribute some free Chinese medicine soup made with mung beans to prevent For heat stroke, there are also some warming decoctions to prevent typhoid fever in winter..."
The more Buck spoke, the more proud he became, but the more Ferdinand listened, the more horrified he became, because he knew very well that the soft power of culture is difficult to defeat. You can defeat the enemy's army with guns and cannons, but the enemy has a certain kind of soft power that leads the world. But the strength cannot be wiped out through war at all.
Because human beings always have an instinct to pursue the happiest**! It's like Britain is already an empire on which the sun never sets, but no matter how arrogant the British aristocrats are, when it comes to food and wine, including the most popular clothing, they have to bow to Paris, and they won't accept it.
Paris has also made a lot of money across Europe through its final pricing power in the luxury goods industry. This in itself is the soft power of France.
To give the simplest example, wine originated in ancient Greece and Rome, and was brought to the entire Europe by the Romans. However, in the end, the top wine production areas were all in France.
A kind of wine culture is the best in the world, which has established a deep-rooted authoritative thought in the hearts of global wine drinkers. With this sense of authority, the French have the power to price red wine.
This is terrible. When a country has absolute pricing power over a certain commodity, it will have greater profits than a monopoly.
Ferdinand couldn't guess what kind of actions the Chinese were taking, but he knew very well that Xiao Letian must be making some kind of breakthrough. It was terrible, it was really terrible.
"No, I must submit a report to His Majesty the Emperor. The threat of these Chinese people is too great and must be eradicated as soon as possible. Otherwise, Western civilization will no longer be able to continue to expand in Asia. These Chinese people must be stopped!"
Thinking of this, Ferdinand nodded, "Thank you. Thank you Dr. Buck for your efforts for the people here. I have written down your plan. Since your fleet has to pass through the Suez Canal, I will not keep you at the banquet." , hope we can meet in Paris one day!"
Um! Buck was stunned. He heard the perfunctoriness in Ferdinand's words, and the most important thing was that the Viscount didn't record it with a pen at all. His anti-plague tips were so detailed that it was impossible to remember them clearly just by listening to them.
"Dear Consul... please pay attention, otherwise at least one-third of the people in this port will be infected with dysentery within ten days! That's thousands of lives.
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..." The impatient Buck actually reached out and grabbed Ferdinand's sleeve.
Ferdinand, who was frowning, shook off Buck's hand. He looked at the white gloves he was wearing and thought about the examination they had just done on the body, feeling sick in his heart.
"Damn it, how could you touch me with a glove that has touched a corpse?" After saying that, he took out his handkerchief and wiped it with all his strength.
Note: Today seems to be Valentine’s Day! I wish all singles happy! m.
