Magus Tech Chapter 1401: To this day, Atlanta
The development of Atlanta University has far exceeded most people's expectations.
And the University of Atlanta is far beyond most people's expectations, and it is the development of Atlanta.
In two and a half years, the area of Atlanta City has expanded by four times on the original basis. What is this concept? It is almost equivalent to expanding a new urban area in each of the four directions of southeast, northwest.
The population growth is even more exaggerated. After several large immigration waves, the number is more than ten times that of two and a half years ago. If it weren't for the very scientific planning of the houses in the city, and the gradual control of the qualifications of the immigrant population, I am afraid that the city of Atlanta would have been overcrowded.
It can be said that the development and expansion of the city of Atlanta has become a legend, leaving all the cities on the mainland far behind.
Because of its particularity, Atlanta University's reputation on the main continent is not too loud, and it only spreads among people in a certain circle. The city of Atlanta is different. It has become a "pearl" of Shalin and one of the most desirable places on the mainland.
Here, you can find all kinds of weird creations, unimaginable entertainment methods, delicious food, and fashionable and beautiful clothing.
Whether they are businessmen, craftsmen, poor or rich, they are all attracted.
Ma Qiu stood outside the gate of the university, looking at the busy street in front of him, at the high-rise stone buildings lined up on both sides, and at the landmark clock tower that almost pierced the sky in the distance. Rao has seen the same scene hundreds of times, but he is still not used to it, it always feels too illusory.
He has been to big cities, and he knows that big cities such as Char have prosperity that does not belong to Atlanta.
However, large cities such as Shaar took decades to build, and the city of Atlanta has only been built in a few short years. According to the current development trend, in just one or two years, Atlanta will be able to leave all the big cities on the mainland far behind and become the number one city on the mainland.
This is really crazy.
This is not a "City of Peace" at all, but a "City of Madness".
However, fortunately, he is now a member of this "Crazy City", and a student at "Crazy City" Atlanta University.
So, he doesn't need to be afraid and afraid of this like those country bumpkins who just entered the city, but should be honored and proud.
Call
Machu let out a breath, pressed the university badge on his chest again, and felt a calm emotion enveloped his whole body. With a faint confident smile on his face, like a big man who has seen the world, he turned his head slightly and looked at a row of people squatting on the roadside at the entrance of the university.
There were about twenty or thirty people in that row, all of different ages and looks. However, they are all relatively strong men with uniform uniforms, white gowns on the upper body, loose light yellow trousers on the lower body, and a pair of light gray shoes on the feet. They seem to be waiting for something, and their eyes are full of expectation.
Machu knew that those were rickshaw pullers.
Speaking of which, rickshaw puller is also a profession that has only become popular in the last year.
Due to the rapid development of Atlanta and the rapid population growth, urban pollution was once very serious. After several times of treatment, there was some improvement. Domestic sewage and waste were forcibly drained from the sewer instead of being dumped on the street.
However, the domestic sewage and filth have been dealt with, but another thing is still stubbornly resisting, that is horse manure.
People are quite intelligent, so they know what to do is right, what to do is wrong, what to do will be rewarded, and what to do will be fined.
However, horses are different. While working hard, they excrete as they please. As a result, for a long time, people in Atlanta were walking on horse manure.
Even if someone invented the horse dung bag, the promotion was not smooth, and Atlanta officials did not give strong support. According to some gossip, Atlanta officials believe that horses are a relatively backward means of transportation and will be eliminated sooner or later. Instead of investing a lot of energy to improve the pollution caused by horses, it is better to find a way to completely replace the horses earlier.
However, the replacement of horses is not so easy after all, so so far, the Atlanta City officials are also improving, and they are multi-pronged:
First, find ways to reduce the use of horses without affecting efficiency.
The second direction, restricting the horses to walking on fixed roads.
The third aspect is to use subsidies to encourage horse breeders to purchase horse manure pockets by themselves.
I heard that there is a fourth aspect, which is to use legislation to declare that every adult horse walking in the city of Atlanta must have a special serial number.
If you want to get the serial number, you must buy a horse manure bag to use. Once found, if you don't use the horse manure bag after getting the serial number, a certain serial qualification score will be deducted and the serial number will be taken back.
As for those horses that do not have a serial number and are forced to go on the road, they will be directly impounded.
Through this method, it is better to promote the horse dung pocket faster.
However, this is just hearsay and has not yet been officially implemented.
But no matter what, the number of coachmen in Atlanta gradually decreased, and correspondingly, rickshaw drivers appeared.
These rickshaw pullers are often poor people who have just entered the city. They do not have the skills to gain a foothold in the city, so they have to sell their strength. Each person will rent a light two-wheeled rickshaw, and others only need to spend a few coppers to hire them to pull them to most places in the city.
This way of travel is not too slow compared to a carriage, and it can also take shortcuts through remote alleys, which is relatively more efficient. The disadvantage is that you can only pull two people at most at a time, and you can't bring too much luggage, otherwise you can only hire a carriage.
For Machu, he is not a noble young master, and he is not rich enough to hire a carriage casually. With so much money, he would have gone to invite a beautiful lady to dinner long ago.
However, having said that, although horse-drawn carriages cannot be hired, it is still possible to hire a rickshaw occasionally to go out.
The place where he is going to perform the school mission today is relatively far away, but after thinking about it, he will be sweaty, and it is best to hire a rickshaw.
Then...
Thinking, Machu walked up to the rickshaw driver, scanned the 20 or 30 rickshaw drivers several times, and finally reached out and picked out a big, honest-looking man.
The big rickshaw Fulisuo pulled out his own car from the corner, Ma Qiu sat on it, and asked aloud: "How much is it to go to the horse station in Dongcheng?"
East City Horse Station is a transportation hub in Atlanta. It not only transports people, but also transports goods. Machu's task today is to pick up a person there.
The big rickshaw driver listened to Ma Qiu's question, thought for a while, and discussed aloud: "How about ten copper coins?"
Ma Qiu frowned: "Usually, it's eight copper coins." He suddenly felt that he might have chosen the wrong person. The big coachman looked honest, but he was very cunning in his heart, and he wanted to cheat him out of money.
The big rickshaw driver argued: "Today is different..."
"What's the difference, can the road be longer?" Ma Qiu interrupted the rickshaw driver, seeing what the other party wanted to say, he didn't bother to argue with him, and said directly, "Use the hourglass, the hourly fee, Go to the place to calculate the money."
"Then... that's fine." The big rickshaw driver pursed his lips and agreed, took out a small translucent glass hourglass from his arms, and hung it on a hook on the side of the rickshaw. The light blue sand slowly poured from above to below, and the timer started.
This hourglass is the official standard timer of the city of Atlanta. It is accurate and cheap, with a scale. If the rickshaw driver can't negotiate the price with the passengers, he will use an hourglass to time the time, and charge one copper coin per scale according to the scale at the local place.
In Ma Qiu's view, according to his usual experience, if he runs this route, there are at most eight scales and a fare of nine copper coins is enough~ IndoMTL.com~ can save a full copper coin.
This saves a hundred times, and you can invite another beautiful lady to dinner.
Thinking of this, Machu sat on the rickshaw and said, "Let's go."
"Yes." The rickshaw driver didn't talk nonsense, he bowed up, walked and pulled Ma Qiu away.
When the rickshaw walked tens of meters, Macu suddenly thought of something, and reminded the rickshaw driver in time: "By the way, don't take the seventh avenue, take the eighth avenue."
Speaking of which, from the main campus of Atlanta University to the East Side Horse Station, the distance between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue is similar.
However, when Machu invited Mrs. Jaina to dinner some time ago, he went to Seventh Avenue once.
At the beginning, he saw that a part of Seventh Avenue was under construction, and he heard that it was laying rails, so why did the rail cars test it. According to his prediction, it should not be completed yet. If you walk on Seventh Avenue, you will definitely waste time, but if you walk on Eighth Avenue, you will save time and money.
After hearing Ma Qiu's words, the rickshaw driver froze for a moment, then hesitantly confirmed and asked: "Do you really want to go on Eighth Avenue?"
Why, knowing that the Seventh Avenue is being built, you still have to trick me into taking the Seventh Avenue to earn more car money... Don't think about it, I'm not so easy to be deceived... Machu thought, nodded seriously and responded : "Yes, just take Eighth Avenue."
"Okay, I got it." The rickshaw driver didn't say anything more, and ran with his head down, pulling the rickshaw and galloping forward.
Ma Qiu leaned on the rickshaw, lay down comfortably, and closed his eyes. He was not closing his eyes and resting his mind, but was seriously thinking about a series of details about picking up people at the carriage station, and how to do things well without making mistakes.
Magus Tech Chapter 1401: To this day, Atlanta
The development of Atlanta University has far exceeded most people's expectations.
And the University of Atlanta is far beyond most people's expectations, and it is the development of Atlanta.
In two and a half years, the area of Atlanta City has expanded by four times on the original basis. What is this concept? It is almost equivalent to expanding a new urban area in each of the four directions of southeast, northwest.
The population growth is even more exaggerated. After several large immigration waves, the number is more than ten times that of two and a half years ago. If it weren't for the very scientific planning of the houses in the city, and the gradual control of the qualifications of the immigrant population, I am afraid that the city of Atlanta would have been overcrowded.
It can be said that the development and expansion of the city of Atlanta has become a legend, leaving all the cities on the mainland far behind.
Because of its particularity, Atlanta University's reputation on the main continent is not too loud, and it only spreads among people in a certain circle. The city of Atlanta is different. It has become a "pearl" of Shalin and one of the most desirable places on the mainland.
Here, you can find all kinds of weird creations, unimaginable entertainment methods, delicious food, and fashionable and beautiful clothing.
Whether they are businessmen, craftsmen, poor or rich, they are all attracted.
Ma Qiu stood outside the gate of the university, looking at the busy street in front of him, at the high-rise stone buildings lined up on both sides, and at the landmark clock tower that almost pierced the sky in the distance. Rao has seen the same scene hundreds of times, but he is still not used to it, it always feels too illusory.
He has been to big cities, and he knows that big cities such as Char have prosperity that does not belong to Atlanta.
However, large cities such as Shaar took decades to build, and the city of Atlanta has only been built in a few short years. According to the current development trend, in just one or two years, Atlanta will be able to leave all the big cities on the mainland far behind and become the number one city on the mainland.
This is really crazy.
This is not a "City of Peace" at all, but a "City of Madness".
However, fortunately, he is now a member of this "Crazy City", and a student at "Crazy City" Atlanta University.
So, he doesn't need to be afraid and afraid of this like those country bumpkins who just entered the city, but should be honored and proud.
Call
Machu let out a breath, pressed the university badge on his chest again, and felt a calm emotion enveloped his whole body. With a faint confident smile on his face, like a big man who has seen the world, he turned his head slightly and looked at a row of people squatting on the roadside at the entrance of the university.
There were about twenty or thirty people in that row, all of different ages and looks. However, they are all relatively strong men with uniform uniforms, white gowns on the upper body, loose light yellow trousers on the lower body, and a pair of light gray shoes on the feet. They seem to be waiting for something, and their eyes are full of expectation.
Machu knew that those were rickshaw pullers.
Speaking of which, rickshaw puller is also a profession that has only become popular in the last year.
Due to the rapid development of Atlanta and the rapid population growth, urban pollution was once very serious. After several times of treatment, there was some improvement. Domestic sewage and waste were forcibly drained from the sewer instead of being dumped on the street.
However, the domestic sewage and filth have been dealt with, but another thing is still stubbornly resisting, that is horse manure.
People are quite intelligent, so they know what to do is right, what to do is wrong, what to do will be rewarded, and what to do will be fined.
However, horses are different. While working hard, they excrete as they please. As a result, for a long time, people in Atlanta were walking on horse manure.
Even if someone invented the horse dung bag, the promotion was not smooth, and Atlanta officials did not give strong support. According to some gossip, Atlanta officials believe that horses are a relatively backward means of transportation and will be eliminated sooner or later. Instead of investing a lot of energy to improve the pollution caused by horses, it is better to find a way to completely replace the horses earlier.
However, the replacement of horses is not so easy after all, so so far, the Atlanta City officials are also improving, and they are multi-pronged:
First, find ways to reduce the use of horses without affecting efficiency.
The second direction, restricting the horses to walking on fixed roads.
The third aspect is to use subsidies to encourage horse breeders to purchase horse manure pockets by themselves.
I heard that there is a fourth aspect, which is to use legislation to declare that every adult horse walking in the city of Atlanta must have a special serial number.
If you want to get the serial number, you must buy a horse manure bag to use. Once found, if you don't use the horse manure bag after getting the serial number, a certain serial qualification score will be deducted and the serial number will be taken back.
As for those horses that do not have a serial number and are forced to go on the road, they will be directly impounded.
Through this method, it is better to promote the horse dung pocket faster.
However, this is just hearsay and has not yet been officially implemented.
But no matter what, the number of coachmen in Atlanta gradually decreased, and correspondingly, rickshaw drivers appeared.
These rickshaw pullers are often poor people who have just entered the city. They do not have the skills to gain a foothold in the city, so they have to sell their strength. Each person will rent a light two-wheeled rickshaw, and others only need to spend a few coppers to hire them to pull them to most places in the city.
This way of travel is not too slow compared to a carriage, and it can also take shortcuts through remote alleys, which is relatively more efficient. The disadvantage is that you can only pull two people at most at a time, and you can't bring too much luggage, otherwise you can only hire a carriage.
For Machu, he is not a noble young master, and he is not rich enough to hire a carriage casually. With so much money, he would have gone to invite a beautiful lady to dinner long ago.
However, having said that, although horse-drawn carriages cannot be hired, it is still possible to hire a rickshaw occasionally to go out.
The place where he is going to perform the school mission today is relatively far away, but after thinking about it, he will be sweaty, and it is best to hire a rickshaw.
Then...
Thinking, Machu walked up to the rickshaw driver, scanned the 20 or 30 rickshaw drivers several times, and finally reached out and picked out a big, honest-looking man.
The big rickshaw Fulisuo pulled out his own car from the corner, Ma Qiu sat on it, and asked aloud: "How much is it to go to the horse station in Dongcheng?"
East City Horse Station is a transportation hub in Atlanta. It not only transports people, but also transports goods. Machu's task today is to pick up a person there.
The big rickshaw driver listened to Ma Qiu's question, thought for a while, and discussed aloud: "How about ten copper coins?"
Ma Qiu frowned: "Usually, it's eight copper coins." He suddenly felt that he might have chosen the wrong person. The big coachman looked honest, but he was very cunning in his heart, and he wanted to cheat him out of money.
The big rickshaw driver argued: "Today is different..."
"What's the difference, can the road be longer?" Ma Qiu interrupted the rickshaw driver, seeing what the other party wanted to say, he didn't bother to argue with him, and said directly, "Use the hourglass, the hourly fee, Go to the place to calculate the money."
"Then... that's fine." The big rickshaw driver pursed his lips and agreed, took out a small translucent glass hourglass from his arms, and hung it on a hook on the side of the rickshaw. The light blue sand slowly poured from above to below, and the timer started.
This hourglass is the official standard timer of the city of Atlanta. It is accurate and cheap, with a scale. If the rickshaw driver can't negotiate the price with the passengers, he will use an hourglass to time the time, and charge one copper coin per scale according to the scale at the local place.
In Ma Qiu's view, according to his usual experience, if he runs this route, there are at most eight scales and a fare of nine copper coins is enough~ IndoMTL.com~ can save a full copper coin.
This saves a hundred times, and you can invite another beautiful lady to dinner.
Thinking of this, Machu sat on the rickshaw and said, "Let's go."
"Yes." The rickshaw driver didn't talk nonsense, he bowed up, walked and pulled Ma Qiu away.
When the rickshaw walked tens of meters, Macu suddenly thought of something, and reminded the rickshaw driver in time: "By the way, don't take the seventh avenue, take the eighth avenue."
Speaking of which, from the main campus of Atlanta University to the East Side Horse Station, the distance between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue is similar.
However, when Machu invited Mrs. Jaina to dinner some time ago, he went to Seventh Avenue once.
At the beginning, he saw that a part of Seventh Avenue was under construction, and he heard that it was laying rails, so why did the rail cars test it. According to his prediction, it should not be completed yet. If you walk on Seventh Avenue, you will definitely waste time, but if you walk on Eighth Avenue, you will save time and money.
After hearing Ma Qiu's words, the rickshaw driver froze for a moment, then hesitantly confirmed and asked: "Do you really want to go on Eighth Avenue?"
Why, knowing that the Seventh Avenue is being built, you still have to trick me into taking the Seventh Avenue to earn more car money... Don't think about it, I'm not so easy to be deceived... Machu thought, nodded seriously and responded : "Yes, just take Eighth Avenue."
"Okay, I got it." The rickshaw driver didn't say anything more, and ran with his head down, pulling the rickshaw and galloping forward.
Ma Qiu leaned on the rickshaw, lay down comfortably, and closed his eyes. He was not closing his eyes and resting his mind, but was seriously thinking about a series of details about picking up people at the carriage station, and how to do things well without making mistakes.