Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2817 Zahra’s Holiday

He strolled aimlessly along the street. His military uniform, the ribbon on his cuffs, the medal on his chest, and the sergeant's sword on his waist all attracted the attention of passers-by.

Being looked at by others, especially by the adoring looks of some girls, made him feel very proud. This is the country that he has worked hard to protect - in the past, he didn't quite understand that the senators said that the common people should defend their own country, and he thought to himself that this country did not belong to the Senate? Carrying a gun is just for food. Later, after fighting more wars and witnessing changes in society, he had such feelings. "The Senate and the people" is really not an empty phrase.

Bairen is more prosperous than in the past. He sighed secretly. After two years of absence, there were many new shops and products he had never seen before. He didn't even know what some of them were for. I really didn’t study for three days and couldn’t catch up...

While I was sighing, there was suddenly a small commotion on the street. Although Tan Shuangxi was a soldier, he also had the traditional hobbies of Chinese people, so he quickly walked a few steps to catch up.

I caught up and took a look, but it was a ghost girl waiting for the bus at the bus stop. Judging by her dress, she knew she must be the senator's "maid". Although Lingao has become more and more prosperous in recent years, the number of "ghosts" from the East and West who have been "captured", "doing business" or "hired" through various channels has increased day by day, and it has become commonplace for the people. But female "ghost guys" are rare. In this era, whether in the East or the West, women rarely traveled far.

The exotic maids of the senators have always been an enduring topic in Lingao society, so every time they appear, many people will look at them curiously.

As one of the senior veterans of the First Battalion, Tan Shuangxi has carried out security work at major events many times. He was also temporarily transferred to serve as a guard in the residential areas and offices of the elders in Bairen City, so he has seen the elders around him more than once. The "ghost girl" maid.

Although he was also curious, he never thought "ghost girls" were good-looking. In his opinion, their colorful hair, blue-brown pupils, and overly deep and three-dimensional facial features made them look "ghost-like" - This was not his only opinion. Privately, the soldiers expressed their "incomprehension" about the weird aesthetics of the senators.

Of course, the elders are unfathomable and are almost "demigods" to the naturalized people. This strange hobby can only be attributed to the reluctant explanation of "the elders are not ordinary people."

The maid in front of him looked familiar to Tan Shuangxi, as if he had seen her many times before when he was on duty at the "data center". Because the soldiers in the guard camp who were standing guard with him said that this ghost girl was a Persian.

Tan Shuangxi has heard of Persians. The old people in the village told us in ancient times that the first people to do business by boat on this sea were not the yellow-haired and red-haired Francois, but the cannibals, Persians and Tianzhu people. He also said that there were many such people living in Fujian hundreds of years ago, and they were all killed later.

But this was just "talking about ancient times". The appearance of a living Persian and a woman next to him still shocked Tan Shuangxi.

As the carriage bell rang, the carriage pulled by two tall black horses slowly entered the platform. This kind of carriage is very large and double-decker. The upper compartment of the carriage is open-air, which is perfect for sightseeing and driving. Tan Shuangxi has wanted to ride in this car for a long time. The station attendant blew his whistle, waved a small flag, and shouted: "Queue up! Queue up! Why are you squeezing!"

People barely lined up. The carriage has two doors, one for the front and one for the bottom. Do not break the rules.

Seeing that Tan Shuangxi was also in the team, the station attendant immediately called out: "Make way for this comrade, a soldier!"

Although there has long been a rule that "military personnel enjoy priority when taking public transportation", Tan Shuangxi still felt a little embarrassed, and quickly waved his hand and said: "No need, no need, I'll line up to get on the bus." Fortunately, there were not many people in line. The passengers on the bus were not crowded because there were many people getting off when they arrived at Bairen Town. Tan Shuangxi easily climbed up to the upper compartment and sat down. With a glance, he saw that the Persian maid had also gotten into the car and was sitting near the front of the car, looking at the street scene, unaware that she had become one of the street scenes.

Zahra, who was on the public carriage, was completely oblivious to the gazes of the people around her. After passing through the Basra slave market, there was no gaze that could make her shy anymore. The public carriage started with the clear ringing of the bell. This route passes through the entire Bairen Town. Not only can you see the streets, but you can also see many various buildings in Bairen City, which used to be mysterious due to its closure. It can be said to be the most essential route in the entire Bairen City. It has become a new sightseeing route for outsiders.

On the other side of the road is a construction site under intense construction. In the past, Dongmen City and now Bairen Town are expanding rapidly. The extension project of Lingao City Railway also started.

Two thick rails have begun to be erected on the gravel foundation and sleepers. Zahra knew that this was the extension of the railway that Xu Yuanlao had taken her on. Like many ordinary people, the train was the most incredible thing she saw in Lingao. These huge steel dragons are like the ruling power of the Senate, so unrivaled and overwhelming.

The public carriage took Zahra to the junction of Dongmen City and the past entrance to Bairen City. Although the old Bairen City no longer exists in name, some important buildings are still protected by high walls and guards, making it difficult for ordinary people to get a closer look. However, the data center's rather conspicuous red brick truss-style building can be seen from the carriage's roof seat. Regarding the purpose of this building, indigenous and naturalized people have come up with countless theories, from a treasure house to store treasures to a torture chamber for interrogating prisoners. Although the Persian girl knows that Mr. Xu works here - but now she no longer has a pass to enter and exit this place, so she can only watch from a distance like everyone else.

Dongmen Avenue, which leads from Bairencheng entrance to Dongmen city center and Dongmen Railway Station, is the most prosperous commercial street in Lingao. The bamboo shed erected when the city was founded has completely disappeared. The two-story business building that once stood out like a flock of chickens has been squeezed out by the surrounding high-rise buildings of generally four or five stories above, making it almost invisible.

These new buildings have undergone unified planning by the commercial sector and generally adopt arcade designs. The ground floor has a high ceiling, continuous columns and recessed large-format lighting glass windows. Between the pillars and the glass windows is a stone-paved pedestrian passage for three or four people to sit side by side, thus forming a common arcade structure in southern cities in the old days. The arcade corridors are connected in sequence, and even in the alleys that separate different buildings, there are usually connected canopies. Theoretically speaking, even if it rains, pedestrians on the road will not get wet.

This design was very popular in Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan in the old days. It is also common in Southeast Asia. It can be regarded as a successful commercial architectural design in the southern tropical and subtropical regions.

The road itself has also been renovated and expanded. In order to comply with the traffic rules of separate lanes for fast and slow vehicles, two fast lanes for cars and horse-drawn carriages have been divided into the road, while two slow speed lanes have been divided into two sides for Rickshaws and bicycles travel. Similar to the old time and space, flower beds were built and street trees were planted between the fast and slow lanes; different from the old time and space, the width of the slow lanes is not less than that of the fast lanes, so as to be suitable for the high speed vehicles currently dominated by slow vehicles. current situation.

In addition to these visible surface changes, many invisible hidden projects have been added. The gas street lamps were uniformly moved to the flower beds and street trees, their lamp stands were reinforced, and iron bars were added between each group of opposite cross-street lamp stands. The latest slogans issued by the Senate and the promotion of surrounding shops were hung in place. advertise. Under the stone slabs of the pedestrian passage, there is actually a reserved common ditch.

In order to avoid the common problems in the old days of cables flying everywhere and roads being ripped open at every turn, this renovation plan was determined to re-standardize it and use pre-set common ditches to solve the erection problems of various pipelines. Therefore, pedestrians walking on the road do not know that water supply pipes, drainage pipes, gas pipes, and telephone lines and cable lines are crisscrossed under their feet. The buildings along the street are connected in sequence according to regulations. Pay accordingly when enjoying these services.

Since there was quite a lot of time before the appointment, the Persian girl was in a very leisurely mood. Mr. Xu Yuanlao will attend a 24-hour Dalian class today. The children were all taken to Lingaojiao Park by Xu Shanshan. She has nothing to do and can enjoy this rare vacation leisurely. Meet friends for a while. She admired the shops she passed. Even though she had been here many times, this street still made her feel dizzy. Before coming to Lingao, she had seen the dazzling array of exotic products in the Basra market. I never thought that there are so many different types of goods in the world, and that these goods can be displayed in such a dazzling way.

In the new round of planning for the commercial area, the commercial department introduced the idea of ​​targeted investment promotion in the old time and space. The properties and types of shops along the street were consciously divided to facilitate the prosperity of the market and the staggered competition of shops, and both the enterprises owned by the Senate and the private shops from outside were given equal consideration. On the one hand, the flagship stores directly under each department were concentrated, and on the other hand, some powerful foreign businesses were actively introduced.

Just like the Meimei Department Store that Zahra is passing by now, it is a flagship store jointly opened by the Commercial Committee and the Light Industry Department. Like the original space, this is a department store targeting the majority of women who love beauty, with clothing, underwear, bags, and accessories as its core selling points. Li Mei's original name at the internal meeting was "Women's Products Store", but some elders thought the name was too tacky and felt like a sanitary napkin specialty store, so they changed it to the current, more prestigious name.