The ferry docked.

When they got off the boat, Lin Ying and Eliza were helped off the boat by Chen Guan. Beauty, it is natural to be served by handsome guys.

After Chen Guan got off the boat, he went to buy three tickets, and then led Lin Ying and Eliza to follow a tour group into the Statue of Liberty scenic spot.

When I came, the bus ticket and the ferry ticket were bought by Chen Guan, and now it is the ticket bought by Chen Guan, which is a bit of a surprise for Eliza, an Italian girl with strong self-care ability, and Lin Ying, a Taiwanese girl. Especially Eliza, who is used to the AA system, Chen Guan does this, and she can't accept it. Therefore, when Chen Guan went to queue up to buy tickets, Eliza looked straight at Chen Guan's back with a pair of blue eyes, and whispered to Lin Ying from time to time.

When Chen Guan came back with the ticket, Lin Ying and Eliza took out the money to give it to Chen Guan, saying that they would pay their own bills, and Chen Guan could not be allowed to pay the money alone.

Chen Guan is a simple person, and the AA system is not fashionable in China, and when he saw that the two girls wanted to give him money, he smiled and said that meeting was fate, and he was in for a treat!

Chen Guan didn't know, just this little thing made the Italian beauty Eliza have a good impression of him, and felt that he was different from the European and American men he knew, he didn't engage in AA with women, and he had a chivalrous demeanor.

Lin Ying, too. Taiwan is a part of China, and what is advocated is also traditional culture, Chen Guan's style fell into Lin Ying's eyes, that is manly demeanor, loyalty, kindness, and responsibility!

Lin Ying and Eliza, who followed Chen Guan into the Statue of Liberty scenic spot, held hands, and both cast their beautiful eyes on Chen Guan's back, kept whispering a few words, and kept bursting into a burst of chuckles.

This tour is a French tour, both men and women are yellow-haired, blue-eyed, high-nosed, white-skinned. The tour guide was an Asian woman, not tall, fair-skinned, looking very capable, holding a small tourist speaker, constantly introducing in English.

It is easy to communicate in European and American languages, and it seems that these French tourists understand English.

Seeing Chen Guan and the three of them following the tour group, the female tour guide didn't say anything to drive them away, and they looked relatively kind.

If they were to be replaced by white or black tour guides in the United States, they would definitely stop introducing them and come up to Chen Guan to ask them for tips. There's no way, the United States is the rule, if you enjoy other people's services, you have to pay!

I heard the female tour guide explain: "Ladies and gentlemen, this magnificent and elegant statue in front of us is the symbol of the United States - the Statue of Liberty. In case you didn't know, the Statue of Liberty came from beautiful France and was a gift from France to the United States in 1886 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of American independence in honor of the U.S.-French alliance during the American Revolution. The Statue of Liberty was designed by the famous French sculptor Auguste ? Bartholdi designed and manufactured the zuò in Paris, which took more than 10 years to complete, was completed in May 1884, packed and shipped to New York in June 1885, and inaugurated in October 1886 by the then President of the United States, Cleveland. Now, 110 years later, the Statue of Liberty has become a symbol of the United States and a World Heritage Site. You can taste the deep friendship forged by the US-France alliance during the Revolutionary War, and witness the friendship and unity between the United States and France today! ”

This tour guide is telling the truth, but more catering to tour groups of French tourists.

Sure enough, the tourists were excited, kissing again, stretching out their fingers to make victory poses, and constantly busy taking pictures.

Eliza was also excited, waving her hand and kissing at the same time, and at the end, she was busy posing for Lin Ying to take a picture of her.

The two girls were busy taking pictures, and Chen Guan had nothing to do, so he could only stay aside and watch the two beauties pose in various poses to take pictures.

Lin Ying saw that Chen Guan was empty-handed and did not bring a camera, so she called him over to take pictures.

Eliza also kept shouting "Xiao Chen" in an awkward pronunciation, and gave him a flying kiss and asked him to go over to take a group photo.

Chen Guan didn't plan to leave a photo in the United States at all, where would he go, so he shook his head and shouted "NO" and refused.

Eliza didn't understand why Chen Guan was reluctant to take pictures, and she looked puzzled, so she had to shrug her shoulders and make a decent American apologetic gesture.

After a while, the female guide blew the assembly whistle and began to speak again with a loudspeaker.

The female tour guide said that first look at the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, which is a 46-meter-high reinforced concrete pedestal, designed by the famous Joseph? Pulitzer raised $100,000 to build it. On the pedestal, the granite pedestal of the Statue of Liberty is a large hall that has now been converted into the Museum of American Immigration History, which houses a movie screening room dedicated to films reflecting the lives of early American immigrants. On the granite pedestal, the American poetess Emma ? Nasa Lochi's popular poem "The New Giant":

"Let those who are exhausted and penniless from the long journey because they want to breathe the air of freedom snuggle up to each other and throw themselves into my arms. I stood at the golden gate, holding aloft the lamp of freedom. ”

This tour guide should have been working for a long time, and he should tell the story eloquently, with clear layers and no order.

Lin Ying and Eliza didn't seem to know much about the Statue of Liberty, and one of them took Chen Guan by the arm and stood among the tourists, listening with relish.

Just listen to the guide continue: "The statue of Lady Liberty standing in front of everyone, 46 meters high, 93 meters plus pedestal, weighs 225 tons, and is cast in metal. The steel bracket inside the bronze statue was built by architect Villebo Duke and later built by the French engineer Gustave of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Designed by Eiffel zuò. The whole bronze statue is made of 120 tons of steel as the skeleton and 80 tons of copper sheets as the skin, which is assembled and fixed on the bracket with 300,000 rivets. ”

The tourists let out another low exclamation!

The tour guide told everyone that the Statue of Liberty can not only be viewed from the outside, but also has a spiral staircase inside to climb its head. You can enter from the bottom, take the elevator to the top of the pedestal, and climb up the spiral staircase to the top of the avatar for a view of New York.

After saying this, the tour guide explained: "Everyone looks up now, and with my fingers looking up, the Lady Liberty in front of us, dressed in ancient Greek style clothing, wearing a radiant crown on her head, holding a torch symbolizing freedom in her right hand, and holding the Declaration of Independence engraved on July 4, 1776 in her left hand, under her feet are broken handcuffs, shackles and chains, symbolizing freedom and breaking free from the constraints of ****." The seven spiked rays on the crown symbolize the seven continents of the world. Among them, the Statue of Liberty is waist width 10. 6 meters, 91 centimeters wide with a mouth, and the right hand holds the torch symbolizing freedom for 12 years. At 8 meters, 12 people can stand on the edge of the torch. From afar, the Statue of Liberty is like an ancient Greek beauty, kind and natural, leading us to fight for freedom, democracy and equality! ”

The guide's hand is still pointing upwards, saying that the inscription carved on the Statue of Liberty is the Jewish poetess Emma? Lazarus's sonnet "The New Giant":

"It's not like a bronze statue of Greece

Have the arms to conquer territory

You stand majestically at the gate of the red glow and falling waves

Hold aloft the lamp and spray a thin light

Your name for condensing the streamer-

Mother of the Vault Dweller

Illuminate the vastness of the land

Gaze at the long bridge harbor sprinkled with gentleness

"Hold on to your ancient and vain land and feats!" She shouted

Trembling silent lips: Put you,

The laborious, poor and lowly outcasts

The yearning to breathe freely was ruthlessly abandoned

The miserable groaning that crowded on the other side

The horror of the storm and the tumbling of the wind

Give it all to me!

I hold aloft the golden gate with a lamp!"

Chen Guan listened with great interest, and felt that the level of this tour guide was very high, the words were round, full of affection, and he was also familiar with allusions, and he was obviously well-trained.

Introduced here, the basic knowledge of the Statue of Liberty has been finished, Chen Guan raised his legs to ask, and listened to the tour guide sell the pass, saying that the blueprint of this Statue of Liberty is the Statue of Liberty in the Luxembourg Gardens in France, the appearance design of the goddess comes from the sculptor's mother, and the right hand of the goddess holding the torch is based on the arm of the sculptor's wife.

This is also true, and it is especially intimate to the ears of these French tourists.

The sensationalism was fanned to this, and the female tour guide thought that her explanation was not in place, so she asked the tourists if they knew why the Statue of Liberty in New York was more famous than the Statue of Liberty in the Jardin du Luxembourg in France?

Naturally, the tourists shook their heads and waited to hear the explanation.

The female tour guide said that the reason why this Statue of Liberty has become a symbol of the United States, in addition to the accident of freedom, democracy and equality, is related to the fact that she stands on the route in and out of New York Harbor, New York is the largest seaport in the United States, from the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean, when the sea ships sail into New York Bay, because of the curvature of the sea, the first thing the crew sees is not the skyscrapers of New York, but the Statue of Liberty holding the torch high, looking ahead, and with a beautiful posture. Especially at night, the torch held by Lady Liberty is illuminated and serves as a lighthouse to guide the course. When seafarers see Lady Liberty, they feel like they have arrived in New York and plunged into the arms of the golden-covered United States, and naturally they see the Statue of Liberty as a symbol of the United States.

This is also true, and it is a very true truth!

Chen Guan stopped listening, quietly broke free of Lin Ying and Eliza's hands, went to the bottom of the Statue of Liberty alone, first went to see the movie being shown, and then took the elevator up to the top of the pedestal, and climbed up the spiral staircase.

Because the design plan of the big Buddha statue in Wulongyu Scenic Area has the content of climbing the head of the Buddha from the inside of the Buddha to view the scenery, Chen Guan looked very carefully.

Chen Guan counted clearly, the spiral staircase inside the goddess, no more, no less, a full 171 steps, just reached the crown at the top of the Statue of Liberty. In addition, there are some rest seats set up every three spiral stairs for tourists who cannot reach the summit in one breath. The crown can accommodate 40 people at a time, and there are 25 small iron windows around it, each about 1 meter high. Looking out from the window, you can see the high-rise buildings on Manhattan Island, known as the "Steel Babylon", to the east. To the south, New York Bay stretches as far as the eye can see, with sparkling boats and shadows; To the north, the Hudson River stretches into the distance. From the crown to the right, you can climb to the base of the torch at the height of the statue's right arm, where 12 people can look out of the window.

After looking around, when I returned to the crown from the bottom of the torch, I met Lin Ying and Eliza again.

Lin Ying and Eliza, who have devil bodies and angel faces, have no beauty demeanor at this time, they are tired and messy, and they are sitting on a rest and panting!

Seeing Chen Guan, Eliza beckoned and called him over.

If Chen Guan ignored it at this time and left categorically, it would be a big deal to be scolded by Lin Ying and Eliza, and it would be harmless. After all, they met in Pingshui, and there was not much connection. However, Chen Guan was kind-hearted, thinking that the two girls came from Canada, and they were not familiar with the place, so they could help. Especially Lin Ying is still a Taiwanese compatriot, so she should help more!

Chen looked at the past.

The crown can only accommodate 40 people to visit, the space is narrow, after Chen Guan walked over, in order not to affect other tourists, he could only sit next to the two beauties.

After resting for a while, the two girls' bodies recovered, and they began to pull Chen Guan, compare the map, watch the scenery through the window, and point from time to time, asking Chen Guan to introduce them to what the attractions in the distance are.

Chen Guan is a public security officer, and it is common sense to familiarize himself with geography before going anywhere. I came to New York for two months, and although I couldn't go out to visit, I saw the map very well. In addition, he is familiar with American history, and he is really indiscriminate, and he acted as a tour guide in front of two beauties and introduced them one by one.

As a result, Chen Guan had to accompany the two girls and climbed to the bottom of the torch again.

When they came down from the Statue of Liberty, the legs of the two girls were weak and trembling, and Chen Guan became a coolie again, leading their hands down the stairs step by step.

When I left the Statue of Liberty and sat on the ferry, it was getting late, and night was enveloping the four fields. The torch held high by the Statue of Liberty is brightly lit, and the spotlights on the pedestal are all turned on, shining on the Statue of Liberty, illuminating the Statue of Liberty like a pale blue jade carving beauty, like a dream, extraordinarily beautiful.

Chen Guan thought to himself that freedom, democracy and equality are the ideals and dreams pursued by all kind-hearted people. It is a pity that there are many bad people, evil people, and greedy people in this world, who always want to rule and enslave others with their own will, desires, and power, and trample on the ideals and dreams of freedom, democracy, and equality into fantasies and fantasies. Not to mention those dictatorial countries, not to mention those countries that are still in the midst of war, take the United States, which claims to be a free world, have they really achieved freedom, democracy and equality? Fart! I am afraid that without the United States acting as the world's policeman everywhere, promoting its own civilization, fanning the flames everywhere, maintaining the hegemony of the dollar, and hitting whoever it wants, I am afraid that the world would be a little quieter.

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Guan smiled dumbly, feeling that he was thinking too extremely. Although the United States is not good or bad, the agreement signed by the homeless people on the Mayflower was to pursue democracy, freedom and equality, the American War of Independence was also a rebellion against the oppression of the British colonists, the Civil War also ended the history of the slave trade, and the system of separation of powers was also effective. It seems that no matter what country or any nation, the desire to pursue freedom, democracy and equality is the same, but freedom, democracy and equality can only be obtained by bloodshed and sacrifice. Take China as an example, without the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, without the sacrifice of so many martyrs, where would there be such a situation today?

was thinking about it stupidly, and Chen Guan felt that his hand was held by a warm little hand again. Looking up, Lin Ying and Eliza stood beside him again, one left and one right, and their two small hands held their hands at the same time.