Chapter Twenty-Nine: What a Style of World Is This!
"Xiao Gui, why don't we go straight to the gate, but walk around the middle circle?"
Zhou Daoan, who was going to go out, was "not familiar at all" with his home, thanks to Xiao Gui leading the way, but at the moment, Xiao Gui did not take him to the gate outside the courtyard, but walked around the corridor, which made Zhou Daoan a little strange.
"Young Master Ange'er, you really forgot everything!" Xiao Guitou led the way, shaking his head and explaining, "We live in a 'Huizi Building', of course we have to walk around and go down to the first floor!" ”
"Back to the word building? What is that? "Zhou Daoan can only be a curious baby.
"Uh...... Otherwise, Master An'er, you will familiarize yourself with your family with me first-I see that you have been in this fairy world, and the world is unfamiliar! Xiao Gui felt that he really couldn't explain such basic knowledge as Huizilou, so it was better to take the young master around, seeing is believing, and he would understand everything.
So the two adjusted their route again. It doesn't matter if you go, but Liu Siyong is amazed!
Originally, I thought that even though I was not in the ancient times of the Chinese nation, there were many similarities with the ancient times of the Chinese nation.
Now it looks like I'm underestimating another world!
Their food and clothing are very similar to those of ancient China, but the world style is not the same! Take the example where they live - this Huizi building is a building with local characteristics in Yuzhang County, but it is limited to the residence of the family. After going around in a circle, Zhou Daoan suddenly found that the so-called Huizilou was definitely not a "building" in the sense of his previous life!
The Zhoujia Hui building has three floors! The first floor was inhabited by its tenants, the second by servants (except for those who served with them), and the third by the masters themselves.
The point is, how big is this floor?
Twelve acres!
How high is each floor?
Sanzhang! (Ten meters.) In ancient times, one foot was 23.1 centimeters, and one zhang was ten feet, but the world continues to use the modern measurement of 33.3 centimeters and one foot. )
This is Katsura's answer!
A huge horizontal building the size of a luxury football field! As Zhou Daoan turned around, he found that the floor he lived on had a room, a garden, and a functional room (kitchen, toilet, etc.), which was more spacious than the villas in his previous life!
The second floor, where the servants live, is not as spacious as the master on the third floor. Although the area is the same, the part of the garden in the middle is empty, and the bird's-eye view, the perspective angle, is like a "hui" character - the same is true for the first floor. Therefore, this kind of building is called Huizilou.
But even so, this also refreshed Zhou Daoan's three views - this is definitely a super mansion, right?
Unexpectedly, Xiao Gui's next words destroyed Zhou Daoan's fantasy of being a "super rich child".
"What is this, Young Master An'er, you look to the east side...... Xiao Gui's face was full of disapproval, for the first time, he felt that the young master had not seen much of the world as himself, "Do you see that building like a mountain?" That's the six-story Huizi building of our Zhou family's main sect! ”
At this moment, they are standing on the edge of the third floor of their "building", with an extremely open view. Zhou Daoan looked in the direction of Xiao Gui's finger, only to see a behemoth towering in the distance, although it is only six floors, it is not comparable to the modern high-rise buildings with twenty or thirty floors, but its huge and spacious is absolutely incomparable to any modern building! From a distance, I don't know how big it is, but I estimate that there are three or four times the size of the building under my feet!
How did such a huge building come to be built in this era? After all, there shouldn't be any modern mechanical tools in this era, right? At least when Zhou Daoan looked down upstairs just now, there were no vehicles on the street outside the building. Modern technology is undoubtedly not prevalent in this era.
In Xiao Gui's envious and emotional introduction, Zhou Daoan learned that although the Zhou family is the largest family clan in Yuzhang, it is actually divided into "Eastern Zhou" and "Western Zhou". The Western Zhou refers to the Zhou family in the west of Yuzhang County, that is, their own home. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty is where the main lineage of the Zhou family is located, not near the east side of Yuzhang, but because it is located in the east of the Western Zhou Dynasty, it is commonly known as the "Eastern Zhou".
Earlier, the Eastern Zhou and Western Zhou were originally one week. Two hundred years ago, because the Zhou family was canonized by the royal family, one family produced two nobles, and the family was separated. It's just that after the death of the ancestors of the Western Zhou Dynasty, there were no more talents in this branch, and the people were not prosperous, and there were three generations of single transmission. In this way, the Western Zhou Dynasty could not even restore the glory of the ancestors if it caught up with the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Up to now, although the Western Zhou Dynasty left a three-story Huizi building, which is still regarded as a "family" in Yuzhang, its power is far less than that of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
Although the two families are still in contact, Zhou Daoan's previous study was also a public school invested by the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, but the same sect has different fates, and the gap between the two families has become wider and wider. If Zhou Daoan had not "lived" from the fire, then the Western Zhou Dynasty would have become history completely.
Xiao Gui quickly recounted the history of the Zhou family, and the two of them also went down from the third floor of the Hui Zi Building to the first floor. Along the way, Zhou Daoan was shocked again! Perhaps this kind of floor building is quite mature, and the layout of each floor is clear and straightforward. The most important thing is that when they went downstairs, they actually took the "elevator"!
Of course, there was no electricity and no machinery in this era. The so-called elevator is a kind of ride similar to a lift. Peculiarly, Zhou Daoan did not see any power equipment in the elevator and tunnel. After careful questioning, I learned that here, the energy is driven by an ore called "goblin". This goblin contains relatively primitive but pure energy, and the people of this world have learned to draw energy from the goblins and transform it into a source of various driving forces.
For example, when people travel, there are more "retro" horse-drawn carriages - according to Xiao Gui, because raising horses requires a large area, if it is not a huge building, it will not be equipped with stables. Therefore, the carriage is equivalent to the classic car of Zhou Daoan's previous era, which is a status symbol - the vast majority of people have to rely on something called "land walker" for long-distance travel, which is divided into two types: private and public...... Well, for the time being, understand it as private cars and buses!
In addition, there are even "flying machines" that fly in mid-air - the name is also simple and crude - these vehicles, in addition to the shape of different planes and cars, the most fundamental energy source, is taken from this "goblin".
All right! Zhou Daoan secretly understood it as an upgraded, solid-state version of oil......
Similarly, the energy source of the lifting device used in the West Zhou Huizilou is the goblin. However, it is a goblin that has been in use for nearly two hundred years, and it was installed at the beginning of the construction of this building, and it is unclear how long it will be supplied...... It seems that it is not only the solid-state version of oil, but also the properties of the battery...... In short, it's the basic energy that is common here!
Speaking of goblins, Xiao Gui said two more words - it is said that this knowledge was heard when he went to the public school with Zhou Daoan - not to mention ordinary goblins, there are special goblin mines on the mainland for people's livelihood. The so-called high-grade goblins and high-quality goblins are not taken from the underground, but from the deep sea!
It is said that there used to be a large area of land covered by the sea. There are many heavenly essences on that land. It's just that originally, I don't know how many epochs ago, the human beings on that land were abandoned by the creation gods, and they sank into the deep sea along with that continent...... This made that period of civilization disappear into history. But although the road is deep at the bottom of the sea, it still contains countless treasures. The best goblins are mined by people who go on deep-sea expeditions.
This goblin is extremely limited, and it is a luxury to use it in the daily life of the common people. However, it is said that there is a "teleportation circle" that can transport a certain amount of people and goods for thousands of miles, so it is necessary to use this superb goblin as a power.
Zhou Daoan is unfamiliar with everything in this world, and he is certainly happy to listen to these historical and folk anecdotes. It's a pity that although Xiao Gui is a scholar, he is not a particularly idealistic scholar, and he never thought of changing his fate through learning...... Therefore, he only knows a lot of knowledge.
After listening to this, Zhou Daoan was not very happy.
"So what have you learned from me for so many years?" Zhou Daoan asked.
"The preferences of those young masters in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the buildings they often visit, and the games they love to play...... What is the name of the servant who followed them, how many members of the family were, and what was the status of the master's family...... I've got you covered! Xiao Gui said shamelessly.
…… This kid is a gossip reporter!
However, Zhou Daoan did not look down on Xiao Gui because of this. On the contrary, as a planner, he understands the complexity and importance of human relationships. In the future, living in this world, it is inevitable to come into contact with the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and with such a "bag inquiry" as Xiao Gui, he is equivalent to an extra secretary.
"Xiao Gui, it's not just the Eastern Zhou family...... In fact, you have to enlarge your horizons, and the whole county, and even the whole country, can understand all the affairs of the family, which is a great knowledge. Zhou Daoan smiled and said to Xiao Gui with an encouraging tone.
"Ahh Young Master An'er, you actually think so too! Xiao Gui's face became excited, and he nodded again and again as if he had found a confidant, "Da Chun always said that I don't do my job, and you didn't say anything about it before, and you weren't interested in it...... I didn't expect you to think so in your heart! ”
Even honorifics are used......
Zhou Daoan's expression remained unchanged, "After returning from the Immortal Realm, I also feel that many of my concepts have been updated!" It seems that someone has mentioned something...... In the future, Xiao Guiruo thinks that I have changed from before, don't be surprised! ”
"Okay young master, anyway, your change now must be good! I feel like you're more relaxed than before......"
Zhou Daoan was about to be modest, and Xiao Gui himself changed his words first:
"However, young master, you have to study again...... Your knowledge is a bit too much to keep up with - you just said the whole country, but now we don't use the country to distinguish it, we all use the word 'territory' instead. For example, where our Hermes-Epitek is located, it is called the Middle Continent Han Domain...... There are six great borders in the world! ”
What kind of world is this? Although it is an ancient custom, there is a new way of science and technology, as well as a big world view......
"Well, if you have time, you can tell me this knowledge at any time. Now, let's work out first! At this time, the two had already walked to the gate of the first floor of the entire West Zhou Hui Building, and after greeting Uncle Qu who was guarding the door, Zhou Daoan had already come to the street with Xiao Gui!
The Chinese country of this world - it should be called the Han region, the streets are still in a relatively old state - bluestone pavement, loess rammed bottom. It's just that the buildings are all based on "buildings", and there are almost no flat-storey and open buildings.
People also wore old costumes, walked up and down the streets, and from time to time walked into a certain "building", some for shopping, some for food and lodging......
Zhou Daoan looked at these scenery with great interest, and his feet gradually became brisk, and he began to trot!
"Eh, eh, Young Master An'er, what are you in a hurry? We can take a landwalker...... Take a landwalker! Young master, slow down, I can't keep up......"