Afterwards, on the way to the inn, everyone met a student from Zhitai Academy.
Most of them are women disguised as men, and they are youthful and beautiful. Three or five are wandering in the street together, making the students of the two academies unable to take their eyes off.
Of course, the teams of the two academies also attracted the attention of each other.
However, the other party's attention was only on a certain Xue Yuanpei in the team, who had red lips and white teeth.
On the contrary, none of the students from the Drunken Scripture Hall closest to here were seen.
"You stay in the inn, don't run around. Dean Yan and I will go to Duhu Mansion." After settling down in the inn, Ning Changqing said to everyone in Xiaojiang Academy.
"Don't worry, Dean!" Cao Gui vowed.
Ning Changqing glanced at him, Cao Gui is indeed reassuring, except for his love of gambling.
If he doesn't change, sooner or later he will suffer a lot from this.
…
The two deans left for more than an hour before returning to gather everyone together.
"Our two academies are the last ones, and we will leave tomorrow for Lancheng."
"So many academies to go together? Did you take that truck?" Someone asked curiously, and as soon as the words came out, everyone was very excited.
Trucks have not been around for a long time, and most people have only heard of their names but never seen them.
But I heard that this thing called "truck" is not only extremely fast, but also less bumpy, much more comfortable than a carriage.
Everyone is very interested in this kind of tool that can run more than a thousand miles a day.
"It's not a truck!" Ning Changqing explained. "Tomorrow we will take something called a steam train to Lancheng."
Although he didn't know what a steam train was, he still said it in a very calm tone, as if he knew it already.
Upon hearing Ning Changqing's words, many students were surprised: "Steam train? What is that?"
"Tomorrow you will know. Now, disband. You can walk around, but don't cause trouble." Ning Changqing finished speaking to everyone and asked many students to disband.
"Dean, what is a steam train?" After many students left, the two accompanying gentlemen asked curiously.
"Where does this old man know! You ask me, who should I ask? It must be something new that Prince Zhao came up with!" Ning Changqing was also a little helpless in the face of the question.
After leaving, many students are also guessing.
At the same time, so did the students from other academies.
But all to no avail.
Just like the tractors and trucks before, it is difficult to guess what kind of thing it is from the name.
Everyone can only look forward to tomorrow.
Afterwards, everyone wandered around in Pingdu, and naturally met students from other academies during the period, and some small stories happened during the period, which will not be mentioned.
As the evening approached, many people heard a long cry of "Woo!" outside the city, as if some ferocious beast was roaring, which made people very surprised.
…
Before a cup of tea, Zi Donglai, Hua Qinghua, many officials of the Duhu Mansion, and dozens of surrounding city lords and orders were all waiting on a concrete platform outside the city.
In front of the platform, there are two rails paved with steel.
In the past few years, Dayao invested 20 million catties of steel on it.
Such a huge amount of steel can be called terrifying, enough to arm the ancient people from old people to children.
However, these two tens of thousands of catties of steel seem to have been thrown into a bottomless pit.
Even many city lords and city orders are secretly guessing what the "railway" under construction is, and Dayao will spend such an astonishing amount of investment in it.
Only then did everyone know that this "railway" turned out to be a tool, just like trucks and tractors.
This also made everyone even more surprised.
Trucks and tractors are already amazing in everyone's mind.
From Lancheng to Pingdu, the truck only takes a day and a half, such a speed is beyond anyone's imagination.
However, what would it be like to build something called a "railway" under such circumstances
While everyone was thinking, someone first noticed that the ground began to tremble slightly.
"Here we come. There's something on the railroad!" someone said.
Everyone looked away, only to see a black spot at the end of their sight.
Then the black spot became bigger and bigger, and after a full cup of tea, everyone gradually opened their mouths wide and let out a sound of surprise.
I saw a monster like a giant steel worm that was one foot tall and more than a hundred feet long was getting closer.
A complete steel monster.
The front end is made of steel, shaped like an upside-down cylinder, with a head composed of three smoking chimneys above it, and rows of wheels underneath.
And behind the head, there are ten compartments with pieces of glass on the sides, each of which is seven to eight feet long, several times larger than a truck.
And behind the ten-section carriage, there are eight dark carriages.
This steel monster was coming towards everyone with an unstoppable momentum, which made people gasp.
Everyone knew that this monster was like a truck or a tractor. It was not a real steel monster, but something new.
However, this is what makes it even more spectacular and terrifying.
"Woo..." The monster let out a long neighing sound, then slowed down and drove slowly in front of everyone.
"There are people inside!" Everyone looked at the box passing in front of them and said suddenly.
I saw a man holding a child watching himself and others through a window inlaid with glass.
"It's Prince Zhao!"
Not just Ren Baqian.
Zi Donglai also saw the grinning Tong Zhenye in the window.
Although he had only met a few times at first, it left a deep impression on him.
Back then, Tong Zhenye beat Qin Chuan into the artificial lake in Yunyan Building, then took off his pants and urinated in the artificial lake...
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"It's too much!" Ren Baqian smiled at the empress opposite. "After all, they are still a little hands-on."
The train has gone over 40 meters, thanks to the large enough platform.
After all, this is the most important hub, and many goods will be loaded into trains from here in the future, so when the platform was built, it was purposely built very large.
"Very good!" The empress nodded in praise. "Well done, I want to reward them!"
"They'll be delighted!"
As soon as the empress finished speaking, the two heard cheers from the carriage next to them.
"Successful!"
"Nothing went wrong!"
"Haha, we finally succeeded!"
This is the second run of the train, the first test run did not reach Pingdu, and not many people know about it.
But this time it was different, a grand "ceremony" was held in Lancheng
Not only Ren Baqian and the Empress, but even many ministers of the court and China took this train to increase their knowledge.
There are also many students who are constantly designing, adjusting, experimenting, and modifying for this day.
Now that the train has arrived at Izumo safely, they can finally cheer happily.
"It seems that they have already received the best reward." Hearing the cheers from the carriage next to her, the Empress smiled.
The train stopped slowly.
"Even though this is the case, your majesty's rewards are also indispensable!" Ren Baqian laughed and got up, put Erhua on the ground, and walked out holding her hand.
"It's time to go out and meet them!"
Before going down, Ren Baqian walked through another carriage, pushed open the door of the third carriage and smiled at the many students who were still excited: "Now, it's time for you to go down to meet everyone's amazement and praise!"