Chapter 912: The forgotten woman Chapter 912: The forgotten woman For people all around the world, it seed as if life had gradually gotten a bit better. In their world, many good things appeared that had never existed before.
Firstly, electricity began to gradually beco prevalent, although many villages had not yet enjoyed this convenient energy source, yet in the cities, electricity had already beco the main energy source.
When people discovered that they could buy better and superior seeds for just a little money, a bountiful harvest of grain beca possible.
With more grains and fruits, brewing also beca possible. The brewing machines in Tang Country were not particularly expensive, so many places had established breweries.
For a little money, the common people could taste low-quality cigarettes and various flavors of low-quality beer. This was undoubtedly a huge quality improvent for their dull lives.
Even more improvents were inside the cities, so places people could often see large airplanes flying overhead, and they were not surprised by trains passing in front of their doors.
The roads beca smoother and smoother, which was an inevitable result: to allow cars to run faster, road construction had beco an activity all countries were engaged in.
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Even if they were reluctant, to catch up with this wave of technological progress, all countries had to invest more money to improve their own environnts.
This was all competitive; only by building all the infrastructure well enough could they attract more businessn to invest, and this was also the wealth-building bible that Tang Mo taught these people.
Everyone knew they definitely couldn’t surpass Tang Country, as Tang Country’s infrastructure construction speed existed as if it had cheats enabled, which others could never catch up to no matter how hard they tried.
However, even if they couldn’t match Tang Country, the competition between other countries was still necessary. Everyone hoped to beco the second choice for businessn, so they all worked hard to build their own countries.
Such events were inevitable with the advancent of technology; they didn’t need deliberate promotion, just going with the flow was enough.
Moreover, so clever people directly assigned the tasks of bridge construction and road paving to foreign businessn. They didn’t even need to pay the construction costs; they just mortgaged these roads and bridges to the businessn constructing them, allowing them to recuperate their investnt through tolls.
Or, the local governnt could borrow from banks and repay the loans through charges once construction was completed; it was more or less the sa approach.
Then, with the intentional encouragent of Tang Country’s capital, many dams were built worldwide, many thermal power stations were constructed, and many large cities resembling real cities ca into being.
In the past, due to sanitation and energy constraints, cities with populations over two hundred thousand were almost reaching their limits.
Now, with the widespread availability of dicine and the improvent of drainage systems, large cities had appeared in every country, even a number of ga-cities.
Brunas, although it had beco a thing of the past, still maintained its scale. Even if there hadn’t been much developnt over the past few years, it was still a supercity with a population close to a million.
Of course, now it was no longer the largest city in the world; the largest city was in Tang Country, nad Linshui.
This world’s number one was absolutely deserving, as Linshui’s population had already exceeded a million, even beginning to surge towards a scale of two million.
If including the rchants who ca and went and the floating population, the total population of Linshui had even approached three million, which was not on the sa level as other cities.
Another large city in terms of population was Chang’an, the capital of Tang Country, which had two rivers running through the city, and its population had also surpassed one million.
Originally, these two rivers ran north and south, flanking the old capital of Zheng Country, but with the expansion of the city, these two rivers now ran through the city.
The Forbidden City, which was previously in the suburbs, now was almost entirely encompassed within the city, and Zhuque Street had beco one of the busiest streets in Chang’an City.
Because of improved production capacity, various things had also begun to beco abundant: both sugar and salt had ample supply, and under normal circumstances, people could afford them.
This contributed to social stability; when people felt their lives were getting better, they would not easily beco restless, questioning those rulers who lived in luxury.
Life in Tang Country had really improved; not only could they listen to various songs broadcasted on the radio, but they could also read serialized novels in newspapers and even occasionally visit a cinema to enjoy a movie for more than two hours.
The influence of big stars also stood out; the most famous male star in Tang Country endorsed cigarettes that were very popular, and many n liked to wear the plaid suits that the star wore in advertisents, standing against walls with a cigarette featuring a filter in their hands, pushing the brims of their hats down low.
At the sa ti, if one can afford to buy a double-door streamlined sports car, especially the one endorsed by celebrities, it would attract the attention of many young girls.
Frankly speaking, a man who can take out hundreds of Gold Coins to buy a sports car is indeed very attractive to won.
Won, on the other hand, don’t even need to be ntioned. Whatever the female movie stars wear in the films quickly becos popular on the streets and alleys. Every woman likes to focus on those beautiful clothes and then stuff their wardrobes with them.
It’s unknown who said a profound truth, “A woman’s wardrobe is always short of one piece of clothing,” and won imdiately rembered this phrase, then convinced themselves to continue indulging.
Aside from clothes, of course, there are also the expensive costics: Tang Country didn’t co up with bizarre products like lead-rcury make-up, after all, Tang Mo had sowhat of a conscience while making money.
The kind of tech that encourages won to sar lead on their faces to show their complexion is doing well, Tang Mo’s costics company directly phased them out.
But when it cos to the conscience of the Great Tang costics company, that’s about all there is. The various costics and skincare products they launched could virtually match the profit margins of cigarettes.
Never underestimate the determination of won in their pursuit of beauty and youth—their speed in spending money is not any slower than that of n when they smoke or drink.
Add in handbags and jewelry, and their combat power only increases, even exceeding that of n in so aspects.
To won, these items are the warriors’ rifles, the lovers’ hearts, their status, their life!
As the fashion capital, the won of Chang’an are on the forefront of the world. The trends that have already beco popular there are just starting to take off elsewhere.
So when won from other Empires talk about Chang’an, they are incredibly excited, like a group of devotees discussing their holy city.
This feeling existed even before when they worshipped Brunas, but now… they worship Chang’an.
“I heard Chang’an had a new fashion show, but it’s a pity my godfather wouldn’t let go,” a beautiful-faced girl stirred her teacup with a spoon and said with a smile to her best friend.
“I didn’t go either, but it’s okay, I sent a servant over, and he’s going to pack up all the clothes for to bring back! And the bags…and the jewelry!” Her best friend was equally excited, unable to contain her enthusiasm whenever these items were ntioned.
“I’m so envious of Angie, she actually got to go with her boyfriend,” they both said enviously when another friend was ntioned.
The three of them were close friends, having hung out together since their schooldays and enjoyed a deep relationship. Each of them had also ended up quite well off, coming from wealthy families.
Now, they were all society ladies—one being the goddaughter of the Foreign Minister Somi, and another had married the oldest son of the Agriculture Minister.
The one who was doing the best had found a noble boyfriend who had just inherited a considerable fortune from his father and went to Tang Country to manage his business.
Hearing these two won giggling and chatting, a woman sitting not far away had a face that was uglier than ever.
If there was one woman left in the world who hated talking about Chang’an, it was Susan. She had once worked for the Great Tang Group and was undoubtedly the fashion guru of that ti.
Unfortunately, when the Great Tang Group gave up on Brunas, she chose a different path. Back then, as a VIP in Nanla high society, she broke away from the Great Tang Group to strike out on her own.
She soon realized, without the support of the Great Tang Group, she couldn’t make it in the Empire of Nanla. Mo Kangsen, who had once supported her, no longer offered her protection.
Unable to make it in Nanla, Susan had no choice but to return to the Laines Empire, where she created a fashion brand in an attempt to maintain her prestigious image as a fashion guru.
Sadly, her brand was quickly overwheld by the high-end labels from the Great Tang Group, losing all its business and going bankrupt in a few days.
Having spent all her savings, she had to, while still possessing so fa, marry a noble. Without the spotlight, she naturally lost her days of being celebrated and admired.
“Damn it! These brats! They’d rather have those ugly skirts that don’t have any sense of beauty at all, instead of appreciating real art,” Susan cursed under her breath, venting her dissatisfaction.
In her view, the clothes she had once designed were countless tis more upscale than the popular items in Chang’an… Unfortunately, there were too many blind fools in this world, only believing in the nobility from Chang’an, unwilling to pay for other brands.
“Sooner or later! You’ll regret it! Sooner or later! I will prove! I am…the real mother of fashion!” She gritted her teeth, almost snapping the spoon she held in her hand.
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