"Hey, is this river sturgeon really that capable? The more I listen to it, the more it sounds like a Chinese fairy tale."
Even though Sun Daqiao had heard so much from Yue Guanchao, he had never seen the white river sturgeon with his own eyes, and he could not understand the fright of the three of them when they first saw the divine fish. If it was what they wanted, even the fish god was probably just a spiritual being. Jiang sturgeon, this has also figured out the flavor of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.
Song Siyuan continued: "Actually, this can also be explained. We also found this thing in the rain praying pond. You can take a look."
After that, she took out the remaining incense she found at the rain praying platform and handed it to Sun Daqiao. He first held it in his hand and observed it carefully. Then, he brought his nose close to smell the aftertaste of the incense. He nodded to everyone and said, "This smell is the same as ours at the Dragon King Temple." It smells almost like the incense of string, but the taste seems to be a bit more mellow, like fried grain or rice."
Seeing that Sun Daqiao also smelled this smell, Song Siyuan confirmed that it was not their subjective feeling. This strange aroma did exist objectively: "Yes, we also think this smell is too strange. It is indeed similar to the smell we encountered when Guan Luoyin. There are some differences, but we really can’t smell anything.”
"Currently, the only thing we know is that after Taoist Cui rang the bell, he lit the spices, and then the white river sturgeon appeared in the pool as if it heard a call."
She paused and looked at the old man: "It can be seen that this thing can summon paddlefish. If we compare the smell with Luoshen Incense, we can also guess that Cui Taoist was burning the incense in front of us. , the purpose is probably to lure out this paddlefish.”
"In short, everything is related to the paddlefish. If we find the God Presser this time, we may be able to understand clearly what the paddlefish is. Whether it is the fish god, the fish immortal, or some kind of fish with spiritual wisdom, they will always You have to tell us clearly."
After exploring the Dragon King Temple, Yue Guanchao and the others felt confident. Only then did they feel more at ease with Heshi and his party, waiting for Tan Yanqiu and the others to set off.
Early the next morning, Tan Yanqiu's car parked downstairs at Jianghan Hotel. Yue Guanchao and his party also wanted to see what kind of strange place Heshi was, so they got in the car and drove out of Hankou towards Heshi.
As mentioned earlier, Jianghan City is a city formed by the merger of the three towns of Hankou, Hanyang, and Wuchang. Hankou is a prosperous foreign port, and Wuchang is an important place for government offices. Most of the local people, as well as three religions and nine streams, all live in Hanyang.
This was an old county town in the past, and most of the people living here were Hanyang locals. The houses were mainly single-story, with only two floors at most. There were few high-rise buildings. Only the main streets and business roads could still see three- or four-story modern shops. building.
It wasn't until the opening of Hankou that Hanyang began to have various factories established by Chinese and foreign businessmen, covering steel, coal, textiles, smelting, military industry, shipbuilding, and papermaking. There were nearly a hundred factories in Hanyang. At the same time, The rapid development of Jianghan also attracted the attention of the previous government to this important commercial town.
While the foreigners were vigorously building foreign ports, they also began to carry out the Westernization Reform. The local officials who were in charge of Hu Province at that time continued to learn from the foreigners' skills to control the foreigners. They overhauled the railway in Hanyang, started construction of factories, opened new schools, and organized new leagues to train new people. military.
These measures were originally intended to save the former government, which was about to collapse. Although the purpose was not achieved, it promoted the development of Hanyang to a certain extent, making Hanyang gradually transform from a riverside civilian town to an industrial and commercial town. Subversion, Hanyang is already a large industrial and commercial town with a population of 500,000 to 600,000.
Because the development directions of the three towns are different, if you look down at the river mouth from a high place, you can immediately see the difference.
Wuchang Town is a long-established official land, where most of the bureaucratic offices, divisional offices, teachers' offices, and guild halls and libraries are gathered here. In the early years, there was a rule that buildings could not exceed the Governor's Mansion. Most of the buildings here were single-story courtyards. Traditional houses are also inhabited by the families of officials and relatives, and then there are the low-key, restrained, glamorous and old-money old people in Wuchang Town.
Across the river, Hankou on the north bank had been opened for trade as early as 1860. In today's era, nearly seventy years have passed since the opening of the port. For nearly a hundred years, the foreign port world has been managed by foreigners as if it were in the West. The city's modern atmosphere is not inferior to Paris, London, or New York.
Even after leaving the border of foreign ports and arriving at Hankou Chinatown, apart from the fact that the signboards of the shops are in Chinese, there are no traces of the old town. The lanterns were first lit and the lights were neon. With the east wind of Western economic and trade, it developed extremely brilliantly. Shangzhen.
Most of the people here are, like Tan Yanqiu, upstarts who have seized on the trends of the times and have been floating in the business world for many years. They see neat alleys, magnificent Western-style buildings, and bright neon commercial buildings. , there is a constant flow of cars, horses and pedestrians, goods are prosperous and sold overseas, and the new rich spend money like water.
Just like the saying that when goods arrive in Hankou, people live in Hankou, and people in Hankou become famous, Hankou's strong business atmosphere of seeking wealth has also created countless business legends who started from scratch and became famous.
Hanyang on the south bank of the river is neither a foreign port town nor an old money town. It is closer to the industrial town described above.
Due to the basic investment of the previous government in Jianghan, Hanyang has low land prices and has railways, so it is naturally suitable to be an industrial town. In addition, Chinese and foreign businessmen have built no less than a hundred factories here, and industry has been integrated into the blood of Hanyang and has become an inseparable part of Hanyang. feature.
In the past hundred years since the opening of the port, most people who want to survive have either worked as employees in Hankou or as workers here. In the past few decades, industry has been a link here, and many people from the lower class have gathered here. In addition, land prices here are low. , and also attracted more people to come here to ask for food.
Where there are many people, there are many right and wrongs. Complex rivers and lakes inevitably lead to sinister people. The market culture of Flood and Drought Dock originated from the lower class people of Hanyang. In the final analysis, it is just the miserable people who come from south to north who leave their hometowns, interact with each other, and get along with each other. This resulted in a set of rules and regulations that prevailed in the market.
Market culture, market culture, the most important focus lies in the popularity of three religions and nine popularities among the market people!
When the car reaches the Hanshui Bridge, driving between the bridges, one can overlook the whole city of Hanyang from a long distance.
There are basically no splendid modern commercial buildings here. As far as the eye can see, there are nearly a hundred factories scattered in various places. The trains transport goods to the railway, and then send them to the outside world via the railway. Amidst the roar, the steam trains are in constant flow.
There are many jigsaw puzzle-like courtyards and alleys clustered around the factory. The urban network is basically centered on each factory, and then a wide main road connects the factories, like a precise spider web, including all the factories. Streets, alleys and side roads are like capillaries, transporting ordinary people into factories and producing various goods.
The most impressive thing here is the chimney towers that can be seen everywhere!
These towers are erected everywhere and can reach as high as the sky. They are like dry piles emerging from lotus ponds in winter, emitting either gray black or thick white smoke. After that, there are always slightly cluttered houses, mansions, and buildings with poles and structures. The apartment buildings, put together, create a serious, cold, busy and mechanical atmosphere.
