Chapter 343

Is Paris beautiful during the day?

It's so beautiful!

There are parks everywhere, blue skies and white clouds, clear skies, and a comfortable life. Old European-style architecture。。。。。。

A hundred years ago, when Han literati such as Zhu Ziqing and Xu Zhimo arrived in Paris, they were shocked and unwanted: At that time, people were dying of hunger in China every year, and people with lofty ideals were still looking everywhere for a way out of the fate and future of the country and the nation.

In fact, in Paris you can hardly see bare land, either cement asphalt pavement, or lawn covering. There is a strong artistic and cultural atmosphere.

It's definitely a good choice to go on a trip to open your eyes.

But to live here?

Yang Meng will not hesitate to choose 'no'!

I'm used to the life of the Han Kingdom, and it's really uncomfortable to be here.

For example, the infrastructure in Paris is really imperfect, the buildings are old, and there is no way to rectify here, after all, it is necessary to preserve the ancient architectural culture.

In fact, in addition to the high housing prices, most of the daily necessities in the Han Kingdom are very cheap, after all, the Han Kingdom is a big manufacturing country and an agricultural country. In addition to the high price of housing, Paris is also expensive for daily necessities.

Let's talk about rent, huh。。。。。。 Except for those who have a mine at home or those who come to Paris to study in a container with money, nine out of ten young people under the age of 30 who come to Paris to work hard choose to share a house.

The rent of an old-fashioned apartment in the city starts at 1,500 euros, and the deposit, material fees, property fees, and occupancy fees add up to 2,000 euros a month!

The high price of housing also explains the popularity of Paris, which attracts more than 20 million tourists every year, and many people from other places come to live here. This leads to another situation: chaos.

There is a saying that if you don't meet thieves and swindlers in Paris, you don't count in Paris.

A few years ago, when the vice-state leader of the Han State visited Paris, he was robbed by someone while he was still in the car。。。。。。

This is still the leader! The chances of ordinary people being robbed over there can be imagined.

Especially in recent years, people from Africa, the Middle East and other places have poured into Paris, and now Paris has a new name 'Paris Stan', and law and order has deteriorated further.

Of course, don't say that the police are inactive because of this, in fact you can see police patrols everywhere in Paris, but the police can't help it.

First of all, the laws of Gaul are a bit strange and old-fashioned, like those crooks and thieves who do not carry things and do not apply violence, they will generally go away, and they are unusually tolerant of juvenile crimes! But if you are stolen and find out that the thieves have injured them in self-defense, you will be caught by the police------ because you have used violence!

In addition, the Paris police do not dare to enforce the law harshly, and if they enforce the law a little strictly, they will be hyped up into issues such as race and human rights, so I feel that the police in Paris are not catching thieves and liars at all, but models who show off their bodies and faces。。。。。。

Maybe it's because of her looks? Anyway, Yang Meng is not so unlucky to encounter a robbery here, but scammers can be seen everywhere in Paris.

For example, Di Wei became interested in a liar.

"Master, isn't this giving people money?" he said to Yang Meng as he looked at a few people on the street.

After hearing this, Yang Meng looked at Di Wei like an idiot: "I said Di Wei, have you never been to any township market or anything like that in your life? You don't even know such a scam? This kind of scam is all left over from our ancestors hundreds of years ago!" Have you heard of the 'ghost hand'?"

Di Wei shook his head.

Yang Meng sighed: "You really have to walk around and see more, otherwise people will die!"

This scam is actually as Yang Meng said: it is the leftover of our ancestors, and it is rare to see people deceived by means in China, but in Paris? Yang Meng has not yet arrived at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, and has encountered at least ten waves of people who use methods to cheat money!

The scam is really simple: just take three cups and one ball, buckle the ball in the cup and transfer the three cups in one pass, leaving you to guess which cup the ball is in in the end.

Di Wei said: "I see a lot of people who win money!"

Yang Meng rolled her eyes: "Don't you know that there is a 'nursery' for such a thing?

Di Wei pointed to a cup and said, "I can see it clearly, it must be in the middle cup." ”

At this time, someone bet money in this cup, and the person who opened the village opened the cup and the ball was really inside, Di Wei looked proud: "I said, what do I do? Doctor!

Yang Meng shook his head and turned around and left: "Di Wei, don't say that you are my apprentice in the future." ”

"Why?" Di Wei hurriedly took two steps to keep up with Yang Meng, confused.

Yang Meng said: "I'm afraid of being embarrassed." Look at your young man's good spirit, why are you so stupid?"

"What do you mean?" Di Wei asked, puzzled.

Yang Meng explained: "Do you really think the ball is still in that cup? Let me tell you what's going on, you look at it and put it in the cup, in fact, the ball is in his hand for the first time." And your gaze is on that cup and not on his hand, so you will naturally be misled by him. Those who are good can even hide walnuts in their hands, and those who are not good can use soft balls that can be crumpled into a ball. He let the ball go in whichever cup, the ball is in which cup! Such scams are almost extinct in the cities of China, but I didn't expect that there are so many more in Paris. ”

Di Wei blinked after hearing this: "Does it have something to do with the area we came from?"

When they came, Pan Peiyu told them that in fact, whether the law and order of 'Parisstan' is good or not is also sub-regional. Thieves and scammers like the like are generally concentrated in tourist attractions, and there are piles of thieves and scammers near the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, and the Eiffel Tower. The 5-7 arrondissements and parts of the 13th arrondissements, as well as the 15th arrondissements and 16th arrondissements, are actually very safe. In addition, places with a lot of tourists, such as districts 1, 2, 4, 8, and 9, are actually just thieves and scammers, and there are not many cases of robbery and the like.

After all, the economic contribution of tourism to Gaul is obvious to all, and it is okay to have something in the tourist area, so don't make a big deal. So even though the shops are closed at night, it's not really boring, and it's not uncommon to see people playing the piano along the Seine.

But the 'Sacré-Coeur Basilica' they are going to now is not in those safe places, but in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.

Some arrondissements of Paris are very insecure, such as the 10th, 19th, and 20th arrondissements are the best places not to go, such as the Gare de l'Eeste and Gare du Nord in Paris, which are all in the 10th arrondissement, while the 19th and 20th arrondissements are the northeastern arrondissements of 'Little Paris' (that is, the downtown area of Paris), which belongs to the 'arrondissements that you should never go to if you have nothing to do'.

There are a lot of people living in the Middle East and North Africa in these two regions. It basically belongs to the 'three-regardless zone'. About fifteen years ago, the Paris police arrested two young men from the Middle East who had committed a crime, which led to a nationwide riot that spread throughout Gaul.

Since then, the 19th and 20th arrondissements have become places that Parisians do not want to visit, and these two arrondissements border the 93 departments, which are the most criticized in the entire Greater Paris region, which further deteriorates the law and order here.

The 'Sacred Heart Cathedral' where Yang Meng and the others went is located in the 18th district, adjacent to the 10th and 19th districts. Although it is also a tourist area, the police patrolling the streets can tell that it is different from the tourist areas in the city center------ where the patrol is full of armed gendarmes.

But this is not bad, the 'Sacré-Coeur Basilica' still receives countless tourists every year, and in the town of Saint-Denis in the north of the 18th arrondissement, there is a 'Saint-Denis Cathedral' that is no less important in size and artistic value than the 'Sacré-Coeur' Basilica, and as a result, because it is located in the 93rd province of the poor security, so no one dares to go there, although the two churches are only a few hours apart, but the number of visitors to the Saint-Denis Cathedral every year is less than one-twentieth of the Sacré-Coeur Basilica。。。。。。

Although Yang Meng does not believe in the cross, he really wants to see the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, which is located in Montmartre, the highest place in Petite Paris, where you can see the entire city of Paris. And the famous 'Moulin Rouge' is also here.

When you come to Paris, of course, you have to see the 'Cancan', which is famous for its thigh-lifting, and of course, you have to go to the 'Moulin Rouge'. The Moulin Rouge is located near the White Square at the foot of Montmartre, which is now the more famous 'red light district' in Paris, of course, Parisians don't think so, they say it's the 'art district'.

Well, Yang Meng won't tell others, this is the real purpose of his visit to the Sacred Heart Cathedral, why do you look at the church during the day and go to see the Cancan dance at night?

How could someone as upright as Yang Meng be interested in those dancing girls with heavy makeup and bright thighs who were wearing gorgeous feathered metal costumes and would raise their thighs?

That's what he said to the people, and whether the people believed it or not was another matter.

Outside the subway station is a bustling pedestrian business district, lined with shops and stalls in the middle of the road, many of whom are selling second-hand clothes.

The Gauls are obsessed with second-hand goods, there are countless second-hand markets, what second-hand furniture, clothing and electrical appliances are available, whether it is to save money or because of liking, Yang Meng does not know.

Yang Meng was still shopping, and a violent quarrel attracted Yang Meng. One of them repeated the words beginning with 'F' over and over again, and then simply began to curse in his own Chinese dialect.

Huh?

Yang Meng and Di Wei followed the sound and grinned directly: ", Zhang Fatty, how can I see you here?"