Chapter 192: The Dutchman's Persona in Australia (II)

The bright sun hung high in the middle of the cloudless sky, pouring its enthusiasm into the earth. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info The unknown river flows slowly, and rows of red-roofed and white-walled brick houses are reflected in the clear water—Western-style brick houses with red roofs and white walls are everywhere in the port area of the capital of the Chinese League.

Walk through the streets and alleys of the port district of the capital of the Chinese League, with Anthony? Fan? Dutch travelers, led by Admiral Dimmen, saw a civilized and clean city. Rows of eucalyptus and black pine trees line the streets between the red brick houses, and the pruned leaves sway in the wind, reflecting the sea and mountains behind them—red tiles, green trees, blue seas, and green hills.

The salty sea breeze is mixed with the fragrance of plants and trees, which is really refreshing.

In the "Australia Pass" senior businessman Fan. In the eyes of Lord Drantlon, it was clear that the capital of the Australian empire, like any other Australian city they had ever seen, continued the Australian style of city management, which was well organized and clean.

But expedition leader Anthony? Fan? Admiral Dimen, but it was the first time to really walk into the Australian city, and it felt like the Venice of the East - seeing such a clearly European-style neighborhood in the East made him obviously feel at home.

Of course, these Dutchmen on the "Magdeburg" did not know that this was just the bad taste of a certain high-ranking personnel of the Huameng, who hoped to rebuild a Qingdao full of red houses in this time and space, but now Qingdao, Shandong Province is still the border stronghold of the Dengzhou Army's occupation area, and the Huameng headquarters refused to spend huge sums of money on construction in such a place that could become a battlefield at any time, so they had to get a small port area at the Huameng headquarters to practice.

However, in the eyes of the Dutch, this neighborhood is neat and clean and beautiful in appearance, but it is a little too deserted. Most of the houses were apparently uninhabited, and the streets were even more empty, and they walked for a full quarter of an hour without encountering any pedestrians or carriages.

It is true that, despite the great migration organized by the modern Chinese government, Australia today is still quite empty. This is true even in this "civilized area" that has been developed. At present, the population of the whole of Australia, including the headquarters of the Chinese League, is only 170,000, of which the number of modern Chinese travelers accounts for about 160,000, and the remaining about 10,000 people include 3,000 naturalized citizens of the major union republics who have migrated over the experiment, 5,000 female slaves of various ethnic groups who have been trafficked from all over the world, and 2,000 Australian aborigines who have been captured and used as forced labor.

And these 170,000 real "Australians" are now not gathered in Chinatown, the capital of the Chinese League, but scattered in more than a dozen colonial strongholds on the entire west coast of Australia from Derby Harbour in the north to Albany in the south. The development of high-grade iron ore in the Port Hedland area alone requires a lot of manpower. Therefore, in the capital of the Chinese League, even if you count the farms and ranches in the suburbs, the total population is only 80,000.

Of course, by today's standards, 80,000 people is enough to fill a large city. But the problem is that because the planned urban blueprint is too grand, the area of China City, the capital of the Huameng, seems to be far beyond the limits of human imagination in this era......

As a result, today's capital of Huameng seems unusually sparsely populated to travelers, full of uninhabited vacant houses.

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At the checkpoint on the edge of the port area, the Dutch, who were curious about the city, were shocked to learn that foreigners were not allowed to leave the port area without permission. Fortunately, as a diplomatic envoy, Anthony? Fan? Admiral Dimen had the right to enter the capital with an entourage of up to three people.

So, with the wave of the others, the admiral took Fan. The senior merchant of the Transtron and two officers set out on the path of discovery.

Like the female captain Li Huamei, the Dutch on the expedition ship "Magdeburg" also noticed the unique Ferris wheel by the sea as soon as they entered the port. So after passing through the red tile houses in the port area, everyone went straight to the Ferris wheel as soon as possible.

Unfortunately, after gesturing with the staff in the hut under the Ferris wheel, they were disappointed to learn that the Ferris wheel seemed to have been completed, but in fact it was still in the process of finishing touches, and the paint had not dried in some places, so it could not be opened for the time being

And then, Anthony? Fan? Admiral Dimon noticed a huge building (the Sydney Opera House) with layers of shell-shaped roofs, which resembled both a palace and possibly a church, and rushed over, but the door was still closed, and the Iron General kept the door. Although one guy suggested that he could break the window and jump in, the admiral shouted at the bad idea to prevent being mistaken for a thief.

After hitting two nails in a row, everyone was a little frustrated. However, the admiral was soon attracted by a huge iron tower, which was so striking that it stood like a giant, and its whole body was made of metal, forming a special beauty. Standing at the bottom of the tower, the Dutch travelers felt like little ants standing beside a person, and they could only look up in shock, and if they wanted to see its upper end, they had to try to tilt their heads back. Some people wanted to climb up, but they couldn't find a place to climb, so they had to give up.

Thankfully, there's plenty to see in this amazing city. Just below the tower's arched base is an unusually wide street. This street than Anthony? Fan? Admiral Dimmen had ever seen a wider road, even large enough to accommodate thirty wagons side by side. And the road surface is very smooth and clean, with an amazing silver-gray color, all the way to the end of the horizon.

The streets are lined with trees of all kinds, with flower beds at intervals and large shrubs or lawns behind the street trees. Magnificent palaces and sprawling temples line the streets, ranging from European-style villas to East Asian-style carved beams and even Arabian-style domes...... The Dutch turtles from Batavia were about to pop out when they saw it, and they all wondered if this was the mansion where the dignitaries of the Australian and Song Empires lived.

According to the "Australia Pass" model. According to the senior businessman of Transtron, after seeing the colonial cities of the Australians on Hainan Island, he was already extremely appreciative and amazed. Now that I see the capital of Australians, I realize that my understanding of these people is still too shallow.

To this, Anthony? Fan? Admiral Dimmen agreed: in the face of such a great city, I simply did not know how to feel.

However, it was strange to the admiral that after walking for so long on this imposing street, they did not see any pedestrians but themselves. Could it be that the road that the Australians built at great cost is like this?

Despite their doubts, they continued on the street, which was so long that everyone was exhausted, and sat down on the stone pier by the side of the road four or five times before they reached the end of the long empty street.

At the end of the long street was a huge gate made of pure white stone, decorated with many beautiful reliefs, but there were no walls around it, only one gate stood alone - the admiral vaguely knew that this thing was called a triumphal arch, and the ancient Roman Empire was very fond of building such decorative things, but after the fall of the Roman Empire, European countries rarely built such useless show-offs.

Behind the exquisite and magnificent Arc de Triomphe was a large and unusually wide square, which covered an area so wide and vast that the admiral was dizzy to see it, and felt that such a square alone was enough to fit the entire city of Batavia!

Standing under the triumphal arch, I looked around and saw a tall rectangular stone monument in the center of the square, engraved with an unknown text, and a pedestal surrounded by a fine stone railing. In front of the stele is a row of flagpoles, on which all kinds of flags are fluttering, some are striped, some are star-shaped, and some are with pictures, and the colors are also colorful, hunting and waving in the wind, which looks very beautiful.

Except for the stele and flagpole, the whole square was empty. But just at the edge of the square, directly opposite the stele, there is an ornate castle tower in the Oriental style, with dark red walls below, bright yellow roofs above, and beautiful small arched bridges in front of it, spanning an artificial aqueduct. However, behind the castle tower is a large area of shrubs and grass, and there is no corresponding palace building, and everyone speculates that this is probably the triumphal arch of the east.

In addition, on the opposite side of the square, there is another even more massive European-style triumphal arch. The admiral took out his binoculars and looked into the past, and found that the structure and appearance of the triumphal arch were different from the one next to him, especially the bronze statue of the Valkyrie driving the horse chariot on the top of the door beam, which was particularly magnificent (a replica of the Brandenburg Gate). Behind the door, there seems to be another imposing street that is equally spacious and smooth.

Then, on the edge of the square in other directions, there are also some magnificent large buildings, all with tall columns and imposing facades, some similar to ancient Greek temples, but with obvious differences, but they all look extremely solemn and make visitors feel incomparably small.

Just in Anthony? Fan? Admiral Dimon looked left and right, and when he felt that his eyes were about to run out, he was suddenly fanned. The senior merchant of Transtron pulled a hand, followed the instructions of the other party, and saw a tall statue standing on the top of the hill at the end of the horizon ahead: a man with a resolute and compassionate face was opening his arms, as if he wanted to embrace the city at the foot of the mountain (the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Brazil).

“…… This is...... Oh! My God! It is Christ Jesus! It's incredible! Could it be that these Australians are also believers in the Lord? ”

After recognizing the identity of the giant statue, the admiral immediately exclaimed in surprise and half-knelt on the ground and drew a cross......

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At the same time, standing on the top floor of the Oriental Pearl Tower (replica) on the bank of the Swan River, looking down on the Dutch people in the square with a high-powered viewing telescope, our protagonist Wang Qiu has a low evaluation of this "dream city":

“…… And voila! And voila! How did you come up with the layout of the capital? The Eiffel Tower? Triumphal arch? Brandenburg Gate? Taj mahal?!! Wouldn't it be fun to put together all the different tourist attractions in the world? I thought I was at Shenzhen Window of the World Theme Park! ”

Looking up from behind the telescope, he couldn't help but complain to Levi with a look of embarrassment, "...... Have you ever considered the practicality of the city? ”

“…… I didn't plan to get a window on the world! But at that time, they were all focused on the ruins of forging 'Song City'. ”

Comrade Levy, a veteran traveler who has been working as a contractor in Australia for the past two years, and a former paladin who has "saved" the world, said helplessly, "...... As a result, when I turned around, I had to pinch my nose to clean up the mess made by the robot cat and his four friends......"