267 Chapter 265 What is the experience of riding the train
Chapter 267 265 What is it like to take a train?
Author: Qin Mengyu
Chapter 267 265. What is it like to take a train?
The refreshing wind blew against my face, and the people behind me became farther and farther away.
Watching the scenery outside the window recede quickly, the scenery in the distance is being embraced. In the carriage, people feel the unparalleled speed and chat excitedly.
"It's so fast! I feel like my soul is going to fly out!"
In the women's carriage, Zheng Yuzhu, the young lady of the Zheng family, looked at the rapidly retreating scenery outside the window and felt as if she had escaped all shackles and was flying across the endless wasteland, like a free person!
The excited expression on her face made her look like she was about to cry.
"Yeah, yeah, from now on, when you go to Dongyang County, you can take the train, board the ship from the Hukou Town Pier, and get off the ship directly at Yunmeng County!"
The maid next to her also said yearningly.
In the past, when they went to Dongyang County, they had to climb Yunlong Mountain. After passing through Le County, they had to climb Quan Mountain, and then passed Fuyang County to Yunlong County. It would take half a day to get there and back.
A month's time. In addition to the caravan transporting goods and resting, there can't be a round trip in a month.
Butler Zheng, who had gone out to buy a big watermelon and came back, heard this and nodded with a smile: "Yes, yes, now, it doesn't even take an hour from Qingcheng Town to Hukou Town. After arriving at Hukou Pier, take a boat down the river.
It only takes two or three days, and there’s a lot less running around along the way!
Governor Ren is truly a magical figure!
It’s because I have a good sense and I’ve long seen that Governor Ren is no ordinary person, and the decision he made is really admirable!”
As he spoke, Butler Zheng placed the cut watermelons on the folding table between the seats: "Watermelons are also sold on the train, but you are not allowed to bring knives on the train. The watermelons are already cut on the train.
Miss, let’s eat watermelon.”
"good!"
Zheng Yuzhu picked up a piece of watermelon and ate it with a tablecloth on her chest, but she still refused to take her eyes back and looked at the scenery outside the window. This feeling of freedom made her feel extremely comfortable.
In the women's carriage, there were many women like her, staring into the distance with their eyes.
Many female relatives who usually stay close to home, even if they occasionally go out with their husbands, they still have the time to observe the scenery outside, shuttle through the mountains and forests, and trudge through the mud during the long journey.
All that's left is fear and exhaustion.
But now, when the train passes through the jungle, the frightening and gloomy scenery in the past, when looking out through the glass, turns out to be beautiful and lovely, which makes people feel extremely happy!
"Pants~Pants~"
The sound of the train passing by alerted the deer in the forest, which swarmed around the trees like headless flies. Fortunately, there were protective nets on both sides of the railway, blocking the deer's path so that it could not hit the train and die.
At this moment, in this situation, a scholar in the carriage outside composed a poem in public, which immediately caused many people in the carriage to applaud and cheer. Soon, the poem written by the scholar spread to the female family members.
The carriage immediately attracted many women who had read books to exchange views and enjoy each other.
The occasional noisy sounds in the carriage did not bother Ren Pingsheng. Instead, he enjoyed this moment of having fun with the people.
"ah!"
Suddenly, a frightened cry came from the women's carriage two carriages away: "Living corpse!"
“Bang bang bang!”
After more than a dozen gunshots, Ren Pingsheng saw several living corpses with their heads smashed outside the railway isolation net, and they fell to the ground on the street.
After all, this world is not the earth, and people are still in danger in the wild.
"There are still living corpses in Yuntai County."
Ren Pingsheng sighed and said.
He had no intention of blaming the government for poor governance.
With the current capabilities of Yuntai County, whether it is relying on management methods or dispatching the army to exterminate, living corpses cannot be completely eliminated. There will always be human activities in the wild, and there are also some hidden in the mountains and fields that used to avoid harsh rule.
The people who went up the mountain.
This situation is almost gone in Qingshui County, but there are still some in Yunlong County.
Today, the tentacles of the Yuntai County government have not yet touched these places.
But overall, Yuntai County can now guarantee that as long as they live in cities or in villages around market towns, ordinary people will rarely have the opportunity to encounter living corpses again. This is also the first time these women have seen living corpses.
The reason for such shouting and fuss.
They have been well protected.
"There are road police on board the train. In addition to maintaining security inside the train, they will also clean up the living corpses outside the railway protective net.
On our trains, water-cooled machine guns are welded to the tops of the front, middle and rear carriages.
It can not only resist large waves of living corpses, but can also resist enemies when transporting supplies to the front line in future battles."
Wu Qiong watched the living corpses outside quickly disappear from sight as the train moved forward, and reported to his lord.
At this time, the car outside also became quiet.
After all, these living corpses are isolated outside by protective nets and cannot threaten their safety.
But the existence of these living corpses also reminded them that the current safety is not because those dangers have disappeared, but because someone has blocked these dangers outside.
Someone is carrying the burden for them.
At this time, there was suddenly another burst of exclamations.
The female family members in the carriage quickly looked outside, but there were two young men in military uniforms and carrying long guns standing upright outside the roadside guard tower, giving a military salute to the train.
This scene gave the passengers in the car a huge sense of security.
And I was extremely moved.
The road outside is not unattended, but there are people silently guarding the safety of the railway, the safety of the train, and the safety of passengers like them in this wilderness.
"These are the road police of the Highway Department, basically selected from retired soldiers and militia battalions.
In order to protect the safety along the railway, our trains set up a guard tower every ten kilometers, with two people on each guard tower, rotating every other week.
Their salary is based on that of town-level government officials, twenty taels of silver per year plus duty allowance."
Wu Qiong looked like he was cutting watermelon there, but in fact he had been observing the situation secretly. He saw that his master noticed the road police outside and seemed very interested, so he quickly introduced him.
"Um."
Ren Pingsheng nodded.
Today, Yuntai County is not short of money.
There are not only the large silver mines in Yinshan County, but also Qingcheng Town, a large business and tax company, and Qixing Company, a large state-owned enterprise with tentacles in every corner.
Nowadays, Qixing Bank has also emerged and won the trust of merchants and the public. It has begun to absorb private deposits and lend externally, and its income has also become considerable. In the future, it also plans to build an investment bank. By that time, all walks of life will
They will all make great progress!
Therefore, Yuntai County has now begun to gradually implement the policy of high salary and high integrity.
Under such a policy, the authority of Laoliu's Integrity Department will be greatly enhanced. There will be zero tolerance for corruption and will be punished if it shows up!
"Stop in front of the station and arrive at Datian Town. If you get off at Datian Town, please prepare to get off in advance and bring your luggage!"
A station announcement came from outside.
This is a flight attendant holding a hand-held loudspeaker and walking from carriage to carriage announcing stops.
As the flight attendant walked toward the rear compartment, the voice became quieter and quieter.
The train began to slow down, and finally arrived at a station that looked very crude from the perspective of modern people on earth.
Looking through the car window, there is a platform more than 500 meters long. There are many people standing on the platform at this time.
Behind the platform, there is only a two-story cement building, which is the Datian Town ticket sales and waiting station.
"Woo~"
As the whistle blew, the people on these platforms were obviously frightened.
However, when they saw many people inside the car with their windows open and waving to them, the fright on their faces just faded away and they became excited.
Among the crowd, Lu Youji was wearing a tattered gown, his hair looked greasy because he had not washed it for a long time, and the skin on his face was dark. Although he was carrying a bookcase and wearing a gown, he did not look like a scholar.
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At this time, he looked very curiously at this train that meandered hundreds of meters and carried hundreds of thousands of people.
"This kind of train is great, young master. If this kind of train can travel all over the world in the future, wouldn't it be more convenient for the young master's study tour?"
A boy of thirteen or fourteen next to him looked at the train with excitement on his face.
"right!"
Lu Youqi was the son of a famous family in Hehe Province. Since his parents were gone, he felt that the imperial court was hopeless, so he stopped taking the imperial examinations and began to travel around the world.
His footprints cover 14 provinces and hundreds of prefectures in Dajing.
There are famous mountains and rivers, rivers, lakes and waterfalls, prosperous city-states, and inaccessible mountains and wilderness.
This time when I passed through Yuntai County, I found that there was something miraculous that had never happened before, and there were also such miraculous things that I had never seen before.
"Those who have tickets, please line up and get on the bus in an orderly manner!"
The conductor opened the door and, together with the administrator of Datian Town Station, maintained order and allowed people with tickets to line up to board the train.
There are not many passengers in Datian Town, because this is the first official passenger operation of the train, and not many tickets are issued here.
Lu Youji also followed the team and entered the carriage.
"Woo~~~"
At the front of the train, workers pushed trolleys and poured coal into the boiler. As the boiler was pressurized, the external combustion engine began to reciprocate, thick smoke spewed out from the chimney, and a melodious whistle sounded throughout the train station. The train
The wheels began to move "pants under pants".
As the train leaves Daejeon Station, large stretches of continuous mountain ranges begin to appear. The railway passes through the mountains, and the majestic and continuous mountain ranges come into view.
"In the past, when we were doing business, these high mountains were simply our nightmare! Robbers and bandits were everywhere, and sometimes we encountered wild beasts. Did you see that mountain?
I heard that there are monsters on that mountain, and several caravans were captured and eaten by the monsters there!"
A businessman looked at the mountains and rivers on both sides and said excitedly: "It's good now. With the train, our business will be secure in the future!"
It’s fast and safe, and you can travel thousands of miles a day just by sitting here, Bashi!”
Hu Jixiang, a businessman from Le County, kept fanning the folding fan in his hand. The sweat on his fat face could not stop flowing down. There were too many people in the carriage and it felt a bit stuffy.
Fortunately, he entered the mountainous area now, and the wind in the mountain was still cooler, which made him feel more comfortable, and he finally became interested in talking. He interrupted and said: "When I get off the car, I will ask someone to find out, if
If the train carriages can be chartered, large quantities of goods can be transported in the future.
Just such a carriage has to be transported by a caravan several times!
And it’s efficient and convenient, so you can get started at any time.
Once you get off the bus in Hukou Town, then transfer to the carriage and take the cement road, it will only take more than a day to reach Le County!"
"Yes, yes, I'm right! I look familiar. Is he the owner of Jixiang Clothing Store?"
The businessmen came together to chat.
Lu Youji looked at the excitement in the carriage and sat on an empty seat minding his own business. He blew in the wind from the mountains and took out a brochure. He used the Qixing pen he had just bought in Datian Town and said, "Swish, swish.
"What is written on the paper.
"Is it Mr. Dongfeng?"
At this time, a young scholar next to him suddenly asked in surprise.
Lu Youji looked up.
The scholar asked: "I think what you wrote seems to be a travel note from the land."
Lu Youji nodded, it turned out that he had met the reader of his travel notes.
The scholar was surprised and said: "I didn't expect that I would be lucky enough to sit with Mr. Dongfeng on the train. The junior's surname is also Lu, and his name is Lu Ai..."
The two chatted freely, and Lu Youqi discovered that Lu Ai actually had many topics in common with him.
"I have been studying for half a year, and I just came from Dongyang County. Daze County, Yunmeng County, and Fuyang County along the coast were all attacked by sea monsters!
I heard that more than a dozen villages have been massacred, and thousands of people have been killed or injured!"
Lu Ai whispered what he had seen on the road.
"Is this happening? In recent years, although rumors of monsters have become more and more frequent, it was rare to hear of sea monsters coming ashore to kill people before!
If monsters in the sea can come ashore, wouldn’t those counties and villages along the coast be very dangerous!”
Lu Youqi said in surprise.
"The Dongyang sea monster is absolutely real. Not to mention the local villages along the route, even the county town has been attacked by the monster!
The government has sent troops to station, but the coastline stretches for hundreds of kilometers, how can we defend it? It is not as good as the giants of the Zheng family, the maritime merchants over there, who can kill more than a dozen sea monsters with one slap!"
Lu Ai said.
Lu Youji asked curiously: "Who is the giant again?"
"He is a stranger who can become 12 meters tall."
Lu Ai said.
"12 meters high!"
Lu Youji imagined it in his mind and suddenly became very interested in this giant.
He originally wanted to visit Le County, but planned to go to Dongyang County first.
"Woo~~~"
Amidst the sound of the siren, the radio in the car sounded.
"Passenger friends, this train has arrived at the station. Thank you for riding. Please take your luggage with you and be ready to get off."
With a burst of melodious music, the train gradually slowed down and stopped at the platform of Hukou Town Railway Station.
After the passengers left, the security company in the third carriage got off the bus and took up security.
At this time, Wu Jinyan, the mayor of Hukou Town, was already waiting on the platform with his people.
Seeing Ren Pingsheng get out of the car, he quickly brought someone to greet him.
However, when Ren Pingsheng got off the bus, a man wearing a black robe and a jade belt suddenly ran onto the platform and had a fierce conflict with the guards on guard outside.
