There is no road in the world, but when there are many people who walk, it becomes a road.

Duluth noticed that the ground seemed to be a little higher than the other blocks, blue-yellow, and finally settled together and became suspiciously black.

The modern road is a cement asphalt road, and a little foreign object on it can be clearly distinguished, but in ancient times, it was a dirt road, and the mud and other things were mixed together, so it was naturally impossible to see.

Originally, these roads were supposed to be a group of ice walls and ice floors covered with frost, just like the Xiang Wall outside the city wall, but because people dump filth every day, the whole street is naturally a mess.

In 17th-century Paris, citizens were not allowed to dump filth from the upper floors during the day, only at night, but they had to shout "pay attention to urine" before dumping to prevent unnecessary public disputes...... In the more ancient medieval era, it could be dumped at will during the day and night, and whether it would squeak to remind passers-by before dumping feces and urine depended on the quality and mood of the citizen.

But when the decree is issued, will all the people of that time obey it?"

From time to time, the pain in Duluth's heart was even greater, not only because of the citizens who had fallen from the windows, but also because of the passers-by who were on the side of the road to solve their personal hygiene!

I wanted to ask "why didn't they build a toilet", but thinking about the reality, Duluth kept his mouth shut.

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In reality, the White Elephant Country has clearly stepped into the 21st century, and the people's various public facilities are still surprisingly backward, the most conspicuous of which is the toilet.

On the streets, in the fields, in residential areas, there are people who defecate in the open everywhere, and you have a hard time finding toilets, even if there are one or two occasionally, it is for men.

How rudimentary?

It is in the middle of the city, a wall is erected, and the man is facing the wall to release water, and next to the street is the toilet.

In such a situation, when the residents of the White Elephant Country marry their daughter, one of the bases for judging whether the man is financially strong is whether the person has his own toilet at home, and if so, it is something that can be boasted of in the neighbors for a lifetime.

It sounds ridiculous, but the fact is that any rabbit family goes to the White Elephant Country with the humble toilet in their own house, and they don't have to worry about whether the single dog is healthy.

The reality of the 21st century is like this, but what is different about medieval Europe?

Therefore, the city of Paris has completely become one with the filth, the city wall is Xiangcheng, the ground is Xiangdi, and it may be cleaned up when there is a big change in the middle, but the general development process is like this.

On the edge of the market in almost every city, there is a dirty street that has formed spontaneously, such as Squatting Street, Thatched House Alley, etc., and those who come to the market to shop in the open air on the street, even saving urinals and dung pits.

In the city of Troyes in the south of France, for example, the name of this "public toilet" street is the Rue de la Wood, and it is unfortunate that it is close to the town hall. In the 17th century, the stench-plagued judges of Troyes tried to legislate a ban on the use of wooden streets as open-air toilets, which led to a popular riot. A delegation led by a weaver immediately went to the town hall to protest against the judges' violation of basic human rights! The spokesperson of the delegation claimed: "Our fathers raked there, and now I am raking there, and my children will go there to rake and rake!"

In the end, the anxious judges had to admit that the citizens of Troyes had a natural right to defecate in the open!

A French writer in the 19th century summed it up in a very witty tone: ...... Wood Street gloriously retains its right-to-use, and it has enthusiastically witnessed the butts of its customers. These people come in a habitual way and pay it all the respect they deserve. ”

There was a prompt sound in my ears, and in my eyes, I inadvertently saw several women with skirts almost mopping the floor.

These women are very smart, obviously going out, not wanting to be polluted by filth on the hem of their skirts, and all of them are stepping on wooden shoes with thick wooden soles, ranging from more than 10 centimeters to half a meter, walking on the street as if on stilts, not affected by the ground at all.

A whole culture of adaptability has been formed!

Duluth didn't know whether to praise these women for their intelligence or to scold the chaos of the world.

In reality, I like to read Chinese, Duluth thought about it, unless the two Xiang protagonists in "Rebirth Flying Freely" and "Rebirth Flying Against the Sky" that were popular at the beginning of the year were called over and ate all these Xiang, otherwise the city wants to clean up, but I am afraid it is an impossible thing to complete!

However, as in reality, even in the most backward areas, there will be no problems with the living conditions of people in the top class.

"In some of the top nobles and senior priests, they naturally don't do anything in the house like ordinary people, just take a shovel and turn it under the soil, they have toilets.

And near the living room, there is a special toilet, and it is elegantly furnished and comfortable - because the word toilet is somewhat indecent, it is vaguely called "private room", "comfortable place", "necessary place" or "prayer room". ”

Duluth had a strange look on his face, the "prayer room" in the church, which was originally used as a toilet?

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However, it doesn't make sense!

As if sensing his doubts, the books he bought continued to work faithfully: "Although these nobles are very particular about personal hygiene, and order people to clean regularly, their subordinates do not have such conditions, and some lazy servants will pour household garbage into the moat, and over time the perfect castle will naturally become a place where poisonous gas spreads.

Once a king of England stayed in a stinking castle and laughed at himself helplessly: "If you have a moat like this, you can faint people as long as you come to the bank, and there should be no enemy army to attack it!"

Too young, too simple! Your moat stinks, people stink more than yours, there is a hairy blocking effect?

Even so, these are only a small number of nobles who are more particular about this, and most of the nobles are very unconcerned about personal hygiene, and solve problems everywhere like others. For example, in the summer of 1665, Charles II and members of the royal family went to Oxford for a holiday with a large number of servants, and afterwards a local antique dealer wrote in his diary that although they looked well-dressed and happy, they were very rude and rude. As they left, everywhere, in the chimney, in the study, in the bedroom, in the cellar, there was feces everywhere.

Louis XIV, the great French "Sun King", had no choice but to solve the problem of urinating and defecating in Versailles, the Louvre, and the Château de Fontainebleau, and that was to move in turn—once a month, and when the nobles were ruining one place, the servants were assigned to clean the other.

In short, the French after the Middle Ages and the Renaissance have always been the dirtiest and most unhygienic sloppy in all of Europe. Even in the splendid Palace of Versailles, sewers, toilets and bathrooms were not originally designed......"

Duluth groaned in pain, is there any mistake, Louis XIV, who he likes to take out to pretend to be 13 on weekdays, is actually like this in his impression of the Palace of Versailles, which is brilliant and dazzling and represents the ultimate luxury in Europe??!!