Chapter 45: The Faces of Vladivostok (II)

No matter how disappointed the traversers of the Far Eastern Company were, with the addition of government forces, the pace of construction in Vladivostok was indeed greatly accelerated.

Before the arrival of government forces, the Far Eastern Company had built a simple power system in Vladivostok, with street lighting on the main roads, but nothing more. Not only is the construction of the telephone network far away, and communication between the various settlements is basically based on a small number of field radio stations), but even the daily household electricity of each house cannot be guaranteed, and many people do not even have an electrical socket in their homes except for electric lights.

However, relying on the engineering units specially allocated by the central authorities and the equipment and equipment that were openly supplied, as well as the help of Doraemon's various magical props, in just two or three days, the dispatching machines, control stations, switchboards, and even computer billing equipment that make up a city telephone system were installed one after another. Telephone lines pulled by trucks are piled up, just waiting for the traversers to use them themselves when they need them.

There are also hot water bottles, antibiotics, thermometers, antipyretic tablets, and purified water tablets that Vladivostok Far East Company cannot produce on a large scale at the moment...... and other seemingly inconspicuous gadgets, the government has also generously allocated a lot of them, in order to effectively improve the living standards of these traversers who have taken root in the Great Northern Wilderness - to reiterate, the government organized this crossing, from the very beginning, not to come here to grab land, but more like to help the poor.

At the same time, simple workshops composed of pieces of steel structure color steel tiles have also been established close to the port. This simple factory building is simply made of steel frames and steel tiles, so the construction speed is very fast. In the modern world, such shabby factories are usually only used for menial work such as ore screening, wood processing, or as a temporary storage place for raw materials. However, in the late Ming Dynasty, where the whaling and fishing industries were developed, the Vladivostok crossing base could be used as a seafood processing center, allowing fishermen who docked at the port to process their harvests nearby.

Such a hot and vigorous construction scene, and the novel buildings that grow faster than the crops, made the natives of this time and space living in Vladivostok, whether it be Liaodong, Koreans, Japanese, or the tribesmen around Vladivostok, all stunned and shocked. Although they had already learned about the various actions of the Far East Company before, they had seen the scale and half of the modern industrial civilization, and knew that these "short-haired pirates" had invincible force and the ability to reach the sky. But in terms of the efficiency of transforming the old world, the power of the state and corporations is still incomparable.

However, for others who are like arrows, this qiē that happened in time and space at the end of the Ming Dynasty has nothing to do with them.

-- As soon as the agreement between the government and the Far East Company was reached, the naval officers and men, the Marine Corps frogmen, and the government agents who had previously infiltrated the time and space of the late Ming Dynasty on the miniature spy submarine and were finally coerced by the Far East Company embarked on their own ways of returning home with different feelings.

Giving the jars and jars in the cellar to the neighbors, packing up a few pieces of luggage, and the government agent Zhou Billy, who was lost in time and space because of the submarine tracking the ships of the Far East Company, finally looked around the hut where he had lived for more than half a year, and couldn't help but let out a nostalgic sigh.

Unknowingly, after living for most of the year, Zhou Billy actually had some feelings for this small house that is very rustic by modern standards.

-- Although the "hostage" Zhou Billy was put under house arrest by the armed personnel of the Far East Company in the first time after the appearance of the PLA Marine Corps, it took less than 10 hours to complete the fight and end the prison because of the comprehensive compromise of the Far East Company.

In general, he did not suffer any crime at all during such a short period of house arrest, and Kazuko, who stayed at home, did not even know anything about it - when Zhou Billy used to work for the Far Eastern Company, he often suddenly had something to do on a business trip, or worked overtime until late to come back......

And, when he was released from the confinement cell, Billy Chow got another unprecedented piece of good news: he could now return to his original world.

-- When they learned of this, several former submarine sailors who were under house arrest were so excited that they lost their minds, and some even had heart attacks in a moment of excitement...... Thanks to the fact that someone immediately sent a quick-acting heart-saving pill, he didn't die at the door of the confinement room on the spot......

But the strange thing is that when he packed his luggage, he didn't feel much of the joy of breaking free from the cage, but a little reluctant.

Anyway, in this seemingly humble place, there is also a life memory that I am afraid will be unforgettable for him

Shaking his head melancholy, Billy Zhou picked up his digital camera again, took a few photos of the hut as a souvenir, and then turned around with his suitcase, and saw that the newly dressed Wako was waving to him with an excited smile on her face, and her bright eyes were shining:

“…… Now, Ana, is my new dress pretty? With a pleasant smile, she said to Billy Zhou.

-- At this time, Kazuko did not wear the simple and bloated home clothes, but changed into a colorful and gorgeous silk kimono, with two golden hollow hairpins inserted on her head, and two strings of jingling pendants, which made a light sound like wind chimes with her footsteps.

In order to resist the bitter cold of winter, she wrapped a fluffy snow-white mink shawl around her neck, just like the dress of modern Japanese women at the coming-of-age ceremony, and with that innocent smile from the heart, it looks particularly fresh and moving.

To be honest, Kazuko, who is obviously still an elementary school student, not only has a flat chest that can skate, but her appearance is not very beautiful, at most she can only say that her appearance is quite good, and she can't compare with many trendy girls who have soaked in Shibuya and Kabukicho in Tokyo before.

However, unlike those modern women who are keen on enjoyment, since following Billy Zhou, Kazuko has put her heart on this man. As long as she can eat a full meal, she will happily do housework every day, serve Zhou Billy meticulously, consciously and voluntarily strive to develop hygiene habits and improve cooking skills, even if Zhou Billy is occasionally in a bad mood and reprimands her angrily, Kazuko will only listen with her head down and tears in her eyes, and even kneel down to ask for guilt, never daring to say a word...... It's completely a "Yamato Nadeshiko" style that has long been extinct in modern Japan

-- Billy Zhou, a government agent who has been in the dust of the metropolis of modern Japan for a long time, knows very well that any woman he has ever met in the modern world will never be as easily satisfied as Kazuko in front of him, let alone serve him wholeheartedly like this young wife of Lori......

Therefore, he began to gradually understand why those time-travelers of the Far Eastern Company had to run away to another time and space so much to forget their lives and deaths.

In the same way, after learning that he could return to the modern world, Billy Zhou's first thought was to bring Kazuko back anyway and continue this warm little family in modern times. Even he knew that this would inevitably cause him huge problems – Chinese citizenship and green cards have always been one of the most difficult in the world to apply for. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, except for a very small number of international friends who have made particularly great contributions, few people have successfully applied for citizenship...... Even if it is a Chinese green card, the Ministry of Public Security never issues more than 1,000 legal green cards every year.

However, since this matter has alarmed the central government, it may be possible to do something special...... He thought as optimistically as he could.

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“…… Yes, today's Wako is very cute," shaking his head, Billy Zhou temporarily drove those complicated thoughts out of his mind, and then smiled and touched the cute little head of his Lori wife, "...... Have you said goodbye to your neighbors? ”

“…… Well, I just said hello to those uncles and aunts who often take care of us. ”

As soon as he mentioned the fact that he was about to leave, the expression on Kazuko's immature little face couldn't help but be a little depressed, and at the same time, she looked around the small courtyard where she had lived for more than half a year with infinite nostalgia, "...... Ana, are we really going to leave this place and never come back? Will life be better on that side of your hometown than it is here? I'm feeling a little scared......" she said with a glutinous voice, grabbing Billy Chow's sleeve.

“…… Hey, what's there to be reluctant to give up in such a broken place? I have a small villa over there, so you can wait to go over and enjoy the blessings."

Billy Zhou smiled and reached out to rub her hair, while looking at her neck with pity as she wore only a string of stained glass necklaces, "...... Alas, you've been with me for more than half a year, and you haven't let you live a good life. I'm going to take you over there and have some fun."

“…… Huh? I feel so happy. Can you still say bad about the current days? I couldn't have imagined living like this before."

Kazuko, who has just turned fourteen years old this year, but is already a wife, stared at a pair of round eyes in disbelief, and said to her man in a strange way - this is not a kind word, she is really very satisfied with her life in Vladivostok for the past six months: although the house she lives in is not big, it is much better than the thatched house in her old Japanese hometown, and as for the glass windows on the wall, even the mansion of the samurai lord may not be able to afford it.

The food and clothes in Vladivostok were even more extravagant than even dreamed of in his hometown: in the Japanese countryside in those years, even the low-ranking samurai with dozens of stone fiefdoms could not eat white rice all the time, and from time to time they had to rely on miscellaneous grains and wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger, let alone wear silk clothes. As for the homes of ordinary peasants, they often can't even afford straw sandals and clogs, men, women and children have to walk barefoot, and there are even big girls who can't afford to wear clothes and can only work in the fields with bare buttocks...... Kazuko got her first pair of shoes in her life, and she wore them in a quarantine camp in Vladivostok.

Of course, the winter in Vladivostok is indeed colder than Kazuko's hometown in Japan, but being able to wear fluffy fur, live in an airtight house, and eat a mouth full of oily whale meat and sea fish makes Kazuko feel much warmer than in the past when she was hungry and huddled in a leaky grass hut.

In short, since following Billy Zhou, Kazuko has always been satisfied with this family, and at the same time she has done her best. For this little girl who has had enough of the hard days of hunger and cold in her hometown in Japan, it is her greatest hope to serve her man satisfactorily and let such a good life without worrying about food and clothing go on forever. Of course, it would be better if you had a child...... It's a pity that my stomach is not angry, and I haven't conceived it until now.

Therefore, when he learned that he was about to say goodbye to this small family full of happy memories and follow his man to an unknown place, Kazuko's heart was naturally very panicked - although his own man said his hometown so well, but what it was, Kazuko had not only never seen it, but had not even heard of it. No matter how much Billy Zhou comforted, she was still very worried about whether she could eat enough over there, whether she would have a decent house to live in, and whether she could live a rich life as well catered as Vladivostok......

“…… That's because you haven't seen a really good day, or maybe not many people in the whole world here have seen it with their own eyes. ”

Looking at this innocent little girl who threw herself wholeheartedly, Billy Zhou, a former playboy, couldn't help blushing a little, and finally had to sigh, take Kazuko into his arms, and babble, "...... When I get there, I'll take you to see the night view of the Bund, and then invite you to Shanghai City God's Temple to eat authentic crab shell yellow and pork ribs rice cakes, and then go to Pizza Hut for pizza - although the Far East Company gang can make some simple Western-style pastries, they just can't bake decent pizza, and I haven't tasted it here for almost a year, and I feel really missed......"

-- A few hours later, standing on the banks of the Huangpu River at night, looking at the brilliant night scene of the Bund in Shanghai, which is as bright as day, and the Pudong buildings that look like a heavenly palace under the special lighting effects...... From the seventeenth century, the Japanese Lori Kazuko set off a storm in her heart for a while, and the depths of her eyes were instantly filled with countless complex feelings, and her whole body trembled uncontrollably, and she was deeply shocked again......

However, not every traveler who is lost in another time and space can return so warm and comfortable - those Far East group traversers who have changed their minds are not enough, submarine sailors and marines frogmen who fell at the same time as Zhou Billy, although some of them are singles, but there are also many people who have already established families in the modern world, and they have wives and children who originally thought that there would be no day of return, so they found a woman here to take care of their lives, who knew that they had stayed in the late Ming Dynasty for less than a year, The journey home through time and space has been opened again?

Oh my God, are you playing with me?

In this case, what should these guys who are tantamount to bigamy guilty of? Can their little income afford to support the "little three"?

In desperation, these former PLA soldiers who chose to go home had to be a deceitful and emotional loser, gave up their dewy marriage in the seventeenth century, and quietly left with their tails between their legs, completely ignoring the fact that there was a woman waiting for them in a certain hut......

In short, next to the space-time gate that stands on the commercial square in Vladivostok, there are both loyal lovers who return hand in hand, and negative people who sneak away...... In addition, there are people who linger outside the door for a long time because of a certain kind of homesickness, and they dare not take that step.