Chapter 1514: Manipulator (4)
Its invention also led to the rapid development of the design and manufacture of photographic lenses. ”
"It's easy to analyze from here. In 1888, George Ismen and his Ismen Kodak Company in the United States produced a new type of photosensitive material, a soft, windable "film". This is a leap forward for photosensitive materials. In the same year, Kodak invented the world's first portable box-mounted camera for film. I flicked my finger at the surface of the photo: "Well, this photo should be taken by one kind of portable box camera." The camera was manufactured no more than 1898. Because after 1898, this kind of camera was largely eliminated due to the impact of new portable cameras. So this photograph should have been taken between 1890 and 1898 for eight years. ”
Shi Yueying and Ms. Shi listened to my explanation and admired it.
"Little Kiki, you're still so knowledgeable. Worthy of my man! Shi Yueying's eyes were full of little stars.
Ms. Shi said: "Even if you know the age of the photo, why does it have so much magic, and why does it swallow Niuniu according to the picture drawn by it." My girl, where the hell is it. Can you tell from this photo? ”
"I can't see it, but I can guess a little." I groaned slightly, and then said, "The photo really reflects the moment when the shutter was pressed." Instead of speculating about why Niuniu was swallowed by the photo, let's investigate where the ancient town in the photo is. Maybe in the ancient town of the photo, we can find Niuniu's whereabouts. ”
"You mean, the photo travels through time and space, like any door in Tinker Bell, teleporting Niuniu from the space of Gangneung City Pedestrian Street to the space of the ancient town in the photo?" Shi Yueying blinked her eyes, Bing Xue was smart, she completely understood what I meant.
"How is this possible!" Ms. Shi suddenly scoffed: "This is so possible that there is such a ridiculous thing!" ”
"Niuniu's disappearance, you saw it with your own eyes. Sister-in-law, do you think there is any other explanation? I asked rhetorically. Although I was shocked by such a ridiculous conclusion, I accepted it without surprisingness. On the contrary, it was Shi Yueying, maybe because of the answer I said, she believed it without doubt. Her trust in herself once again refreshed my favorability.
Ms. Shi's tongue was knotted, and she still shook her head with an incredulous expression. But deep down, she obviously believed my reasoning.
"But Xiao Qiqi, can you find the location of the ancient town based on just a photo?" Shi Yueying was a little anxious: "After all, there are too many ancient towns in western Sichuan with the same appearance in this world." Niu Niu has been missing for more than ten hours. In the afternoon in the mural, she is clearly in danger in the coffin shop. If I don't find out her whereabouts, I'm afraid I'll ......."
Speaking of this, she and Ms. Shi shivered at the same time.
I didn't answer, and looked at the picture again. After a long time, he said: "Actually, the location of the ancient town may not be difficult to find. Since the photograph was taken more than 120 years ago, there is a good chance that the photographer is a Westerner. Because until the early zero years of the last century, there were few Kodak cameras in the whole country, and even if there were, they were mostly distributed in concessions such as Shanghai, Hong Kong and Macau. Although portable cameras are said to be portable, they are actually very difficult to carry due to the large use of wooden materials. ”
I pointed to the photo and continued: "But the ancient town in the photo is obviously in the style of western Sichuan, so there is a question. More than 100 years ago, there were no trains in western Sichuan, and the Qinling Mountains were even more impassable by land because of the warlords. Then you can only go by water. ”
The waterway was the only passage into the western Sichuan Plain at that time. Float on the Yangtze River for more than 10 days via Shanghai to Chongqing, and then transfer from Chongqing to Chengdu by land. The journey was bumpy and arduous, and few people were able to reach it with a wooden portable camera. In particular, during the eight-year period of 1890 and 1898, Sichuan was even more chaotic. I looked down and thought for a moment: "But, if anything, there is a Dutchman who has succeeded." ”
"Dutch? Is he famous? Shi Yueying asked.
"It's not famous, it's hard to find his name even in a broad sense of history." I replied.
"And how did you know he existed?" The girl became curious.
"I don't know." I pointed to my head: "It seems that my amnesia is very incomplete, all the memories of myself have disappeared, and I can't remember it at all." But I know the intellectual stuff very well. As long as a certain aspect of information is needed, that knowledge will automatically float to the cerebral cortex. ”
"Your amnesia is really convenient." Shi Yueying didn't know what she thought of, and suddenly became depressed.
"Okay, don't pursue my amnesia. I'll take the time to go back and deal with this myself, and my niece's safety will be a priority. My voice paused, and my heart fluctuated. I snorted even more coldly in my heart, and my amnesia was most likely artificial. Whoever made me amnesiac and what the purpose was. I'm going to get revenge a thousand times over. Do you really think you're a broken eggplant, can you handle it at will?
"The Dutchman's name was Anderson Joy, and he aspired to be a naturalist from an early age. But what he is really remembered for is his photography. This guy took 30,000 photos in his lifetime, documenting many backward folk customs and dirty living environments in China, Africa, India, and Latin America. Moreover, in 1895, Anderson Joy happened to enter the western Sichuan Plain. Nine times out of ten, this photo of the town is the work of this guy. ”
"The West Sichuan Plain is so big, even if you know the author of the photo, can you still know the exact address of the ancient town?" Ms. Shi asked anxiously.
"Absolutely. Anderson Joy only spent a little more than ten days in Kawanishi in total. In more than ten days, he has been to the farthest place away from Chengdu, which is an ancient town called the Case. ”
Before my words fell, I heard Ms. Shi repeat the name of the ancient town in a panic: "The wreckage? Are you sure the name of that ancient town is called the wreck? ”
Just by looking at her expression and high-pitched voice, I knew I had found it. Niuniu's disappearance really doesn't have much to do with herself. Perhaps the real problem is still with Ms. Shi's family. Ms. Shi knows the ancient town of the case, could it be that the weird photo is really aimed at her and Niuniu?
It's weird, one is an ordinary mature wife.
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