The night is getting darker.
Lin Luo held a mattress in one hand and a quilt in the other. Jiang Li followed beside him carrying plastic bags containing daily necessities.
After walking out of the supermarket door, she paused. At this time, it was late at night, but the scenery of the city was even more gorgeous, and the number of pedestrians on the road did not decrease at all.
"Chang'an is the capital today?"
"No, it's the same status as in Daqi. It's a provincial capital and the administrative seat of a state."
"With all the prosperity in this place, it's just the seat of a state?"
"Shocked? Unbelievable?"
Lin Luo grinned, "Where are you now? A second-tier city or a suburb. I'll take you back later..."
He wanted to take you to see Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, but considering his financial situation and the fact that the emperor does not have an ID card, he changed his mind and said:
"I'll show you pictures of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou later. That's where the real prosperity lies."
Jiang Li didn't know where Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou were. She looked around and felt that the prosperity of this place was beyond her imagination. The flashing neon lights, the vehicles passing by quickly on the road, the rows of tall buildings...
If this is just the seat of a state, or a suburb, what will the so-called truly prosperous Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou look like?
What is Jianye, the capital of Daqi?
She asked herself, and the plate of fried noodles came to mind again. In this future, it would just be common people's daily food, and it was nothing more than ordinary.
And the people of Daqi... After more than ten years of hard work and hard work, they can only barely have a full meal.
"When I was in Daqi, you assisted me, and I managed it for more than ten years. Daqi has enjoyed unprecedented prosperity, and the people have lived a prosperous life.
But even so, after reading the history books, I feel that compared with more than a thousand years ago, Daqi did not have many departures.
But one thousand four hundred years later, the world turned out to be like this.
My Daqi...my Daqi is as different as clouds and mud compared with the future a thousand years later. "
Jiang Li looked at the night scene under the sky, his eyes showing awe, confusion, confusion, and confusion...
The same years passed, going forward one thousand four hundred years, it was the Zhou Dynasty.
According to the records in historical books, although Da Qi was much more prosperous and powerful than Da Zhou, it was still at an acceptable level.
At least Jiang Li was convinced that if she were from the Zhou Dynasty and suddenly traveled to Daqi, she would be confused and at a loss. But there is nothing beyond her cognition that she can't understand or figure out.
But one thousand four hundred years in the future, she seemed to have arrived in the legendary heaven in a trance.
The lights on the road, the tall buildings on both sides, and the plaques on the shops clearly have no flames, but they can emit bright light.
The iron box speeding on the street seems to be called a car. The four wheels do look like a car, but it can run very fast without horses pulling it.
There is also the small square box called a mobile phone. It may not look big, but it can be used to take photos and portraits, and can store silver coins in it. You only need to take a photo of the dotted pattern to complete the payment.
In just one day, everything she came into contact with was beyond her comprehension.
She ascended the throne at a young age, and was arrogant and intelligent, but she couldn't figure out how she did this even if she thought about it.
The world in the future is too weird. Although she acts calm and calm, she is extremely confused and frightened inside.
Fortunately, she was not completely unfamiliar in this strange world. At least, the man next to her was her Lin Banban.
Although this person's attitude is now much worse than before, he no longer takes her seriously.
But Jiang Li could only put aside the frustration in his heart and follow him closely.
In this bizarre future world, with this person around, she would not be alone as a stranger in a foreign land, and would not be overwhelmed by a deep sense of loneliness.
At the same time, I can feel a rare sense of peace of mind.
"I don't know what dynasty or dynasty we are in today, and who is in power? The future world will be governed with such prosperity. Compared with it, I... feel like a foolish king."
Jiang Li sighed softly, his voice was very soft, but he could not hide the admiration and loneliness in his words.
As an emperor who created the prosperous age of the Qi Dynasty, she considered herself to be a wise emperor of the previous generation, but after seeing the modern world, she was completely shocked.
"You don't have to be like this. The future you see now is just the development of the past two hundred years.
If your Majesty traveled back two hundred years ago, the world at that time would be no different from Daqi. No, it would not be as good as Daqi at that time.
In other words, in the same future, although Daqi cannot compare with those 1,400 years later, it can surpass those 1,200 years later.
With these achievements, His Majesty is proud enough, so there is no need to belittle oneself, let alone be a fool or something like that. "
"...."
After hearing these words, Jiang Li opened his mouth to say something, but fell into silence in the end. He just squeezed the handle of the plastic bag with unconscious force. Is this... comfort?
It would be better if it was done step by step, but the world has become like this in just one or two hundred years, and she finds it even more difficult to accept it.
One or two hundred years ago it was not as good as Daqi, but one or two hundred years later it became like this.
According to her understanding, a decadent dynasty was overthrown and a new dynasty was established.
When the dynasty was first established, it was not as good as Da Qi, or about the same as Da Qi. In the past one or two hundred years, emperors from generation to generation worked hard to govern the world, and managed the world into a scene that she could not understand...
So, what are the roles of the emperors of this dynasty today?
Could it be that all of them are Eternal Mingjuns and Eternal Saint Kings... No, even Eternal Mingjuns and Eternal Saint Kings are not like this.
Seeing her silence, Lin Luo also realized that his comfort just had the opposite effect, and he tried to remedy it, "Oh, there is one more thing I forgot to mention, modern society is not a dynasty, and there is no emperor.
The reason why the world has developed like this cannot be entirely attributed to human governance. If we insist on saying so, it should be due to the transformation of the entire world's ideology.
During the Industrial Revolution, humans recognized various elements of nature and began to utilize these elements. Then, catalyzed by war, we ushered in the explosion of science and technology, followed by digitization and informatization..."
What he said was so confusing that it was filled with all kinds of empty talk. Not to mention Jiang Li, even Lin Luo himself didn't quite understand it.
For five thousand years, human civilization has almost stagnated. In just one or two hundred years, it has directly entered the information age. This fact itself is a mystery.
And he said a lot, and Jiang Li was keenly aware of the key points, "There is no emperor? How can we govern the world without an emperor?"
"Who stipulated that an emperor must be needed to govern the world, Qin Shihuang?"
"..."
Jiang Li was stunned by this question, and Lin Luo didn't intend to argue with her about this issue, so he said instead:
"Why has the world developed like this? What rules will there be in the future world and what precautions should be taken. Although I would like to explain it to you clearly, unfortunately, these issues are too complicated and cannot be explained clearly in a few words. , if you listen more and read more, you will slowly understand.
In short, this is a place... we are accustomed to call it a modern society, and everyone is equal here..."
"Everyone is equal?"
"It's incredible, isn't it? But everyone is equal here, at least on the surface."
"..."
Jiang Li didn't answer for the time being. He stared at him again and again, and finally asked: "Because everyone here is equal, is that why your attitude towards me is so different from that in Daqi?"
