At the station, the glass lampshade that had been hidden deep in the past was placed in its proper place, and a few whale oil candles were lit, illuminating the entire station as brightly as day.
Even the sun in the sky is still emitting halo.
Dozens of local civil and military officials stood aside, either pacing or fidgeting. Their crimson official robes were blown by the wind, and a stream of cold air penetrated into their sleeves.
Some elderly people couldn't even stand, they were shaking and their faces turned pale, but they still gritted their teeth and refused to leave.
From time to time, someone lowered his head and carefully took out a pocket watch from his arms.
The railway tracks under the platform are empty. I should have arrived half an hour ago, but I haven't arrived yet.
"Lu——" A low horn sound sounded, followed by the clanging sound of iron, and then the sound of whistling steam.
Half a quarter of an hour later, a group of soldiers came out with majestic weapons, and then walked over surrounded by a young man in his twenties.
He was wearing a black robe and leather boots, and the cloak behind him looked very expensive.
He has a handsome face, a high nose bridge, and sharp edges on his face, but his eyes are brown and green, and at first glance he looks like a Westerner.
But when all the civil and military officials saw this, they immediately knelt down and bowed down: "I will bow before your Majesty——"
"Get up!" King Fei raised his hand and showed a smile.
Even so, everyone still thanked him.
The twenty-eight-year-old King Xiang and the thirty-year-old son King Fei were both of mixed race. They were aliens in the court, and they were also aliens in the Ming Dynasty.
After all, no matter how mixed the Korean, Mongolian, and Japanese concubines are, they still have black hair and black eyes. Black hair and green eyes are the faces of ghosts in legends.
This time King Fei went to Liaodong just to visit the governor of Jilin, Zhou Peigong, who was seriously ill.
At the same time, as the prince of the upcoming vassal, he also came to Horqin and other places to select some Mongolians as bodyguards and soldiers.
Although Nanyang is sultry and hot, there are always a few people who can adapt to it.
Select the best cavalry, but his power cannot be ignored.
It took him nearly ten days by train from Beijing to reach Jilin City, which is the terminal station of the railway.
In the past, Jilin Province had only tens of thousands of households. Now, after decades of development, especially the relocation of land, a large amount of wasteland has been reclaimed, and the population has gradually become denser.
In Jilin City alone, there are 100,000 people.
Together with Jilin Province, there are more than 2.5 million residents, five prefectures, and 24 counties. It is still vast and sparsely populated, but the people are richer.
He was delayed, so he got out of the car to get some fresh air and prepared to abduct some Jilin people, but no one was willing to do so.
Households range from hundreds of acres to dozens of acres. In terms of land use, they can only be found in the northwest and northeast.
Just land, and plenty of livestock.
Donkeys and horses are almost a must-have in every household, and the Northeastern man is so well-fed that he is indeed a good soldier.
There are even muskets in every village, and bows and arrows are even more common, and everyone can do it.
After being arrested and sent to the governor's Yamen to offer condolences, Zhou Peigong heard that King Fei was confused about the Northeast and explained with a smile:
"Your Majesty, these men are the descendants of the road-building army in the past. They have been practicing martial arts since childhood. They usually run into the mountains and forests. They are very bold. They can pay taxes by selling a few animal skins and live a comfortable life. Who is willing to go south?
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"As for the muskets, there are few people in Jilin and the wild beasts cannibalize people. This is the proper intention and is allowed by the imperial court."
"Of course, this is also hiding troops from the people..."
King Fei was stunned and soon came to his senses.
At this time, he wanted to recruit those soldiers, especially the legendary savages-Sauron soldiers.
Zhou Peigong smiled bitterly and said: "If your highness is in the north, such as Liao, Xu, Xing and other places, you will definitely do your best, but Sauron's soldiers are not used to the heat, and the rice seedlings will become sick if they go south. The gain is not worth the loss!"
When King Fei heard this, he stopped talking.
It's just that he felt sulky in his heart. It's so presumptuous for even a mere governor to fool me.
After saying this, he no longer missed Jilin and hurried back by car, stopping in Fushun.
Compared with Zunhua Ironyard, which mainly produces ordnance, Fushun Ironyard mainly produces agricultural tools, which are sold throughout the Northeast, as well as Hebei and other neighboring areas.
After many years of vassalage, the Nanyang countries not only lacked people, but also lacked iron tools.
Therefore, King Fei directly ordered 20,000 hoes, 3,000 iron plows, 20,000 sickles, and a large number of other agricultural tools.
The deposit alone amounts to 50,000 yuan, and the total cost can reach 200,000 yuan.
Especially the powerful Iron Bull, which was a powerful tool for land reclamation, so he ordered hundreds of them at once.
When he returned to the capital, King Fei suddenly noticed that there were a lot of rumors and discussions in the market.
"Bring me the Capital Weekly!" King Fei casually ordered as he opened the curtain.
Immediately, he received the news in the latest issue of the weekly report:
Surprisingly, after the center of the earth, the sun will be the center of the world.
I saw that newspapers not only introduced the geocentric theory in detail, but also introduced the heliocentric theory, which was refreshing.
Even though King Fei had received a lot of knowledge since he was a child, he was still shocked.
The earth is not the center of the universe, the sun is, and the earth and moon revolve around the sun.
The sky is much larger than the earth. In the infinite sky, the sun does not move while the earth keeps rotating. It is really unimaginable.
Why doesn't it fall off?
Wait, wasn't this taught in the palace before? The emperor wasn't afraid of scaring those Taoists?
"Tie Zi, the sun is the center of the universe, what do you think?" he asked the guard walking beside the carriage.
Tie Zi said honestly: "The sun is the biggest, this is its rightful place, the moon cannot take it away!"
King Fei had no choice but to lower the curtain.
When I returned home, I saw several younger sisters running over. They had the same mixed-race appearance, they were lively and cute: "Brother, brother, I heard that there is something outside where you can see Chang'e. We want it too!"
"Huh?" King Fei was confused.
Half an hour later, an astronomical telescope was placed in the courtyard.
The missionary said respectfully: "Dear Your Highness, you cannot look at the sun during the day. It will hurt your eyes. You can only look at it at night!"
"Oh?" King Fei didn't have a good impression of the missionary, but he still asked patiently: "How can you really see the moon?"
"It is an icy ball, exuding an unparalleled cold air." The missionary said carefully:
"And the stars are also balls, just like the earth under our feet. They are all the handiwork of God, the Creator!"
King Fei smiled.
He doesn't believe in Western religion.
In fact, the heliocentric theory and calculus were published in newspapers at the same time, but the power of the heliocentric theory was like a huge thunder, exploding half of the Ming Dynasty.
The earth is spinning, revolving around the sun.
The stars in the sky are also balls, and they also revolve around the sun.
This is even more uncomfortable than breaking their understanding that the sky is round and the earth is round.
Especially through the astronomical telescope, they can truly see the moon, and the ground is full of broken world views.
This chapter has been completed!