Chapter 255: Go to the Rich District
World War I, also known as World War I, took place from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918, when most of the colonies and semi-colonies were divided among the great powers. Against the backdrop of intensifying contradictions between the old and new colonialism, unbalanced economic development of various imperialists and unequal division of order, a world-class imperialist war broke out to re-divide the world and compete for global hegemony.
The war entangled almost all the countries of Europe, and at the same time, preliminary estimates in the future estimated that about 65 million people participated in the war, and in the end more than 10 million people died and more than 20 million were injured in the war.
And in 1916, the second year of the war, the French Third Republic (the future France), as a member of the Allied Powers, has always been on the front line of the war.
Although the current war is no longer like the old era, the number of people who participated in the battle can claim this battle. But even if the gun is raised, the advantage in numbers still plays a decisive role.
In order to ensure that they can always suppress their opponents on the battlefield, various countries have begun to implement conscription programs, and it is the kind of compulsory conscription. However, if there is a middle-aged male in the family, he must obey the newly established laws and serve on the front line for one to three years.
During this period, it is difficult for soldiers to return to their hometowns almost once a year, and the return will not exceed three days at most, and if it exceeds three days, then it must be that the soldiers are retired because they were injured on the front-line battlefield.
Ji Feng and his party walked to the entrance of Villeban City, and a large number of homeless people dressed similarly to them continued to enter and exit from the entrance.
These people are mainly women, and the elderly and children account for the majority, and almost all of them are yellow-faced and thin-skinned, and at a glance it is clear that these people must have been malnourished for a long time. Because the body does not take in enough nutrients, it consciously begins to burn the fat of the whole body, so it finally leads to this state.
Ji Feng and the others looked at these people in front of them a little unbearable, but the history that had already happened did not allow them to intervene, even if it was just a random piece of bread to a child, it was very likely to change the trajectory of the future.
Holding back the desire to help them, Ji Feng and his party planned to walk into the city quickly.
After seeing them like this, Ji Feng and the others will at least feel a little better in their hearts.
The entrance to Villeban City was not guarded by soldiers, so Ji Feng and his party blended into the city smoothly.
As they passed by the entrance, they had already noticed that there was a place where soldiers were standing guard at the door. However, it seems that it has been abandoned for a while, because many homeless people have used those standing posts as stone benches for sitting.
Such a move is absolutely not allowed to happen before the war has begun, and if it is discovered, then this person will definitely be listed as a wanted person.
After all, this is also a challenge to the authority of the government.
However, the frequent occurrence of this city means that the basic laws in this city have lost their effect, and the soldiers simply do not have the energy to garrison the city gates, let alone want these outcasts who have broken the law.
Most of them have been transferred to the frontline battlefields, and the number of soldiers still remaining in the city is estimated to be no more than a hundred. And the task of these soldiers is to maintain the city, and it can also do the most basic functioning.
Ji Feng and his party who entered the city of Villeban found that the situation in the city was not much better than outside, and there were also crowds of homeless people everywhere, and there were even many beggars sitting on the ground.
Ji Feng looked at these beggars in front of him and frowned slightly.
Bullet noticed her strangeness and began to explain it to her. In the current war-torn era, the situation here in Villebaine is relatively good, in other cities close to the war zone, there are not only homeless people and beggars on the streets, corpses can be seen almost everywhere, and even planes will enter and bomb the city at any time.
After listening to the explanation of the bullet, everyone couldn't help but sigh at the cruelty of war.
"Where are we going to buy a replacement in this situation?" Li Xue really couldn't stand the smell of engine oil on the linen, and couldn't help but ask.
"Straight down the inner city is to a wealthy area with several shopping streets where we can buy clothes from this era. After listening to Li Xue's words, Yan Yan stretched out his hand and pointed to the innermost direction of Villeban City. "Although the whole country is currently in the time of war, the nobles of various countries can still enjoy it in the troubled times, and there are many underworld organizations there. ”
Ji Feng was a little worried. "Can we get in in the way we are now?"
Yan Yan didn't think so. "In this day and age, as long as you have money, no one cares if you dress up to the standards of the rich. ”
"So do we have the money? This is France more than 100 years ago, and the currency and the future are not interconnected at all. Li Qiang suddenly remembered this question.
"Don't worry, Lance and I have already thought about this question. Yan Ling nodded at them, and then took out a few sushi-sized cuboid gold bars from his pocket. "No matter what era it is, gold is the common currency of all countries, and when we get to the commercial street, we can find a bank to exchange gold for local currency. ”
"It seems that our worries are a little redundant!" Ji Feng looked at the gold bar in Yan Yan's hand and sighed with a smile.
"We're traveling through time and space to find a way to save the world, and we're going to take all the problems into account! We have to save a lot of time to complete the task, and we must not allow the little time left to be wasted in trivial things, otherwise do you think we are coming back for a trip?" Yan Yan took it for granted.
Ji Feng listened to Yan Ling's words and nodded again and again, thinking in his heart that it was okay that Yan Ling and Lance had thought more about it than themselves.
Li Xue looked at the two of them with this kind of eyes and spoke again. "Let's talk about us, can we hurry up? I've never been so desperate to get rid of this sackcloth. ”
"That's right, then let's hurry up. Yan Ling nodded at everyone and spoke a little helplessly. "I didn't expect the fabric provided by Lance to stink so much, I can't stand it anymore. ”
In fact, it's not to blame that a few of them are exaggerating, it's really because these fabrics are so smelly, and they want to know how stinky this fabric is?
The homeless people passing by took a detour, and the beggars who had not bathed for a long time would pinch their noses and fan the wind, and several of them entered the city from the entrance, but they suffered the white eyes of others along the way.