Chapter 987: The Envious and Jealous German (First Update, Please Subscribe)
If you want the happiness of civilization, you have to go through the pain of civilization. Civilization... always comes at a price.
What is civilization?
Civilization is the product of modern science.
This is the most direct and intuitive product of civilization. Before the Ming Dynasty came to Africa, this place was a wilderness and the people here were still living in the primitive era of slash-and-burn agriculture.
After the Ming Dynasty arrived here, it spread civilization and enlightenment to this ancient land. Various products from the Ming Dynasty factories were sent to various places through the ports on the east and west coasts. The railway tracks stretched from the ports across the African continent, passing through the tropical rainforests of the African continent and across the vast grasslands.
For the rest of the day, the train continued to travel south, passing through rugged hillsides covered in lush vegetation. Flocks of beautiful birds flew through the woods. Through the gaps between palm trees and leaves and vine-wrapped trees, the river in the distance flashed near the train. From time to time, rubber plantations, plantations and cotton fields could be seen increasing year by year. These industries are still in their infancy, and one day they will continuously meet the demand for these agricultural products of the Ming Dynasty and the world.
Every few kilometers, they could see groups of indigenous people working like ants on water conservancy construction sites. In order to promote local agricultural development, engineers planned a large number of irrigation canals to irrigate farmland.
Every ten or so kilometers, you will pass by a neat and simple small station. Although the station is small, it is equipped with a water tower, signal facilities, a ticket office and neat flower beds. This railway is a thin line of scientific and technological civilization that connects order, authority and planning, and passes through this pristine land.
A cool and refreshing evening breeze blew over the prairie under the setting sun, and with it came a series of spectacular views. Everyone on the train was fascinated by the scenery before their eyes.
"If I hadn't come here in person, who would have thought that this land that contradicts civilization is so fertile..."
Gustav Nachdigal exclaimed in an amazed tone.
"Indeed, for a long time, the harsh environment of Africa has deterred Europeans from going there. After David Livingstone, the interior of Africa began to be known to outsiders, but it was often portrayed as a barbaric place that was contrary to civilization. Almost no European country would be interested in it."
Hermann beside him said.
"It was at that time that the Emperor of the Ming Empire set his sights on this land. They first established a colony in Madita on the Congo River, and then expanded along the Congo River. There were dense tropical rainforests everywhere, which had never been known to Europeans. The Japanese warriors of the empire destroyed one tribe after another..."
As an African scholar, Herman knew the past of this land very well, at least he knew how the Ming Dynasty conquered this land. Of course, that was why he was so jealous.
"And this is also the most enviable thing. When the Germans were still working hard for the unification of their country, the Ming Dynasty had already launched an attack on the last virgin land in the world. When we... the German people had not yet realized the preciousness of this land, they marched from the east and west coasts of Africa to the hinterland. In the end, Africa became the paradise of the Ming Empire!"
Now, any European who witnesses the dramatic changes in Africa and faces this rich land will inevitably talk about their missed past with a tone full of envy and jealousy!
Yes, they missed it!
Almost all Europeans think that they missed Africa! When they focused on the development of the world, they forgot about Africa under their noses, and then let the Ming Empire take advantage of it. Because of this, I don’t know how many Europeans, every time they see southern Africa becoming a colony of the Ming Dynasty on the map, they can’t help but look at this mysterious dark continent with jealous eyes, and discuss the happy and prosperous life of the Ming people on this land with envious tones.
The British got up early and arrived late, but what about the Germans?
They didn't even catch up with the evening market. Now the last virgin land in the world has been occupied by the Ming Empire. The Germans... have nothing! Nahdigar nodded in agreement.
"Maybe this is luck!"
While sighing, he looked at the wild land outside the car window and said.
"It is said that there were many cannibals here at that time, right?"
Unlike Nahdigal, Hermann came to Africa three years ago and was very familiar with this land.
"Yes, cannibals were even made into a movie five years ago."
"It's a scandal, a disgrace to civilized society!"
Nahdigar said with some excitement.
Cannibals were made into a movie six years ago. Six years ago, James, a rich young man from Britain, entered the heart of the Congo River from Madita and went deep into the northern area controlled by the Arab slave trader Tipu Tipu, which was not yet controlled by the Ming Empire. After James filmed the primitive dances and celebrations of the black natives with a camera, he was still not satisfied and proposed to see the scene of cannibals eating people. He told the slave trader Tipu Tipu about this idea.
Tipu Tip said: "It's not difficult to see the cannibals eat people, but you need to pay a fee, which is 6 handkerchiefs." Jameson naturally accepted it and paid the fee. Then Tipu Tip brought a naked black girl who was only 10 years old from the local tribe.
Afterwards, Tipu Tip took the little girl by the hand and took her to a cannibal tribe and told their chief that this was the food given to them by Mr. James.
The cannibal tribe was very happy to receive the gift, so they tied the little black girl under a big tree, stabbed her to death with a knife, cut her up, cooked her and ate her. The little girl who was used as food never resisted, and behaved very submissively and dullly. The rich second-generation James used a camera to film the whole process of the little girl being killed and eaten.
A few months later, when the documentary was shown in London, it caused a sensation in Europe and also shocked the top leaders of the Ming Empire. They sent people to investigate the matter and exposed it, shocking the whole world. There was no other reason, because even in the eyes of the great powers, "buying girls and giving them to cannibals as food" was a sensational, inhumane and despicable thing.
When Nahdigar's words fell, Long Dingchuan walked up to them and said while holding the back of the chair.
"Mr. Nahdigar, do you know the follow-up of this matter?"
Long Dingchuan looked at Nahdigal, the "traveler" from the German Empire, and asked with a smile.
"Follow-up?"
Nahdigar asked curiously.
"What's next?"
"The follow-up was that the imperial army directly destroyed Tipu Tipu's slave empire, and of course the cannibal tribes in the rain forest!"
Sitting in front of them, Long Dingchuan said in a very serious tone.
"Six handkerchiefs equal one black girl. This was the value of black people at that time. Their lives were worthless. Tipu Tipu, the slave trader from Sambager, sold hundreds of thousands of slaves and killed countless black people. As for the cannibals... In the dense Congo River rainforest, there lived hundreds of cannibals. Modern civilization was isolated from them, but after the conquest of the empire, civilization..."
Pointing at the ground outside the car window, Long Dingchuan said in a proud tone.
"Civilization has truly entered this land. All barbarism and ignorance have been completely destroyed by the impact of modern civilized order. We have brought civilization to this land!"
As he finished speaking, a faint sound of bells could be heard in the twilight outside the train window. It was the sound of bells coming from a Buddhist temple. Even on the train, one could faintly hear the monks chanting sutras...
(End of this chapter)
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