I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

If you think that with the system, you can take care of everything, and even new immigrants without a penny have to take care of food and clothing, then it is really unreasonable.

So Zhu Fugui gave up his plan to change their clothes directly, and instead disinfected the clothes.

Anyway, they are all ready-made fumigation workshops, which can be regarded as secondary use.

……

Small showers, naked men.

Such a picture is hard not to remind people of Tokusan's evil deeds.

Let Zhu Fugui stay in such a small space, it must be uncomfortable.

But ignorant people are fearless, Mo Bai washed heartily.

Thanks to Mr. Tosha, he can enjoy a free hot bath again.

Otherwise, you can only get a bath coupon after you have fixed your position.

Mo Bai didn't expect that Mr. Xia would be so awkward when taking a bath, he was almost swelled by the water, and he barely finished the bath.

But thinking of the first time he used "realgar shower gel" and "insecticidal shampoo", Mo Bai felt normal.

Blowing bubbles is really fun!

Four and ten minutes later, two men with wet hair came out of the bathroom in loose dressing gowns.

The weather in June is already warmer.

Otherwise, just wearing Qiao Shan's nightgown of the same style would definitely catch a cold.

Generally speaking, Zhu Fugui is a nostalgic person.

After doing business with Sayuri Clothing Store for Southern Army uniforms last time, Zhu Fugui felt that their delivery was fast, the quality was good, and there were many gifts, so he bought all the clothes from him afterwards.

This batch of bath robes was sent to Sayuri Garment Factory when they ordered work clothes.

Of course, sooner or later, Daming will take over the ready-made garments, but now that Daming is seriously short of human resources, Zhu Fugui will not spend extravagantly building a garment processing factory.

This kind of factory will gradually lose production capacity in China in 2023 and move to places like Bangladesh, which is enough to show that it is labor-intensive and the added value of the industry is low.

Only when the population grows and employment becomes a pressure, the garment factory is a good choice.

But what Zhu Fugui hopes more is that his Ming Empire will occupy the high ground of the industrial chain from the very beginning, and try not to follow the old path of sweatshops.

Judging from the present, the honeymoon period between Zhu Fugui and Sayuri still has a long time to go.

There is one thing to say, although these nightgowns are gifts, the workmanship is quite good.

The only downside, I'm afraid, is...

The most common bright yellow color scheme in the bath center looks rich and noble.

But in the territory of Daming at this moment, such a yellow robe must not be used.

Zhu Fugui dared to buy it, but the people below might not dare to wear it either.

It's not Zhu Fugui's feudal thinking, nor is it that he wants to be a self-proclaimed independent husband, but the current situation has to be like this.

Today, the legal foundation of the establishment of the entire Ming Empire lies in the legal system of the Ming Dynasty.

The concept of imperial power granted by heaven for more than 2000 years is still unbreakable in the hearts of Chinese people today.

At least in this period when people's hearts are most needed to be united, Zhu Fugui must put an end to some things that may shake the foundation of imperial power.

As for whether I choose to learn from the Emperor, the King of Thailand, or even the younger brother of Meiji in the future, this is something for later.

Anyway, Zhu Fugui never thought about the option of self-revolution.

……

After taking a shower and getting the smallpox vaccine, Mo Bai took Xia Zhixin to the cafeteria for dinner.

Xia Zhixin, who has been hospitalized these days, already has a deep understanding of the rich food in the church.

Before, he thought that Mo Bai borrowed usury to bring him a daily meal of meat and vegetables.

But when he got to the cafeteria, Xia Zhixin realized that he had made a serious mistake.

The so-called canteen is actually a large arch shed built with brackets and asbestos tiles.

When it's meal time, the workers come to eat in twos and threes.

The basic catering is one meat and two vegetables, and rice is enough.

If you want to eat better, you have to spend money.

Of course, most workers are still very frugal. In order to save money to buy bicycles, they all choose to eat free meals.

One meat and two vegetables, this is already a luxury food that was unimaginable before!

Of course, this kind of meat is not a big meat such as whole chicken and duck, hooves and sauced elbows.

Generally, it is a piece of braised pork with fat on the belt, or a fragrant braised chicken leg.

The most common is braised chicken legs.

Purchased online, white feather chicken frozen chicken legs, the cheap ones don't look like meat.

Xia Zhixin followed Mo Bai, took a stainless steel dinner plate, and waited at the back of the line to order food.

When it was their turn, the chubby elder sister Yin gave Xia Zhixin a spoonful of pork vermicelli and gave Xia Zhixin a wink.

"Hey, then the eldest sister must have taken a fancy to Mr. Xia, right?"

Back at the dining table, Mo Bai looked at the fans on Xia Zhixin's plate that were at least 1.5 times his own, and couldn't help guessing.

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Xia Zhixin blushed, and said, "Perhaps that little lady saw that I was recovering from a serious illness, so she gave me more beatings to nourish my body."

"Not necessarily!"

Mo Bai looked around and said in a low voice, "I heard from the old Chinese workers that there are many men and women in Yin here, and most of them are unmarried women. This time when five hundred Xinhua workers come in, the Department of Civil Affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs may take the lead in organizing a large-scale Blind date! A well-read, gentle and handsome man like you must be very sought-after!"

"Is there such a thing?"

Xia Zhixin's eyes widened in surprise, even though he had read so much poetry and books, he didn't know what to say.

As a widower who has lost his wife for more than ten years, Xia Zhixin has not thought of continuing.

Especially after the son was brought up little by little, this thought became even more serious.

It's just that in recent years, the sex ratio in the southeastern region has been seriously out of balance.

Coupled with the fact that polygamy is essentially the sexual exploitation of low-level men by the rich and powerful, it has become more and more difficult for old bachelors to marry wives.

Sky-high betrothal gifts did not just appear suddenly in the 21st century.

Xu Wei, a talented scholar of the Ming Dynasty, once wrote: "The extravagant marriages are prevalent in eastern Zhejiang. "Although a girl is still in her infancy, she is hired by a rich family, and the amount is as much as five or seven hundred gold." The next dowry, equivalent to more than 200 million yuan now)

Xu Wei's statement is exaggerated, or it is still an isolated case.

However, according to records, during the Qing Dynasty, the dowry gifts of ordinary families in the Jiangnan area were as high as five or sixty taels, which was equivalent to the amount that a local long-term worker could save for six years without eating or drinking.

In later generations, it would take about the same amount of time for a young man with an ordinary job to come up with a bride price.

Comrade Zhu Baba, Zhu Fugui's ancestor, was deeply moved by this phenomenon.

After he became emperor, he once issued a decree: "In ancient weddings, two surnames were married, and human relations were emphasized. In modern times, it has been devoted to hiring money and living in extravagance. It is advisable to order the Zhongshu Province to gather and discuss, and customize the promulgation and compliance. In advocating frugality, the customs are respected. Those who violate it will be punished as a crime."

Of course, just like Comrade Lao Zhu’s efforts to punish corrupt officials, this imperial decree can’t stand up to the laws of human nature and nature, and eventually becomes a dead letter.

In fact, throughout the history of Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties in China, bride price has never been a cheap thing, and it is not easy to marry a wife.

It’s just that after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the internal change of customs and the liberation of the female population were completed in a short period of time, and this phenomenon was reversed in a small period of time. As a result, the new generation of Chinese people mistakenly believe that no betrothal gift is the norm.

According to records, during the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, the ratio of men to women in Suzhou, Jiaxing and other places was about [-] to [-].The male to female ratio in Beijing is [-] to [-].In the Ming Dynasty, half of the people in Jinqu, Zhejiang Province had no wives. In the Qing Dynasty, eight out of ten people in Wenzhou had no family.

Although not 80.00% of the men in Xia Zhixin's hometown are single, there are too many monks and too little porridge. The great monks drink more than a dozen bowls of porridge each, which makes poor monks unable to drink porridge.

So much so that when Xia Zhixin heard that this place still manages to divide his wives, he was so surprised that even the fans in his mouth leaked out.

It turns out that this kind of crazy involution in the marriage market has been difficult to solve for hundreds of years, but there is still a way to break through?

Could it be that his rebellious son is still a forerunner?Be the first to eat a crab?

"It seems that the White Lotus Sect also has merits!"

Xia Zhixin wiped his mouth, and then took a peek at the fat aunt in the cafeteria with big breasts and big buttocks, who seemed to be well-behaved at first glance, and the latter just happened to cast a bright smile.

"It's more important to find my son!"

Xia Zhixin lowered his head, quickly took a big mouthful of rice, and ate it into his mouth.

Chapter 079 Lighting

Grabbing money, food, and women has always been the driving force behind the expansion of an empire, a civilization, and even a race.

For example, the ultimate destination of the Indians is that they are basically extinct in North America, and continue in the form of Indian-white mixed blood in Latin America, and the population still maintains a certain size.

But according to genetic research, almost [-]% of the so-called mixed-race Indians in Latin America have white fathers, just as the so-called mixed-race children in later generations in China basically have foreign fathers and Chinese mothers.

Just like the defeated lion group on the grassland, the female lion was spared and even accepted the new king without any obstacles, but the male lion could only choose to fight or die.

Such a statement may be suspected of objectifying women.

But this is a bloody fact that has been staged time and time again in human history.

It's just that in modern times, these bloody facts have been packaged between increasingly sophisticated humanism and theories, whitewashing the very short-lived peace that is extremely rare in human history.

The fourth Ming Empire rose on the North American continent surrounded by wolves, and did not have the inherent population advantage of the Chinese nation. Therefore, whether it is Zhu Fugui or other important officials in the court, they all attach importance to the issue of population expansion as a matter of course.

Migration of Chinese laborers from mainland China and Southeast Asia is certainly a feasible way, but there is no doubt that the group of Chinese laborers is almost all men in their prime.

These healthy, middle-aged men naturally have the demand for marriage and childbearing.

Finding wives for the bachelors of the Ming Empire was a problem that Zhu Fugui had to solve.

This is not a joke, but is related to the stability of the regime and the continuation of the population.

Fortunately, the good news is that with the improvement of the slaughter efficiency of standard weapons, whether it is the war of the colonists to conquer the Indians or the wars within the colonists, there have been more women than men all over the world.

Take the most typical British Empire, where the sun never sets, as an example. In the middle and late nineteenth century, there were millions of middle-class women who could not get married.

It can be said that Zhu Fugui's small book records all these places, from the beastly battlefields of reformers and shogunate warriors in the east to the bloody wars in the Ukrainian plains in the west, and they are suitable objects for consideration.

Of course, these are long-term plans. For Zhu Fugui, the most important thing at present is to build a new city, a city belonging to Ming Dynasty, so that people's hearts can be completely settled down.

At the welcome party in the evening, Zhu Fugui officially announced this decision.

Speaking of this welcome party, this is the first large-scale cultural and sports event held by Daming after gaining a firm foothold.

Large-scale events such as the Spring Festival Gala, although later generations have been complained that the year is not as good as the year, but in the era of poor entertainment life, such a party not only represents leisure time, but also represents family reunion. A collective identity, a collective culture.

When more than 1000 people gather together in an orderly manner wearing several uniform clothes, such an action itself is to add a sense of belonging to each person's heart.

At this moment, Mo Bai's more than 500 Xinhua workers' desire to integrate into this group is extremely strong.

In peaceful times, some people may pursue a unique personality.

But in today's troubled times, in this wild west of North America, every Chinese is eager to integrate into the collective and become a part of this huge force.

Xia Zhixin was sitting on the ponytail. Although he knew that these were all incompetent members of the White Lotus Cult, he couldn't help but want to join them.

Mo Bai looked enviously at the auditorium on the east side.

Unlike other areas, which are a bit chaotic, the audience here is all sitting upright, with their legs together and their hands lightly pressed to their knees.

Although the soldiers of the First Division of the Royal Army wore green clothes like the Green Battalion of the Qing Dynasty, they were basically two species.

The man should be so!

Mo Bai remembered the words he had heard from Mr. Shu on the street.

He has already made up his mind that no matter what Mr. Xia says, he must write to enlist in the army when filling out his volunteer report tomorrow.

……

As the sun gradually went down, the welcome party officially began.

In fact, many people do not understand why this kind of open-air gathering is held at night.

In rural areas in the past, candles were an extremely luxurious item.

Horse lanterns and kerosene lamps, represented by qide wind lanterns, are quite popular in the western United States, but they have not yet been officially introduced to mainland China.