Hugo didn't choose the expensive private carriage to do the big thing, and the experience of rising from the bottom taught him to be careful and calculated.

Hugo's plan was to travel from Venice to Vienna in fifteen days by horse-drawn carriage, but a rare gondola ride to the "city of water" was necessary.

Then he found the Venice train station, which had a list of places to get there and the price of the ticket.

"You can go all the way to Vienna!" Hugo couldn't help but exclaim.

He thought to himself that it would be nice to build a railway between Paris and Toulon, which would be much more convenient.

In fact, the French are indeed building the railway, but the progress is worrying, because much of the land belongs to farmers, and these people do not eat it, which greatly increases the cost input.

So the French built railways much slower and more expensive than those mountain railways.

However, Hugo was not aware of these circumstances, and he only felt that the Austrian side had invested in the railway amazingly. But soon Hugo discovered something that shocked him even more.

Vienna is not the end, Venice's railway can go directly to Belgrade in the east, Saxony in the north, and Amsterdam (the capital of the Netherlands) in the west

"What a barbaric country! His people must be living a life that is inferior to that of cattle and horses! Like the pyramids of Egypt and the Colosseum of ancient Rome, it is entirely the vanity of personal desires."

However, since there was a railway, it was impossible for Hugo to choose to take a horse-drawn carriage.

Conductor: "To Vienna?" What kind of carriage do you want? ”

Hugo: "The train should be graded?" What a system that tramples on human dignity."

Conductor: "You don't buy it!" ”

Hugo: "First class, thank you!" ”

Conductor: "Any weapons and gunpowder must be stored in the back of the car, and no urine or defecation is allowed in the car, so you should make the most of your stops at each stop."

Here's a kind reminder not to drink too much water or eat some food that is prone to diarrhea before getting on the bus, you get the idea?

Hey? Mr? ”

At this time, Hugo had disappeared from the ticket counter and successfully entered the first-class carriage through the ticket gate. The flight attendant kindly helped him with his luggage and patiently explained everything he wanted to know.

The first is what this iron box is in front of you!

"Hello, Monsieur Hugo. This is a carriage. "The female flight attendant who specializes in reception seems to have become accustomed to the questions of these foreigners.

Although it is a first-class carriage, it usually does not have such a meticulous service, and it is his other identity that plays a role.

In addition, the cost of a first-class car is about ten times that of a fourth-class car. Second-class cars cost half the price of first-class cars, and there are only one or two first-class cars for the entire train.

"Why is Cocoa wrapped in iron sheets?"

During this period, not only in France, but in fact in most countries in the world had open-top train cars.

That's right, it's really a 270-degree open-air with no dead ends, and it's only surrounded by a fence. You can feel the wind, frost, rain and snow along the way until you become one with nature.

For example, trains on the American continent even have only one sidecar, and if you want to communicate between carriages, you have to climb over.

In addition, the vast majority of countries at that time did not charge by station, as was the case with the Austrian Empire, but by the number of kilometers.

At this time, there must be some book friends who want to ask, what should I do if I run out of money halfway through the sitting? Or what if you want to get off halfway?

Actually, there is no need to worry, because in this day and age trains were usually between 20 and 40 kilometers per hour, although the British had already developed high-speed trains with speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour.

But as mentioned in the previous book, the technical conditions at this time are not yet mature, in addition to wasting fuel, the biggest problem is instability, it is very easy to fail, and even out of orbit.

You may not have any idea of 20-40 km, but in other words, it is like an Indian train, as long as you are fit, you can go on and off.

Because at this time, the French train carriage still adopted an open-top design, so Hugo would have such a big reaction to the train carriage.

However, this is a common practice for the staff of the Austrian railways, where there is a lot of fuss about both semi-enclosed carriages and foreigners.

"Just like a carriage, it can not only block the wind, frost, rain and snow for you, but also protect your personal privacy, and it can also facilitate us to provide you with better services. At the same time, our trains are faster and safer than horse-drawn carriages. ”

The flight attendant's answer was very professional, so that Hugo couldn't find anything wrong for a while.

"Okay, but won't this jar suffocate people?"

The flight attendant continued with a very professional smile.

"Rest assured, each box has its own windows. If you feel stuffy or uncomfortable, you can turn it on. ”

At this moment, the whistle of the train was heard.

Flight attendant: "If you have any other questions you can talk to in the car, I'll be happy to answer them, but now you have to get on the train." ”

The male flight attendant on the side had been waiting impatiently, he hated these foreigners asking questions all day long, and if he was in the third or fourth class carriage, he would have shut him up a long time ago.

But there is no way, who let the other party pay ten times the fare to sit in the first-class car? He was also a poet and playwright, and the Royal Railways had rules that gave preference to scholars and artists, and he didn't want to get himself in trouble.

So he boarded the train quickly with his luggage, and the female attendant behind him also made a gesture of please, Hugo was from a noble background, so he naturally would not surrender himself and roll around to continue to ask.

He took off his hat and saluted politely, and when he came to the inside of the carriage, Hugo found that he had been fooled, and there were seven people in the entire first-class carriage.

And everyone has a separate box, and the seven people are completely isolated from each other.

This is completely different from what Hugo expected, before he even got in the car, he even prepared a lot of topics in his mind and waited to share them with others, not only to understand the customs, but also maybe to gain friendship.

Although the service on the train was good and the view from the window was beautiful, he was never happy. Hugo used the bench in the box as a cot and slept in the rhythmic bumps of the train.

When Hugo woke up in a daze, he felt a rush of guilt, just as the train was already stopping at a station.

After the release was happily completed, the whistle of the train sounded again, and it was a little dark, so he casually touched a carriage.

But when Hugo opened the hatch, he was shocked! A dim oil lamp is lit in the fully enclosed carriage, people and cattle stay together, and pigs and cows roam freely in the carriage.

The disgusting smell rushed to his face, and a lamb just hit Hugo's abdomen, causing him to swallow back what he was about to say.

When Hugo woke up again, he was leaning against the door, and a hen flew over Hugo's head, "cooing" twice and laying an egg.

"Oh my God! Where is this? ”

"Fourth class. Sir, don't you look like a peasant? Wrong, right? ”

"That's right! That's what I'm looking for, I'm going to document people's real lives! ”

Hugo touched it for a long time and found that the pen was gone.

"Sir, there are a lot of pickpockets here! Most of what you're looking for is lost. ”

An old man kindly reminded.

Hugo was about to say something when he felt a wave of nausea.

"Are you alright?" Everyone around him found that Hugo was out of place here, after all, people who were so well-dressed usually didn't run to the fourth class to suffer.

"I'm fine, just a little nauseous.."

Then there was another violent jolt, and with this jolt all sorts of livestock came alive. Hugo asked in a cacophony.

"Why is this car jolting so much?"

"Oh, it's nothing, it's normal to have some bumps in the speed increase."

"Speed up? How much? ”

"Sixty kilometers."

"Oh my God!"

"What's wrong?"

"Cover your mouth and nose! Otherwise our blood will fly out! ”

"Huh?!"

"Do as I say! This is the result of the French Academy of Sciences, and I won't lie to you! ”

Hugo shouted loudly, and the people around him all looked confused, but they all covered their mouths and noses in the same way.

Until the conductor entered the fourth-class carriage and found that the passengers were twitching all over the floor.

I originally wanted to continue the previous style, but the writing may be a little inadequate

(End of chapter)