Golden Fishery

Qin Shiou shook hands with Ferguson. Sure enough, he introduced himself and said, "I work at the Peace Tower. I am, um, a guard. Of course, if I have to introduce myself, I prefer to introduce myself as the bell ringer, so you can Call me Quasimodo."

Quasimodo is a character in the world famous novel "Notre Dame de Paris". He is a bell ringer with an extremely ugly appearance: geometric face, tetrahedral nose, horseshoe-shaped mouth, and uneven teeth. , one-eyed, deaf, hunchbacked...

However, he is almost the kindest, most upright, and bravest of all the male characters in the book, possessing all the virtues that a male should have.

Qin Shiou said: "Then you are a handsome bell ringer, by the way, buddy, your job is not bad, right?"

Ferguson laughed and said: "Fortunately, at least it is enough to support my family. This is thanks to the meritorious service I made when I served in the army, and they helped me get such a job."

As he spoke, he shook his head unwillingly, and said: "In the past, in the army, we were like heroes, scolding Fang Qiu and pouring out blood. After retiring and coming to society, it is not easy to find a job like mine. "

"But now, at least you can live in a safe and peaceful environment. In fact, you don't have to be a hero, do you?" Qin Shiou said lightly.

Ferguson shrugged and said nothing more, and invited them to go to the Peace Tower to have a look.

There is an observation deck on the Peace Tower, which is the tallest building in Ottawa. Standing on it, you can overlook the city, and you can also watch the beautiful Ottawa River behind you.

Qin Shiou and Wei Ni overlooked the beautiful scenery. Ferguson made coffee and brought it to them. He smiled and said, "When I am upset, I will drink a cup of coffee here. I will always feel better after drinking it."

Drinking the fragrant coffee, Qin Shiou said: "That's it, buddy. I don't have anything to worry about now, but drinking coffee here and looking at the beautiful scenery makes me feel much better."

Ferguson laughed, and he said, "Come on. I'll take you to see Carillon again. That's the best guy here, a big guy!"

The carillon is one of the main bodies of the Peace Tower, consisting of 53 bronze bells covering four and a half octaves. The total weight is 66 tons.

Ferguson introduced: "It's a pity that you came at the wrong time. If you came in the afternoon, you could hear its loud and clear sound at one o'clock."

Finally, the two went to see the four-faced clock of the Peace Pagoda.

In one room, there is the original movement of the big clock, which was put into use in 1927, and is synchronized with the official observatory every second to keep the travel time accurate.

But now this kind of movement has been eliminated long ago, and the big clock has been using motors to time the time since 1999, which is more accurate.

This encounter added a lot to their visit. When leaving, Ferguson gave the two of them a bell, saying that it was the bell that was removed when the interior of the Peace Tower was replaced, and it could be used as a souvenir.

Strolling outside until eight o'clock, the Capitol and various departments start to work, and some places can be visited, such as the Library of Congress and the Hall of Parliament.

The interior decoration of the council hall is magnificent, and Qin Shiou felt that if anyone in the future told him that the office buildings of foreign governments were more economical and low-key, he would definitely slap these people, at least judging from the decoration of the council hall, Qin Shiou did not see it There are no government buildings to rival it.

The layout of the hall maintains the same decoration and seating arrangements as the British Parliament. The overall shape is rectangular, and the podium is the focus of the room. The ruling party sits on the right, and the opposition parties sit on the left.

Next is a visit to the Library of Congress. To get to this place, one has to go through a long corridor.

Winnie introduced to him, saying that this corridor is one of the most important buildings in Capitol Hill and has made great contributions. Once a fire broke out on Capitol Hill, this corridor isolated the library from other buildings. Thereby protecting the library from fire.

The main reading room of the library is a vaulted hall with a statue of Queen Victoria standing in the middle and surrounded by statues of successive Canadian prime ministers.

Walking in the library, Qin Shiou couldn't help feeling emotional, saying: "Fortunately, the fire was avoided at the beginning, otherwise so many books would have been ruined! What a loss!"

Winnie said: "It's not just about the books. The building of the library is an all-wood structure. Once it burns, it will quickly destroy this place."

Qin Shiou scratched his head and asked, "All wooden buildings? Why do I feel like stone materials?"

Winnie introduced: "It's like this. The Capitol used to be an all-wood building. Didn't it be destroyed by fire later? I learned a lesson during the reconstruction and changed everything to a stone structure. At that time, only this library still retained an all-wood structure. structure."

"About 40 to 50 years later, Capitol Hill was once again hit by a fire. This time, the stone Capitol was saved from fire, but the library caught fire again. So when it was rebuilt, stone was used as the main body here."

Qin Shiou laughed in a low voice, and said, "This Capitol Hill, is it a fight with fire?"

The librarian started to go to work. Someone recognized Qin Shiou, greeted him, praised him for his brave performance in the murder at sea, and then asked him why he didn't bring the two little stars, Huzi and Leopard.

Lalawang followed Heidao today, because Qin Shiou would have a meeting later, and it would be inconvenient to bring them to Capitol Hill.

He explained it this way, and the old administrator looked regretful, saying that he likes Labradors very much, is a fan of Huzi and Leopard, and specially registered for the two little guys on Twitter to follow Lalawan's number.

Qin Shiou thanked Huzi and Leopard politely, and the administrator gave him a book, which was an introduction book on Labrador Retrievers, introducing this dog from all aspects.

After turning around, the sun rose and the temperature in Ottawa warmed up. Qin Shiou bought two cups of hot milk tea, and found a place to sit and rest with Wei Ni in the square.

Not long after they sat down, a little squirrel suddenly ran over bouncing around. It looked at Qin Shiou curiously, sniffed, looked at him suspiciously, then slowly approached him, and jumped on his leather shoes Up and down.

Winnie raised the camera and wanted to take a picture, but she smiled and still didn't do so, she was worried about scaring the little squirrel away.

Qin Shiou guessed that the little squirrel should have been attracted by Xiao Ming's breath on him, otherwise even if the animals here were unsuspecting, they wouldn't get so close to people.

Canada's ecological environment is really good, even in Ottawa. In addition to the little squirrels, they also saw a group of fat groundhogs in this square.

The little groundhogs roared away, and some white pigeons roared in. Qin Shiou accompanied Wei Ni to rest in the square for a while, checking that it was almost time for a meeting before leaving. (To be continued.)

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