Chapter 1595, the life of Daming people(2/2)
In Europe, the situation is very different. Each country's currency is different. Even the silver coins are different between different countries. They need to be exchanged with each other, which is very troublesome.
But for the people of Ming Dynasty, they were able to achieve unified currency, unified language, unified writing, and the same writing and carriage. Almost everything could be used in the huge system of the Ming Empire.
"Yeah, it's very convenient."
"So the business of the Ming Dynasty people was extremely developed. If you see these rice dumpling leaves, they were grown here in Tianzhu, and then transported to Chixia City by fast ship for sale."
“Their lives are almost globalized!”
"The tea we drank in the morning came from Tianzhu. Of course, rich people will drink tea from the mainland of Daming. Although the quality of the tea grown in Tianzhu is actually not bad, discerning people still think that the tea from Daming
Local tea is better and more expensive."
"Some people like to add sugar and milk to tea. The sugar is sucrose from Nanyang in the Ming Dynasty, and the milk is fresh milk shipped from the Chu Kingdom. The Chu Kingdom occupies the East African Plateau and vigorously develops animal husbandry.
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"Many of the seafood we eat here come from South Africa, and some of them come from the northern border of Golden Continent. The clothes we wear are shipped here from the mainland of Ming Dynasty."
"The wine I drank was from Mediterranean France, Italy or Spain, or it was shochu from the Ming Dynasty."
"The newspapers you read here must be the Ming Ming Morning News from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. The steam engines used are also from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty."
"That is, Chixia City is just the capital of Ningguo in West Africa. The Beijing-Tianjin area on the mainland of the Ming Dynasty is really prosperous and prosperous, with almost all the world's goods gathered. During the Chinese New Year last year, the Ming Dynasty Morning Post said
This matter was reported in detail, and goods from all over the world were gathered in the Beijing and Tianjin areas, bringing an extremely prosperous life to the people of the Ming Dynasty."
"All of this is obviously inseparable from the unification of currency, language and writing of the Ming Dynasty, which provided extremely favorable conditions for business, greatly facilitated commercial trade from south to north, and was able to bring goods from all over the world to
Everywhere in Ming Dynasty allows people of Ming Dynasty to enjoy goods from all over the world, even in every corner of the world."
Brown described to Simon every detail of life in the Ming Dynasty. For the people in the Ming Dynasty, their lives and work have been developing towards globalization.
"In fact, it's not just life, it's also production. I saw a few big ships. The goods they are loading are coffee, one of the specialties here in Chixia City. This is a drink that emerged from the Chu Kingdom.
Because of its unique fragrance, it is now loved by many people.”
"We have a large number of manors here in Chixia City that specialize in growing coffee, which has good economic benefits. It is currently the largest coffee planting area outside of Chu State."
Chapter completed!