The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

A group of idlers were drinking tea and chatting, pointing at the people queuing up to buy below.

These idlers are almost representatives of the common people of Ming Dynasty. They are neither rich nor poor. They have some time and some spare money. They can have tea and soup dumplings for breakfast, chat and fart.

"Look, [Rise of the West] is on sale!"

"I can't grab it. I queued all night, bah!"

"Hey, my brother-in-law works as a bookstore assistant and got me a copy of [The Rise of the West]!" A mysterious idler laughed.

"Read it quickly, let us open our eyes too!" Even the shopkeeper ran out anxiously.

"This stuff is out there, and scalpers have speculated for ten taels of silver, and some scholars are hard to find for 20 taels." Xiaoer's eyes were full of "eight or sixty" envy: "Mr. Hu, you got rich this time."

"I'll read it to you." Mr. Hu said seriously, and opened [The Rise of the West].

"Quickly read, quickly read!" A group of people booed.

Hu Laosan studied [The Rise of the West] for a long time, and held back a sentence.

"Fuck, I can't read!"

"Get out!" People lay on their backs angrily: "Blindly booing, I snatched this book for nothing."

"Let me read it." A ragged scholar shook his head and said.

"So it's Xu Xiucai, read it quickly!" The shopkeeper personally brought Xu Xiucai a bowl of pear soup.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xu Xiucai's vanity was greatly satisfied. He snatched "The Rise of the West" from Hu Laosan's hand, took a sip of Xiao Diao Li Tang, and read it leisurely.

"[Open your eyes to see the world], it has already been mentioned that the world is divided into several continents, and the continent where my Ming Dynasty dominates is Asia. In the west of Asia, the land in the far west is Europe, and the overall area is similar to that of my Ming Dynasty."

"Europe, divided into hundreds of small countries, has always been trapped in the dark medieval theocratic power, royal power and disputes, far behind China. China is rich in natural treasures and outstanding people. For thousands of years, regardless of politics, economy and military affairs, we have always maintained the same The absolute advantage of Europa."

The above is a brief review of the first two volumes, so that those who have not read it will not understand.

Hearing this, the people of Daming began to feel elated.

"That's right! My Ming Dynasty is a country in the sky, a country in the middle, how can it be inferior to a mere small country of Chuer?"

"Old Yan Ge, the writing is not bad."

"This Europa is just a joke."

Unexpectedly, the topic of [The Rise of the West] changed and began to describe the rise of the West and its colonial activities.

"At this time, Europe is already undergoing an unprecedented and profound change, which is enough to shake the advantage of Ming Dynasty. The rise of the West is already unstoppable."

"As mentioned earlier, in the southwestern part of the country, in the land of Iberia, there are two countries. One is Spain and the other is Portugal~tao. They have always been poor countries in Western Europe. People's livelihood is poor and disputes are frequent."

"Haha, look at these two names, Liangya!"

"Pfft, I'm returning Portuguese~tao teeth, and I'm returning papaya teeth."

"But!" Xu Xiucai's accent fell, and he read aloud: "Because the land is barren and the country is small, Liangya suffers from no resources. Instead, it has developed to the sea with all its heart, mastered the power of the sea, colonized the whole world wantonly, and controlled the whole world!"

The entire teahouse was silent.

"Colonization means reproduction and breeding. Colonization means that a powerful country immigrates to the area it conquered and plunders the original local people. Now it refers to the expansion of economic and political power of capitalist countries to underdeveloped countries or regions, plundering and enslaving local people. people"

"Spain and Portugal fought fiercely for the colony. Under the mediation of the Pope, the two countries divided their spheres of influence along the international meridian, dividing the world into two. Spain swallowed North and South America, while Africa and Asia belonged to Portugal."

The teahouse scolded angrily, and the sky boiled.

"Damn it! With me, Da Ming, when will it be my turn to travel the world?"

"Still dividing the world? Ask me, Daming?"

"The small country of Quer is so arrogant!"

The people of Hangzhou are angry.

The dignity of the celestial kingdom and the sense of superiority of the central state have given China the name for thousands of years. It has always been superior to others. It feels that other countries are barbarians, and never feels that others are qualified to be equal to us.

Now, Yan Song told them that the world has been divided between two teeth, and Daming is being targeted by Portugal~Tao Ya, why are they not angry?

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At the same time, in Hangzhou, a high-end bathhouse that only the rich can go to...

The pawnshop shopkeeper, shopkeeper Zhao and other big businessmen who talked about it last time are also holding [The Rise of the West] and talking about it enthusiastically.

Their status, of course, does not need to queue up in person, and directly spend money to buy from scalpers.

Shopkeeper Zhao was ridiculed by his companions last time because he didn't read Sea Power Theory, but this time he took the lead and read it hard.

"Spain and Portugal~tao, because their royal families read Marco Polo's "Journey to the East" and heard that the East is full of gold and spices, they did everything possible to support navigators with a lot of money to find all possible routes to the East."

"Unfortunately, the Suez Canal, an important node on the Maritime Silk Road that originally led to the East, was occupied by the powerful Ottoman Turkish Empire. The Ottoman Turkish Navy sailed across the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Western Allied Forces fought against it many times. All failed, so we had to find another Find a way out, find another way, and explore the vast North and South Atlantic Oceans."

"Kung fu pays off. After hundreds of years of tireless exploration and improvement, the two countries have made great breakthroughs in sea navigation technology. They have successively discovered and invaded southern Africa, the New World of America, the Indian subcontinent and the Australian continent. Nanyang and Dongyang around my Ming Dynasty!"

"I'll go, greed is not enough to swallow elephants 1.4."

The shopkeepers curled their lips at Liangya's swallowing of the world, disapproving.

Although this topic is very exciting~bao, it is not enough to make them feel touched.So far, the "Rise of the West" written by Yan Song is just a topic of conversation between them.These rich people in Ming Dynasty didn't think that this matter had anything to do with them.

But with the next sentence, Yan Song shot them in the heart!