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Xiao Peng visited the old cars parked here. It's really everything! Ford crestler in 52, Buick Century in 57, Chevrolet lpala in 58, fury in Plymouth in 57 and star chief in Pontiac in 57 all seem to be exquisite treasures. Any one of them can be put on the pebble beach auction market.

For example, if the engines of the classic cars are replaced by those of the classic cars, they will be replaced by the original ones Weichai's four cylinder diesel engine.

Isn't this for a forklift?

This is still good! Xiao Peng even saw a car with a single cylinder 6-horsepower diesel engine on the lawn mower......

Xiao Peng lost all interest in these old cars in an instant. Isn't it selling dog meat with sheep's head?

It's pure cheating and eating melon people's feelings!

Dana was obviously not very happy with Xiao Peng's reaction: "this is Cuba. Do you want those old cars that look good and well maintained, or go to the pebble beach auction in California. Cuba is not a place to pick up leaks."

After hearing this, Xiao Peng was very happy: "eh? You know the pebble beach auction? I've been there. I've bought several cars there, a Lamborghini 350gt, a Ferrari 250GTO and a Ford Mustang Shelby. Oh, Shelby gave me a friend named Yang Meng. How did you know about the pebble beach auction

A Cuban girl knows about the pebble beach auction in stardot. It's interesting. The two countries haven't been in contact for more than half a century, haven't they?

Dana didn't answer Xiao Peng's question, but she stretched out her left hand. She had a ring on her ring finger. She couldn't see what material it was. The style was very simple. It looked more like a twisted iron bar.

Seeing this, sun Pengcheng was excited and patted Garcia: "I'll go! When did you get married

Garcia quickly waved her hand: "I'm not married."

Dana said with a smile, "sun, you misunderstood me. This is not my wedding ring, this is my graduation ring."

"Graduation ring?" Xiao Peng was stunned and looked at Dana and said, "are you studying in maple leaf country?"

Dana nodded: "yes, I graduated from maple leaf Institute of technology, studying mechanical and electrical engineering. It's not surprising that although our country has no contact with xingtiao country, it does not mean that we have no contact with maple leaf country. Every year, someone will be sent abroad to go to school. Garcia can go to China for further study, and I also get the opportunity to study in maple leaf country. "

Xiao Peng looked around, then looked at Dana: "you came back from maple leaf Sinology, just to repair the car?"

Dana laughed and said, "no, no, this is my father's garage. Garcia called me to have a look at my work. After all, it's illegal in the legal sense. Oh, you don't have to worry. No one is in charge of it. Garcia's leaders are coming here to repair the car. "

Sun Pengcheng interposed and asked, "brother Peng, what's going on with this ring? Why do you know that Dana is studying in maple leaf country

Xiao Peng pointed to Dana's finger: "this is the most expensive ring in the world. Only maple leaf country a few engineering college graduates can get, others have money also can't buy

Sun Pengcheng asked curiously, "what does this mean? Why can't you afford it? What material is this? "

Xiao Peng replied, "it's a ring made of ordinary steel, but there are 88 lives hidden in it. So the ring has another name, the ring of shame. "

Dana held out her thumb and said, "Mr. Xiao, good insight!"

After hearing this, Xiao Peng scratched his head: "my girlfriend is in University in Boston. When I went to see her, I knew several MIT students. They told me about the ring. They are MIT students who envy your ring

Sun Pengcheng asked curiously, "what's going on with this ring? Brother Peng, you're talking about it. "

Xiao Peng pointed to Dana: "isn't it better to let the client introduce him?"

In fact, Xiao Dana should have said that there was no shame

Listen to Dana talk, sun Pengcheng also understand the origin of the ring.

The mother river of maple leaf country is the St. Lawrence River, which originates from Lake Ontario and finally flows into the sea from the bay of St. Lawrence. However, it also caused inconvenient transportation. In 1854, Montreal built the Victoria Bridge on the St. Lawrence River, which directly became the main port in the eastern part of maple leaf country. Quebec people were also anxious to see this situation and wanted to build a bridge. It was not until 1887 that the Quebec Bridge was officially started, and in 1900, construction began.

For the sake of this bridge, maple leaf country is also fighting. He invited graduates from maple leaf Institute of technology, who was one of the most outstanding bridge engineers in xingtiao at that time, and Theodore Cooper served as chief engineer.During the design of the bridge, Theodore Cooper extended the span of the bridge by nearly 100 meters without authorization. The reason is that the impact of deep-water piers and ice ridges can be avoided. Bin can shorten the construction time and save costs. But it turns out that he did just that more than 519 fox bridge in England became the longest cantilever bridge in the world at that time.

In 1907, when the project entered a critical moment, the workers found that the bar with greater pressure appeared bending deformation, and the riveted holes were misplaced. The news was quickly reported to Cooper, but Cooper was in New York at the time. To be exact, since the bridge was built, Cooper, the chief engineer, never went to the scene to supervise the command, because of health problems (he died in his early 60s and 80s). So Cooper didn't know the situation at all and thought the deformation was normal. Construction is required to continue. On August 29, 1907, the Quebec Bridge under construction collapsed, half of the bridge fell into the water, and 75 workers were killed. The accident investigation committee of

later found that the accident was caused by unreasonable design. After Cooper increased the span from 487.7 meters to 548.6 meters, the bridge's weight was changed from 2760 tons to 3250 tons, and the bar was subjected to excessive force. However, in the design and construction process, it was totally supervised by Cooper's reputation.

A few years later, the bridge was rebuilt. As a result, tragedy happened again. When the bridge was closed, a fulcrum broke, and the longest bridge in the middle of the bridge collapsed, and 13 people died. In 1917, the bridge was finally opened to traffic, becoming the longest cantilever span bridge so far. This bridge, which could have been an immortal masterpiece, has become a disgrace to maple leaf people.

Because the designer Cooper graduated from the famous maple leaf Institute of technology, the school's reputation was ruined. However, maple leaf Institute of technology did not hide or conceal the incident. Instead, it joined seven engineering colleges to raise funds to buy the steel wreckage of the bridge, and created a ring named "shame ring". The ring was also designed as a twisted iron bar Shape, from that time on, every engineering college graduate will receive such a ring when they get their diploma.

Even all maple leaf engineers must attend a grand ceremony when they get the engineer's license. They hold a chain and swear: they voluntarily accept the standards of engineers' growth, respect the rigorous and serious title of being loyal to engineers, and wear a "ring of shame" on their left pinkie to warn themselves that the quality of products is higher than everything else, and remind them that they will never forget Never forget the lessons and humiliations of history.

Dana lost a lot of weight after returning home, so she became wearing ring finger, which caused misunderstanding among several people.

Xiao Peng suddenly turned to sun Pengcheng and said, "by the way, do you know why the maple leaf government is clean and honest?"

The government integrity index of maple leaf country has been in the forefront of the world for many years.

Sun Pengcheng shook his head: "I don't know, why?"

Xiao Peng said with a smile: "the maple leaf government is inspired by this" ring of shame ". It has established a personal integrity file for every official and issued a badge. If any official is not honest in politics, he will be recorded in the personal incorruptibility file, and will be marked on the badge as a lifelong disgrace. Its function is equivalent to the" ring of shame ". By this means, Feng The government of Ye state succeeded in curbing the corruption of officials. Over time, the strength of the system was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the officials of Fengye state consciously felt ashamed of corruption and bribery. Therefore, it is rare for officials to fall into corruption. "

Garcia didn't want to hear this: "integrity index? Is there any other country in the world that is cleaner than ours? Our office is becoming a tourist attraction

After hearing this, sun Pengcheng explained with a smile to Xiao Peng: "well, as long as the people have an appointment, they can go to any government department to meet with the relevant leaders, so that the government departments can solve the problems for the people as quickly as possible."

Xiao Peng just wanted to nod his head to praise him. As a result, Garcia said with a bitter face: "don't mention it. Because of this unfortunate regulation, we are suffering! Our Ministry of the interior has always been the most attractive place for foreign tourists in Cuba. Many tourists will find a way to find our local people and spend money to let them take those tourists to visit us. Please! Our place is not a tourist attraction, OK? Why don't you just take two pictures outside? Must affect our work! Sometimes we all feel like monkeys in the zoo

Xiao Peng laughed after hearing this: "to tell you the truth, I also want to visit your Cuban Ministry of internal affairs. I really want to see how the most legendary department in the world works."

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