Chapter 50: Memorials of a trip to the Middle Ages

“…… This one...... How so? You don't have to blame yourself like this, Doraemon, everyone has their own destiny, as long as they survive, there are infinite possibilities, no matter what, these people have been saved from the carnation of the Black Death because of your and our efforts, as for how to live next, it depends on their own ability - we are not their parents after all, and we do not have so many unshirkable natural obligations......"

Looking at Doraemon's tangled expression, Wang Qiu couldn't help but lean in and comfort, "...... Although you are often the savior with the wild than them, it does not mean that it is your responsibility and obligation to save every world. If it is stipulated that to save a person's life, he has to take care of his life for the rest of his life, then I can guarantee that everyone will only take care of themselves in the future, and no one will dare to help others......"

“…… That's right, I think so too. Professor Guo took a sip of wine, echoed it, and then made another idea, "...... I remember that when we were in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, didn't you come up with a very magical crop? Can we do it again in Europe at this time? ”

-- When Doraemon and others traveled through the time and space of the Northern Song Dynasty and contacted various forces to besiege the Jin soldiers, it happened that the remnants of the Western Liao army in Yelu Dashi were trapped in the grassland and lacked grain and grass, so Doraemon took out the 22nd century high-tech crop [Seven-day Wheat Harvest] for the Khitan people to sow on the Mobei grassland -- this kind of Seven-Day Wheat is a cold-tolerant, drought-tolerant and barren-grade crop jointly researched by scientists from various countries through Guò genetic engineering in the early 6 days of the future World Antarctic's 6, which can adapt to a variety of harsh climates. It is especially cold and drought tolerant, and is said to grow on icebergs.

Relying on this incredible high-tech crop, the Khitan remnants soon harvested a large amount of grain from the grassland, thus alleviating the shortage of military rations.

However, the situation in medieval Europe was slightly different - it was not the natural factors of climate or soil that caused the food supply crisis, but the disappearance of agricultural labor and the disintegration of agricultural production caused by the Black Death: the best seeds were useless without solving the plagues that raged in the countryside.

“…… I'm afraid it won't work, and no matter how good the crops are, they still need people to sow and cultivate. In the era of the Black Death, even this was difficult to do, because the governments had collapsed, order in the cities was out of control, and there was no one in the countryside to organize agricultural production. ”

Doraemon thought for a moment, but finally shook his head, "...... Don't look at the fast growth of [Seven Days of Wheat], in fact, the yield per unit area is pitifully low, and it may not be as good as the oats and barley planted by medieval Europeans, which were originally planted on the grasslands that could not grow crops, which were particularly conspicuous. If it is not used for reclamation, but for sowing seeds on cooked land, it is simply a waste of cultivated land. And this thing is not resistant to heat or waterlogging, and it will be lost when it is flooded. It is also less resistant to pests and diseases, so it is not at all suitable for Europe's relatively humid maritime climate.

In fact, given the situation in Europe in 1348, it was better to follow the original pattern than to introduce any new species. But the question is, as the Black Death continues to spread and cannot be extinguished, who has the ability to resume agricultural production under the scythe of death? ”

-- Although the Black Death spread in Europe in 1348, there were no particularly significant natural disasters, and the original irrigation facilities were not abandoned. As far as agricultural production and food supply are concerned, the real test is actually the ability of the ruling authorities to govern and the organization of the country.

If the Soviet Union of the Stalin era or the new China of the Lao Mao era had been able to make a highly effective allocation of human resources in the whole society, and organize the surviving urban population to "go to the mountains and go to the countryside" at the first opportunity, then perhaps a part of the grain production could be restored and the impending famine could be stifled at the beginning of the famine -- after all, the mouths that needed to eat had been wiped out by the plague.

However, if the loose and unscrupulous, stacked, and divided political system of medieval Europe wanted to organize the urban population to go to the countryside to reclaim the land and resume production, not to mention whether the pampered aristocrats wanted to get such a thing, even if they did, those abandoned arable land also had their own owners, and the issues of land ownership and feudal inheritance alone could cause a lot of armed conflicts, and the citizens who had personal freedom might not be willing to obediently go to farming - because they had been in the city for too long, It's likely that they won't be able to farm anymore. How to find "agricultural technicians" to teach them farming skills is even more disastrous. In short, whether it is the church, the aristocracy, the royal family, or the city council to preside over this matter, because there are too many troubles involved, the result is bound to be thankless. Therefore, even if the rulers of the Ming Dynasty anticipated the impending famine, most of them would eventually choose to sit back and wait for the famine to explode and see how many people would survive...... Anyway, no matter how many poor people starve to death, they can't starve these "noble people", right?

Even so, they still think of the good of human nature -- with the conscience of those Venetian profiteers and their love of money, perhaps they are already arranging how to take advantage of this famine year to hoard and frantically raise the price of grain to make a hundredfold profit

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“…… Hey, is it such a trouble? In fact, it may be possible to try the method of reverse thinking. ”

Listening to everyone's discussions, Ma Tong opened her mouth to bite a wine glass in a drunken daze, and lay down on the rice sloppily, letting a wisp of sake flow down her lips onto the tatami mat, "...... Doraemon, as long as you rely on your [Encyclopedia of Magic] and know a kind of [Bigu Technique] or [Winter Trick], so that those who can't eat can temporarily stop eating like hibernating snakes, won't it solve the problem? ”

Eun, since you don't have anything to eat, let's hibernate together, right? Senior Sister Ma Tong, your reverse thinking is really strange

-- This strange idea was so unconventional that there was a brief chill in the box: everyone felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't say anything was wrong...... I had to be silent for a while.

In the end, the little girl Shizuka Yuan, who was still very eye-catching, laughed a few times and took the initiative to divert the topic:

“…… Hehe, anyway, famine is not something that can be solved in a while. Today is the day to celebrate Doraemon paying off the loan sharks, so let's talk about some happy things, such as ...... By the way, you have traveled so many places in medieval Europe this time, and you have also been to such a romantic place as France, why didn't you think of bringing some souvenirs back to everyone as a souvenir, (Japanese tradition, you have to bring gifts when you come back from a long trip)? When you think of France, the first thing that comes to mind is perfume and wine," she says, deliberately disgusted.

“…… French perfumes? Miss Shizuka, we went in 1348, and the legendary French perfume has no shadow at all."

Wang Qiu squirted out the sake in his mouth when he heard this, and shook his head again and again, "...... Perfume was first discovered in ancient India and Persia, while in medieval Europe, it was the Italians who established the first perfume production workshops. But the perfume craft in France has always been very backward, and it was not until later that it suddenly flourished, and the lavender fields of Provence also appeared very late in history...... The reason why the French devoted themselves to the study of perfume was because they mistook bathing for the source of the disease after the Black Death, so they actually closed the bathroom and did not take a bath for the rest of their lives.

But people don't take a bath to stink, and Europeans don't seem to have been perverted ♂ enough to take stinky as beauty, such a harsh living environment naturally makes perfume a necessity of life. The French first imported perfume from Italy, but later felt that it was not cost-effective, so they managed to recruit Italian perfume craftsmen and set up their own perfume workshop, laying the foundation of the French perfume industry. By the time of the Napoleonic Empire, the science-loving Emperor Napoleon encouraged French scientists to devote themselves to the study of organic chemistry, so that the French perfume industry began to lead the world trend until the twenty-first century......"

He wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth with a tissue and explained to Minamoto Shizuka, "...... During the Black Death, due to the narrow consumer market and backward technology, even Italian homemade perfumes were scarce and of poor quality. As far as I can see, the fine perfumes used in European courts at that time were basically imported from India and Persia, and Indian products with aphrodisiac effects were more sought after. If you really like it, I can get you a few bottles, but with all due respect, it's a little too early for your age to use that......"

“…… What the? Importing from India? Too early for me? Oh my God—"

In this regard, Yuan Shizuka first blinked, and then suddenly blushed, "...... Could it be the legendary India...... Divine oil? ”

“…… Yes, it's pretty much that kind of thing, the smell is very pungent and weird, and most modern people don't like it. Why don't you take a flower bath?"

Wang Qiu shrugged his shoulders and replied to her, "As for French wine, it is as much as it wants, and it is absolutely natural green and pollution-free, not the kind of sugar water mixed with alcohol and pigments......

Hey, speaking of which, relying on the money looted from him, we are here to eat and drink and celebrate each other, but Levi bears the title of 'Paladin', and stays alone in that backward world, with no one to talk to, and even his pregnant wife, who has been with him for several years, has been sent to the future hospital of the twenty-second century to give birth, and is not around...... I guess he's feeling lonely right now."

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