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 certain girls, made him feel very proud. This was the country he had worked hard to protect - in the past, he did not quite understand what the elders said about the people's country and the people.
Guard, thinking to himself, doesn’t this country belong to the Senate? Carrying guns is just for food. Later, he fought more wars and saw the changes in society, and he had such feelings. "The Senate and the people", this is really not true
An empty talk.
Bairen was more prosperous than before. He sighed secretly. After two years of absence, there were many new shops and products he had never seen before. He didn't know what some of them were for. It was like he had not studied for three days.
Can't catch up...
While he was sighing, there was a sudden 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. Looking at her clothes, I knew she must be the "maid" of the senator. Although Lingao has become more and more prosperous in recent years, because of being "captured" and "doing business"
The number of "ghosts" from the East and West who come through various channels such as "recruitment" is increasing day by day, and it has become commonplace for ordinary people. However, female "ghosts" are rare. In this era, regardless of East or West, women rarely travel far away.
The exotic maids of the senators have always been an enduring topic in Lingao society, so every time they appear, they always attract many people to watch curiously.
As one of the senior veterans of the First Battalion, Tan Shuangxi has performed 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 all 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 peculiar 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. It seemed that he had seen it many times before when he was on guard at the "data center". Because the soldiers in the guard camp who were standing guard with him said that this ghost girl was Persian.
Tan Shuangxi has heard of the Persians. The old man in the village once said 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. It is 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 beside him still shocked Tan Shuangxi.
As the carriage bell rang, the carriage pulled by two tall black horses slowly entered the platform. This carriage is large and double-decker. The upper compartment of the carriage is open-air, which is most suitable for sightseeing and driving.
Tan Shuangxi had wanted to take this bus for a long time. The station attendant blew his whistle, waved a small flag, and shouted: "Quine up! Queue up! Why are you squeezing!"
People reluctantly lined up. The carriage had two doors, one for the front and one for the bottom. No one was allowed to 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 queuing up. There were also many people getting off the train at Bairen Town, so it was not crowded. Tan Shuangxi easily climbed up to the upper compartment and sat down. With a glance, he saw the Persian maid also getting on the train.
, was sitting near the front of the car, looking at the street scene, unaware that he had become one of the street scenes.
Zahra, who was on the public carriage, was oblivious to the gazes of the people around her. After passing the Basra Slave Market, there were no eyes that could make her shy anymore. The public carriage started with the clear ringing of the bell. This route
Traveling through the entire Bairen Town, you can not only see the streets, but also many various buildings in Bairen City, which used to be mysterious due to its closure. It can be said that this is the most essential route in the entire Bairen City, and it has become a foreigner.
New sightseeing routes for people.
On the other side of the road is a construction site that is under intense construction. What used to be Dongmen City and now Bairen Town is expanding rapidly. The extension project of the Lingao City Railway has also started.
Two thick railway tracks 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 herself on. Like many ordinary people, the train was the first one she saw in Lingao.
Among the many incredible objects, 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 entrance to the former Bairen City. Although the old Bairen City no longer exists in name, some important buildings are still protected by high walls and guards.
It is difficult for ordinary people to get a closer look. However, from the roof seat of the carriage, you can see the rather conspicuous red brick truss building of the data center. Aboriginal and naturalized people have thought about the purpose of this building.
There are countless theories, from the treasure house where treasures are stored to the torture chamber where prisoners are interrogated. Although the Persian girl knows that Xu Yuanlao works here - but now she no longer has a pass to enter and exit this place, so she can only stay in the distance like everyone else.
Take a look around.
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 sheds erected at the beginning of the city have completely disappeared, and the two bamboo sheds that once stood out like chickens have disappeared.
The one-story commercial building has been so crowded that it is almost invisible due to the high-rise buildings built around it, which are generally four or five stories above.
These new buildings have been uniformly planned by the commercial department and generally adopt an arcade design. The ground floor has a high ceiling and has continuous columns and recessed large-format daylighting glass windows. Between the columns and glass windows is a strip for three rooms.
A pedestrian passage paved with stone slabs for four people side by side forms a common arcade structure in southern cities in the old time and space. The arcade corridors are connected in sequence, and there are usually connected roofs even in the alleys that separate different buildings. Theoretically speaking, even
Even when it rains, pedestrians on the road don’t get wet.
This design was very popular in Guangdong, Guangdong 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 designated in the road, while two slow lanes have been divided on both sides for traffic.
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 speed lanes is not less than that of the fast lanes, so as to be suitable for the current high-speed lanes.
The current situation of mainly slow-speed vehicles.
In addition to these visible surface changes, many invisible hidden projects have been added. The gas street lamps were uniformly moved to flower beds and street trees, their lamp stands were reinforced, and iron was added between each group of opposite cross-street lamp racks.
The latest slogans issued by the Senate and advertisements from surrounding shops are hung on the horizontal railings. 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 is determined to be standardized from the beginning and uses pre-set common ditches to solve the erection problems of various pipelines. Therefore, walking in
Pedestrians 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. While enjoying these services,
Pay the fees accordingly.
As there was still plenty of time before the appointment, the Persian girl was in a very relaxed mood. Xu Yuanlao had to attend a 24-hour class in Dalian today. Xu Shanshan took the children to Lingaojiao Park. She had nothing to do and could relax.
She enjoyed this rare vacation and met friends. She admired the shops passing by. Even though she had been there many times, this street still made her feel dizzy. Before coming to Lingao, she had seen Basra Market.
There are dazzling exotic products on display. I never thought that there are so many different types of goods in the world, and these goods can be displayed in such a dazzling way.
In the new round of planning for the commercial district, the commercial department has introduced the old time-space directional investment attraction idea. The attributes and types of shops along the street have been consciously divided to facilitate market prosperity and store dislocation competition. At the same time, the enterprises affiliated to the Senate and the
Foreign private stores. On the one hand, they have opened flagship stores directly under each department, and on the other hand, they have also taken the initiative to introduce some powerful foreign businesses.
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 time and space, this is a store for women who love beauty, focusing on clothing, underwear, bags, and accessories.
A department store with a selling point. Li Mei originally named it "Women's Products Store" in an internal meeting. However, some senior officials thought that the name was too rustic and felt like a sanitary napkin specialty store, so they changed the name to the current name.