The cow dam with not very good air is filled with an indescribable strange smell, but Xu Hao is getting more and more adapted, just like he has never disliked the pigs and sheep in the village, the hard-working cattle really carry the whole world.

The Ming Dynasty became more and more prosperous, the people became richer and richer, the society became more and more enlightened, the country became more and more powerful, and the number of cattle soared.

Xu Hao also found that people in this era became more and more confident, gradually walked out of the humiliation of the Yuan Dynasty, and restored the Chinese crown, not the kind of ignorance and arrogance of the Heavenly Empire, but from the self-confidence in the bones, very humble towards foreigners, and an appreciative attitude towards the achievements of foreign countries, and vice versa, which is too far from the Chinese he is familiar with.

In other words, this is the Chinese people who have not been castrated and humiliated, the Han people who are in the same vein as the Tang and Song dynasties, even if they have been invaded by foreign races, the Han people who have never lagged behind in terms of culture and other aspects, a brilliant civilization that is unique in the world.

Zeng Dezhao, a Portuguese who lived in the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli period, described in the "Chronicles of Great China", "I once stayed in a harbor on the Nanjing River leading to Hangzhou for eight days, and after an hour, there were 300 ships sailing upwards just by counting them. It's a miracle that so many ships are loaded with cargo for the convenience of travelers. The boats were covered and kept clean, and some of them were decorated with pictures, apparently for recreation, not for cargo. ”

"Their housing is well designed and easy to stay, neat and comfortable. They grow a lot of vegetables for the people to eat all year round. They have plenty of meat everywhere, even in small villages and towns, and the most common thing they eat throughout the year is pork, which is sold without bones, and their venison is scarce. I don't like it much. ”

"The Chinese are especially fond of flowers, they have very beautiful flowers, but different from ours. We had, they had it, there was a lilac violet that didn't taste much. They try their best to grow flowers in the garden for all seasons throughout the year, and in the garden, they look very strange. ”

"There are so many Chinese, I've lived there for 22 years, leaving the same as when I first arrived, the crowd is amazing. That's true. It is by no means an exaggeration that not only towns and public places, but also some places, if you do not push hard, cannot pass, and even on the avenues, large groups of people gather, much like the usual festivals or mass gatherings in Europe, if we look at the general register book, in which only taxpayers are registered. Women, children, and eunuchs are not recorded. The number of civil and military teachers (almost infinite) is 58,055,180. ”

This proves that the population at the end of the Ming Dynasty was at least 200 million, and the 50 million registered population did not include women and children, nor did it include the civil service. And a large number of domestic slaves and vagrants, etc., if it is true, then the Manchu population reached 400 million, which is obviously very easy to do.

"The wealth of this country is to be envied. From the foregoing, it can be seen that, in addition to the abundance of all kinds of grains and the necessities of life, they also sold all the best and most valuable goods of the East to foreigners. ”

"Most of China's best goods are shipped from Guangzhou. Because it is the most open and free trading place in China. Not to mention the various goods brought by the natives and foreigners of the six neighbouring countries, the goods shipped by Portugal to India, Japan and Manila alone consisted of about 5,300 boxes of silk of all kinds, each containing 100 horses of silk, velvet satin and satin, light materials such as semi-floral satin, polychrome single-layer satin, 250 pieces of gold, and 2,200 gold ingots weighing 12 ounces each, in addition to porcelain plates, gold-plated ware, sugar, Chinese wood, rhubarb, musk,...... Even a long list would not be exhaustive. ”

"(Fujian) is another excellent port for China to export a large number of goods, and the local industrious people transport goods to Manila, Japan and other regions."

"At customs...... There is more convenience. There was no room for stacking, weighing, and inspecting the goods, nor was it necessary to take them out of the ship, but only to inspect them and collect a proper tax according to the merchant's books. If a traveler is not a merchant, even if he is alone with a servant, carrying five or six chests and many other goods, he generally leaves his belongings on board when he travels from one place to another, and does not open them for inspection, nor pay taxes. This was a good example for the customs and tax offices of Europe, where the poor traveller was plundered and plundered with ferocity and brutality, and everything he carried with him was not enough to cover the taxes demanded from him. ”

"[Zhejiang] surpasses many other provinces in terms of wealth and can be called the best source of commodity trends in China. Its specialty is silk, whether it is raw silk or finished products, and whether it is cocoons or raw materials, it is shipped to various places. In short, the silk exported from China is produced in this province. ”

"The last of the nine southern provinces is Nanjing,...... It is one of the best provinces in China and the essence of the whole country. …… Its western region is the richest, rich in cotton yarn,...... In Changzhou City and its affiliated areas alone, there are 200,000 looms. …… Because of the small size of the loom, there are often many looms in a room, and almost all women are engaged in this trade. ”

"Nanjing City...... I think it's the biggest and best city in the country, with its fine buildings, wide streets, elegant people, and a wealth of fine things. It has an enviable playground and a large population within the territory,...... Crowds can be encountered everywhere, and the streets are difficult to pass. In addition, countless palaces, temples, towers and bridges make the city look very magnificent. ”

"Chinese people are naturally good at business, not only do business from one province to another, get big profits, but even do business in the same city. There are things in the shops, and almost all of them are sold on the street. …… Wealthy merchants were of good credit and punctual (as the Portuguese proved by their many years of experience). ”

"The Chinese are polite and conversary, so in this respect we who live only in Macau and Canton do not believe it, because they are in a constant state of war there, caused by daily conflicts between the Portuguese servants and the Chinese. …… But in the other provinces of China and in the interior of China, as we have said, they speak with us respectfully and courteously, and they treat us as guests of honor at all gatherings, and for nothing else, except that we are strangers, so they call us guests from a distant land, and when we need it, they never refuse to lend us what we need, even if it is worth more than the mortgage we have given them, without interest."

"The Chinese are happy to praise any virtue of their neighbors, and brave themselves are inferior, while people in other countries do not like anything other than what is in their own country. When the Chinese see the products from Europe, even if they are not exquisite, they still let out a sigh of admiration. …… This humility is truly admirable, especially in a nation whose talents are superior to others, and it is a humiliation for those who have no eyes and deliberately belittle what they see. ”

"Their favorite European craft is our clock, but now they have made very good table clocks, and can produce similar little clocks at the same price as ours, and some of the things they produce, if they were made with us, would be very expensive."

The above evaluation, what I have personally experienced through and through, completely subverted the Ming Dynasty that Xu Hao had known since he was a child, the Ming Dynasty that was exactly the same as or even far inferior to the Qing Dynasty.

The history of the Ming Dynasty compiled by the Manchu Qing Dynasty instilled in the people of that period that they were ignorant and rigid, blindly arrogant, sitting in a well and watching the sky, thinking of themselves as the superior country of the Celestial Empire in everything, and disdainful of foreign affairs in the West, or regarded them as strange and ingenious, completely fundamental mistakes.

In fact, if you look at the Westerners in the eighties and nineties, you can understand that the strong enemy in the north is still there, and the Western civilization has already set foot in Asia. On the other hand, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty won the Central Plains, they were fluttering and invincible, and immediately began to despise the whole world.

From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, two completely different dynasties, civilization has undergone a fundamental rupture, a long-term isolation of the country, a long-term backwardness and beating, so that the temperament and mentality of the Chinese people have undergone a fundamental change, until the modern society has not recovered, which is sighing!

Xu Hao's thoughts were wandering, watching Wang Siliu touch the big bull that he had touched countless times, and then look at the teeth and hooves. Because he had used a lot of cows, he could see that this was a good cow, but he still looked at it seriously, and did not dare to be careless.

Half an hour later, when Niu Economy gradually became impatient, he finally made up his mind and said, "Okay, I'll buy it." ”

The next pinching of the sleeves did not take much time, and it was a little more than the price negotiated before, and both parties seemed to be satisfied.

Xu Hao asked about the price, and he was also very satisfied, these two very scheming economies are quite kind.

Wang Siliu took the blanket off his shoulders, and his years of hard work and savings were all the belongings of the Wang family, and he resolutely handed them over to Niu Economy.

The two cattle economy is the same as Wang Siliu, they counted the money again and again, and after making sure that it was right, they untied the rope and handed it to Wang Siliu's hand, and sang loudly: "Now that it is over, pay the money with one hand, and hand over the cow with the other!" ”

The moment the rope fell into Wang Siliu's hand, it was like a sparkling fire rope, and Wang Siliu's hand trembled. Xu Hao found that he was almost crying, and his eyes were a little moist, and he didn't know why.

Wang Siliu looked at Xu Hao, Xu Hao looked at Wang Siliu, and the two of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time and laughed at the same time.

"Let's go, man! Let's go home. Wang Siliu pulled the rope affectionately.

In this way, two adults and a cow, walking with laughter and laughter all the way to the bull market, Xu Hao, who empathized, once again enjoyed the joy of buying back the first computer that year, and was indescribably excited. (To be continued......)