Chapter 16, Twenty-seven moments in the four years of Chongzhen 16 The sixteenth moment: Xu Xiake’s visit to Lingao Late autumn of the fourth year of Chongzhen, Hainan Island, Lingao County, Bopu Port Since the "Kun thieves" riding a large iron ship landed here in the first year of Chongzhen, Lingao County, Qiongzhou Prefecture of the Ming Dynasty, this little-known remote county on the land of China, has been transformed in just over three years.
Reborn, it became the forward base headquarters for the "Australians" to conquer the great cause. yznn Throughout Lingao County, Bairen City built on Bairen Beach is the ruling center of the Traveler Senate; Dongmen City, which is attached to Bairen City, has developed into the most prosperous trade market in the entire Hainan Island; Maziaobao is the central military base; Nanbao Town is the industrial and mining center of the county; as for the original county seat, it has almost become a forgotten place.
The Bobu Port, which has been expanded many times, is the window to the outside world for the Lingao Traveler Group.
For the ancients who were accustomed to the slow pace of life in an agricultural society, Lingao, the base camp for travelers, was as busy as a beehive.
Anyone who comes to Lingao for the first time will usually feel the busy, tense and active fast-paced atmosphere here as soon as they board the pier of Bobu Port.
When they go deep into the industrial, agricultural and residential areas on both sides of the Wenlan River, this feeling will probably become even more profound.
In the port with a forest of masts, various ships come and go.
The small boats specially used to tow ships have iron chimneys erected on them, spitting out thick black smoke.
Although there are no oarsmen, they are very powerful and can It can easily tow a large ship loaded with cargo.
Relying on a series of long trestles, most ships arriving at Bobu Pier usually do not need to use small boats to transport goods and people in bulk.
Cargo can be lifted off the ship by a crane, and people can get on and off the ship directly, thus saving a lot of time and manpower.
Perhaps only here in Bopu Port in East Asia, the turnover rate of ships can be measured in "hours" and "days".
Instead of calculating in "weeks" and "months".
Next, every major road after leaving the dock and entering the interior was filled with a steady stream of people and vehicles.
The open carriage pulled by the small locomotive was either piled with goods or crowded with people.
Although the relevant departments have already issued safety regulations that do not allow "ticking" of tickets, and have also increased the number of police and National Army soldiers to maintain order at the station, no matter how many orders the management department gives, every time it is time to leave the train, the carriage The outside is still always full of overcrowded people.
So much so that people fall off the car every day.
Fortunately, the speed of this steam train was not much faster than walking, so the passenger casualty rate was kept at a level that the relevant authorities could barely tolerate.
Every day, countless people come here, and countless people leave here.
The coming and going has made this emerging city prosper day by day.
Then, under the warm winter sun in the fourth year of Chongzhen, another group of travelers came to Lingao on a lucky boat.
Among them were two elderly scholars wearing half-worn Confucian shirts, standing curiously on the deck, watching the increasingly closer Bobu Port extending into the sea, the stone trestle bridge as wide as a street, the tall crane, Smoking on the track The "automatic car" that is pulling the carriages with fire, and finally the majestic "big iron ship", which is called the "holy ship" by Australians.
Seeing it with your own eyes at this time, it is indeed as expected.
The mountains are astonishing to see.
Although these two people had seen some exquisite and ingenious "Australian goods" in their hometown in Jiangnan, and heard a lot of anecdotes about "Australian Kun people" on the way to Gao by boat, when this "Kun thieves" When the port under the rule was truly displayed in front of them, these two scholars, who were considered well-informed nowadays, still held their breath.
The scene in front of them was completely a strange world beyond the scope of their understanding.
Countless chimneys scattered at different heights are scattering black smoke into the air.
With the low impact of metal parts, white steam is spewed out and fills the sky above the pier, like a layer of light clouds.
Countless densely packed pipes and tracks are on the pier.
Staggered up and down, whistles and whistles whistled sharply, one after another.
Strange-shaped houses can be seen everywhere here, and the fort on the coast is as towering as a hill.
"Brother Zhong Zhao is really the power of ghosts and gods."
The slightly younger middle-aged scholar looked at it for a while and couldn't help but sigh to his companion.
"Yes, it's just like the kingdom of monsters and demons recorded in Journey to the West.
It's hard to believe that this is still the realm of the Ming Dynasty."
Another tough old Confucian scholar named Brother Zhong Zhao also nodded in agreement and spoke sincerely.
He lamented, “It’s really a bunch of demons dancing wildly.”
"Hmph, you are a traitor, a thief with extraordinary skills, and you pretend to be a descendant of the Song Dynasty in the Tianshui Dynasty.
However, you are a descendant of the Song Dynasty in the Tianshui Dynasty.
However, you turn barbarians into Xia, despise the gentry, and despise ethics.
Such perverse behavior does not know the teachings of saints, even if the boats are strong and cannons are strong.
How can great things be achieved with profit?"
Standing behind them was a young scholar who had boarded the ship from Guangzhou.
Although he was dressed in ordinary clothes, he was holding a folding fan and making a Pointing at the country, his eyes were full of disdain, "The thieves learned strange skills overseas, but they forgot the principles of heaven and earth and the way of saints.
They thought they could dominate a corner with iron ships and firearms, and they also used small profits to seduce unruly people.
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Shaving your hair and changing clothes, you are really deceiving me.
No one in the Ming Dynasty can wait until the heavenly soldiers from the imperial court arrive.
They will be able to cleanse the ugly people and stop these overseas barbarians from taking a look at China."
Listening to this madman's ignorant shouting, the two older Confucian scholars could only shake their heads and smile bitterly.
Many idle scholars in the late Ming Dynasty had this common problem.
On the one hand, they had extreme contempt for the warriors of the dynasty and believed that they were not worthy of receiving a grain of rice.
One tael of silver in military pay; on the other hand, they have blind confidence in the military power of the "Celestial Soldiers of the Imperial Court".
Each one shouts louder than the other without feeling any contradiction between the two.
"Haha, you are such a talkative young man.
You are really bragging and you didn't write a draft.
What are you talking about?
I remember that Governor Wang Dezun sent troops to attack the Australians last year.
They were captured by the Australians before they even touched the border of Lingao County.
They were driven all the way back to Guangzhou city."
A chubby, short, round-faced businessman, while flipping through a semi-old war history research magazine that he got from somewhere, and reading the article Heavy Snow Full of Bows and Swords - The History and End of the Ming Dynasty's Liaodong Strategy for entertainment, he casually said, "Now The world is in chaos.
I heard that the emperor's Beijing city was besieged twice by Liaodong barbarians, and the Central Plains were also exiled.
With bandits everywhere and wars raging everywhere, how could the imperial court have the energy to take care of this small border county thousands of miles away?
The Australians would have to break up the land and seal the territory on Hainan Island.
Besides, weren't you originally planning to join the Australian chief minister?
You haven't come to introduce yourself yet, but you are here to belittle others.
Do you still want to hang out here?"
In fact, since the "Australians" invaded Guangzhou and shocked Lingnan, in the past two years, some scholars have felt that this "Australian gang" seems vulgar and uncultured.
It should be that there are not many scholars, and now they are joining the Australians.
You can also find a good future.
So many people came to submit letters to support him.
Many of them were not good scholars or old boys, and they were all people who could not carry the basket with their hands and shoulders.
These scholars originally thought that the Lingao Kun bandits were barbarians from the remote southern border.
I have deigned to come here after reading books about sages for many years.
Even if I am not like the man in white who worships the prime minister, at least he is like Zhang Yuan and others who rushed to Xixia in the Song Dynasty.
They can establish a reputation and seek wealth.
Unexpectedly, although it is true that the Guangzhou Station of Kun Thief has been recruiting refugees, regardless of whether they are agricultural, industrial or commercial, they must all be treated as immigrants.
First, they will be "purified" for a month.
Needless to say, they will shave their heads, take a bath, change clothes, and open their buttocks for inspection.
If you want When you become a "cadre" here in Australia, you can't rise to the top with just a few volumes of policy papers.
Instead, you have to take diploma exams again and again.
The content of the exam is not eight-legged essays, but most of them are discussions with saints.
Miscellaneous studies that have nothing to do with Taoism.
Even if you become a "cadre", you have to start from a petty official.
How can the scholars who consider themselves the pillars of the country bear to be so angry that these disciples of the saints often cursed behind their backs: "The Australian thieves humiliate the scholars and disrespect the saints."
Sooner or later, the way will be struck by thunder from the sky."
The young gentleman on the deck once eagerly wanted to join the bandits and become a noble adviser, but he was met with disappointment in front of the "office" of the Australians in Guangzhou, and he was so angry that he suddenly quit " "Australian fans" became "Australian blacks".
But then I really couldn’t find any way to become a staff member in Guangzhou, so I had to carry a few proud articles and try my luck in Lingao to see if I could meet an Australian Prime Minister who has a keen eye for talents.
It’s a pity that Haven't adjusted yet.
Now that his background was revealed, and he saw other tourists constantly criticizing and ridiculing him, his face immediately turned red.
Taking advantage of the businessman's unpreparedness, he grabbed the war history research he was reading with gusto and offered sacrifices to him.
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A rogue trick was used to change the subject.
"You, this stinking profit-seeker, don't know anything.
The reason why our scholars go to great lengths to go deep into thieves' dens and sacrifice their lives to feed tigers is also to spread our Confucian ways to the barbarians.
These Australians are vulgar and ignorant.
We really need our saints and disciples."
"Haosheng enlightened me to take a look and see that such a beautiful and white paper is printed with such vulgar words, and these fonts are missing pens and strokes.
It is really ridiculous."
He held the war history research magazine he snatched from the businessman with a few fingers, as if it was the most vulgar thing in the world, with a look of disgust on his face, even though this "Australian magazine" was made of fine white paper.
It is bound and printed, with both pictures and text, and is beautifully printed.
But because this magazine was a simplified Chinese version and not an "export version" in traditional Chinese, it became a laughing stock in the eyes of this scholar.
"Look at how crude this bandit's book is.
Not only are they written horizontally from left to right, but every word is also misleading the disciples about the so-called lack of acquaintance, unintentional love, inability to produce, and factory.
Empty.
There is no wheat in the face, no carriage in the carriage, no guidance, no head in the child, only one wing to fly.
There are clouds and no rain, there is no door to open and close, there is no man in the village, the saint cannot listen or speak, and he is bought as a hook.
There is a human head under the knife.
There is a dagger under the person's wheel.
It is not getting better and better and goes into the well, but the devil is still a devil, a ghost is still a ghost, stealing is still stealing, cheating is still cheating, greed is still greedy, poison is still poison, black Still black, bet or bet The Analects of Confucius said that he was sent to the left.
This thief claimed to be a descendant of Zhao and Song Dynasties, but his hair was short and full of typos.
As expected, he became a barbarian after staying overseas for a long time."
After feeling proud and proud that he could write several ways of writing fennel beans, in order to express his anger, the scholar was about to throw the magazine into the sea, but was stopped by the anxious businessman.
He knocked it over with one punch and snatched back the War History Research Journal.
"You damn scoundrel and poor man, if you want to throw away your books, throw away your Four Books and Five Classics: The Romance of the West Chamber, The Golden Ping Mei.
Don't throw away my books."
The businessman grumbled and carefully examined the magazine and patted it before putting it away with great care.
At the same time, he complained, "Oh, I don't even understand the principle of cherishing writing paper.
I don't know how to read books."
It’s not shameful that you still dare to say that you are a scholar.”
"You, you."
The young Confucian scholar was beaten so hard that he fell down on the deck.
He was so angry that he was shaking all over, but he was so suffocated that he could no longer speak.
On the other side, I heard that this young scholar said he was so loyal and patriotic, but secretly he had long wanted to surrender to the thieves.
He had obviously been rejected by the Kun thieves in Guangzhou, but he still refused to come and acted like a traitor.
It was so messy again, and the two older scholars sighed again and again.
"Oh, I never thought that the scholarly atmosphere in Lingnan today would be so bad."
The older-looking scholar said with emotion.
"Brother Zhongzhao, don't laugh at the Lingnan people.
There are a few scholars in other parts of the world who are honest and shameless.
For example, some of the dandies in Jiangnan Fushe have always had a clean life, but they do dirty things behind their backs.
I really don’t know how many dirty things there are.
On weekdays, I only know how to sing the wind and the moon, lean on the red and green trees, and drink the lamb and wine.
When I hear about the hardships of farming and the suffering of people’s livelihood, I will sneer at it and ignore it.
How dare you call yourself a gentleman?”
Another middle-aged scholar shook his head, "I think I can't join them, so I can only pay attention to the mountains and rivers."
This middle-aged scholar in plain clothes was none other than Xu Xiake, a famous enthusiast in the history of the late Ming Dynasty.
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In the eyes of the world at that time, he was a libertine who failed to succeed and was not doing his job properly.
However, his reputation in later textbooks was even higher than that of him.
Any new top pick in the same era was much louder.
Over the years, Xu Hongzu, a travel enthusiast, or the famous Xu Xiake, has never been sheltered from the wind, rain, tigers and wolves.
He has been accompanied by the wind and clouds, eating wild fruits to satisfy his hunger, quenching his thirst with clear springs, and traveling to famous mountains and rivers all over the country.
This can be regarded as fulfilling his wish.
This time I came across the ocean to Qiongzhou because I had seen a lot of "Australian goods" in Qinghefang, Hangzhou, which made Xu Xiake very curious, so he and his brother Xu Zhongzhao went south across the sea, planning to visit the Lingao Kun people.
"Australian Scenery", if you have enough money by then, you can hire a guide to enter Li District to see the scenery of Li Mu Mountain.
After a while, the big fortune ship full of passengers was towed to the berth by an Australian steam boat.
As soon as the boat stopped, several petty officials in official uniforms boarded the boat to investigate.
Xu Xiake huddled in a corner of the deck holding his luggage and took a peek.
He saw that these thieves were indeed as rumored.
They all had monk-like hair.
He probably thought it was indecent to be bare-headed, so he also wore a hat, which looked like a monk.
The rattan helmets looked like upside-down soup pots, and some wore cloth hats, but they also had a long brim sticking out in front of their foreheads, which was really indescribably weird.
The clothes on these thieves and petty officials are not like the broad robes and sleeves of the Ming Dynasty people, but they are all tight, with belts tied around their waists.
The clothes are all made of cotton of the same color, without any decorations, let alone embroidery.
The pattern is just a row of numbers sewn on their chests - Xu Xiake knows that they are called Arabic numerals, which are similar to "Suzhou Codes".
There are two Chinese characters below the Arabic numerals: "Port Affairs".
Seeing Kun Thief's young official boarding the ship, most of the passengers were a little nervous, fearing that they would be made difficult and blackmailed.
This was a common occurrence in the Ming Dynasty.
However, Kun Thief's port clerk seemed to be quite easy to talk to.
He just asked the captain about the situation.
After checking the passenger list and asking if there were any immigrants on board, everyone shook their heads quickly, even The young scholar who was interested in finding a career in Lingao also tried his best to deny it, fearing that as soon as he agreed, he would be thrown into the legendary "Jinghua Camp" by the thieves and petty officials, shave his head, take a bath, spread his buttocks and look at the anus, and then in After being "in jail" for more than a month to learn the rules, if you succeed in surrendering, you will probably have to shave your head.
But if you shave your head first but fail to surrender, how can you go back to your hometown?
After the thieves left, the Xu Xiake brothers, who had already packed their luggage, learned to their dismay that they were not allowed to go ashore yet and had to spend several days at the dock for an "isolation period" during which no one was allowed to go ashore.
After getting off the ship, the most you can do is stroll on the dock.
In addition, you have to report the health of the personnel to the patrolling officers every day.
If someone is sick, you must report it to the port staff immediately, and a doctor will be sent to the shore to see a doctor immediately.
"It's really troublesome that you can't get off the boat when you get to the end of the land.
But this Australian is kind-hearted and even cares about medical treatment."
Xu Xiake's clan brother Xu Zhongzhao muttered this, but the short and fat businessman from before laughed a few times from behind the pages of the book.
He had already taken out the war history research magazine again and flipped through it: "Old man, you don't know something. , they don’t have good intentions, but they are afraid of spreading the epidemic No one is allowed to get off the ship.
If anyone on the ship really gets sick, we will all be taken to the Jinghua camp.
At that time, it doesn’t matter whether you want it or not.
We will all have to shave our heads and bathe every day, and then eat diluted food for several months.
Porridge.
Maybe even the ship and the cargo will have to be dragged out to sea and burned."
Xu Xiake was shocked when he heard this.
Although he had traveled a lot before, he had never been to the sea very much: "It's really so serious."
"It's natural.
Nowadays, there are so many people coming and going in Lingao every day, but the plague rarely spreads.
It depends on this system.
Although it is a bit unreasonable, it is useful.
I heard that plague has been spreading in the north in recent years.
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I wonder if the imperial court has "Similar Disposal" The short and fat businessman sighed, and then put on a smiling face, "I am Wang Mingshan, a native of Guangzhou, I don't know how to call you two gentlemen."
Xu Xiake and Xu Zhongzhao looked at each other and introduced themselves to the Guangzhou businessman.
Then Xu Xiake asked tentatively, "Looking at Brother Wang, it seems that he is very familiar with the Australian people on the high ground.
I wonder if it is okay."
Say something to our brothers."
"It's easy to say that this young guy from Lingao comes here often, and he must have nothing but good things to say about you two."
Wang Mingshan smiled and nodded repeatedly, "Looking at the two of you, it seems that you have also traveled extensively and visited many places in the past few days.
Nothing, let’s chat more together.”
The days of waiting for quarantine on the Bopu Pier are naturally very boring.
In order to pass the time and find out more about the Lingao Kun thief, Xu Xiake has been chatting with Guangzhou businessman Wang Mingshan in the past few days.
Naturally, there are countless wonderful experiences.
Countless, they casually talked about their experiences of trekking thousands of miles to visit Yandang Mountain, Songshan Mountain, Wutai, Huashan Mountain, Hengshan Mountain and other famous mountains and rivers.
During the period, they encountered all kinds of hardships and ups and downs, and witnessed many anecdotes and strange things, which made them never leave in this life.
Wang Mingshan from the Lingnan border was amazed and sighed.
Compared with Xu Xiake, Wang Mingshan didn't have that much stuff in his belly, but his luggage was stuffed with many beautifully framed and unique Kunren books.
There were several issues of the War History Research Magazine alone, which made Xu Xiake feel like a treasure.
Apart from being the most famous travel companion in ancient Chinese history, Xu Xiake is also a well-known book lover.
Not only does he have a library in his hometown in Jiangyin, but he also likes to collect books he has never seen before.
As long as you see a good book, even if you don't bring any money, you have to take off your clothes and exchange them for books.
In the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty, all literati liked to read military books and talk about military matters.
They looked at the articles in the magazine Shura Field in the Mountains, discussing the She'an Rebellion, briefly analyzing the Eight Banners system, and the story of Huang Taiji's ascension to the throne, etc., with detailed introductions and sufficient arguments. , easy-to-understand articles, as well as war zone maps and illustrations in the appendix.
Even the court officials may not know such detailed information about the chaos in the southwest and the situation in Liaodong.
Xu Xiake and his clan brother Xu Zhongzhao immediately felt as if an unprecedented door had opened in front of them, and they felt extremely excited.
If Wang Mingshan hadn't said that there was a library in Lingao, there were also bookstores selling magazines, borrowing books and buying books.
It’s all very convenient, and I’m sure I have some old war history research magazines from previous issues.
Xu Xiake probably couldn't help but take out pen and paper and copy down some of the articles he was most interested in.
During the quarantine period on the ship, a few Kunren vendors occasionally came over to sell fruits and snacks, drinks and tea, books, newspapers and magazines, as well as the Lingao County transportation and tourism map.
This map surprised Xu Xiake, because generally speaking, The imperial governments of all dynasties regarded maps as military secrets and theoretically prohibited private ownership.
Otherwise, there would be no story about Zhang Songxian's map in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Although the laws in the late Ming Dynasty were relaxed and it was impossible to ban the trading of maps secretly, it was still very rare under the Ming Dynasty to openly sell maps like this.
So, Xu Xiake bought a Lingao map, several copies of the Lingao Times, and the latest issue of war history research, and commented with other travelers on the above war cases, historical stories, jokes, and palace secrets "Australians" with gusto The article is written entirely in vernacular, the chapters are easy to understand, and the analysis proceeds from the shallower to the deeper.
Every point is explained very clearly and quite interestingly.
Even people who don't read much seem to have no difficulty.
Only after the quarantine period expires can all passengers disembark.
Under Wang Mingshan's guidance, Xu Xiake and Xu Zhongzhao hurried to the customs building to apply for temporary ID cards as soon as they got off the boat.
According to Wang Mingshan, these are probably Kun people's "road guide" and "waist badge".
There is no such thing.
As for things, it is difficult to move even in Lingao: even if it is short Businessmen who come to do business on a regular basis must also apply for a "temporary certificate", otherwise they will not be able to stay in a hotel when they reach the shore.
If they are stopped by Kun's servants and interrogated, if they do not have a certificate, they will have to get a "temporary certificate".
You have to stay in the prison room for one night and you can only come out after you find a guarantor who is willing to prove it.
If we can't find someone to certify the guarantee, we may have to dig sand at Hegong's construction site for several months.
A group of three people arrived at the registration office of the customs building.
The first step was to register and fill out a form.
Then everyone took a physical examination in turn.
They took off their clothes and let the health staff take a look to see if they were infected with the plague: Lingao travelers currently know The level of health care and administrative resources are still insufficient to allow everyone who enters the country to undergo comprehensive "purification."
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Only "naturalized citizens" who have been officially organized to immigrate can enjoy such treatment.
However, even such a shrunken "physical examination" was almost humiliating in Xu Xiake's eyes.
Although he had suffered countless hardships during half of his life as a travel companion, he was chased and kidnapped by bandits not once or twice. , I have even experienced the days of being a savage in the mountains, but I still couldn't help but mutter a few times in my mouth: "The Australian and Song Dynasties humiliate the scholars and sweep the ground in such a polite way, how can there be any legacy of the Song Dynasty?"
He put on his clothes again, fastened his belt, and handed the physical examination form to a short-haired female sitting behind the wooden counter.
He also pressed ten fingerprints on the registration form and a small piece of cardboard, and then processed it some more.
After that, Wang Mingshan, Xu Xiake and Xu Zhongzhao got their temporary ID cards and printed them.
On a piece of strong and heavy cardboard, there are ten fingerprints of each person on it, with the name, age, height and main features of the face written down, followed by a string of Arabic numerals, and a circular seal stamped on it - Nai Hard.
I don’t know how to get the embossed stamps that were stamped on them with molds.
He hid the "Australian Road Guide" close to his body and exchanged some circulation coupons at another counter - Australian treasure banknotes.
Xu Xiake was originally worried whether the Australian treasure banknotes would look like Ming Dynasty treasures when they were released on the market.
You can't buy anything with money, but Wang Mingshan assures you that there will be no problem.
Recalling that during the quarantine period, when passengers on the ship were buying things from vendors, it seemed that some people were using the circulation coupons to pay their bills, and Xu Xiake felt relieved.
After leaving the customs building with his ID card and circulation coupons, Wang Mingshan took Xu Xiake and Xu Zhongzhao for a stroll in Bobu Town.
Since the "Australians" landed, the once deserted Bopu has turned into a lively port town.
The houses and streets are all new and neat.
The spacious streets paved with black gravel are filled with the smell of sea water and fishery products.
The smell, the streets are lined with shops, and the level of bustling and bustling is no less than that of many counties and even prefectures that Xu Xiake has seen.
But according to Wang Mingshan, compared with Dongmen City where the "Australian Chief" is stationed, the market in Bopu is still far behind.
If the Xu brothers want to see the real "Australian scene", they have to go there.
That's good, So the group planned to go to Dongmen City to find an inn to stay.
Following Wang Mingshan's suggestion, taking the train would be the fastest way.
But the Xu brothers followed him to the red brick train station and saw that the train was really crowded.
Not only was the car full of people, there were also people sitting on the roof and even outside the railings.
Everyone was dead.
As soon as the train started, people kept falling off the train, and some people were running desperately to climb onto the train on the roadside.
There were still several people fighting on the roof, making it so noisy that Xu Xiake could see.
I was worried that I would be squeezed out of my luggage.
At this time, Wang Mingshan also heard that a small train exploded at the port last month.
He was also a little timid, so he turned around and took the Xu brothers to ride a bullock cart.
In Xu Xiake's eyes, although the "Australian" public oxcart looks very different and the fare is slightly more expensive, it is still more reassuring than the train that emits smoke and makes loud noises.
However, it was the first time that Xu Xiake saw such a huge oxcart with seats in a row for three people in the many years of traveling around.
There are six rows in total, which can seat 18 people, plus the driver and driver.
There can be one seat on each side of the seat, and the total passenger capacity is twenty people.
The luggage is hung outside the car by a suspension, and four bulls act as traction.
Wang Mingshan, Xu Xiake and Xu Zhongzhao happened to fill the last row.
While hanging their luggage on their backs, they looked around curiously.
They saw a Kun servant at the station shouting orders with a big iron loudspeaker, urging them to buy.
Passengers with tickets quickly get on the bus; some people are using a long The pole flipped the flop-type train number plate hanging on the truss, which showed the arrival location and departure time in sequence; there were also vendors carrying large baskets and crowded to the side of the car, selling all kinds of food.
Xu Xiake tried to buy it with circulation coupons.
A few candy balls wrapped in paper, and as expected the vendor took them very happily.
I turned around and peeled off the paper on the outside of the candy ball.
I saw that the golden candy ball was crystal clear and shining beautifully.
It looked like amber.
I threw it into my mouth and tasted it.
Not only did it taste sweet, but it also had a delicious flavor.
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The sour taste and light fruity aroma are indeed very delicious.
After most of the seats in the oxcart were filled, the driver cracked his whip and drove the four oxen to pull the cart forward.
Coming out of Bobu Port, the first thing you pass is the green landscape belt along the Wenlan River.
The flowing river water is sparkling, and turf has grown on the stone embankment.
According to the design of the travelers, it is for urban residents.
The leisure and entertainment place for outings and outings is similar to the common riverside parks of later generations.
It not only has flowers, plants and trees, but also a small number of pavilions and pavilions, as well as several sports facilities.
It looks like a bonsai.
"I didn't expect that these Australian people still have some elegance.
Maybe they really have some legacy of Zhao Song."
Looking at the man-made scenery along the river, Xu Xiake couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart - of course, he has seen countless beautiful scenery in the world, and there are many places that are a hundred times more beautiful than this place.
However, the houses along the way are so neatly arranged. , the smoothness of the road and the cleanness of the village streets were something he had never seen before.
It's a pity that the river water seems to be quite turbid, and there is a lot of garbage floating on it, which makes people feel a little regretful.
Then, the huge public bullock cart faced the blowing autumn wind and drove among the endless fields.
Although it was already late autumn, in Hainan Island, the autumn wind was never cold, but rather refreshing and pleasant.
The weather is sunny now, it is a day that is neither hot nor cold, and the weather is good.
Farmers are going to the fields, working, doing business, walking or pushing carts to carry loads.
There are many pedestrians on the road, most of them look neatly dressed, and a few There are poor people in rags.
Looking towards both sides of the road, I saw a yellow-brown path winding between soil slopes and paddy fields covered with shrubs and trees.
The second season of rice has just been harvested, and winter wheat, broad beans and various green manure crops have been planted in the rice fields.
At a glance, it was a lush and vibrant scene, which made Xu Xiake very emotional.
In his travel life over the past few decades, although he has seen many famous cities and towns that are densely populated and where chickens and dogs are known to each other, there are more dilapidated villages that are full of dangers and desolate.
In those remote places, as long as you are a little away from villages and towns, the grass on both sides of the dirt road grows taller than people.
There are wild dogs, foxes and even wolves wandering around in the wilderness everywhere, making terrible barking sounds, often jumping out of the grass to hurt people, leaving behind many legends about fox fairies, wolf demons and white-bone spirits.
But compared to those who eat people without vomiting, Bandits of bones, these beasts can even be called benevolent.
However, here in Lingao, the spacious road is bathed in bright sunshine, and the surrounding scenery is unobstructed.
There are not many grasses and shrubs in sight.
Most of the flat places have been reclaimed into fields, and only bamboo and mixed woods are left on the hillside.
Some of them have even planted saplings, many of which are fruit trees.
There is absolutely no sense of being withered and dilapidated.
Even on both sides of the road, there are many coconut trees planted.
However, what surprised Xu Xiake was that there were still many tall wooden piles standing on the roadside, painted in pitch black.
Neatly arranged along the road, connected to each other with black ropes.
There are also bottles made of glass fixed to each stake.
Since he really couldn't figure out the purpose of these wooden stakes and "black ropes", Xu Xiake had to ask Wang Mingshan, but Wang Mingshan didn't know much about it.
He only knew that the Australians seemed to be able to use these things to send letters, which was similar to some kind of magical thing.
As a result, Xu Xiake had no choice but to suppress the doubts in his heart.
Although the black wooden piles on the roadside gave people a bit strange feeling, Xu Xiake still felt very intoxicated by such a peaceful and comfortable pastoral scenery.
But then when the ox cart passed through the industrial area, the previous leisurely pastoral song completely disappeared.
The faint rhythmic roaring and hammering sounds could be heard in the wind.
The red houses are connected like sawtooths, and red brick chimneys of large and small heights stand everywhere.
The thick black and white smoke almost obscures the sky.
The stockyards by the river are filled with hill-like piles of ore and coal.
Countless sacks, barrels, clay pots and wooden boxes of various sizes are piled into huge piles, covered with reed mats.
The tall steam iron crane puffed out white steam and loaded the goods onto the barges on the river.
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The water was filled with cinders and various garbage, and various pungent and weird smells wafted in the air, faintly.
There seemed to be a smell of sulfur, which made Xu Xiake and his brothers cough for a while and cover their noses in a hurry.
The bullock cart stopped and stopped along the way, with people constantly getting off and getting on.
As time went by, the houses on both sides of the road became increasingly densely populated and there were more shops.
After seeing a sign in the distance, Wang Mingshan shouted to the Xu brothers: Dongmen City has arrived.
When we arrived at the bus interchange station in Dongmen City, almost all the passengers on the bullock cart were empty.
Xu Xiake also picked up packages and looked curiously at this strange and prosperous town.
I saw many trolleys and rickshaws parked in the open space outside the station.
There were also many vendors, waiters and laborers gathered around, which was very lively.
As soon as they saw a customer getting off the bullock cart, the people who were squatting and chatting or dozing off became energetic and came up one after another to solicit business: "Sir, I want Sydney pears grown in Australia that are not fresh.
They are so cheap."
"La", "Lingao Times Today's Lingao "The Times has a supplement", "Stay in the hotel, the Lingao Ministry of Commerce rated it as a three-star hotel, the guest room bedding is changed after every guest, there are no fleas, no insects, I feel tired, and there is a massage by a girl - with a yellow ticket", "Cheap hotel discounts" Well, pay one month’s rent in advance and stay for one and a half months.”
In the midst of the commotion, Xu Xiake guarded his parcel very vigilantly and squeezed through the crowd to walk onto the street: as an old donkey traveler who has traveled through most of China, he knew that the car and boat docks in any prefecture and county were always full of all kinds of bad people.
Places frequented: Robbers, pickpockets and swindlers all like to do business in such lively places.
When he traveled to famous mountains in various provinces, he had suffered a lot, and he had almost become a good doctor after a long illness.
It was already lunch time, and the three of them were all hungry.
Wang Mingshan found a small restaurant to entertain guests, and asked the boss named Gou to serve three bowls of beef rice noodles, and also ordered a few extra " "Australian Cuisine".
The hot rice noodles are served to the table.
The slightly yellowed rice noodles are floating in the oily soup.
On top are scattered beef slices, sauerkraut, peanuts, shrimps and other ingredients.
It's a sight to see.
Very appetizing.
Those "Australian dishes" opened Xu Xiake's eyes even more.
He had seen a lot of "Australian products" in his hometown in Jiangnan before, but the "Australian vegetables" had not been transplanted yet: the tomato scrambled eggs tasted sour and sweet, Appetizer and meal.
There are also green tender pods, which are sweet and tender when fried.
There are also flower-like vegetables, some white and some green.
The white ones are hard and crispy, and the green ones are rotten and soft.
They all taste different.
After eating and drinking, and paying the bills, the three of them went their separate ways.
Wang Mingshan wanted to go to several merchants with whom he had dealings to collect accounts and place orders for goods.
Xu Xiake and Xu Zhongzhao followed Wang Mingshan's recommendation and went to a long-term rental house.
The government-run low-cost hotel "Weimin Hotel" settled.
This "Weimin Hotel" is not far from Gou's restaurant.
It is a three-story building made of red bricks.
The appearance is not very beautiful, it is as boxy as a box.
There are many windows on the wall, and they are all equipped with glass windows.
However, this kind of "luxury" has become aesthetic fatigue for Xu Xiake - large flat glass, which is rare elsewhere, is the most common thing in Lingao and is also one of the "Australian characteristics".
Carrying luggage and walking into the door of "Weimin Hotel", a very complex unpleasant smell hit my face.
This is a special smell composed of tobacco, shochu, sweat and tattered clothes.
Xu Xiake used to live in various places.
When staying in a hotel, I often smell this strange smell.
It is no longer strange.
However, the smell of this Weimin Hotel is also mixed with a strong and pungent smell - the smell of disinfectant.
Although the smell was unpleasant, the light in the foyer was bright, and I saw a female "gentleman" with short hair in blue sitting behind the counter desk, with thick guest books piled in front of her.
The big wooden board behind him was covered with keys.
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There is a banner notice on the wall next to it: "No one is allowed to move in without an ID card."
Seeing that all the waiters in the inn were on official service, Xu Xiake couldn't help but feel a little emotional that although the Ming Dynasty also had an inn, it only entertained people from the public servants and was not open to ordinary people.
Moreover, it had been abolished by Emperor Chongzhen.
As for the Kun people in Australia, there are so many official posts in just a small county.
Needless to say, the Kun people must have a lot of redundant officials and redundant officials, just like those in the Song Dynasty.
It's really good and bad.
Learn Although there were all kinds of thoughts in their minds, the Xu brothers didn't hesitate much.
They just took out their ID cards and went to the counter to check in.
The female waiter from Kun registered their ID cards and asked, "Do you want to live in a common room or a single room?"
"There are private rooms here."
Xu Xiake's eyes suddenly lit up.
Although he had never been afraid of eating and sleeping in the open air during his long journeys across mountains and rivers.
He lived in a dilapidated temple, slept in a tree hole, and worked with beggars.
He had experienced almost all kinds of hardships, but no matter what, , Xu Xiake was also born in the Jin gentry, and he was pampered and pampered from childhood to adulthood.
I brought my clan brother Xu Zhongzhao with me on this trip.
If possible, it would be better to stay in a more comfortable place.
"Can you take a look first?"
"Of course.
Sir, the first and second floors of our hotel are common rooms, and the third floor is single rooms.
I'll take you up there."
Compared with some of the high-end inns that Xu Xiake had stayed in, the single rooms in Weimin Hotel were very small, with one bed taking up 30% of the floor.
The furniture only consisted of a table, a chair and a cabinet in an extremely simple style, and the ceiling was also very low.
——Strictly speaking, the so-called third floor is actually the "second and a half floor."
But the advantage is that the windows are bright and it is very clean and tidy.
What's more important is that the price is cheap, only twice as expensive as Tongpu.
So Xu Xiake readily asked for two rooms, one for each of his clan brothers, and agreed to rent them for five days first and then renew the lease if necessary.
"Our hotel does not provide meals.
If you want to eat, turn left when you go out.
There is a public canteen in the second alley.
It is easy to go to a stall or a small restaurant if you want - they are all there.
The toilet is at the end of the corridor, and the shower is on the first floor.
Bathroom.
There is also help with laundry, but you have to pay.”
After collecting the rent and completing the formalities, the lady in blue enthusiastically introduced Xu Xiake one by one, "Hot water is only available from 6 to 8 in the morning and evening.
Cold water is available all day long.
But a new stove was just replaced today.
Try it out, so there happens to be hot water now, so if you want to take a bath, you might as well hurry up."
"Thank you."
Xu Xiake nodded and replied, thinking that in this hotel every morning and evening, there would be waiters bringing large pots of water to boil for guests.
Unexpectedly, I was surprised when I got to the bathroom.
Not only were the floors and walls covered with ceramic tiles, but the toilet outside was also made of porcelain.
There were also no bathtubs and bathtubs that I was used to in the bathroom.
Instead, you took a shower under the pipes that sprayed water. , as soon as the valve is opened, hot and cold water will flow out Regarding the principle, Xu Xiake had seen and inspected it at Ziming Tower in Hangzhou.
Cold water should have a water pipe leading to a certain reservoir, and as for hot water, a large stove was built and people were constantly sent to light the fire.
But what he never expected was that in Lingao, such a luxurious and high-quality bathhouse, even traffickers and footmen could enjoy the luxury of Australians for only two hours a day.
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It was really unimaginable.
All in all, Xu Xiake and his brother Xu Zhongzhao took a hot shower after checking in to wash off the hustle and bustle, and then put on a new set of clothes and a pair of clean cloth shoes, while the sun was still high.
Let's come out of the hotel together to enjoy the "Australian scenery" in Lingao Market.
On the way to the "Weimin Hotel", the prosperity along the way had already dazzled the Xu brothers.
Right now, I just feel that my own two eyes are completely inadequate: in general, many of the houses here are very tall and beautiful.
As far as Xu Xiake knows, in many rundown small counties in the mainland, even a two-story building can arouse the people's talk, but on the streets of Lingao, even five-story buildings are not uncommon.
The main street in Dongmen City is paved with black gravel, which is much wider than the streets in most prefectures and counties in the Ming Dynasty.
There is a driveway in the middle, and only carriages, trolleys, rickshaws and livestock are allowed to pass.
Separate stone sidewalks are built on both sides of the street.
Coconut trees are planted on the sidewalks.
Australians seem to love coconut trees very much and plant them everywhere on their land.
What is puzzling is that there are tall poles along the street with iron mesh and glass on top.
I don’t know what they are used for.
Xu Xiake vaguely thought that these might be lights, but he also thought that no one would be willing to be so extravagant and wasteful.
On the streets of Dongmen City, there are not only loaded carriages and mule carts, but also many "Australian rickshaws" coming and going.
There are almost no sedans or sliders in Dongmen City.
The streets are full of these.
A two-wheeled cart for pulling people.
To put it simply, it is a cloth-covered armchair with a wheel on each side.
There are two long handles in the front for the driver to pull, and there are a few wheels on the backrest.
The bamboo bone cloth covered with stacked roots seems to be able to hold up a car hood.
The cart drivers were wearing blue cloth coats with a string of "Arabic numerals" painted on their backs.
They pulled the two-wheeled carts away amid the crowds of people, and the bells on the carts jingled incessantly. .
In addition, there were also several spacious two-wheeled carriages driving proudly on the street.
The carriages were pulled by Mongolian horses, and the coachmen wearing long cloaks stood behind the carriages and drove.
Such a unique shape made the Xu brothers marvel.
Although the streets of Dongmen City are busy with traffic, the roads are clean.
Not to mention garbage, not even a peel can be found.
There are none of the beggars and gangsters that are common in bustling markets.
There is not even a single figure in the world who is a horse racer and sells solutions.
There are only many shops on both sides of the street, displaying a variety of products.
Almost all shops are above two floors, and three-story buildings are common.
There are also several five- and six-story "high-rise buildings".
Those single-story bungalows rarely face the street.
In short, they are one after another, densely packed, and the style is different.
Different from the Central Plains.
Every house is roofed with tiles and has large windows with large pieces of glass.
There was a huge flow of people inside and outside the store, and it looked very prosperous at first glance.
The Xu Xiake brothers were walking on the sidewalk like this.
Although they wanted to maintain a certain scholarly demeanor, there were so many new things in Dongmen City that they soon couldn't help but start looking around.
Every item in those shops Every piece of fresh goods attracted the brothers, who pride themselves on being well-informed, to stop and watch, and their route on the street gradually became a "z"-shaped street where they had to visit every store on both sides.
Even if he was ridiculed as a country bumpkin or a country bumpkin, he still tolerated it shamelessly: Xu Xiake had seen bustling streets like this in Nanjing and Wuchang, but they were never like this.
The streets were in good order, the streets were clean, and the houses were "exotic". mood", which left a deep impression on him.
In addition, there are many young women in fancy dresses on the street, in groups, holding various snacks and snacks, eating, playing and laughing as if there is no one around, and some women are even walking alone on the street.
Xu Xiake couldn't help but feel secretly surprised in his heart: In the Ming Dynasty, it was rare for a good girl to go shopping, but there was not even a man accompanying her.
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How unbecoming was this?
What if someone teased and abducted her, and how could the public security here be maintained?
Excellent, not afraid of abduction, but what kind of custom is it for a woman to be so wild?
Even in the Song Dynasty, it shouldn't be like this.
Xu Xiake rubbed his chin and thought about it for a long time, and he could only speculate that the "Kun people" had been away from the Central Plains for a long time, forgot the ethics, and gradually became infected with barbarian customs.
However, these women look so beautifully dressed.
Why do they seem to be more delicate than the girls from my hometown in Jiangnan?
There has been a saying in China since ancient times that beauties come out of Suzhou and Hangzhou.
Firstly, it is because the water and soil here are warm and nourishing.
Secondly, it is actually because this place is relatively wealthy.
Even women from poor families are often able to beautify themselves.
That is why there are so many beauties in the south of the Yangtze River.
The illusion that the time traveler rules In Lingao, due to the crushing productivity of industrialization, the living standards of the people at the bottom have even exceeded that of the Jiangnan water towns.
Lingao itself produces a large number of cosmetics, which sell at low prices locally.
Commoner women naturally have the ability to consume various cosmetics, so in Lingao It was extremely beautiful in the eyes of the ancients So, the Xu brothers walked around like this, looking at people and watching, and unknowingly came to this time-traveling "government-run department store" near the main store of Lingao Cooperative.
Not only is it the largest in scale, it is also the largest on the street.
The decoration is also the most magnificent.
As soon as you enter the store, you are greeted by an atrium that reaches directly to the roof.
The second and third floors are all pavilions.
As long as you stand in the middle of the room, the overwhelming aura makes you speechless.
The most surprising thing is the roof, which is actually a dome glass skylight - the entire atrium is made of a frame made of iron bars, with whole glass "tiles" inlaid on it.
The bright sunlight shines through the glass tiles, illuminating the three-story building extremely brightly, which is very different from the dark ordinary shops in the Ming Dynasty.
In the glass-covered atrium, there are also many potted flowers and plants, which look like an indoor garden.
Looking at this luxurious building full of "Australian style" features, the Xu brothers couldn't help but be stunned for a while, and it took a long time to come back to their senses.
Not to mention the products in the store, Xu Xiake originally thought that Nanjing should be the first-class gathering place for rare and exotic goods in the world, but he didn't expect that compared with here, it couldn't even compare to a fraction.
There were all kinds of colorful trinkets, exquisite pastries and candies, and transparent soap with petals embedded in them.
There were countless gadgets that he had never seen before.
He wanted to buy them all back home as gifts for relatives and friends, and the saleswoman The guy was also unusually enthusiastic, but Xu In the end, Xiake and Xu Zhongzhao gritted their teeth and did not buy - not because they were short of money, but because they planned to see the scenery of Limu Mountain next.
If they bought too many things now, they would definitely not be able to enter the mountain.
Conveniently, we can only wait until the return trip.
After such a quick tour, Xu Xiake quickly grabbed his clan brother who was still not satisfied as he watched the sun turn to the west.
He took out the tourist map from his sleeve and looked at it.
He decided to leave Shangshi Street and walk through the residential alleys to return to the village.
Take a rest at the hostel and take a look around How was the people's livelihood under the rule of Kun?
The two of them took the map and walked through the alleys.
They found that the houses in Dongmen City were also very good.
No matter how deep and remote the alleys were, they were all paved with stone slabs.
They were also very clean.
There was no garbage or feces.
Urine and even water accumulation are rarely seen.
Moreover, there must be a toilet at the entrance of every alley, and a public well platform in the middle of the alley.
It is very convenient to wash with water.
Even the residences for the common people are so particular about comfort.
It is no wonder that so many people would rather shave their heads and change clothes. .
After walking for less than half a quarter of an hour, Weimin Hotel was already in sight, but it was already dinner time.
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The Xu brothers were not in a hurry to go back to rest.
Instead, they followed the instructions of the female waiter in the hotel and went to the public next door.
After dinner in the cafeteria, I walked into the cafeteria.
The floor and walls are all tiled, and the long counter covered with glass is filled with large porcelain plates and a wide variety of ready-made dishes: vegetables, bean curds, vermicelli, pickles, rice, steamed buns, rice noodles, meat dishes and fish.
Mainly shrimps and shellfish, almost no meat.
The diners take their own plates, take as many dishes as they like, and walk to the end of the counter to check out and pay.
It doesn't cost much, but they are very full.
At the end, they are given a bowl of tofu and seaweed soup with some oil. .
Xu Zhongzhao was old and did not dare to eat too much for dinner, so he only had a bowl of vegetable egg drop porridge and a small steamed bun; Xu Xiake ordered a portion of oily fried rice noodles with shrimps, mussels and tomato sauce, then looked back and found that Most of the people who eat in this cafeteria are dressed in stubby clothes.
"Manual workers", such as rickshaw pullers on the street, coolies carrying large bags at the dock, etc., but the food they eat is actually no worse than that of their brothers.
In the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, even in the Jiangnan water towns known as the rich, the people at the bottom are not.
I definitely can't afford this kind of food.
As for the northern provinces, even the families of the gentry may not be able to eat white rice every day.
It can be seen that under the rule of this "Australian", the people's life is indeed quite easy, much better than under the Ming Dynasty.
Thinking of this, Xu Xiake couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart.
Returning to the room of Weimin Hotel, Xu Zhongzhao took a quick wash and went to sleep alone.
Xu Xiake, as usual, lit a stick of "Australian foreign wax" on the table, then spread out a book, picked up a pen to sharpen ink, and wrote today's notes.
During Xu Xiake's decades of travel career, every day No matter how tiring you are, record your experiences and observations of the day.
Sometimes he would travel more than a hundred miles and stay in deserted villages and temples at night, or sleep under old trees.
He would also light oil lamps and bonfires, and insist on writing a travel diary.
"When I looked at the Lingao Market today, it was true that department stores were crowded and the land was plentiful.
There was no cold or hungry person.
Even the peddlers and lackeys, who were busy working day and night, still had polished rice and vermicelli to eat.
Even the leader of Chief Kun, although his nickname was Luo She, In fact, I heard that I am very frugal, unlike my hometown in the south of the Yangtze River, where the dandies are extravagant and lustful.
It is rare for the people of Li to recall the past in Huaibei, where there was a drought all year round, and locusts covered the sky.
The price of rice was four taels of silver per stone, and the people regarded the rotten grains as a delicacy, or they ate tree scraps and elm bark.
The roads are full of beggars, and many people are lying on their backs.
The south of the Yangtze River is also troublesome, and there are often small groups of bandits lurking in the bushes.
Looking back at Qiongzhou today under the rule of the Kun people, the government is harmonious and everything is prosperous.
Although the Kun people vigorously promoted industry and commerce, they were ridiculed by the world for abandoning the basic and chasing the weak.
However, the prices of rice, grains and vegetables are all cheap, and the common people do not suffer from hunger and cold.
It is a happy land in troubled times.
I am really sad and worried."
In the increasingly dark twilight, Xu Xiake was stroking his beard under the candlelight, frowning and thinking hard about the words in his diary, but suddenly he felt vaguely that the window was gradually getting brighter.
So, he put aside his writing for a while, raised his head and looked out of the window curiously, and was stunned with surprise: on both sides of the street in front of the hotel, the pillars whose purpose he could not guess at first were now full of pillars.
The lights have been lit.
The flame of the gas burning dances behind the glass cover.
Not only is it much brighter than the flame of lamp oil and candle, even the best "Australian foreign wax" cannot compare with it.
Light after light stretched down the street to the horizon beyond his sight.
Looking around, the entire Dongmen City seems to be a sea of light.
Under the bright gas light, some women moved to benches and used the light to do needlework.
The vendors and waiters soliciting business were shouting loudly.
Various food stalls were lined up, which looked warm and comfortable.
"I don't think it's actually a street lamp.
It's not just a street.
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There must be at least a hundred, no, two or three hundred lamps.
Australians are so luxurious and can afford so much oil and wax for lighting.
This is even more impressive than It’s time to go to the Ming Dynasty’s court.”
As a well-informed traveler, Xu Xiake knew that there were stone lanterns on both sides of the Yongxiang in the Imperial Palace in Beijing, which were lit every night.
In addition, in some wealthy mansions he visited, there were occasionally one or two similar stone lanterns, which was already an extremely luxurious thing.
I never imagined that the Australians in Lingao would be so extravagant and illuminate the whole town so brightly.
How much money would it cost?
Looking at the brilliant lights that were as bright as the stars, Xu Xiake shook his head, as if to get rid of the unbelievable feeling.
Regarding this strange city in front of him, he found that no matter how much he tried to understand, he still couldn't understand it.
Falling into an unexplainable myth.
In the end, he had no choice but to close the window, lie down on the bed, and let out a long sigh as the end of all the magical experiences that day: "A mere group of Australian refugees came across the ocean and settled in a remote county in Qiongzhou for several years.
They used Australian methods to farm and develop business, and they were able to build such a prosperous place.
I wonder what the motherland of Australia is for those Kun people.
What a prosperous and prosperous scene, I really wish I could see it with my own eyes.”
Regrettably, Xu Xiake's above-mentioned beautiful reverie about the "Australia" is actually completely false.
What Mr.
Xu Xiake doesn't know is that at this moment, thousands of miles south of where he is, those "real" Australia There are no noisy markets, no bright street lights, and no all kinds of exquisite food around us.
You can look at the dazzling Milky Way stars in the sky, listen to the roar of the wind sweeping through the wilderness, and be surrounded by only weird-tasting wild vegetables and fruits, unpalatable roasted kangaroo meat, strange-shaped grass and trees, and endless crocodiles, snakes, and poisonous spiders.
In addition to the native savages from the Stone Age, there are also a group of Poles with a talent for committing suicide.
Although these poor "true Australians" do come from the same place as the five hundred "true Kun" who live in Lingao County, Qiongzhou oshow7: