Vol 2 Chapter 1401: Today, Atlanta City

The development of Atlanta University is far beyond what most people expect.
The Atlanta University is far more than most people expected, is the development of Atlanta.
In two and a half years, the area of ​​Atlanta has increased fourfold 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 major emigrations, the number is more than ten times that of two and a half years ago. Had it not been for the housing in the city to have a very scientific plan, and began to gradually control the qualifications of the immigrants, I am afraid that the city of Atlanta has been squeezed.
It can be said that the development and expansion of Atlanta has become a legend, leaving all cities on the main continent far behind.
Because of its uniqueness, the University of Atlanta is not too famous on the main continent, and it is only spread among people in specific circles. Atlanta City is different. It has become a "pearl" of the Sarin and one of the most desirable places on the main continent.
Here, you can find all kinds of weird creations, incredible entertainment, delicious food, and fashionable and beautiful clothes.
Whether it is a businessman, a craftsman, a poor man, or a rich man, they are all attracted.
Ma Qiu stood outside the university gate, looking at the streets in front of him, looking at the high-rise stone buildings lined up on both sides, and looking at the landmark of the clock tower that almost punctured the sky in the distance. Rao has already seen the same scene hundreds of times, but still a bit uncomfortable, always feels too illusory.
He had been to a big city, knowing that big cities such as Xia Ya have prosperity that does not belong to Atlanta.
But large cities such as Xia Ya, but it took decades to build, Atlanta has only a few years. According to the current development trend, I am afraid that in another year or two, Atlanta will be able to leave all the major cities of the main continent far behind and become the first city of the main continent.
This is really crazy.
This is not a "city of peace" at all, but a "city of madness".
Fortunately, however, he is now a member of this "Crazy City" and is a student at the "Crazy City" Atlanta University.
Therefore, he does not need to be scared or afraid of those countrymen who have just entered the city, but should be honored and proud.
"call"
Machu breathed a sigh of relief, and pressed the college badge on his chest again, feeling the calm emotions covering the whole person. There was a shallow confident smile on his face, like a big man who had seen the world, turned his head gently, and looked at the row of people squatting by the road in front of the university.
There are about twenty or thirty people in that row, with different ages and looks. But they are relatively sturdy men with uniform uniforms. The upper body is a white gown, the lower body is loose light yellow leggings, and the feet are a pair of light gray shoes. It looks like waiting for something, and the eyes are full of expectations.
Machu knew that those were rickshaw drivers.
Speaking of rickshaw drivers, it is also a profession that has only become popular in the last year.
It originated from the rapid development of Atlanta City, the rapid growth of population, and the city's pollution was very serious. After several remediations, there was only improvement. Domestic sewage and filth were forcibly drained from the sewers instead of being messed up on the streets.
However, domestic sewage and filth have been resolved, but another thing is still stubbornly resisting, that is horse dung.
People are quite intelligent, so they know what to do is right, what to do is wrong, what they do is rewarded, and what they do is fined.
But horses are different, and while they do their job, they can do whatever they want. This led to people in Atlanta walking on horse dung for a long time.
Even if someone invented something like a horse dung, the promotion was not smooth, and the Atlanta officials did not strongly support it. According to some gossip, Atlanta officials believe that horses are a relatively backward means of transportation and will be eliminated sooner or later. Rather than investing a lot of energy to improve the pollution caused by horses, otherwise find a way to completely replace the horses earlier.
However, the replacement of horses is not so easy after all, so so far, the official Atlanta city is also improving and multi-pronged:
The first aspect is to find ways to reduce the use of horses without affecting efficiency.
In the second direction, restrict the horses to walking on a fixed road.
In the third aspect, subsidies are used to encourage horse breeders to purchase horse manure pockets for their own use.
I heard that there is a fourth aspect, which is to use legislation to declare that every adult horse walking in Atlanta must have a special serial number.
To get the serial number, you must buy a horse dung pocket to use. Once found, if the serial number is not used, the horse manure pocket will not be used, the deduction of a certain sequence qualification score will be cleared, and the serial number will be recovered.
For those who don't have a serial number and have to go on the road forcibly, they will be detained directly.
In this way, we can promote horse dung bags faster.
However, this is just heard and has not been officially implemented.
But in any case, the number of coachmen in Atlanta is gradually decreasing, corresponding to this, the emergence of rickshaw drivers.
These rickshaw drivers are often poor people who have just entered the city. Without a skill to gain a foothold in the city, they have to sell their strength. Each person rents a light two-wheeled rickshaw, and the others only need to spend a few coppers to hire them to pull them to most parts of the city.
This mode of travel is not much slower than a horse-drawn carriage, and it can also take a shortcut to travel through a small alley, which is relatively more efficient. The disadvantage is that you can only pull up to two people at a time, and you can't bring too much luggage, otherwise you can only hire a carriage.
For Machu, he is not an aristocratic young master. He hasn't had the breadth to hire a carriage. With so much money, he went to invite a pretty lady for dinner.
However, having said that, although a carriage cannot be hired, it is still possible to hire a rickshaw to go out occasionally.
Today, where he is going to perform school tasks, he is far away, but he doesn't want to get a stinky sweat. Hiring a rickshaw is the best.
Then...
Thinking about it, Marcus stepped up to the rickshaw driver, scanned the twenty or thirty rickshaw drivers several times, and finally reached out to pick a big man who looked more honest.
The big man rickshaw Friso pulled his car from the corner, and Machu sat up and asked aloud, "How much is it to the horse station in Dongcheng?"
Dongcheng Ma Station, a transportation hub in Atlanta, transports both people and goods. Machu’s task today is to pick up a person there.
The big rickshawman listened to Machu's question, thought for a while, and said in a loud voice: "How about ten copper coins?"
Ma Qiu frowned: "Normally, it's all eight copper coins." He suddenly felt that he might have chosen the wrong person. The big driver looked honest, but he was very cunning in his heart, and he wanted to pit him.
The big rickshaw driver argued: "It's not the same today..."
"What's the difference, the road can't be cut for a long time?" Machu interrupted the rickshaw driver and saw what the other party wanted to say, too lazy to fight with the other party, and said directly, "Use an hourglass, charge for the hour, count where you go money."
"Then... okay." The big rickshaw driver pursed his lips and agreed. He took out a small translucent glass hourglass from his arms and hung it on the hook on the side of the rickshaw. The light blue sand pours slowly from above to below, and the timing starts.
This hourglass is the official standard timer of Atlanta, accurate and cheap, with scales. If the rickshaw driver can't negotiate the price with the passenger, he will use an hourglass to count the time and charge a scale and a copper coin according to the scale.
According to Machu, according to the usual experience, running this way, at most eight scales and a little more, just give nine copper coins for the fare~EbookFREE.me~ can save a copper coin.
This saves a hundred times, and I can invite another beautiful lady for dinner.
Thinking this way, Machu sat on the rickshaw and said, "Let's go."
"Well, yes." The rickshaw driver was no nonsense. He bowed and walked, pulling Machu away.
The rickshaw walked a few tens of meters, and Machu suddenly thought of something. He reminded the rickshaw driver in a timely manner: "Right, don't take Seventh Avenue, take Eighth Avenue."
Speaking of which, from the main campus of the University of Atlanta, go to Dongcheng Ma Station, walk from Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue, the distance is similar.
However, when Machu invited Madame Jaina to dinner some time ago, she went to Seventh Avenue once.
At the beginning, he saw that a part of the seventh avenue was under construction. He heard that it was laying rails. Why did the rail cars test? According to his prediction, it should not be completed by now. Then walking from Seventh Avenue will definitely delay time, and walking from Eighth Avenue will save more time and money.
After hearing Machu's words, the rickshaw driver froze for a moment, and then asked with confirmation, "Is it really necessary to go on Eighth Avenue?"
Why, knowing that Seventh Avenue is building roads, you still have to deceive me to make more money on Seventh Avenue... Don’t think about it, I’m not so easy to be deceived... Machu thought and nodded seriously and responded: "Yes , Just walk from Eighth Avenue."
"Well, I know." The rickshaw driver said nothing more, ran down with his head down, and pulled the rickshaw forward.
Machu relied on a rickshaw, lying down comfortably and closing his eyes. He is not closing his eyes and raising his mind, but is seriously thinking about a series of details to pick up people at the horse station, how to do things well without mistakes.