Chapter 511: Peaceful and civilized

Amid everyone's expectations, the ship carrying the train slowly entered the dock, with fifteen carriages carrying 20 tons, two noses, and no need for too large ships. Just come over a large ferry that transports cargo on the river.

Because it was displayed for others, there was no cargo compartment, and fifteen passenger compartments were hung, transparent and clean glass windows were painted into bright light blue compartments.

When it appears in front of people, the waiting person will fall in love with this thing called a train in an instant. I think it will be very comfortable to sit in it.

Only Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan understood how uncomfortable it was to sit in such a train. They had all sat in it and sat in a specially built nostalgic place.

"I think it's okay, at least not like the article said in a silence, let's enjoy the happiness of the Tang Dynasty." Zhang Xiaobao suppressed other thoughts in his heart and praised against his will.

Wang Juan nodded, "Yes, it's better than riding a carriage. Even the mercury balanced house that Xiao Bei and the others took when they were young was not as good as this train. How high are you going to set the ticket price?"

"The fare? It's not very far from Chang'an to Luoyang, right? The straight line is close, but the railway has been around for a bend, and it takes one night a day to get on and off the boat. The theoretical speed is thirty kilometers per hour, but it's actually not enough. It's about thirty cents, isn't it expensive?"

Zhang Xiaobao is not good at estimating the price. If the investment cost and depreciation of railways and trains are calculated, the price will be high, but it should be considered as the cost of normal transactions, and the price should be low.

Wang Juan raised his beautiful eyebrows twice and said, "If you are walking, you have to walk from Chang'an to Luoyang for a month. It will take half a month to walk quickly. The fast horse will arrive in one day. When you walk, you can eat fried noodles or dried biscuits and pickles. The water will be free on the road, and you can take your own shoes. That will cost twenty cents and you can get a higher level.

If you want to save money, just walk. Now the road is easier. Walk along the railway. It is safer than when you walked before. If you want to save time, take the train. I guess there are more merchants at that time. Anyway, merchants are not short of that little money. Please make fifty cents. Is it enough coal money?"

"Shanxi and Henan both produce coal, so it is natural that the stations that park on the road need to reserve more coal, and they need to replenish supplies when they come and go, and there are two railway tracks, one by one. When you have it this time, you will find a way to increase the number of railway tracks, which is fine if you have fifty cents."

Zhang Xiaobao calculated that he felt that the price was not expensive, and the time saved by taking a trip was still very precious, especially for businessmen.

While the two were negotiating the price, the ships on the dock and the railway tracks were docked. Under the command of the small flag, the trains on the ship gradually accelerated with thick smoke.

When people on both sides of the railway saw the huge head of the locomotive, they felt an oncoming oppression when they were surprised. They were afraid that such a big thing would suddenly rush out and bump into them, and they flashed to both sides. The scene was very chaotic for a moment.

Fortunately, someone had expected this situation and quickly shouted with a loudspeaker, telling everyone not to panic, and the train would not appear outside the two iron pillars, which calmed the crowd of people.

When they were waiting for the seventeenth festival trains to come to the ground and heading towards the gate of the capital, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan did not care about the slow movement speed of the train and climbed directly onto the train, which surprised the audience and kept waving their hands.

"It's Xiaobao, it's Xiaobao and Juanjuan." Someone in the crowd recognized Zhang Xiaobao and shouted at the top of his voice, wanting to let the sound over the train, but unfortunately only a few people next to him could hear it.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan on the train frowned. They wanted to take this opportunity to talk, but they didn't expect that the train was too loud and it was useless no matter how they shouted.

The hot air balloon in the sky was slightly farther away and was not greatly affected. Gao Lishi said to Li Longji: "Your Majesty, this thing is a train. It is estimated that it will take less than twelve hours to go from Dongdu to Chang'an. If you want to travel in the future, you just need to take the train and not let other idle people come up, so you don't have to worry about safety issues, let alone spend too much money."

Actually, it’s not necessary for Gao Lishi to say that Li Longji thought so. He likes to go out for a walk, but he costs a lot of money every time he goes out. The guard team alone is very large. Now that there is a train, I can book a train.

But he couldn't say that, it would be easy for people to regard him as Yang Guang. He was clearly building a canal to facilitate transportation, but he had to say that he wanted to travel. He could not afford this crime. He nodded and said, "We should also focus on benefiting the people, speed up freight transportation, and coordinate north-south traffic. After this line is operating normally, we must consider the people and livelihoods in other parts of our Tang Dynasty."

Gao Lishi understood, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, as long as this line is successful, other places will pave the railway as soon as possible. Now that I have enough money and food, and Xiaobao has strong support, no one dares to say that the Zhang and Wang families built railways and trains for their own selfish interests.

I guess it won’t take long to complete the railway from Chang'an to Sanshui County, and then to Jilizhou and Jiangnan East Road. Maybe there will be railways from Jiangnan East Road to Luzhou. Please ask Xiaobao carefully for this matter. Maybe he has plans."

Gao Lishi's meaning is very clear, that is, the current situation is different from before, and the court can still support the construction of railways. In addition, this proposal is headed by Zhang Zhong's Ministry of Works. Even if others blame others, they will still have to find Zhang and Wang families and make it vaguely, and it will be very convenient to go out for a "travel" in the future.

When the train slowly arrived outside Chang'an, it finally stopped with a harsh braking sound. Zhang Xiaobao shook his head twice, reached out to a shouting person below, and asked the man to throw the horn up.

At this time, the hat he and Wang Juan had already taken off, and they were no longer so low-key. Many people recognized them. A burst of cheers broke out in the crowd. Some were happy to see them, some were purely supporting them, and some were shouting with others. As for why they shouted? I don’t know.

Zhang Xiaobao pressed down with one hand as if he was like a silence, signaling everyone to be quiet, waiting for everyone to stop, take the horn to his mouth, and said to everyone: "Hello everyone, I am Zhang Xiaobao."

‘Wow~!’ There were a lot of calls coming from below, most of whom were female.

Wang Juan curled her lips next to her and suddenly laughed again. She knew why so many girls were shouting, because Zhang Xiaobao gave her so many things some time ago, especially the last ten days of covering the sky. It said that ten days are ten days. In those ten days, you can eat and drink as you like outside the city, but when you go to the city, it will be shady and cool. For a time, you will become the dream lover of many girls with fantasies in your heart.

Zhang Xiaobao saw Wang Juan's expression with his eyes, and quickly made a pushing move with his hands, waiting for the cheers to stop, and introduced him: "This is the deputy governor of Bohai, Wang Juan."

‘…’ The world suddenly became silent. The people around him stopped talking, even trying to control their breathing and did not dare to exert force.

Zhang Xiaobao wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and Wang Juan muttered, "Am I that scary?"

Zhang Xiaobao reacted quickly and immediately continued: "I understand your thoughts. In fact, the so-called warriors in Tubo were more afraid than you. How afraid is it? One general defeated a thousand cavalry."

"Okay~! Demonic Jujuan, good-looking." A thick voice suddenly came from the crowd. As this sound appeared, more voices of shouting came up, instantly breaking the silence just now. Just like the situation when he shouted for Zhang Xiaobao, it was basically all the voices of girls, but now it has become a man's movement.

Wang Juan smiled happily this time, waved his hands around, and looked up at the group of hot air balloons, which scared the people of the royal family hostile to the two Zhang Wang families. Two of them almost flipped down from above. After laughing for a while, Wang Juan snatched the horn from Zhang Xiaobao's hand and shouted to everyone: "I am Juanjuan, who dares to offend me, Tang Dynasty, I will lead troops to kill, whether it is to eat too much, Japan, or Silla, kill."

"Kill! Kill! Kill..." The passionate man below shouted.

"Oh! My aunt, pay attention to the international influence. Many foreigners are here. Give me, you are not suitable to be a diplomat."

Zhang Xiaobao quickly brought the speaker back and explained with a warm smile, "Judge Wang was joking with all friends from other places. We are peace-loving people. Even if there are differences and conflicts, we will sit down and talk. We will not bring millions of soldiers to the forefront, nor will we fire guns and cannons. Although we have very powerful special forces, don't worry, we will not use them for assassination. As for economic attacks, they will not happen. Friends don't have to worry."

It would be better if Zhang Xiaobao didn't explain. As soon as he explained, people from other countries were worried, especially Junichiro Takeshita who had been in the capital for some purpose. He felt that the threatening meaning in Zhang Xiaobao's words was not long.

Zhang Xiaobao doesn’t care what others think. A strong country should look like a strong country. Whoever stipulates that a strong country must look like a bully?

After threatening others, he smiled and said, "There is another thing I want to tell you. Actually, it shouldn't be said, but many people are concerned, so I will mention it, that is, this year's Qiu Examination, Juanjuan and I will participate. I promise that there will be no fraud in the Qiu Examination."

"Okay, Xiaobao, Juanjuan, the top scholar." The crowd around was in chaos again, and there were all shouting.

The merchants are not in a hurry. Since Zhang Xiaobao said he was taking part, there was no big problem. When asked, he would spend money as much as he should. The people are not in a hurry. The students who were going to take the exam also breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.
Chapter completed!