The west gate of the imperial capital is crowded with people, today is the big day of the opening of the train, the railway station is just outside the west gate, many people come to watch it early in the morning.

Although trains are not new, not many have actually seen trains, and even fewer have ridden. In the era of inaccessibility, people rarely went far away. Don't look at the fact that there are many people who go to Xingchenling for tourism, but basically all of them are rich people. At the height of the stars, there were no more than 150,000 tourists, and this was people from all over the continent. It would be nice to have thousands of people in the imperial capital. For the imperial capital, which has a population of more than two million, it is simply rare.

But don't look at most of them who haven't been there, but the famous people of the train are calloused. People who come back from the Xingchen Leader tour will generally show off everywhere, one to ten, ten to hundred, people naturally know that there is such a means of transportation, which can pull hundreds of thousands of catties to run, and the speed is faster than the fastest horse.

At first, everyone didn't believe that there would be such a means of transportation. But those who have been to Xingchen Collar say so, and they will slowly believe it, so everyone can't brag about it.

Therefore, from the beginning of the construction of this railway, it has attracted great attention from the people around the imperial capital. The imperial capital did not deliberately release the news when it was opened to traffic today, but there were still many people who heard about it from various channels and came early to watch the legendary train.

Of course, the tickets for the first train had long since been sold out, 1,500 seats, and each seat was 100 citrine coins.

This price is quite outrageous, and even now that the Empire's economic situation is rising, the number of citrine coins issued by the Empire is increasing year by year. However, the wage level of ordinary laborers is only 30 citrine coins per month, and a train ticket is equivalent to more than three months' wages of ordinary laborers.

Although the price is outrageous. But the tickets were sold out as soon as they went on sale. The money was not a big deal in the eyes of the nobles or merchants, and it was the first train. It can also be said to be the first long-distance train. The journey is seven times longer than the route that Xingchen led to Hongyuan City, is there a better jackpot than this? Besides, the emperor will also travel. Even if you can sit in the same train with the emperor, a hundred citrine coins are not expensive.

There are a lot of people entering and leaving the imperial capital every day, and the crowd outside the city gate naturally attracts more passers-by.

"Brother, why are there so many people here?" Curiosity is an innate human instinct, and when you see this, someone asks.

"Don't you know what this place is?" The person being asked asked rhetorically.

"Isn't it a train station under construction, is there an accident and so many people are around?"

"What happened, the train station has been repaired, and it is officially opened today!"

"Holy. Why didn't I know?"

"The Empire didn't notify you, of course you don't know. I also heard from my brother-in-law that his cousin's third aunt's cousin was doing chores at the tax officer's house, and I only found out the news!"

"Oh, then, are you crammed here waiting for the bus?"

"What? Can you afford to sit in a car? Do you know how much a ticket is, 100 citrine coins!"

"I'll it, I don't have that much salary for three months!"

"Even if you have so much, you won't have anywhere to buy them. My brother-in-law's cousin's third uncle's cousin said that all the train tickets were sold out by the rich as soon as they were sold! A hundred citrine coins are not called money to others!"

"You said that these rich people have all traveled to Xingchenling and taken the train. What are you doing with this excitement, but then again, if people don't buy it, we can't afford it, and the ticket price of a hundred citrine coins is not for civilians at all. ”

"Who said they couldn't sit down. Just one hundred citrine coins for the first trip, and the subsequent tickets will be lowered. I've heard that there are many stations along the route, and fares are based on the distance."

Outside the train station throughout the West Side. There was talk of this everywhere, and more and more people gathered.

More than ten minutes later. A group of guards came out of the station, and the crowd blocking the doorway quickly avoided it on both sides. Then a large group of staff members dressed in dark blue and wearing large-brimmed hats came out. The movable fence was placed to create a passage to the gate.

At this time, a large group of Praetorian Guards came from a distance, driving all the civilians farther away, and the entrance to the railway station soon became a vacuum.

The civilians complained at first, but after being reminded by a smart person, they all stopped talking and obediently hid far away. The only one who can dispatch the Praetorian Guard may be the Imperial Palace, and then think of the fact that everyone was talking about the emperor's trip just now, they still don't understand that this is the arrival of the emperor.

The emperor traveled, it would be good if he didn't impose martial law on you, who would dare to express dissatisfaction.

Just under the watchful eye of everyone in the distance, a string of carriages drove to the gate of the railway station. The doors opened, and dozens of people stepped down.

"Which one is the Emperor?" A civilian in the distance whispered.

"I don't know, I guess it's the one at the front!"

"Don't talk nonsense, no, that person looks like he's only in his twenties, what is that, he looks like a fox, how can he have one, two, three, four or eight tails!"

"Below you, the white, my second Ao, a beast more than ten meters long"

In a few moments, the people and monsters who got out of the carriage had already walked through the passage and entered the train station. The person standing in the front row in the distance rubbed his eyes, thinking that he had just been dazzled.

At this time, someone suddenly said among the civilians in the distance: "What are we all doing around the train station, we can't see anything here!"

"That's right!" The people around the train station almost cried, feeling like fools. After scolding, they turned around and ran west, and after the train station, they could see the railroad tracks, and they would definitely be able to see them there.

However, when they crossed the building of the railway station, they found that there were more people here, and the guardrails on both sides of the railway were crowded with people, and they could not squeeze in front of them at all.

"Let's go, continue west, I don't believe there are people in the distance!" Many people continued to run west, and some of those who could not squeeze in front of them also went west.

One mile, two miles, and three miles ran out along the railway line for seven or eight miles in one go, and the talents on both sides of the guardrail gradually became scarce. When they got closer, they saw Janissaries on both sides of the railway, one person every ten meters, standing straight and facing them with cold faces.

"Sure enough, it's the emperor's trip, and the guards are really strict!" The civilians lamented.

At this moment, a whistle was heard from the direction of the train station, and people then felt their feet tremble slightly. In the blink of an eye, a behemoth appeared in view.

The movement of the wheels pressing the rails became more and more thoughtful, the train approached rapidly, the huge locomotive was like a hideous monster, and the oppressive feeling brought by the huge mass and extremely fast speed made everyone who watched a little suffocated.

The steam propelled the wheels to spin at great speed, carrying more than a dozen carriages through everyone's eyes quickly, and the strong air currents carried their clothes with the sound of hunting.

In a matter of seconds, the train passed them and farther and farther away. The eyes of the civilians kept chasing the train until they could no longer see the shadow, and then they came back to their senses, and then shouted excitedly one by one: "Damn, I can really pull hundreds of thousands of catties to run! Look at the speed, not to mention faster than a horse, faster than a letter bird."

"That's right, I'll sit once I save enough money in the future!" The common people were very excited, and although they waited for most of the day to only see a glimpse, their hearts were greatly satisfied

On the train at this time, many people were also curiously watching left and right, although they were all rich people, but not all of them had taken the train to Xingchenling. Some of the old guys in the family never sat down.

At this moment, sitting on the train, feeling the speed-like speed, looking at the scenery outside the glass window, they sighed in amazement.

The juniors in each family had all been on the train, and when they saw the old guys being surprised, they couldn't help but smile smugly

The back of the train is a sleeper. In a soft bedroom room in the middle, Jiang Xingchen and the Emperor sat opposite each other.

Jiang Xingchen arrived yesterday, and since he had been to the imperial capital a few times in his early years, Jiang Xingchen had rarely appeared in the imperial capital. So don't look at the emperor and Jiang Xingchen have dealt with Jiang Xingchen for more than ten years, but the number of times the two have officially met is only a handful.

Seeing Jiang Xingchen coming to the imperial capital, the emperor had the urge to make a black hand several times. But fortunately, he was extremely rational and knew what the strength of Da Bai, the demon fox and the old man was, and suppressed his impulses again and again.

Today, the emperor finally adjusted his mentality, put Jiang Xingchen on an equal footing, and discussed the future cooperation between the two sides. This railway costs a lot of money, but it only connects a few territories in the northwest, whether it is Hongyuan City, Zheng Xingling or a part of the Blue Seal Collar, the resources are not rich enough. In fact, this railway is more about transporting resources to Hongyuan City.

What the emperor wanted to talk to Jiang Xingchen about was the construction of the railway in the future. In particular, in areas rich in resources, railway networks should be built as soon as possible! especially in areas where grain, steel, charcoal, salt, and now limestone are produced.

"Emperor, I'm afraid it won't be enough to build so many railway lines in one go! With the current output of the steel plant, it is simply not enough to support the simultaneous construction of so many places. Jiang Xingchen said embarrassedly.

The Great Emperor was quite unhappy in his heart, but his face was very indifferent: "I heard that you are building a new steel plant in the Eastern Three Rings, which is larger than that of Hongyuan City."

"But now the construction of the steel plant has just begun, and it will be at least a year before it can be put into production!" Jiang Xingchen explained.

The emperor secretly scolded in his heart: "A fart year, if you are willing to invest, you can get up in half a year." If it weren't for the lack of manganese ore, I would still need to negotiate with you, and with the information sold to me by the son of An Jia, I would have built a steel mill myself. ”

He was unhappy, but he was helpless, whether it was the railroad tracks or the train, he couldn't get around Jiang Xingchen in the end. (To be continued.) )