Chapter 816 The Moon of Daming is the Fullest (First Update, Please Subscribe)

The year 1876 seemed to be a very ordinary year for the world.

As time entered this year, the world seemed very peaceful. Except for Britain's invasion of Egypt and France's occupation of Libya, the whole world seemed to be quiet.

Not many people know that, in fact, all this is just the calm before the storm.

For almost everyone, the years are peaceful and quiet.

Even in Japan, this new territory that had just been incorporated into the Ming Empire less than a year ago, it was also a peaceful and beautiful time.

"Has this month's Life arrived?"

Like many people, Mieko would go to the bookstore to look through the "Life" magazine at the end of the month. Although not everyone could afford it, at least everyone could take a look at it in the bookstore.

"You came at the right time. The magazine just arrived!"

Although the bookstore owner knew that the girl could not afford Life magazine, he did not stop her. There would always be someone who could afford it. After all, it was the most popular magazine.

"Thank you."

Mieko found the "Life" pictorial in a conspicuous place and began to flip through it. As a pictorial magazine, it naturally had more photos and less text. Like many people, she preferred the photos in the pictorial and liked the life revealed in the pictorial.

“This is real life!”

The entire picture magazine has about 50 pages, and there are many advertisements in it. But even these advertisements are very interesting. Women will look at perfumes and clothes, men will look at cigarettes, bicycles and even cameras. Of course, most of them are just yearning. Now when a bicycle passes by the streets of Edo, I wonder how many people will look at it with envy.

But what Mieko and many people really yearn for is the life shown in those illustrations, where the houses are beautiful, the boys are handsome, the girls are youthful, the air is full of the breath of midsummer, and there is no trace of the burden of life.

"It would be great if I could go to Ming Dynasty one day!"

Mieko, who was already fifteen years old, looked at the people playing in the picture, her eyes full of desire. Not only her, but the girl next to her was also full of desire. She wanted Mieko to put the picture down so that she could take a good look.

This is the latest Life magazine!

Life, everyone yearns for a better life, and what "Life" pictorial presents to the world is a beautiful and abundant life. It is not enough to just exaggerate the beautiful life, but also to convey the Ming Dynasty lifestyle to people subtly through some inspirational words.

It can be said that the pictorial magazine created by Emperor Zhu was successful. It successfully awakened people's yearning for a better life, which was actually their yearning for the Ming Dynasty.

This is even more true in Japan. Although it has been less than a year since it was incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, countless Japanese people are proud to go to the Ming Dynasty, and some even regard going to the Ming Dynasty as their life goal.

Go to Daming and live a good life!

The moon in the Ming Dynasty is round.

Finally, reluctantly putting down the magazine in her hand, Mieko seemed to have made a decision when she left the bookstore. Half an hour later, she came to the admissions office of "Shutoku Maid School". Looking at the school gate, Mieko hesitated for a long time.

The maid school is a new thing that just came out last year. The school is dedicated to training maids, but the maids who graduate from the school will be sent to the empire.

Compared with "contract workers", the introduction of maids was actually the tradition of the Ming Dynasty. As early as the early days of the company, the company introduced a large number of maids from Japan and Annan. They served their masters' daily lives, and after serving for a while, they went to their masters' beds and became their masters' bed-warming maids, and finally married Ming people.

"If you marry a Ming person, you are naturally a Ming person..."

Thinking of her good friend Sazi's longing words when she entered the school last year, Mieko took a deep breath and walked into the school without hesitation.

There were a lot of people in the admissions office, all girls as young as her. Some of them were wearing shabby clothes, while others were wearing new clothes, but all of them seemed to have dressed up carefully. Even the girls who were wearing old clothes had washed them very cleanly.

"Line up. Everyone needs to measure their height. Those who are shorter than 1.45 meters will be eliminated..."

At the shouts of the school staff, the girls lined up to have their heights measured.

Maid schools are said to train maids, but what is the reality?

As we all know, maids will eventually marry Ming people. The aesthetic tastes of Ming people in South America are naturally influenced by the Spanish - tall, long-legged, thin waist, big breasts and big eyes are the most popular. Therefore, maid schools will set corresponding standards based on this, and height is only a rough selection.

There are two height standards: "standard height" and "alternative height". The former is 1.50 meters and the latter is 1.45 meters. The latter alternative size can be made up by comparing the chest, waist and hip circumference. For this reason, the relevant institutions of the Ming Dynasty, which advocate scientific standards, have also specially formulated a comparison table of height and measurements, listing the qualified standards.

In general, due to the height of the Japanese, the Ming Dynasty set a very low standard. A height of 1.50 meters is considered tall in Japan. After all, 1.45 meters is about the average height of Japanese women. As for chest circumference, skin color, and eye size, they are all guiding standards, not hard indicators.

"1.57 meters..."

Finally, when she heard this number, Mieko's face showed joy. Her height had passed the standard, which meant that she was qualified to enter the school.

What to do next?

Of course, they had to have a physical examination. Unlike the previous examination in the hall, they had to take off all their clothes and undergo a comprehensive physical examination by the doctor to confirm whether they had any malignant diseases or various chronic diseases, especially the latter.

After going through a rigorous examination, Mieko was granted admission. She was so excited that she almost cried. In fact, someone else had already cried.

"I can go to Daming now, I can go to Daming now..."

Not far away, a girl named Song Mei was crying and laughing loudly, and most of the others were also looking very happy, because they could go to Ming Dynasty!

Go to Ming Dynasty and live a life like in the picture books.

“It all feels like a dream!”

Mieko walked towards home with brisk steps and full of joy. Just when she was about to reach home, she saw Taro from her neighbor Komatsu's family standing there, as if waiting for her.

"Ah, Mieko, you're back!"

As soon as Taro saw Mieko, he went over to her happily and spoke to her a little excitedly.

"Mieko, I have good news for you. I have signed up and can go to Africa. A private can get a salary of four dollars!"

Taro looked at the girl in front of him happily. They were childhood sweethearts and could barely be considered lovers. Facing the happy Taro, Mieko's heart sank slightly and she spoke calmly.

"Well, congratulations, Taro,"

"Meihui, wait for me, when I come back from Africa..."

Without waiting for Taro to finish, Mieko spoke in an extremely calm tone.

"Taro, I'm going to Daming!"

"What?"

Taro looked at the girl in front of him in surprise.

"What did you say?"

"I'm going to Daming, Taro."

Mieko repeated.

"Taro, you are going to Africa too. We all need to work hard! For our new lives! We must work hard!"

(End of this chapter)