With various shocks, King Joao IV finally arrived at his destination: Tianjin State Guesthouse at seven o'clock in the evening.
This is a very magnificent state-owned hotel, consisting of four beautiful buildings with a height of four floors. It is a place specially used to welcome distinguished guests. The outer wall of the guest building of the hotel uses a large amount of glass materials, making it look magnificent and full of glory.
It feels futuristic, as if it does not belong to this era.
The dazzling glass curtain wall stunned King João IV and his party who jumped off the carriage and stood at the door of the building for a long time.
It wasn't until the waiter in the hotel came out to help them carry their luggage that the Portuguese people suddenly took steps and followed the waiter into the State Guesthouse.
After allocating rooms to the Portuguese king and ministers, Cai Huaishui went back.
Standing in his room, King Joao IV first noticed the two doors inside the room. He pushed open the two doors and found that there were two small rooms covered with beautiful tiles.
Those beautiful tiles stunned John IV.
You must know that in Europe, Chinese porcelain is an expensive luxury product. If a relatively wealthy citizen can put a vase at home, he is regarded as a rich and tasteful household. And if there is a set of porcelain tableware from the East at home,
That is a well-deserved rich man.
However, in these two small rooms, the entire lower part of the room and the walls from the ground to the height of the person's neck are paved with smooth and beautiful tiles. Those tiles are yellow-brown. I don't know what technology was used, and they are not a solid color. The color is yellow
The brown color has some brown and black spots, which looks particularly beautiful, like a set of art.
Using porcelain as wall tiles was a luxury that suffocated John IV.
He stretched out his hand to touch the gorgeously colored tiles and felt a smooth coolness.
On this beautiful ceramic tile, John IV saw a large mirror one meter long and wide.
This mirror made John IV sigh again. You must know that in Europe, mirrors are still treasures. If a noble girl can have a set of mirrors as a dowry when she gets married, she will be able to impress her husband's family, who are also nobles.
But in this room, there is such a large mirror.
John IV increasingly wondered why these new things, which were regarded as treasures and luxuries in Europe, were so popular in Tianjin? How did Li Zhi turn these handicrafts that required craftsmen to make them so cheaply?
Ordinary goods?
Is this the power of the "factory" that Cai Huaishui mentioned on the carriage?
If the efficiency of manufacturing civilian goods is so high, what will be the speed of producing military supplies?
King Joao IV couldn't help but be a little afraid of Li Zhi's strength.
There is a porcelain basin under the mirror, a drain outlet in the middle of the basin, a pipe above the basin, and a switch above the pipe.
As soon as King Joao IV turned on the switch, water immediately spurted out of the water pipe, shocking the King of Portugal.
Things were so weird that Joao IV was so frightened that he took two steps back to make sure that the water sprayed from the water pipe would not hurt him.
For a long time, the water just continued to flow into the porcelain pool, and no other hidden weapons were ejected.
King Joao IV felt relieved and carefully looked at the water spraying from the water pipe.
It was already dark at this time, there was no window in the bathroom, and Joao IV could not see clearly.
Suddenly, there was only a snap, and the whole small room lit up.
João IV was startled again, subconsciously jumped back and stuck to the bathroom wall, and suddenly raised his head to look for the light source.
He soon spotted the electric light overhead.
The light bulb in this state hotel is quite particular. It is not an exposed incandescent light bulb, but a frosted glass cover on the outside of the light bulb. The entire light is hung from the ceiling, looking like a huge luminous pearl.
King Joao IV stared at the "night pearl", his eyes almost popped out of his head - is there such a big shining gem in the world?
This is a priceless treasure, right?
How could Li Zhi load such a treasure into a guest's room? Li Zhi wasn't afraid of stealing it and taking it away secretly?
While King Joao IV was struggling there, a waiter who spoke Portuguese came to the bathroom door and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, press this switch to turn on the light in the bathroom. There is one light each in the bathroom and toilet, and there are two lights in the room.
A lamp."
John IV was stunned for a long time and asked: "What is an electric light?"
The waiter smiled and said: "A light is a light that uses electricity, and it is the glowing light above!"
King Joao IV asked sarcastically: "Is this a lamp? Isn't this a night pearl?"
The waiter laughed loudly, pressed the switch to turn off the light, and then pressed the switch to turn the light on. He said with a smile: "Your Highness, this is not a night pearl, this is an electric lamp, a new type of lamp invented by the prince! This lamp has no fire and no oil.
Using electric drive, the light will turn on as soon as you press the button."
João IV watched the light beside the waiter turn on and was silent for a long time. Finally he decided to believe the waiter and believed that this round shiny object like a gem was a kind of lamp.
He thought for a while and then asked: "What is electricity?"
The waiter touched his head and said, "I really can't tell for a while."
He walked out of the bathroom and turned on the two lights in the bedroom. Then he walked to the heavy curtains beside the outer wall of the room and pulled open the shields.
John IV walked out of the bathroom in surprise to see what the waiter was doing.
A spacious and bright window appeared in front of John IV.
The waiter pointed out the window and said with a smile: "Your Highness, look at the night view outside the window."
João IV was stunned for a moment, secretly wondering what was so good about the night scene?
In Lisbon, the whole city is pitch black at night. If you look at the city of Lisbon from the castle of João IV, all you can see are the dark shadows of the buildings. Even on a night with the brightest moonlight, you can only see
The shadowy building exterior has no sense of beauty.
King Joao IV never found the city's "night scene" to be of much interest.
He walked to the waiter with suspicion and looked out the window.
João IV was immediately stunned by the lights of thousands of houses outside the window.
Looking from the window on the fourth floor, the entire Tianjin Acropolis was shining brightly. There were street lights on the tops of the villas beside the street, which illuminated the restaurants and inns, pedestrians and horses on the road. João IV saw that he was not far away.
In the distance is a lively night market street, where many people are drinking, eating and shouting.
Not only are there street lights on the streets, but every house is lit with golden lights. Those lights leak out from the glass windows of the buildings, making the villas look like glowing boxes. Countless lights complement each other and illuminate the city of Tianjin.
At night, the whole city looks exquisite and transparent.
John IV opened his mouth wide and could not speak for a long time.
