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The railroad is the greatest invention.

Of course, Zhu Mingzhong had no way to evaluate how great it was, but he was very pleased with the important role that the railway played in the integration of Zhuxia, after all, to some extent, this seemed to be the realization of a dream.

After the train crosses the Yayik River, the "Ural", it enters the Kazakh steppe.

After the abdication of Xingqian in the 55th year, Zhu Mingzhong once came here as a train, and now it can be regarded as a revisit to the old land, especially when the train passes through Sui'an, which is located on the prairie, when looking at the endless prairie on both sides of the railway, especially when he sees the clumps of sheep like white clouds, Zhu Mingzhong's expression is a little puzzled, and it seems that he has returned to the past again.

As the railway continues to extend into the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, you can always feel the changes of time along the way, for example, the barren mountains on both sides of the railway, which originally had only some green, were mostly covered with green, and although most of them were shrubs, there were also many forests that seemed to be naturally formed.

Looking at the green mountains and forests on both sides of the railway to replace the once barren mountains and bald mountains, Zhu Mingzhong's face showed a faint smile, how difficult it is to green in the northwest, first of all, a large number of people moved to the grassland governorate and the Anxi governorate, and then, many barren mountains and bald mountains in the northwest began to reproduce themselves, first weeds grew in the thin soil layer and stone crevices, then shrubs grew in the grass, and then trees grew from the shrubs. This is the law of nature, not subject to human will, when there is no man-made destruction, the natural environment of the northwest, in the past one or two hundred years, has been restored.

Sometimes when the train passes by the side of the mountain, you can clearly see the purple locust and caragana on the mountain, these legumes are the shrubs specially selected by the greening of the northwest in the year, they all have huge root systems, rhizobia, nitrogen fixation, after twenty or thirty years of production, can let the barren soil come, water storage, tall trees will also be produced naturally.

When Zhu Mingzhong passed by here that year, the shrubs such as the purple locust that were artificially sown were only showing the initial effect, and now after more than a hundred years, the once bare mountains have completely turned green, and Zhu Mingzhong even had an illusion that the railway is not running in Gansu, but in the southwest, and the warmth of the air is also obviously different from the imagination of dryness.

However, it seems that everyone doesn't think there is anything new about this, they seem to have long been used to all this, accustomed to the green mountains and green waters, and even when he saw through the car window that not far from the road, there was a group of red deer walking peacefully among the grass and trees, and was quite happy to show others, Li Hanzhang just glanced at it, and then said.

"Oh, it's just a herd of red deer, and there's a lot more along the way."

Maybe it was because he saw that Zhu Mingzhong was too "young", Li Hanzhang said casually.

"In Gansu, Shaanxi, there are more than three, more mountains, more forests, more animals, but few people, you see, in fact, there are a lot of people here, when I was in college, I had conducted a survey in Shaanxi and Gansu, and once went deep into it, in these mountains there are many ancient village ruins, Sao station, hotel, as well as abandoned ancient kilns, fields, mills, mills, courtyards, many, many more. At that time, it was densely populated. Later, Emperor Shizu that will, in order to immigrate to the real side, considering that the land of Shaanxi and Gansu is barren, so the people of Shaanxi and Gansu provinces went to the northeast and the western regions, and then, almost all the people here moved away, just a very small number of people left in some cities along the line, according to the environmental theory, it is called people retreating into the forest, nature only took more than a hundred years, and turned the barren mountains and mountains here into primeval forestsThere are many pastures, and there are many animals, but there are too few people, and the population of Shaanxi Province is only more than three million, but this is nothing, after all, people are now moving to the city......

Looking out the car window, Li Hanzhang asked.

"Where are you going to go when you return home? Ready to stay in Zhongdu? ”

"Maybe."

Zhu Mingzhong nodded.

From the book, he knew that Zhongdu was the largest city in the world and the most populous city, where more than 30 million people lived, not even including Gyeonggi Province.

Compared with the small city where Zhu Minghe lives, Zhongdu is undoubtedly the most ideal city, first of all, the city has a large population, convenient transportation, developed economy, and countless job opportunities. What's more, in that city of 30 million people, there is no need to worry about running into acquaintances and not being able to answer certain topics.

Zhu Minghe's original hometown is too small, with a population of more than 100,000 or 200,000, he can often meet acquaintances, and someone will always notice him, and it may cause some trouble at that time.

"Actually, at a young age like you, there will always be more opportunities in a big city, if you ask me any advice, I hope you can enter the academy for further study, after all, having a better education in Daming means better opportunities......"

Although he was only thirty years old, Li Hanzhang still looked like an elder, and Zhu Mingzhong just smiled at this.

After the train passed through Tongguan, the desertion along the way disappeared, because it was an intercontinental high-speed train, so the small station did not stop, when the train passed through Henan, it only stopped once in Kaifeng, and then went directly to Zhongdu. A few hours later, the train pulled into the Imperial Railway Station, which was the largest railway station in the Ming Dynasty.

However, it was not built in the era of Zhu Mingzhong's rule. Although it was the largest railway station in the world, he was more interested in the city he had "lost for a long time".

Zhongdu, the inland city, was undoubtedly prosperous as the capital of the Ming Empire, the most powerful country in the world. As soon as you leave the train station, you will be greeted by a steel jungle of countless towering skyscrapers, and in this time and space, the engineers of Daming also use high-rise buildings to demonstrate human creativity. The three-dimensional network of streets, viaducts and tunnels gave Zhu Mingzhong the illusion that he was in the kind of city he had lived in for more than 20 years.

But in the next moment, without waiting for the classic cars on the road to remind him, the voice in his ears reminded him of where he was.

"Everyone look ahead, the building in front is the Great Triumphal Arch, its location is the location of the old city of Desheng Gate, but because there is no city wall in the middle, just according to the tradition of the location of the city gate, Mingde 23 years, when the Zhuxia coalition army completely put down the rebellion of the Great Yue Clan, it also means the victory of the "Civilization Expedition", so Emperor Mingde ordered the construction of the "Great Triumphal Arch" in the Desheng Gate, its design was inspired by the sketch drawn by Emperor Shizu when he was alive......"

The passengers on the terrace on the second floor of the tourist bus hurriedly buried their heads in jotting down this important information, and then stood up one after another, rushed to the side of the big guest, and looked at the huge and majestic building with admiration on their faces. Like all newcomers to Zhongdu, Zhu Mingzhong boarded this tourist at the train station and started his one-day trip to Zhongdu.

The tour guide is a middle-aged woman, wearing a cardigan hanfu, but the dress is obviously improved, which makes it easier to wear and shows her figure better, and her voice is gentle and lovely.

The building materials of the Grand Triumphal Arch come from the Persia, Dayueshi, Tianzhu River Valley, Babylon, Aden and other places conquered by Zhuxia during the "Civilization Expedition". Since it symbolizes the spread of civilization in those regions......"

Then the tourist passes through the middle of the Arc de Triomphe and enters the tunnel-like opening.

“…… On the wall inside it, the names of the 360,000 soldiers who died for the Motherland during the "Civilization Expedition" are inscribed. ”

The introduction of the female tour guide made Zhu Mingzhong's expression look a little dignified, he didn't expect so many people to die before, but it can also be imagined, after all, the war lasted for nearly a hundred years, just like the tribal resistance of the Dayue clan lasted for a full hundred years. The tourists' expressions are solemn and solemn, and of course, they take pictures with their cameras.

As a bystander, Zhu Mingzhong felt that he could see that these tourists came from different places, they were both from Nanyang Zhuxia, from the Roman Empire, and of course, from the United States The United States is the American Empire, of course, the vast majority of tourists are from within the Ming Dynasty, from the tone of several people's voices, he can hear that some passengers should be from Russia After the merger of the Ming Dynasty, the name of the region was retained, and even until thirty years ago, the Russian Parliament was incorporated into the Imperial Parliament.

Glancing at the marble engraved with the names of the dead, Zhu Mingzhong suddenly felt a little heavy, because he knew that the so-called "civilization expedition" was not "to eliminate the threat of barbarism to civilization and to let the world bathe in the glory of civilization" as Shanghai said on the surface, but only for revenge.

One man with 360,000 ......

The passenger drove out of the long doorway and returned to the lead-gray sky under the lead-gray sky, in this city of 30 million people, Zhu Mingzhong felt the most not only crowded, but the exhaust fumes of the car, compared with the good environment in the northwest, the environment in Zhongdu does not seem to be so good.

"After leaving the Arc de Triomphe, we entered the main section of Suzaku Street. This street was built in the first year of Xingqian and was completed in the second year of Xingqian. It is 160 meters wide and its length is 9.9 kilometers. Now on your left you can see the buildings of the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Communications, and on the right are the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry and the Ministry of the Interior......"

Although Zhu Mingzhong's original intention was to plan the roads wider in consideration of the future traffic problems when planning for the central capital, it seems that these urban arteries, which are spacious enough in his opinion, will still be congested during rush hour.

After all, there are too many people living here and too many vehicles. Zhu Mingzhong even felt that the city was more crowded than he imagined, after all, such a wide road was full of traffic, and the speed of cars was generally not fast, and it was not smooth here, let alone other places.

After passing through a bustling street lined with high-end shops, theaters and restaurants, and passing through a circular square, the sightseeing car enters a group of modern buildings with oriental architectural colors, which have become increasingly popular with the widespread use of steel-reinforced concrete 40 years after the Xingqian Dynasty.

"Now what you see is the Honors Hall."

The female guide held a megaphone and continued to explain.

"This is the largest war museum of the Celestial Empire, which displays a large number of foreign trophies captured by the Celestial Empire in the war, where everyone can fully feel the proud achievements of the Celestial Empire in the past hundred years......

"One day, maybe we can visit it."

Zhu Mingzhong secretly said to himself in his heart that he could feel the changes in history from the war.

"Ahead of you,"

At this time, the female tour guide introduced in a proud tone that was slightly ostentatious.

"At the northernmost tip of the city is the heart of the Celestial Empire and the Daming Palace, the center of the world."

"The heart of the Celestial Empire, the center of the world......"

Zhu Mingzhong repeated softly, this is too exaggerated.

When the tourists approached the palace, almost all of them raised their heads and took pictures with their cameras, they exchanged words there, and everyone seemed to be very excited, from their words, Zhu Mingzhong could feel their respect for the royal family, many of them had been saving money since last winter to plan this "long-distance trip". After all, it is too far from Russia to the central capital.

Perhaps, Zhongdu is not a fairyland on earth, not even as good as their hometown, where there are blue skies, and the streets here are full of car exhaust, but for them, the city is special, not only because it is the capital, but also because of the existence of the royal family.

Looking at the palace from a distance, looking at the palace, Zhu Mingzhong's expression looked a little strange, once upon a time he had been living there, with his wives and children, and now what about them?

I was left alone.

Even if he looked down on life and death, when this kind of melancholy appeared in his heart, Zhu Mingzhong's mood became a little dull.

Finally, when Zhu Mingzhong got out of the car at the end of the day's travel, facing the crowded streets during the evening rush hour, breathing in the pungent car exhaust, he suddenly felt a little uneasy about everything that should have been familiar, even when he was in Munich.

"What's next? Where should I go? ”

Being in this strange and familiar city, Zhu Mingzhong's heart had such a question, looking at everything in front of him, he even felt a little dazed, which was a feeling he had never felt before.

Since the confusion was more of a worry about the future, he didn't know that in this strange city and strange time and space. What is my future, and I don't know how I should survive.