Chapter 192: The Dutch’s Australian Mystery (Part 2)
The bright sun hangs high in the center of the cloudless sky, pouring out its passion to the earth wantonly. The unknown river flows slowly, and rows of red-roofed and white-walled buildings are reflected in the clear water. In the port area of the Chinese League capital, these Western-style brick houses with red roofs and white walls are everywhere.
Walking through the streets of the port area of the Chinese League's capital, the Dutch travelers led by Admiral Anthony van Diemen saw a civilized and clean city. Between the scattered red brick houses, rows of eucalyptus and black pine trees line both sides of the street. Their pruned leaves sway in the wind, reflecting the sea and mountains behind them - red tiles, green trees, blue sea, The green hills have a unique charm.
The slow sea breeze with a fishy and salty smell is mixed with the fragrance of vegetation, which is really refreshing.
In the "Australia Pass" senior businessman category. In the eyes of Lord Delantron, it is obvious that this Australian imperial capital, like other Australian cities they have seen, continues the Australian style of urban management, which is well-organized, clean and refreshing.
But this is the first time for the expedition leader, Admiral Anthony van Diemen, to truly enter an Australian city. He feels that this place is like the Venice of the East - in the East, you can see such a neighborhood with an obvious European style. It made him obviously feel at home.
Of course, the Dutch on the "Magdeburg" didn't know that this was just a bad idea of a senior Chinese League official. He hoped to rebuild a Qingdao full of red houses in this time and space, but today's Qingdao, Shandong It was still a border stronghold in the area occupied by the Dengzhou Army. The Chinese League Headquarters refused to spend huge sums of money on construction in a place that could become a battlefield at any time, so they had to build a small port area at the Chinese League Headquarters to practice their skills.
However, in the eyes of the Dutch, although this neighborhood is neat and tidy and has a beautiful appearance, it is a bit too deserted. Most of the houses were obviously uninhabited, and the streets were even more deserted. They walked for a full quarter of an hour without encountering any pedestrians, vehicles or horses.
——Indeed, despite the great cross-border migration organized by the modern Chinese government, Australia today is still quite empty. This is true even for this "civilized area" that has been developed. At present, the entire Australia, including the headquarters of the Chinese League, has a population of only 170,000. Among them, the number of modern Chinese travelers accounts for about 160,000. The remaining approximately 10,000 people include 3,000 experimental immigrants. Naturalized people from the major union republics, 5,000 female slaves of all ethnic groups who were trafficked from all over the world, and 2,000 Australian Aboriginals who were captured and used as forced labor as coolies.
And these 170,000 real "Australians" are now not gathered in Chinatown, the capital of the Chinese League, but are scattered in more than a dozen colonial strongholds on the entire west coast of Australia, from Derby Port in Golden Bay in the north to Albany in the south. . Just to develop the high-grade iron ore in Port Hedland would require a lot of manpower. Therefore, in the capital of the Chinese League, even including the farms and pastures in the suburbs, the total population is only 80,000.
Of course, by today's standards, a population of 80,000 is enough to fill a large city. But the problem is that because the planned city blueprint is too grand, the area of Chinatown, the capital of the Chinese League, seems to far exceed the limit of human imagination in this era...
All this has resulted in the current capital of the Chinese League appearing to travelers to be extremely vast and sparsely populated, with unoccupied and vacant houses everywhere.
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At the checkpoint on the edge of the port area, Dutch people who are curious about this city were shocked to learn that foreigners are not allowed to leave the port area without permission. Fortunately, as a diplomatic envoy, Admiral Anthony Van Diemen had the right to enter the capital with up to three entourages.
So, with others waving and watching, the admiral took Fan with him. Drantlon's senior businessman and two military officers set out on the road of exploration.
Like the female captain Li Huamei, the Dutch on the "Magdeburg" expedition ship also noticed the unique Ferris wheel on the seaside as soon as they entered the port. So after passing through the red-tiled houses in the port area, everyone immediately went straight to the Ferris wheel.
Unfortunately, after talking to the staff in the cabin below the Ferris wheel and gesticulating with each other, they were disappointed to learn that the Ferris wheel seemed to be completed, but in fact it was still in progress. Finishing decoration, the paint is not dry in some places, so it is temporarily unavailable
Next, Admiral Anthony Van Diemen noticed a huge building (Sydney Opera House) with layers of shell-shaped roofs that looked like a palace or a church, and he ran away excitedly. In the past, unexpectedly, the door was still closed and General Iron held the door. Although one guy suggested breaking the window and jumping in, the admiral sternly stopped this bad idea in order to prevent him from being misunderstood as a thief.
After hitting two nails in a row, everyone was a little frustrated. However, the admiral was soon attracted by a huge iron tower. The hollow iron tower was really eye-catching, standing majestically like a giant. The entire body was made of metal, forming a special sense of beauty. Standing under this iron tower, all Dutch tourists feel like little ants standing next to a person. They can only look up in shock. If you want to see the top of it, you have to tilt your head back hard. . Someone originally wanted to climb up, but couldn't find a place to climb, so they had to give up.
Fortunately, there are so many things worth seeing in this miraculous city. Just below the tower's arched base lies an unusually wide street. This street was wider than any road Admiral Anthony van Diemen had ever seen before, even enough to accommodate thirty carriages traveling side by side. And the road surface is very smooth and clean, showing an amazing silver-gray color, leading to the end of the horizon.
Various trees are neatly planted on both sides of the street, and there are flower beds every once in a while. There are large shrubs or lawns behind the street trees, so the field of vision is very wide. The magnificent palaces and huge temples are neatly lined up on both sides of the street. There are European-style villas and buildings, East Asian-style carved beams and painted buildings, and even Arabic-style round vaults... Let's come from Bada. The Dutch country bumpkins in Via were so excited that their eyes almost popped out of their heads when they saw it, and they all speculated whether this was the residence where dignitaries from the Australian and Song Empire lived.
According to the "Australia Pass" standard. According to the senior businessman of Delantron, after seeing the Australian colonial city on Hainan Island, he was extremely impressed and amazed. Now that I have seen the Australian capital, I realize that my understanding of these people is still too shallow.
Admiral Anthony Van Diemen deeply agreed with this: Facing such a great city, I simply don’t know how to express my emotions.
However, what made the admiral feel a little strange was that after walking on this majestic street for so long, they did not see any other pedestrians except themselves. Could it be that the road that the Australians spent a lot of money to build is just for good looks?
Although they were full of doubts, they continued walking. This street was really long, and everyone was exhausted. They sat down on the stone piers on the side of the road to rest four or five times before reaching this street. The end of a long, empty street.
At the end of the long street, there is a huge city gate made of pure white stone, decorated with many exquisite reliefs, but there are no walls around it, only one city gate stands there alone - the admiral vaguely You know, this thing is called a triumphal arch. The ancient Roman Empire liked to build such decorative things. However, after the fall of the Roman Empire, European countries rarely built such useless ostentatious things.
Behind the exquisite and magnificent Arc de Triomphe is an unusually wide square. The area of this square is so wide and vast that it makes the admiral dizzy. He feels that such a square alone is enough to accommodate The whole city of Batavia!
Standing under the Arc de Triomphe, looking up and around, I saw a tall rectangular stone monument standing in the center of the square, with unknown words engraved on it. Under the stone monument was a base surrounded by exquisite stone railings. In front of the stone monument is a row of flagpoles, with all kinds of flags flying on them, some in strips, some in star shapes, and some with pictures. The colors are also colorful, fluttering in the wind, and they look very beautiful.
Apart from the stone monument and the flagpole, the entire square was empty. But just on the edge of the square facing the stone monument, there is a gorgeous oriental-style tower with dark red walls below and a bright yellow roof above. There is also a beautiful small arch bridge in front of it, spanning an artificial water channel. However, behind the city tower is a large area of shrubs and grassland, with no corresponding palace building. Everyone speculates that this is probably the Arc de Triomphe in the East.
In addition, on the opposite side of the square, there is another larger European-style triumphal arch. The admiral took out his telescope and looked over, and found that the structure and appearance of the triumphal arch were different from the one around him. Especially on the top of the door beam was a bronze statue of a Valkyrie driving a chariot, which looked particularly majestic. (Copy of the Brandenburg Gate). Behind the door, there seems to be another equally spacious and smooth street.
Then, on the edge of the square in other directions, there are also some magnificent large buildings standing sporadically, all with tall columns and imposing facades. Some are similar to ancient Greek temples, but they are obviously different, but they all look extremely solemn. It also makes visitors feel extremely small.
Just when Admiral Anthony Van Diemen was looking left and right, feeling that his eyes were almost running out, he was suddenly stopped. Delantron's senior businessman pulled a hand and looked along the other party's instructions. He saw a tall statue standing on the top of the mountain at the end of the horizon ahead: a man with a firm and compassionate face, opening his arms as if I want to embrace the city at the foot of the mountain (Christ the Redeemer Statue in Brazil).
"...This is...Oh! God! It's Christ Jesus! It's incredible! Are these Australians also believers in the Lord?"
After recognizing the identity of this giant statue, the admiral immediately exclaimed, half-kneeling on the ground and making the sign of the cross...
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At the same time, standing on the top observation deck of the Oriental Pearl Tower (replica) by the Swan River, using high-power observation binoculars to overlook the crazy Dutch people in the square, our protagonist Wang Qiu was facing This "dream city" has a rather low rating:
"...Look! Look! How did you design the layout of the capital? Eiffel Tower? Arc de Triomphe? Brandenburg Gate? Taj Mahal?! Isn't it fun to put all kinds of tourist attractions around the world together? Really? I thought I was at Shenzhen Window of the World Theme Park!”
Looking up from behind the telescope, he couldn't help complaining to Li Wei with an embarrassed look on his face, "...Have you considered the practicality of the city?"
"...I didn't originally plan to build a Window of the World! But at that time, I was all focused on the ruins of the forged 'Song City'." A senior time traveler who has been working as a contractor in Australia for the past two years, Comrade Levi, the former paladin who once "saved" the world, complained helplessly, "...But when I look back, I have to hold my nose and clean up the mess caused by Doraemon and his four friends... …”