In the evening, Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong came over!
"You two princes, are you in such a hurry?"
Cheng Yaojin glared: "Anyway, I have to accompany you tomorrow. Why don't you come early to see what's going on?"
"Look at it as you like! Just don't touch it with the weapons in your hands!"
I saw a few people running towards the train, their faces filled with wonder!
With the arrival of Cheng Yaojin and others, more and more civil and military ministers arrived.
I don’t know how Li Er explained to the ministers, but many people came in advance.
"I told you guys, we won't leave until tomorrow morning. Why don't you come over now and prepare to spend the night here?"
"This train station has not been repaired yet, so I cannot give you a room."
Su Chen looked at more and more ministers and said with a headache.
The civil and military ministers shouted: "It's not cold now, why can't we just spend the night?"
"We just want to come in advance to see what this train is like!"
"You travel thousands of miles a day, let me take a good look at it!"
Liu Qingshan came to his side and whispered: "Don't worry about them, these people are curious on the one hand, and want to be more active in front of His Majesty on the other!"
Su Chen was puzzled: "What's so good about this?"
Liu Qingshan shrugged: "Most of them have expressed their opposition to the railway, and His Majesty has threatened not to allow them to take the train!"
Oh I see!
"Of course, those few are just idle!"
Su Chen looked in the direction of Liu Qingshan's finger, and suddenly his face was filled with black lines:
"How about some of the princes, can we have a bit of a figure of the princes?
What are you doing on the front of the car?"
"It's so shiny and shiny, it's more than ten feet high. If it falls off accidentally, we'll have to hold a state funeral!"
Seeing so many people preparing to camp in the wild, Su Chen decided to spend the night in a carriage.
Train car?
Xu Jingzong was an idiot and kept the car windows tightly closed during the day. The iron casing had been left in the sun all day, and it was extremely hot inside in the middle of the night!
…
It was getting dark the next day, and Su Chen was woken up.
I heard the noise was that Li Er's large team was coming.
Sure enough, the cavalry came over not long after.
Seeing that the guard was still holding a lantern in his hand, it seemed that Li Er got up very early!
Su Chen took Xu Jingzong, Ma Zhou and a group of ministers who came yesterday to greet Li Er at the intersection.
Li Er and several generals were riding horses, followed by a large group of carriages.
"My dear friends, there is no need to be too polite!"
Li Er got off his horse and walked to the railway track, looking at the long train lying there.
"It looks really spectacular. How long is this thing?"
Li Er and a group of civil and military ministers behind him all stared blankly.
After all, the feeling of seeing the words on paper and seeing the real thing in front of you are different. This is the first time for everyone to see a train, and it is inevitable to be shocked.
Su Chen stepped forward and replied: "Each carriage is seven feet long, nine feet three wide, and one foot two feet six high. Now there are twelve carriages, about ninety feet long!"
Everyone was booing after hearing this!
Su Chen was used to it. Yesterday, the ministers and other people who saw the train for the first time had similar reactions.
"I have some doubts until now. Can this huge steel snake-like creature be able to travel thousands of miles in a day?"
Su Chen glanced at Wei Zheng: "Zheng Guogong can experience it soon!"
Li Er resisted the urge to skip the train: "Which carriage is my car?"
Su Chen pointed to the third carriage: "Your Majesty, please!"
Li Er waved his hand behind him: "Everyone, please get in the car. We have to arrive in Guanzhou today. Time is running out!"
Su Chen led Li Er into the carriage, and the other officials were led by Xu Jingzong and Ma Zhou.
After entering the carriage, Li Er nodded with satisfaction.
"Go and arrange a carriage for Concubine Yan!"
Su Chen stretched his head out of the window and saw a carriage parked beside the railway. A beautiful young woman in palace attire and two maids were still waiting there in a daze!
This concubine should be at the back of the ministers, Su Chen didn't notice it just now.
Su Chen had no choice but to go out and take her into Si'er's carriage.
"Thank you Lord Protector!"
"Your Majesty, you're welcome!"
Seeing that Concubine Yan only brought two palace maids with her, she looked dull.
Su Chen continued: "Madam, when the train starts and brakes, try to stay in your seat and don't get up."
"The windows can be opened for ventilation, but do not put your head or hands out of the window."
"The doors at both ends of the carriage can be opened. The carriage in front of you is occupied by several officials from the three provinces and six ministries. The carriage in front of you is His Majesty's carriage."
"If something happens, you can send someone there..."
Concubine Yan said: "Thank you so much, Lord Protector, I have written it down!"
"Don't dare to delay the Lord Protector any longer!"
Su Chen was about to go through the car in front to see Li Er, and walked to the door and asked curiously:
"Do you have anything important to do when you go to Guanzhou?"
Concubine Yan shook her head: "It's nothing, I just want to see the King of Yue..."
"Li Zhen?"
Concubine Yan nodded, then bowed slightly to Su Chen and said: "Zhen'er is naughty! He has violated the teachings of the Protector, and I apologize to the Protector on his behalf!"
Only then did Su Chen understand why Concubine Yan went to Guanzhou.
Shaking his hand, Su Chen smiled and said: "The King of Yue is doing well, but in fact I didn't teach him anything at all,"
"And his promise was made to His Majesty. If you want him to return to Chang'an early, you have to ask His Majesty for mercy!"
Concubine Yan sighed and said: "It is a joke to have high eyesight but low hand. I have no shame to plead with Your Majesty..."
At this time, the car body swayed and the train started to move.
When Su Chen waited for the train to run smoothly, Su Chen said goodbye to Concubine Yan.
After passing through a carriage, I found that many people had come to Li Er's carriage.
Seeing that the train was running smoothly, everyone got up from their seats and moved towards the window.
"Gong Lu, at the current speed, if your head hits a branch, it will explode!"
Cheng Yaojin immediately retracted his head: "Don't scare me, old Cheng, where did the branches outside the window come from?"
Su Chen ignored him and pointed at the Qianniu Guards at both ends of the carriage: "Go and tell everyone that it is strictly forbidden to stick your head and hands out of the window!"
Li Er nodded and asked Qian Niuwei to pass on the message.
Through the car window, Li Er and everyone looked at the rapidly regressing scenery outside, and they all sighed with emotion!
“Is this clicking sound normal?
I still feel my feet shaking.”
Li Er suddenly asked Su Chen.
Su Chen yawned: "It's caused by the wheels hitting the joints of the rails. It's normal.
Each sound is the length of a rail. If you are interested, you can count the number of times to calculate our speed."
Li Er was just like everyone else when he took the train for the first time. He was very excited and curious at first, but soon became bored.
"This train has the same principle as the one at the end of your village, right?"
After looking at the scenery outside the window for a while, Li Er turned around and asked.
"yes!"
"How can the water vapor produced by boiling water be so powerful?"
Not only Li Er, everyone looked at Su Chen and felt incredible.
