No wonder both of them were stunned, because at this time, the Tianjin City they saw was as far as the eye could see, full of houses, but there was no city wall.

In fact, the point of Catherine's question was not how to hide 5,000 people, but why Tianjin City was so big, so big that it was beyond their imagination?

Not only that, but there was a lot of traffic, people coming and going, but it was orderly, and even the ground was clean, at least the streets they saw were very clean.

Before Catherine came to the Far East, she had read "The Travels of Marco Polo" and checked other materials, and found that they all praised the cleanliness and prosperity of the Eastern Empire. She hadn't been here, so she didn't believe it. At this sight, beyond her imagination, she was naturally stunned.

Catherine recalls that on the European side, even the port of Lisbon, their Portuguese capital, is littered with garbage, but there is a lot of it. You can also see the port debris, and from time to time you can see the vomit mixed with the drunken sailors; There is even feces and urine, which is left by someone in the port to defecate in the corner while others are not paying attention or after night, and the smell of feces and urine can be smelled in the air.

This was after the European Renaissance, and if it was in the Middle Ages, it would have been all over the place.

However, the city of Tianjin in front of you doesn't need to look at the panorama to know that it is larger than Lisbon and has more residents, but why is it so orderly and clean?

"This official is Fang Yizhi, the right Shaoqing of Daming Honglu Temple, who has seen Her Royal Highness Princess Catherine!" Just when they were in a daze, a group of Ming officials came over, headed by the one, who was young but very knowledgeable at first glance, and greeted them without being arrogant or humble.

With such a greeting, Anders came back to his senses, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and communicate, and at the end, he asked Fang Yizhi and said: "Lord Fang, our Royal Highness the princess has come to your country for the first time, and she is quite interested. It's just afternoon, why don't you take a stroll around the customs of Tianjin City and then go to the post station to rest? ”

Fang Yizhi was a little surprised when he heard this, and then replied: "Her Royal Highness the princess wants to go shopping, go directly to Jingshi, is it possible that Her Royal Highness the princess is tired to rest in Tianjin City?" ”

As he spoke, he was a little confused. If you are really too tired, you will not get off the boat and ask to visit Tianjin, right?

Hearing his words, it was Anders' turn to be stunned. He looked at Catherine, thought about it, didn't translate, and communicated directly: "What does Lord Fang mean, should it be to go directly to Jingshi and have to travel overnight?" Although Her Royal Highness the princess is actually not very tired, but if you rush overnight, it will be a little bad after all? ”

Seeing that Fang Yizhi seemed to be a little disapproving, Anders added: "Our ship is full of gifts for His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, a whole boat. If you just unload the cargo and load it into the car, it is estimated that it will be almost dark, so is it necessary to hurry? ”

Hearing this, Fang Yizhi finally came back to his senses, and said with a slight smile: "Forget that Her Royal Highness the princess has just come from the Franc machine, we are taking a special train back to Beijing, sleep, and we will be able to go to Beijing tomorrow, compared to you resting at sea, except for being a little louder, it should be more comfortable." ”

Anders couldn't help blinking when he heard this, he could go to Jingshi tomorrow? I guess I heard this wrong! After all, I knew in advance that the journey from Tianjin to Beijing would take about three days for an ordinary carriage.

Also, I heard the word train again, what the hell is this?

When he just wanted to ask for an explanation, he suddenly saw Catherine looking at him without blinking, looking curious about the content of the conversation, so he had to press down the doubts in his heart and say to Catherine: "This Ming official shows that the capital city is more prosperous and fun. Therefore, it is recommended that we take the car overnight and ...... tomorrow No...... You can get to Beijing in three days. ”

When Catherine heard this, she couldn't help frowning, and her heart was a little unhappy: didn't you say that this Far Eastern Empire was a state of etiquette? Is there such hospitality?

Thinking so, she said to Anders: "There are still three days to go, why do we have to travel overnight, is it necessary to be in such a hurry?" This...... Is this their Oriental hospitality? ”

After a little hesitation, she said the next sentence.

Although João IV repeatedly explained that the Ming Dynasty was Portugal's most powerful ally before parting, the future of Portugal largely depends on the meaning of the Ming Emperor, so it must not be offended! But she still felt a little unpleasant, and she didn't want to wronged herself from the beginning, otherwise, she wouldn't be bullied all the time!

Of course, Anders knew the severity, but when he thought about it, it seemed that this time it was indeed a bit excessive, so he pondered the words, and the other party said with wisdom: "Lord Fang, it is a three-day journey to the capital division, why rush to this night." It's not too late to rest in Tianjin until tomorrow morning, right? ”

"Three days?" Fang Yizhi listened, questioned, and then laughed, but quickly put away the laughter, and said with a smile: "The official has already said just now, if you leave today, you will be able to arrive in Jingshi tomorrow morning, where did you come from for three days?" ”

"Huh?" When Anders heard this, he was immediately surprised, and hurriedly confirmed, "Can you arrive in one night?" It can't be, right? Even if the horse gallops, the lights are blind at night, and they can't run fast! What's more, there are so many salutes! ”

Fang Yizhi smiled silently when he heard this, shook his head and said, "Of course, it's not a carriage or a horse, but a train to Jingshi." The official has made it very clear just now that it is a special train specially prepared for Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

Speaking of this, after a pause, he said again: "You haven't seen it, and it's probably in vain to say it." You'll find out when you see it later. This official is ordered to pick up people, and it is impossible to lie to you. ”

"......" Anders listened and was speechless for a while: he had traveled tens of thousands of miles across the ocean and seen a lot of things. What kind of train is this, and what car you haven't seen before? No matter how powerful it is, can you get there in one day after a three-day journey?

However, the officials of the Ming Kingdom said so, so he didn't insist anymore, anyway, he saw it after a while. So, he turned to Catherine and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, this lord said that there is a special train to pick up Her Royal Highness, and you will be able to get to Beijing tomorrow morning......

When he said this, he remembered what Fang Yizhi had said before, so he added: "And sleeping on this train at night is more comfortable than sleeping on the sea, except that the sound is a little louder." ”

When Catherine heard this, she was immediately surprised. Curiosity made her nod, Mingguo really has such a powerful car? Then let's hurry up and see it!

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The railway station in Tianjin was naturally not too far from the wharf, and Catherine and her party got into the carriage and soon arrived at the railway station under the opening of the local soldiers. Of course, the train station is naturally under martial law.

Catherine got out of the carriage and was a little surprised to see the long tin cans parked in front of her. Looking down, the red carpet on the ground extends to the tin can, and the meaning is very clear, this is the so-called train.

With surprise in her eyes, she turned to look at Anders, who had just arrived at her, and asked curiously, "This is the train?" Didn't you say that you could use some old yellow calendar to burn it and transport it by boat? How can such a long tin can be transported? ”

Anders was also seeing it for the first time, so he was naturally confused, he knew that if he didn't know how to pretend to understand, he would make more jokes, so he had to ask Fang Yizhi on the side: "Lord Fang, this is the train?" ”

"It's a train!" Fang Yizhi listened, smiled and nodded. For the rapid changes of the Great Tomorrow, shocked by these Xiyi, he felt very comfortable in his heart.

However, since the two sides had formed a brotherly state, he did not mean to continue to read the joke, so he smiled and introduced to Anders, and at the same time to Catherine: "This is the locomotive, the power of the whole train." It is the heat energy generated by burning coal that is converted into kinetic energy, dragging the carriage behind it to move forward together, so it is called a train, which is the ...... created by the emperor and the responsibility of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

His words weren't fast, and he apparently gave Anders time to translate.

Catherine listened to the introduction, I don't know when, she completely forgot the princess's reserve in a strange place, and she didn't even pay attention to the cherry mouth opening slightly, but kept looking at this thing called a train, and I heard that this train can travel hundreds of miles in one night, and it is still dragging so many carriages, it feels a little unbelievable.

Listening to the introduction, I entered the train before I knew it. She found that the train was lavishly furnished inside. If I hadn't seen it outside first, and suddenly opened my eyes here, I would have thought that I had arrived at a very noble and luxurious dining place.

Behind, there is the sleeping compartment. It's still the same feeling, if you haven't seen the situation outside, you think this is a house in the Palais Royal. It's a little shorter and a little narrower, but it feels like this.

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After visiting the inside of the train car, Catherine went outside again, and when she revisited the train, she still felt a little strange when she remembered the interior arrangement.

At this moment, she saw the salute brought from the ship, which was loading goods in the tail compartment of this train, car after car, loaded into the car, which made her a little worried, whether this train could move in the end?

By this time, she had already understood that Anders had not seen it either, so she did not ask him, but just admired the train that she had never seen before.

When it was almost evening, everything was loaded, Fang Yizhi smiled and invited the guests to get in the car, and then gave the order to set off.

Catherine felt something new at this time, even when she heard the roar of the train and the smoke, it was all new and funny. At this time, her age of only thirteen years old was undoubtedly reflected.

The Ming Dynasty of the East really lives up to its reputation!