Chapter 157 A Life That Evolves with Each Passing Day
Time passed little by little, and in the blink of an eye, the three towns of Shengli Town and its establishment had been established for nearly three months. Since the defeat of 40,000 British troops and Hessian mercenaries more than a month ago, the lives of more than 50,000 people in the three towns have stabilized. Originally, because they were worried that the company would be defeated by the British army, not many people had the heart to work seriously. More often than not, it is a time-killing activity driven by worry and a desire to protect one's property.
Fortunately, the performance of the company's army is really amazing. The 10,000 people, most of whom were ordinary people who had never joined the army, were also remarkable in their performance in this war. Trained by the instructors of the powerful convoy, these fighters surpassed even the British regular army in all aspects in terms of quality, after only three months. Naturally, adequate food and excellent weapons played a big role. The only shortcomings of inexperience are gradually made up after being sharpened on the battlefield.
In this war, the company invested a total of 13,000 troops, and only suffered more than 1,500 casualties. Moreover, because of the company's perfect battlefield medical system, advanced medical concepts and technologies, as well as sufficient medicines and high-tech equipment, the final death toll was only reduced to more than 500. This is inconceivable to many, and before 1719 there had never been a battle with more than 50,000 dead men.
Of these 500 people, only more than 100 were in the escort team, and those who died were given generous pensions to their families, and from then on they enjoyed various benefits for the families of the martyrs. The 400 bereaved families gradually lost their grief and began to live a better life under the envious eyes of their neighbors. It wasn't until the end of the war that the white people, who had originally belonged to the British camp, began to really notice the changes that the company had made to their lives.
First of all, the main thing is medical and hygiene, and all five of the company's small towns (plus the former town of Lugu) have built a small hospital, which is roughly equivalent to a hospital in a small township in the 21st century. There are only fifteen doctors and forty-five nurses. However, all the drugs that can be bought in the 21st century are available here, and the surgical equipment that can only be found in many major hospitals in the 21st century is also available here.
These drugs and devices, except for the labels and instructions, have not even been removed after they have been kept secret. With the medical technology of all forces except companies in this era, it will not be possible to imitate these drugs in a hundred years, or even two hundred years. You must know that the most popular method among European doctors in this era is the bloodletting treatment, which can throw them off more than a dozen streets even the traditional Chinese medicine technology that is slow to work but can cure the root cause.
With this technology, everyone can be cured unless they suffer from terminal diseases such as AIDS, cancer, Parkinson's, etc., which cannot be solved in the 21st century. Originally, at this time, because of the sudden change in the weather, there were many people who suffered from heat stroke, fire and cold. If it was before, dozens of people would have died. However, when I arrived at the company, as long as I was sent to the hospital in time, I would be much better if I had an infusion and an injection and some medicine. It can be seen that the average life expectancy of anyone who joins the company is increased by at least 20 years.
What has something to do with medical care is the change in the living environment. For a long time, neither whites nor Indians had any concept of hygiene. The Indians were a little better, because of the plague in the Middle Ages, the whites were sure that bathing would make people sick just because the epidemic began to spread from the bathhouse. Those aristocrats, one by one, did not take a bath all year round, and in order to cover up the smell on their bodies, they applied a huge amount of spices, but instead formed a strange smell that Xiao Lin could not bear at all.
Moreover, the household garbage and excrement of these people are dumped at will. When Xiao Lin decided to build three new towns, he directly changed this way of life. Towns and cities are scientifically divided, and residential areas are all clustered together. Household garbage is put into large garbage bins on every street, and every morning sanitation workers drive their cars to pull the garbage to the treatment plant for centralized treatment. Fortunately, because there are no plastic bags, which are difficult to dispose of and take a long time to decompose, it is easy to dispose of garbage, such as rags, food scraps, and glass.
Public toilets have also been built in every street, where everyone can go to the toilet, and even if there is a urine bowl at home, they have to pour these things into these toilets every day. The use of people's waste to fertilize also alleviates the huge demand for chemical fertilizers. No one dares to continue to mess around, and once they are discovered, they will not only have to pay a huge fine, but also go to volunteer. At first, I was a little unaccustomed to it, but slowly, people consciously maintained this kind of policy. After all, no one wants to be surrounded by and urine all day.
Under the company's publicity, the concept of bathing frequently, washing hair frequently, and brushing teeth every day is also accepted by people. Refreshing and dry to go out, you can also start a new life of the day.
In addition to these, the most important thing that has changed is that people have money in their hands. In the past, under the pressure of the colonial higher-ups, people worked so hard for a whole year that they might not even have eaten a meal of meat. And now, in just a few months, everyone has more than fifty Yanhuang coins in their hands, which are pure deposits, and most of them have been turned into all kinds of pots and pans and clothes. The purchasing power of Yanhuang coins is twice that of Huaxia coins for the time being. After all, a power in the 18th century, a country in the 21st century. The purchasing power of Yanhuang coins is determined by the leadership of companies such as Xiao Lin.
When you have money, you naturally have to spend. In the past, when I didn't have money, I could only covet good things, but now that I have money, I naturally have to start purchasing some. The company has 38 types of light industrial products, covering all the things needed in daily life. One of the most eye-catching things is the variety of beautiful or handsome bicycles. It's just that the price of one car is more than 70 yuan, and for the time being, they are still waiting.
The company inherited and learned from the 21st century Chinese cuisine, which is now the bulk of their purchases, which have replaced the British cooking techniques and occupy 100% of the company's tables. They began to hate the hard, tasteless bread, and instead ate white, fat, creamy steamed buns and steamed buns. Fried dough sticks, oil cakes, sesame balls, soy milk and other special Chinese breakfast became their choice.
People who go out to work like to go to the cafeteria or restaurant every day at noon to order a rice bowl or noodle soup. It's noodle soup, they didn't expect there to be so many types. Thin noodles, wide noodles, dragon beard noodles, knife-cut noodles, dough, rice noodles, rice noodles plus a variety of dumplings and wonton dumplings made them dazzled. There are more than 30 kinds of rice bowls, and they all taste very good. It doesn't cost much, only a few Yanhuang coins for a meal, which is one-sixth of their day's work.
In terms of clothing, they also abandoned the clothes that were not convenient at all in the past for several layers. Most of them are wearing labor protection clothes or denim clothes, with a pair of sneakers produced by the company, which is much better than the previous image. Those who were recruited into the army by the company went out in a straight black uniform and special military leather shoes, looking heroic and handsome, and when training and fighting, there were also special field uniforms. The best look is still a variety of high-end suits and long skirts, because the price is relatively high, for the time being, there will be people who have entered an important part of the company and those who have joined the company early.
The three new towns, which gathered more than 40,000 people who originally lived in 15 settlements, slowly became regular. Abandoning their original way of life, people began to create wealth with their own hands with great enthusiasm. The whole weather, like the newborn sunrise, is full of vitality. And in the colonies of other European countries, because of the constant oppression, there has been a kind of sunset lifeless atmosphere. Without the company, this kind of weather would have spurred the American Revolution-like uprising.
Now, the company appeared decades in advance, and by that time, probably most of the territory was occupied by the company. A large-scale uprising could turn into a large-scale exodus from the company's territory.
The war ended, and smuggling continued. There is no purchase from the Charles family and the tribe of traders, and the company has no shortage of customers. Now, the French are not only purchasing revolvers, but also all kinds of military food from companies. French cuisine became world-famous in later generations, but this era has not yet fully developed, and naturally it is not as good as the company food with many spices and condiments. The French are very happy to eat canned food and instant noodles.
And even if the British have only been taught a lesson, there are still many British people who choose to continue to do business with the company because of their interests. No way, since using the company's good things, who wants to continue to go back to live a good life. With this demand comes a huge space for interest. Capital is like this, as long as there is a profit of three hundred percent, they can sell their hanged own noose.
However, maybe these people are more than willing to become members of the company. Companies have laws in place to protect the interests of those who do business, and even encourage people to do business. In a company, there has never been a situation where a person in power would be killed by someone in power because of too much wealth. In the British colonies, this was not uncommon. However, because the company is not self-employed now, and it is related to the fact that it does not have many property, so the businessmen naturally wait and see.
As time passed, news of the company began to circulate. In the past, there were still few people in the company, and they were still hidden to preserve their strength, and everyone could only infer it by themselves based on various rumors. And now, all the information of the company began to be passed on with the company's fame, stirring up layers of waves.