There are crowds outside the west gate of the imperial capital. Today is the day when the train is opened. The train station is just outside the west gate, and many people come to watch it early in the morning.
Although trains are no longer new, not many have seen trains, and even fewer have ever taken them. In the era of inconvenient transportation, people rarely travel far. Although there are many people who go to Xingchen to travel, they are basically
There are all rich people on the street. When Xingchen Leader was the most popular, there were no more than 150,000 tourists, which were people from the entire continent. It would be nice to have thousands of people in the imperial capital. The population is more than 200.
For the imperial capital of ten thousand, it is simply rare.
But although most people have never been there, people's ears are calloused when they hear the name of the train. People who come back from the Stars usually show off everywhere, one passes to ten, ten passes to hundreds, and people naturally know that there is such a thing.
A means of transportation that can run with hundreds of thousands of pounds, and it can run faster than the fastest horse.
At first, no one believed it, so there would be no such means of transportation. But those who have been to Xingchenkou said so, and they gradually believed it. Everyone couldn't brag.
Therefore, since the beginning of the construction of this railway, it attracted great attention from the people around the imperial capital. Today, the imperial capital was opened to traffic and did not deliberately release news, but many people still heard about this from various channels and came early to watch the legend.
Train in.
Of course, the ticket for the first train has been sold for a long time, with 1,500 seats, and 100 yellow crystal coins for each seat.
This price is quite outrageous. Even though the empire's economic situation is rising, the number of yellow crystal coins issued by the empire is increasing year by year. However, the wage level of ordinary workers is only 30 yellow crystal coins per month, and a train ticket is equivalent.
It's more than three months' salary for ordinary workers.
Although the price is outrageous, the tickets were sold out as soon as they were sold. This money is not a big deal in the eyes of nobles or merchants. Moreover, this is the first train, or it can be said to be the first long-distance train.
Is it seven times longer than the route from Xingchen to Hongyuan City? Is there any better lottery ticket than this? Besides, the Emperor can also take the same train as the Emperor, and one hundred yellow crystal coins are not expensive
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There are many people entering and leaving the imperial capital every day, and the crowds outside the city gate naturally attracts more passers-by.
"Brother. Why are there so many people here?" Curiosity is an innate instinct for people. When someone sees this situation, he asks.
"Don't you know where this is?" the person asked back.
"Isn't it a railway station under construction? Is there an accident and there have been so many people surrounding me?"
"What happened? The railway station was repaired and officially opened to traffic today!"
"Damn, why don't I know?"
"The Empire has not notified me, of course you don't know. I also heard from my brother-in-law that his cousin's third uncle's cousin is doing odd jobs at the tax officer's house. Then I learned the news!"
"Oh! So, are you crowding around and waiting to take the bus?"
"What? Can you afford to take a bus? Do you know how much does a ticket cost and a hundred yellow crystal coins!"
"I'll just get it, my salary isn't that much for three months!"
"Even if you have so many, there is no place to buy it. My brother-in-law's cousin's third uncle's cousin said that the train tickets were all snatched by rich people as soon as they were sold! One hundred yellow crystal coins are for others.
It won’t be called for money!”
"You said that all the rich people have been to Xingchen to take a trip and took a train. Why are you still joining in the fun? But then again, we can't afford it if we don't buy it. The ticket price of a hundred yellow crystal coins is 100.
, it's not for civilians to sit."
"Who said I can't afford it? The first train was 100 yellow crystal coins, and the tickets for the future were reduced. I heard that there are many stations along the way, and the ticket prices were based on the distance."
This is the case outside the train station in Xicheng, and more and more people gathered.
More than ten minutes later, a team of guards came out of the station, and the crowd blocked at the door quickly avoided both sides. Then a large group of staff wearing dark blue clothes and large-brimmed hats came out, placed the movable fence and isolated it.
A passage to the gate.
At this time, a large group of imperial guards came from a distance and drove all the civilians to a further distance, and the entrance of the railway station soon became a vacuum.
The civilians complained at first, but after a smart person reminded him, they stopped talking. They hid far away. The only one who could send out the imperial guards might be the palace. Thinking about the fact that everyone was talking about the Emperor's trip just now, they
How could I understand that this is the Emperor.
It would be great if the emperor was traveling without putting martial law on you, who would dare to express his dissatisfaction?
Just under the attention of everyone in the distance, a series of carriages drove to the entrance of the train station. The door opened and dozens of people walked down.
"Who is the Great Emperor?" the civilian in the distance asked in a low voice.
"I don't know, I guess it's the one who is in the front!"
"Don't talk nonsense, can you? That person looks only in his twenties, what is that? He looks like a fox, why does he have one, two, three, and four eight tails!"
"Below you, white, I am a beast more than ten meters long."
After a while, the people and monsters who got out of the carriage had already walked through the passage and entered the train station. The people standing in the front row in the distance rubbed their eyes, thinking that they were dazzled just now.
At this time, someone suddenly said among the civilians in the distance: "What are we doing around the train station? You can't see anything here!"
"Yes!" The people around the train station almost cried stupidly, feeling like fools. After cursing inwardly, they turned around and ran west. After passing the train station, they could see the tracks, and they would definitely see them there.
However, when they passed the railway station building, they found that there were more people here, and the guardrails on both sides of the railway were crowded with people, so they could not even be crowded.
"Let's go, keep going west, I don't believe there are people in the distance!" Many people continued to run west, and some people who couldn't squeeze in front of them also walked west.
One, two, three miles and seven or eight miles along the railway line in one breath. The guardrails on both sides gradually became scarce. They got closer and saw that there were imperial guards on both sides of the railway, one person per ten meters, standing straight.
, with a cold face towards them.
"It's true that the emperor is traveling, and the guards are so strict!" the civilians sighed.
"Wuwuwu" At this moment, a whistle came from the direction of the train station, and people then felt their feet trembling slightly. In the blink of an eye, a huge creature appeared in their field of vision.
The movement of the wheels pressing the rails became more and more. The train quickly approached, and the huge locomotive looked like a hideous monster. The huge mass and extremely fast speed made everyone watching a little suffocated.
"TuTuTuTuTuTuTuTu" steam drives the wheels to rotate at a high speed, and quickly passes through everyone's eyes with more than a dozen cars. The strong airflow makes their clothes hustle and bustle.
In a few seconds, the train passed by them, and went further and further. The civilians kept chasing the train until they could no longer see the shadows. Then they came to their senses, and then they shouted excitedly:
Damn, I can really drive hundreds of thousands of pounds to run! Look at the speed, let alone horses, it is faster than a bird."
"Yes, I will sit there once if I save enough money in the future!" The common people were very excited. Although they only saw a glance after waiting for most of the day, they were extremely satisfied.
At this time, many people were also watching from side to side curiously. Although they were all rich people, not all those who took the train to Xingchen. Some old guys from some families had never taken it.
Sitting on the train at this moment, feeling the speed of speed, and looking at the scene flying away from the glass window, they sighed in surprise.
The younger generations in each family have taken the train. When they saw the old guys, they couldn't help but smile smugly on their faces.
There are soft sleepers in the car behind the train. In a soft sleeper room in the middle, Jiang Xingchen and the Emperor sit opposite each other.
Jiang Xingchen arrived yesterday. Since he visited the imperial capital several times in his early years, Jiang Xingchen has rarely appeared in the imperial capital. So although the emperor and Jiang Xingchen have been dealing with more than ten years, the number of times the two have officially met is rare.
Countable.
Seeing Jiang Xingchen come to the imperial capital, the emperor had the urge to take action several times. Fortunately, he was extremely rational and knew what strength Dabai, the demon fox and the old man were, and suppressed his impulses again and again.
Today, the Emperor finally adjusted his mentality and put Jiang Xingchen on an equal position to negotiate future cooperation between the two parties. Although this railway is expensive, it only connects several territories in the northwest, whether it is Hongyuan City.
Zheng Xingling is still part of the blue seal collar, and the resources are not rich enough. In fact, this railway transports resources to Hongyuan City more.
What the emperor wanted to talk to Jiang Xingchen about is the future railway construction. Especially in areas with abundant resources, the railway network should be built as soon as possible! Especially in grain, steel, charcoal, salt, and the current limestone production areas.
"Emperor, Xingchen Leader may not be able to build so many railway lines in one go! With the current output of the steel plant, it is not enough to support so many places to start construction at the same time." Jiang Xingchen said embarrassedly.
The emperor was quite unhappy, but his face was very calm: "I heard that you are building a new steel factory in the east, which is larger than that of Hongyuan City."
"But now the construction of the steel plant has just begun, and it will take at least a year to put into production and use!" Jiang Xingchen explained.
The emperor cursed in his heart: "It's a nonsense year, if you are willing to invest, you can get up in half a year. If it weren't for manganese ore, would I have to negotiate with you? With the information sold to me by the prince of the An family, I would build steel by myself.
It's factory."
I was unhappy, but he had no choice but to do anything. Whether it was the rails or the train, he could not bypass Jiang Xingchen in the end. (To be continued.)