Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 617 Fangcun Mountain

"If you ignore that this is an interior scene, everything seems to be normal." Shangluo muttered.

It does look normal here, with a small country road extending along the stream to the town ahead. I don’t know where the road starts, but it extends far to the mountain peaks in front, parallel to the stream. There is a bus stop a few steps ahead. There is no bus shelter, just an ordinary stop sign. There was an old lady carrying a vegetable basket standing next to the stop sign, leaning on a cane.

"Oh, Master Sa, are there buses there? Why not take a bus?"

"Take the bus?" Sa Shoujian glanced at him, "Ah, that's fine too. That's fine too. Then go ahead."

Shangluo took two steps - he suddenly froze.

"Wait a minute, Master Sa, is there something wrong here? Why is it a bus? I remember this shouldn't be a countryside like Peach Blossom Land? Why is it like this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the old lady waiting for the bus in front looked over.

Sa Shoujian didn't say anything, he just took out his folding fan, opened it one space, and stood in front of the two of them:

"If you want to ask about the 'existence' of this world later, please cover it up first. Otherwise, it will be easy to enlighten the spirits here. You are no longer an ordinary person, and the white dragon horse can grow vines and fairy mushrooms every time he urinates. ,clear?"

"Oh, I understand." Shangluo nodded.

"As for why it is constructed like this, it is your own conception of the 'countryside'. The countryside of the ancients was one thing, but the countryside you see is another. It seems that the countryside here is , is there such a bus?”

"Hmm. What if it's this way?"

"Usually it's a train station - young people these days, their understanding of the countryside is a train station."

"Train station? Why a train station?"

"This is what's different from you. When the Ming Dynasty began to modernize, cars had not been invented yet. At that time, there were only trains. So today's towns may not have 100% cement roads or asphalt roads, but 100% have train stations. In the countryside, Railways are as dense as capillaries, much denser than roads - buses are only available in cities, and only go as far as the suburbs. If you want to go to some remote towns, in addition to driving, you need to take a train. "

"Is that so?"

[Because the roadbed of railways is wider than that of roads. ] Apollonia added, [Although mainline railways are very expensive, those rural railways are basically just two tracks laid on sleepers, which is much cheaper than building roads. However.] She paused:

[But you can be sure that this is indeed the countryside you envisioned. The countryside in other people's minds is not like this. 】

"That's true. By the way, when did you appear next to me?" Shangluo hadn't noticed the figure next to him before. As if she had been there all along, Apollonia suddenly spoke behind her.

[I just heard that this is your hometown, so I wanted to come and have a look. Well, I still don’t know what your home is like. 】

"It's not really his hometown." Sa Shoujian looked ahead and behind him, "Peach Blossom Spring may not be everyone's hometown, it's just that everyone has such a 'countryside' in their mind. Just like the front. .”

The folding fan was still blocking the way, but Shangluo still remembered the old lady on crutches in front of him - next to the bus stop.

"Are there really so many people using crutches these days? No, even if the old ladies these days are old, they rarely use crutches. They usually push a stroller to go out. Where are you?"

"It seems not?"

"That's because you think there should be a cane here - you think that in a peaceful countryside, if an old lady appears, she should walk slowly here with a cane." "Ah" Shangluo covered his forehead, "So I Is there such a stereotype? I’m really shallow. I can’t even imagine what the three levels ahead are like.”

There are three levels of city gates and twelve levels of pavilions on the mountain ahead, which seemed quite normal at first. According to the scenery seen in the traditional "inner scene", the "Fangcun Mountain" should have springs symbolizing the Ren and Du meridians, various peaks and mountains symbolizing wisdom and the heart, forests and fields, as well as alchemy tripods and city fortresses.

but now

"Eh???" Apollonia ran to the bus stop sign first, "Shangluo, look, it says the terminal is the 'Fangcun Mountain Scenic Area Gate'."

"Ah, I know." He shook his head and said, "There is such a big mountain in the town, and there are many ancient buildings on the mountain - I must regard it as a scenic spot here. I don't even have it in my mind. The Shiwanda Mountain, where Taoist monks live in seclusion, must be a scenic spot if there is one. I just don’t know if I should buy tickets when I go home."

The bus came, coming from nowhere and stopped at the bus stop.

[Eh~~] Apollonia walked up, [The pedals of this bus are so low! How? 】

"Because it's an electric bus - can you please stop talking in my head? You are obviously standing next to me."

【My pleasure. Hey, hey, what's going on with your electric car? Can it really be driven as a bus? 】

She changed the topic, but Shangluo didn't pursue it.

"As for electric vehicles, the buses in my mind are all like this."

[Wow, is this Zhong Guo’s technology? It’s too powerful. 】

"Just in case, let me ask." Sa Shoujian asked, "Are those 'smart weapons' you mentioned all powered by electricity?"

Shangluo nodded: "But we don't need electricity here. We have a way."

The "bus" has already started moving. The voice was the same as the one Shangluo was familiar with, with the buzzing sound of an electric motor. The scenery outside the window faded back.

Unexpectedly, this small world brought him many scenes of his hometown.

After emerging from the woods, before entering the town, he saw fields on both sides of the road. Small tractors plow the fish-scale fields interspersed with fish ponds. The fields were winding and winding, rising and falling with the terrain - he had never been to the countryside much, and he didn't know if the real countryside looked like this. But there are indeed many differences between this place and the "Ming Dynasty during the Shaoping Period" outside.

[Hey, you guys also eat fried dough sticks? 】

Shangluo looked ahead and saw that the breakfast stall on the roadside was indeed selling fried dough sticks. Take the fried dough sticks out of the oil pan and place them vertically on the iron rack next to the oil pan to drain the oil.

Next to the breakfast stall was the stop before entering the town, and the bus stopped next to the stall.

Sa Shoujian reached out of the window and took out a few one-yuan coins: "Boss, here are two fried dough sticks."

"Huh???" Shangluo was stunned for a moment, "Can't you speak?"

(End of this chapter)