Chapter XXIX: The Amazon River
After Lu Yuan took his family to the island, he first arranged a residence for everyone, and then took his family to visit the facilities on the island.
While there are many more areas under construction on the island, the best of them are of course the gardens located in the south of the island.
This garden was completely designed and built by a domestic construction company, but it was not in the style of the Ming and Qing dynasties, but in the style of the Han and Tang dynasties.
Because in Lu Yuan's opinion, the style of the Ming and Qing dynasties is too delicate and too small, and the weather of the Han and Tang dynasties is atmospheric enough. It is enough to represent the culture of Zhuxia.
Lu Yuan's family left the villa area and took these two battle shield bulletproof vehicles to the garden construction office.
"Mr. Lu, you're here!" Liu Shuanglin, the general manager of the garden construction company, stood up and greeted him with a smile.
When Lu Yuan's family entered the room, the secretary had already made tea.
Lu Yuan took the tea and took a sip. Then he smiled and said to Liu Shuanglin: "Mr. Liu, how is the garden being built now, and how long will it take to put it into use?"
Liu Shuanglin said: "Mr. Lu rest assured, now the big construction has been basically completed, and it is guaranteed to be put into use within two months!"
At this time, Lu Yuan found that his parents were a little uncomfortable sitting, so he said to Liu Shuanglin: "Can Mr. Liu take us first?"
Liu Shuanglin hurriedly asked the secretary to bring a few hard helmets, "Everyone, please follow me!"
Lu Yuan supported his father, Lu Tian supported his mother, and a group of five people followed Liu Shuanglin out of the garden engineering construction office.
"The garden land covers an area of 200 acres, mainly with reference to the Han Dynasty Shanglin Garden for design and construction, but unfortunately because of the area, there will still be some gaps with the Han and Tang Dynasty gardens, but it is definitely more atmospheric than the Ming and Qing Dynasty gardens!"
"Mom and Dad, how are you feeling?"
"Ah far, it's too wasteful and extravagant for just a few of us to build such a big garden!"
"Mom, little brother, this is also for the good of you two elders, with such a big garden, it feels no different from in China!"
"Xiaoyuan, Dad knows that you have money now, but you also have to save some flowers, you haven't taken a daughter-in-law yet! Mom and Dad, don't care too much, you should hurry up and find one, you are in your thirties, and you are still drifting like this, your mother and I are very worried!"
Lu Yuan said: "Mom and Dad, don't worry about this, when it's time to look for it, I'll look for it, let's take a look at the garden first!"
Liu Shuanglin took the initiative to cooperate and introduced to the second elder: "Our garden is divided into four districts, and the western area is mainly dominated by mountains and forests, and there will be a small zoo behind according to the plan." ”
"There are mountains and rivers in the northern area, and the main imitation is the Kunming pool landscape in the Han Dynasty!"
"The East End is mainly a construction area, and there will be a private museum in it!"
"The southern area is connected to the sea, and the main buildings are the Maritime Museum and the Marine Animal Protection Hall!"
The whole garden is dominated by Zhuxia architecture, with a small number of Western-style buildings. The whole garden is very atmospheric, showing the atmosphere of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
This is also the best garden that our company has ever built.
While listening to Liu Shuanglin's explanation, everyone walked along the path in the garden, and slowly everyone came to the seaside.
At this time, Lu Tian pointed to the east and said, "Lu Yuan, what are you doing over there?"
Lu Yuan glanced at it and said, "It's reclamation over there!"
Lu Tian said in surprise: "Reclamation, how big is the reclamation over there?"
"Actually, it's not that big, after the reclamation is completed, our Yingzhou Island will only be 22 square kilometers!"
Liu Shuanglin said with a smile on the side: "Mr. Lu is too low-key, when the reclamation is completed, our Yingzhou Island is about the same size as Nauru, if Mr. Lu wants, he can establish an independent country!"
Lu Yuan laughed and said: "Mr. Liu is joking, there are not many people on our Yingzhou Island, it's too early to talk about this!"
Liu Shuanglin's heart moved, smiled and didn't speak again!
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After visiting the garden, Lu Yuan took his family to prepare to return to the villa area.
Originally, Lu Yuan planned to take a car, but the whole family objected, and the island was not big, and it would not take much time to walk back. So the group chose to walk home.
Lu Yuan stayed on the island for the next six months to accompany his family.
In the past six months, Yingzhou Island can be said to be the same every day.
After half a year of development, a number of companies have been established on the island.
Including Yingzhou Island Aquatic Products Company, Yingzhou Island Tourism Company, Yingzhou Island Cultural Industry Development Company......
With the exception of the airport and reclamation works, all the buildings on the island are ready for use.
The island has already welcomed its first visitors last month.
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Under the quiet thought, Lu Yuan left Yingzhou Island again.
Now that the safety of his family has been fully solved, and Yingzhou Island is on the right track, he should continue his plan.
After leaving Yingzhou Island, Lu Yuan first went to Nanxinguo, and then went to Rio in Nanmi.
After experiencing the football culture and enthusiasm of Rio, he arrived in the city of Macapa, located at the mouth of the Amazon River.
Macapa is the capital of the state of Amapá. It is located in the northern passage of the Amazon River, near the mouth of the Atlantic Ocean. The city is located on a small Amazon plateau in the southeast of the state of Amapá.
The only road from outside the province comes from French Guiana, and there are regular ferries to Belém. Lu Yuan took the ferry from Belém to Macapa.
Because the equator runs right through the middle of the city, local residents refer to Macapa as the "capital of the middle of the world".
Its modern town began as the base of the Portuguese military detachment stationed there in 1738.
On February 4, 1758, Sebastião Vega Cabral, the illegitimate son of the military governor of Sebastião Vega Cabral, founded the town of São José de Macapá.
The fortress of São José de Macapá was first laid out in 1764, but it took them 18 years to complete due to the illness of Indian workers and the numerous escapes of black slaves. Macapa was finally elevated to the status of a city in 1854.
The main attraction of the city of Macapa is the Fort of St. Joseph, a Vauban style star fort built between 1764 and 1782.
In addition to this is the monument to Marco Zero, which commemorates the location of the equator in the city and shows the passage of the sun.
After a few days in this exotic town, he prepared his necessities, rented a fishing boat with the local residents, and headed up the Amazon River alone.
Along the way, Lu Yuan found that there were many people fishing in the river, and Lu Yuan asked the locals about curiosity. It turns out that these people are fishing for piranhas.
Lu Yuan felt that it was quite fun, so he bought a set of fishing equipment from a local man and followed suit.
The enthusiastic locals, seeing that Lu Yuan was not very proficient in fishing, simply taught him on the side.
Fishing for piranhas is not the same as catching other fish. Piranhas have a highly developed sense of hearing and smell, the smell of blood can trigger attacks from large schools of piranhas, and the noise and splashes caused by the struggle of injured animals in the water will attract their attention.
Therefore, if you want to catch piranhas, in addition to preparing a piece of raw meat that will smell of blood, you must constantly slap the water with a wooden stick to make noise and splash. ”
Hearing this, Lu Yuan picked up the oars and gently slapped the water, simulating the noise and splashes caused by the struggle of the injured animal when it fell into the water, hoping to attract the attention of the piranha.
Maybe Lu Yuan's skills are not very good, or maybe it is bad luck, the people around him caught piranhas one by one, but Lu Yuan never caught anything.
However, he still felt very happy, and after fishing for half a day, Lu Yuan finally caught his first piranha with the help of a local.
Lu Yuan found that the teeth of these piranhas were so sharp that they could easily tear through the flesh of large animals. However, it is not without natural predators, although the piranha is fierce, it will be blind when it encounters electric eels.
The high-voltage electric current emitted by a single electric eel can send more than 30 piranhas to the "electric chair" to be executed, and then slowly eaten.
In addition, piranhas have a unique temperament, and they are only ferocious when they are in groups. Once you leave the group, you become a poor coward.
Bidding farewell to the aquarists who were fishing together, Lu Yuan continued to march towards the Amazon River.
About half an hour later, Lu Yuan was suddenly attracted by a big fish in the water, this big fish was more than four meters long, which was about the same length as Lu Yuan's fishing boat.
This couldn't help but make Lu Yuan curious, if a fish grows so long in the sea, Lu Yuan will not feel strange, but this is not the sea but a freshwater river.
Curious, Lu Yuan caught the fish.
The fish is long and slightly flattened. The head bones are made up of free plate-like bones.
The mouth is big, and there is no need. There is no mandible and strong and well-developed teeth on the tongue. The swim bladder is surrounded by blood vessels, the inner surface is honeycomb-shaped, and there are often special supragill organs.
The scales are large and hard, inlay-shaped. The dorsal and anal fins are located at the back of the body and are opposite each other.
The pectoral fin is low, the pelvic fin is behind the abdomen, and the caudal fin is rounded. The body is grayish-green, the dorsal color is dark, the abdomen is light, and the caudal fin and the back of the body are red.
Lu Yuan checked the information and found that this fish was the legendary arapaima, also known as the walrus fish. It can grow up to 6 meters in length and is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world.
However, despite its large size, this fish moves slowly and usually feeds on fish, shrimp, and frogs. In the Amazon region it is a mass food.
However, due to overfishing, there are now relatively few arapaima in the wild. Fishermen are now only allowed to kill once a year, and only arapaima up to 1.5 metres in length are allowed to be killed.
Lu Yuan thought about it and released this arapaima, it was not easy to live so big.
The fishing boat continued to move forward for more than half an hour, and before the sun set, Lu Yuan came to a small village.
The village looks like it should be the habitat of an indigenous tribe.
Lu Yuan was about to dock to the village when suddenly a cry for help came......