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Chapter 716 How Can Foreigners Pull Carts (Fourth Update, Please Subscribe)
Just when Emperor Zhu wrote his "The Birth of a Nation" and became a screenwriter, an ocean liner sailed into the Xin'an River against the setting sun. The water of the Xin'an River turned golden red under the setting sun, light Gently, stealthily, flow eastward into the sea.

When Ying Tianfu came into sight, Guo Chongtao's eyes looked complicated.

A month ago, Guo Chongtao, who was the Minister to the UK, handed over to his successor, and returned to Hong Kong by boat as planned, and then returned to Tianjin from Hong Kong to return to the court. Madam came to Daming together.

"Master, this is Daming!"

Mrs. Liang, who was standing beside him, looked curiously at Yingtian Mansion by the river bank, and said doubtfully.

"These houses look a bit Chinese, but why are the buildings here so tall?"

It shows that the port area in front of them used to be the largest slum area in Putrajaya. During the airship bombing, this area was destroyed by incendiary bombs like other areas. After the war, during the reconstruction process led by the government, a large number of Ming modern buildings were naturally built—— Interpret the Chinese architectural tradition with reinforced concrete.

In fact, as early as the beginning of the construction of Nanhua, Emperor Zhu deliberately did not completely copy Europe. As an engineering student, he tried to persuade those architects to integrate Western-style buildings with Chinese architectural traditions.It is to try to change materials and structures while integrating ancient Chinese architectural design styles, so as to create a new architectural style.

This style is very common in later generations. After years of development, the architects of Daming have created a modern architectural style that belongs to China. Classical and modern, modern and future are fully displayed in Daming's architecture.

Now the architecture of Ming Dynasty is also called "imperial architecture" in the west.And the port area in front of them is a place where imperial buildings are integrated. For Guo and his wife, who are used to Western-style buildings and traditional Chinese buildings, these buildings are familiar and unfamiliar.

"When I was in England, I only heard about the height of the buildings here. I never imagined that they were so tall. This Ming Dynasty is really different..."

Looking at Yingtian Mansion under the setting sun, Guo Chongtao sighed, and he took a special look at the wives beside him. They were all wearing western clothes. It can be cut or it can be cut. If it can't be done, it can be hidden under the hat.

Why is this so? Daming naturally has its own rules.Without braids or hair, it is already very civilized.

Finally, the ship docked, and Guo Chongtao and his wife disembarked together with the passengers from Europe. On the customs side, like many Chinese people who had just come to Daming, he had to face the question of whether to go through the passage of natives or foreigners. question.

After thinking for a while, he still chose the foreigner channel. He did come here with a visa, and it was a diplomatic visa. He and the Ming ambassador to the UK are also considered friends.

Finally, after walking out of the customs building, at this time, the sun had already set the horizon, and Guo Chongtao and his wife appeared in front of Ying Tian who was just getting up.There is a towering steel frame in the middle of the street, which is the wire and steel frame of the tram.

Trams are mentioned in almost all foreigners’ travel notes, and now London, Paris and other countries also have trams, and of course they imported Ming’s technology.When the tram passed by, a few green sparks erupted from time to time from the tram wires hanging horizontally under the steel frame.

Standing in front of the customs building, looking towards the street, in the curtain, there are millions of bright lights shining, reflecting the whole Yingtian into a city that never sleeps.

"This is Daming..."

Just when Guo Chongtao was sighing so deeply, a tricycle came up to him with the sound of "squeaking" brakes, and a driver wearing a straw hat and a vest grinned at him.

"Sir, do you want a car?"

He is a foreigner!

He even spoke the official language!
When Guo Chongtao and his wife, Guo Shi, were surprised from ear to ear, the foreign driver laughed.

"Master must have just got off the boat. Although my car is not as fast as the tram, it can be done comfortably. The fare is not expensive, only five cents per kilometer."

"Master, this foreigner rides a car, which is very rare. Why don't we take this car."

Mrs. Liang spoke the dialect of her hometown in Hunan. Although the foreign coachman could speak Mandarin fluently, he couldn't understand what she was saying, so he could only laugh along with her.

"Okay, just take this car!"

Foreigners pulling carts... rare!

This scene is of course rare. After all, for the people of the Qing Dynasty, they have long been used to the days when they have to kneel when they make foreigners. Now in Daming, it is not strange to see foreigners riding bicycles there to do business.

"Master, please get in the car!"

When beckoning the two of them to get into the car, the foreign coachman specifically pointed to the odometer next to the wheel to remind him.

"Master, look, the distance here is 3412, one digit higher is one kilometer,"

As early as the era of rickshaws, car dealers began to install mechanical odometers on rickshaws, and billed by the number of kilometers.Now the rickshaw tricycles naturally follow the old rules. Of course, the use of the odometer also makes the pricing more open and transparent.

Slightly nodding, Guo Chongtao is no stranger to the odometer. When he was renting a carriage in the UK, he also charged money by the kilometer.

"Master, where is this going?"

"Go to the Peace Hotel."

When the rickshaw driver heard that he was going to the Peace Hotel, he immediately said.

"Oh, look at you, sir, you are decent people. The Peace Hotel is the most upscale hotel in Daming. There are only three five-star hotels in Daming, Yingtian, Nanhua and Linhai, one in each place. Live in The people inside are all decent people who are either rich or expensive..."

The restaurant was arranged for him by Daming's ambassador to Britain. After hearing that it was the best hotel in Ming Dynasty, Guo Chongtao hesitated a little. Would that hotel be too expensive?

Listening to the fluent official language of the foreign coachman and looking at the green waistcoat with the number "1204" written on it, Guo Chongtao just felt that all this was a bit unbelievable, even when he was in England, he often worked as a carriage for foreign coachmen.

But here...in Daming.

The foreigners here not only speak Chinese, but also work hard like ordinary people.

Even if he got used to staying in England, Guo Chongtao suddenly felt very rare.

"My lord, tell me, this foreigner speaks more official Chinese than I do."

Liang Shi was even a little embarrassed.

"Haha, ma'am, I understand a little bit of what you said, don't be offended, I'm not a foreigner!"

The driver on the pedal said while riding.

"I am from Daming. My surname is Fei, and my name is Fei Sihua. Si means longing. Hua means China. Although Daming is a foreign land, it is also China..."

What is the most surprising thing in this world?

It is a foreigner who is there and talks about China in front of a Chinese.

When he listened dumbfounded to the rickshaw driver explaining that he was from Daming, Guo Chongtao couldn't help being a little dazed.All this is very rare.

Foreigners... Daming people?

And what about him?
Chinese... Qing people...

The foreign driver's name seems to remind Guo Chongtao that he is a foreigner here.

Guo Chongtao, who was in a complicated mood, didn't even have the mood to appreciate the bustling city that never sleeps.

(End of this chapter)