As night fell, nothing could be seen clearly outside.
However, the steam train is still moving forward smoothly, with a rhythmic "clang...clang" sound, and basically no bumps like a horse-drawn carriage. For people of this era, it is really not too comfortable!
Whether it was Kong Youde, Turge, or the swollen-faced Azig, it seemed that soon after getting on the train, she turned into a bride waiting to be married and became very quiet.
Li Dingguo doesn't care about them. When night falls, he will go to bed after dinner. As for whether they sit around for a while or sleep, that's up to them!
The next morning, Li Dingguo woke up at first light.
Then, he was surprised to find that the three people were not sleeping, but were just staring out the window blankly.
After stretching, Li Dingguo turned over and sat up. The personal guards came forward to help clean up, wash his face with hot water, make breakfast and so on.
Seeing this movement, Kong Youde turned to look at Li Dingguo and confirmed in surprise: "Sir, have you just passed Tongzhou and are you about to reach the capital?"
He couldn't recognize it anymore, but the town he just passed looked a bit like Tongzhou, but he didn't dare to confirm it and thought it was impossible, so he had to wait for Li Dingguo to get up and ask questions.
After hearing this, Li Dingguo looked at the guards on duty, who immediately nodded and said, "We have indeed passed Tongzhou, and we will reach the capital in about half an hour!"
Hearing this, Kong Youde and Turge looked at each other, they were both a little numb with shock.
Basically, it is said that from Tianjin Wei to the capital, it is almost there after getting up after sleeping. If this matter were told to them in the past, they would never believe it.
But now, they have experienced it with themselves! However, in their minds, they still find it a bit incredible!
It's at least three hundred miles from Tianjin Wei to the capital, right? You can get there in just a short sleep?
This world is really a little abnormal!
If they knew that in the next life, these three hundred miles would only take more than an hour to drive, just half an hour, they would probably bang their heads against the wall: It’s fake, it’s fake, it must be a dream!
After being stunned for a while, Kong Youde suddenly became surprised again, pointed outside and said to Turg: "Look, look, what kind of road is this?"
After hearing this, Turg immediately turned to look out the window and saw that the road parallel to them had a very smooth ground. It was hard to tell what it was paved with. Anyway, it was very smooth. It was definitely not a gravel road, nor was it yellow.
Dirt road.
At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and there were already carriages and the like running, without leaving any traces.
This is another rare thing, refreshing their knowledge!
Azig was a little numb. He didn't want to see the good things from the Ming Dynasty, but in the end, he couldn't help but secretly glance out the window to see what road surprised the two losers?
"Sir, what kind of road is this? Why is it so smooth with no car marks? I'm afraid it won't be muddy even if it rains, right?" Kong Youde couldn't help but turned to ask Li Dingguo Road again.
After hearing this, Li Dingguo immediately explained calmly: "This is called a cement road. This cement can not only build roads, but also build houses. It is impervious to water and fire. It was also invented by His Majesty!"
I don't know why, but when Li Dingguo saw their surprise and shock, he felt a little relieved and was willing to answer.
Sure enough, after hearing what he said, Kong Youde, Turge and others were shocked again.
If they had a bad impression of the Ming Emperor before, then how shocked they felt now!
A person's change can be so great that if it wasn't for the help of gods and ghosts, I wouldn't believe it even if I killed them!
And when I think about the Ming Dynasty now having gods and ghosts to help it, does the Qing Dynasty still have to fight?
You can know the answer just by looking at how well-behaved Azig is and how he doesn't talk at all.
The train arrived in the capital not long after. It was already morning. With the bustling capital, even though it was already a cold and windy weather, people were still coming and going around the train station, making it very lively.
There is no longer martial law in the capital.
Li Dingguo escorted Azige and others. After getting off the train, he escorted the prisoners into the city under the escort of his personal guards. They were first detained in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and awaited His Majesty's orders.
Kong Youde had never been to the capital, but Turge and Azig had visited the capital at the end of the second year of Chongzhen. At that time, outside the capital, there were straw huts and the like, where refugees lived.
But now, they couldn't believe their eyes. This was outside the capital city, at least outside the city walls, and it was so prosperous?
At this time, if the Qing army came to the city, they would be able to grab a lot of wealth just outside the city, right?
How did the Ming Dynasty achieve such a big change in just a few years after entering the customs?
At this moment, Turge, Azige and others truly saw the huge manpower, material resources and wealth of the Ming Dynasty. Thinking about the poverty of Liaodong, the feeling of powerlessness in their hearts became even stronger!
The Ming Dynasty has been defeated for so many years, but it is still so prosperous and can fight against repeated defeats!
But as for the Qing Dynasty, once it was defeated, its muscles and bones were broken, and after it was defeated twice, it was full of mourning. I am afraid that the days to come will become even more sad.
Once your vitality is damaged, it will be difficult to recover!
Pedestrians coming and going quickly noticed Li Dingguo and his group, and they recognized them from the flags.
"Are these the officers and soldiers of the imperial court who won the great victory in Ningyuan?"
"Needless to say, it must be, you see, the group of prisoners being held here are the prisoners, right?"
"Who's that one with a swollen face like a pig's head?"
"Looking at his clothes, he looks like a slave chief. Could it be that Jianlu Prince Heshuoying, Aisin Gioro Azige?"
"..."
The good news had already reached the capital first, so the people in the capital probably knew the situation. Looking at Li Dingguo and his party, they guessed that they were almost certain.
After recognizing these prisoners, especially the leader who was a slave chief of Jianlu, who had a higher status than the last one, Abatai, the passers-by in the capital became angry.
Azig initially led troops to plunder the pass, which brought disasters to the people in the pass, and this was the capital. Soon there were enemies who wanted to attack Azig.
However, with the soldiers blocking him, it was impossible to rush over.
Azig looked at all this and sneered in his heart. After all, he was the Prince of Heshuoying of the Qing Dynasty. Even if he was captured by Ming Gou, he would still receive the highest treatment. The more people hated him, the greater his achievements were!
However, when he was thinking about this, he heard someone trying to persuade him: "He has just been escorted to the capital, we can't kill him!"
"Yes, if you have a deep grudge, you can wait until he is cut into pieces and then grab some meat to pay homage to your loved ones!"
"Let me tell you, this kind of guy is just a kid. I really want to hate him. We'll talk about it later when we catch that fake emperor Jianlu!"
"That's right, this time we only killed 20,000 captives. The last time we killed more than 100,000! Princes like this and Shuoying are probably incompetent. They don't have as many people as they did last time!"
"..."
Hearing this, Azig became angry. That Abatai was leading a mixed army, okay? He was the majestic Prince Shuoying, and he led 20,000 Qing Dynasty cavalry! What would Abatai do with him?
Compare?
He's not even a county king, he's just a Dorobell. I'm Prince Heshuo. Do you understand? Prince Heshuo!
In Ming Gou's eyes, he was actually worse than Abatai, which made Azig a little intolerable.
However, he couldn't roar even if he wanted to. His face was swollen from the blows by Kong Youde and Turge, and he couldn't speak normally.
I really didn’t expect that after becoming a prisoner, I would still feel so aggrieved and be compared to a mere Abate. It’s really unreasonable!
But he didn't know that Abatai was indeed much more famous than him in Guan.
There is no other reason than that Abatai was the first Jianlu coach to be captured alive, and his surname was Aixinjueluo.
It must be somewhat gratifying to know that Abatai is in hell!
He could not compare to Azig during his lifetime, but his fame after death was greater than that of Azig!
……………………
The news that Li Dingguo had escorted the prisoners was quickly reported to Emperor Chongzhen, which made Emperor Chongzhen very happy.
It’s the New Year, so it’s okay to use a Jianlu slave chief as a New Year’s sacrifice!
In a good mood, he contacted Liu Weichao via video.
As soon as the call was connected, he saw that Liu Weichao should be in his room. Emperor Chongzhen told him about the situation, and then said with some emotion: "You said, this Li Dingguo is really lucky. He was the one who captured this prisoner alive."
Prince He Shuoying, I plan to give him a title as well!"
Liu Wei supernaturally had no objection to this, and immediately said with a smile: "Okay! Maybe there is God's will in the dark, and his achievements in the original history are gone, but God rewarded him by letting him be captured alive.
Azig!”
"That's what I mean!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he also smiled and said, "He is the last Optimus Prime of the Ming Dynasty, and he will remain unyielding until death. No matter what, I always think of this matter, and I feel that I cannot treat him badly like this.
Human. But I can’t tell you what happened in that world. I didn’t expect that by capturing a slave chief alive, I could just take the opportunity to reward him.”
After a pause, he then added: "The same is true for Yan Yingyuan. His achievements in the original history are not enough for outsiders, but that Abatai joined him, and I made him the uncle of Jiangyin.
Now that Li Dingguo is the same, I am going to make him Uncle Ning Yuan!"
"Well done, I agree!" Upon hearing this, Liu Weichao immediately nodded in agreement.
Emperor Chongzhen was no longer surprised by Liu Weichao's praise, so he continued: "There are also Kong Youde and... Turge who surrendered. How can we deal with these two people better?"