Chapter 381: The Locomotive Arriving on the Other Shore (Subscription Requested)
Although the Xue family is a big family that has been inherited for several generations, and it will not be so easy to get on the thief ship of the Huaxia Army, it is absolutely necessary to have a good relationship with the Huaxia Army during this period.
Just now I saw Sun Daoyuan chatting with Li Xian, the big leader of the Huaxia Army, and the envy and jealousy in Xue Fatzi's heart was still faintly disdainful of Sun Daoyuan, which was just to serve people with three or five ships.
Xue Fatzi's conceit is far better than Sun Daoyuan's black big man in the way of interpersonal relationships, if he is in Sun Daoyuan's position, he must be given twenty or thirty ships, and when the relationship with Li Xian is good, he can walk sideways in Guangzhou City, how much money he wants to make can't be earned, maybe he can take this opportunity to squeeze into the businessman crowd with a net worth of millions and two.
Therefore, Xue Fatzi really tried his best to win over Li Xian, but he didn't expect the other party to only ask about boring technical things, and he didn't ask about what he was good at, especially food, etc., but Xue Fatzi was in a hurry.
Li Xian talked to the two of them, and when he looked around, he had already quietly surrounded twenty or thirty people, all pretending to be tired and resting beside them, but they all listened to the conversation here with their ears pricked up, but there was no appropriate opportunity to intervene.
Although Li Xian's reputation has always been not good, after all, he is also one of the biggest officials in Guangzhou, and there are many businessmen who want to take the opportunity to befriend him.
Li Xian immediately understood what these people were thinking, so he made a circle around, said hello briefly, and walked forward with everyone.
Sanyuanguan itself is in the suburbs, and after hundreds of years of operation, it occupies a huge area, which is enough for big guys to walk for a while.
Everyone followed Li Xian for a while, and found that there were many warehouses in Sanyuanguan, not to mention a large amount of firewood and wood placed outside, and there was a faint smell of meat in the warehouse, which must be a large amount of cured meat or sausage.
These things, whether they are eaten or burned, are all sought-after items in the city of Guangzhou, and they can be sold for a large price according to this amount, but it is surprising when Sanyuanguan has accumulated so many materials.
After a long while, everyone approached their destination, and saw a very open place in front of them, but in the center was a stone building more than five meters high and more than thirty meters wide.
This is not small, there is a large stone top on it, and the walls on the left and right sides are also strong, that is, the front and back are transparent, I don't know what the purpose is.
What is even more peculiar is that two rows of wooden rails extend from the front and back of this stone building, extending back and forth, one or two hundred zhang, leading to the open space in front.
On both sides of this wooden rail, there are fences, which are to prevent people from entering and going to the wooden rails, but I don't know what wooden rails are so precious that they should be specially surrounded by fences.
When everyone went over, they found that there were many people around the stone building, outside the wooden rails and fences, all of whom were the first to come, and many officers of the Huaxia Army, including Wang Jiuxuan, the consul of the Executive Yuan, were there, waiting for everyone.
When the two sides converged, Li Xian and Wang Jiuxuan raised their hands and saluted, which was regarded as a greeting.
After everyone arrived, Wang Jiuxuan stepped forward to give a lecture, saying that the Qing court banned the transportation of materials, and the people of Guangzhou were very poor, and hoped that the Huaxia Army and businessmen from all walks of life present would share weal and woe and get through this difficult time together.
The people who came here were all rich and powerful people, but they were all human spirits, and none of them jumped out to make Li Xian and Wang Jiuxuan and others uncomfortable, they all applauded loudly, and praised the two of them as good parents who love the people like children.
Wang Jiuxuan didn't care either, and only stopped after talking for a while, and signaled to the officers around him: "You can start." ”
Then an officer stepped forward and entered the fence through the movable door of the fence next to the track, and after carefully looking back and forth, he made sure that it was not near the track before he drew out the green flag and shook it regularly.
"The track has been confirmed before and after, there is no danger, and it is safe to pass. The officer waved the flag and roared loudly before retreating from the fence.
Then, Wang Jiuxuan signaled again, and a martial artist dressed as an elder of the Sanyuan Temple stepped forward, holding a strange blue artifact in his hand, and he started to do it for a while.
Some sharp-eyed people saw that the elder was holding a fist-shaped skeleton in his hand, which was very different from the things of Middle-earth, and it seemed to be from overseas, but they didn't know what it was for.
As the elder did, a blue glow emanated from the skull, rising from the front of the transparent stone building along the wall, then following the structure to the right, going down again, and finally turning back again, forming a complete blue "mouth".
The blue word was still beating at first, and it seemed to be a little unstable, but then it gradually fixed down, no longer shaking, and seemed to be stable.
The gentry and merchants of Guangzhou who were present were also considered to be the top figures in society, and they had long known that the warriors had some incredible methods, although they were a little surprised to see this situation, but they would not shout and shout indiscriminately and lose their dignity.
Then, when this side stabilized, from the word "mouth", it was vaguely possible to see that there was a different world inside, instead of the scene on the other side of the stone building that should be, which made people a little reverie.
However, before the big guy could think clearly, a black behemoth came out of the stone building, clanging, and spewing smoke on its head, stepped out of the blue mouth, reached this world, and then drove along the wooden rails, and kept moving forward, until it came to an unusually spacious clearing in front of it.
Behind this black iron bump, there are also many huge square vehicles, dozens of them in front and behind, dozens of feet long, vaguely carrying a large amount of wood and various materials.
"Oh Mom!" many people reacted at this time, felt their legs weak, and sat down on the ground.
"What kind of monster is this, it's scary. "A lot of people were trembling.
"This is the Flood Monster summoned by the Taoist priest of the Three Yuan Temple, run. Xue Fatzi was especially unbearable, lying on the ground, thinking about crawling on all fours, so that Sun Daoyuan, who couldn't look at him next to him, took a long time to pull up.
"Everyone, be quiet, this is the artifact that came from the train.
When Ding Gongchen built a steamer car, it was seen in the city of Guangzhou, and many people here should have seen it, why were they scared like this?" Li Xian, Wang Jiuxuan and others spoke up at this time, trying to appease everyone, but the smugness in their eyes could not be hidden.
If these two people really don't have a scary mind, they will greet everyone long before the locomotive comes out, instead of coming out to be good people at this time.
Under the appeasement of the two of them and a large number of officers, these gentry came back to their senses and realized that what had just come out was not a monster, but a Western artifact, but it was too large.
That is to say, Guangzhou is more familiar with Western cultural relics, knows that there is something called a train, and has also seen the steam locomotive model made by Ding Gongchen, so he can quickly figure out the things before and after, if it is in another place, I am afraid that it will be even more unbearable than these people.