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- "The Little Herring" finally arrived at Chixia City after sailing on the sea for several days.
Simon stood on the dock and looked at the Chixia Port in front of him. It was very large, far larger than any port he had ever seen. Compared with it, Marseille in France was like a small market in the countryside.
The Chixia Port in front of you is extremely busy. The piers extend along the coastline to the end of the field of vision. The spacious roads connect the Chixia City without city walls. What you can see are tall buildings. Under the sunlight, the buildings on the tall buildings are visible. The glass windows reflect dazzling light.
The various huge signboards are very eye-catching, and the huge Chinese characters carry a sense of history. These buildings show the charm of the East, and look at the ships moored in the port.
Each of these ships is huge. If you put any of them in Europe, they are large ships, which are relatively rare. But here, almost all of them are large sea ships. Simon even saw the super large ones that emit smoke. ship.
It is said that this is a new type of sea-going ship called a steamship. It has only been out for a few years. It relies on steam engines to provide power. It is very fast and is getting bigger and bigger. The Galenic sailing ship here in Europe is in front of it. It looks like a small sailboat.
Everything told Simon that he had arrived at Chixia City in Ningguo, West Africa. However, when Simon looked at the crowd around him, he was dumbfounded again, because many of the people he saw were blond, blue-eyed, with tall noses and deep eyes. People, as for Ming people with dark eyes and black hair, it is not very common, and the number does not seem to be very large.
But soon, he knew that he had indeed arrived in Chixia City, because here, whether they were white Europeans with tall noses and deep eyes, blond hair and blue eyes, or Tianzhu people with slightly darker skin from Tianzhu, or some from the Middle East Arabs, everyone is speaking Ming dialect.
Although Simon doesn¡¯t understand Daming dialect, he has listened to it a lot along the way and can understand that this is Daming dialect. Some of it is lame and slow. 强牺 lingshufang.com 读牺
??Look at the way these people dress, they are all in the style of the Ming Dynasty. Only the Ming Dynasty people in the world like to shave their beards and cut their hair short.
There is nothing to say about the hair. The beard is a symbol of identity and status in many countries. In Europe and the Middle East, it is strictly forbidden to shave the beard, because it means that you are not manly and very feminine. .
But in the Ming Dynasty, the situation is different. People in the Ming Dynasty like to shave their beards. They believe that beards affect people's lives, so they should be shaved off, just like nails must be cut off when they grow long. , the same goes for this hair.
From the maritime academy to the army and then to factories, shaving beards and cutting short hair gradually became popular, and now it has become a trend, especially among young people.
This naturally affected the overseas vassals and colonies, and everyone followed suit to shave their beards and cut their hair, which in turn affected the slaves who came to the Ming Dynasty. Gradually, everyone got used to it and felt that this was indeed good.
Cutting your hair short and shaving your beard not only makes people more comfortable, but is also more hygienic and makes work and life more convenient.
But at this time, people in the Middle East and Europe regarded their beards as something sacred and inviolable. Even the nobles in these places would put on fake beards. The thicker the beard, the more manly it looked, so they were asked to shave it off. It's impossible to lose your beard, they will fight you tooth and nail. At this time li ngshufa ng.c*om Zhang Si
The same is true for Simon. With his beard, he suddenly looked a little out of place standing on the streets of Chixia City, so that people around him frequently looked at him strangely.
¡°Let¡¯s find a place to eat first~¡±
Simon touched his belly. He had not had a good meal for several days on the boat. Now that he finally arrived in Chixia City, he was not in a hurry to find the Jewish community. He planned to inspect Chixia City first. Case.
"You should pay attention, we Jews are the best at doing business. There are tens of thousands of Jews in Chixia City. They will definitely become the rich people in Chixia City, and their industries will definitely be seen everywhere."
"We will visit them then, and we will soon be able to understand everything in Chixia City in detail."
Simon ordered to the few followers around him, and then started wandering around Chixia City, preparing to look for restaurants and see if he could find any shops opened by Jews.
They found the hotel quickly, the restaurant?.
People are divided into three, six or nine grades. In addition to the decisive factors of blood and lineage, there are also the degree of learning the Ming Dynasty dialect, whether they can write Ming Dynasty characters, how much they know about the customs and customs of the Ming Dynasty, and whether they are good citizens. , What special and outstanding contributions have been made to Ningguo?
A very complete system, but one thing that is very different from the caste system here in Tianzhu is that the caste system in Ningguo is similar to the household registration system in the Ming Dynasty, that is, people from lower castes can climb to higher castes through their own slaves. of.
For example, as long as a slave makes a special contribution to the Ning State, such as fighting for King Ning and making meritorious deeds, he can become a free man from a slave at the bottom, or as long as he works hard for more than thirty years, his master will report to the government. Apply here, and after verification, it is found that he is indeed diligent and has worked for the master for many years. According to the consistent rules of the Ming Dynasty, even if the old scalper is dying, he must be given a certain degree of dignity.
Zhida z.com Zhixiao. When this slave gets old, he can still be freed. Even if he dies, he will no longer be a slave, but will die as a free man, giving him the final dignity
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