Chapter 39, New Year in Vladivostok
On the first day of the first lunar month of the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, an earth-shaking loud noise suddenly came from the waters of the Pearl River Estuary in Guangdong. According to the few fishermen and sailors who witnessed it from a distance at that time, along with the appalling loud noise, something spewed out flames and thick smoke straight into the sky... Therefore, there were some good people in the local area who Soon after, a boat went to search the waters where the incident occurred. Unfortunately, despite wandering for a long time, I still found nothing.
Therefore, as time went by, this "unsolved mystery of the world" was quickly forgotten by the local people, and was regarded as one of the numerous anecdotes and absurd rumors in the troubled times of the late Ming Dynasty, such as the explosion of Wang Gong Factory And Xu Hongru’s White Lotus Demonic Technique...
At the same time, Vladivostok, located on the other side of the land of China, is now a chilling scene in the snow-capped and frozen Northland.
In the spring of 1632 AD, on the morning of the first day of the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, Vladivostok was still immersed in the lazy atmosphere of the festival.
Although it was already three o'clock in the morning, the streets of Vladivostok, covered with thick snow, were still quiet. Whether they are time travelers from the future or employees recruited by the Far East Company in this time and space, most of them either drank too much corn soju at last night's New Year's Eve banquet, or they got into the mood and played too crazy with their mother-in-law, and they are still warm at this time. In the house, the naked woman was sleeping soundly with her arms around her. Although the temperature outside was minus twenty degrees, the fire pit was still very warm inside, allowing everyone here to sleep soundly. There were few people on the street and it was quiet.
In a small red-brick house in the traveler settlement by the Golden Horn Bay, former agent Zhou Billy opened his eyes drowsily, subconsciously touched his side, and found that it was empty - the assigned The Japanese girl I gave to myself, Kazuko, had already gotten up from the kang.
In the past two months or so, he was ordered to go on a business trip to the newly occupied Jeju Island in North Korea, where he interacted with the Koreans on the island and the migrated Liao people. He did not return with the immigration ship until the day before yesterday. Maybe he was holding back a lot. So, under the stimulation of alcohol and nostalgia, they played wildly last night. He still felt a slight pain in his lower back, but the Japanese girl who looked only fourteen or fifteen years old had already gotten up to do housework. ……
It can be seen that the hard-working spirit of these "Yamato Nadeshiko" in ancient Japan is really the same as those "Xinxin" in Shibuya, Tokyo in the 21st century who wear smoky makeup and only know how to skip school all day long, drink and smoke, and even take drugs. Human” *** girls are incomparable!
Alas, is it really true that "there are only exhausted oxen and no damaged fields for plowing"? Or has your physical strength begun to deteriorate as you age?
Zhou Bili, who used to have a very rotten private life in the original time and space, laughed at himself, then quickly got up and put on his clothes, jumped off the warm fire bed, and while breathing in the cold air, walked out of the bedroom, went to the outhouse, and found that the pine wood floor had been dragged. It was polished, and the cobwebs and stains accumulated on the walls were completely removed, as well as the tables, coffee tables, cabinets and decorative shelves, all of which were polished to reflect light.
Although simple and simple, everything is so clean, tidy, comfortable and bright, making people feel extremely comfortable.
Two pairs of bowls and chopsticks have been placed on the table in the restaurant, as well as a large steaming soup pot with a strong aroma of mutton dumplings, and several plates of simple and exquisite home-cooked cold dishes. There is a rumor going on in the kitchen next to it. There was the sound of clinking pots and pans, and a greeting in Japanese with a Kansai accent: "...Ana replied! Are you up? Breakfast is already on the table! If you are hungry, eat first! I will fry it later Just two salted fish!”
In an instant, a wonderful atmosphere full of warmth suddenly came to the heart of Zhou Billy, the former agent stationed in Japan.
Is this...the so-called feeling of home?
——It feels so good to be cared about by others!
Looking around, I saw brick walls painted with white lime, floors made of pine wood, simple glass windows, half-worn blue cotton curtains, light bulbs hanging directly from the beams, dried fish and bacon hanging under the eaves, etc. Bicycles at the door, heating coal piled in the stone fence...
Everything looked like a small farmhouse in the northeastern countryside in the early 1990s. For a moment, Billy Zhou, who had been accustomed to the hustle and bustle of the metropolis and had been immersed in the feasting, dissipation and extravagance of life for many years, felt a little like a dream.
However, this is not the beautiful imagination of a tired prodigal about the pastoral life after the usual drunken life and death, but an iron-clad fact.
Unknowingly, the People's Liberation Army officers and soldiers who were far away from him and the submarine inexplicably traveled to Vladivostok in the late Ming Dynasty. Then, they were forcibly collected by the Far East Company in desperation. From then on, they followed this group of ambitious time-travelers and made a living. It’s been nearly a year!
Billy Zhou, a former agent who had been lurking in modern Japan for many years, sighed melancholy, unable to explain what was going on in his heart.
Looking from the table in the restaurant, a Japanese girl as petite as a doll is busy at the stove. She holds a long-handled spoon in her hand. Her long black hair is randomly tied into a bunch for the convenience of cooking. Hang down from the back of the head. Because it is winter with more than 20 degrees below zero, it is very cold even indoors, so Kazuko is wearing a thick kimono under her apron, which makes her look a bit bloated and cannot be seen in the legendary "naked apron" of Japanese wives. The charm... But while it is a little less lustful, it has a little more warmth of a housewife, which makes Zhou Bili, a promiscuous man, have mixed feelings.
——In general, Japanese girls in the early Edo period of the 17th century are incomparable with Japanese girls in the 21st century, both in appearance and body shape: because there has not been a post-World War II "a glass of milk strengthens a nation" "Nutritional supplementation program" (and possibly the credit of the American soldiers who worked hard to sow "optimized genes"), the Japanese in this era were generally malnourished and had extremely poor development. Even the average height of men is only 155 centimeters. And the height of most Japanese women is good if they are about 1.4 meters, and as for women, they are generally flat enough to skate.
Besides, most of the Japanese girls acquired by the Vladivostok Far East Company through human traffickers or sneak attacks and robberies were from poor farmers. Although the girls provided to travelers are already selected "high-quality products", at best they are just good-looking and pleasing to the eye. Even in Japan of this era, she is probably not a beautiful woman - at least not comparable to the top beauties in Yoshiwara Flower Street in Edo Castle.
Although they have such shortcomings, these Japanese girls from ordinary farm families also have a unique atmosphere of simplicity and nature. Coupled with a carefully decorated traditional Japanese hairstyle, exquisite and gorgeous modern hair accessories, a kimono with elegant tones, and snow-white socks... Then he lowered his head, stepped on clogs, took small steps, and looked at the face. The burning eyes on the men all turned red... That kind of shyness with a fresh look, full of elegance and elegance that returns to nature, and a different kind of charm that is almost impossible to find in modern society.
Moreover, thanks to the global custom of early marriage in this era, these Japanese girls are not very old, generally only thirteen or fourteen years old, and even those over fifteen years old are considered older girls. For example, the girl named Hezi who was assigned to Zhou Bili had just turned fourteen... Her young face was only a junior high school student and looked more like an elementary school student. It was full of frightened and helpless expressions, which really gave Zhou Bili, a modern bachelor, the feeling. So cute - to promote such a young girl in modern society is definitely a crazy lolita criminal. But in this time and space, it is a common thing... Loli is beautiful and holy, and should be praised in a language as beautiful as Shakespeare's sonnets. A good loli can cleanse The human heart can purify people of their sins and light up their dreams! Anyway – it’s great to be able to legally knock down a loli!
Therefore, after the initial disappointment, Zhou Bili became more and more satisfied with his loli girl - what are you afraid of if you are short? That's called petite. What are you afraid of if you are not beautiful? That's called pure natural ecology. Besides, even among girls in modern society, how many can stand out after taking off their makeup? Even if you finally meet someone with amazing looks, it is often done through cosmetic surgery: as soon as you think about the other person’s nose, chin, and ****... even their **** is fake. It's fake! How disillusioning that is!
What's more, in modern Japanese society where feminism and pro-sexual thoughts are prevalent, and prostitution is frowned upon, the elegant and virtuous traditional "Yamato Nadeshiko" has basically disappeared. It is not easy for ordinary men to find a girl they want. Not to mention the huge expense of buying gifts, eating and playing with each other during the love process. Even if they encounter some inexplicable twists and turns in the journey, they will just break up. Even if they finally successfully enter the palace of marriage, many girls who become wives lack motherhood and skill, and do not change their dissolute nature of spending money and fun, or they simply I spend a lot of money every day to buy all kinds of weird health and beauty products. Moreover, the situation of office worker husbands working all day long to make money and lonely wives finding lovers at home to cheat on them is also common in modern Japan. It has become so common that people cannot complain... How does it look like Japanese women in the Edo period? The innocent teenage lolita, once she has a man and a family, immediately becomes obedient and respectful. Everything is centered on her husband. She serves her man like a master and is busy doing housework from morning to night. Not even tired. I gave them some small jewelry and the like, and they immediately felt as happy as anything...
——Not only is she "Yamato Nadeshiko" but she is also a lolita. Where can you find a Japanese girl with such rare attributes in modern society?
Even if there really is a place to look for, I'm afraid it's not something he, a special agent stationed in Japan, can reach... Zhou Bili thought quietly - Could it be that after he traveled to the time and space of the late Ming Dynasty and said goodbye to everything in the past, he was still the same? Something worth celebrating? !
Yeah, it's great to be able to push down elementary school girls and stuff! What's even better is that even if a primary school girl is pushed down, no one will call the police and point at him and say: Uncle policeman, this is the person... This era is really a paradise for lolita monsters!
However, Comrade Xiao Zhou, you just push down the primary school students, but you actually ask the primary school students to cook for you and do housework. Where is your shame?
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On the other side, Miss Kazuko, who was cooking in the kitchen, didn't have so many messy thoughts.
It has been a year since she came to this strange city and was assigned to the man beside her, and her original panic has calmed down.
Overall, the fourteen-year-old Kazuko is very satisfied with her current life - of course, it would be better if she could have a child.
There is no way, this wife Loli, who comes from an ordinary Japanese farm family, lives a miserable life in her hometown in the Japanese countryside.
You know, the first full meal Hezi had since she was a child was actually a piece of dry food given to her by the sailors after she was taken to a large iron ship by human traffickers. Although it was hard to bite, the taste was the best she had ever felt in her life. The feeling of distension in her stomach after eating that piece of dry food still makes her shed tears whenever she thinks about it - it feels so wonderful to have a full stomach!
At the beginning of the Edo period in the 17th century, there were nearly 20 million people on the Japanese archipelago, and the Japanese experienced the dilemma of tight survival resources very early. This mountainous island country is full of people, little land, and poor soil. Coupled with the extremely harsh exploitation by the shogunate and the daimyo: six public officials and four citizens are the norm, and five public officials and five citizens are benevolent rule. This makes the life of Japanese farmers extremely difficult, and it is rare to see it all year round. Eating rice grown by oneself is not enough to survive on grains. Even after the Meiji Restoration, extreme poverty still plagued ordinary people in rural Japan. As described in "Axin", hiring a maid for a year's work for only one bag of rice is not the most tragic experience. In some remote and barren mountainous villages, there is even a custom of abandoning the elderly. In many places, in addition to the fact that the eldest son with the right to inherit can get married and have children, the second son and Sanlang who do not have the right to inherit can only go out to find food and work on their own. Otherwise, if they stay at home, they can only work for their elder brothers like slaves in exchange for a bowl of food. They are not qualified to get married and start a family - to be precise, the limited land cannot support more people, forcing these bachelors to work on donkeys, horses and other livestock.
As a strong working man, even if a man has such a good meal, let alone the living conditions of women. When Hezi was still at home, her two younger brothers would eat the food first. When it was her and her mother's turn, there wasn't much left. And even though she eats so little at every meal, she still has to get up early and stay up till late at night to help her family with farm work. What she looks forward to most every day is to eat one more rice ball, but unfortunately she never gets it - usually, Kazuko's family can't afford white rice. , They all rely on a mixture of barnyard grass, taro, and radish to fill their stomachs. Only during festivals can they have a few mouthfuls of fragrant white rice: that is when the weather is good all year round and the rice harvest is good.
Even in the best of times, Kazuko had never eaten a complete rice ball. Last year, the family was overwhelmed by the sharp increase in taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and sold her to a passing trafficker for half a stone of brown rice... In this way, poor Kazuko left the home where she could never have enough to eat, and followed her. The other girls embarked on the voyage with infinite fear, and then found that they had good luck:
Since these skinny Japanese girls arrived in Vladivostok, in order to make them plump up as soon as possible, the Far East Company has been extremely generous in terms of food. There is enough rice, dried fish, and pasta every day. You can eat whatever you want, as long as you can eat it. I remember just boarding the Vladivostok pier and resting in isolation at the quarantine camp. For the first time, I opened the tinplate bucket for food sent by the cook and saw a lot of rice, salted fish stew and vegetable soup - every trafficked person The Japanese girls who came were so excited that they shed tears and thanked the Bodhisattva for sending them to such a good place with ample food and clothing.
In the quarantine camp, Kazuko ate a lot with a smile every time - in her opinion, enjoying delicious food is the happiest thing in life. Then she kept eating until her stomach was extremely bloated, but she would rather stay bloated like this. Even if she was bloated to death, she felt it was worth it - she was really hungry. Even in the first few days, every time it was her turn to eat, she would secretly hide half a steamed bun or sesame seed pancake or something, fearing that it was all a dream and that when the night passed, she would go back to that kind of... The miserable days of not having enough to eat year after year.
Soon after leaving the quarantine camp, Hezi allocated Zhou Billy, who was "controlled and used" by the Far East Company, through a lottery.
In this regard, Hezi expressed very calmly - there is no such thing as free love these days. Women's marriages are all blind marriages arranged by their parents. Even if they are sent to an old man as a concubine, or sold to Huajieliuxiang as a prostitute, they will only be married. Able to accept fate. Therefore, as early as when he was sold by his parents, Hezi had already made some psychological preparations for his future encounters... Now he can be matched with such a young and good-looking man, even if he cannot become the rich lady that Mingwen is marrying. , with his humble background, being able to become a concubine is already considered a high achievement.
Then, Kazuko felt that her life became more comfortable. The first thing that made her happy was that the foreign man she was serving could actually speak fluent Japanese, which was quite rare among the "upper class" in Vladivostok. Although his accent is a bit strange (the difference between modern Kanto standard Japanese and the seventeenth-century Kansai Japanese dialect is at least as big as Mandarin and Shanghainese), he can at least communicate with Kazuko. Unlike those Japanese girls who are assigned to other masters, because of the language barrier, they can't even speak at home. They can only sign language when anything happens, and they often make mistakes and make a lot of jokes. We had no choice but to get together and complain to each other in our free time.
Secondly, there is no one else in this man's family. Not only are there no elders to serve, but there are also no difficult housewives to deal with. Moreover, although this man of mine does not look like a high-ranking official and does not even have a servant at home, but looking at the exquisiteness of this house and the little rumors he heard from the neighbors, he should be at least a samurai level. . And in terms of food and clothing, even the most luxurious samurai home she had ever seen could not keep up with it - not to mention the cabinet full of thick clothes and the "electric lamp" that can illuminate without lighting. ", a stove (gas stove) that can burn fire without firewood, in There are little people singing on the "opera box" (radio). These wonderful gadgets seem to be used by gods. Just in terms of food, it is a hundred times better than before: every meal has four or five dishes, and the staple food is Fine rice and noodles, fish and meat are all available...
As the hostess who manages the house, Kazuko knows the wealth of this small house very well - the vegetable cellar under the yard is filled with enough refined rice and noodles to feed two people for half a year, as well as potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, etc. Grains can be used for a change. The kitchen is filled with jars and jars, filled with Chinese cabbage, green carrots, prickly ash, cabbage, mustard heads, pickled sauerkraut, pickles, kimchi, and soju made from corn stalks, plus some dried fish, dried whale meat and Salted fish, as well as scallops, fish balls and dried kelp suitable for Japanese tastes, are enough to make every meal on the table full of meat. If you want to eat something fresh, you can also go to the market to see if you can buy any game such as roe deer and wild geese.
Yesterday, in order to celebrate the New Year, the company gave each traveler a benefit, mainly some sausages, bacon, a small bag of rice cakes, and a lot of mushrooms and fungus, plus a lot of dried fruits, melon seeds, grilled fish fillets, and squid. silk and other snacks for entertainment. What surprised Kazuko the most was, There are actually a few bottles of canned fruit... These fruits may not be a rare thing in summer, but in these nine severe winters, they are extremely precious things. In Wakko's hometown, even the richest people Rich man, I’m afraid he won’t be able to eat fruit during the Chinese New Year!
He peeked at Zhou Bili who was eating dumplings with his head down, not paying attention to his own side. The greedy Kazuko turned around, carefully opened a half-eaten can, and fished out a few pieces of sugary apples at a very fast speed. Put it in your mouth, then close your eyes and chew slowly. A sweet and greasy taste suddenly spread in the mouth, making Kazuko frown a little even though she was happy: there seemed to be a little too much sugar in the can, covering up the fragrance of the apples, and they were cut into cubes. The apples are soft and fluffy, not crispy at all, and the taste is really not that good...
But then, while eating, she suddenly laughed again, haha, how many months have she lived a good life now? Why are you starting to pick and choose? Thinking back to when she was back home in Japan, let alone canned fruits, even the sour wild fruits found in the mountains were a rare delicacy for her! As for candy, it seems that even the children in the village chief’s family may not be able to eat it all year round!
Now I really live a fairy-like life here. Although the men around me are indifferent and don't like to talk much, they are at least considerate. They never beat themselves, but occasionally tie themselves up with ropes. Weird shameful posture...
Since they moved in together, he has bought many more clothes for himself than his whole family had in the past. The fabrics and colors are very different. There is even one piece that even a samurai lady in Japan would not dare to dream of. A mink scarf (in this era in the outer Northeast, animal furs were extremely cheap, and it took several mink skins to exchange for an iron pot). The few pieces of small jewelry I gave myself (21st century mobile phone pendants and the like) were also beautiful things I had never seen in Japan. The sleeping place is no longer a dirty haystack, but a warm fire pit. As for the food, there are all kinds of delicacies that are unheard of in Japan, from dumplings and spring rolls to Western pastries. This foodie girl, Kazuko, is as happy as if she is dreaming every day. She has gained a lot of weight in the past few months... But because of her He was so skinny before that only bones were left, so now he is actually only slightly plump.
In addition to the shortcoming of not having servants to serve, even the vassal clan elders who owned hundreds of stone fiefdoms would not be able to enjoy such a luxurious and happy life in their hometown in Japan! I heard that in order to deal with the rebellion of the Choshu clan, the shogunate and the feudal clans were raising money to prepare for the war. The lives of people all over Japan are becoming increasingly miserable. Compared with the relatives who are still suffering in their hometowns, what else can I complain about? Although my life is so good, I don't think about how to repay my man by serving him wholeheartedly. Instead, I am so picky. I'm afraid the Bodhisattva will punish me for my greed!
Just when Hezi was mentally blaming himself for being too greedy, the salted fish in the pan was already cooked, exuding an alluring aroma. Hezi quickly put out the fire, put the salted fish on a plate, and sprinkled a little pepper. Then he walked to Zhou Billy with small steps, knelt down, blushed and lowered his head to put the plate on the table. There was clearly a touch of charm in those shy eyes, showing some wonderful contrast in cuteness.
Although the appearance of this loli cannot be said to be very beautiful, her docile and charming appearance really made Zhou Billy, who had already been made nauseous by various hot girls, feel deeply moved - he just saw him eating the bowl and chopsticks Push the plate aside , and then gently pulled Hezi into his arms. Hezi was slightly stunned at first, but then he remembered the endless energy of this man last night, and he couldn't help but feel something in his body, and he let him do whatever he wanted to do. No matter how shy his face was, his eyes were full of charm, and then the two of them began to be entangled with each other without shame...
——Due to Zhou Bili's sudden appearance and Hezi Loli's refusal to welcome him, they took more than an hour to finish the breakfast on New Year's Day. It wasn't until the alarm clock on the cabinet was about to reach noon that Zhou Bili put on his clothes with satisfaction. While rubbing his sore waist and shoulder muscles, he stroked the panting Kazuko, and chatted for a few times before reluctantly leaving. I walked out of the room, ready to go shopping.
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Putting on a thick warm down jacket and pushing his bicycle out of the house, Zhou Bi first took a deep breath of the cold air, and then he saw a Tatar woman from the neighbor Lao Zhang's family, wearing a fur coat and a pair of long leather boots. He came back from the street carrying two metal fireworks boxes that had been discarded after being launched. The other party accidentally looked up and saw Zhou Bili who was about to go out on a bicycle, so he smiled and said hello to him.
——On last night’s New Year’s Eve, in order to make the people who had left their hometowns have a happier time, the management of Far East Company racked their brains and arranged many programs. Among them, the most eye-catching highlight was the ***** in the evening. ***, these fireworks were developed by the arsenal and were transformed from leftover materials from seamless steel pipes - I am afraid that only the Far East Company can do such an unethical thing like letting the arsenal produce fireworks.
When the lively and colorful fireworks are over, these disposable fireworks stands become scrap metal and are left on the street without care. However, for the natives of the Far East who are short of metal all year round and have to use bone knives and flint arrow clusters, such casually discarded fireworks racks are just like throwing away money. So, the Tatar woman from the old Zhang family, who seemed generous and generous but was actually very calculating, picked up all the fireworks racks scattered on the street near the door of her house and hid them in the corner of the courtyard like treasures. I don't know what use it can be put to.
Speaking of which, Lao Zhang's wife, a native of the Far East, did not actually come from a legitimate background - about half a month after Zhou Billy traveled through, the Far East Company's expedition team broke into several nearby hostile tribes and captured more than 2,000 nearby people. Aboriginal women of various tribes. At that time, they were all tied to their arms by leather ropes and formed into a long string. They were escorted back in a mighty manner. Their faces were all pale and lifeless, with sadness and fear. Among them, a few of the most upright-looking women were accepted by a few time-travelers with wild tastes. The remaining Tatar women were allocated to Liao people, Korean slave workers and Japanese mercenaries recruited by the company based on their work performance... Zhou Billy still vaguely remembers that when he was just assigned to Lao Zhang next door, this The indigenous woman's face was full of fear and uneasiness, and she looked embarrassed with scars on her body. Unexpectedly, in just a few months, this woman who was kidnapped from nowhere had completely adapted to life in Vladivostok and regarded this place as her new home.
The women of these ignorant indigenous tribes in the outer Northeast are actually not afraid of being robbed. There have always been frequent wars between tribes, and women are also one of the important resources that the indigenous people compete with each other. For women, life is easy wherever they go. As long as they give birth to children, their lives will settle down. In this outer Northeast where the fittest survive, there is no room for their hatred and sadness. Survival is the most important thing. After the tribe was destroyed, these women could only rely on other tribes to live. When wars are particularly frequent, it is common for certain women to be transferred to several tribes in succession.
Therefore, after being kidnapped to the Port of Vladivostok and assigned to the travelers and "naturalized people activists" here, they experienced first-hand the affluent life that was far better than that of the tribes in the past. The position of these indigenous women immediately changed a hundred times. After an eighty-degree change, they began to have a great sense of belonging to Vladivostok, the Far East Company, and their new men, and truly regarded this place as their home... Poor people are so easily satisfied.
After saying yes to the neighbor's aboriginal aunt who picked up rags, Zhou Bi got on his bicycle and headed to the business district. Along the way, covered with white snow, this town that was born from scratch was so clean and tidy, with neat lawns. , exquisite flower beds dotted in every corner of the town. The empty city is dotted with wooden houses in twos and threes, which looks very much like a modern Russian city with vast land and sparsely populated areas. The wide road is straight and flat, with coniferous pines planted on both sides. Occasionally, a car will roar past. After the successful development of oil wells on Sakhalin Island, the Far East Company has basically got rid of the fuel crisis and is focusing on oil use. The approval process has been relaxed a lot, and more and more cars are running on the streets.
Beside the road, a group of refugees from Liaodong who had just arrived by boat were visiting the city environment of Vladivostok under the leadership of several veterans, and were stunned by the scenes in front of them: steel monsters (cars) roaring Passing by them, many huge machines roared and emitted thick black smoke. Buildings are about to go up all around. The flat road divides the continuous construction sites into independent areas. Until the annual holiday yesterday, there were still countless people busy here.
All the above-mentioned sights left these fleeing Liao people dumbfounded, and their hearts were filled with turmoil. The sight that frightened them the most was a row of giant steel dragons roaring from a distance, breathing thick smoke, which scared them so much that they hurriedly ran to both sides to avoid it. The veteran who was the guide had no choice but to make a stinking face, kicking and beating him, yelling and cursing for a long time, and finally managed to intimidate them... They didn't stop until the train roared past. But all of them were still pale and their bodies were shaking slightly. After a while, they still had lingering fears...
After a rough glance at the rude appearance of these Ming Dynasty Liaodong people, Zhou Bili grinned with a mocking smile, but he didn't bother to look at them, so he bypassed them and rode straight to the busiest commercial district square. The square is surrounded by various shops and stalls. Even on the first day of the Lunar New Year, there are still a few shops open for business, and there are also some mountain people who brave the severe cold of minus 20 degrees to set up stalls selling mountain products on the edge of the square.
In the center of the square is an obelisk made of white marble, with "Monument to the People's Heroes of the Far East" inscribed on the front. From a distance, it looks like the Washington Monument standing behind the White House. The base of the obelisk is made of black marble. It is built with a personal name written on it in white regular letters. They are basically officers and soldiers who died on the battlefield. At first glance, it looks very solemn and solemn, just like the monument to revolutionary martyrs in modern China.
But as long as he looked up, Zhou Bili couldn't help but feel a sense of embarrassment - he saw the top of this "solemn" obelisk, surrounded by ancient Greek and Roman style clocks. The inner ring of the clock is decorated with the twelve zodiac signs of Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. The outer ring is ancient Roman numerals. When the hour hand points to a number, the corresponding constellation lights up. The blue light in the night can easily remind travelers of the ancient Saint Seiya comics. It's just that the order is exactly the opposite. The lights are gradually extinguished in other people's homes, but they are gradually lit here. When all twelve houses are lit, they will all be extinguished, allowing a new cycle to begin again.
As for the armored warrior statue decorated in front of the obelisk...it's basically Saint Seiya, isn't it?
"...Hey, the designer who built this monument must be an avid fan of "Saint Seiya"!"
Zhou Billy parked his bicycle on the side of the road, looked at the obelisk and complained, but his mood did not rise or fall - as early as when he traveled here, he already knew clearly that after the time travelers messed up history, This time and space has long become an absurd world. People who are too sane will go crazy. But if most people become crazy, the crazy people will no longer be crazy. Until then, only sane people are crazy.
Uh, wait, what on earth was I thinking about just now?
He rubbed his dizzy head and finally remembered the business - when they were having sex together last night, Hezi shyly told himself that her period had not come for two months. And Zhou Bili also noticed keenly that this Japanese girl suddenly became interested in eating candied fruits, especially sour pickled plums and other things. This made him extremely excited and worried... Could it be that he will be a father soon?
So, Billy Zhou, who was extremely excited, rode his bike to a hospital near the business district, regardless of the fact that today was the Chinese New Year, hoping to get a doctor who knew gynecology to come to his home to see the woman, or at least ask for some tests. Here comes the pregnancy test paper... However, Billy seems to have some bad luck today: the hospital set up by Far East Company in the business district is not open, and the doctors and nurses seem to be on spring break.
However, just as he was about to ride back in despair, the square suddenly became extremely noisy and chaotic. Many people raised their heads noisily, pointing to the sky and talking. Zhou Bili raised his head in confusion, and immediately noticed the striking abnormality.
——At the end of the distant sky, a bright point of light suddenly appeared at some point, and it quickly became more and more conspicuous... At this moment, it was dragging a long tail mark, rushing straight from the end of the sky, It was as brilliant as an aurora, and its light was so bright that it was difficult for anyone to look directly at it.
...Hmm...could it be...that this is...a bolide? And it's about to hit the ground? I hope I don’t destroy any houses!
Looking at the blazing fireball that was rapidly brightening in the sky, Zhou Billy thought this way...but at the next moment, he completely overturned his previous judgment.
Because, under the gaze of everyone in the square, this "bolide" actually popped out a lot of parachutes, and then slowed down its falling speed, gradually flying out of their sight until it disappeared into the vast snowfield in the north... ...seeing the flowers clustering on the horizon Of course, the natives of the Ming Dynasty did not know what the huge umbrella flowers stood together, but every time traveler with a little knowledge of aerospace had their minds broken and messy in the wind - this was clearly a ship from A spacecraft that returns to the ground from satellite orbit! !
But this was clearly still the seventeenth century, and the invention of the airplane, let alone spaceships, was still very far away... So, did this damn spaceship also travel through time and space? Or are they simply alien visitors? Hey, comrades, come out quickly to see the cosmonauts!
While Zhou Billy was making such crazy complaints in his heart, bursts of piercing sirens immediately resounded over the Vladivostok base...