bullyxtreme Chapter 372 The shock brought by the new city
Chapter 372 The shock brought by the new city
"Glass?" Zhou Chengjun's eyes widened, his face full of surprise. Even though he had been a Beijing official for several years and had seen the world in Beijing, he had only seen this glass once, a glass cup! It was said to be worth a fortune in this lifetime!
The windows of the carriage he was riding in were actually made of glass.
He raised his hand and touched the glass window. It was smooth and cold. Looking out from the inside, it was really bright, as if there was no barrier at all. However, it actually blocked the wind outside the car window.
Seeing that his nephew looked like he had never seen the world, Zhou Ziqi smiled faintly.
He clapped his hands and the carriage slowly moved.
"I'll take you to the new city." Zhou Ziqi said.
Although Zhou Chengjun has been here for quite some time, his daily schedule is fully scheduled. Since the government office is located in the old city, he has never been out of the old city, and he has no chance to see the new city that everyone praises.
When the carriage moved, Zhou Chengjun's eyes became even more suspicious.
The scenery outside was indeed moving backwards, but he could not feel any shaking in the carriage.
"This carriage..." He looked out through the glass window. It was still the same bluestone floor, but there were always uneven spots at the joints.
The carriage he had ridden in before would always shake when traveling on such roads, but this carriage was very stable.
This carriage was not bigger than the one he had ridden in before, but looked smaller.
"This carriage is newly built in Mangcheng." Zhou Ziqi said, "It uses shock-absorbing technology, so it won't be bumpy when it gets into small ravines. Sitting in such a carriage is like walking on flat ground. Isn't it comfortable?"
"Indeed!" Although he didn't understand what the shock absorption technology was like, Zhou Chengjun could feel the stability of the carriage. "Will all the carriages in Mangcheng be like this in the future?" If such a carriage could be sold to the capital, who knows how many dignitaries would rush to buy it!
"Yes." Zhou Ziqi nodded, with a look of confidence and pride in his eyes.
Zhou Chengjun was deeply shocked when he saw his younger cousin showing such an expression.
His younger cousin Su Lai was a man who never showed his emotions. He was indifferent to everything, but this look in his eyes meant that his younger cousin truly regarded Mangcheng as his home.
It should be said that it was Wei Ling and other people in Mangcheng who gave him such confidence and pride!
Glass and shock-absorbing technology for carriages, any one of these two things would cause a sensation in the capital, but in the eyes of my cousin, these seemed to be very common things.
So the future of Mangcheng...
There was a hint of anticipation and inquiry in Zhou Ziqi's eyes.
"I wonder what else is waiting for my nephew in the New City District." Zhou Chengjun took a deep breath and said with a smile.
"The future." Zhou Ziqi said only two words and then stopped talking. He just leaned against the wall of the carriage and took a nap.
After about a quarter of an hour, the carriage gradually stopped.
"Get out of the car!" Zhou Ziqi said to Zhou Chengjun.
Zhou Chengjun looked at Zhou Ziqi in confusion, but still listened to his uncle and followed him out of the carriage.
What comes into view is a different scene.
Zhou Chengjun looked at everything in front of him with a little surprise. The road was so wide that it was astonishing. There were even areas on both sides of the road specially for planting flowers and plants. The edges were made of red bricks and were arranged straight on both sides of the road, separating the inside of the road from the outside.
"This is a green belt and also a dividing strip." Zhou Ziqi said to Zhou Chengjun, "There are all kinds of flowers, plants and trees planted here. Look at the treetops, they are connected to each other. The area inside the green belt is for pedestrians. In summer, you won't feel hot walking under the shade of the trees. Outside the green belt is the place for horse-drawn carriages and other ox-drawn and donkey-drawn carts. The central area is reserved for horses, and the speed is the fastest. In other words, in the new urban area, you can ride a horse directly in the center if you are in a hurry, without worrying about hitting anyone. Look at these wooden bridges, they are called overpasses. If pedestrians want to go to the other side, they can just walk on this overpass."
After listening to Zhou Ziqi's introduction, Zhou Chengjun looked carefully and found that it was true! Every few steps in this so-called green belt, there was a big tree with lush branches and leaves. The crowns of these big trees were almost connected together. As long as you walk under the crowns, you will not feel the scorching sun in summer. And every few steps, there was really an arched wooden bridge rising from the ground, stretching across the road like a rainbow.
This new type of road really left Zhou Chengjun dumbfounded.
Before, he had only heard about how good the new urban area of Mangcheng was, but seeing is believing. Just looking at the roads in the new urban area was enough to describe it as shocking.
Even though an area was separated for pedestrians, the space in the middle was more than enough for eight carriages to pass side by side. Even the Suzaku Street in front of the imperial palace in the capital was not as wide as this, and Suzaku Street was already wide enough.
"Let's go to the overpass and take a look." Zhou Ziqi took Zhou Chengjun and walked into the new city area.
"This ground..." Zhou Chengjun could tell at a glance that the ground was different.
Previously, the ground in the old city was paved with bluestone slabs, which was relatively flat, but there were always bumps and depressions. However, the ground in this old city seemed to be formed in one piece, and the whole piece of ground looked very flat, without even the dents that would appear on natural stone.
"This is called a cement road." Zhou Ziqi said with a smile, "It is made of the residual soil after the volcanic eruption. Currently, only our Mangcheng has it. And the road you see will be paved all over the passage from Mangcheng to Brother County in the near future. As far as I know, the largest and longest road is already being paved. After these roads are paved, not only will the people benefit, but our Mangcheng Black Tiger Army cavalry will also be able to reach any location in Mangcheng at the fastest speed."
The surprise in Zhou Chengjun's eyes gradually turned into solemnity.
He had never learned these things from books, let alone seeing them with his own eyes, he had never even heard of them!
And now, these miraculous things appeared before him one by one. How could he not be shocked?
If Mangcheng continues to develop like this, then what will become of the capital?
"Are these the Marquis's ideas?" Zhou Chengjun asked dryly.
"The Marquis has his own experts around him." Zhou Ziqi did not mention Su Jixiang's name. This was everyone's consensus and also Su Jixiang's wish.