The 123rd Ming train was the first to start, and the Qing Dynasty sent an envoy for the second time
A few people walked around the place, I heard that the Ming Dynasty built a railway called something, recently to test run, said that it is also driven by a steam engine, can travel thousands of miles a day, can also travel thousands of miles a day at night, the end is amazing, which aroused their great interest, after inquiring about the time, a few people hurriedly returned to the pavilion, ready to rest for a day, the day after tomorrow to see what the train is.
Three days have passed in a blink of an eye, and Nu Ha and Hong Chengchou came to Nanjing Railway Station early with three or four entourages, and the station was already crowded with people.
"This little brother is invited." Hong Chengchou and the others didn't see the train, so they grabbed a young man who ran by and asked, "Are so many people taking the train?"
The young man looked at the outfits of several people, and from the meticulous long braid on the back of his head, he could tell that he was not from the Ming Dynasty.
He said with a shocked face: "It's not all, there are still people who come to load goods."
Seeing that the other party's face was full of vigilance, Hong Chengchou didn't want to ask much else: "Why didn't you see the train?"
The young man pointed to a magnificent building in front of him and said, "At this time, if you want to see the train, you must enter the railway station, or you can find a high place, and you can see it when the train leaves the station, and you may not be able to enter the railway station if you come from outside the customs."
"Why is this not allowed to outsiders?"
"There is no such rule, but today is the first test run of the train, and I heard that the emperor and some ministers are coming, so the train station is now heavily guarded." After the man had finished speaking, he hurried away.
"I didn't expect this Ming Dynasty emperor to be so supportive of new things, and he had to come to participate in the train test."
"Lord Belle, listen to that person's nonsense, the emperor's whereabouts are all secret, how can the people know, it is estimated that what the man said is a bit exaggerated, I guess he wants to use this to explain to us the importance of the train."
"Anyway, we're going to have to see what this thing is, because these days, it's talking about this thing in the streets."
"That's exactly what you said, then let's find a higher place and wait."
Waiting for noon, Gao Yiming took Shi Kefa to the railway station accompanied by Cai Dafa and other college executives, because the college used the carriage and horse, so ordinary people didn't know that the emperor was coming.
In accordance with Gao Yiming's instructions, Cai Dafa gave a speech at the railway station on behalf of the college: "Fellow countrymen, today is a big day, our train is about to run for trial, it will be epoch-making, if after the test, our train can run fifty or sixty kilometers in an hour, then the railway will be spread all over the Ming Dynasty in the future, all places will not be too far, and less than everyone can travel thousands of miles a day, and the speed of transportation of various goods will be greatly improved, and the cost will be greatly saved." Thank you for your support to the train industry and the people who are not here today, let us wish the train a smooth operation for the first time, thank you! ”
After a short but passionate speech, Gao Yiming and others boarded a special train specially prepared for them, the first train had a total of nine cars, three passenger cars, and six freight cars.
When everyone boarded the train, the train let out a dull roar and began to move slowly, waiting for Nu Ha and the others on the third floor of the ninth floor of a building to see the true face of the train.
The sound of the collision between the wheels of the train and the track was shocking, but the most shocking thing was this thing of pure iron, like a steel dragon, the speed changed from slow to fast, and when it disappeared into the sky, the speed had increased to fifty kilometers per hour, and soon disappeared from people's vision.
Nu Ha and the others didn't speak for a long time, if it was really as the superintendent of the courtyard said, this train was spread all over the Ming Dynasty, then it is not difficult to think about what the Ming Dynasty's rule over the whole country will be, the Ming army is arranged along the station, where there is something to do, everything can be sent to the morning and evening, this is too scary.
Back at the pavilion, Nu Ha immediately wrote down what he had seen and heard into a recital, and reported it to Harbin, suggesting that any peace conditions of the Ming Dynasty could be negotiated, but he had to promise the Qing Dynasty to send people to study at Daming Academy.
The Qing Dynasty court, which received three reports in a row, was very surprised, especially for the two eager recitals behind Nuha, and was even more suspicious, I don't know what he saw in the Ming Dynasty, it will change so much, especially to him about the steel giant ship and what train, it is even more shocking, steel can float on the water is already incredible, because they have experimented many times without success, standing on another iron lump is faster than the horse running, is this telling a story?
In order to confirm his words, the Qing Dynasty was ready to send people to the Ming Dynasty again.
This time, the Qing Dynasty sent the minister of the mission to curb Bilong, not only Nu Ha and others wanted to listen to Bilong, but also brought the bottom line of the Qing Dynasty's peace negotiation, that is, to agree to go to the emperor and establish a relationship with Pan, and the others did not agree.
The Qing Dynasty's wishful thinking is strange, but don't you know that the Ming Dynasty did not expect to be able to negotiate the result, and they were actively preparing for next year's war.