Chapter 875 The Catfish Effect

The Ming Dynasty had a completely different planning method from the mainland and overseas, and the border, for example, the current two capitals and thirteen provinces, like the city of Beijing, canceled the construction of the city wall.

First, the city wall consumes resources and manpower, and secondly, it affects traffic, taking Beijing City as an example, although Beijing City has a total of 32 city gates, in fact, it is the outer city gates that directly affect traffic, such as Xi'an and Nanjing.

The population of each city is increasing, the economy is developing, unless it is not necessary, the city wall is indeed doing more harm than good, if the Ming Dynasty's two capitals and thirteen provinces, the people need the city wall to protect security, which shows that the Ming Dynasty has lost control of the territory, relying on the city wall does not have much effect.

In Quan Xu's view, the resources spent on building a city wall are not as good as building a few more bridges or ditches, of course, for the city wall that you already have, it will not be demolished, and if you don't have it, you don't need to rebuild it.

However, in the overseas territories, whether in the province of Xinhua or in the Indochina Peninsula, in the Far East, these places have a common characteristic, the population is small, and the beasts are rampant. Even if it was not to prevent the enemy from attacking, it was necessary to use the city wall to protect the safety of the people, and the people of Xinhua Province went to work in the fields, carrying guns and swords with them, if not to guard against the natives but also against the wild beasts.

In North Africa, wild lions and cheetahs often attack humans, and carrying muskets not only protects themselves, but also strengthens their courage.

The castle of Castle Hill is not small, it is equivalent to a medium-sized city in Spain, but there are only one or two hundred households here, and there are many such towns in North Africa, which are not at all inconspicuous.

The scale of the town is not large, in Chinese, although the sparrow is small, the five organs are complete, from the wine store, inn, car shop, everything is available, the streets in the town are also hardened pavement, not the cement road made of reinforced concrete building, but the use of North African unique square bricks, this square brick is artificially fired, and the bricks of the construction of the city wall, the length and width are forty centimeters, and the service life may be worse than the slate, but the advantage is low cost, simple processing, easy to replace, if the use of slate hardened ground, Then the cost could soar more than tenfold.

"Your Excellency the Duke, it is said that this town was designed by His Majesty the Emperor of the Daimyo himself!"

"How is this possible? Can such a town be designed by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty? ”

An emperor of Quan Xu's status, although it is not strange to say that he knows how to design construction, but the question is, how can he easily design a small town?

Zeng Dezhao explained with a smile: "Not only Qingshan Town, but all the towns and forts in Daming have adopted the design style of Quanjiazhuang Town!" ”

At this time, Duke Morales suddenly realized.

But I have to admit that the Ming people are industrious and unmatched, and Morales is not a stranger here in North Africa, but in less than three years, he arrived in North Africa again, and everything here has become very unfamiliar.

"Fuck off, you lowly yellow-skinned monkey......"

While Mollars and Zeng Dezhao were admiring the cookie-cutter view of Qingshan Town, a tall Dutchman quarreled with a man dressed in blue and wearing an embroidered chengguan armband on his arm.

Dutch Tsang also knows, although not as familiar as Spanish and Portuguese, so conversation is not a problem, and if you translate documents, it is a different matter.

"Woo ......"

The chengguan, dressed in blue, whistled in his mouth and waved his stick at the tall Dutchman to dismount.

"Fuck off, you're wasting my precious time......"

"Bang!"

The chengguan was not accustomed to such a Dutchman, and a stick struck him on the forehead, and the Dutchman fell from his horse, and he hurried to draw his sword.

However, it was discovered that his sword had been stabbed with something similar to a rivet, and was only allowed to untie it when he was out of town.

"You're in trouble, get your heads over ......"

At this moment, a group of chengguans who were also wearing cyan uniforms rushed over, there were not many people, about a dozen people, of course, this is just a small town, and a dozen chengguan are already the limit.

Of course, it was easy to deal with a mere troublemaker, and the chengguan stepped forward and subdued the Dutchman who made trouble.

Although the Duke of Morales was Spanish, he felt a little uncomfortable with the Ming people's rough treatment of Dutch whites.

Zeng Dezhao hurriedly explained: "This Dutchman is uneducated, and he must have suffered a lot!" ”

Elsewhere, the white supremacy of the Europa might work, but in North Africa, under the Ming dynasty, it didn't work at all.

As long as you break the law, three meals a day are "high-standard" treatment, without an iron stomach, you can't even eat a meal, it's not a spoiled steamed bun, or a leftover meal that you will dislike when you feed pigs, but such a meal, that's not free, and the price is ridiculously high.

If there is no money, then the consequences will be even more serious, and such troublemakers will be sold into which corner, and no one cares whether they live or die.

"There don't seem to be many people here, are all the houses here inhabited?" Duke Morales did not get angry about this, after all, Spain needed the friendship of the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention that it was a Dutchman who committed the crime, even if it was a Spaniard, he would not care.

Walking on the streets of Castle Hills, Morales was a little surprised, the situation in Castle Hills Town was completely different from the small towns in Spain.

In Morales's impression, a thriving town must be filled with the smell of fireworks in the parents' house, the ground must be overflowing with sewage, the town should have children playing and chasing, wild dogs are fat and strong, and taverns are full of people all day long.

There is a tavern in Qingshan Town, although the wine is complete, rum, wine, all kinds of fruit wine, liquor, and even beer, there are no customers, and the two little guys are drowsy.

The streets were clean and there seemed to be no dust, no clothes to be seen in the houses on both sides of the road, not even wild dogs and wild cats, and the occasional people walking through the streets were in a hurry, and they didn't seem to notice the warm sun and cool breeze at all.

"It's normal for no one to have anybody, there is public education in Qingshan Township, the enrollment rate of school-age children has reached 98 percent, children should be in school now, only on weekends will there be school buses to send them back, as for adults, they should all work on the farm, and they can only rest when the weather is bad."

Zeng Dezhao has lived in Daming for more than 20 years, and he still knows the situation of Daming very well, and Daming people attach great importance to education, no matter how poor the family is, they will try their best to cultivate the next generation.

The farm in North Africa, in fact, is not a private farm, to be precise, this is the Daming North African Agricultural Development Company contracted to the North African Ming people to operate, the agricultural company will provide farmers with free agricultural tools, seeds, fertilizers, and technical guidance in the first year of the land, and stipulate the types of crops planted on the farm, and then buy at a fixed price, and all the money obtained from the sale of crops belongs to the farmer.

Of course, taxes must be paid.

In North Africa, an average farmer can lease at least 800 acres of land from the North African Agricultural Company, and the cost of leasing land is very low, 800 acres only cost about 10 taels of silver per year, and on average, each acre of land is about 12.5 cents.

Morales and a large group of servants quickly finished Qingshan Town, and randomly found a restaurant that looked good to eat.

"Bastard ......"

At that moment, a turban roared at the shopkeeper: "You should follow our rules in North Africa, you are our insult......"

"Bastard!"

How amazing a man with a bright face scolded in fluent Turkish with a turban: "Get out of here, I won't do your business, leave my shop!" ”

The big turban is estimated to be a master of horizontal habits, pulling out the knife without saying a word, this rivet structure device is actually like the supermarket anti-theft buckle of later generations, you only need to force to break away.

The turban pointed a knife at the store.

The shopkeeper pulled out a two-shot gun from the counter, which was like a shotgun, and a shot spewed out, sweeping a large area.

The shopkeeper held a gun to the big turban, turned his head and said to the woman in the room: "Hu Ziniang blows the police whistle!" ”

"Tick ......"

There was a sharp whistle in the back kitchen, and then there were drums in the distance, and the town of Qingshan, which was originally quiet and peaceful, suddenly boiled, as if there were countless footsteps rushing from all directions, everyone carrying muskets, bows and crossbows, and some people holding shields, machetes, or spears.

"Woo ......"

More than a dozen Scottish shepherds were also driven by their owners and came running quickly.

Morales's face changed slightly, because these people actually targeted him, and it was no wonder who made his servants more than a hundred people, and they were armed.

Zeng Dezhao hurriedly explained: "Don't get me wrong, we are Spanish envoys, and the troublemakers are inside!" ”

More than a dozen men stared at Morales vigilantly, and after a while, a strangely shaped two-wheeled cart pushed over, and Duke Morales felt that his head was extremely big.

This is actually a Thunderbolt, of course, not the latest model, but an early model, with eighteen barrels, and once fired, the consequences are unimaginable.

The town guard walked over: "What's going on?" ”

"Lord Ni, this bastard scolded me, scolded me for not following the rules, and tried to kill me with a knife......"

"Take it away!"

After dealing with this troublemaker, Duke Morales only then saw the official of Qingshan Town, and at first glance, this person obviously had the temperament of a soldier.

"Okay, this is a misunderstanding, let's all disperse!"

Duke Morales finally understood how fierce the Ming people were.

Many of these people were women, with knives and muskets, and even women pushing strange things.

In fact, including in Europe now, the status of women is still the same, and those Chinese shepherds think that European men are gentlemen.

……

found out that Quan Xu definitely didn't know about things in North Africa, similar to this kind of trivial matter, it couldn't reach Quan Xu's ears, and local officials and the military would not report it.

In short, in North Africa or Xinhua Province, or other places, there is no such thing as following the customs of the locals, and it is also the customs of the Ming people.

Dumplings must be filled with large meat, so that the dumplings are fragrant.

Beef and mutton are also available, but the price is slightly expensive, and ordinary people are still accustomed to eating pork, because pork is cheap, and with abundant potatoes and fermented green storage feed, pork is fat and delicious.

With the arrival of Helena, Jeon Xu's happy days have finally come.

In the past, Quan Xu, the emperor, did a very tasteless job, and when he was not the emperor, Zhu Weiyuan was better, very traditional, and he didn't even dare to call or bed, for fear that Quan Xu would laugh at him.

Actually, Zhu Weiyuan didn't know that it was this tone that Quan Xu liked. But Erniang is a Buddhist woman, not active, and has no mood.

Although Sanniang can unlock a lot of postures, but after Sanniang gave birth to Panorama Sweet, this Panorama Sweet is inseparable from Sanniang, as long as she leaves Sanniang, she will cry soon.

Beef and mutton are also available, but the price is slightly expensive, and ordinary people are still accustomed to eating pork, because pork is cheap, and with abundant potatoes and fermented green storage feed, pork is fat and delicious.

With the arrival of Helena, Jeon Xu's happy days have finally come.

In the past, Quan Xu, the emperor, did a very tasteless job, and when he was not the emperor, Zhu Weiyuan was better, very traditional, and he didn't even dare to call or bed, for fear that Quan Xu would laugh at him.

Actually, Zhu Weiyuan didn't know that it was this tone that Quan Xu liked. But Erniang is a Buddhist woman, not active, and has no mood.

Although Sanniang can unlock a lot of postures, but after Sanniang gave birth to Panorama Sweet, this Panorama Sweet is inseparable from Sanniang, as long as she leaves Sanniang, she will cry soon.

Beef and mutton are also available, but the price is slightly expensive, and ordinary people are still accustomed to eating pork, because pork is cheap, and with abundant potatoes and fermented green storage feed, pork is fat and delicious.

With the arrival of Helena, Jeon Xu's happy days have finally come.

In the past, Quan Xu, the emperor, did a very tasteless job, and when he was not the emperor, Zhu Weiyuan was better, very traditional, and he didn't even dare to call or bed, for fear that Quan Xu would laugh at him.

Actually, Zhu Weiyuan didn't know that it was this tone that Quan Xu liked. But Erniang is a Buddhist woman, not active, and has no mood.

Although Sanniang can unlock a lot of postures, but after Sanniang gave birth to Panorama Sweet, this Panorama Sweet is inseparable from Sanniang, as long as she leaves Sanniang, she will cry soon.

Beef and mutton are also available, but the price is slightly expensive, and ordinary people are still accustomed to eating pork, because pork is cheap, and with abundant potatoes and fermented green storage feed, pork is fat and delicious.

With the arrival of Helena, Jeon Xu's happy days have finally come.

In the past, Quan Xu, the emperor, did a very tasteless job, and when he was not the emperor, Zhu Weiyuan was better, very traditional, and he didn't even dare to call or bed, for fear that Quan Xu would laugh at him.