The decadent and dilapidated city landscape makes every foreign traveler who has just arrived in Hangzhou feel extremely disappointed, while the extremely bad roads in the city make people almost unable to find a suitable place to take off.

——Only in the most prosperous neighborhoods, there are roads paved with bluestone, and the remaining streets are just rammed flat with soil, with extremely low sturdyness. Two deep ditches have been plowed by wheels, so that later vehicles can only follow the ruts in front - this is also the reason why "cars are the same tracks": the ruts on the road are so deep, and if the axles are different, how can the wheels be crushed into the ditch at the same time to maintain balance?

What's even more terrible is that this lowest-level road is not waterproof at all, and the entire street will turn into a big mud pit when it rains. When the weather is sunny and dry, the deformed road surface that is washed away by the rain will be as hard as solidified cement, which can simply break a person's butt.

Because of this, if the emperor or the imperial envoy goes on a patrol, local officials will recruit people to use loess to pad the road to prevent bumps... However, the road paved with loess is basically one-time and will be crushed in no time. So the pedestrians later can only endure the pain of stuttering.

Of course, if the road surface is not very flat, it would not be so disgusting - after all, it is not surprising that the paths that are far more bumpy or rough mountain roads are everywhere in this world.

But like the streets in Hangzhou, there are not many roads that always exude a rotten smell.

——The normal roads in later generations should be high in the middle and low on both sides, so that the accumulated water can flow into the ditches on the side of the road. However, due to the long-term wear and tear and the inadequate repair, the streets in Hangzhou have basically become sunken toward the center of the street.

Therefore, this not only caused the city streets to turn into mud ponds on rainy days, but all pedestrians could only walk on the walls on the roadside, and walked with fear as if walking on tightropes, but also gave citizens a convenient way to dump domestic garbage: as long as they find someone who is out of their house, they would throw garbage and toilet onto the street outside their homes, and the garbage, shit, urine, and so on will automatically roll into the center of the street, and soon the wheels and feet are stepped into part of the roadbed.

In addition, the population density in Hangzhou is quite high, and the garbage, feces and urine produced every day are astronomical. Even if only a small number of residents who lack public morality take out garbage randomly, it is enough to make the entire city smell bad. The sewer and drainage ditches left in ancient times have long been disrepaired and are now silted and unusable. The hygiene habits of urban residents have also undergone great regression...

In general, although the natural scenery outside the city is still so beautiful, the city appearance and appearance inside the city walls are already similar to Lilu. Agott's "City of Paradise" depicted in countless gorgeous words with countless gorgeous words in the book "The Record of the Golden Kingdom - The Rich Country Governed by the Sages" three hundred years ago.

"...I am desperate, despairing at this stinking and dilapidated city!"

Standing on a relatively lively commercial street, Feili sighed with her nostrils covering her nostrils.

Not far ahead of Feili, there was a numb man who took off his pants and defecate under the walls of the roadside in front of everyone. Others ignored this kind of unjust moral behavior, as if they had been used to it for a long time.

In a certain open space farther away, a few prostitutes standing on the street who looked thick and thick, but looked closely but had their steps were floating, stammering in various Japanese dialects, recruiting flesh-and-hearted business from Japanese warriors strolling on the street.

Other children with dirt all over like mud monkeys, but their eyes were very cunning and agile, squatted in the corners of the wall in groups, whispering from time to time. The pairs of eyes burning with desire were staring at the bulging wallets of the Japanese warriors' waists. In order to make these cheap cannon fodders work hard and avoid them wantonly robbing the people and ravaging the market. So after conquering Hangzhou, Li Huamei ordered the opening of the local treasury and paid each of them for half a year. She was now generous... and therefore she became a fat sheep in the eyes of some desperate people!

"...The whole city cannot see any vitality, the streets are full of beggars, thieves and prostitutes... Where is there any paradise on earth?"

Seeing the general numb, dull and listless mental outlook of the residents of Hangzhou City, Feili couldn't help but shook her head and sigh, "... They seem to have no grief or regret for the defeat and destruction of the imperial government, but there is no revolutionary atmosphere, and there is no intention of warmly welcome you revolutionaries... Do you really have a way to transform this place into a lively revolutionary base?"

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Hearing this mean comment to his hometown, Li Huamei couldn't help but sigh, and was speechless for a moment.

She knew very well that the city under her feet might have had a time of romantic and beautiful things. But now, all the heroes and heroes of the past have disappeared, leaving only a group of cowardly, insensitive, and even greedy citizens.

For centuries, an invisible hand of death has always firmly controlled this once glorious country, making this nation stagnant. All kinds of decadent and negative thoughts and systems, like spiders, have killed all vitality and vitality, and have quickly dissipated like smoke.

In this dark age, no matter where the empire is, people cannot see any bright future. This cannibalistic world is always so bloody and cruel, and there is no possibility of improvement. It can only continue to get worse day by day.

If you don't want to break down, you can only use numbness to close your mind and use indifference to protect your soul - they don't care about the loss of troops and land in the court; they don't care about the separatist vassal states; they don't care about the vassal states; they don't care about the Westernization and the training of the new army; the revolutionary party is promoting rebellion and rioting everywhere, but cannot provide the love for people, so they still don't care; now the Western barbarians and Japanese pirates are invading a large-scale invasion, occupying their hometowns, and the Zhejiang Governor's Office is hung in front of the governor's yamen, but they still don't care.

On the contrary, when the geniuses of the Demon Cult were emitting talisman water everywhere and showing their supernatural powers, many people among the people were moved and followed them.

In this regard, many revolutionaries who think they are heroes of saving the country and represent justice and progress, after being disappointed in front of their indifferent compatriots, were all very resentful and felt that the people as a class were too stupid, too numb, and too lazy. They could only see the little bit of flies in front of their noses, without the noble sentiment of sacrificing their families and serving the country. They were even often incited and bewitched by some false and evil rumors and slogans, and did many stupid things and even atrocities.

Therefore, these pretentious revolutionaries regard themselves as supreme saviors, always looking at their compatriots and elders around them with contempt and pity, believing that they are not the same type of people as them, but are more pure, noble and even wise noble!

——How can this revolution be launched if he thinks he is a revolutionary who asks for the people, but refuses to go among the masses?

Therefore, under the command of these "revolutionary elites", the revolutionary uprising for more than ten years basically turned into mutinies and mafia riots.

But Admiral Li Huamei, the real sacred lady of the sea, knew very well in her mind that the people's perception of the general trend that concerns her own interests. The reason why there are so few people who support the revolution is because these passionate revolutionaries, although they speak nicely and keep saying revolution for the people all day long, actually do everything they do for themselves.

——The revolutionaries have been making a lot of noise for so many years since they formed their power, but in fact, there is no action to consider the people at the bottom and fight for their interests. Those who really jump out to support the revolution in the local area are either some bold adventurers and speculators, or some brave and fierce rogues, and then package them with some passionate and powerful idealists.

These so-called revolutionary organizations, except for the intention of overthrowing the court and government and allowing their own people to take positions, were actually no different from the old times.

Therefore, for the people at the bottom, since this is not their revolution, why should they participate enthusiastically? Anyway, even if the revolution is successful, they will continue to be the ending of being a cow and a horse... so of course they will only choose to continue to be numb.

This city, and even the people of this country, are not so numb and lazy by nature, but because they are suppressed by the dark world to this point. From birth, most poor people will sadly find that no matter how hard they work, they will never be able to improve their lives and status. No matter how hard they work, they will always be despised... So what reason does he have to be diligent?

In this negative and dark atmosphere, numbness, dullness, indifference and laziness will become the best weapons for the poor to protect themselves in this cruel world - because they have no choice!

If these cold, numb and lazy people are to truly move towards the world, there are only two ways - either prepare enough whips and shackles to monitor the hopeless people at all times and force them to work hard; or they are to carry out a truly earth-shaking revolution, use violence to destroy all the shackles on this country, so that the people who are pressed at the bottom of society can truly turn over and stand up.

However, no matter which path you choose, it means endless blood and fire - it is really suffocating and heavy.

However, if he did not want his homeland that he loved to be slid down slowly in numbness and collapse, Li Huamei found that he had to make a choice as soon as possible - in this war, the Western coalition forces that came from all the way were still ally of the revolutionary party, but when the next war broke out, who knew whether they would become open-minded robbers and enemies?

She couldn't help but recall her oath when Keelung retreated.

"...I will fight on the ocean, on land, in the wilderness, and in the city... As long as I, Li Huamei, still survive, I will fight to the last moment to restore the mountains and rivers of my hometown!"

Therefore, she cannot be afraid of any battle, nor can she be afraid of fighting against anyone...even if the opponent is the revolutionary comrade of the past!

——As long as this decaying old empire can stand on the top of the world again!

After making up this decision, Li Huamei couldn't help but feel much more relaxed.

"...Haha, since you think there is nothing good on the street, why not go to my house to sit?"

She smiled at Feili Zhan, who was still complaining with her nose, and invited her.

"...Hey? Your house? You were not called by the goddess Mazu. You have traveled through time and space three hundred years ago, so why would you still have it..."

Speaking of this, Feili seemed to have thought of something and her eyes widened in surprise for a moment.

Li Huamei blinked her eyes lightly, "...Yes, it's really my old house three hundred years ago... Even I never thought that it had been three hundred years before, but my Li family's house still remains the same... It's amazing!"

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Chapter completed!