C1903 Ferdinand who was overthinking (2/2)
”The network of sewer systems ensures that the sewage won't flow freely. Some of the streets even attract sea water to clean the toilet feces …”
”People have long been forced into the habit of drinking hot water. In that city, teahouses are not the most common places. Anyone can buy very cheap hot tea at any time, so there's no chance of a drinking hot water epidemic …”
There are red cuff s on the streets that are organized by the officials, they are specially used to investigate illegal acts such as spitting on the ground, throwing garbage around, etc. The high fines are enough to make a middle-class merchant's flesh ache, if it is serious, they will even be sentenced to hard labour!
Not to mention that Chinese medicine pays great attention to the relationship between climate and the body. Generally speaking, when the weather is changing drastically, Chinese medicine will always prescribe a maintenance medicine, and the local authorities will distribute free green beans in the summer to prevent sunstroke. In the winter, there will also be some warm tonics to prevent typhoid fever …
The more Ba Ke spoke, the more proud he became, but the more Ferdinand heard, the more frightened he became, because he knew clearly that such a strong and soft power in culture was extremely difficult to defeat. You could defeat an enemy's army with your guns, but an enemy's global soft power could not be wiped out by war.
Because humans always had an instinctive desire to pursue the happiest of all! It was just like the British British Empire. No matter how arrogant he was, when it came to food, wine, and clothing, even wine, including the most popular clothing, he had to lower his head to Paris.
And Paris, through these luxury goods industry's final price, also made a lot of money in Europe. This was the France's soft power.
In the simplest instance, wine originated in the ancient Greece, in the Roman region, and was brought by the Romans to all of Europe. However, the final top-grade wine was produced in France.
A wine culture that is world-famous has established a deep-rooted sense of authority in the minds of the world's drinkers. With this sense of authority, the French had the right to set the price of red wine.
This is terrible. When a country has absolute pricing power over a particular commodity, then it has a more lucrative profit than a monopoly.
Ferdinand couldn't figure out what kind of movements the Chinese were, but he knew very clearly in his heart that Xiao Letian must be making some kind of breakthrough.
”No, I have to submit a report to His Majesty. This group of Chinese is too big, and we have to eliminate them as soon as possible. Otherwise, Western Civilization will not be able to continue expanding in Asia, we have to stop these Chinese!”
Thinking about that, Ferdinand nodded his head: Thank you, thank you for your efforts on behalf of the people here, I have already memorized your plans, because you still have to pass through Suez Canal, I will not keep you here for the feast, I hope that we can meet in Paris one day!
Hm! Ba Ke was startled, he could hear the perfunctory tone in Ferdinand's words, and the most important part was that the viscount did not use his pen to record it down, so his own Plague Control skill was extremely detailed and could not be memorized by listening from the side.
”Dear Consul... Please be sure to pay attention, otherwise within ten days at least a third of the people in this port will be infected with dysentery! ”Those are thousands of lives …” The impatient Ba Ke actually extended his hand and grabbed Ferdinand's sleeve.
Ferdinand who was frowning deeply flung Ba Ke's hand away, looked at the White Gloves he was wearing and then thought about the examination they had conducted on the corpse, and felt waves of disgust in his heart.
”Dammit, how could you have touched me with a glove that touched a corpse!” After saying that, he took out his handkerchief and started wiping it with it.