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1851.

June 14th.

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On this Xu Yun negative 1X4 birthday.

Xu Yun's long-awaited first International Industry Fair finally kicked off.

In order to welcome this grand ceremony, Cambridge University, or all British universities, gave students a seven-day holiday.

Xu Yun called Laotang, Maimai, Avelyn, Riemann and Kirchhoff, and rushed to London the night before so as not to miss the opening ceremony of the expo.

In fact, according to the original plan.

Xu Yun also planned to call Ueda Hiroshi and Sylph to come with them.

However, Tianhao suffered from diarrhea, while Sylph still had a fear of London, so she never wanted to return to this nightmare place.

As a result, the exhibition team organized by Xu Yun ended up with only six people, which failed to achieve the expected excitement.

Early this morning.

The group had breakfast early and took a carriage to the opening place of the Expo, which is Hyde Park adjacent to Buckingham Palace.

Just got off the carriage.

A huge and magnificent building appeared in front of the six people.

The height of this building is close to 40 meters, the width is over 100 meters, and the length exceeds 500 meters.

The top of the building is an arched arc, and the whole building stands above the lawn, revealing a majestic and magnificent atmosphere.

Compared with its appearance, what is more attractive is the material of the building:

Except for some support parts.

To the naked eye, more than 90% of the building is made of glass, resembling a crystal palace.

Standing in front of this behemoth, Mai Mai, who had no experience at all, opened his mouth wide:

"God, it's spectacular"

Xu Yun also nodded in agreement.

Although the Crystal Palace covers an area of ​​only 80,000 square meters, it cannot be compared with domestic buildings such as the Forbidden City and the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang.

But be aware.

Whether it is the Forbidden City or the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, both of them have spent huge manpower and material resources before they were finally built.

And the construction time before and after the Crystal Palace was less than half a year. In terms of efficiency, it really deserves Xu Yun's praise.

Lao Tang settled the fare at the side, and when he came to the crowd, he glanced at the crowd around him and said:

"Okay, everyone, let's hurry up and enter the venue—if it is later, we may not be able to squeeze in."

Everyone readily agreed.

Then under the guidance of Lao Tang, the group quickly came to the entrance of the venue and handed over their respective invitation letters to the staff.

The price of a ticket to the first World Expo was five pence, not divided into adults and children, which was equivalent to about a hundred dollars in later generations.

The opening quota on the first day was 40,000, but only 8,000 were available for the opening ceremony.

Of the 8,000 places, more than 5,000 were distributed to the aristocratic class, as well as educational or social organizations such as universities and the Royal Society.

Only 3,000 seats are really open to ordinary people, and the conductors have the right to review the appearance of ticket buyers, and those who do not comply will not be able to enter.

Xu Yun and the others, as influential figures in Cambridge University, it is not difficult to get a few invitation letters.

Today, two teams of royal guards were arranged at the entrance of the exhibition, that is, 32 people.

They still wore bearskin hats in hot weather, held guns in both hands, and looked at the passers-by with solemn eyes.

The entrance is divided into two areas, one for ticket sales and the other for verification of invitations.

The person in charge of verifying the invitation letter was a little old man in his fifties, dressed in standard butler attire, with silver hair all over his head.

After receiving the invitation letter.

The little old man carefully checked the content and marks on it, and then examined the clothes of everyone, and finally nodded:

"Welcome to the first World Expo in human history, ladies and gentlemen, you can enter now."

Lao Tang thanked the little old man, and led Xu Yun and the others through the revolving door and into the Crystal Palace.

As a result, it just entered.

Xu Yun and the others suddenly felt a chill on their faces, and a gust of icy air rushed towards their faces.

This feeling is like the scene

Air conditioner installed?

But this is obviously impossible.

Air conditioners were not invented until around 1900, let alone equipment that could cover such a large venue.

And just when Xu Yun was puzzled.

Riemann suddenly raised his head, pointed up, and said to everyone in substandard English:

"Look at the top!"

Xu Yun and the others subconsciously raised their heads after hearing the words.

The exhibition hall of the Crystal Palace is divided into two floors. The height of the top of the second floor is about fifteen meters, and the space above is no longer used by exhibitors.

Only at this moment.

In the non-public area about 20 meters above the ground, every few meters, there is a big black box-like cuboid facility!

Each facility extends about one and a half meters in length, half a meter in height, and about two meters in width.

They are completely sealed, with only some small openings in the upper half, and a small tube inserted in the bottom.

And outside of these facilities.

At this moment, some workers were filling the ice cubes, and a fan blowing from behind could be vaguely seen. (The fan was invented in 1820)

See this situation.

Xu Yun couldn't help but a flash of surprise flashed in his heart.

That's what happened.

Those workers filled the cuboid with ice cubes at regular intervals, and the fan blows the cold air from the ice cubes out of the small holes.

The air-conditioning air is denser than air, and it will naturally sink after leaving the hole, and it just falls on the audience below.

Thereby it has a cooling effect similar to that of an air conditioner.

The ice water melted by the ice cubes is led away by the small tubes, and this cycle can keep the Crystal Palace from feeling hot and dry.

This operation is not complicated, but the labor cost required is very high - the length of the venue is more than 500 meters, and the number of cuboids on both sides is at least more than 100.

In addition, the cycle of adding ice cubes must also be taken into account. The expenditure in this area is not a small number.

Then Xu Yun suddenly thought of something, and looked up seriously a few times.

as expected.

Those who add ice are all black.

Then Lao Tang took out the pocket watch from his body, and closed it with a click after reading the time:

"Okay everyone, let's go inside, the opening ceremony is about to begin."

Xu Yun and others looked away after hearing the words, and walked forward.

The opening ceremony stage of the first World Expo was located in the center of the Crystal Palace, and a small fountain was built beside it, and water kept pouring out.

At this time, the opening ceremony has not yet started, so the exhibition halls along the way are closed, and there is nothing to visit.

Therefore, Xu Yun and the others are the same as most of the audience.

After being surprised by the air-conditioning, he went straight inward and walked to the edge of the stage.

There are also a few butler-like servants standing on the edge of the stage, but compared to the colleague outside the door, their attitude is much softer, and they keep talking to the audience close to the stage:

"Sir, do you have an invitation letter or a ticket to enter? - Tickets, I'm sorry, please move to the second floor or look outside the yellow circle to salute."

"Mr. Baron Sisak, your seat is from the third row to the fifth row on the left, you can just choose one. You're welcome, I wish you a good day today!"

"Ms. Almis, I am very happy to serve you. What? You want the painter to draw you thinner? But we will take pictures besides the painter. With all due respect, I am afraid that there is no such thing as losing 300 catties to 100 catties in the world." photographic technology."

Then, taking advantage of one of them being free, Lao Tang quickly stepped forward and handed over the invitation letters of several of them:

"Hello, where is the viewing location of Cambridge University?"

"Cambridge University?"

The one who answered Lao Tang's question was a young man with blond hair and a handsome face. After receiving Lao Tang's invitation letter, he just glanced briefly - after all, the identity verification process was completed at the door, and then returned the invitation letter to Lao Tang:

"Mr. Thomson, right? Cambridge University's audience is in the seventh row on the right. If you want to show your face, you can try to move as far as possible."

"Thank you very much."

Lao Tang thanked him, and led Xu Yun and others to the seventh row.

Strange to say.

The British royal family attached great importance to this industrial exposition and invested a lot of manpower and material resources.

But no matter whether it is the portraits and photos left in the original history, or the opening scene that Xu Yun personally experienced this time, there is no seat for the audience to sit.

There were more than 8,000 spectators at the opening ceremony, and it is understandable that there is no way to take care of everyone.

But it's not difficult to add a seat for those nobles who are close to the stage, right?

But in fact, whether it is the earl, the marquis, or the heads of other organizations, no one enjoys the treatment of having a seat.

This leads to some rather comical consequences:

Some short nobles will be blocked by the tall ones in front, and because the higher the rank, the higher the status, he has no way to ask the other party to bend down or change positions.

Therefore, in some related portraits of later generations, you can find some unlucky guys with only half of their heads exposed from time to time, and some people are even recorded with only a top hat.

However, Xu Yun and the others had no intention of showing their faces in the portrait, so they obediently waited for the opening of the expo after arriving at their seats.

As time went by, the number of viewers around them gradually began to increase.

About ten minutes later.

The audience was already densely packed around them.

Among them were some Cambridge alumni that Xu Yun knew, and some British dignitaries who had never met before.

Then about five minutes passed.

There was a sound from the front left of Xu Yun and others.

After a while.

There was a sudden silence at the scene, and a burst of ceremony and music suddenly sounded.

I saw a noble lady holding Prince Albert's hand, slowly walking out of the crowd and stepping up to the stage.

This woman was in her early thirties, she was slightly fat, her nose was slightly pointed, and the nasolabial folds on both sides of her nose were extremely thick.

She wore a silver-white crown on her head, wore a white silk dress, and a string of pearl necklaces on her chest, with a hint of arrogance in her elegance.

Xu Yun had seen a photo of this old woman who became an aunt in later life, that is.

Queen Victoria.

Queen Victoria's full name is Alexandrina Victoria, who created the famous Victorian era and was the first British monarch to be called "Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Queen of India".

The love story between her and Prince Albert has also made countless young girls in later generations envious and intoxicated.

but

Xu Yun didn't have a good impression of her, it could only be regarded as mediocre at best.

Because she is different from Prince Albert.

The reason why one crow and two crows broke out in history is inseparable from this aunt.

Indeed.

The real driver of the double-duty crime was Henry John Temple, but Henry John Temple was by definition the culprit, not the only one.

If Henry John Temple needs to bear 60% of the responsibility for a crow, Aunt Victoria has at least 15%-20%.

There is nothing to say about the ass deciding the head.

It is strange that someone like Prince Albert has never expressed his attitude towards the East.

So you expect Xu Yun to have a good impression of Aunt Victoria, which is obviously impossible.

But at this time, Victoria didn't know Xu Yun's psychology. After taking the stage, she waved gracefully to the audience.

The audience responded with applause at the right time.

After the applause died down.

Prince Albert took Victoria's hand and walked to the front of the stage, looked around, and said slowly:

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen!"

"It is my great pleasure to gather with all of you today in the beautiful Crystal Palace to attend the first International Industry Fair."

"On behalf of the British royal family and the British government, I would like to extend my warm congratulations to the opening of the expo! I would like to extend a warm welcome to all the guests who came from afar!"

"A few years ago, I put forward the idea of ​​holding an industrial expo, which received wide response from the international community."

"Today, there are 57 countries and organizations participating in the exhibition, covering all known continents. I am deeply honored"

"So at this moment, let us abandon those complicated secular languages, and greet the opening of this expo with cheers and music!"

Prince Albert just finished speaking.

The sound of ritual and music behind reached a climax, and outside the Crystal Palace, salutes exploded.

The First International Industry Fair

Official opening!