The first-class waiting room is much more luxurious than the ordinary waiting hall that Lawrence and the others wore before. Unlike the waiting hall with only wooden chairs, the first-class waiting room has comfortable sofas and shiny coffee tables, and there are also
There is a bookcase with books and newspapers. From time to time, waiters come in to provide everyone with seasonal fruits, snacks and drinks.
Lawrence felt that the waiting room here was much more luxurious than the train waiting rooms he had seen in his previous life, but considering the status of people who traveled in first-class trains in this era, such a luxurious waiting room was completely understandable.
Soon the time came to 5:45 pm, and a waiter also wearing a red uniform came to Lawrence, who was playing board games with Seifer, and reminded him that it was time to get on the train. Lawrence immediately took the train with several others.
Passengers in the first-class carriage walked toward the platform under the guidance of an attendant.
"Welcome to take the 'Republic Express' intercontinental steam train. This train runs from Eagle Fort Station to Xinkuaiji East Railway Station. It will stop at this station for 15 minutes..." When Lawrence and the others stepped onto the platform, a person passed by
The sound amplified by the amplification magic came from a bronze speaker on the top of the platform. After reading it once, the person in the speaker read the previous content again in Sinian language.
On the track in front of the platform, a train that looked much longer than the trains he had taken before and was much more heavily armed had stopped there. Lawrence noticed that this train had two locomotives, and two locomotives at the same time.
The steam locomotives are larger than the locomotives of the previous trains.
"Hey, I remember that the fronts of the intercontinental trains we saw before didn't look like this." After checking in and boarding the train, Sephiel walked into their compartment and opened the window directly, and then curiously leaned out with Nora.
My head looked at the front of the train, which was emitting white smoke.
Different from the trains that Lawrence had ridden in his previous life, the better carriages on a train here tend to be further back. Of course, this is a very reasonable arrangement. After all, once the front of the steam train starts rolling, black smoke will billow.
The more susceptible it is to the influence of coal ash.
As children who grew up next to a large railway, Lawrence and the others had naturally seen many locomotives that connected interstate trains between the east and west of the large mountain range, but they had never seen a locomotive like today's before.
"Okay, sit down now, the train is about to leave." When the whistle sounded from the front of the car, Lawrence finally asked the two curious ladies to take their heads back from the window. Then he answered Saifei just now
Your question.
"The locomotive of this train is a Type 3 that was put into use by the Republic of New Zealand just three months ago to replace the Type 2 that has been in service for seven or eight years." As a person who is interested in mechanical and scientific development, Lawrence
I still know something about this train. "If I remember correctly, the newspaper said that only three trains on this line have been replaced. It seems that we were lucky today and happened to encounter one of them."
"What does this have to do with our good luck today?" Nora floated down from the window and knelt down obediently on the coffee table, then raised her face and looked at Lawrence and asked.
"Because this train is faster." Lawrence explained. "In the past, the cruising speed of the old Forward II was 100 kilometers per hour and the top speed was 150 kilometers per hour. But now the new model train can reach the cruising speed
120 kilometers per hour, with a maximum speed of 180 kilometers per hour. This also means that we can save a lot of time on the road."
When he said these words, Lawrence had to marvel at the application of extraordinary power in this world. It is obvious that only extraordinary craftsmanship, extraordinary raw materials and even some extraordinary machines can be used to make the steam locomotive reach this speed. Because
In his memory, none of the mass-produced steam trains in his previous life could reach a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour.
"If you put it that way, we are indeed very lucky." After hearing the explanation, Saphiel and Nora nodded together. At this time, with another whistle blowing, the train started slowly.
The furnishings of the first-class double box are indeed very good. In this room of more than 20 square meters, a double bed, a coffee table fixed by the window and two small stools also fixed there are packed compactly but not cramped.
There is a small desk and a bathroom with shower facilities.
As soon as the train left the station, Nora knelt down excitedly on the coffee table, pressing her hands on the glass and looking greedily at everything outside. Although she received Lawrence's memory when she was born, what she saw in her memory was still the same as what she saw in person.
There is a little difference, just like the difference between the scenery seen on TV and the immersive viewing scenery.
So after the train left the city, she was so excited by the ordinary scenery outside the window of the train that was rapidly retreating. She stayed in front of the train window for more than an hour before waving her hand and taking her out of the astral plane.
A dozen papyrus scrolls with questions written on them are ready to solve the problem of today's group of jackals.
It has to be said that the physical fitness of these two-meter-tall big men indeed exceeded Lawrence and the others' expectations, and their hands-on ability was much better than that of humans. Lawrence and the others had obviously underestimated these jackals according to the various progress that humans had imagined.
people.
Naturally, such labor progress will naturally produce more problems than expected. So Nora had to disturb Lawrence and Saphire who were reading a book, and at the same time call out the book charm hidden in the space agent to solve these problems.
Everyone worked together until 9:00 in the evening to solve all these problems. After looking at the time at the scented whale oil lamp, Lawrence decided to go to the service desk near the stairs on this floor and ask if there was any problem.
There is no midnight snack because he really doesn’t want to eat the dry food he brought with him now.
But as soon as he walked to the door and before opening it, the bell on the door rang. After opening the door, Lawrence saw a Chinese waiter in a bright red uniform standing at the door pushing a cart full of food.
"Sir, do you need some late-night snacks now?" After seeing Lawrence open the door, the young man asked in standard Cantese.
"Supper?" Before Lawrence could say anything, he heard Nora's voice in his mind. "Ask him what desserts he has. Is there any delicious cream cake?"
Sure enough, there were enough types of late-night snacks in the first-class carriage, including a lot of regular desserts such as cream cake. After ordering a small cream cake and a glass of milkshake for the little doll, Lawrence and Saphire respectively asked for
I ordered a sandwich filled with freshly roasted beef and fresh fish and two cups of hot cocoa as my midnight snack.
After eating supper, the three of them played a few games of flying chess and were ready to rest. But at this time they encountered a somewhat troublesome problem, that is, there was only one double bed in the whole room.
In fact, the first-class compartment of this train has a private room with two single beds, but they bought a ticket that was refunded by a businessman in order to rush for time, so the slightly embarrassing situation happened now.
However, this problem was quickly solved. When Lawrence finished washing and came out of the bathroom, Saphiel had already packed up the side of the bed where he was sleeping and patted the empty space next to him.
"Hurry up and sleep here, don't be shy." Saphire, who was staring at Lawrence, seemed to say carelessly, but her cheeks seemed to be smeared with rouge, which showed that her heart was not as calm as she showed. "
It's not like we never slept in the same bed when we were kids, and I also believe in your character."
"Then I'm coming." After hearing Saphire say this, Lawrence knew that it was no longer suitable for him to retreat at this time, so he simply sat down on the bedside, then pulled away his own quilt and lay down in it.