Because he discovered that this road was not a dirt road, nor was it the cinder road in the port city, nor was it the cement road that could occasionally be seen on the dock, but a kind of hard road that he had never seen before.
There are almost no bumps when the carriage travels on this kind of road!
Earl Carlton prides himself on being a man who has seen the world, especially the powerful and even great Tang Empire, and has more understanding than ordinary people.
Although he has never been to the Tang Empire in his life, he has never even left Europe.
But this line of work did not hinder his understanding of the Tang Empire.
This was mainly because he had participated in officer training courses run by the Tang Dynasty with some young generals from European countries.
While studying in Cadiz, he was exposed to many things that Europeans would never experience in their lifetime.
In order to help European countries improve their combat effectiveness and help their generals to skillfully command modern troops equipped with flintlocks, artillery and other new weapons, the Tang Dynasty opened officer training courses in Cadiz a few years ago. Now it has
It has been opened for five consecutive periods, with about 50 students in each period. The schooling period is one year, but only half the year is theoretical study, and the second half is internship.
And it is worth noting that this officer training class was not opened in the Spanish-controlled area of Cadiz, but in the Embassy District of the Tang Dynasty.
Although in the embassy area, these indigenous officer academies are unlikely to travel freely to other areas, they can still have direct contact with the instructors of the Tang Dynasty and learn about the many differences between the Tang Dynasty and other countries.
For example, Earl Carlton knew about this cement road.
Because in the embassy district of Cadiz, there is a cement road that leads directly from the pier through the consulate.
Earl Carlton didn't know how cement was produced, but he had seen cement roads and knew the benefits and high price of cement roads.
But this was the first time he saw this asphalt road.
This is not as simple as laying a layer of asphalt on the soil. The asphalt roads laid by Datang are often high-grade asphalt roads, not to mention the foundation is strong, and the asphalt is mixed with very small gravel.
Paved and expensive.
Over the years, even in the Tang Empire, there were not many high-grade asphalt roads. Most of them were cinder roads or cement roads.
The reason why there are asphalt roads in Ceuta is purely because European hotels spent a lot of money to transport asphalt from the Americas and then laid it on the private roads entering the hotel.
The road is a good road, but of course it is also extremely expensive.
At least the Ceuta Prefectural Government cannot use government money to lay high-grade asphalt roads. As for cement roads, don’t expect them either. They can only use cinder roads.
In fact, not only the Earl of Carlton, but also people from the Tang Dynasty who came here for the first time would often be amazed!
Because the people of the Tang Dynasty were more aware of how expensive it was to lay such high-grade asphalt roads. Just the raw materials had to be mined from the Americas and then transported there, which was a huge expense.
However, European hotels have money, or they are willing to spend money. In order to build the reputation of the first hotel in Europe, they are willing to spend this money.
As the carriage walked onto the asphalt road, Earl Carlton felt that the carriage's bumps were getting smaller. Coupled with the small spring cushioning of the frame spring and the seat cushion, it was almost impossible to feel the slightest bump.
After the four-wheeled carriage traveled more than two hundred meters on the asphalt road, Earl Carlton saw the entire European Hotel at close range.
In front of the hotel is a huge, neat and tidy garden, and in his opinion, the main building of the hotel is more magnificent than the king's palace. Not to mention it covers a huge area, and the main building is tens of meters high.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Although various castle buildings are popular in Europe today, many castles are actually military fortresses, mainly for military defense functions. In this way, they cannot be too large, because the area is too large and the number of troops required to defend is
The more, the more difficult it is to defend.
Moreover, the castles in contemporary Europe are actually very ugly and smelly!
Even if it's a king's castle, it's just like that!
But the European hotel in front of us, even if we only look at it from a distance, can feel the atmosphere of civilization.
As the carriage arrived at the door of the hotel, a messenger quickly came forward. This messenger was not a Tang Dynasty man, but a European with blond hair and blue eyes like the Earl of Carlton.
However, Earl Carlton knew very well that the people who could work here were definitely not simple Europeans. This envoy should be a temporary resident.
After the messenger opened the door, Earl Carlton stepped out of the carriage with a slightly nervous mood. He looked up and saw the door of the hotel in front of him.
But this gate is actually made of glass. Not only the gate, there are also large glass curtain walls on the walls on both sides of the gate.
This allowed Earl Carlton to see that even though he had not yet entered the hotel lobby, he could already see that the lobby was extremely bright. The winter sunlight poured in through the large glass windows, not only making the lobby extremely bright, but also making it extremely bright.
Feel the warmth and comfort.
Just one look at it is enough to make Earl Carlton forget about all the palaces in Europe!
Not to mention anything else, this large glass curtain wall cannot be found in any palace in Europe.
After entering the hotel with his subordinates and officials from Tang Dynasty, they first checked in, and then Earl Carlton and others went upstairs to check in.
However, when he went upstairs, he did not go up the stairs as he imagined. Instead, he walked into a small room under the leadership of the messenger, and then the small room actually rose automatically.
At that moment, Earl Carlton almost screamed in horror!
But Earl Carlton, who had a strong inner temperament, held back abruptly and did not even ask the elevator operator next to him who was operating the elevator.
But after arriving at the floor, Earl Carlton's legs were already a little weak when he walked out.
After finally arriving in the room, Earl Carlton had not yet recovered from the shock in the elevator. A subordinate he brought with him kept crossing himself on his chest.
At the same time, the envoy who took Earl Carlton upstairs did not go out after putting down his luggage, but stood at the door.
It took Earl Carlton a long time to react and asked: "What? Is there anything else?"
The messenger's face was slightly stiff, and then he closed the door and went out!
After the envoy left the room, he walked to the elevator and complained to an elevator operator with blond hair inside: "These natives are so stingy. I heard they are an earl of Denmark. They don't even have a reward. I
I served them and moved a lot of them to salute them."