Chapter 954: Arriving at Xinghua New Town
Leon and Wei Ying didn't say much, just stared at An Wenjin and them, and when they entered the carriage, they ordered the door of the carriage to be closed, and An Wenjin and them were locked in the carriage with the goods. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
An Wenjin and the others were locked in the carriage, and it was about fifteen minutes before Leon and Wei Yingcai left.
The hovering train started again and began its return journey. The suspension train that carried An Wenjin to them was a suspension electric train composed of five medium-sized suspension wagons, tightly linked together with alloy chains. However, this is not specially prepared for An Wenjin and them, in fact, this is a regular train, running the route of Xilin City-Tai'an City. This route only stopped in Shucheng halfway, so Leon and Wei Yingcai arranged for An Wenjin and others to take a suspension train from Tai'an City to Xilin City.
At present, there are only three long-distance routes in the entire Xinghua Empire, and they are also dual-use routes for military and commerce, namely Xilin City - Tai'an City, Xinghua New City - Anhua City in the Western Regions, and Xilin City - Nanyun City. These three routes, like the three arteries of the Xinghua Empire, maintain the territorial security of the entire empire, and it is also these three arteries that have become the support of the Xinghua Empire's continuous external expansion.
An Wenjin and they were arranged separately in a compartment.
Sitting quietly in the carriage, looking out of the narrow ventilation window of the carriage, watching the scenery on both sides quickly move backwards, none of the four of them could express the surprise in their hearts.
The same goes for An Wenjin. From seeing the levitating train, getting on the train, to now looking at the landscape outside, An Wenjin has indescribable complex feelings in his heart.
"Could this be the alchemy artifact of the Xinghua Empire, the Divine Vehicle?" An Wenjin couldn't help but sigh again and again.
"Shenxing Car" is An Wenjin's own name for the suspension train, all of which he has never seen before, and he is particularly shocked. Seeing the speeding landscape outside the car, An Wenjin suddenly felt that they didn't seem to know the Xinghua Empire so well.
"Xinghua has this sharp weapon, and Daxia is dangerous. The military attache in the mission couldn't hold his breath at first, and said his inner words with horror, which also happened to speak to An Wenjin's heart.
The only difference from An Wenjin is that the basis for this military attache is from military considerations.
From the perspective of warfare, this military attache knew very well that the Xinghua Empire had this kind of magic weapon, and it was simply invincible to their war!
First of all, the Xinghua Empire is free to send troops to fight anywhere!
Looking at this divine weapon called the "suspension train" by the people of the Xinghua Empire, the length of the body is not comparable to any vehicle in any empire on the Sky Continent. Even if it is as powerful as their Xia Kingdom, the most powerful war carriage dedicated to marching and fighting, it is obviously not comparable to one-tenth of this suspension train. Therefore, with such a length, it is conceivable how many troops the Xinghua Empire can transport at one time. Moreover, if it is necessary to replenish the forces in time, it will not be a problem for them.
Secondly, for every war, the Xinghua Empire can transport grain and grass as it wants!
Even if it is a long-distance expedition, the Xinghua army will definitely not face the problem of not having supplies. The so-called three armies did not move the grain and grass first, if the Xinghua army could transport such a huge amount of grain and grass at one time, and it could also be transported many times...... Just by imagining, it can be predicted that the Xinghua army can fight a protracted war effortlessly in any war! Moreover, the Xinghua people obviously do not have to worry about the theft of grain and grass in the middle of the war.
Realizing this, the military attache even sneered as if no one was around, because he suddenly remembered that many ministers in the DPRK and China had thought that the failure of the Xinghua army to fight Jiangzhou was due to the lack of food and grass.
That conclusion at the time seemed particularly ridiculous at this time.
I still remember that at that time, there were still some military generals who thought that as long as they surrounded several cities in Jiangzhou and cut off the grain and grass of the Xinghua army, the Xinghua army would be able to break itself. Now it seems that it is obviously not, it turns out that they have no idea what kind of enemy they are facing.
What's even more terrifying is that the military attache didn't even dare to express his inner fears - he seemed to realize that not only did this war between the two countries end with the defeat of the Xia Kingdom, but even more, it was not that he wanted to be alarmist, if the Xia Kingdom still had the possibility of going to war with the Xinghua Empire one day, the Xia Army wanted to win the war, I am afraid that there was no chance of any luck, only a fight with a knife and a gun.
But even when it comes to the all-out struggle between the two countries, the military attachés of the diplomatic corps are obviously not confident in the strength of their own armies.
An Wenjin and the others fell silent with a deep tacit understanding, as if no one knew how to break the deadlock, and no one seemed to know what else to say. An Wenjin felt very heavy in his heart, and it suddenly became difficult to meet the Emperor of the Xinghua Empire.
The four of them silently looked at the scenery flying by outside the window, the green trees coming and going, and occasionally a few running animals in the distance. The silent carriage was particularly boring and depressed, and soon, they all felt a little tired when they had no topic, so they sat in the carriage to rest.
I don't know how long it took, but the sky outside the window darkened.
Drip drip, drip drip...... The train whistle sounded.
An Wenjin and the others were awakened by this unexpected sound, and they didn't know why, so they went to the window to look out, but they only saw a row of Xinghua soldiers outside the train, and at this time, the train had stopped moving.
When An Wenjin and the others were guessing whether they had arrived at their destination, they were in a hurry...... Suddenly, there was another sound behind An Wenjin, and when they turned around, they saw that the carriage door had been opened.
"Shucheng has arrived, you can have some dinner now. But you can't leave the train. I saw five heavily armed Xinghua Army soldiers standing at the door of the carriage, and among them, the leading soldier said to An Wenjin.
"Where are we now, have we arrived at Xinghua City?" asked An Wenjin.
"This is Shucheng Station. The Xinghua soldier paused, then took out four boxed lunches and four bottles of boiling water from a basket behind him, handed them to An Wenjin, and then said, "This is your dinner, you can rest for a while after eating, it will take at least twelve hours to reach the capital." ”
An Wenjin took the lunch box, opened the lunch box and ate it, and at the same time, because they were paying attention to the movements of the Xinghua people, they found that the reason why the train stopped here was because it was the only stopover station, Shucheng Station, and the staff of Shucheng Station were busy loading and unloading.
Half an hour later, the cargo was loaded and unloaded.
Anwen entered their carriage and was blocked again. It's just that the staff in Shucheng had a good attitude, and before driving, they helped them turn on a light bulb in the carriage and gave them a Shucheng evening newspaper for them to pass the time.
This really made An Wenjin and the others excited, not only because they could have a pastime to pass the time, but more importantly, because there was exactly a page in the newspaper dedicated to the structure of the Xinghua royal family.
This introduction is conducive to the envoys to understand the Xinghua royal family and make appropriate responses, so An Wenjin is like a treasure.
With the help of the flickering light, An Wenjin hastily finished his lunch box and couldn't wait to read the newspaper.
Fortunately, there are more people in Shucheng, Yunzhou, who know Xia Wen, so the layout of the Shucheng Evening News takes the form of half of the Chinese language and the other half of Xia Wen for news reporting. An Wenjin didn't have any dyslexia, so he was addicted to it.
"Emperor Xinghua has only one empress, no harem concubines, only one royal heir, so few? The empress actually openly inspects the whole country?" An Wenjin looked at more and more he felt that he couldn't see through Emperor Xinghua. This emperor of Xinghua Kingdom, contrary to any emperor he has seen in history, not only acts in a low-key manner, but also delegates power to the people, which is something An Wenjin can't understand.
However, An Wenjin adjusted the envoy's gift-giving strategy.
Obviously, when it comes to distributing gifts, An Wenjin needs to put more thought into it.
Fortunately, the Xia Kingdom is rich in heritage for hundreds of years, and An Wenjin has no shortage of gifts. This time, the gifts they prepared were large and small, one hundred and eight. These gifts are all carefully selected treasures by the royal family of the Xia Kingdom, showing the profound heritage of the Xia Kingdom to the Xinghua Empire. An Wenjin has a lot of time, and he can choose slowly.
The Xinghua Emperor, the Empress, the Prince, the Prime Minister, and the Cabinet Ministers, An Wenjin is ready to score in one go. These powerful figures, as long as they have a little good impression of Xia Guo, can be regarded as An Wenjin has completed the task. Of course, even if they were not interested in the gifts of the Xia Kingdom, An Wenjin hoped to bury the hidden danger of discord within the Xinghua Empire. In terms of choosing gifts, An Wenjin deliberately made a difference, some people in the upper echelons of the Xinghua Empire will get very good gifts, and some people will get gifts very ordinary. As long as there is a comparison between the high-level leaders of Xinghua State, there will be harm.
An Wenjin and the others selected gifts, and once again made subtle classifications, and they were busy until midnight. The four of them were so tired that they lay in the car and fell asleep directly.
By the time the door opened again, it was already dawn.
"The Xilin car has arrived, next, you can rest at the service station, wait a minute, we will arrange for you to transfer to Xinghua New Town." If you need help moving your goods, you can hire workers at the station," an unfamiliar Xinghua officer said to An Wenjin.
An Wenjin didn't know the person who came, and the person who came didn't introduce himself to him, he said thank you, and the strange officer turned to leave. Then, the Xinghua soldiers next to him urged An Wenjin and them to get out of the car as soon as possible.
An Wenjin and the others got off the train one after another, and the workers at the station also moved all their belongings off the train and placed them in the rest hall of the station.
An Wenjin found a staff member and asked them where they were located. This Xilin Station is located on the outskirts of Xilin City, which is quite far away from Xilin City, about ten kilometers.
When An Wenjin heard that it was so far away from Xilin City, he dispelled the idea of visiting Xilin City, but he was a little strange why Xilin Station was not built in Xilin City? If An Wenjin knew that the Xilin Heavy Industry Zone, which is three kilometers away from Xilin Station, might not be surprised.
Xilin Industrial Zone, a key protected area for the military industry of the Xinghua Empire, has a large number of factories. The personnel of Xilin Station are not allowed to disclose any information about Xilin Industrial Zone to any outsiders, especially foreigners. Not only that, the station staff found that strangers inquired about the information of Xilin Industrial Zone, and they had to take the initiative to report the case to the Xilin Station Police Bureau. For suspicious persons, the Xilin police have the right to interrogate.
When An Wenjin inquired at the service center next to the station, the guarded station staff took a cold attitude towards him, and he didn't ask for any useful information. An Wenjin had no choice but to buy a few boxed lunches at the restaurant and ask the waiter at the restaurant to help and take them back to the others together.
After Anwen had dined with them, an official from the station came over and arranged for them three brand-new four-wheeled carriages.
Although the Xinghua Empire had hovering carriages and hovering trains, these vehicles were all military vehicles. The vast majority of domestic folk transportation is still four-wheeled carriages. An Wenjin and them are just envoys of the Xia Kingdom, and the Xinghua Empire will give them a suspension train at most, and will not arrange a special suspension carriage for them.
An Wenjin has no opinion, the four-wheeled carriage in front of him is not bad, and it is considered a high-end means of transportation in Xia Kingdom.
Station officials then asked An Wenjin and them to get ready to get on the train. However, the station officials saw that An Wenjin saluted them too much, and introduced them to the porters at the station.
An Wenjin knew his identity and did not dare to order the Xinghua people to do things at will, so he agreed to the suggestion of the person in charge of the station, hired porters with gold coins, and carried all the salute items onto the four-wheeled carriage.
Although the Xinghua Empire did not pay attention to An Wenjin and them, it still gave some surveillance and protection measures along the way. The Xilin Station Police Station Police Station specially dispatched a team to ride horses around the three carriages, riding all the way and following all the way.
Xilin City is not far from Xinghua New Town, and An Wenjin hopes to arrive at Xinghua New Town as soon as possible, and he has not stopped along the way. Fortunately, the road from Xilin City to Xinghua New Town is a smooth road. Two hours later, An Wenjin and the others arrived at Xinghua New Town.
"Xia State Envoys, welcome to Xinghua New Town, I am Wang Ping, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Xinghua Empire. Next, I will be in charge of receiving you, please come with me. ”
When An Wenjin and the others arrived in Xinghua New Town, they were greeted by a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official named Wang Ping and sent them to live in the Xinghua New Town Guest House.
Although An Wenjin was a little dizzy when he was in a hurry, he couldn't care about his tired body, and before going to the guest house, he insisted on asking Wang Pingdao: "When will we be able to meet the emperor of your country?"
Wang Ping replied with a smile: "According to the arrangement of the cabinet, you will have the opportunity to participate in the court meeting in three days. At that time, you will be able to meet His Majesty the Emperor. ”