Valley Emperor

What will happen to Edward in the future, I don't know yet, but now Edward has changed significantly.

A month after coming to Datang, Edward's whole person looks very different from when he first came to Datang.

This difference is not in appearance or clothes. In fact, Edward is still red-haired, and he is still wearing professional clothes. The change in his behavior is more of a change in behavior.

This mental change is also a relief to Norris.

From the very beginning, everyone could tell that Edward had just arrived in Tang Dynasty, and his whole body exuded the atmosphere of aboriginal barbarians. Now, if you look closely, it is difficult to find that Edward has only been in Tang Dynasty for only a month. .

This is also related to Edward's education in Tang language since he was a child.

After all, he was born from a noble family, and he was able to receive normal Tang language education since he was a child. Now that he has practiced one or two after the Tang Dynasty, everything will naturally be on the right track.

Outside the embassy area, Norris was once again wearing a formal suit, sitting in a carriage ready to go out, and Edward was driving outside the car.

Edward, who was driving the carriage, was dressed in standard black business attire, with black gloves in his hands holding the reins and whip, and a bowler hat on his head, covering his red hair.

Looking from a distance, it is difficult to find that Edward is an Englishman, because his clothes are no different from ordinary Datang professionals, and his red hair is also covered. Only when you look closer will you find this person. The eyes are blue, the skin is slightly pale, and the nose is slightly raised and curved.

It was not the first time that Edward had followed Norris to go out, but when he went out again, walking on the bustling streets of Datang, he still couldn't help but be nervous.

Even though he is very calm on the surface, and even looks like he is not looking sideways, but his heart is still very calm, and the corner of his eyes frequently looks at everyone or things on the street.

The street is spacious and clean, and the road is so flat that it is said to be paved with a kind of asphalt.

There are many shops on both sides of the street, and most of them use bright glass, but these are normal things, and Edward doesn't think it's too strange.

However, the people he picked up made him feel surprised. At first glance, they seemed to be ordinary people, nothing special. The people on the street were also ordinary people from the Tang Dynasty, and they were dressed in ordinary clothes.

But these people still made Edward feel weird.

how to say.

These people are not the same as ordinary people, commoners, or free people in their own perception.

Their clothes are too clean, their steps on the road are too steady, and even the expressions on their faces are too natural, and most importantly, they are generally too tall and too strong.

Just the physique of these people is not like ordinary civilians, but more like a group of knights or samurai.

Because it is impossible for ordinary people to be so tall and strong.

Edward was born in a noble family and grew up eating well. His height is not low. He is about 1.72 meters and weighs 60 kilograms. He has been trained as a knight since he was a child, so his body is still very strong.

But his physique is in the minority in England, and indeed in Europe.

Due to the limited food production in contemporary indigenous regions, in fact, in the current global scope, it is very difficult for indigenous people in other countries to eat enough, except for the Tang Dynasty, which means that contemporary indigenous people are generally nutritious. A problem of lack, and not malnutrition from generation to generation.

When malnourished, naturally don't expect the height of ordinary people!

Ordinary natives from all over the world, adult men are generally 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6 meters tall, and women are even lower.

Well, this is talking about ordinary people, not including powerful people like Edward. Nobles from generation to generation do not have to worry about food and drink, and they are well nourished. It is normal to be 1.78 meters or even higher.

Height is such a thing, if you have enough nutrition, you will grow tall, and if you are malnourished, you will grow short.

So don't take the case of a general in ancient China who was eight feet tall, a lord in Europe who was 1.8 meters tall, and a lord of Fusang who was 1.6 meters tall.

However, these ordinary Tang people that Edward has seen are generally over one meter sixty-five in height, and quite a few are over one meter seven and one meter eight.

And one by one looks very strong, but not a skinny type.

This is not seen in London or anywhere in Europe.

Little did Edward know that the average height of the Tang people had grown rapidly in the past 40 years, and the height of the younger generation had grown even more astonishingly.

Forty years ago, when Datang recruited new recruits, what was the height requirement for recruits? One meter five five!

Later, the Datang military gradually raised the height standard for recruits. When Xuanping was ten years old, it was 1.58 meters, and when Xuanping was 20 years old, it was 1.6 meters.

In the 35th year of Xuanping, the Datang military had a minimum height requirement of 1.62 meters for recruits.

This is just the minimum standard for military recruits, and this standard is actually lower than the average height of the current younger generation of Datang.

Datang's current average height is not too high, only about 1.65 meters, but this data includes everyone, especially a large number of middle-aged and elderly people born in the former Ming Dynasty and the unification war period, these people have lowered data.

If we only count the younger generation born ten years after Xuanping, their average height is very high, almost 1.7 meters.

And this data is still growing. According to the statistics of the Royal Institute of Technology, the Taiyuan Hospital, the Ministry of Housing and other institutions, the average height of the younger generation is rising, and the average height of young people fifty years later, their average height is rising. The height can even reach 1.75 meters.

Why is Edward shocked by the height of these ordinary Tang people? Why do many institutions such as the Royal Institute of Technology, Taiyuan Hospital, and the Ministry of Housing pay attention to the average height, especially the average height of the younger generation?

Because this data can directly reflect the standard of living of ordinary people in Datang.

It is impossible to increase the average height of the younger generation without having enough to eat.

However, to feed hundreds of millions of people, how much food would be needed, Edward could hardly imagine.

In the past, I have heard from countless sources how powerful the Tang Dynasty is, and it is also a clear proof that I have seen the power of the Tang Dynasty with my own eyes.

However, those 10,000-ton warships, galloping trains, and countless high-rise buildings are only the most superficial things~www.wuxiaspot.com~ In Edward's opinion, the most terrifying part of this Tang Empire is that it can actually make Hundreds of millions of people are fed!

Moreover, this terrifying empire is still working on an economic development plan, trying to further improve the quality of life of the people, reduce the food index, and strive to achieve the food index within 40%.

what does that mean?

This means that every Datang people will live a prosperous life by then!

And this made Edward surprised and at the same time unable to understand!

He was not shocked by whether Datang could do it or not. In fact, he completely believed that Datang could do it. What he couldn't understand was:

The great Son of Heaven, who is greater than the sun, why should he care about the lives of those pariahs?

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