Chapter 475 - Opened to traffic
The long black train in the distance is getting closer and closer, its speed is getting slower and slower, and its huge volume naturally gradually appears in everyone's sight, although Li Shimin is basically seeing the train for the first time, but Li Shimin They can still calm down, and among the crowd of those gate valve families behind, there have been continuous exclamations.
The five carriages in front of this train are equipped with glass windows, which are naturally passengers, but there are still fifteen carriages used to pull goods in the back, and a total of twenty wagons of trains are completely unbelievable in the eyes of these people.
The speed of the train is constantly slowing down, when it comes to Li Shimin and them, it is not much faster than the pedestrians, when the locomotive crosses Li Shimin and them, and the first carriage behind them stops directly opposite Li Shimin, the train makes a piercing brake sound, the huge body stops directly, and the first carriage stops steadily in front of Li Shimin and them.
The carriage inside was quickly opened, and then Wu Ping, who was wearing this formal Zhongshan suit, walked out of it, that's right, the Zhongshan suit was also made out by Huo Gang, ancient clothes have the excellence of ancient clothes, and modern clothes naturally have the excellence of modern clothing.
For example, the convenience is much stronger than these clothes in ancient times, and the clothes they wore by Li Shimin were too difficult if it weren't for the maids, and it would be too difficult for Huo Gang to wear them himself, which was not conducive to the efficiency of the Han government, so Huo Gang also promoted the concept of clothes in later generations.
After several years of promotion, the yield of cotton is already very high, so it is already very simple to make some modern clothes.
Therefore, when Wu Ping and the others walked down, Li Shimin and all of them were stunned by Wu Ping and others in these costumes, because of Wu Ping's dressing style and so on...... It's completely different from what they imagined.
Not only clothes, such as hairstyles, Wu Ping and them are also very close to the hairstyles of later generations, and the whole person naturally looks very capable and spiritual.
Although their clothes look weird to Li Shimin and others, when a group of people wear these clothes, they have an unusually neat feeling.
However, Li Shimin and the others were only stunned for a moment and came back to their senses, and Wu Ping and a dozen of them quickly walked in front of Li Shimin and them.
"Wu Ping, Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, has met His Majesty Li Shimin." Wu Ping bent down slightly, and then bowed to Li Shimin.
"Prime Minister Wu Ping, welcome to Chang'an." Li Shimin also immediately smiled and arched his hand at Wu Ping, and then he took the initiative to stretch out his right hand. Wu Ping also immediately smiled and stretched out his right hand to shake Li Shimin's hand.
At this time, if there was an invention of a camera or something, someone would have been crazy to take pictures next to it, but apparently there were no cameras in this era.
However, no one thought it was strange that Li Shimin and Wu Ping's actions were too much to do, because Huo Gang was now free of himself, anyway, no matter what kind of behavior, as long as he made it and there was no one in this era, it was all invented by him, so naturally no one would find it strange.
And most of the Han officials will start to enforce it.
Therefore, in five years, because the construction of the railway can be said to have accelerated the pace of exchanges between Dahan and Datang, coupled with the continuous exchanges between countless businessmen and Dahan, these handshake etiquette has also been transmitted to Datang.
Almost all businessmen in Datang and these gate valve families know that shaking hands in Dahan is the etiquette of greeting and meeting, just like the arch of the Tang Dynasty.
However, there are many forms of Datang's hand-giving ceremony, and the rules are different from different people, but the handshake etiquette is much simpler, and it is the same with anyone anyway. Therefore, after such rules were promoted, many Datang businessmen also began to shake hands when they met each other.
Li Shimin naturally got a reminder from the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette that the etiquette between the state and the state should naturally not be rude. Not only Li Shimin, but it can also be said that all these people have already learned, and they naturally don't feel strange.
However, when Wu Ping saw them, he bowed his hand first, which can be regarded as a respect for Li Shimin, after all, Wu Ping is only the prime minister, and Huo Gang is the supreme leader, so he is naturally lower than Li Shimin's level.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wu Ping said with a smile.
Then Li Shimin introduced other major personnel to Wu Ping, and Wu Ping naturally introduced the people around him to Li Shimin.
There is no precedent for the opening ceremony, and this is not Datang's own business, it is a matter between two countries, so it is naturally impossible to follow some of Datang's conventions to worship the sky, ancestors, etc., so they are all discussed, and the matter is much simpler.
In fact, it is somewhat similar to the signing of later generations, under the witness of everyone, Wu Ping represents the Han Dynasty, Li Shimin represents the Tang Dynasty, and the two sides sign each other on an official national document, and then exchange signatures and seals.
In the end, both parties handed the documents in their hands to the person behind them, and then shook hands again, and this time the matter was over.
When the relevant ceremonies at the train station were over, the two sides also went to their own places, Li Shimin and others naturally returned to the palace, while Wu Ping and others went directly to the embassy of Dahan.
As for the banquet for Wu Ping and others, it will officially start tomorrow.
The ceremony at the railway station ended after Li Shimin announced the start of unloading, which meant that Dahan's goods were officially transported to Chang'an in Datang by train for the first time.
From the beginning to the end, Li Shimin and the others did not see Li Chengqian, but he knew that Li Chengqian and they must have returned.
After returning to the palace, Li Shimin took Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang to the front of the Liangyi Palace, not only them, but also Wei Zheng, Wei Chigong, Cheng Yanjin, and Qin Qiong were already waiting here, and many other ministers also came.
For example, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui, the eldest grandson Wuji naturally came here as an uncle, while Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui have other things, and today's scene is actually not too official scene.
Tomorrow, Li Chengqian and the others will officially go to the court, firstly, to restore their identities, and secondly, they will also come back to report on their work, after all, Li Chengqian is the crown prince.
Standing in front of the Liangyi Palace, Li Shimin did not wait inside the palace, but chose to be outside, and the others naturally did the same, to be honest, Li Shimin himself was a little excited, after all, the three sons Li Shimin liked it a lot, especially after Li Shimin determined the problem of the future succession of the Tang Dynasty and solved the problem of cannibalism among his sons, he liked these sons even more.
Because he didn't have to worry about what wrong effects his likes would cause them, a lot of his feelings were naturally released, and now they have been gone for six years, from a child to a teenager, if you don't want to, don't look forward to it, it's impossible.
Although he is the emperor, he is also a father, not only Li Shimin is here, Li Yuan is also here.
After waiting in place for a long time, Chang Lin next to him had already hurriedly walked over, bowed quickly and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor, Your Highness, they are back." ”
Li Shimin nodded and did not respond, Chang Lin also knew that he didn't need to say anything at this time, so Chang Lin just bowed down and stood behind him again, not talking.
In the distance, a group of people had already walked over, accompanied by the Imperial Guards.
When they were far away, Li Shimin didn't feel anything, but when they walked in, Li Shimin and the others were stunned for a moment, because the seven people who came over, although there were only seven people, they were stunned to walk out of the army.
Seven people naturally lined up in a neat line, all wearing gray uniforms and special boots under their feet, and the footsteps of the seven people all walked in a neat voice.
When they were about to reach the front of the Liangyi Palace, all the Royal Forest Soldiers had stopped their steps, and these seven people still walked towards here with firm steps.
The distance is closer, Li Shimin can also see clearly, the one who walks in the front is Li Chengqian, although he has grown up, but the eyebrows and eyes have hardly changed much, so Li Shimin naturally recognized it directly at the first time.
But at this moment, Li Chengqian's spirit made Li Shimin's spirit trance, because it was difficult for him to match that gentle and polite son like a scholar, Li Chengqian's height at this moment is already 1.75 meters, which can be said to be extremely tall, and the most important thing is that his body is very strong at a glance.
The whole person's skin is also tanned, and he has short hair on his head, which is similar to Wu Ping's hairstyle, but he looks extremely energetic, and his resolute face makes Li Shimin feel a little trance, as if he saw himself back then, although Li Chengqian does not look very similar to him.
Although they have grown up, but at this moment, Li Chengqian and the other seven people give people an unprecedented spirit, I don't know why, the people who look at them have an illusion, a team of mighty and majestic good men who came over! That kind of spirit, that kind of posture with your head held high, momentum, it's hard to describe, but it makes people feel very mighty!
Not only Li Shimin, but even Li Yuan was a little stunned, he also seemed to see Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng who led the army to fight back then, he hadn't seen this kind of momentum in his descendants for many years!
And the expressions on the faces of Wei Zheng, Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong, Cheng Yanjin and others were also indescribable, they all looked at their sons in a daze, they couldn't believe that their sons would become like this...... Not to mention what they have learned, the spirit alone makes them feel ...... No loss in the past six years!