Chapter 658: Canyon Railway

Although the time of the previous few days had a great impact on the train station, as can be seen from the depression inside and outside the train station, the service of the train station itself has not been reduced by this, especially the first class treatment has remained at the same level.

In addition to fresh fruits, food and ice drinks that are often poured, there are also special waiters waiting outside the door for First Class passengers.

Not long after Leo sat down, he instructed the waiter outside the door to fetch as many newspapers as he could, both from within the Kingdom of Savile and from abroad.

Not long after Leo made his request, the waiter walked in with a box, took out a neatly ironed newspaper from the box, and placed it on the table next to Leo.

Leo quickly picked out the newspapers he had read before, and finally left more than twenty newspapers from other cities in the Savile Kingdom and abroad, and then carefully got up.

Most of these newspapers are similar, there is not much new stuff, but the only newspaper from Dariat that caught Leo's attention, the content of this news is to report a few days ago, that is, when the world was changing, a sudden snowstorm broke out in the north of Dariat, and the temperature dropped rapidly, and it has not stopped until today, and it has formed a snow disaster, and some people have also found that the Moss Sea in the north of Daliat has begun to freeze.

The name Yinyue Sea is separated by the Silver Moon Sea between the Vilun Continent and the Minsk Continent, and the name Silver Moon Sea comes from because this ocean is indeed in the shape of the Silver Moon, and the celebrities at that time had no talent, so they casually gave such a name.

However, the Silver Moon Sea is only a general term for this ocean, in fact, this ocean is divided into four parts, the southernmost point is naturally the pearl island chain connected to the Falling Star Sea, to the north is the Star Moon Sea, and further north is the middle of the Silver Moon Lake, which is generally called the Moon Sea, and the northernmost point is the Mos Sea.

The reason why it is called the Sea of Moss, rather than the shape or climate of the sea, is because of the port of Moss in the northeast corner of the continent of Vilon, the westernmost part of the sea.

Port Moss is called the source of piracy by the historians of the world of Veron, the world's earliest pirates may not have originated here, but the recorded size of the pirate ship originated here, for a long time, Moss pirates have almost become a nightmare for every city along the coast of the continent of Vilon, there are countless bedside ballads telling the horror of the Moss pirates.

Although the Moss pirates have all kinds of horror legends and have become synonymous with negative words such as horror, greed, and brutality in various books in the world of Velon, it is undeniable that the Pirates of Moss have played an indisputably huge role in the navigation of the entire world of Velon.

The world's earliest topographic map of the Vilen continent is derived from the Moss pirates, and the earliest routes to communicate with the Minsk continent were also established by the Moss pirates, and the discovery of the Moissanite continent was also the Moss pirates, and even the name of the Moissanite continent was given by the Moss pirates, and the first voyage around the stars and the fleet that completed the first voyage of the three continents was also the Moss pirates.

Because of this, the route connecting the northern part of the Vilun continent with the Minsk mainland was named the Moss route a long time ago, and the sea area where the route is located is the Moss Sea.

Leo was interested in the news of the freezing of the Moss Sea because it was documented that thousands of years ago, the Moss Sea would be covered with thick ice during the winter months, creating a cross-sea ice bridge that ordinary people could walk on the ice.

It is precisely for this reason that many scholars who have studied the bloodlines of the three continents say that the people living in the Minsk continent are likely to be from the Vilun continent, and their ancestors are more likely to make the Black Forest tribes who fled from the Vilun continent, the slaves of the French Empire, etc., in that era of underdeveloped navigation, these people came to the sparsely populated Minsk continent through this cross-sea ice bridge to settle down, until the ice bridge disappeared due to climate change, and the connection between the two continents was completely middle, and it was not until later that the navigation technology developed, and the contact was re-established.

This is not an argument that scholars have come up with in a whimsy, but there is clear evidence that the various stone carvings, pottery and other everyday objects of the early tribes of the Minsk continent have the most primitive style of the Vilon.

However, some scholars have put forward a different view, believing that the Minsk continent is the origin of human beings in the world of Vilon, and that the first human beings in the Minsk continent passed through the ice bridge and arrived in the land of Vilon, and gradually multiplied.

The reason for such an argument is that a large number of remnants of ancient civilizations have been found in the desert of the Savile Kingdom, but there are no such relics on the continent of Velon.

Leo is not at all interested in which continent is the birthplace of human beings in the Veralon World, he is more concerned about the freezing of the Moss Sea, obviously this matter should be related to the anomaly of the Velen World, if he is not miscalculated, the Ice Bridge that has disappeared for thousands of years will definitely reappear on the Moss Sea this winter.

"In case, if it does happen, then we will have to take this ice bridge. Leo closed the newspaper and muttered to himself.

Leo's sudden decision was entirely due to the various reports of the dense fog at sea that appeared in the newspapers, and he remembered reading a nautical book in which it was mentioned that the fog that had been entrenched on the sea for many years in the first place hindered the seafaring adventures of the world of Veron, and that in other folklore, it was mentioned more than once that for a long time in the past, the sea was shrouded in a thick fog, and countless huge and dangerous sea monsters were hidden in the thick fog.

If it's just a country, the legend of a nation is written like this, but the problem is that the folklore of many countries is described like this, then this shows that in the past, the sea surface of the world of Velonon was indeed entrenched in a thick fog, which also made Leo can't help but think of the dense fog that enveloped countless worlds.

I don't know when the dense fog at sea will dissipate due to the change in the world, and if these dense fogs can't dissipate, Leo will have to consider other ways to leave the Minsk mainland, and the ice bridge is one of the good ways.

Just as Leo was planning the rest of the journey in his mind, there was a whistle of a steam train from a distance, and then everyone felt a faint vibration from the ground, and a light appeared in the darkness in the distance.

In order to reduce the burden on the steel frame of the railway, the train does not stop with a brake device that causes huge friction, but slows down the speed of the train at a long distance until it enters the railway station, and can stop naturally, but the position of the stop is slightly different.

For this reason, the railway designer specially designed a set of access bridges for each station that can move the position, and after the train has completely stopped, the control personnel of the access bridge at the station will control each access bridge to move to the corresponding position, and put it down to link with the train door.

However, this time there was a slight trouble with the link between the access bridge and the first-class access bridge, and after several dockings, it was connected to the train door, apparently because the operators of the access bridge were not familiar with it, and the reason for this was probably that the station staff who operated the two access bridges died in the disaster that night, and the descendants who succeeded them were not fully familiar with the work.

After the docking of the passage is completed, the waiter at the station enters the waiting room and leads the first-class passengers in the room into the first-class cabin located at the front of the train through the special passage, and then the first-class waiter reads the tickets of everyone and leads them to their respective carriage rooms.

Leo's room is near the end of the coach, which is not too good, but because it is next to the restaurant car, the dining is more directional.

In order to spread the weight of the various parts of the train and avoid the weight being particularly heavy in one place, the railway designers also designed a train that was different from the other.

Instead of using a single giant locomotive like the Velen Continental Loop Train, the train divided the huge locomotive into six smaller locomotives that weighed much lighter.

Of the six small locomotives, four are placed in the front and rear to provide the main push and pull force, while the other two are arranged in the middle of the train, dividing the carriages into three parts: first-class carriages, ordinary carriages and wagon carriages.

When the train is about to come to the station, the four main locomotives will stop and allow the middle two locomotives to provide less thrust, slow down and enter the station.

Although this kind of industrial design is obviously extremely simple compared to the spaceship warships in the universe, it can already be called a great design in the world of Veron, but it is a pity that the designers of the surrounding railways did not leave any names, or more correctly, the Savile Kingdom did not officially record any name of this person, but only used the designer's name or the like.

In this regard, there is a lot of speculation from the outside world, some people think that the identity of this designer is very high, but it is inconvenient to disclose it for special reasons, so only the designer's name is used, which can be seen from the designer's knowledge, because the only people who can obtain such a high level of knowledge in the Savile Kingdom are those nobles with extremely high status.

However, some people believe that this designer is a sinner with the lowest status, because in the Kingdom of Savile, only sinners with a lower status than slaves are not allowed to have a name, or even show their faces, which can be seen from the construction records of the Canyon Railway at that time, when the designer appeared in front of people, his face was always completely covered.

Speculation about who the Canyon Railroad designers were, even if it was plausible, was still not a positive answer because there was no substantial evidence to prove it, and the matter became a mystery, and as time went on, the chances of solving the mystery became smaller and smaller.

However, the operators of the Canyon Railroad seem to be willing to perpetuate the mystery as a selling point for Canyon Railroad tourism, and they have even placed books written by scholars about who designed the railroad in each first-class cabin, so that passengers who make up the train can deepen their impression of the Canyon Railway.

Leo also had to admire the drill camp of the railway operator, and he picked up the books in the room and looked through them with hatred.

With Leo's speed of flipping through the pages, soon the books had already been read by Leo, and the train had not yet started.

Originally, Leo just read the book casually, but after seeing the words and deeds of some of the people who built the canyon railway in the book mentioned the words and deeds of the railway designer, Leo couldn't help but look like a person in his heart, and compared the time in his heart, and found that this railway designer was probably someone he knew, and that person was Saran Meyer, the king elector.

At first, Leo felt that he might have guessed wrong, after all, the relationship between Saran and the Savile Kingdom can be said to be mortal enemies, and she should not help the Savile Kingdom to build such a railway that can be called the economic lifeline, you must know that the direct and indirect benefits brought by this railway to the Savile Kingdom account for more than 80% of the annual tax revenue.

It is no exaggeration to say that if something goes wrong with the Canyon Railway, then the economy of the entire Savile Kingdom will collapse in just one month.

But Leo thought about it again and found that it was more and more likely that the king of the king, Saran, was the designer of the railway, mainly because of the huge benefits that this railway brought to the Kingdom of Savile and played a pillar role in the economy of the Kingdom of Savile, so this railway became the deadliest hole of the Kingdom of Savile.

You must know that in the past, the Kingdom of Savile was a kingdom that claimed to never fall, whether it was the Kingdom of Mares or the Kingdom of Dariath, it never really captured the Kingdom of Savile, because of the special geographical environment of the Kingdom of Savile and the seemingly scattered but flexible tribal council system.

Once encountering an irresistible enemy, the rulers of the Savile Kingdom will disperse among the various nomadic tribes, sneak into the depths of the desert, and then drag the enemy alive in the desert, even if the king of the kingdom is dead or captured, the tribal council will elect a king from among the leaders of the large tribes to succeed to the throne and resist the enemy again.

But now with the advent of the Kingdom Road and the Canyon Railway, the Kingdom of Savile has entered the urban era, and the original flexible tribal system has been transferred to the city, with the emergence of various huge interests, coupled with the convenience and safety of life, the people of the Savile tribe have become more and more adapted to urban life, and the customs of the nomadic tribes in the past have been abandoned.

It is conceivable that if the Savile Kingdom encounters an irresistible strong enemy next time, then they may not be able to annihilate the enemy as in the past, and the destruction of the kingdom will become a foregone conclusion.

And if you want to destroy the Savile Kingdom, the first step must be to destroy the economy of the Savile Kingdom, so that the Savile Kingdom will be in chaos for a while before encountering foreign enemies, so that the Valley Railway will become a fatal point.

"Damn!" Thinking of this, Leo suddenly couldn't help but curse, and looked at the railroad steel frame outside the window with a gloomy face.