On the way to the inn, they met the students of Zhitai Academy.
Most of them were women dressed as men, and they were young and beautiful. When they strolled on the street in groups of three to five, the students of the two academies couldn't take their eyes off them.
Of course, the teams from the two academies were also the center of attention.
However, the other party's attention was focused on a certain point in the team — Xue Yuanpei, who had red lips and white teeth.
On the other hand, the students from the Drunken Scripture Hall, who were closest to this place, were nowhere to be seen.
"Stay in the inn and don't run around. Dean Yan and I will make a trip to the protectorate headquarters, "Ning Changqing said to the group from the Xiaojiang Academy after settling down at the inn.
"Don't worry, Dean!" Cao Gui vowed.
Ning Changqing glanced at him. Cao Gui was indeed reassuring, except that he liked to gamble.
If he didn't change, sooner or later, he would suffer greatly because of this.
…
The two presidents left for more than two hours before returning and gathering everyone together.
"Our two academies are the last. We will set off for Lan City tomorrow."
"So many academies are leaving together? Is he riding in that truck? "someone asked curiously. As soon as this question came out, everyone became excited.
The truck hadn't been around for a long time. Most people had only heard of its name and hadn't seen it before.
However, it was said that this "truck" was not only extremely fast, but also less bumpy. It was much more comfortable than a horse carriage.
Everyone was very interested in this kind of tool that could run more than a thousand miles in a day.
"Not a truck!" Ning Changqing explained. "Tomorrow, we will take a steam train to Lan City."
Although he did not know what a steam train was, he still said it in an extremely calm tone, as if he already knew about it.
Hearing Ning Changqing's words, many students were astonished. "Steam train? What's that? "
"You'll know tomorrow. Now, dismissed. You can wander around nearby, but don't cause trouble. "Ning Changqing finished speaking to the crowd and dismissed the students.
"Dean, what is a steam train?" After the students left, the two teachers who accompanied them asked curiously.
"How would I know? If you ask me, who should I ask? It should be something new that Zhao Prince Consort came up with! "Ning Changqing was a little helpless in the face of the question.
After he left, many students began to speculate.
At the same time, the students of the other academies did the same.
However, none of them were very important.
Just like the tractor and truck from before, it was hard to guess what they were from their names.
Everyone could only look forward to tomorrow.
After that, everyone strolled around the Flat Capital. Naturally, they would meet students from other academies, and some small stories happened along the way.
When it was close to evening, many people heard a long "Wu!" sound coming from outside the city. It sounded like the roar of a fierce beast, which surprised everyone.
…
Ten minutes ago, Zi Donglai, Hua Qinghua, the officials of the protectorate, and dozens of city lords were waiting on a concrete platform outside the city.
In front of the platform, there were two tracks paved with steel.
In the past few years, Dayao had invested 100 million kilograms of steel into this project.
Such a huge amount of steel was terrifying. It was enough to arm all the aboriginals, from the elderly to the children.
However, this one million jin of steel seemed to have been thrown into a bottomless pit.
Even many warlords and city commanders were secretly guessing what exactly this "railway" that was being built was. How could Dayao spend such a shocking amount of resources on it?
It was only then that everyone realized that the "railway" was actually a tool, just like trucks and tractors.
This made everyone even more astonished.
Trucks and tractors were already amazing in everyone's hearts.
It only took a day and a half for a truck to travel from Lan City to Flat Capital. Such a speed was unimaginable to everyone.
However, they still had to build something called a "railway" under such circumstances. What exactly would it look like?
While everyone was deep in thought, someone first noticed that the ground began to tremble slightly.
"It's coming, it's coming. There's something on the railway! "someone said.
Everyone looked over and saw a black dot appear at the end of their line of sight.
Following which, the black dot became bigger and bigger. After ten minutes, everyone gradually opened their mouths and exclaimed in surprise.
They saw a three-meter-tall, 300-meter-long monster that looked like a giant steel worm getting closer and closer.
It was a complete steel monster.
The front end was made of steel and was shaped like an overturned cylinder. There were three chimneys at the top that were emitting smoke, and there were rows of wheels at the bottom.
Behind the head, there were ten compartments with glass on the side. Each compartment was seven to eight meters long and was several times larger than the truck.
Behind the ten compartments were eight black compartments.
This steel monster was charging towards them with an unstoppable momentum, causing them to suck in a breath of cold air.
Everyone knew that this monster wasn't a real steel monster, just like the truck and tractor. Instead, it was something new.
However, it was precisely because of this that it was even more spectacular and terrifying.
"Woo …" The monster let out a long whine, slowed down, and slowly drove past everyone.
"There's someone inside!" everyone suddenly exclaimed as they looked at the compartment that passed them.
They saw a man holding a child and looking at them from a glass window.
"It's Zhao Prince Consort!"
It wasn't just Ren Baqian.
Zi Donglai also saw Tong Zhengye, who was grinning from ear to ear.
Although they had only met a few times, he had left a deep impression on Ren Baqian.
Back then, Tong Zhengye beat Qin Chuan into the artificial lake at House Yunyan. Then, he took off his pants and peed into the lake …
…
"That's too much!" Ren Baqian smiled at the empress. "After all, they are still a little inexperienced."
The train had already traveled more than 40 meters. Fortunately, the platform was large enough.
After all, this was the most important hub. In the future, many goods would be loaded onto the train from here, so the platform was specially built to be very large.
"Very good!" the empress nodded and praised. "Well done. I want to reward them!"
"They will be very happy!"
As soon as the empress finished speaking, the two of them heard cheers coming from the carriage next to them.
"Success!"
"Nothing went wrong!"
"Haha, we finally succeeded!"
This was the second trial run of this train. The first trial run didn't reach Pingdu, and not many people knew about it.
This time, it was different. A grand "ceremony" was held in Lan City.
Not only Ren Baqian and the empress, but many court officials also took this train to broaden their horizons.
There were also many students who constantly designed, adjusted, experimented, and made modifications for this day.
Now that the train had safely arrived at the Yun Nation, they could finally cheer heartily.
"It looks like they have received the best reward." The empress smiled when she heard the cheers from the carriage next to her.
The train slowly came to a stop.
"Even so, Your Majesty's reward can't be lacking!" Ren Baqian laughed heartily and stood up. He put Liu Hua on the ground, held her hand, and walked out.
"It's time to go out and meet them!"
Before getting off, Ren Baqian walked through another carriage, opened the door of the third, and smiled at the many students who were still excited. "Now, it's time for you to go out and receive the admiration and praise from everyone!"
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