Chapter 1009: Little Henry's Observations (Part II)
Outside the port of Guangzhou, several steamships slowly entered the port, and the little Henry couple was on one of the ships, originally they returned from Europe with a fleet of hundreds of ships, but after arriving at Niutou Port, most of the ships left one after another, after all, this fleet was originally a collection of many merchants, and after returning to the territorial waters of the Great Song Dynasty, they naturally had their own things to do, but the ship of Xu Bao that Little Henry took was going to Guangzhou, and then they had to go to the capital and wait for the fall of the imperial court.
As soon as the ship came to the port of Guangzhou, little Henry immediately felt a different atmosphere, he had also anchored in several large ports in the South Seas before, but although there were many Song people in those ports, there were also many people from other countries, and because of the climate and other reasons, each port has its own characteristics, which cannot be regarded as a real Great Song port, and it is precisely because of this that he is also very much looking forward to the port of Guangzhou.
Guangzhou did not disappoint little Henry, when he came to the port of Guangzhou, only to see all kinds of ships in the port endlessly, almost the entire port was filled, but there are many managers in the port, directing the ships in and out of the orderly, so although there are many ships, but it did not cause congestion, from here you can see that the management level of Guangzhou port is obviously not comparable to other ports.
In such a busy port, the wharf is naturally more prosperous, only to see all kinds of vendors directly set up stalls on the wharf, selling their goods to people everywhere, groups of Nanyang coolies under the leadership of the supervisor nervously loading and unloading goods, tax collectors boarding the ship one by one to check the goods on the ship, etc., it can be said that everyone is nervously busy, making people have a sense of tension.
After the ship docked, little Henry was escorted down to the docks under the protection of a group of soldiers, or rather escorted, while personally in this busy port. First of all, although there are foreign merchants here, most of them are Song people, and the buildings of the port are more tall and exquisite, and most of the people who come and go are smiling, but there is a confidence and calmness in the smile that little Henry can't say. This is something that no other race else has.
After little Henry went ashore, an official immediately arranged for him to rest in the post station, originally he wanted to go around the city of Guangzhou, but unfortunately the officials in Guangzhou were not as good at talking as Xu Bao's merchants, and he was not allowed to go out at all, after all, he was a prisoner of the Great Song Dynasty, and he was a foreigner, and those officials would not give him any preferential treatment.
It is precisely because of this that little Henry was imprisoned in the inn for two days. Finally set off again and left the city of Guangzhou, this time he was escorted to the capital by an army of about 100 people, and only when he arrived in the capital would anyone make some arrangements for his future destination.
Originally, little Henry thought that he would have to take a boat from Guangzhou to Tokyo City, but this time it was a bit unexpected for him, because after they came to an area northwest of Guangzhou, they let him sit in a kind of fire-breathing car, but unfortunately Xu Bao had already left at this time. He couldn't find anyone to ask, but his instincts told him. This kind of fire-breathing car should have something to do with the mysterious steam engine, after all, since the steam engine can drive ships to sail, it can definitely drive cars to run.
Little Henry soon proved his idea, because he found that the car was not only fast, but also could go on without sleep, and more importantly. There was also a large chimney at the head of the car, which was constantly spitting black smoke outward, which was exactly the same as the chimney on the ship, so little Henry was sure that the car was powered by a steam engine. Later, he finally learned that the name of this car was called a train.
The train runs on the land of the Great Song Dynasty, but it is also more convenient for Little Henry to enjoy the scenery along the way, whenever the train passes through a station, it will add water and fuel to this person, which also allows Little Henry to appreciate the customs and customs of various places, through his careful observation, the result is that he is now the most powerful country in the world, whether it is a village or a city, all places are a thriving scene, and some buildings are being built in various places that he can't understand, and the roads are built very wide, They also use a special material to harden the road surface so that it doesn't interfere with the weather any day.
It can be said that little Henry has seen too many novel things along the way, which also gives him a preliminary understanding of the Great Song Dynasty, but the more he knows about the Great Song Dynasty, the more amused he is at his previous thoughts, such a Great Song Dynasty is not comparable to any country at all, even if the whole of Europe is united, the final result is still the same, not to mention that now that the Great Song Dynasty has gained a firm foothold in Europe, I am afraid it will only accelerate the pace of their march to Europe.
Little Henry did not always take the train, but when they crossed a very wide river, they had to get off the train and take a boat, because the river was too wide to build a bridge, and the train could only travel on specific railroad tracks, and could not pass through the river at all, but after crossing the river, they soon got on the train again and began to drive in the direction of the heart of the Great Song Dynasty, which was the city of Tokyo.
With the movement of the train, little Henry found that the more north it was, the more prosperous it became, probably because the political core of the Great Song Dynasty was in the north, and the prosperous areas in the south were mainly concentrated in the coastal area, and the inland areas were a little sparsely populated, but the north was densely populated, and some villages and towns could be seen almost every other way, and pedestrians on the road were constantly coming and going, which also made little Henry finally believe Xu Bao's words before, because Xu Bao told him that the population of the Great Song Dynasty had reached an astonishing 200 million people, dozens of times that of EuropeOriginally, he was still a little skeptical, but now it seems that it should not be wrong.
When the train began to pass through some very prosperous streets and towns, he thought that this was the city of Tokyo, but then he knew that this was only a town on the outskirts of Tokyo City, and as for the real Tokyo City, it would take a day and a night to travel, which made little Henry so shocked that he couldn't even speak, because he felt that even the outer towns were more prosperous than Rome City.
After a day and a night of the train, the majestic city of Tokyo finally appeared in the eyes of little Henry, and when he got off the train and entered the real city of Tokyo, the whole person was shocked by this huge giant city. (To be continued.) )
PS: This book is coming to an end, and the new book is also in preparation, but the old fish has been sick again in the past few days, and the update may be a little unstable, I hope you will be more considerate.