It is worth mentioning that because the Ming Dynasty has been expanding crazily to the Western Regions over the years, Xi'an, which is more convenient for communicating with the Western Regions, has been revitalized and has become an important hub for the Ming Dynasty to communicate with the outside mainland.
In order to facilitate the transportation of military and civilian supplies, many of the empire's high-tech industries are also concentrated here.
Therefore, Xi'an has become a metropolis like Suzhou.
In addition, Chengdu and Chongqing have become more prosperous than before.
And because the Ming Dynasty opened up mainland transportation by conquering the entire Eurasian continent, and with the construction of railways to the Western Regions and the control of larger and larger areas, the cities mentioned above that were originally within the imperial continent have experienced economic growth in recent years. The fastest.
So much so that the Ming Dynasty began to show an economic pattern in which both east and west were expensive and north and south were balanced.
Of course, due to the relationship between latitude and rainfall, the population is still mainly distributed in the east.
However, as the empire's population continues to grow, the number of Han people in the west and even overseas is also increasing.
After all, nowadays, in the eastern part of the Ming Empire, especially in the Jiangnan area, no matter what you do, it is too complicated. As long as you go out, you can rely on your country's strong scientific and technological strength and economic strength to make a fortune. Therefore, many people have begun to change their minds and take the initiative. out.
There are also a lot of people coming to the Central Plains and the Western Regions.
The sound of camel bells along the Hexi Corridor has never stopped.
For the people of the Ming Dynasty at this time, the world west of the Ural Mountains and the Ural River was the old world, a world dominated by agriculture and supplemented by industry.
There, it was an old world dominated by agriculture and trade, but with a low degree of industrialization. After the Han people established Confucian civilization in the past, the original clan society of the Ming Dynasty emerged.
In this old world, because the Han people used to be the upper class people and could still enslave the local white people, and the imperial court promoted the Han people to move westward and gave preferential treatment to the Han people who went there, so the Han people here lived like traditional landlords. Life.
In the east, that is, the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, because of its high degree of industrialization and the Han-dominated world, the four peoples were equal in political status and were regarded as a new world where they could grow freely.
In this new world, because the Ming Dynasty allowed a large amount of wealth to be obtained from the outside world, mainly flowing into the fields of science and technology and infrastructure, the fastest growing wealth in the empire was scientific researchers and technical workers.
As a result, scientific researchers and technical workers have become increasingly popular occupations among local Han people.
The concept that those who excel in learning will lead to officialdom is gradually disappearing due to changes in reality. More and more people ideally want to be scientists.
Wang Xichan, who came from a distinguished family, therefore gave up on entering an official career and chose to become a physics professor at the Central University of the Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, he is now very wealthy.
Early in the morning, under the service of Hu Nu, he put on his robe, carried the bird cage, and discussed physics problems while teasing the birds. This was a habit he had developed over the years.
And his mode of transportation is to take the most luxurious internal combustion engine car nowadays.
And he has his own dedicated driver.
When he arrived at the Central University Hall, he went to the academic lecture hall. After chatting with the teachers and students already here for a while, he discussed the issue of light with the teachers and students here.
Suddenly, everyone started discussing.
"I think of light as particles."
Newton, already a student at the university, offered his own opinion.
Huygens, who came from the Ming Netherlands and studied abroad, put forward his own opinion: "I think light is a wave."
Other teachers and students also put forward their own opinions.
And they all argued with each other very fiercely.
Wang Xichan proposed at this time: "It is wrong to think that light is a wave or that light is a particle."
Everyone looked at Wang Xichan in shock.
Wang Xichan said: "Light is both a wave and a particle, and it has wave-particle duality."
Everyone was in uproar after hearing this.
"Quiet! Quiet! Please listen to my words."
Wang Xichan shouted loudly.
Thanks to the support of the Ming Emperor, intense academic discussions like this often occur in today's Ming Dynasty.
Basically every day.
Therefore, Newton, who was historically the founder of classical physics, quickly fell in love with Ming Dynasty after arriving there.
Newton had to admit that the academic atmosphere here was strong, and there were no religious restrictions on scientific research. The key was that it was also very wealthy, and the research funding for researchers was very high.
The top nobility of the Swiss cantons, such as Senarder and Zhege, supported and participated in signing the administrative order that carried out the inhumane massacre of their own civilians before the Ming army arrived, so even if they chose to submit before the Ming army arrived, , after the merits of surrender were taken into account, they were still sentenced to castration, deprived of their human rights, and had their faces stained just like the Western mercenaries who had their right hands cut off and lost their combat effectiveness in the Ningxi Kingdom because they participated in the oppression of the Han people. Tattooed and taken to the Ming Dynasty, he will be sold as a slave.
Therefore, Senard was able to come to the Ming Dynasty with a disability and saw the Ming Empire that had entered the electrical age.
"My God! Why do they put such exquisite porcelain on the flower stands next to the street! This Ming Dynasty is so rich!"
When Senard got off the train station and saw a flower bed with ceramic tiles on the streets of Xi'an, he was shocked and said something.
It’s just that he doesn’t know ceramic tiles yet, so he mistakes ceramic tiles for porcelain.
Moreover, porcelain was indeed a very expensive luxury item for Westerners during this period.
Therefore, Sennard found this incredible.
"Yes!"
“You wouldn’t know it if you didn’t see it with your own eyes!”
“But what I don’t understand is that since the Ming Dynasty was so wealthy, with gold everywhere and trees covered with silk, as Marco Polo’s travel diary said, why was it still so greedy and insisting on taking away all the savings accumulated by European countries over the past 100 years? wealth!"
Cihege echoed.
"Don't you understand this? The richer you are, the greedier you are. Wasn't that the same when we were aristocrats in Switzerland?"
Senard replied.
"Yes, and I don't want others to be rich."
Cihege replied.
"So now Europe has been turned into a big farm by these Easterners, and they only allow us people to farm the land honestly and consume industrial products from other Ming countries!"
Senard replied.
Suddenly, Senard saw a white man dragging a rickshaw walking past him.
Then, Senard also saw a white man pulling a rickshaw approaching from the opposite side.
"rickshaw!"
Then, Senard heard a potty Han man walking out of a park gate behind him.
This pot-bellied Han man was waving and shouting: "Rickshaw!"
Then, the Han man glanced at Senard and Cihege.
Sennard read the contempt in the eyes of this Han man, which touched him very much. He did not expect that after all, he was also a Marquis of Zurich, Switzerland, and now that he came to this Ming Dynasty, he was actually treated as a slave by the Han people here. discriminate.
At this time, the white man pulling the rickshaw next to Senard rushed ahead of the other white rickshaw drivers and actively ran towards the pot-bellied Han man. He put on a flattering smile and asked: "Master, where are you going? ?”
"Go to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda."
The Han replied.
The white man pulling the rickshaw hurriedly agreed. Seeing that Senard and Cihege blocked the way and pulled the rickshaw closer to the Han man, he started to scold:
"You're so blind! A tattooed slave who is not even a free man is not as noble as I am. He doesn't know how to put his head on it, and he still looks everywhere! Didn't he see that the Han master wants to take the car? He doesn't know how to give in, and he still wants to Did the Han master walk a few more steps because of you?"
Senard and Cihege were stunned for a moment, then understood and stepped aside.
Then, Senard saw the white man pulling the rickshaw pulling the Han man away quickly.
Senard was very sad to see this scene.
He did not expect that even if the Han people discriminated against him, even the ordinary driver who was a white man also discriminated against him.
Ci Hege felt angry, and couldn't help but say: "When did I, a white man, fall to this point! We are like oxen and horses pulling carts for the Han people! They even discriminate against each other!"
“This is all caused by civilization’s inability to catch up.”
Senard sighed with emotion.
There are many white people pulling rickshaws in Daming, especially in Xi'an.
Because this is the closest megacity to the Western Regions, basically white people who come to Ming Dynasty to seek a livelihood will come here first to seek survival.
And because of the developed industry and trade here, there are many wealthy Han people.
But not everyone likes to drive, and many people do like the feeling of enjoying the hard work of others pulling the rickshaw, so the rickshaw business is booming.
The people who pull rickshaws are basically white people, because most white people come from the Western Regions.
In addition, Han businessmen who engage in the rickshaw business also like to use white people with cheaper labor. No one dares to use Han people. If they do, they will be scolded and have no sympathy for compatriots, and may even be punished.
Next, Senard and Cihege were taken to the animal market by the official officers who escorted them.
Because they have been deprived of their human rights, they are regarded as animals and are sold in animal markets.
"What a shame! What a shame! What a shame! One day, I, a noble Swiss nobleman, will be sold like an animal by these oriental people, just like these pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep!"
Ci and Ge were extremely angry and complained to Senard.
Senard endured the unpleasant smell in the zoo and said: "Now I just hope someone buys me as soon as possible."
"Now I need a rickshaw driver who will pull a rickshaw for me. If any of you are willing, I will be given two silver coins a month, including food and accommodation. The price can be negotiated!"
At this time, the Han man, who was spinning two large iron beads in one hand and seemed to have a strong back and a strong back, walked up to Senard and Cihege and asked.
“Rickshaw driver, I don’t want to be a rickshaw driver!”
Cihege immediately refused.
Senard said: "I do!"
Cihege glanced at Senard in astonishment.
Senard glanced at him: "I just want to get out of here."
At this time, Gayuke, who was not far from Senard, suddenly shouted: "I am willing too, I can accept one yuan of silver coins a month!"
Senard glanced at Gayuk in shock.
"I don't want money! Just food and accommodation are included."
Ci Hege suddenly replied at this time.
Senard glanced at Cihege again in shock.
Cihege replied: "Thank you for reminding me that this is indeed not a place for humans."
In the end, the Han bought Cihege.
