Are there really no oppression for people living here in Manhattan?

The answer is definitely no.

In this world, oppression will not disappear at any time or in any era.

Even in the kingdoms of later generations, oppression exists.

Corruption, all kinds of second generations, fighting ancestors and sons, and all kinds of relationships, these are all in the category of oppression.

It's just that those Europeans who lived in Manhattan in the seventeenth century of the Song Empire, they would feel this way, and that was because of the contrast.

Yes, with a comparison between Manhattan and European cities, then everything is clear.

Manhattan has low taxes and low taxes.

All taxes can be made clear and clear to the taxpayers.

At the same time, after the government collects taxes, where and how much of the money is used will also be clearly publicized for citizens to understand.

This kind of thing is something that shocks the European workers who have not become citizens.

There are so many taxes in Europe, not to mention that the lords and nobles who have collected taxes will not publicize how the taxes are spent.

But here in Manhattan, it's public.

Urban sanitation, public transport facilities, construction of private houses, military spending, and maintenance of various public facilities.

Therefore, all the expenses are clearly publicized, so that citizens know how the money is spent.

And the salaries of those who work in the government will also be publicized, without the slightest concealment.

This is to tell everyone that there are no corrupt people in the government, and at the same time to show the citizens that the government is clean.

The shock that this approach brought to the European workers was not the slightest bit.

So, these European workers, at the same time, feel everything in Manhattan. They all started to have some ideas about Manhattan.

That is, try to be a citizen!

Yes, the idea of becoming a citizen is present in the minds of almost all European workers.

It's just that because the status of an Imperial citizen is difficult to obtain, it becomes a goal for them to strive for.

In fact, European workers are only deceived by appearances.

The Song Empire is not as rosy here as it seems.

Oppression is just as present here.

Otherwise, what about the prisoners in Europe, and the black slaves?

And the reason why there is no corruption on the government's side is because these people are genetics.

Moreover, the Song Empire was still an imperial state.

Plus the government dividends from the umbrella company. There will always be subsidies for government civil servants, so there is no need for those civil servants to be corrupt.

The reasons for this are complex.

But those Europeans don't see it that way.

At least in their opinion, the Song Empire was absolutely incorruptible and did things for the people.

At the very least, there would be no such state in Europe.

Those aristocratic lords and church lords, who doesn't make money for themselves from death.

I'm afraid that I'll make less money.

I'm afraid that there will be a comparison with this thing, and there is no need to say anything when I compare.

There is also the perception of the European workers about the changes in Manhattan. The intelligence department has always had detailed information on the situation.

Although the riot caused by the church some time ago caused a bit of trouble here in Manhattan.

But if the church still wants to do that, it's unlikely.

Now the native religion of the Americas has appeared, and has achieved a lot of results-

Dividing Line –

After more than fifty days of sailing. Five French envoy ships finally saw the silhouette of Manhattan.

Standing on the deck, little Louis XIII looked very excited, and he had been fantasizing about what kind of city Manhattan really was.

But when he thinks about it, his mind is also about European architecture, or other Gothic architectural cities.

It's not Manhattan at all.

But Louis XIII Jr. can't be blamed for that. This was the first time he had traveled far away.

Besides, he hadn't seen the cities of the Song Empire or had any contact with the Americas.

This era does not look like the afterlife. You can run around in an airplane.

If it were a later generation, a prince like Louis XIII Jr. would not be able to be so dicked.

"Ahead is Manhattan, the commercial city of the Song Empire, which is very prosperous and lively, with a population of almost one million."

D'Artagnan, the captain of the guard, who stood beside little Louis XIII, spoke the information he had inquired about in a thick tone.

What is the concept of a city with a population of almost 1 million?

Especially for Europeans.

In the next generation, an urban fart with a population of 100 people is not counted, which is very normal.

But this is the 17th century.

This is not the era of the population explosion in later generations.

In this era, the capital of the Ming Dynasty in China had a population of 2 million people.

But cities with a population of more than one million were only two or three in the Ming Dynasty.

The whole world is only the Ming Dynasty in the East.

Needless to say, Africa, the Arab world is no better.

As for Europe, London in the United Kingdom, Paris in France, and even Madrid, the capital of the Spanish Empire, which was killed, only had two or three hundred thousand people each.

But even so, it's a bustling metropolis in Europe.

Two or three hundred thousand people, in later generations, it will be a county seat......

That's right, London and Paris and Madrid, it also stinks.

Hearing this, little Louis XIII's face changed dramatically.

He seemed to have thought of the state of the city of Paris.

Paris, a city that the French have always been very proud of.

In fact, in the seventeenth century, it was just a large WC-like existence.

The streets of the whole city are full of dung and water, and there is no need to say that it smells at all.

This is also the reason why the nobles and royal families are reluctant to live close to Paris, because the smell is really smelly of the wind, and it is not a place for people to stay at all.

But the population of Paris is just over 300,000.

Today, the city of Manhattan in the Song Empire has a population of almost one million.

Doesn't this mean that the taste of the whole city is much richer than that?

That's what comes to mind. Little Louis XIII's face changed dramatically.

Poor little Louis XIII, he actually regarded the city of Manhattan as one of those cities on the European continent that did not care about urban sanitation, and he really deserved a good lesson in the spanking.

"D'Artagnan, a city of more than a million people, is huge, but can they stand it?" Louis XIII Jr. asked d'Artagnan with a pale face. "Paris is just over 300,000 people, but the city is like that, Manhattan has more people than Paris."

While speaking, the mind of Louis XIII Jr. While the rich fantasy began to unfold.

The city of Manhattan is a city that floats on dung water, and its inhabitants swim or row boats in the dung water......

Little Louis XIII is only an eleven or twelve-year-old child now, so he is also at the age of fantasies, isn't he?

Therefore, it is not surprising that he has some bizarre fantasies in his head.

D'Artagnan didn't know much about this, after all, he knew all these things from merchants who had come to Manhattan when he left France.

Therefore, the inquiry is very general. So he really didn't understand the sanitation situation in Manhattan.

So he listened to Louis XIII Jr. and thought about the situation in Paris.

Immediately, d'Artagnan's face turned pale. It also became as ugly as Louis XIII Jr.

If Zhao Hongyu knew about this, it is estimated that he would definitely die of laughter.

Because from this alone, you can see how much the French are afraid of city life.

And in this era, city people do not represent nobility. It's filth.

But who can blame this?

Who made the countries of the European continent, they don't care about the sanitation in the cities?

In the absence of sanitation management, and to various sewage facilities. It's no surprise that there are scenes of feng shui in the city.

To know that the earliest time to solve this problem was until the end of the nineteenth century, that is, in 188x.

Only then will the British begin to put their city of London in order.

But until then, European countries were still living in dung.

And until urban sanitation was regulated, European countries were not without their own crimes.

Because of the lack of urban sanitation, various epidemics are frequent, which is also recorded in history.

No matter what later generations of Europeans say, they cannot escape this history.

For these, Louis XIII and d'Artagnan do not know what to do.

Now the two of them are full of delusions in the dung water world.

It's very close to the port of Manhattan, so it's not uncommon to see dhows and medium-sized fishing boats shuttling around.

The small dunker boats, which are not allowed to fish in the open sea, are restricted to fishing in the waters near the Manhattan pier.

These fishermen are all fishermen of Indian descent, with a few Chinese and Europeans.

Of course, on some of the large distant-water fishing vessels, European-American employees still exist.

The Indians here are no longer the naked ones they used to be. Under the influence of the empire for two years, they are also accustomed to wearing clothes and trousers of labor cloth.

And the most important thing is that this kind of labor cloth is not afraid of dirty, but also strong and warm.

You must know that it is just spring, and the weather outside is still relatively cold.

Especially in the morning and evening, everyone wears more clothes.

These Indian fishermen are no longer surprised by the passing boats.

And their appearance and complexion were different from those of Europeans, which surprised Louis XIII and d'Artagnan.

The world is so big that they couldn't imagine that the people here on the American continent would have a completely different skin color from the people they knew about the Dao.

Of course, the black hair and black eyes of the Chinese people also surprised them for a while.

As soon as the ship of Louis XIII and his ship entered the precinct of the port administration, a triangular boat came and stopped on their side.

This is the Port of Manhattan, a guide ship dedicated to guiding ships to and from the city.

Yes, the port of Manhattan has too many ships coming in and out of the port, so it is necessary to guide the ships to manage it.

At the same time, the port berths are also numbered, like Louis XIII Jr., they will not understand.

Even European businessmen who have been to Manhattan a few times are a little unaware of this rule.

Therefore, it was necessary to guide the ships to guide the warships into the harbor and then assign them berths.

The Chinese officer who guided the ship boarded the ship, and Louis XIII the Younger revealed his identity to him.

O prince of France, do not dare to delay this matter.

At that moment, the official who guided the ship hurriedly informed his colleagues of the news, and asked them to report the news immediately.

And he himself began to give berths to five sea ships.

When dealing with a prince, there are some things that cannot be neglected.

In particular, France is now an ally of the Empire.

There are propellers under the guide boat, so it is possible to speed up them.

So, in a very short time, the guide boat was docked.

Little Louis XIII, who was on the sea, looked at the departing guide ship in amazement.

Without him, because the speed of this ship is simply too fast.

They still don't know that there will be such a fast ship in this world.

At the same time, the boat looks no different, and it is still a single-pole spinnaker.

And the wind is not strong at this time, how can it sail so fast?

The French really don't understand.

Of course, the official of Chinese descent would not tell the truth about such questions, although he knew the truth.

Could it be that he really told Louis XIII Jr. that there was a propeller underneath the ship and an engine in its hull?

Obviously, this is not possible.

Because this is a secret belonging to the empire, how can it be casually said and told to others.

And so, full of doubts and shock, little Louis XIII and his ship docked.

For the little Louis XIII and his party, the shock that Manhattan brought them was one after another.

The busy marinas and the bustling crowds are not to be seen even in Marseille, the largest port in France.

The entire harbor is paved with stone slabs and looks clean and tidy.

The docks are stacked with all sorts of goods, and the merchants are constantly talking, as if they are haggling.

And the workers who carry the goods are carefully carrying the goods.

Some of the children, shouting in a language they did not understand, were constantly soliciting something from the people who came and went.

Here, there is not a little numbness in people's faces, but Louis XIII sees their longing and hope for happiness in people's faces.

As far as the eye can see, the wharf is densely packed with poles, and many merchant ships are docked here.

You can also see how much business is going on in Manhattan.

Call!

Little Louis XIII took a deep breath.

He knew that this was just a corner of Manhattan, and if he wanted to understand the Song Empire, then he had to start here...... (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )