Some aggressors adopted a policy of plundering against the invaded country, slaughtering local residents, and thoroughly looting, burning and destroying grain houses and other materials; some aggressors signed a series of unequal treaties with the invaded country, in exchange for long-term acquisition interests; some aggressors take high-intensity governance over the invaded country and turn it into a part of their own territory little by little... I don't mean to evaluate which of these three policies is superior or inferior, after all, such a major decision must be According to the results of careful consideration of the objective conditions at the time, Zhuge Liang was not an outsider who did not know what the situation was after the fact. What I want to say now is only that "different policies stimulate different fighting spirits."
The common people are actually very realistic and simple creatures. If you don't let me live, then I will bite you back if I die; if you make my life difficult, then I will consider good birds to live in; My life gets better, then I will enshrine you as a saint... Here, the Western invaders have adopted a relatively moderate "long-term profit" approach, and the life of the common people has become worse, but it is not impossible to survive , thus forming a state of "resistors are in the minority after all". Most of the people gritted their teeth and recognized the current situation. The family environment was excellent, and they still went to the restaurant to listen to music, walk birds and fight crickets, and the life was not too difficult. What's more, just like serving as a "coated slave" of the Manchus, they went to be the subordinates of the foreigners, and in turn bullied their own people, and their living conditions became better.
patriotism? National pride
Well, I can't say that the people of the Qing Dynasty did not have such noble sentiments at all~~ But how to say... The main population composition of this country is "Han", and many dynasties before the Qing Dynasty were dominated by Han people, in other words, for hundreds of years There was a foreigner called the "Man Qing" who beat the Han people to their knees, and the current Qing Dynasty was established.
So the question is, what is the difference in the eyes of the Han people between the [Tatar] who calls himself a "slave" and the [foreign devil] who calls himself a "yellow-skinned monkey"? In the final analysis, whether it is the Qing Dynasty destroying the Ming Dynasty, or the Western powers attacking the Qing army, that is, "the winner is the king, and the loser is the bandit".
Of course, the protagonists of this world can never be these people who swallow their voices, they must be those good-blooded men who dare to fight - but Liz is now encountering "supporting roles" for the time being, and the current situation he sees is also "suffering."
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"..." After Liz and the others walked in, the whole restaurant fell silent for a moment.
It seems to be due to the port city, the economy here is quite prosperous. During the day, this teahouse is full of guests, and the bird cages brought by the gentlemen even lined the window of the teahouse... I must have been here before. It was so noisy that people couldn't help but cover their ears, and there was no atmosphere of a defeated country at all.
However, so many people were stunned by Leeds' western face. Although there was an element of surprise that "I didn't expect foreign devils to come in", it largely showed the current social status of the Qing Dynasty.
Including that no one was brave enough to shout "foreigners and dogs are not allowed to enter"; including that where Liz saw his eyes, the Han Chinese on either side lowered their heads to look elsewhere; including that Liz just took the first two steps without saying anything, and there was one. Han people at a table took their own breakfast to share a table with others, and vacated a table... These are a reflection of the current situation.
"Hey~" Since someone took the initiative to vacate the table, Liz was not polite and sat down directly.
Zhang Jing and Wang Yuanji also sat down directly, Sakuya stood behind Liz as a matter of course, only Murong Jiu... She stared at the small broken bench that others had just sat on, and the small wooden table with food scraps left. I almost wanted to stand behind Leeds like Sakuya, but in the end I chose the former in the choice of "maiden" and "maid".
"... Excuse me, what do you want?" The guests can keep their mouths shut, but as the second shopkeeper, they can't. Under the order of the shopkeeper, they walked forward with a bitter face... But the direction of his question was someone with beautiful black hair. Zhang Jing and Murong Jiu were not Leeds from foreigners. It is not Wang Yuanji, who is regarded as a Westerner because of her hair color.
"..." The two of them are naturally dominated by Leeds. After coming to another world, they will listen to the old driver in their actions~~
"Even if I place an order, you will find it difficult, right?" Everyone was shocked when Liz opened his mouth, the foreign devils they knew had never been able to speak Chinese, "...so just give us an empty table and sit down for a while. , we don't need any tea, and of course, we won't give money."
"Oh, oh..." The shop assistant was still a little stunned, but according to the shopkeeper's instructions, as long as the other party wasn't here to cause trouble, he hurriedly pushed away the guests and left to resume his life.
"Old men over there, since you know that I can understand Chinese, can you stop saying the words 'foreign devil' in front of me?" Without Liz saying anything, Sakuya glared at him because she heard Liz's Chinese. The surprised and whispering onlookers seemed to feel "murderous", and they didn't dare to talk nonsense all of a sudden.
The atmosphere was tense, but someone broke the deadlock.
"Good morning, this gentleman, and all the beautiful ladies," the woman in western clothes who had walked into the teahouse with an antique camera that Liz discovered earlier walked out of the crowd, looking at the five people with curiosity, "To be honest, This is the first time I have met a westerner who speaks Chinese so well..."
"Oh, after all, my beautiful wives are from the East~ They teach well." Liz said nonsense, obviously due to the "language and text patch pack" that came with the system.
"Yeah, that's it... Cough, sir, your wives are truly beauties I've never seen before." This woman in western dress is also considered to be a young and beautiful type, but she is far from the famous Zhang Jing and others. There is still a huge gap between people.
"I think so too~~" Liz added, "it's just that there is a problem with personality."
"Humph!" X2 Zhang Jing and Murong Jiu snorted coldly at the same time.
"Ah, haha..." I originally thought that there were some dark plots in it, but seeing this, the woman in the dress already felt the taste of love... Now she has a higher affection for Liz.
As a girl who has studied in London for many years, she is really happy to make friends with foreigners who are friendly to Chinese and Qing Dynasty... Cough, it's really just "friends", the relationship above friends is impossible, because she already has a heart.
"My name is Liz, and they are Zhang Jing, Murong Jiu, Wang Yuanji, and Sakuya... Because of the level of knowledge of these three, well, they are similar to the people over there," Liz said, and the expressions of the cousins were cold again. He got up, "So I saw you walking in with a camera on the street, so I wanted to show them some insight. Just leave me alone and just do your own thing." Liz had already seen the antique camera that had already been set up.
"Is that so... Well, ladies, if you're interested, I'll bring the camera over in a while?" The women in Western clothes are happy to popularize Western culture in the motherland.
"...Thank you, er..." Zhang Jing and Murong Jiu were still arrogant, and it was Wang Yuanji who thanked them.
It's just that they were introduced by Leeds, but the guy opposite...
"By the way, I haven't introduced myself yet, I'm—"
"—Aunt Thirteen?!" A joyful exclamation came.
"Huh... Feihong?!" Upon hearing this shout, the woman in western clothes called "Thirteenth Aunt" by someone ignored Liz and the others, and turned around to look for fame.
I saw a young man with a handsome face and a righteous face...a yin and yang head appeared there.