In the green water city, the lights are coming on.
This is Li Banfeng's first time in the city after coming to Prosperity for more than three months.
Ma Wu said that the cities in Pro Province may not be as good as those in other provinces, but the nights in Green Water City are also bright.
Li Banfeng saw the light and lit up the lights, which was a grand ceremony that took place every day in Green Water City.
Because electricity cannot be transmitted over long distances, gas lamps became the protagonists of the night.
The patrolmen carried torches and foot pedals and lit up the street lights on both sides of the street one by one.
Each store sent out its staff to light up the light boxes with their signs one by one.
The gas lamps were very bright, and were not inferior to some electric lamps.
What surprised Li Banfeng even more was that the gas lamp could flicker.
On the gas outlet pipe, there is a steam-driven valve. Relying on the heat of the gas lamp itself, the valve opens and closes according to a certain pattern, controlling the flow of gas.
The valve is fully open, the gas supply is large, and the light box is very bright.
The valve is half open, the gas volume is low, and the light box will dim again.
Some valves are also equipped with special powders to make the light box constantly change color.
Ma Wu was right, Green Water City was a city, a big city.
Maybe the buildings are not as tall as those in Yuezhou and the streets are not as wide as those in Yuezhou, but this is a real city and Li Banfeng can smell the unique scent of the city.
The tallest building is called Peace Building, which is the Lu family’s business. It has a shopping mall, a restaurant, and reportedly even a cinema.
The building with the best occupancy is called Paramount, which is also the Lu family's business. There is endless wine to drink, endless dancing, and countless high-split cheongsams.
Ma Wu said that the most promising place is called Xiaoyaowu, where there are dancing kings, singing queens, and more than a hundred rising stars who are being polished.
Xiaoyaowu was once Ma Wu's property. Li Banfeng had promised Ma Wu that he would visit it in the future, but now is not the time.
Li Banfeng now only wants to find Miaosheng Record Player Shop. Ma Wuchang asked them to burn the records, and the quality of their record players is guaranteed.
After several twists and turns, Li Banfeng found a record player shop. The shop was not big. Li Banfeng pushed the door open and saw that the shop was only about five or six square meters. Inside was a counter more than one meter long with two hand-cranked record players on it.
Have I come to the wrong place?
Li Banfeng stepped back to the door and took a look.
You came to the right place, Miaosheng Record Player Shop.
Sitting behind the counter was a man wearing a black top hat, a black tuxedo, a white shirt, a black bow tie, no beard on his lower lip, and two mustaches on his upper lip.
At first the man seemed to be dozing off, but when Li Banfeng stepped back to the door to look at the sign again, he woke the man up.
The man with the mustache stood up and said to Li Banfeng with a smile, "Hello, sir. Welcome. I'm Ling Miaosheng from Miaosheng Record Player Shop. I wonder which record player you like?"
Li Banfeng looked at the two thin hand-cranked record players on the counter and shook his head, "Anyway, it's not these two."
Ling Miaosheng was startled, and looked at Li Banfeng in astonishment and said, "Sir, you don't like these two record players?"
"Yes!" Li Banfeng didn't think there was anything special about these two record players.
Ling Miaosheng said seriously, "It seems that what you want is not simple. Could you please tell me what kind of record player you want?"
What kind of record player?
What kind of record player could this small shop have?
Li Banfeng said, "Show me your best record player."
"Okay, sir." Ling Miaosheng walked out of the counter and waved her hand, and a curtain suddenly appeared on the wall.
The color of this curtain is exactly the same as the wall.
Not only are they exactly the same, but they fit together so perfectly that there isn't even a trace of anything left to be seen.
Behind the curtain is a wooden door.
Squeak~
Ling Miaosheng pushed open the wooden door and extended a hand to the inside: "Sir, please come in."
Li Banfeng followed Ling Miaosheng into the wooden door. Behind the door was a corridor. Because the light was very dim, Li Banfeng could not see the end of the corridor with his eyesight.
This store is not small.
It’s just that the layout is a bit special.
Ling Miaosheng took Li Banfeng to a door, gently pushed it open and walked in, signaling Li Banfeng to move more gently.
Why be so cautious?
Is there anyone sleeping here?
Ling Miaosheng came to the center of the room and quietly lit a candle.
The room was quite large, and with the help of candlelight, Li Banfeng could only barely see the walls on all four sides.
In the middle of the room, an object the size of a bedside table was covered with a cloth.
This should be the most expensive record player in this store, right?
Li Banfeng was a little looking forward to it.
Ling Miaosheng first grabbed a handful of golden particles and placed them under the tarpaulin.
Li Banfeng felt excited.
Is this fuel?
Is it also a steam record player?
As Ling Miaosheng slowly uncovered the cloth, the answer was revealed.
This record player has a white body, a red head, and two bright eyes.
The "fuel" that Ling Miaosheng spread was actually corn.
The record player stretched out his head, ate the corn, and cleared his throat with a gurgling sound.
Ling Miaosheng ordered: "Sing a song "Autumn Water Beauty."
The record player stretched its neck and began to sing:
Cluck, cluck, cluck~
Looking forward to it,
I can't see the beautiful figure of my beloved.
More remnants leaked out,
A lone goose cries two or three times,
…
Li Banfeng looked at Ling Miaosheng and asked, "Is this a singing chicken?"
Ling Miaosheng nodded and said, "This is the best record player in our store. It can play more than 30 songs. As long as the owner is patient in raising it, it can learn many more songs."
Li Banfeng didn't know why this big rooster with a fiery red comb and snow-white feathers could sing, but this chicken was obviously not the one he wanted.
"Boss Ling, I want a more normal record player, such as one made in Amikan. Do you have any?"
Ling Miaosheng nodded and said, "Yes, sir, this way please."
Li Banfeng followed Ling Miaosheng into another room, which was more spacious. There were more than a dozen record players in the room, all produced by Amikan.
Ling Miaosheng introduced: "The record players made in Amikan are not as durable as those made in Cheman, nor as exquisite as those made in Ingrid, but the products they make have a unique charm.
I can’t really describe the unique charm, but I always feel that what they create is particularly bold.”
As she spoke, Ling Miaosheng lifted the curtain and displayed the first record player.
"This is a clockwork record player. It plays a song and winds up the machine once. The sound is clear and bright. The case is light and does not take up much space."
Ling Miaosheng played a song on the record player and Li Banfeng shook his head slightly.
The tone of this record player is far different from my wife's, and it is too small, so I guess the accessories won't be useful.
Ling Miaosheng turned on another record player. This one was very large, nearly two meters long and wide. The tray above the record player was slightly similar to his wife's. There was a huge pull rod attached to the chassis.
Ling Miaosheng pulled the lever, and the record player began to whirr.
It turned out to be a pull-rod bellows.
Driven by the sound of the wind, the windmill inside the chassis began to turn.
Ling Miaosheng explained: "The windmill is equipped with a speed regulator. No matter how strong the wind is, the windmill can rotate at a constant speed.
Normally, you can listen to music while pulling the bellows, but the disadvantage is that the noise is a bit loud.
You can also pull the bellows to charge the spring and then listen to the music. The spring can charge for up to two hours."
After charging the spring, Ling Miaosheng wiped the sweat off his face, flipped the switch, and the record player started playing.
Not to mention, the tone of this bellows record player is somewhat similar to my wife's.
After singing a song, Ling Miaosheng demonstrated the third record player.
This record player is also very special in that it runs on electricity.
In the Prosperous State, electricity cannot be transmitted over long distances, but it is not impossible to store.
Ling Miaosheng took out a battery the size of a tea box, placed it in the back box of the record player, flipped on the switch, and the record player started to play.
"The record player is stable and easy to use, but it's difficult to charge. You have to put it in the sun during the day."
Only then did Li Banfeng notice that there were photovoltaic panels on the surface of the record player.
Ling Miaosheng smiled and said, "If it's sunny, I can listen to it for eight hours after charging it for a day. But if it's cloudy, I can't say for sure."
If there is electricity, can I charge my mobile phone?
What is the purpose of charging? What is the use of mobile phones? Are you waiting to be hooked by the spy repairman?
The layout and structure of this record player are too different from his wife's, so Li Banfeng has no interest in it.
Open the fourth curtain and there is a sewing machine underneath.
Ling Miaosheng threaded the needle and thread, held the pulsator with her hand, stepped on the pedal, and clicked. The sewing machine started. While sewing the clothes on the machine, she sang "Roses Are Blooming Everywhere".
"Roses are blooming everywhere, youth is everywhere, and the spring breeze cannot be stopped..."
The cuffs were sewn, the sewing machine stopped, and the music stopped with it.
Ling Miaosheng turned around and said, "The beauty of this record player is that it can relieve the fatigue of sewing work. Of course, if you don't want to listen to music while sewing, you can also charge the spring and enjoy the beauty of music after work."
Although this record player is peculiar, its accessories are very similar to my wife's.
Ling Miaosheng turned on the fifth record player, which was also the largest one: "This is also a wind-powered record player, but it is different from the bellows record player. This record player is driven by an external windmill.
That is to say, hang a windmill with a diameter of 28 cm outside your window.
When the windmill starts to turn, you can listen to the music. If you don't want to listen, you can also use the spring to charge.
When the spring is fully wound, it can last up to 22 hours. As long as the wind outside does not stop, the music in your home will not be interrupted..."
Ling Miaosheng introduced more than a dozen record players to Li Banfeng in one breath. Li Banfeng had some interest in each of them, but was not very satisfied with any of them.
Ling Miaosheng looked at Li Banfeng, was silent for a moment, and suddenly asked: "Sir, do you want to buy a steam record player?"
Li Banfeng was surprised. "How do you know?"
Ling Miaosheng suddenly smiled: "I heard the sound of steam gushing out, in your heart."
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