Chapter 984 Railway Station

The identities of the merchants and the common people were handed over to the Jinyi Guard and the Black Dragon Guard to investigate, and the result was that they were all people who kept to themselves and supported Great Qin.

So the next day, the 100 people came to the station under the arrangement of the government.

The station of the steam train is outside the city, not in the city, so Yingzheng and a group of civil and military officials came to the station early in the morning.

Qin An was already waiting at the train station, saying that he was waiting, but he was going to have a final inspection with the cuttlefish.

Although it has been checked many times before, this is the last check for the trial run.

Not only this time, Qin An also requires that every time before driving, an inspection is required.

The outside of the car should be inspected, the inside of the car should be inspected, the equipment should be inspected, and the hygiene should also be checked.

Just as they were checking, Yingzheng and the others had already come to the outside of the station, under the guidance of an official.

Ying Zheng, civil and military officials, nobles themselves, a group of businessmen and ordinary people took the lead in coming to the ticket office.

"Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, this is the ticket hall. The emperor said that anyone who wants to take a steam train needs to buy a train ticket first and enter with a ticket. ”

Ying Zheng asked, "What is the fare?" ”

"The ticket price for ordinary seats and standing seats is 300 Wen, two taels of silver for hard sleepers, and five taels of silver for soft sleepers.

This is the initial price, and it will change when the people's lives get better. The official of the guide replied.

Ying Zheng frowned slightly and said, "So high?" ”

The officials were also very surprised, but when they thought about what Qin An had said about the function of the steam train, they seemed to feel that it was not expensive.

The guiding official smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, this is arranged by the emperor, and Weichen doesn't know either, the emperor only said that after Weichen takes the steam train, he will feel that this is not high at all." ”

"Oh, Qin An actually said that, then there must be a reason for him, let's go, let's go in."

"No."

Then the guide official took Yingzheng and them to the waiting hall, only to see that there were many chairs, garbage cans, and even shops in the waiting hall.

"Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, this is the waiting hall, a special waiting place. The emperor said that there is a regulation on the departure time, and if you come too late, you will miss the departure time.

So, as long as they want to ride the steam train, they will arrive early.

If you arrive early, you need a place for them to rest, and if you have money, you can go to the VIP room to rest, where you need to pay a certain fee. ”

"Oh." Ying Zheng said again, "This Qin An's flower head is a lot, rest and rest, and what kind of waiting area and VIP lounge are divided." ”

The guiding official smiled bitterly: "What the emperor means is that a rich person must be treated by a rich person. Because they're not bad for money.

And this money will be the funds of the railway bureau in the future, and the railway bureau will not only build the railway, and then let the steam train pass on the railway.

There are a lot of things to do in between, such as the annual maintenance of the steam train, as well as the maintenance of the railway, as well as the staff money of each train station, and the research and renewal of the steam train.

All of this requires money, and steam trains require a lot of coal, which costs money. ”

Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Yes, Qin An has thought of everything. That's it for today.

Let's go inside. ”

"No."

Subsequently, the guidance official took Ying Zheng and a group of others into the train station.

The crowd soon saw a black locomotive with a carriage behind it.

Ying Zheng and the others never understood why this giant like an iron pimple was moving.

Only a few people have seen the Qin'an toy train and know that this steam train can really move.

But how to move, Qin An only said that it relied on steam, and steam came from water, and boiling water with coal formed steam.

But how did this steam make this behemoth-like iron lump move?

Qin An led a group of staff members to Ying Zheng and the others.

"See father-in-law (Your Majesty)."

"No need to be polite." Ying Zheng said.

"Father-in-law Xie (Your Majesty)." Qin An and the others said again.

Then Qin An spoke: "Father-in-law, it's good for you to come, this is the steam train, at present, I have arranged ten carriages, each ordinary carriage can seat one hundred and twenty people, one of which is a restaurant, two carriages are VIP carriages, three hard sleepers, and two soft sleepers."

Under normal circumstances, I don't have too many sleeper cars and VIP cars, just ten ordinary cars, plus one restaurant car.

In this way, the speed will be faster, simply put, the fewer carriages, the faster. ”

"You don't have to explain this, if you explain it, I can't understand it, so you just tell me directly, can you sit now?" Ying Zheng said.

Qin An shook his head and said, "Not yet, I need to let the steam train run for half an hour." ”

"Then you can try it out." Ying Zheng said impatiently.

Qin An nodded and said, "Right away, cuttlefish, let people try it out." ”

"No." The cuttlefish replied.

Then the cuttlefish asked people to notify the staff that it was ready to start.

Soon everyone heard the whining sound, and then they heard the clattering sound, and what surprised everyone even more was that the steam train moved, and the behemoth-like steam train moved.

"It's moving, it's really moving."

"It's pretty fast."

"A miracle, this must be a miracle."

“……”

Countless people began to discuss, whether it was a hundred officials, nobles, even merchants and ordinary people, they all started talking in shock.

After a while, you won't be able to see the steam train.

The most shocked of them were Mark and the Prince of Persia.

The two of them were not conspicuous in the crowd at all, and almost no one paid attention to them, one of them came to see the new invention, and the other planned to steal it.

But when the two saw the new invention, they were stunned and joked, how can this be stolen?

"Half an hour to wait, father-in-law, why don't you go to the waiting hall and wait." Qin An proposed.

"It's fine."

Then everyone came to the waiting hall again, Ying Zheng and others were arranged to wait in the VIP room, only those businessmen and ordinary people waited in the waiting hall outside.

After arriving at the VIP room, Qin An asked everyone to have a bottle of water for each person.

This water is not mineral water, but boiling water, which is placed in a glass bottle and can be taken away by the VIPs.

"The water is free in the lounge, but outside it is charged." Qin An explained.

Everyone suddenly realized, no wonder each person has a bottle.

Then everyone drank it and found that it had no taste, no different from ordinary water, and then it was realized that it was really water, no wonder it was free.