Chapter 100: This is a small town
"Report to the sir, five sails have appeared on the sea. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info there are still 200 meters into the firing range, whether to fire a warning. ”
A soldier of the coastal border guard, standing in front of the coastal defense battery, like Sun Yang, made a report request.
As a coastal defense force, originally the affairs here should be directly managed by the army, after all, it is docked, but at present, the army is not manpowered, and the navy has no other tasks, after the leaders of the two sides discussed and decided, the navy personnel will temporarily stand guard and patrol.
Today happens to be Sun Yang on duty, and as the duty officer, he must be in command of the shore defense battery, and he may encounter unpredictable dangers at any time.
"Don't open fire, wait for the other party to get closer, wave the flag, and ask the other party what the other party is from, but I guess it should be the arrival of the merchant ship from Batavia."
As early as before the departure of the Dutch, the left-behind personnel made a telegram to inform the mainland, and reported back the number and appearance data of the merchant ships, in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.
Elder on the Dutch galleon, worthy of an experienced old captain, waved the flag when he was about to enter the port, which roughly meant that they were carrying goods from Batavia.
After getting approval, the flag was waved here to let the other party in, but Elder had a certain understanding of the Australian coastal patrol soldiers, and the strictness of the Australians in coastal defense was not much lower than that of Batavia.
The five sailing boats docked at the port and docked side by side at the dock under the designation of the tugboat, and then Elder disembarked as the head of the fleet and communicated with the Australian coast guard.
After receiving the letter handed by the other party, Sun Yang smiled, "Welcome to Australia, Captain Elder, now you and your crew are requested to disembark and be disinfected by the staff of the health quarantine station, and then you can be allowed to enter the urban area of Chang'an Town." ”
After Sun Yang's words were finished, several people in white coats and masks walked up and invited each other to follow them.
Although Elder understood what the other party said, he could see from his eyes that there was no malice, and under the guidance of the staff, they entered a disinfection room, which had a large pool, and put some sulfur powder in the pool to disinfect, and they only needed to soak in the pool for a few minutes.
"Please," the quarantine worker said a word in Dutch, and more than a hundred crew members were ushered into the sanitizing pool, where they explained how long they had been soaked and what they had done before leaving the room.
"Captain Elder, I seem to have a feeling that something is wrong here." Nick moved his body and came to Elder Else, looking at his surroundings with a somewhat serious expression.
It was a bit different from what he had imagined, the Australians did not welcome them too much, and the shore officer handed them over directly to a group of white coats.
However, Elder is a captain with rich experience, who has sailed to many places at sea, and has a good understanding of the special etiquette and courtesy of some countries.
"Mr. Nick, this may be a courtesy for the other side to welcome us, at least in my opinion, they have no ill will, you see, there is a bathhouse and clean clothes, if they want to do anything to us, there is no need to prepare this, don't you think?"
"Maybe you're right, I'm too nervous." Nick shrugged, indicating that he was a little nervous.
After the disinfection, the staff of the health quarantine station immediately arranged for them to enter the resettlement room to rest, and told them that food would be delivered later, so that they could wait with peace of mind.
Although everything is courteous, the Australians have not relaxed their precautions against them at all, and the house where they live is guarded by soldiers who are heavily armed and armed with guns, and it seems that the Australians' defense is indeed not simple.
The meal was prepared in advance, so it was delivered quickly, there was fish and meat, as well as bread and rice, all in all it was very hearty, and the meal was the most delicious meal Nick and the others had ever had.
After eating and drinking, Elder proposed to meet the person in charge of the Australian side, which was an order placed by Lin Wendong before, and Lao Lin was not in Chang'an now, so the matter fell to Wu Zhengdao.
As a super handyman and the head of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Wu Zhengdao asked someone to send a carriage, and then Elder went to the official Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.
"Mr. Elder, this is Chang'an Town, although the city is not large, but the living environment is indeed quite a matter." The guy in charge of the reception warmly introduced Chang'an Town.
Although Chang'an Town is not big, there is only one main road at present, but the buildings and houses are indeed very distinctive, and the surrounding environment is very environmentally friendly, green trees, flowers and plants are planted on both sides of the street, and most importantly, the street is very clean, which is simply too much for Elder to like, this kind of cleanliness, even in the famous big cities in Europe, there is no such thing.
"It's a really beautiful place, I love it so much that I don't know if I can visit it."
In fact, Elder made this request to Nick in advance, so he didn't mention it at this time.
"Of course, after you finish handling the business, the Chang'an Town Government will send a special escort to take you to visit this town."
Australians are very honest and don't hide anything, this is Nick's first feeling after hearing the words, what does this feeling mean, it shows that Australians are very confident, very confident in their own strength, but this is good, at least you can see some of Australia's virtual reality.
Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, built on the outskirts of Chang'an Town, five kilometers away from the main city, is located in the northwest of a small Hubian, there are mountains and rivers, antique architectural style buildings and pavilions, and with the Roman Revival architectural style, so that Diaoyutai State Guesthouse is not like an ordinary hotel at all, more like a palace.
"This is the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, in order to adapt to Australia's thorough foreign exchanges, the government specially built this town, and built this hotel to receive foreign guests."
The guy introduced himself to Elder again, and the other party was already attracted by the splendid, tiled floor, which was simply beautiful, looking at his own reflection on the white floor tiles, Elder only felt that the Australians were a little extravagant, this was not their king's palace, but a living room used to receive foreign affairs personnel.
The tyrant-like Australian old man does not seem to be short of money, otherwise he would not have built such a luxurious place.
Wu Zhengdao was already standing at the door at this time to greet you: "Welcome, Captain Elder, I am the person in charge of this meeting, Wu Zhengdao, Minister of Foreign Trade of Australia. ”