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Chapter 56-Ryan's Mobile Vault
In the staff lounge on the first-class suite floor, there are only two people in the huge lounge. Martin, who is in charge of room a16, and another colleague jokingly call themselves boring twins.
Martin checked the time, and it was half past one in the afternoon, "I guess they won't go to Redstar."
"Probably, it's fine if we don't go down anyway. We are just taking a rest for a long time, how comfortable it is."
Leaning on the chair, Martin looked out the window boredly. People who are not very interstellar traveled that the scenery outside the window was charming and beautiful. Planets with different colors and shapes, asteroid belts composed of rubble, and celestial bodies exploded in distant places. For people who shine through billions of light years but drift in the universe all the year round, these landscapes are just the most insignificant things in life, and they are not as attractive as the latest games released on Starnet.
However, the place where they stay is called the lounge, which is actually a summons room waiting for orders from the guests. Sitting here is part of working time, allowing the foreman to find out that playing games, reading idle books, and doing all things unrelated to work, just half a month For nothing, it's okay to chat a little bit.
"Uncomfortable." Martin told the truth, sitting in a daze in the lounge, suffering time slowly passing by, it is better to go to Red Star to see the white ice field.
ding dong
The colleague's personal terminal rang, proving that the suite guests he serves are in demand. The colleague stood up, looked at his face in the mirror before going out, and opened the door after making sure that the smile standard was appropriate, "I'm out, maybe I will be back later."
"Let's go," Martin said blankly. "It's best to go down and walk."
"Yeah." The colleague with a service smile nodded, turned and left, only the door slowly closing in Martin's field of vision.
Martin retracted his gaze and stared blankly at the opposite wall. donât know how long it took. It seemed to him that it was an hour long. There was a ding-dong sound. His personal terminal reminded him of the request from the customer, so he subconsciously looked up. To the clock, it was only five minutes after one and a half.
Looking at the mirror, Martin's facial muscles began to move, the corners of his mouth were raised, and his white teeth showed up, a perfect standard smile. The sliding door opened, he walked out and reached the door of a16 within two minutes, knocked twice regularly, the door was opened, and he heard a gentle voice from inside, "Come in."
Martin walked in and saw that the two gentlemen staying in a16 were wearing black snow suits of similar styles. The gentleman who looked at the cold expression was still snuggling a small white beast on his plush body. He wore a small dress of the same color as the owner. The four small paws wore small shoes specially designed for cats. It was probably the first time that the small beast wore clothes. It moved uncomfortably and raised its head softly. Calling the master, hoping that the master can take off the clothes that restrain him.
With Martin's eyesight for many years, the clothes on small pets will not be cheap.
Griffon beasts live in b612, where the temperature is relatively cold. Adult Griffon beasts can withstand the severe cold and gallop fast in cold winds, rains and blizzards, but they are very fragile when they are young. Small beasts will stay inseparable with their parents for up to five years. Curled up under the warm and thick belly of his parents to escape the cold time and time again.
Daifuku is a mutated ancestral griffon abandoned by its parents. It is not protected by warm and thick fur. As a master, it can only be equipped with human-made clothes, from head to toe, with a hat on its head. Wings with white feathers and a flexible tail are exposed to the air.
Martin greeted the two guests politely and asked with a smile, "What do the guests need?" He saw the guests' dresses and knew that they were going to Redstar, but according to the job standards, he still had to ask nonsense. Last time.
Ryan, holding three pairs of goggles, said, "We are going to Redstar now, and we are going to come back after dinner there."
"Okay, sir." Martin raised his arm, opened the personal terminal and began to make an appointment for the small star ship, "Mr. Smith, what needs of the itinerary?"
"Go to the Ice and Snow Museum, enjoy the style of the ice city, go to the ice lake, and then find a local restaurant for dinner." Lane has a perfect plan, and will implement it according to this plan. "When playing in the ice lake We want to experience fishing, and we will have some of the most distinctive local lake fish and lake shrimp for dinner."
"Okay, Mr. Smith." Martin quickly recorded in the memo. After writing, he raised his head and looked at the two guests with a smile. "The little star ship is ready, and the two gentlemen will come with me."
Dafu was wearing clothes for the first time when he went out, uncomfortably biting the surface of the clothes with his own teeth. It felt very uncomfortable when wrapped around the body, but he couldn't get rid of the shackles of the clothes, and the small shoes on the claws. , Preventing it from direct contact with nature with a soft pad.
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Dafu, who was following Alston's feet, shook his head and made irritable shouts from time to time.
The Shakespeareâs little star ship is luxurious and luxurious. Martin will serve drinks and snacks within 20 minutes of entering the Red Star. All kinds of delicate snacks are not only high in value, but also very good in taste. When Dafu grew up, he kept his mouth at his master's feet, and was able to get a piece from time to time. He quickly forgot the discomfort brought to him by the clothes.
The small starship enters the atmosphere of Red Star, and soon after passing a "meteor", you can see a white world through the window. This is a planet basically covered by ice and snow, and you canât see where the land is, and you canât tell. Where is the lake and where is the ocean, there are basically no plants in such a cold place. Most of the five million people who live in Red Star rely on imports for fruits and vegetables.
The small star ship took Ryan and Alston directly to the port of the Ice and Snow Museum. The hatch opened, and the cold air rushed into it unscrupulously. Fortunately, there was a protective door at the door to prevent passengers from suddenly facing the cold. Dafu Amber, who disliked his clothes, looked outside, and the vast white snow made the young Griffin beast instinctively fearful, and walked out step by step, clinging to Alston's feet.
The wind was wrapped in snowflakes and fluttered, and Dafu folded its wings and attached it to the sides of his body, with his little tail tucked in an uneasy manner. Now he doesn't dislike clothes anymore. Give it another piece of this kind of dress, which has to enclose its wings and tail. Amber Eye looked at Ryan, who was squatting in front of him sadly. When he grabbed his clothes, he didn't think that he had wings exposed, and now the griffon was going to be cold to death.
Ryan put on protective goggles for Daifuku and patted his head, "Don't look at me like that, you won't be able to dissipate heat if you wrap it all up, and you will lose feathers if you take off your clothes." The tail is balanced and cannot be covered. In clothes.
Dafu whispered in a low voice, leaving Ryan who was wearing goggles for himself, trotting to squat down beside Alston, leaning on his master's lap and looking curiously at this strange world through the goggles. Red Star is covered in snow and ice, and staring with the naked eye for a long time can easily induce snow blindness. The locals living here are used to it. The eyes can adapt to the genetic variation of several generations. Distinguish whether they are locals or foreigners who come to travel.
The Ice and Snow Museum is one of the places where foreign tourists must check in. There are many snowflakes on display. The oldest one has been more than 800 years old and was discovered when Emperor Qin Feng Anderson came with the army during the army.
"This Weiyang flower was taken from the emperor's goggles. Everyone looks at the big picture. It is a perfect hexagon. There are six big forks and twenty-four small forks in total. There are six bifurcations, which symbolize the proliferation and endlessness, which is in line with the policy of the emperor's policy of rest with the people." The commentator is a local lady, pointing to the big picture, and said, "So this piece of Weiyang Flowers are also called eternal life."
Ryan really couldn't escape Qin Feng Anderson's poison everywhere. A piece of snow on the goggles can remind future generations of so much. Thinking about the horrible words in the diary, he is in a very bad mood.
Now there are many voices of Qin Feng falling in the empire. He picks up on what he has said and done. The Weiyang flower displayed in the Ice and Snow Museum has been ridiculed by people, saying that the people of Red Star are really far-fetched. , Qin Fengâs pile of baba pulled here is frozen in ice, is it a symbol of immortality?
The magic of nature is beyond everyoneâs imagination. All the snowflakes displayed in the museum are unique and have no duplicates. At the end of the visit, the commentator introduced to Ryan and Alston, "As long as you find a unique snowflake on the planet, you can send it. When you come to the museum, you can display it after you determine its uniqueness, you can name it, and stay here forever."
When leaving, Ryan and Alston bought a series of books produced by the museum, which contained all the snowflake photos in the museum. The first book opened is the piece of "Eternal Life", placed on black velvet, surrounded by some gold powder, enjoying the respect. Ryan closed the book blankly and decided to never open the first page in the future to avoid hurting his eyes.
"Ryan." Alston walked with the surroundings he bought in the souvenir shop. He shook his hand toward Ryan. Two cufflinks made of "eternal life" as the prototype, made of sterling silver, Inlaid with some artificial broken diamonds, "Let's bring it."
Ryan's Adam's apple rolled, swallowing hard and then said "OK."
He wanted to take the cufflinks from Alston's hand, but Alston said, "I'm coming."
Untie the cuffs of the snow suit, revealing the sleeves of the woolen sweater inside. Alston was dumbfounded at the sleeves. He even forgot that Ryan was not wearing a shirt. He hurriedly bought cufflinks and planned to put them on. ,Too stupid. Holding the cufflinks, Alston thought this is not a shirt, how to install cufflinks
"Just don't go up directly." Ryan said, "just use it as a sleeve needle."
Allston nodded, and carefully pinned Ryan on. The light coffee-colored woolen sweater with silver snowflakes is also pretty. Afterwards, Ryan gave Auston the "eternal life", and they continued on their next trip, making a round in the city. The city where the Ice and Snow Museum is located is the capital of the entire Red Star, with the most densely populated city, with nearly three million people living here.
Perhaps facing the ice and snow all the year round, the Red Stars donât want to stay close to the cold in their architectural style. They boldly use gorgeous and heavy colors, warm red with solemn black, and vivid orange, lime green and lemon yellow. Colorful flowers are "blooming" on the brown. Buildings with no more than sixteen stories resemble the defenders of humans in the world of ice and snow. They use their own uniqueness to give spiritual pleasure to the human beings living here.
The street is dotted with not ice sculptures, but artificial flowers made of artificial trees. The tall âtreesâ hang down with branches full of red âflowersâ, and the thorny âcactusâ is covered with bright yellow âflowersâ. ", the bright red at the stamen
The city is not big, and it only took 40 minutes to walk along the central street, during which Martin vividly introduced the origin of the city, what festivals are there throughout the year, the names of various shops, and so on.
"That Zijasmine restaurant is the most distinctive and prestigious restaurant here. Can I have dinner there in the evening?"
Ryan and Alston looked over. The exterior wall of the restaurant on the third floor of the building was covered with purple mosaic tiles, which looked very unique. Ryan nodded, "Yes."
Martin breathed a sigh of relief, his almost stiff smile seemed to have more sustaining power, and the arc rose a little more. It is great to be able to serve Smiths. He is not picky, gentle, without any difficult requirements and unreasonable thoughts. Martin feels that this Shakespeareâs voyage is a rare "rest" for him.
In the next ice lake fishing, Ryan and Alston had a great time, but there was an episode in the middle. There was a group of guests who wanted to listen to live music when they were fishing. With the concept of sincere service to the guests, the staff removed the performance team on the cruise ship. Several performers who played the violin, the oboe, or the accordion performed in the cold in thin costumes. Song after song.
Ryan and Alston looked at each other and saw dissatisfaction in each other's eyes. Ryan beckoned to Martin, and after a few words in a low voice, he watched Martin trot to the band foreman who was the band boss.
"It's really a toss." Ryan shook his head and said.
Allston no longer goes to see that band, "the joy built on the pain of others."
"Forget it, let's go to the restaurant for dinner. The fish here is really hard to catch." Ryan put away the fishing rod and put all the tools aside, there will be someone who needs it next. On the endless icy lake, there are not many strongholds where holes are drilled and concentrated fishing. There is a leeward wind and there is no snow on the ice, and many people will come.
Alston stood up and looked around, but suddenly he didnât find Dafu, "Whereâs Dafu?"
"Look over there." Ryan found out and pointed the direction to Alston.
Aston looked over and couldn't help but smiled, "Doesn't he know he is wearing shoes?" Daifuku was digging a hole with his claws, trying to make a hole in the ice.
"Maybe we found something good, let's go and take a look."
Dafu indeed found a good thing. There was a fish frozen under the ice, a fish much larger than it, with beautiful scales and a row of spikes on its back. Ryan knew it was Red Star Ice Lake by looking at it. The specialty inside has many spines, but the meat is fat and tender, and the bone soup is very delicious.
"Wow" Dafu ran behind Alston, yelled softly and then pushed Alston with his head, intending to let the owner dig out the fish for himself.
Auston was also a little excited.
But Ryan made a gesture on the ice and regretfully told them both, "No, unless we have a large machine on hand. The adult body of this fish is more than six meters long, and what we see now is only more than one meter, but The surface features show that it is an adult, and it is obvious that it is far below the ice surface, and we can't get it out."
Allston and Taifook were disappointed at the same time.
Martin, who had already complained to the bandâs owner, walked over and said, "I can mobilize the construction team to dig the fish, is Mr. Smith sure I want this?"
"No need." Allston was dissatisfied with this kind of selfish desire that consumes a lot of manpower and material resources.
But Ryan thinks a little differently. There is a special fish-digging construction team, which obviously has formed an industry for tourists, which is one of the other's sources of income. Since Alston and Daifuku like it, he doesnât mind adding this If you get the fish out, you can eat this fish for dinner in the evening.
"How much"
Martin hurriedly said with a smile, "Five Thousand Stars." Afraid of misunderstandings and dissatisfaction from the guests, he quickly explained, "According to the law on Red Star, all aquatic products belong to the government. It was discovered in the wild that they were dug out for themselves. If it does, itâs against the law. Once found to be imprisoned for 20 days, or to buy the fish at the market price, the market price of iron spine fish is three hundred stars per kilogram, which is more difficult to find, so Very expensive."
A big fish with a length of six meters can be said to be more than six hundred catties, and the whole fish is expensive.
"But hire a construction team to dig the fish. As long as the construction cost is five thousand stars, the fish can be owned by you, and no extra money is required."
Such a calculation is very cost-effective.
"You contact the construction team. After the fish is dug up, take the fish neck and part of the fish tail to the restaurant, and send the rest to the ship for preservation. We will take it away at the end of the journey."
Martin refrained from laughing too exaggeratedly. "Okay." He can get a part of the commission, five thousand stars, for all the consumption of the guests during the ground tour. In the end, he can get at least five hundred, think about it. Just suffocated with joy. The guests who live in the first-class cabin do not make a move.
The construction team was on standby at any time and came soon after receiving the notice. After determining the location, they started to dig the fish. Because the weather was too cold, the machine made a creaking and overwhelming sound at the joints. In order to dig the fish as soon as possible, Workers were digging ice with semi-automated shovel, and the shovel hit the ice surface, making toothless squeaks.
Daifuku stood not far from the fish-digging site excitedly, jumping and jumping, and howling from time to time, and his tender voices could not hear the mighty prestige of the future sea and land overlord.
Seeing the workers working in full swing, Auston fell into deep thought. After about five or six minutes, he asked, "Ryan, did I have some wrong thoughts. I just thought about laboring the people and hurting the money, but didn't expect many people to take this as a career. It prevents them from getting a lot of wages a month. I am no different from those nobles who stand on high ground. The idea that the Dalton family itself is powerful is still too far away from the people."
"I don't think that your ideas are very good, but they are only one-sided." People who have not really experienced civilian life can hardly understand the mentality of the people who hate the rich but rely on the rich. He is also constantly observing and comprehending. Itâs just a little bit of understanding. The social environment is changeable and human thinking changes. Never try to figure out what the people are thinking, just have a clear conscience. "In the future, we can look at things from two sides. It's about people's livelihood. Let those politicians get a headache. You only need to grasp the army well."
In the ancient earth period, there were great people who said that "government comes from the barrel of a gun." There is absolutely nothing wrong with seizing military force. The foundation of the Dalton family lies in the army. As the young helm of this family, you should not blindly go to other areas. Expansion and stabilization of existing strength are more important than anything else.
Allston nodded thoughtfully.
Such a big movement of digging fish must be attractive. Soon everyoneâs eyes shifted from fishing. They all bent over and looked down at the ice surface. It really made some people spot the fish, and they also hired construction by following the methods of Ryan and Alston. The team was digging for fish, and it was very lively on the ice for a time.
The band that had been complained by the guests and had to stop playing has not left yet. Their leader, their boss, wrapped in a thick snow suit to give lectures. The sharp and mean voices constantly emphasized that the needs of the guests were the top priority. The main idea is that no matter how hard, no matter how tired, no matter how cold, donât shout, just concentrate on doing what you have at hand, but donât forget that you signed the contract.
The contract is as big as the sky, and they can't afford to sell the millions of liquidated damages.
When the boss finally said it was fun, the players shivered and put on heavy clothes, gathered their instruments and prepared to leave. The violinist gritted his teeth and glanced at the little star ship yet to come. Taking advantage of this gap, he ran to Ryan, bowed and thanked, "Thank you."
"Thank me for what I did." Ryan's gaze swept across the violinist's face quickly, a face that was nothing special, and looked cowardly and timid, "I complained to you."
The violinist squeezed the case, looked up at Ryan, then lowered his head and said weakly, "Thank you for your complaint, so that we can end the performance. Thank you."
He didnât have any new words, and thanked the people upside down and said thank you. He bent over and bowed more than ninety degrees. Without waiting for any indication from Ryan, he turned and fled and walked away. He returned to his companion and looked back at Ryan frequently, like It is to keep the benefactor's appearance in mind.
"Look at him." Allston didn't realize that his question was full of jealousy.
Ryan explained in detail, "I did it in the dawn. Although I quit, I still received a reward in the mailbox. Some crazy adventurers also act as pirates. I always pay special attention when I see some suspected ones." The star coin, the cradle of wealth, how can a man who wants to support his family miss it.
After listening to Ryanâs explanation, Alston felt more comfortable in his heart, although he himself still didnât realize that this behavior was about jealous, "that violinist has a problem."
"I guess there is some disguise on the face, and I can't tell it all at once." Ryan's chin tapped the band foreman, "That's true, musician Evan, offering a reward of 5000 stars, which is equal to the cost of this fish digging, or Some are valuable." So he was going to pick a time to make a little money, and grab Evan to go to the police station to receive a reward.
The "Dawn" that he participated in during his college years is a semi-official organization affiliated to the public security system, which specializes in hunting down famous adventurers or pirates on the list. Since he has discovered a famous task on the list, as a former Dawn staff, it makes no sense. The reason for letting the dangerous elements leave.
As for the violinist, Ryan chuckled and watched it get better, he didn't mind making extra extra money.
After the hard work of the construction team, finally dug out a spinefish close to six meters from seven meters below the ice surface in twenty-five minutes. Two or three meters down the fish body is the flowing lake water. This fish must be lake water. After being frozen in the ice without time to swim, Ryan looked at the gills and the eyes of the fish, and concluded that the fish had been frozen for no more than three days and was very fresh.
Not far from them, someone dug a fish three meters under the ice, so close to the ground, Ryan knew that the fish was an old fish by looking at the fish's eyes.
Workers use a chainsaw to remove the fish head and the next piece of meat and part of the fish tail, and put the rest in a blue preservation bag to be transported to the Shakespeare for preservation, and then sent to Ryan and their little star ship. The insurance-treated fish can be stored for more than half a year, and you can enjoy the delicious fish to your heart's content within half a year.
After being sent to the Purple Jasmine restaurant, the fish was processed in accordance with the local characteristics. What was presented to Ryan and Alston was the red and hot dried fish and the spicy fish tail. They also ordered several kinds of shrimps, which were also found in chili. Scoop the shrimp in the shrimp and spicy soup.
Ryan's ability to tolerate spiciness is good, just drink some tea to relieve spiciness when eating. Allston loves and hates spicy food, but he can't stand it when he wants to eat it. He sweats profusely and flushes all over his face. Drinking more tea can't relieve him.
Ryan looked at Auston's red lips, his eyes dimmed, and he regretted tasting the special dishes. After eating so many spicy dishes, for the sake of Auston's health, the two of them were unable to communicate in depth recently.