Chapter 2042

When people talk about the North American continent, which city is the first to emerge in their mind? New York? Los Angeles? boston? Toronto? Seattle? San Francisco? Vancouver? Or Chicago?

In this vast land, just three hundred years has successfully established a magnificent country, but it is still not enough to precipitate and breed a long history. The prosperity and hustle and bustle of those cities are more accompanied by the rise of economy and the changes of politics. After all, there is still a lack of charm and demeanor - the graceful of Havana, the fanaticism of Buenos Aires, the splendor of Paris, the massiness of London and the style of Rome

As for the answer of Langley? New Orleans.

On the mailing address of letters and postcards, "New Orleans, Louisiana", the combination of the two initials at the beginning of English is "Nola", which makes local residents affectionately call this city they love "Nola", just like calling their closest lover.

In fact, New Orleans is worthy of being the most distinctive and amorous city in North America. Its edges and corners clearly outline its character, just like a unique and lively person with his own personality and temper, his own preferences and habits, and his own spirit.

Just as the names of most cities in the United States are closely related to European culture - New York is a variant of Yorkshire in England, Los Angeles is a nickname from Catholicism in the era of Spanish maritime hegemony, so is New Orleans. This city has only a short history of 300 years. In 1718, it was guided by the Indians, The French officially settled in the Highlands near the mouth of the Mississippi River.

The name of Louisiana comes from Louis XIV of the French Bourbon Dynasty, while New Orleans comes from the Duke of Orleans, the Regent of Louis XV.

There is a little rumor about "New Orleans" in history. In French, every word has its attribute, feminine or masculine or neuter. "Orleans" is masculine, while "new" is feminine. Attributives with different attributes cannot be used in parallel, but the two are combined. It is said that in the early 18th century, the extravagant style of feminization prevailed among French nobles, and the Duke of Orleans loved to paint and whitewash As a result, two words with different attributes collided together and derived the present city.

Whether the rumors are true or not, New Orleans is certainly a complex of contradictions.

The earliest old city of New Orleans is now the French district beside the Mississippi River. In the early days of the city's establishment, the first group of residents were quite chaotic. Rowing slaves, hunters, gold panners, bounty hunters, cleaners, and women were all body service providers. Although a large number of nuns and missionaries poured into the city, from the beginning, the city's population was quite chaotic, This land is destined to be wild and uninhibited, which is quite different from Boston in New England.

What's more, the top-down extravagance of the French court made New Orleans the luxury and corruption base of the French New nobles in North America. It was like a happy home, which was called "big easy" by people. Every night, New Orleans sang and danced day by day, Even their own fate quietly fell in the hands of others do not know.

Although the nickname is "Da Kuai Huo", the city has experienced many vicissitudes in its 300 year history, and the pain and bitterness with numerous scars still clearly leave traces——

From the flag of French jurisdiction to the hands of Spain, and back to the hands of the French, they were constantly harassed by pirates in the Gulf of Mexico for a long time, and then they were sold to the Americans by France, becoming the first front for farmers to open up wasteland; Then it became the last position of "the second American War of independence", a paradise for Southern nobles, and then the headquarters of the black slave faction. During the American Civil War, it became one of the important bases of the southern camp. After the vicissitudes of war, it became what it is now.

New Orleans can be found in all the changes in the European continent and the ups and downs in the founding of the United States.

The former French district has been burned by the Spaniards, but the French aristocracy has become the object of the southern manors; As a former colony, the mixture of dragon and snake is also a major feature. Pirates, beggars, prostitutes, peasants and black slaves surrounded the aristocratic lords from the European continent. They inherited the cultural essence of Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Ireland, and formed the "New Orleans" in the eyes of everyone in the flames of war.

In order to distinguish them from the first generation of immigrants from the European continent, the second generation of immigrants born in Louisiana colony are all called "Creoles", even the second generation of mixed race.

Different from the cultural integration of the east coast or the west coast, New Orleans has a strong protective effect on the traditional Creole culture, just like the stubborn adherence to the slavery system during the American Civil War. Every integration is to absorb the characteristics of foreign culture and integrate into the Creole tradition, which is similar to that of New York, New Orleans and the United States The cultural fusion of cities like San Francisco is quite different.

In this land of unique cultural fusion, the most outstanding jazz and soul music in American history have been bred, and the biggest Carnival in North America has also been born. The symbols of different cultures have finally successfully evolved into a unique local culture with Creole characteristics, which gives this city a unique texture, Standing out in the North American continent.

Unfortunately, in 2005, New Orleans was hit by the historic Hurricane Katrina, which destroyed almost everything in the city. Riots, robberies, escapes and panic enveloped the whole city, just like the end of the world, and finally completely reduced to ruins.

Today, nine years later, New Orleans has been fully revived, and once again grows into the most prosperous and developed city in Louisiana. However, some injuries, such as population, can't be reversed after they happen. Before the hurricane, the city had a fixed population of nearly 800000, but now there are only about 370000 left, which is the second city with a sharp drop in population after bankrupt Detroit.

When it comes to North America, Langley can't help thinking of New Orleans.

It's not because he likes it here - on the contrary, in fact, Langley doesn't like the city, because the Creole culture always almost savagely devours the foreign culture, refuses to change or accept new things, and the traditional and old attitude always reminds him of those stubborn aristocrats; It is because of curiosity that the British hereditary aristocrats are forced to accept new things in the new century. Will they eventually evolve into the form of New Orleans? Those foreign cultures are always integrated into the Creole culture in a special way, but they can not tell clearly whether they are dross or essence.

You may not like New Orleans, but you must be impressed.

This is Langley's second visit to New Orleans, but when he arrived at the airport, he was still a little uncomfortable. Maybe it's because of psychological factors, maybe it's fate - there is a fetter of fate between people, and it's the same between people and cities. For example, Langley likes New York more than Los Angeles. It's clear that the weather in New York is worse, the population is denser, the life is more compact, and even people are more indifferent, but Langley still prefers to live in New York.

When we arrived at the New Orleans Louis Armstrong International Airport, the appearance of the "Jurassic world" crew did not cause any crowds or panic. At least the noisy pick-up scene did not appear, and the crowded airport did not seem to notice that Langley and his party were still focused on their lives.

This is good for both lanli and the crew. They can go to the crew smoothly and put in the next shooting step by step.

But lanli's steps stopped at the entrance of the arrival hall of the airport, and he saw a familiar figure in the distance. He raised his hand to the rest of the crew and said, "you leave first, don't worry about me."

"What's the matter?" Colin looked around in bewilderment, but did not see any abnormality. Even there were not so many flights landing at the airport during this time period, and the passengers around were not busy. He did not catch any special scenes at all.

Lanli just showed a smile and didn't explain, "I won't be late. I know there's a welcome party for the crew tonight. I'll be there."

Colin didn't know why, but he was still aware of lanli's estrangement. He didn't ask much, nodded his head and said, "be careful on the road."

Blue Li jaw head signal, and then step forward.

Colin turned his head and noticed the "abandoned" Nathan and Roy, "how are you..." Colin didn't turn the corner, "I thought you were going with Langley..."

Nathan raised his chin to indicate the direction of the exit. "That's Langley's housekeeper. He came to pick up the plane."

"Nathan!" Roy stops helplessly, but lanli doesn't explain, which means lanli doesn't want to explain. Although it's not a big secret, Nathan's mouth is really... Out of control.

Nathan immediately realized his mistake and closed his mouth firmly.

Roy then added, "let's go with the crew. Don't worry about Langley. He'll be there."

They didn't break the casserole again, but they all looked in the direction of Lan Li's departure: housekeeper? Personal butler?

Only a small number of people thought of the answer at the first time: the housekeeper of the hereditary aristocracy! So, what does the housekeeper of the hereditary aristocracy look like?