In June, the city of Luoyang is overflowing with hot summer. Knowing the sound endlessly, the bird's nest is playing on the lakeside.

A breeze blows, a touch of coolness. Countless people walked out of their homes and sat under the willow trees by the river, holding pampas fans and chatting in the shade.

"Let's go and see! Look! The monster is coming! The monster is coming! ”

"Monster!"

"Ahh There really are monsters! ”

Countless people got up and looked, and sure enough, on the two steel rails laid, a huge thing that smoked and could move itself was heading towards them. On both sides of it are written the three big characters 'Harmony'.

Guardrails were installed on both sides of these two rails to prevent people from moving around at will, and people were very confused about this at first, after all, it was a good steel! It was actually spread on the ground, and countless people were privately scolding Liu Xia for whether his brain was in water.

There were even people who went to steal the rails that had been laid, but fortunately there were soldiers guarding them along the way, and those who wanted to steal the rails were caught. Subsequently, the Luoyang City County Order issued a ban on anyone to approach the train track, and no one was allowed to steal the steel tracks, otherwise everything would be dealt with by the crowd.

Although no one among the people knew what the rails were for, no one dared to steal the steel after that. The blacksmiths who were striking iron looked at the steel on the ground, and their hearts were dripping with blood.

This rail was built from Luoyang East City, and the 500-meter steel rail connecting the Science and Technology Institute extended to Yanshi City not far away, which cost a lot of manpower and material resources. After all, at this time, the construction of various things still had to be completed by manpower, and large machinery had not yet appeared.

After three or four months of construction, the construction of the train track from Luoyang City to Yanshi City was finally completed, which also heralded the birth of the world's first intercity railway.

Today is the day when the Institute of Science and Technology will debug the train, and if the train is debugged, Liu Xia will be invited to lead hundreds of officials to take a tour by train.

A locomotive was installed at both ends of the train, and there were six carriages in between, but most of them were empty, and there was no one else except for the staff in the science park.

"Look! Look! There's someone in this thing! ”

"Someone? It can't be eaten by this monster! Let's go and save them! ”

"Stupid! Don't you see it's a car? What a monster! There was no eye at all. A craftsman-like man touched his beard and looked at the approaching train, with a slight understanding in his heart.

"It's really amazing, it's amazing that such a car can run without cows and horses. No wonder the government has been laying steel on the ground for several months, it turns out that this is the reason. The craftsman couldn't help but exclaim.

"It's really loud, but it's a little slower."

At this time, the train was still in the initial commissioning, and the speed was naturally not high, according to the records, the maximum speed of the steam engine train could reach 160 km/h. At the moment, the speed of this train is not as fast as that of a horse-drawn carriage, and it is no wonder that the people say.

In a moment, the speed of the train became faster and faster, faster and faster, and soon there was a 'whoosh' and it was speeding past people's eyes.

Chinese just like to be festive, like crowds, and prefer fresh things. As soon as the train came out, countless people who had heard about it came out of the city to see the excitement.

"Look, the government's notice!" I don't know who shouted, and they all looked at the wall, only to see a new piece of paper, full of words.

"Quickly read to me what is written on it, I can't read." Zhang San was stupid and couldn't read, so he shook his head like a rattle, and finally kept urging others to read it to him. Li Si was too short and low to see the writing on the wall, so he stood on his tiptoes. And the white-headed old man, on crutches, looked carefully. The green-clothed scholar shook his folding fan and shook his head and read: "Luoyang Mansion Yin issued a document to appease the people of Luoyang without worrying. The thing that the people saw was a 'train', and the prince himself named it 'Harmony'. This train does not rely on cows, horses, mules. Combustible coal starts on its own. It's quick and easy. It is a research and development of the Academy of Science and Technology. And the people are at ease. ”

"Train! It's called a train! ”

"It's strange that you can walk around without a cow or a horse. Could it be that the people in the science and technology academy are all immortals, and Lu Ban is reincarnated? ”

"Who's to say it's not, it's a miracle."

"Drive, drive!"

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" At this time, I saw three big men on horseback galloping over, and countless people hurriedly dodged, and immediately cursed.

"Folks, the little brother is here to compensate! The three of them just want to see if our BMW is running fast, or the train of the Academy of Science and Technology is running fast! Get out of the way, we're going to have a fight with him. Let them see, what doesn't have a horse won't work! ”

After all, trains are a new thing, and the people don't know much about it, so they naturally prefer horses.

"Needless to say, it must be the horse that runs fast, does it need to be said?"

"Otherwise, in my humble opinion, maybe the train will run faster than a horse, and it will not require manpower. Don't worry about getting tired and hungry. ”

"What a mess, how can a horse run fast? Nonsense! ”

The three men continued to chase the train, and the other people who had horses in their homes also went home to lead their horses and chase them, but in a moment there were more than fifty horsemen chasing the train.

on the train

Luo Chengxian instructed the train drivers in the cab.

I only heard an academician next to him pointing outside, and exclaimed to Luo Chengxian: "Dean, look! A lot of people out there chased me on horseback! ”

Luo Chengxian looked down and saw hundreds of war horses galloping, and more than 20 war horses had even overtaken the train, leading by one horse.

Luo Chengxian smiled, stroked his beard, and said with a smile: "Interesting." Since they are willing to compete with the old man's train, let's have a competition, and let the people see the power of our train. ”

"Speed up!" Luo Chengxian gave an order, and the speed of the train slowly began to get faster and faster.

"Look! The train is speeding up, drive! The riders also began to speed up, but the horses were flesh and blood after all, and these horses were still ordinary horses, not strong war horses, so they were a little tired after running for dozens of minutes. When the horses were tired, the train was still speeding up, faster and faster. Soon many of the horses were left behind.

The train rode away.

"Mom, I'm tired. The soreness of the bumps all over the body. This train is a monster. "A man on a horse, stopped, looked at the smaller and smaller train in the distance, panting and patting his back.

"It looks like this train is a good thing, and I'm really looking forward to getting on it and trying it out."

"By the way, isn't your distant cousin an errand boy in the government? Can you let him take us on the train? ”

"Well, don't mention it, he's just a petty official. Where is this train at his disposal? Besides, the Institute of Science and Technology is not an ordinary place. ”

“……”

The matter of the train soon became a matter of after-dinner gossip among the people of the entire Luoyang City. Countless streets and courtyards can be heard in detail about trains.

And all the newspapers had the train on the front page.

When the train traveled from Luoyang City to the railway station outside Yanshi City, the people of Yanshi City were also like the people of Luoyang, looking at this strange monster in horror, and everyone had different opinions.

However, then the county order of Yanshi City also posted a notice to inform the people of the specific details.

When the train successfully arrived at Yanshi City Railway Station, Luo Chengxian finally breathed a heavy sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Finally relieved." Everything worked and the experiment was successful. Pass it down, rest for a while, and we will return to Luoyang. Let's check the safety of this train again. ”

After Luo Chengxian arranged it, everyone got off the train one after another and rested for a while.

Luo Chengxian was happy today, so he held a 'press conference' at the gate of the railway station and explained the specific situation of the train to the local people, in which he constantly praised Liu Xia.

"If it weren't for the guidance and advice of the prince, where would such a magical train be born?" The enthusiasm of the people of Yanshi exceeded Luo Chengxian's expectations, so much so that in the end, he almost couldn't get out and return.