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The Ming Dynasty became more and more prosperous, people became richer, society became more and more open-minded, and the country became stronger, and the number of cattle soared. Now, governments in various places have the conditions to allow butchers to sell beef bones and beef, and the punishment for cracking down on slaughtering plowing oxen is not so severe.

Xu Hao also found that people in this era were becoming more and more confident, gradually getting rid of the humiliation of the Yuan Dynasty and regaining their clothes and clothes. It was not the kind of ignorance and arrogance of the Celestial Kingdom, but the confidence in the bones. He treated foreigners very humblely and showed an attitude of appreciating the achievements of foreign countries, and would not be despised. This was far from the Chinese he knew well.

In other words, this is the Han people who have not been castrated or bullied, the Han people who have inherited the lineage of the Tang and Song dynasties, even if they were invaded by foreign races, they have never been backward in terms of culture, and a brilliant civilization unique to the world.

Zeng Dezhao, a Portuguese who lived in the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli period, described in the "Great China Ambition", "I stayed in a harbor of Nanjing River leading to Hangzhou for eight days. One hour passed, and just counting the ships sailing upwards, there were 300 ships. So many ships were loaded with cargo, which was a miracle. The ships had a canopy and kept clean. Some ships were decorated with pictures, which seemed to be used for entertainment, not for cargo."

"Their housing is well designed and convenient for accommodation, neat and comfortable. They grow many vegetables for the people to eat all year round. They have sufficient meat in various places, even in small villages and towns. The most common food for the whole year is pork and beef is sold with boneless beef. They have very little venison. They don't like it very much."

"Chinese people especially like flowers. They have very beautiful flowers, but they also have them. There is a kind of lilac violet that has no taste. They try their best to plant flowers in the garden for all seasons of the year. In the garden, they look very strange."

"There are so many Chinese people. I have lived there for 22 years. When I left, the crowded crowd was as amazing as when I first arrived. It is indeed the case. It is by no means exaggerated. Not only towns and public places, but also places cannot pass without force. Even on the avenues, there are large groups of people gathered, much like Europe usually celebrates festivals or mass gatherings. If we check the total household registration book, only the taxpayer population is logged in. It does not record women, children, eunuchs, civil and military teachers (the number of people is almost endless), with a total of 58.055,180 people."

This proves that the population at the end of the Ming Dynasty was at least 200 million, and the registered population of 50 million did not include women and children, nor did the civil servants, as well as many domestic slaves and refugees, etc. If it is true, then the population of the Qing Dynasty reached 400 million, which is obviously easy to do.

"The wealth of this country is worthy of envy. From the above, it can be seen that in addition to the abundant production of various grains and all the things that require life, they also sell all the best and most expensive goods in the East to foreigners."

"Most of China's best goods are shipped from Guangzhou to all over the country. Because it is the most open and free trading place in China. Not to mention the various goods transported by the indigenous and foreigners of the six neighboring countries, only Portugal ships to India, Japan and Manila, there are about 5,300 boxes of various silk every year, each box containing 100 silk, velvet satin and satin, light materials such as half-flower satin, colored single-layer satin, 250 pieces of gold, and 2,200 gold ingots weighing 12 ounces. In addition, the goods include porcelain plates, gold-plated utensils, sugar, Chinese wood, rhubarb, musk,... Even if the list is long, it cannot be fully named."

"(Fujian Province) This province is another excellent port for China to export a large amount of goods. The hard-working people in the local area transport goods to Manila, Japan and other regions."

"In the customs... there is more convenience. Rooms where there is no stacking, pounding and checking goods, no need to take goods from the ship, only look at and collect a proper tax based on the merchant's books. If the passenger is not a merchant, even if he carries five or six boxes and many other items alone, when he goes from one place to another, he usually leaves the things on the ship without opening the inspection, and no tax is paid. This is a good example for European customs and tax offices. The poor European travelers were robbed and savagely, and all the things he carried with him were not worth the tax he asked for."

"(Zhejiang) is more prosperous than many other provinces and can be called the best source of Chinese commodity trends. Its specialty is silk, whether it is raw silk or finished products, whether it is cocoon or raw materials, it is shipped to all places. In short, the silk exported by China is produced from this province."

"The last province of the nine southern provinces is Nanjing,...one of the best provinces in China and the essence of the country...it is the richest in the western region, rich in cotton yarn,...there are 200,000 looms in Changzhou City and its affiliated areas alone... Because the looms are small, many tables are often placed in a room, and almost all women are engaged in this kind of industry."

"Nanjing City...I think it is the largest and best city in the country, with excellent buildings, wide streets, elegant people, and a variety of excellent items. It has an amazing amusement place with a large population in the country... You can encounter crowded people everywhere, and the streets are difficult to pass. In addition, countless palaces, temples, towers and bridges make the city look very magnificent."

"Chinese people are naturally good at doing business. They not only do business from one province to another, but also get profits, but also do business in the same city. The things in the shops are almost sold on the streets... Rich merchants have good credit and are very punctual (the years of experience of the Portuguese people have proved this)."

"The Chinese are gentle and kind and love to talk. Therefore, in this regard, those of us who only live in Macau and Guangzhou do not believe it, because they can be said to be in a state of constant war there, and the origin is that conflicts and conflicts occur every day between the slaves of the Portuguese and the Chinese. ... But in other provinces and mainland China, as we mentioned, they talk to us respectfully and politely, and all gatherings treat us as guests of honor, not for anything else, just because we are foreigners, so they call us guests from distant lands. When they need it, they never refuse to lend us what we need, even if the value exceeds the mortgage we give them, without interest."

"The Chinese people cheerfully praise any virtues of neighboring countries, and their brave self-confessions are not as good as those of their own countries, while the people of other countries do not like anything other than those of their own countries. The Chinese people still exclaim when they see products from Europe, even if they are not exquisite. This humility is really worthy of envy, especially in a nation that can surpass others. It is a humiliation for those who have no eyes and deliberately belittle what they see."

"Their favorite European crafts are our clocks, but now they have produced very good table clocks and can produce similar small clocks, at the same price as ours, and some of the things they produce, such as those produced here, would be very expensive."

The above evaluation, what I personally experienced through time, completely subverted the Ming Dynasty that Xu Hao knew since childhood, and the Ming Dynasty that was exactly the same as or even far inferior to the Qing Dynasty.

The Ming history compiled by the Qing Dynasty actually instilled that the Chinese people of that period were ignorant, rigid, blindly arrogant, and observing the sky in a well, and regarding themselves as the country above the heavens in everything, and disdaining Western foreign affairs or seeing them as strange tricks and tricks, which is a complete fundamental mistake.

In fact, if you look at the Westerners in the 1900s, you will understand that the strong enemy in the north is still there, and Western civilization has already set foot in Asia. How could the people of the Ming Dynasty, who are rich and civilized, develop a proud and arrogant mentality? On the contrary, after the Qing Dynasty won the Central Plains, it was so arrogant that it immediately began to despise the whole world.

From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, civilizations in two completely different dynasties underwent fundamental breaks. Long-term isolation and long-term backwardness and beatings have caused a fundamental change in the temperament and mentality of the Chinese people, and it has not recovered until modern society, which is a pity!

Xu Hao's thoughts were floating, watching Wang Siliu touching the big bull that he had touched countless times, looking at his teeth and hooves. Because he had made many cows, he could tell that it was a good cow, but he still looked at it seriously and did not dare to be careless at all.

Half an hour later, when Niu Economic gradually became impatient, he finally made up his mind and said, "Okay, I bought it."

The next sleeve pinch didn't take much time, and it added a little more than the previous price, and both parties seemed to be very satisfied.

Xu Hao asked about the price and was very satisfied. These two very scheming economies are quite kind.

Wang Siliu took off his bag from his shoulders, and his years of hard work were all the Wang family's possessions, so he resolutely handed over to Niu Economic.

The two ox economy was the same as Wang Siliu. They counted the money and counted it. They were sure that they were right. They untied the rope and handed it to Wang Siliu's hand, and sang loudly: "It's like this, pay the money with one hand and the cow with the other hand!"

The moment the rope fell into Wang Siliu's hand, it was like a spark-splashing fuse. Wang Siliu's hand trembled. Xu Hao found that he was almost crying, and his eyes were a little wet, and he didn't know why.

Wang Siliu looked at Xu Hao, and Xu Hao looked at Wang Siliu. The two of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time and laughed out loud.

"Let's go, man! Let's go home." Wang Siliu pulled the rope intimately.
Chapter completed!