Chapter 886: Agnes's Travels (I)
It's late at night, Agnes can't sleep for a long time, today is the first day she came to Tokyo City, although she only saw a corner of this great capital along the way, but it has made her extremely excited, especially today she also met a good friend, that is, Zhao Jia's sister Zhao Sixin, this bold girl takes care of her very much, and she is also very interested in her experience of sailing all the way from Europe to the Great Song Dynasty, the two have been chatting until midnight before resting, and now she lives in the wing room in the courtyard of Sixin.
Thinking about the experience of today's day, whether it was the novelty of the train or the majesty of the city of Tokyo, Agnes felt extremely excited, and there was no trace of sleepiness in her mind, and finally she simply got up and lit a candle, and then took out her beloved diary, and began to record everything she had seen today.
Agnes didn't have the habit of writing a diary before, but later met Dong Zhong, the teacher, and slowly developed such a habit, because Dong Zhong was not only a reader, but also an excellent navigator.
On the twenty-first day of the fifth year of the Great Song Dynasty, today is the first day I entered the city of Tokyo, when I was on the ship, I saw a steamship that did not need sails but was extremely fast, and then I personally took a train driven by a steam engine, although the speed of the train is not as fast as a galloping horse, but as long as there is enough fuel and water, and the machine is not a problem, it can continue to run, which is far from being comparable to horses......
Agnes was lying on the bedside writing a diary, thinking about what she had seen and heard today, and her lips couldn't help but show a little smile, especially when she thought of the process of taking herself to visit the Yue Wang's Mansion after the banquet today. It made her feel very warm, because she could feel that Sixin really regarded her as a friend, rather than as a woman brought back by Zhao Jia like others, and this feeling made her feel very comfortable.
But as she wrote this, she saw Agnes tilt her head and think for a moment. Then he continued: In addition to Si Xin, I also met some other friends, most of them are sisters, such as the eldest sister Si Yue, and the naughty and cute sister Si Yu, and there is also a special girl, her name is Yang Yan, who didn't seem to be very friendly to me at first, but I heard Si Xin say. She's Childe's future wife, so she guesses she's eating my jealousy, right?
When she wrote the last sentence above, Agnes suddenly stopped there and couldn't write anymore, because she suddenly thought of her relationship with Zhao Jia, originally she was just a little slave girl bought by Zhao Jia from human traffickers, and life and death were all controlled by the other party, but Zhao Jia didn't do anything out of the ordinary to herself, but just asked some questions about Europe. And then I treat myself like a friend, and when I think about it. Agnes felt a warm current rise in her chest, and she couldn't understand why her cheeks were feverish.
Are we really just friends? Agnes suddenly lowered her head and wrote this sentence heavily in the diary, her big eyes flickered a few times, but her face turned even redder all of a sudden, and finally she suddenly covered her head with the quilt. Rolling left and right on the bed.
After a night's rest, Zhao Jia got up energetically, and then started the morning training as usual. Later, after entering the military academy, he had to train more rigorously every day, so the training every morning was almost rain or shine, and in addition to running, there were also weightlifting and boxing exercises, which was definitely not less than his training in the academy.
Waited until Zhao Jia put down the stone lock, his body was already sweating, and then went back to the room to take a hot shower, and then changed his clothes and had breakfast, but his breakfast was not finished, Sixin broke in with Agnes, and then clamored for him to take them to the city to play, now it is almost the New Year, and the city of Tokyo is more lively, this morning Agnes has heard Sixin mention some interesting places in Tokyo City, and she can't wait to experience it for herself now.
Zhao Jia hasn't walked around Tokyo for a long time, so she naturally readily agreed to her sister and Agnes's request, and then the three of them went out after a while, and they didn't say hello to the family, after all, they are not young, especially Zhao Jia is already an adult, and she has a lot of freedom at home.
The current Yue Wang's Mansion is actually the original Yue Wang Courtyard by the Bianhe River, this Courtyard was bought by Cao Ying to change Feng Shui, but not long after she bought it, she was really pregnant with Zhao Jia, which also made Cao Ying like it very much, so she expanded the courtyard and became the current Yue Wang's Mansion.
Originally, this new Yue Wangfu is not outside the city wall of Tokyo City, strictly speaking, it belongs to the eastern suburbs of Tokyo City, but in recent years, as the Great Song Dynasty has become more and more powerful, Tokyo City has become more and more prosperous, and the population is more than one million, so the city has long been unable to live so many people, so the scale of the capital has been expanding outward, plus the Bianhe River is the main river of Tokyo City, and both sides of the river are more suitable for living, so the current Yue Wangfu has been surrounded by houses and shops, and the prosperity is no worse than that in the city.
"Big brother, where are we going to play first?" As soon as Si Xin came out of the mansion, she immediately looked like a bird out of the cage, when she was at home, her mother Yan Yuru could still discipline her, but after leaving the mansion, no one dared to care about her anymore, and the gentlemen in the capital saw her and walked around the road, in fact, she had long been tired of the capital, but today there was Agnes, a new friend, so she was so excited.
"Agnes, do you have any places you'd like to go?" Zhao Jia turned to Agnes at this time and asked, he had also told Agnes a lot of things related to Tokyo City along the way, so she might have a special place to go.
"This ......" Agni heard Zhao Jia ask herself, and her mind immediately flashed several particularly famous attractions in Tokyo City, such as the lively Daxiangguo Temple, and the world-famous Gewu Academy, etc., but she especially wanted to go to these places, and she couldn't make up her mind for a while.
"Huh? What kind of monster is that floating in the sky? At this moment, Agnes suddenly saw something floating in the sky, and exclaimed in surprise.
Zhao Jia and Sixin turned their heads to look when they heard this, but they saw a hot air balloon floating in the air, with a rui beast unicorn painted on it, no wonder Agnes didn't know it, and the sharp-eyed Zhao Jia could also see that there were still people riding in the hanging basket under the hot air balloon. Originally, the hot air balloon was originally a military material, but later after the efforts of the Taoist Gate can finally be civilian, so in front of the Taoist Temple Gate in the capital, there are often hot air balloons for people to ride, many people who come to the capital for the first time like to take the hot air balloon, because this can overlook the whole city, and even the palace can be in full view.
Seeing the hot air balloon, Zhao Jia immediately smiled and said: "Agnes, the hot air balloon I told you, didn't you say that you want to take a hot air balloon, let's go to the hot air balloon now to see the whole picture of Tokyo City?" ”
"Ahh Really, is it really possible to ride in a hot air balloon now? Agnes was shocked again when she heard Zhao Jia's words, she knew that Zhao Jia's father, that is, His Royal Highness the King of Yue who she had seen yesterday, had invented a hot air balloon that could fly into the sky, but in her opinion, the hot air balloon must be very precious, and it is usually difficult to see, but she never expected the hot air balloon to float above her head.
"Of course you can, hot air balloons are not a big thing, in the past, the hot air balloons in front of the Taoist temple had to charge money, but now they are all free!" Si Xin also smiled at this time, and then took Agnes' hand and ran to the hot air balloon, there is a Taoist temple a few miles north of the palace, and Si Xin used to run to play in a hot air balloon.
Watching Si Xin pull Agnes and run to the Taoist temple, Zhao Jia also smiled helplessly, her sister is good at everything, but her temperament is too much like her third aunt, how can she marry someone after going on like this?
At the moment, Zhao Jia also hurriedly followed, and the three of them came to the hot air balloon in front of the Taoist temple gate, when the hot air balloon first appeared, it immediately caused a storm in the capital, and countless people lined up in front of the Taoist temple to wait for the hot air balloon, and the Taoist gate took the opportunity to preach the Tao to these people, and the result really attracted them a lot of Protestants, but since the hot air balloon slowly became popular, the merchants in the capital also began to imitate, so the hot air balloon slowly became more and more, and waited until the heat went down, Only some first-time visitors to the capital would be interested in riding a hot air balloon for a few laps, so there are not many people in front of the hot air balloon in front of this Taoist temple.
It is precisely because of this that it was soon Zhao Jia's turn to get on the hot air balloon, as the hot air balloon slowly rose into the air, Agnes overcame the initial fear, and soon became excited, and when they rose to the highest place, that is, after the rope pulling the hot air balloon below was exhausted, the scenery of the entire Tokyo city was in full view, which also made Agnes shocked for a while, unable to speak, because she found that the scale of Tokyo City was more magnificent than she imagined.
"Agnes, look, there is the palace, and there is the most lively Daxiangguo Temple in the city, there are many jugglers from all over the world performing there, let's go and see if it's okay!" Si Xin jumped to her feet to help Agnes introduce her, looking at her little face flushed, like a child showing off a new toy to a new friend.
Agnes followed Si Xin's fingers, and sure enough, she saw two magnificent buildings, which were the Imperial Palace and the Great Xiangguo Temple, and there were many other buildings in the city, although they could not be compared with the first two, but they were also extraordinary, especially the streets in the city were all black and pressed heads, which made her big blue eyes also show a look of fascination. (To be continued.) )