Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 707, the charm of the far eastern country
In a huge castle in Toledo, Spain, the huge hall is extremely luxuriously decorated, with thick religious paintings on the walls, a large crystal chandelier above the head, and cashmere carpets from the Ottoman Empire on the floor .

The band is playing brisk music. Around the hall, there are bursts of charming aromas from fine wine and food. In the hall, many Spanish nobles are enjoying their own good times.

Zhao Houzi and a Spanish countess danced slowly and briskly to the music.

It has been almost half a month since he came to Spain. Zhao Houzi is very busy every day, and every day, Spanish nobles invite him to various banquets.

And at every banquet, he is the focus of everyone's attention, and he is deeply loved by these Spaniards. For the people from the distant oriental country, these Spanish ladies can't wait to swallow Zhao Houzi and Jiang Liang and study them carefully. some.

With the rise of the Renaissance movement, European thought was gradually liberated, and the era of combining sex with art was extremely open to this aspect.

"The development of these Europeans in all aspects has reached a very high level. They are the most developed regions among all the countries and regions I have seen. In many aspects, they have even surpassed our Ming Dynasty."

"However, the body odor on their bodies is really too heavy, why don't they like to take a bath."

With the beautiful countess in his arms, Zhao Houzi's nose couldn't help but move slightly.

Europeans in the whole era don't like to take a bath, which is derived from the tradition of the Middle Ages. They think that taking a bath will bring diseases to themselves, so they don't like to take a bath from top to bottom.

Although the temperature in Europe is not high, and the sweat glands of Europeans are not very developed, the consequence of not taking a bath for a long time is that Europe in this era is full of stench no matter where it is.

Even the well-dressed nobles in the hall are the same. All kinds of smells make people do evil, and they like to wear all kinds of perfumes.

When many flavors are mixed together, one can imagine the taste.

"Zhao?"

"You smell really good, what kind of perfume do you use?"

Margaret, who was embraced by Zhao Houzi, pressed her head tightly to Zhao Houzi's body, and smelled it carefully, the faint fragrance was refreshing.

"It's not perfume, it's the scent in the soap."

Zhao Houzi lowered his head and looked at the beautiful woman in front of him. She was wearing a white skirt layer after layer, with a very thin waist, full of curvaceous beauty.

"What is soap?"

Margaret asked with some doubts.

"A thing specially used for bathing, which can remove the oil on the body. In our Daming, as long as conditions permit, we have to bathe almost every day."

Zhao Houzi explained with a smile.

"God, do you Daming people take a bath every day?"

When Margaret heard this, she opened her mouth slightly and said.

"Yes, the body is clean by taking a bath often, and it is more hygienic, and it is not easy to breed diseases."

"I'll give you a few pieces of soap later, I think you will like it."

"At that time, even if you don't wear perfume, your body will be full of charming fragrance."

Zhao Houzi smiled and said, but he was thinking in his mind that there were not many things left that he brought over, and if he continued to send them like this, they would be finished soon.

But there is no way, the Spanish ladies are too enthusiastic.

"really?"

"Thank you so much."

When Margaret heard this, she couldn't help standing on tiptoe to offer a kiss.

Zhao Houzi was busy picking up girls here, while Jiang Liang on the other side was surrounded by a group of Spanish nobles, listening to Jiang Liang's story about Daming,

"God, you conquered the Mongols?"

When they heard that Daming had defeated the Mongols, some people exclaimed in disbelief.

The whip of God hit the Europeans back then, which they still can't forget, but now, Jiang Liang actually told them that they had conquered Mongolia by Ming Dynasty.

"Yes~ A few years ago, our Daming defeated the grassland people, and now their grasslands have also been brought under the rule of His Majesty the Emperor of Ming."

"The land of our Ming Dynasty is extremely vast. It is nearly 7000 miles from the northernmost Beihai to the southernmost Nanyang Province. If you ride a horse, you may have to ride for more than a month to reach it."

"Our Ming Dynasty has a very large population. If the concealed population is counted, the population of our Ming Dynasty may exceed [-] million people."

Jiang Liang nodded solemnly, and talked about the vastness and vastness of Ming Dynasty.

"God~"

"It takes more than a month to ride a horse from the southernmost point to the northernmost point~"

"The population exceeds [-] million~"

When the surrounding nobles heard this, they couldn't help exclaiming again.

It sounds like the whole of Europe is not as big as Ming Dynasty, and the population of the whole of Europe is not as large as that of Ming Dynasty. What a huge empire this is, everyone can't help but imagine it in their minds.

"I really want to go to your Daming to take a look and see the prosperity of your Daming~"

"What do you think of our Spanish cities?"

"Compared with your Ming city, who is bigger and more prosperous?"

Some nobles asked eagerly. Regarding Da Ming's curiosity, they wished they could ask him carefully and clearly about all aspects of Da Ming.

"Your city is also very large and prosperous. I have visited many countries and regions. Your Spanish city is the largest and most prosperous city besides our Ming city."

Jiang Liang replied with a smile.

He is a navigator. He has been to Japan, North Korea, and Southeast Asian countries. He still has some knowledge. I have to say that the Spanish city is relatively large and prosperous.

"Our Ming Dynasty has many prosperous cities, such as our Ming Dynasty's Beijing, Tianjin, and Nanjing. Taking our Ming Dynasty's Tianjin as an example, it is very large and prosperous."

"Because Tianjin is so big, and the speed of development is too fast, so it has no city walls."

"In our Tianjin of Ming Dynasty, there are many tall buildings everywhere. The spacious concrete roads connect all directions. There are many factories in the factory area. When commuting, the two-way, four-lane concrete roads will be congested."

"Here in the bustling Tianjin port, there are hundreds of ships moored in the port at any time, and the living population in Tianjin is more than five million."

Jiang Liang's eloquence is not very good, and his Spanish is also not good. When describing the prosperity of Tianjin, he doesn't know which aspects to describe. He can only read some content from the Ming Morning Post. Let's talk about it.

"A city with a population of more than five million?"

"My God, what a huge city this is!"

The people around couldn't help exclaiming again. In Europe in this era, the cities are generally small in size, and the residents are generally only a few thousand. A city with a population of more than 2 is considered a big city.

Even the big cities such as London, Paris, Rome, Venice, Genoa, Florence, etc., which are famous in later generations, have a population of at most two to three hundred thousand.

In the 14th century, Europe experienced an outbreak of the Black Death, which made people blush, and the population dropped sharply. Almost a century has passed, and the population of Europe has only slowly recovered until now.

Now hearing that the population of Tianjin exceeds five million, these people present were also deeply shocked. Such a huge population can even be compared with the population of a country in Europe. You must know that in 1500 Around Spain, the population of the entire country is around [-] million.

The population of a city in Ming Dynasty is almost the same as the population of their entire country.

"It's terrible~"

"Why did your Ming Dynasty have such a big city?"

"Why do you have such a large population?"

"A powerful eastern country~"

The people around couldn't help sighing, through Jiang Liang's description, they have been able to make up the vastness and strength of Daming in their minds.

Owning an incomparably huge land and population, and being so powerful that even the Mongols, who were whipped by God, were conquered by them, what a powerful and huge empire Ming was.

"Is your Ming Dynasty as described in Marco Polo's pen, where everyone wears silk and everyone uses porcelain?"

"I heard that your Daming is very rich, you must have a lot of gold somewhere?"

After sighing, the people around began to ask curiously again.

They are like curious babies, they always have endless questions, they are eager to know every detail of Daming, and everything about this distant country.

"Not everyone in our Ming Dynasty can afford silk. Silk is very expensive. In our Ming Dynasty, only nobles and rich people can afford silk."

"As for porcelain, there are a few pieces in every household. Of course, this kind of thing is still very common in our Daming. Really high-quality porcelain is also very expensive, and not everyone can afford it."

Jiang Liang took a sip of the wine, the grape wine luminous glass, this kind of wine made from grapes, the taste is still good, and it has its own advantages and disadvantages compared with Daming's wine.

Hearing Jiang Liang's words, everyone nodded. Silk and porcelain are really expensive. Even among the nobles present, not everyone has clothes made of silk, and not every family has porcelain plates and porcelain. Ornaments such as vases.

　After a careful comparison, I feel that our ancient times are still quite awesome~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)