318 Pay attention to the image (for the Purple Moon Flower Qing Alliance Leader 2/11)
After finishing speaking, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said to Song Yingxing: "Load the goods!"
"According to the order!" Upon hearing this, Song Yingxing immediately bowed to accept the order, then stepped back a few steps, turned around, and told the railway soldiers who had been waiting there: "Your Majesty has an order, load the goods!"
He Fengsheng and others heard this a little strangely, "Loading goods? What kind of goods are they loading?"
So, they all turned around to look, and then, one by one... they were dumbfounded!
I saw those railway soldiers arriving one after another on flatbed carriages. Those carriages were all filled with sleepers and rails. The most important thing is that these railway soldiers actually moved all these sleepers and rails to the train.
Went inside the truck compartment.
Moreover, this is not just a flatbed carriage, but flatbed carriages are parked at the door of seven freight cars, and the railway soldiers are moving things into the freight cars.
"Your Majesty, this..." He Fengsheng, who had come back to his senses, couldn't help but turn his head, looked at Emperor Chongzhen, and asked cautiously, "Didn't Your Majesty make a bet with my ministers? What does this mean?"
When the others heard this, they immediately turned around and looked at Emperor Chongzhen waiting for his reply. Don't think that they might lose, so they loaded the car with heavy objects, and then they could find an excuse if they lost, right?
When Emperor Chongzhen heard He Fengsheng's question, he replied inexplicably: "What do you mean, this?"
As he said that, he pointed at the busy railway soldiers and immediately replied: "Loading! I am going to build a railway from Tongzhou to Tianjin Port. The materials built here in the capital will be shipped there. When we turn around, we will start again
If we build a new railway workshop in Tongzhou, we don’t need to transport it from the capital!"
"..." He Fengsheng was a little confused whether Emperor Chongzhen didn't understand what he meant, or was pretending to be deaf and dumb. After being speechless for a while, he had to point out, "Your Majesty, if this steam train can carry so many heavy things,
Having said this, after looking at the expressions of these ministers, I suddenly realized, and then he laughed and said: "Don't worry, sir, the bet will never be changed. Even if it is a competition, the steam train has to be loaded, right? Otherwise,
If you just run in vain, so what if you win the carriage, what use do I have?"
"..." He Fengsheng and others couldn't help but glance at each other, with suspicion in each other's eyes.
They were not stupid, so they naturally heard the strong self-confidence in Emperor Chongzhen's words.
From a human perspective, they judged from various signs that the steam train would definitely win!
However, from their cognitive point of view, this steam train is so heavy and has so much cargo. Not to mention that this steam train can run as fast as a carriage, even if it can move, it is outrageous.
!
To be honest, at this time, they were really a little unsure about who would win!
"Come on, come on, gentlemen, come with me to the passenger compartment and take a trip to Tongzhou together!" Emperor Chongzhen invited them with a smile when he saw them like that.
This time, the reason why he brought his wife and children out was because he wanted to take a ride on this steam train and experience the lightning-fast speed of the steam train seen in the video.
"..." He Fengsheng, Huang Zongzhou, Zuo Maodi and others were all speechless when they heard this. You looked at me and I looked at you. For a moment, they didn't know how to reply to Emperor Chongzhen.
On the other hand, Wang Chengen, who was nearby, heard this and immediately stepped forward and reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Long live Lord, this is the first time for a train. It is better for me to let you explore the way for this first train! Moreover, Tongzhou is not prepared.
This slave will take the factory guard over first."
After hearing this, Queen Zhou understood what he meant. After all, this was a new thing. Wang Chengen was afraid that the emperor would ride in the car and what if there was any danger, so he wanted to go for the emperor first.
Although she thought there should be no problem. However, considering Emperor Chongzhen's wealth, she finally said: "Your Majesty, let him bring the factory guards over first!"
Emperor Chongzhen was in high spirits. Hearing Wang Chengen's words, he originally didn't want to agree, but Queen Zhou also said the same. In this public court, the Queen's face must always be given.
Thinking like this, he had no choice but to suppress his impatient thoughts, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go over first!"
There were three passenger carriages, and the front carriage was for the emperor and his family. Therefore, Wang Chengen immediately ordered the factory guard to board the two carriages at the back.
Emperor Chongzhen watched for a while, suddenly remembered something, and said to He Fengsheng with a smile: "He Qing, the carriage you are using for the competition is also ready! I will finish the installation here, and then we can compete!"
After hearing this, He Fengsheng had no choice but to accept the order, and then turned to look at his colleagues.
"The horse has to be chosen!" Ni Yuanlu reminded him in a low voice when he saw it.
It was about a bet and a sage matter. Huang Daozhou also put down his face and whispered: "Don't pretend to be too serious!"
Others also murmured, came up with their own ideas, and then went to prepare the carriage.
In response to this, Emperor Chongzhen pretended that he could not see it, and just looked at the huge steam train with a smile, turning back from time to time to say something to Queen Zhou and the others.
After a long time, the steam train and the horse-drawn carriage were finally ready.
The train driver is also burning the stove.
Song Yingxing handed over to the train driver for a while, and then walked around the long train carriage. After checking that there was nothing wrong, he returned to Emperor Chongzhen and reported: "Your Majesty, it's OK!"
After finishing speaking, he lowered his voice and added: "The current load of the train is half of the approved load."
Obviously, Song Yingxing also wanted the train to win very much. To be sure, he did not race with a full load.
However, in the eyes of outsiders, the amount of things this train can pull at one time is beyond their understanding. It is really too much!
Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly at this, then looked at He Fengsheng and others and said, "How about it, let's get started?"
He Fengsheng heard this and was about to reply when he heard Zuo Maodi say first: "Your Majesty, wait a minute, I still need to do something!"
Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised when he heard this, but he didn't stop him. He just nodded and looked curiously to see what else he wanted to do.
Zuo Maodi summoned an entourage not far away and told him: "Take a few people with you immediately and move forward quickly to drive away the bad guys blocking the road on the official road. Don't stop the competition!"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but secretly praise it. This was very thoughtful, but it's okay, just feel free to do it!
He Fengsheng and others all nodded slightly in approval.
When everything was ready, Emperor Chongzhen spoke in person, smiled and waved, saying: "Start!"
As soon as he gave the order, the driver driving the carriage quickly whipped his whip and shouted at the same time: "Drive!"
The carriage immediately jumped out and ran steadily out of the starting point.
He Fengsheng and others immediately turned their attention to the huge steam train. They wanted to see how fast this steam train was! Or, in other words, how it moved.
Just listen to the steam train suddenly "farting", thick fog sprayed out, a whistle sounded, and the steam train really started to move.
When He Fengsheng and others saw it, they were surprised at first, and then after seeing it clearly, they couldn't help but laugh.
The carriage had already run far away, and the steam train started to move. And looking at the posture, it seemed to be moving at a snail's pace, or in other words, like an old scalper, which could only move at a slow pace and grinded away.
Look.
This competition is really a gift!
They immediately became happy. One of them, Ni Yuanlu, seemed to have a loud voice and said: "That's right. It's hard to move such a heavy car and it has to pull so many goods and people!"
After hearing this, He Fengsheng and others turned to look at Emperor Chongzhen happily, thinking in their hearts, how to explain it so that the emperor could have a step to go down, but he could not let the emperor cheat!
But at this moment, they suddenly stopped moving again, just staring at the steam train.
Because the speed of the steam train seems to be slowly increasing. It is very slow at first, and then it can be seen that the speed is obviously increasing.
this……
By the time the steam train left the train station, it was obviously much faster, probably as fast as an ordinary person walking briskly.
To be honest, He Fengsheng and others were shocked that he could pull such a heavy thing and walk so fast!
After coming back to their senses, they all breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, at this time, the carriages had disappeared. Although the speed of the steam train exceeded their expectations, they could still win the bet!
When they were thinking this, they found that Emperor Chongzhen didn't seem nervous at all. He even rewarded them with some good tea in the palace and asked them to go back and wait to see whether the carriage or the steam train would turn back first.
Emperor Chongzhen returned to the station master's office with his wife and children, and everyone was smiling.
Concubine Tian was the first to hold back, laughing so hard that she pointed her finger in the direction of the group of civil servants and said: "What a bunch of ignorant old men, stubborn and ineffective, haha..."
"Pay attention, pay attention!" Queen Zhou coughed when she saw him, and had to remind her to pay attention to her image.
Then, she thought about how shocked the old men would be when the steam train came back first, and she couldn't help but laugh.
Behind closed doors, these are all people in the palace, so just laugh!
He Fengsheng and others were actually a little suspicious. When they looked at the expressions of the emperor and others, they felt something was wrong. However, they would never believe that this steam train could outrun the carriage.
They were discussing, and they didn't know how long it had been. Suddenly, they felt like something was coming. Just when they were wondering, a voice suddenly sounded, making them all stand up in shock.
The sound was none other than the unique whistle of a steam train!