A strange-looking car was driving among the mountains in the Montenegro region as spring was approaching.
This car is different from any other carriage in the kingdom. It is shorter and the carriage is longer. The most important thing is that there is no horse in front. Instead, there is a huge square front. There is only one driver sitting behind the front outside the carriage. He holds a steering wheel and controls the direction of the car. There are no instruments on the front of the car, but there is a groove with a crystal embedded in it. A blue-white crystal is placed on it, making the surrounding magic circle lightly flash. There is also a scale engraved on the magic circle, which can be used to judge the speed of the car.
The rear carriage was luxuriously equipped with a row of glass windows, allowing passengers to see the scenery outside. The boarding position was at the rear of the carriage, with two rows of seats facing each other, which could accommodate about 20 people. Although those seats were not as comfortable and luxurious as those in high-end carriages, they were also equipped with leather-covered cushions and backrests to relieve the fatigue of long-distance passengers. The outside of the carriage was painted in a striking orange and white color, and a sign was hung on the front of the carriage, which read: South Line 2.
The scientific name of this car is called Magic Crystal Power Car, or Crystal Car for short. Many locals also call it Chinese Car or Magic Car. It is essentially an electric car that generates power by using a rotating magnetic field generated by a discharge array to drive the motor. However, the Chinese people's current metallurgy and manufacturing processes are not up to standard. Even though many alchemists have forcibly improved the material level and a large number of dwarf craftsmen have handmade precision parts, the products are still relatively clumsy and bulky, so the Crystal Car has a large front. But no matter what, the technology team, the magic team, and the industrial team worked together to develop the electric car that had just started in the original world to this world.
However, if someone thinks that this car is just a simplified and crude version of an electric car from another world, they are totally wrong. Magic is not only used to power this car, but also in many other places. For example, this car is also equipped with a weight reduction array. Although it also needs crystal stones to activate, it can reduce the weight of the car by 50%. It can also be used with a stabilization array to minimize the shaking of the car. There are also two wind-generating arrays at the rear that can accelerate the vehicle in an emergency.
It is faster than a horse-drawn carriage and has a much better load capacity. As the second-generation flagship product of the Hewan Crystal Car Factory, which was established nearly a year ago, it has been purchased in large quantities by the government and has opened up several passenger and freight routes between territories.
Jenny and Doris were sitting in this car now. Although the fare was twenty copper shields, the car was almost full. There was no such thing as traveling in this era, and most people didn't have any distant relatives to visit. So except for the two of them, the car was filled with civil servants on business trips, soldiers on leave to visit their families, and businessmen who were going back and forth to discuss business. Therefore, the two girls, one big and one small, squeezed in among a group of men were very eye-catching.
This was Jenny's first trip from Alano to Riverbend. She had behaved well over the past year, so this time she had a chance to visit her brother Ackley and sister Ruth. Although the journey to Riverbend was smooth, Doris was worried about Jenny running so far, so she offered to accompany her.
It was the first time for Jenny to take such a car. After getting on, she was surprised for a long time. However, it took four full days to complete this route, and she would stay overnight at a rest stop along the way. The novelty of the first two days soon wore off during the long journey. Now she has become accustomed to this magical car.
But Jenny was still a child after all, and she was curious about interesting places along the way. She pointed to a canyon outside the window, where colorful flowers covered the entire valley floor and extended from several mountain ridges to the top of the mountain, like a huge, blooming flower. She said, "Doris, look! The wild flowers in the valley over there are really beautiful. Such large fields of flowers with so many color variations are not common near our home."
"Yes, the last time I went to Hewan City with Mayor Chen, he told me that this kind of scenery is very valuable. It can be developed into a tourist area in the future. And not just here. Yesterday, there was a fork in the road and a very beautiful pond. If we go one day further, there is also a cave." Doris had been to Hewan New City twice as a cadre of the Women's Association, and she knew everything she saw and heard on the road like the back of her hand.
"Old Chen is really good at talking nonsense. He can turn anything into a business." A man who looked like an officer of the guard battalion said, "Where would people come from to travel nowadays?"
"Sir, Mayor Chen always says that he is confident that as long as everyone's life gets better, they will pursue better things. I believe him, and all the promises he made to us have been fulfilled one by one." Doris admired Chen Hansheng the most, so she naturally defended him.
"Well, I hope it will be like what he said in the future." The young officer smiled and said, "You are locals in Alano Town, right?"
"Yes, actually I am very familiar with the soldiers in Alano Town. Why haven't I seen you there?" Doris asked.
The officer said, "My name is Shi Hao. I went to Alano to carry out a mission two days ago, and now I have to go back to Hewan New City. As for you, I rarely see girls like you going on such a long journey."
"Let's go to Riverbend to visit our relatives," said Doris.
"Relatives?" Shi Hao was a little surprised. "I don't remember the committee relocating any residents from Alano Town to Hewan. As for Hewan, no one has relatives in Alano Town. We have already checked this."
"Well..." Doris hesitated.
Shi Hao raised his eyebrows as if waiting for her answer.
Doris saw Shi Hao's expression and felt a little nervous. Since last autumn, many spies have been caught in the territory of the Tower of China, including those from the Kingdom, the Empire, the Southern City-States, and the surrounding nobles. It seemed that all of a sudden, everyone was interested in other people's intelligence. Doris herself had caught a spy disguised as a businessman. She was afraid that she would cause unnecessary suspicion, but she didn't want to discuss Jenny's affairs in such a public place.
Shi Hao asked, "Miss, is there anything inconvenient for you?"
"Mr. Officer, if you have something to discuss with me, why don't we talk at the next rest stop? I don't think some things are appropriate to talk about here."
Shi Hao was about to agree when he heard Jenny say, "No, sir. Have you heard of Ackley and Ruth? They are my brother and sister."