Qin Shiou shook hands with Ferguson. Sure enough, he introduced himself and said, "I work in the Peace Tower. I am a guard. Of course, if I want to introduce myself, I prefer to introduce myself as the bell ringer, so you can call me Quasimodo."

Quasimodo is a character in the world famous "Notre Dame de Paris". He is a bell ringer with an extremely ugly appearance: a geometric face, a tetrahedral nose, a horseshoe-shaped mouth, uneven teeth, one-eyed, deaf, and humpback...

However, he is almost the kindest, most upright and bravest of all male characters in the book, possessing all the virtues that men should have.

Qin Shiou said, "Then you are a very handsome bell ringer. By the way, man, your job is not bad, right?"

Ferguson laughed and said, "Fortunately, it's enough for me to support the whole family. This is thanks to my achievements in the military before, which helped me get such a job."

As he said that, he shook his head a little unwillingly and said, "In the past, in the army, we were like heroes, wielding our blood, and retiring to society. It is not easy to find a job like me."

"But now, at least you can survive in a safe and peaceful environment. In fact, you may not have to be a hero, right?" Qin Shiou said lightly.

Ferguson shrugged, and said nothing more, and invited them to go to the Peace Tower to see.

There is an observation deck on the Peace Tower, which is the tallest building in Ottawa. Standing on it you can overlook the city and the Ottawa River, which is full of scenery behind you.

Qin Shiou and Winnie overlooked the beautiful scenery. Ferguson made coffee and brought it to them, smiling and said, "When I am upset, I will drink a cup of coffee here, and I will always feel much better after drinking it."

Drinking the fragrant coffee, Qin Shiou said, "That's right, man. I have no worries now, but drinking coffee here and watching the beautiful scenery makes me feel much better."

Ferguson laughed and said, "Come on. I'll take you to see Zhongqin again. That's the best guy here, a big guy!"

The carillon is one of the main bodies of the Peace Tower, consisting of 53 bronze bells, covering 4 and a half octaves. The total weight is 66 tons.

Ferguson introduced: "It's a pity that you came at the wrong time. If you came in the afternoon, you can hear the loud sound of it at that hour."

Finally, the two went to see the four-sided clock of the Peace Tower. In a room, the original movement of the clock was put into use in 1927 and was connected to the official observatory every 30 seconds to keep the time of the time accurate.

However, this movement has long been eliminated now. The clock has been using motors to time since 1970, which is more accurate.

This encounter adds a lot to their visit. When they left, Ferguson gave the two a bell, saying that it was a bell that was removed when the Peace Tower was replaced internally and could be used as a souvenir.

I walked outside until eight o'clock, and the Capitol and various departments started working, and some places can be visited, such as the Library of Congress and the Hall of Parliament, etc.

The interior decoration of the parliamentary hall is magnificent. Qin Shiou feels that if a public intellectual in the future, he will tell him that the office buildings of foreign governments are more cost-effective and low-key, he must slap these people. At least judging from the decoration of the parliamentary hall, Qin Shiou has never seen a government building comparable to it.

The layout of the hall maintains the decoration and seating arrangement consistent with the British Parliament. The whole is rectangular, and the spokesperson is the focus of the house. The ruling party sits on the right and the opposition party sits on the left.

Next is a visit to the Library of Congress. To go to this place, you have to pass through a long corridor.

Winnie introduced him that this corridor is one of the most important buildings in Capitol Hill and has made great contributions. A fire broke out on Capitol Hill, which isolated the library and other buildings, thus protecting the library from fires.

The main reading room of the library is an arched hall, with the statue of Queen Victoria standing in the middle, surrounded by statues of Canadian Prime Ministers.

Walking in the library, Qin Shiou couldn't help but sigh and said, "Fortunately, I avoided that fire, otherwise so many books would be over! What a huge loss!"

"It's not just a matter of books, but the library's buildings are all wooden structures. Once they burn, they will quickly destroy the place."

Qin Shiou scratched his head and asked, "All-wood building? Why do I feel like it is stone material?"

Winnie introduced: "That's right. In the past, the Capitol was also a full-wood building. Later, it was destroyed by a fire? I learned a lesson during the reconstruction and changed it to a stone structure. At that time, only this library still retained the full-wood structure."

"About forty or fifty years, Capitol Hill encountered a fire again. This time, the stone-based Capitol Building was spared from the fire, but the library caught fire again. So when it was rebuilt, stone was also used as the main body."

Qin Shiou laughed in a low voice and said, "This Capitol Hill is a fight with the fire, right?"

The library administrator started working. Someone recognized Qin Shiou, greeted him, praised his brave performance in the sea bloody incident, and asked him why he did not bring the two little stars, Hu Zi and Leopard.

Lalawang followed Black Knife today because Qin Shiou had to hold a meeting in the future, so it was inconvenient to bring them to Capitol Hill.

He explained this, and the old administrator looked regretful and said that he liked Labrador Retriever very much, and was a fan of Hu Zi and Leopard. For the sake of the two little guys, he specially registered on Twitter to follow Larawang's number.

Qin Shiou politely thanked Hu Zi and Leopard. The administrator gave him a book, a book about the Labrador Retriever, introducing this kind of dog from all aspects.

After walking around, the sun rose and the temperature in Ottawa warmed up. Qin Shiou bought two cups of hot milk tea and found a place in the square to sit down and rest.

After they sat down for a while, a little squirrel suddenly jumped over. It looked at Qin Shiou curiously, sniffed his nose, looked at him in confusion, and then slowly approached and jumped on his leather shoes to sit down.

Winnie raised her camera and wanted to take a photo, but she smiled and still didn't do it. She was worried that she would scare the little squirrel away.

Qin Shiou guessed that the little squirrel should have been attracted by the breath of Xiao Ming on him, otherwise even if the animals here were not wary, they would not be so close to people.

Canada's ecological environment is really outstanding, even Ottawa is the same. In addition to the little squirrels, they also saw a group of fat groundhogs in this square.

The little groundhogs roared away, and some white doves roared over. Qin Shiou accompanied Winnie to rest in the square for a while, and saw that the time was about to be held before leaving. (To be continued.)

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Chapter completed!