Great time travel

Chapter 192, The Australian Strange Records of the Dutchman

The bright sun hangs high in the middle of the cloudless sky, pouring out its passion to the earth wantonly.An 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 capital of the Chinese League, such western-style brick houses with red-roofed and white-walled buildings are everywhere.

Walking through the streets and alleys of the port area of ​​the capital of the Chinese League, the Dutch travelers headed by Admiral Anthony Van Diemen saw a civilized and clean city.Between the high and low red brick houses, rows of eucalyptus and black pine trees are neatly lined on both sides of the street. The pruned leaves sway with the wind, reflecting the sea and mountains behind - red tiles, green trees, blue sea, Aoyama seems to have a different style.

In the sea breeze with a fishy and salty smell, there are bursts of fragrance of grass and trees, which is really refreshing.

In the "Australia Pass" senior businessman fan.In the eyes of His Excellency De Lantron, it is obvious that the imperial capital of the Australians, like other Australian cities they have seen, has continued the consistent style of Australians in city management, well-organized and clean.

But the expedition leader, Admiral Anthony Van Diemen, is the first time he has actually entered an Australian city. It feels like the Venice of the East—you can see such a European-style neighborhood in the East. Made him feel obviously at home.

Of course, the Dutch on the "Magdeburg" didn't know that this was just a bad taste of a senior member of the Chinese League. He hoped to rebuild a Qingdao full of red houses in this time and space, but today's Qingdao, Shandong It was also a border stronghold in the occupied area of ​​the Terengganu Army. The Huameng headquarters refused to spend huge sums of money on construction in such a place that could become a battlefield at any time, so they had to practice their skills in a small port area at the Huameng headquarters.

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 unoccupied, and the streets were even more empty. They walked for a quarter of an hour and did not meet any pedestrians or carriages.

——Indeed, despite the large-scale immigration organized by the modern Chinese government, Australia is still quite empty today.Even this "civilized area" that has been developed is the same.Right now, the whole of Australia, including the Huameng headquarters, only has a population of 17, of which the number of modern Chinese traversers accounts for about 16, and the remaining 1 people include [-] experimentally migrated people from all walks of life. The naturalized people of the Great Union Republic, [-] female slaves of various races who were trafficked from all over the world, and [-] Australian aborigines who were arrested and used as coolies for forced labor.

And these 17 real "Australians" are 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 Jinwan in the north to Albany in the south.Just to develop the high-grade iron ore around Port Hedland requires a lot of manpower.Therefore, in the capital of Huameng, even including the farms and pastures in the suburbs, the total population is only 8.

Of course, by the standards of today's era, a population of 8 is enough to fill a large city.But the problem is, because the planned city blueprint is too grand, the area occupied by China City, the capital of the Chinese League, seems to be far beyond the limit of human imagination in this era...

All of this has led to the fact that today's capital of the Huameng is extremely sparsely populated in the eyes of travelers, and there are unoccupied and unoccupied empty houses everywhere.

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At the checkpoint on the edge of the port area, the Dutch who are curious about the city are shocked to learn that foreigners are not allowed to leave the port area without approval.Fortunately, as a diplomatic envoy, Admiral Anthony Van Diemen had the right to visit the capital with up to three entourages.

So, under the waving and watching of others, the admiral took Fan.De Lantron's senior businessman and two military officers embarked on the road of exploration.

Like the female captain Li Huamei, the Dutchman on the "Magdeburg" expedition ship also noticed the unique shape of the Ferris wheel by the sea the first time they entered the port.So after passing through the red-tiled houses in the port area, everyone went straight to the Ferris wheel immediately.

Unfortunately, after talking to the staff in the hut below the Ferris wheel, gesturing chickens and ducks, they were disappointed to learn that the Ferris wheel seemed to have been completed, but in fact it was still in progress. Finishing decoration, the paint is not dry in some places, so it cannot be opened temporarily

Next, Admiral Anthony Van Diemen noticed a huge building (Sydney Opera House) with layers of shell-shaped roofs, which looked like a palace or a church, and rushed to In the past, unexpectedly, the door was still closed, and the iron general guarded the door.Although a guy suggested that he could break the window and jump in, but in order to prevent being misunderstood as a thief, this bad idea was sternly stopped by the admiral.

After hitting two nails in a row, everyone was a little frustrated.However, the admiral was soon attracted by a huge iron tower. The hollowed-out iron tower is really eye-catching, standing tall like a giant, and the whole body is made of metal, forming a special aesthetic feeling.Standing under this iron tower, you Dutch tourists feel like little ants standing next to a person. You can only look up in shock. If you want to see its upper end, you have to try to tilt your head back. .Some people originally wanted to climb up, but they couldn't find a place to climb, so they had to give up.

Fortunately, there is so much to see and do in this miraculous city.Just below the vaulted base of the tower is an unusually wide street.The street was wider than any road Admiral Anthony van Diemen had ever seen, wide enough even for thirty carriages abreast.And the road surface is very smooth, clean, showing an amazing silver-gray, leading to the end of the horizon.

Various trees are neatly planted on both sides of the street, and there will be a flower bed every other section of the road. There are large areas of shrubs or lawns behind the street trees, so the view is very wide.Magnificent and magnificent palaces and huge temples are neatly lined up on both sides of the street, including European-style villas, East Asian-style carved beams and painted buildings, and even Arabic-style round vaults...Let’s come from Bada The Dutch soil turtles in Via saw their eyeballs almost popping out, and they all speculated whether this was the mansion where the dignitaries of the Ausong Empire lived.

According to the "Australia Pass" model.According to the senior businessman of De Lantron, after seeing the Australian colonial city in Hainan Island, he has already been extremely admiring and amazed.Now that I saw the capital of the Australians, I realized that my understanding of these people is still too shallow.

In this regard, Admiral Anthony Van Diemen deeply agreed: Facing such a great city, I simply don't know how to feel.

However, what made the admiral feel a little strange was that after walking for so long on this imposing street, he didn't see any other pedestrians except themselves.Could it be that the road built by the Australians at a huge cost is just like this?
Although they were full of doubts, they continued to walk. This street is really quite long. Everyone was exhausted after walking all the way. They sat down on the stone pier by the roadside and rested their feet four or five times before reaching this street. The end of the empty long 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 is no city wall around it, only one city gate stands there alone - the admiral faintly You know, this thing is called the Arc de Triomphe. The ancient Roman Empire liked to build this kind of decorative thing, but after the fall of the Roman Empire, European countries rarely built this kind of useless show off.

Behind the exquisite and majestic Arc de Triomphe, there is an unusually wide large square. The area of ​​this square is so wide and vast that the admiral is dizzy when he sees it. He feels that such a square alone is enough to hold The whole city of Batavia is gone!

Standing under the Arc de Triomphe, looking up and looking around, I saw a tall rectangular stone tablet standing in the center of the square, engraved with unknown words, and under the stone tablet is a base surrounded by exquisite stone railings.In front of the stele is a row of flagpoles, with all kinds of flags fluttering on them, including strips, stars, and pictures. The colors are also colorful, fluttering in the wind, looking very beautiful.

Except for the stele and the flagpole, the entire square is empty.However, on the edge of the square facing the stele, there is a gorgeous oriental-style tower with dark red walls below, bright yellow roofs above, and a beautiful small arch bridge in front of it, spanning an artificial canal.However, there are large areas of shrubs and grasslands behind the tower, and there is 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 binoculars and looked at the past, and found that the structure and appearance of the triumphal arch were different from the one around him, especially the bronze statue of the Valkyrie driving a four-horse chariot adorned on the top of the door beam, which looked particularly magnificent. (Copy of the Brandenburg Gate).Behind the door, there seems to be another street that is equally spacious and level.

Then, on the edge of the square in other directions, there are also sporadic large and magnificent buildings, all of which have tall columns and magnificent facades, some of which are similar to ancient Greek temples, but the differences are obvious, but they all look very solemn. It also makes visitors feel insignificant.

Just when Admiral Anthony Van Diemen looked around and felt that his eyes were about to run out, he was suddenly caught by Van Diemen.The senior businessman of Delantron pulled a hand, followed the instructions of the other party, and saw a tall statue standing on the top of the mountain at the end of the horizon: a man with a resolute and compassionate face, with his arms open, as if Want to hug the city at the foot of the mountain (Christ the Redeemer in Brazil).

"...This is... oh! God! It's Christ Jesus! It's incredible! Could it be that these Australians are also believers in the Lord?"

After recognizing the identity of this giant statue, the admiral immediately exclaimed, half-kneeling on the ground and crossed himself...

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At the same time, standing on the observation deck on the top floor of the Oriental Pearl Tower (replica) by the Swan River, looking down at these crazy-looking Dutch people on the square with a high-powered viewing telescope, our protagonist, Wang Qiu, is very impressed. This "dream city" has a rather low rating:

"...Look! Look! How do you design the layout of the capital? The Eiffel Tower? The Arc de Triomphe? The Brandenburg Gate? Is it? I thought I was in Shenzhen Window of the World Theme Park!"

Looking up from behind the binoculars, he couldn't help complaining to Li Wei with embarrassment, "...Have you considered the practicality of the city?"

"...I didn't intend to build a window of the world at first! But at that time, I was all focused on the fake 'Song City' ruins."

The veteran traveler who has been working as a contractor in Australia for the past two years, the former paladin comrade Li Wei who once "saved" the world, complained helplessly, "...but when I look back, I have to hold my nose and clean up the machine The mess that the cat and his four friends made..."