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After these experiences, Route 66 has gradually changed from a simple transportation route to a cultural symbol.

The Great Depression and the Black Storm filled the ugly country of the 30s with despair, but it was this suppressed despair in people's hearts that induced a peak in the art world of the ugly country.

The creation of music, theatre, painting, sculpture and even performance art has entered a new phase.

While the artists reflected social issues through their works, they also contributed to many creative innovations, such as swing music, a branch of jazz, which flourished in the 30s to meet people's spiritual needs;

The film and animation industry has also ushered in a big development, allowing people to forget about the bleak real world for a while with the help of film.

Route 66 is also given more cultural connotations by various works of art.

After the Great Depression and the Black Storm and the outbreak of World War II, Route 66 became one of the main routes for recruits from across the country to get to San Diego, California, the second largest naval base in the country and the largest military port in the Pacific.

This group of soldiers, known as the "Great Generation", has endowed this road with glory and sacrifice.

The recruits who took this path were not only whites and blacks, but also Indians who had been marginalized for a long time.

These Indians from various reservations in Oklahoma served as correspondents in the Pacific theater, using their own national language as a code, making it impossible for Neon to decipher the intelligence of the ugly country, and made a great contribution to the victory of the war.

After World War II, with the rise of tourism, many of the hideaways and spectacular scenery located in the west gradually became known, attracting many people from the east to take Route 66;

The free-spirited cowboy culture in the West, which is different from the East Coast, has also attracted young people in the East to take Route 66 as a way to pursue independence and spiritual freedom.

These people brought their way of life, their way of thinking, and their way of art to the Route 66 route, making the culture of Route 66 richer, more diverse, and more modern.

The spirit and thoughts of these young people can be seen in the works of the "Beat Generation" that were roughly contemporaneous with them in the history of literature.

For example, the masterpiece of the "Beat Generation", "On the Road", is based on the author Kerouac's own experience of driving through ugly countries.

In the '50s and '60s, there were so many young Americans like Kerouac that their favorite route across the country was Route 66.

This book of mixed acclaim also partly laid the groundwork for the hippie movement that emerged during the Vietnam War, and it also reflects the cultural labels of Route 66 at the time: rebellious, free, and unrestrained.

Angry, fantasy-obsessed young people weave their way through Route 66, bringing avant-garde, abstraction, rock and psychedelic music to the towns along the route, reinventing Route 66 as a non-mainstream cultural route.

Many literary, artistic, and musical works have also used Route 66 as inspiration, such as an early rock song "Find Some Excitement on Route 66" (the theme song of "Cars") written by the creator while traveling along the road.

The lyrics are basically a running account composed of place names along the way, and they became a sensation after their release and were covered by many people.

The Beat Generation is seen as the first postmodern subculture (i.e., niche culture) in the West, and the hippies that followed were an important counterculture movement.

Route 66 has seen them rise and thrive and return to the mainstream, and the abstract modern artworks that have survived along the route are their legacy for future generations.

After the large-scale development of the U.S. interstate highway system, which was dominated by highways, Highway 66 gradually declined in terms of transportation, and was officially removed from the road system in 1985.

But the fame it has accumulated over several major events has always flourished, attracting people from all over the world who yearn for it.

As a result, in several states it passed, special organizations were set up to protect the road, which had been abandoned by the authorities.

Lai Yaoyang plans to follow the example of Route 66 and set up a Highway 1 Development Committee to revitalize Highway 1 and make this north-south artery a fashionable and historic highway.

The committee was formed, the development team was formed, and a succession of good news was born, giving a thriving scene to the new residents of Atlantic City.

With the implementation of road development projects, a large number of work needs have also given the people hope for life.

Sweeping away the decadence of its past, Atlantic City is beginning to show its vitality.

Next to the Corniche Avenue, the 'Deep Blue Building' is rising from the ground, and the progress is very fast, and it is estimated that it will be completed in another year.

The completion of the 'Deep Blue Building' will also become a pearl standing on the east coast of the ugly country.

On the other hand, all kinds of shops are competing to open, forming a bustling commercial area, and every day after work, it is full of people, a lively urban scene.

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Jack, a handsome New Yorker with beautiful blonde hair and a dream of gold rushing, stepped on the train to Yukon.

After arriving at Dawson City, he felt that he had come to the wrong place, it was so cold that before he could go down to the river to pan for gold, he was frozen by the low temperature and had a high fever.

I met another unreliable roommate, a strong man named Britt, who has a burly body like a polar bear, coupled with a thick leather coat, and his body is worth two Jacks.

The two met on the way to Dawson, one a rookie and the other an old fritter, a combination that is not uncommon in Dawson or the entire Klondike area.

Britt is 40 years old this year and has a 10-year gold mining history, not to mention how much net worth he makes, his income of 10,000 dollars a year can still be stable, which is quite considerable.

Of course, for this reason, he also fell ill, and in winter, there was no pain from head to toe.

He wanted to go to the hospital for radical treatment, but judging from the current medical conditions, a radical cure is unlikely, and he can only rely on drugs and alcohol to suppress the pain.

However, for Britt, the latter is the cure for everything, soaking in the cold Klondike River, after a long time, you will feel that your toes are not your own, and only a sip of strong wine can warm the blood in his body.

But alcohol is the same as TV, at first I thought 10 inches was fresh enough, but the more I looked at it, the bigger it became, 20 inches, 30 inches, 40 inches, and then 100 inches was not too big.

It's the same with wine, when you don't have it, you feel refreshed when you drink beer, and as your tolerance increases, the more you drink, the more you drink, the more intense the whiskey you need, and he needs more intense wine to warm his blood.

At this time, the appearance of oak vodka, like an angel descending, like the sun shining on the earth.

Looking at Jack, who was lying on the bed and sleepy, Britt sat next to him and smiled evilly:

"Boy, this body still wants to make money? Hurry up and go home to find your mother to drink milk~"

"F**kyou, I want to make money, this time it was an accident, when I'm ready, I will definitely be able to catch a lot of gold!" Jack said indignantly.

"Come on, stop struggling, when you're ready, the gold rush season is over."

"Damn, are you all right? Why stay in the house all day and drink. ”

"Nonsense, just after winter, the river can freeze your toes, and now going to pan for gold is tantamount to looking for death."

"But I see a lot of people are leaving."

"Who can organize a group of people who are looking for death!" Britt said sarcastically.

"Well, what are you drinking? This bottle is so beautiful. ”

"You don't know? It's a gold digger's must-have – oak vodka, the same distillery as Bison whiskey, and it's expensive. ”

"Expensive?"

"Of course, this is the water of life, and it is incredibly expensive."

"Uh~ Can I taste it?" Jack struggled, he thought he needed motivation so he could get better faster!

"No, do you know how expensive this wine is? $100 a bottle, wait until you dig up gold and buy it yourself. ”

Jack was taken aback:

"So expensive?"

"Well, but it's worth the money, and my body will be warmed up immediately after a sip, and if this wine had been born a few years earlier, I would have been able to dig up more gold."

Jack's eyes began to glow, staring at the wine bottle and swallowing unconsciously:

"Let me take a sip, it's a big deal to wait until I earn money to buy wine, let you take two sips."

Britt hesitated:

"Do you mean what you say?"

"Of course, I swear by my future wife."

"Damn, I knew you weren't reliable."

"Give me a sip, just a sip!"

Britt is pestered:

"Damn, just one bite, just one bite, I'll pour it for you."

This guy is very stingy, and he really gave a mouthful.

Jack rolled his eyes, but he didn't talk nonsense, he couldn't wait to take a bite of his stomach, the whole person was excited, his facial features wrinkled together, how painful it was.

Is this drinking? That's it with drinking poison.

Britt looked displeased, and scolded and said:

"I know that you kid doesn't know how to taste wine, it's a pity to give you a drink, no, you have to pay me back three sips."

"Ahem~ Damn, I just choked, this wine is really strong!" Jack said as he coughed, his eyes red.

"Hmph~ Anyway, it's just three mouthfuls, okay, you owe me."

"Okay, if you owe you, give me another mouthful, and I will pay you back 6 mouthfuls."

"Not as bargaining as you do."

Through various confrontations, the two killed a whole bottle of oak vodka, and drunkenly hugged each other to complain, and they didn't know where they could complain so much.

I don't know if it's because of the alcohol, or if I'm not feeling good in the first place, Britt has a bold idea:

"Why don't we sell liquor too? There is still a lot of market in the Yukon, and we have every chance, which is safer than digging for gold. ”

Jack was stunned for a long time:

"Selling alcohol? Do you know where to get alcohol? ”

"Eh~ Let me think about it, by the way, they said that this wine was sent by a group of Chinese, or we robbed the wine?"

Jack was so frightened that he bounced off the ground, completely unrecognizable in his sick state:

"Robbery? You are crazy? ”

Britt muttered discontentedly:

"I think it's crazy to have no money, who cares about that? And it's just a group of Chinese, and if you rob it, you will rob it. ”

"No, no, it's crazy, I'm not going, I'll be laughed at if it gets out."

"If you don't have money, you'll be ridiculed, man, I'm serious, let's do a big deal, as long as we rob this batch of goods, we will get rich."

Jack shook his head and muttered no, but his expectation of money was hard to hide.

"Damn, don't hesitate, I'll go out and inquire about the situation, you wait here."

Britt said he would do it, and rushed out of the room without waiting for Jack to stop him, not knowing where to ask.

About two hours later, he came back with a frosty body, and his eyes were full of excitement:

"I inquired, sure enough, it was a group of Chinese to deliver the goods, we were lucky, a week later, there were new goods, this batch of 500 boxes, a full 3,000 bottles of wine, oh my God, what a lot of money!"

Jack's breathing became rapid:

"3,000 bottles? Are you not mistaken? ”

"Damn, of course not, a box of 6 bottles, it can't be wrong!"

"OMG, 3,000 bottles, if calculated according to the selling price of 100 dollars, that is 300,000? Oh, my God! "Jack forgot to be afraid, and his mind was full of rich people with beautiful knives.

"Hey~300,000, that's right, we can retire early with this vote."

Jack struggled for a moment and nodded fiercely:

"That's right, as long as this vote is done, no one will know that we did it."

"Man, you finally get it, it's good, it's not too late."

Jack is still a relatively cautious character:

"Is it enough for just the two of us? Besides, we don't have guns. ”

"Eh~ Two people shouldn't be enough, do you want to call a few more? But then..."

"Earning less is more important than being safe!"

"It's not unreasonable, okay, I'll go find a few acquaintances, get a few more guns by the way, you're in charge of making a plan of action, is there a problem?"

"No problem!"

Xiao Qi walked on the mountain road with the escort team, no one spoke, and everyone was moving forward with their loads.

The journey to Klondike was too arduous, with only 30,000 to 40,000 people reaching the fabled mine due to the steep terrain and cold climate.

Because of the way deposits are distributed, mining is challenging and fortuitous, and even experienced gold diggers tend to miss, and permafrost slows excavations.

As a result, some miners choose to buy and sell their debts and raise huge sums of money to lease them to others.

Although some people made a fortune and became rich, most of them rejoiced, and some of the gold prospectors who had arrived with great difficulty found that there were few opportunities, and many left disappointed, and in the end, only about 4,000 people had found gold.

On the one hand, the richest gold diggers spend their days in casinos and bars, and the cancan, in which girls sway from side to side with skirts and kick forward, has been popular since that era.

But on the other hand, high prices, deadly epidemics, and sudden fires have made Dawson a nightmare for some.

The indigenous people were particularly devastated by the gold rush, many of whom had to leave their homeland and migrate to other areas due to the surge in gold prospectors.

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