[Infrastructure] Rose kissed Barcelona

Chapter 32 The Silence of the Lambs

Under the dark sky, there was silence on Montjuic Mountain, only the roar of the dead trees being shaken by the strong wind, and the roar of angry waves crashing on the rocks and cliffs.The dense raindrops mixed with the sea breeze hit the ground hard like drumbeats.

The herdsman stretched out his dead branch-like hands and wrapped his scarf a few times indiscriminately, and pursed his lips tightly.

In such rainy weather, if you don't shut your mouth tightly, you will taste the bitter and salty taste unique to winter rainstorms.

This is winter rain, every drop is like a sharp ice needle, piercing people's body, causing a cold sting.

That is the wrath of a giant siren from the depths of the Mediterranean Sea, the nomad thought.

He squinted his eyes hard and searched the cliff in the distance - if it was normal, he could see the busy Port of Barcelona in this direction.

But at this time, the ship had already received a storm warning and entered the port to avoid the wind.The continuous coastline is like an old painting ruined by ink. The old port, wharf, dock and the moored ships are all ink dots in the heavy sea fog, blurred into a ball, too dark to see clearly.

The herdsman wiped his face again, feeling that his hand holding the kerosene lamp was about to freeze.The weather is very bad now, it is actually dangerous to stay on the mountain, he should go home.

But he had lost a few sheep—a few fat sheep that could have been sent to the slaughter right away.Christmas is approaching, and these fat and strong sheep can bring him the money he needs to celebrate Christmas.I heard that Montjuic Mountain will be developed soon, and there will be fewer and fewer pastures here in the future.He had to sell his flock as quickly as possible.

It hasn't thundered yet, so it shouldn't be a big problem.Thinking of this, the herdsman tucked his turban again, carried the flickering kerosene lamp, and continued to walk on the mountainside with difficulty against the wind.

Quickly find the sheep, and then go home to eat hot potato cakes that are burnt on the outside and tender on the inside.Thinking of the crackling fire in the fireplace and the stomach-warming absinthe brought a smile to his wrinkled eyes.

The wind whistled and the lights flickered.

etc.He stopped suddenly.

Surrounded by howling sea winds, splashing rainstorms and roaring waves, the kerosene lamps swayed from side to side with toothache creaking sounds, and everything seemed to be normal.

But...he heard another voice.

A voice that made one's hair stand on end.Low, ominous.

Like the dark whisper of Satan.

In the blurry corner of his eyes, his shadow was reflected on the muddy mountain by the faint light of the kerosene lamp, shaking faintly with the light of the fire.

a bit.

again.

With a bang, the kerosene lamp went out, and everything fell into darkness.

The herdsman tripped over something.

The glass cover hit the ground with a crisp cracking sound, and was swallowed up by the noise of the rainstorm in a blink of an eye.

The frozen body fell to the ground involuntarily, and the cold rain drenched the whole body in an instant.His heart was pounding and he groped in the dark tremblingly, as if he had encountered some hard and cold elongated object.

Then he touched a sticky, slippery liquid.

The herdsman suddenly realized what it was, and his heart skipped a beat.

At this moment, a hideous white crack flashed across the sky.

Lightning illuminated two pale tracks, like winding scars on the face of the mountain, extending into the cloudy and terrifying shadow of the mountaintop.

At the same time, it also illuminates the dark red liquid slowly dripping on the metal track.

……

"...These tabloids always want to make big news." Joey rubbed his brows, "Pascal, can't you tell me the whole story at once?"

She raised her hand in front of her and breathed a sigh of relief at the palm of her hand.A hazy white mist rose from before his eyes, and then scrambled to drift away.Feel the warmth in the cold hands.

"I'm sorry, miss. I'll tell you the whole story next time—it's the sheep's carcass." Mr. Butler smiled while holding an umbrella for the princess.

The torrential rain with dark clouds has passed, but the large floating clouds still hang down the rain curtain between the sky and the earth.The sky after the thunderstorm lit up, and the corners exposed between the clouds were as blue as washed, and the rainy clouds were illuminated by the sun with a dazzling golden edge.

However, although the sun came out, it still couldn't change the fact that it was cold winter rain.The weather forecast says temperatures will plummet to about 46 degrees Fahrenheit today — or just under 8 degrees Celsius.

Barcelona on the west side of the Mediterranean Sea does not snow in winter, but the rain in winter can already be called a cold magic attack.

Joy was wearing a thick velvet dress and boots, but being outdoors, the slender fingertips in the velvet gloves inevitably got cold.

Standing on the edge of the railroad tracks on the hillside of Montjuic, she looked at the dead sheep whose heads had been smashed to pieces and washed clean by the heavy rain and mud, and she was secretly relieved.

Fortunately, it is not human.

When she heard that a corpse appeared on the railway tracks, her first reaction was that someone brought the corpse to pretend to be a ghost, trying to interfere with the construction of the tram, and even the development of Montjuic Mountain.

Heh, it has been a traditional folk art for thousands of years, how can she still be afraid of this?

If it is a dead body that has been dug out, although it is not very harmful, it is really disgusting to think about it; and if it is really a fresh body, it will involve a criminal case and must be taken seriously.

However, if it is a sheep, this possibility can basically be ruled out.

People may read a newspaper and see the headlines with a shock — the kind of effect tabloid reporters want most — but quickly realize that they are just a few sheep that have been run over to death.A carriage running late at night may run over a drunk and cause an accident, not to mention a faster and heavier tram.

The tram has been taken over to the city government.As long as the government comes forward to refute the rumors, those rumors that are too imaginative will soon be suppressed.

The police officer on the mission was introducing the situation to them: "These dead sheep were found by tourists on the track this morning. When they were discovered, they were almost swollen by the rain. At present, we judge that they should have been hit by the tram last night." Died. My colleague went to ask the driver of the last bus last night, and he said that he really felt that the car hit something last night."

The case was simple and clear, and there were no casualties, but only a little property damage.

The police quickly came to a conclusion.

"Miss, it's okay. We have dealt with this kind of thing a lot. When the owner of the sheep comes to report the case, the city government and your company only need to pay a little compensation."

"The sheep strayed into the tracks and was killed by a car. Do I need to pay for it?" Joey was a little surprised.

The tram hit the sheep is also a safety hazard, the driver and passengers on the car will be in danger.They have yet to claim compensation from the owner of the sheep.

"That's right, miss. In theory, it's the herdsman's responsibility to keep an eye on the sheep. If the sheep go where they shouldn't go and stumble and fall off the cliff, then he can only accept it as bad luck; but if they enter the city hall by mistake Or other people have died in dangerous areas, such as running on the tracks of trains and trams and being killed, then out of humanitarian spirit, a little compensation will be given."

Oh, I got it.

Not long after the development of Montjuic Mountain, most of the original herdsmen on the mountain have not completely disposed of their flocks.It is inevitable to encounter such a situation.

"Excuse me, Mr. Inspector."

Joey nodded to the policeman who came out to perform his official duties in the cold weather, "I just want to ask a small question-have you ever encountered a situation before that the sheep actually died for other reasons, but for the sake of For the compensation, the owner dragged the sheep’s body onto the track, pretending it was killed by a collision?”

"Yes." The police officer smiled, "But the forensic doctor will check the cause of death. If it is the cause of death such as falling off a cliff, there is still a little possibility of getting away with it. But most of the cases are caused by disease or being bitten to death by wild animals. The animal died. After a period of time, the blood is coagulated, so the forensic doctor will find it at a glance."

Joey admired it very much: "Even these few sheep can find out the cause of death? The forensic doctor is really good."

She looked at the lumps of clean meat paste that had been crushed and washed, and the species was almost unidentifiable.

The police officer scratched his head: "Uh... the rain was indeed a bit heavy, and the corpse would be hard to see if it soaked like this. However, with such a heavy rain, it is not possible for someone to risk his life and throw a sheep onto the railroad tracks." Bar?"

……

Joey was completely relieved after confirming with Mr. Dani that there were indeed no gangs in the city who had received orders to deliberately interfere with the development of Montjuic Mountain.

If the owner of the sheep touched the porcelain for malicious compensation, it should have come to the city government to make trouble by now.But this person has not appeared for a long time, and maybe the careless herdsman doesn't even remember how many sheep he has.

It seems that it was indeed a car accident, and the tram killed the stray sheep.

The fact that the tram killed the sheep was not a big deal, but it reminded Joey of one thing——

Perhaps traffic lights or other signs should be placed along the tram tracks to prevent unsuspecting people from straying onto the tracks like ignorant sheep.

Before the equipment is in place, the city government will arrange a passerby at a certain distance to knock on the stake when the tram is about to pass, reminding pedestrians not to cross the track.

The traffic light idea came quickly, but implementation hit a snag right away.

"What, the traffic light will kill people?" Joey was very puzzled, "Shouldn't this be a life-saving thing?"

After some explanation, she figured out what was going on.

It turns out that traffic lights have been installed in the most advanced London, England -- using gas as fuel.The rules of use are the same as those of later generations, stop at a red light and go at a green light.

However, the traffic light had not been installed for a full month before it suddenly exploded.A policeman was on duty and unfortunately died in the accident.

As a result, humanity's earliest attempts to direct traffic with lights of different colors were aborted.

Joey tapped his head in distress.It was she who forgot, even the electric light had not been invented yet, not to mention the most commonly used LED traffic lights in her era.

However, with civilian electricity available, can Edison be far behind?

...maybe really far.She has searched through the newspapers of the past few years, and has been paying attention to the current news, but she has never seen the name of this famous inventor.

never mind.Joey sighed, asking for others is better than asking for himself.

She can't remember what year Edison was, and she might still be moving the mirror to save her mother.Moreover, they are far away on the continent on the other side of the ocean, and when the invention from there is passed on, the day lily will be cold.

This little episode reminded her that other things may be put aside first, it is better to invent an electric light first.Civilian electricity is already on the way to popularization, which is just needed.

While thinking, Joey wrote down all the knowledge points he remembered about electric lights in his notebook.

The principle of light emitting from an electric lamp is that an electric current passes through the filament, and the temperature rises to an incandescent state to radiate light energy outward.

Edison tried two thousand times, and finally found that tungsten wire is the best material for filament.

After spending most of the day sorting out his thoughts, Joy gave Pascal a list of materials, ready to devote himself to the daily life of a physicist.

During this time, many members of Count Guell's family and the Batllo family went to Poland to participate in the World Textile Industry Fair held by the Russian Emperor Alexander II.There was a gap between the ball and the salon at the Earl's House, which was just right for her to spend time in her laboratory and do research.

I haven't done electrical experiments since graduating from high school, and I still find it quite interesting when I think about it.Joey was eager to try, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to devote himself to the research and development of electric lights.

Unexpectedly, within a few days, the police department found her again.

This time, the few inspectors who came to the door were not as relaxed as last time, with doubts and even fear lingering between their brows.

"Miss Fernandez, we know you are a busy person, and I am very sorry to disturb you..."

"No, no, it wasn't the owner of the killed sheep who came to claim compensation. In fact, the herdsman's wife came to report the case, saying that her husband went out to look for the lost sheep a few nights ago and never came back."

"It's appalling, but we've come to you because yet another sheep carcass has been found on the tracks... and it's unharmed."

"He was not killed. The most experienced forensic doctor in the police department is also at a loss."

"Nobody knows how it died."

The author has something to say: So... has anyone guessed what's going on? www

PS Edison saving his mother is a fictional story.

About the invention of traffic lights (excerpted from the Internet):

In 1868, British mechanical engineer Neyt installed the world's earliest gas traffic lights on the square in front of the Parliament Building in Westminster, London.It consists of revolving square glass lanterns in red and green, red for "stop" and green for "attention".

On the 23rd day of its operation, the gas lamp suddenly exploded, and a policeman on duty was killed on the spot, so it was cancelled.

Electrically activated traffic lights did not appear in the United States until 1914.This traffic light consists of red, green and yellow circular light projectors installed on a tower on Fifth Avenue in New York City.A red light means "stop", and a green light means "go".

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