Chapter 106 that era

Although the government of the Qing Dynasty implemented a policy of closing the country to the outside world, the folks were completely different. The exchanges between coastal cities and the outside world were frequent. There were many foreign merchant ships staying in Shanghai, Ningbo and other ports every day. Shanghai has become the largest port in China. . The foreign businessmen brought new gadgets and deadly opium. Besides, these foreigners also brought us a special gift from the South Asian subcontinent. When the box of this gift was opened, all the people Everyone will be terrified. This gift has a terrible name called "cholera".

After several years, this monster called "cholera" will meet our protagonist Wang Mengying, and they will start a desperate struggle, which is extremely tragic, we will talk about it later. At that time, Emperor Jiaqing had already brought down Heshen, and the common people were very optimistic, thinking that Emperor Jiaqing was full now. In fact, this was not objective, because the father of Jiaqing, the famous Emperor Qianlong, who was very successful, had given his national strength to It consumed a lot. Starting from Jiaqing, the Qing Empire gradually entered the twilight era. Since then, in the history books, we will see a series of infuriating keywords such as "defeat" and "unequal treaties".

At that time, the group of foreigners who invaded China during the Opium War had already been born. Although they are still just a yellow-haired child suckling, they are really cute, but after a few years, they will show their ferocious faces and shoot with guns. Open the door to China, robbed a lot of silver, and signed a series of unequal treaties with the Qing government. This is the background of Wang Mengying's birth year.