C259 Leos record (1/2)

The way Europe looked at China had always been complicated. The nobles had long been obsessed with Chinese silk from the Ancient Rome period, not to mention the jade-like porcelain. At that time, China was a country of gold, an ideal country.

Marco Polo's travel notes, the legendary stories passed down from the mouth of the Arabian, as well as the various notes brought back by the Christian forerunners, created a dream-like China in front of the Europeans.

This was a country that even the king yearned for. The royal families of the various kingdoms had collected precious porcelain and silk from the East, and they had even built a palace in the style of China.

In fact, many scholars had studied that the reason why the The Age of Great Navigation was opened in Europe was because the people of the Arabian had cut off the trade routes between Europe and China.

At that time, the word 'China' represented the European yearning for prosperity and civilization, and it was the source of their courage to charge into the ocean.

Time is a fair judge, and when Europe is trying to change and improve itself for the sake of ideals, China has chosen to keep its head down. Year after year, the Europeans began to slowly expand their footwork on Earth. The power of various countries began to accumulate, and the eldest country in the East continued to repeat the life they had lived in the past day after day.

The warm winds of the Renaissance blew away the religious haze in the European mind, and the light of reason began to shine in Europa, followed by the flourishing of natural sciences, and then the pace of European colonization.

When the European civilization had completely risen from the darkness of the Middle Ages and the British fleet had begun to bombard Guangzhou, the Europeans finally understood that their own ideals were the only hope for the existence of a gold kingdom.

From that moment on, the image of China collapsed, and the dream became a joke for everyone. That long pig tail became the main character of all the caricatures. Vulgar, timid, and useless.

The collapse of the image was not something that could be done in a day or two. The massive China could fully withstand one or two failures, after all, it was just a few artillery battles at the coastal ports. The massive interior of the Qing Empire had never been opened up to these foreigners. The face of the Chinese people was not completely torn apart.

However, when the British and French combined forces entered the continent from the Da Gu Kou and took over the Beijing, when all the scholars in Europe who had their jaws dropped from the huge fire in the Yuan Ming Yuan, the entire Europe finally understood that the ancient country was about to fall, and they were not worth being respected.

Six years had passed since the incident in the Yuan Ming Yuan. The empire only knew about the civil war, but it had no plans for revenge, and such a weak country did not deserve the respect of the Europeans. Gradually, even the weak countries in Central Europe began to look down on the Chinese, including the rising Prussian Nation.

Leo, who came from a family of fallen Junker landlords, had received a good education. During his years in the Thames, he had come across a lot of news from the East, so he was more knowledgeable about the decline of that legendary country. To be honest, he despised these Chinese people in his heart.

”If it wasn't for the 30 silver a month salary, I wouldn't be working for these Chinese people. But there's nothing I can do about it. I haven't even paid the rent for the next month …”

He had complained to his friends in the bar more than once. Of course, this did not involve the issue of leaking information, as all the people of hamburger now knew that Jonas had secretly ordered them to spend money to get a batch of Mercenaries s from China. But why did she hire weak Chinese people? The people could not figure it out no matter how hard they tried.

Leo couldn't understand either, but he couldn't go against Silver Coin. Ever since he had taken over the topic, he had been living with the Chinese in the barracks every day, watching them eat, train, and relax until they went to bed. Leo used his pen and camera to record every detail of the Chinese.

In the thick diary, Leo's words not only recorded the life of the new army, but also his own heart.

”Weird Easterners, their eating habits are really hard to understand. Ten percent of the three hundred of them are cooks? Oh, no, no, no, they don't have the position of cooks. This is a question that only God knows... ”

”This is the first time I've eaten steamed food. These Chinese people have made a very strange kind of pot, which they call a steam pot, and all kinds of pasta are actually processed using the heat of the steam. I have to admit that these Chinese people are really smart, but it's just as the rumors say, Chinese people are all greedy and have fun … ”

”Oh, I have to say, the steamed bun that they steamed was really very delicious. This gave them a bit more points in my heart. But I still think that these people should go and cook for Prussian Army. This is the most suitable place for them … ”

”As I delve deeper into my subject and as time goes on, these Chinese people are becoming more and more of a curiosity to me. Every morning, they would fold the blankets into a standard square shape. From afar, it looked like a standard part. The soft blankets even gave off a metallic aura. I really can't understand why they would do that … ”

”Besides, these soldiers' obsession with queues is incomprehensible to me. We Prussians are already the most well-organized in Europe, but in my opinion, these Chinese are better off than they are. In their daily training, the queues are the most numerous, and they even have strict standards for walking around the camp … ”

”Two people in a row, three people in a row, what's the use of this kind of strict exercise code? Was it really as the leader said, that this kind of exercise code was a shortcut for farmers to quickly evolve into soldiers? ”Maybe, maybe the discipline was developed bit by bit from the square of the blanket and the harsh training of the team …”