Chapter 357 The first journey of the railway
The time of the day has passed in a blink of an eye, and this Yizhou festival has entered the last day.
Under the intentional arrangement of Lu Ren, Shirley, Liu Ye and others, the news that Lu Lan will perform another performance today has been released smoothly yesterday. But it must be made clear here that the real purpose of releasing this news is to concentrate the flow of people during the Yizhou festival to the Yizhou Railway Station, so as to facilitate the official appearance of the steam locomotive in front of the public.
As for the Yizhou Railway Station, this is just Lu Ren's own name here, after all, before the locomotive officially appeared, this railway station is a bit out of character. But really, this is indeed a station, because a large amount of materials needed for the construction of Mangjia New City are transported from here through the more than 30 kilometers of railway lines. To put it simply, although steam locomotives have not yet appeared, wagons for transporting goods have been around for a long time, but they are still powered by animal power.
He didn't say much, just said that it was only early in the morning today, and a large number of people in Yizhou had already gathered at the train station. You must know that the performance on the third day, although it was actually very hasty, was actually very successful, after all, in such an era, how could ordinary people have seen this? And after seeing it, of course, I will think about doing it again. And so people gathered here...... Ahem, maybe this is a typical star-chasing mentality, right?
Then next, when Lu Lan, dressed in a two-dimensional costume, appeared on the stage, the scene almost got out of control. Fortunately, Lu Ren, as a traverser, has seen a lot of this kind of thing, so he was prepared for a long time, and specially transferred Lu Lingqi and a group of women's troops to maintain order, otherwise I really don't know what will happen.
said that it was a performance, but it hadn't officially started at this time, because Lu Ren and Shirley still had business to do here, but the person who came forward to announce it was replaced by Shirley to Lu Lan...... This Nima is a ready-made idol spokesperson, why don't you have to do it?
The advertising script has already been written for Lu Lan, so Lu Lan is just reading according to the script on the stage. And with Lu Lan's guidance, the people's eyes naturally followed Lu Lan's guidance and all of them were cast on the railroad tracks next to the stage.
The door of the garage was slowly opening, and suddenly there was a roar of a whistle, which shocked the people, and Lu Lan was not frightened by the whistle because of Shirley's advance prompt, and at the same time hurriedly spoke out to appease the people, so as not to cause some unnecessary trouble.
With Lu Lan's reassurance, the people naturally quieted down quickly, and then stared intently at the garage, wanting to see what kind of novelty would come out inside. After a while, a steam locomotive, which could be said to be composed entirely of steel, appeared in the eyes of the people, and many people were dumbfounded almost at the same time.
"My goodness! Is this a car driver? It's all steel, right? ”
"That's right! It's all made of steel...... How much does this have to weigh? It's not less than 10,000 pounds, right? How many cows and horses do you have to drag this? ”
"That's not right! I didn't see a rope for a cow or a horse! But how, how can this car move on its own? ”
There was such a discussion among the people, but when Lu Ren saw this steam locomotive that took me an unknown amount of time to build, he was really a little bit crying and laughing, and he was not satisfied.
Yes, the iron car that is being driven now is indeed a steam locomotive, this Lu Ren admitted, but it is not the kind of behemoth that Lu Ren can see on the railroad of his time in his image. To be precise, the steam locomotive that Shirley made was a bit small, as small as about four or five meters long, which was really far from the locomotive that Lu Ren was looking forward to...... But Lu Ren knew that this Nima was indeed a steam locomotive, but this kind of locomotive was the kind that ran in the wilderness in the early days of the western development of the United States, that is, the kind of steam locomotive in the cowboy era, and of course it was not comparable to the later large locomotives.
Although there was a dumb smile and a little disappointment in his heart, Lu Ren also understood that there were some things that could not be forced. After all, Yizhou's current scientific and technological capabilities and productivity are there, and it is not easy for Shirley to build such a small locomotive. And to be honest, don't underestimate this kind of small locomotive, there are hundreds of horsepower when it is fully operational, and it seems that there is no problem with dragging a dozen or so wagons, right?
In addition, with the first car, there will be a second and a third car behind, and when these locomotives are completely running on the current 30-odd kilometers of railway lines...... Huh.
At this time, the locomotive "Machine Zero" (well, so call it, the bottle was also a fan of EVA back then) had stopped at the designated position, and Shirley was also directing the railroad workers to hang several wagons to the tail of the "Zero Machine". Of course, Lu Ren didn't care about this, but the people were all dumbfounded. For them, a "zero machine" alone has to weigh tens of thousands of catties, plus the back of these wagons, so how much weight does it have to be in total? How many cows and horses do you have to drag to move?
Lu Ren secretly telecomed Shirley: "Shirley, what are you going to do next?" ”
Shirley replied: "Master, just look at it, Xiaolan is the one who agitates the people!" ”
Sure enough, Lu Lan said to the people in a timely manner: "Everyone must be wondering what is the use of this novel vehicle, and how can it be moved without the traction of cattle and horses, right?" Now, Xiaolan wants to invite 200 people to ride this novel vehicle with Xiaolan and go to our new city for a round trip, and Xiaolan will also present a few songs for everyone in the itinerary. This trip is scheduled for an hour, and although I am a little sorry for the people who were not selected, there will still be musicians here who will play some music for everyone to listen to, and you can also go to other markets for a few laps before coming back. When Xiaolan returns, Xiaolan will officially perform for everyone on this stage. Excuse me, who would like to try it with Xiaolan? ”
The people immediately messed up, and Lu Ren was angry and telegraphed Shirley again: "This is your trick again, right?" ”
Shirley replied: "I haven't eaten pork, which one hasn't seen a pig run?" I'll make a few advertising videos, and I'll just do the same. ”
But after seeing the people making a fuss for a while, two hundred lucky people were finally selected. There were a total of seven carriages this time, and only six of them were officially used carriages, except for the first one, which was necessary for the "Zero machine". Of course, Lu Ren and the others want to occupy one section, so the carriages left for the people are five, and it is just right for forty people to sit in each carriage. Then, in the envious eyes of many people, these two hundred lucky people boarded the carriage and sat down in their seats under the guidance of the flight attendant.
In fact, this kind of carriage is not unfamiliar to the people of Yizhou, because today, Mangjia New Town has a certain scale, and some urban areas have long-term settled residents, so there will be a corresponding flow of people between the new city and the small city. Before the advent of the "zero machine", this 30-kilometer railway line had been put into use, but it was still used as the power of cattle and horses to haul, and the people of the two cities would often take a hitchhike to and fro. Just like the last time Lu Ren took Liu Ye to inspect the new city, he also sat on it, that time he played with Zhen Mi and others on the railway rail car.
In general, thanks to the rails, the public knows that the carriage running on the rails is smooth and comfortable, and the speed is reasonable, the only fly in the ointment is that there is no canopy...... It's not really nothing, if it's windy and rainy, just put a canopy on top of the car, which is a bit similar to an open-top car. But then again, the current railway line will still be mainly to transport the materials needed by the new city, and the arrival of people is secondary, and the open-top carriages can deal with the past. If it is really necessary, with Yizhou's current ability, where will the room-type carriage not be able to be organized?
These are not nonsense, the people have all gotten on the car, Lu Ren has seen that it is almost there, and he is also ready to lead a group of people here to board the carriage. Speaking of Lu Ren, there are a lot of people here, in addition to Liu Ye, Shirley, Lu Lan, Zhen Mi, the second of Yamatai, also brought a few people with him as guests, and Sun Shangxiang and Lu Xun were also in Lu Ren's party. As for Cai Yan, Minchan, and Mi Zhen, they either don't like to join in the fun, or they have something to do at hand, so they didn't come over today.
Lu Ren boarded the carriage first, but when he turned around, he saw Liu Ye standing there very hesitantly, looking like that, he didn't believe in the things in front of him, so he didn't dare to board the car. In fact, it's not just Liu Ye, some other people are the same. Lu Ren can understand this, after all, the appearance of the steam locomotive is a bit terrifying at this time, and it is inevitable that everyone will hesitate.
Smiling a little helplessly, Lu Ren beckoned everyone to come up to the carriage. After greeting for a while, Liu Ye and the others boarded the car and took their seats in confusion. Because they are all open-top carriages, and there are only a few cars, several carriages can be clearly seen from each other. Someone looked at the situation on Lu Ren's side, and asked loudly to Lu Ren's side: "Lu Yizhou, why didn't Xue Changshi and Lord Lan get on the bus?" ”
Lu Ren reached out and took the speaker microphone on the side, and responded, "They? Of course, I went to change my clothes. After a while, the locomotive will run faster, the wind will be stronger, and you will get cold if you don't change your clothes. ”
There are still a few words Lu Ren didn't say, that is, although Lu Lan's two-dimensional clothes today are so beautiful that she has nothing to say, but the fabric is a little less, in case a few pieces are blown away by the wind, how can it be counted?
After a while, I changed into the Lu Lan and Shirley models I usually wear. Because Shirley wanted to supervise and guide the operation of the "Zero Machine", she gestured to Lu Ren and went directly to the "Zero Machine", and only Lu Lan was about to board the carriage where Lu Ren was. When boarding the train, Lu Ren handed over his hand on the carriage, Lu Lan looked up at Lu Ren who handed him over, smiled sweetly on his face, and stretched out his hand to shake Lu Ren's hand...... (To be continued.) )