Your Majesty, the Spectacle Has Missed the Country! - Chapter 417 The first operation of the steam locomotive

The steam locomotive mentioned by Bruno,

Refers to the special passenger and freight trains between Idar City and Merlin.

With the official landing of the steam locomotive,

The railway laying task led by the Idar Railway Administration has already been put on the right track.

only,

The difference from the initial plan is...

The first railway to be laid was not the main artery connecting the fortress of Mann and the Plain of Valens, which runs through the north-south direction of the Duchy of Idar, but the short-distance intercity railway connecting the city of Idar and the Merlin District.

after all……

The city of Idar is the center of the Principality of Idar, with a large population and prosperous business.

The Merlin District is the largest seaport in the Principality of Idar, and there are countless merchant ships and freighters going to and fro every day.

If there is a railway to connect the two, then both the deployment of personnel and the speed of cargo transportation will directly rise to a level.

The distance between Idar City and Merlin District is only 80 kilometers, so... after mobilizing countless people in Idar, it only took more than a month. The entire railway connecting the two places has been completed. Run through.

Although Idar Central Station has just opened its head, it doesn't matter!

Temporarily setting up a simple freight platform outside Idar City does not cost much manpower and time.

As for the special train...

The freight part at the back is operating normally, and then a separate carriage is reserved for the Padilla mission in the front. This...should be considered a special train, right?

...

Time passed, and in a blink of an eye came the day when the Padilla mission went to the city of Idar.

Under the personal leadership of Merlin Governor Shabi, the convoy carrying a group of people quickly traversed several bustling streets and arrived at a temporary station located in the southwestern direction of Merlin District.

Sitting in the carriage, looking at the streets and houses gradually farther away from him, a faint suspicion could not help but flooded into the heart of the elder Sheman Goldberg.

What is a special train?

When the Idar people mentioned the special train to him, they didn't actually reveal much about the steam locomotive. They just said that it was a brand new vehicle that was about to gallop across the land of the Idar Principality.

but……

Looking at the luxury carriage...

All right,

Although this thing is indeed much more luxurious than Padilla City State’s [Open-Top 360° Panoramic Two-wheeled Donkey Car], it’s far inferior to what the Principality of Idar itself brought him. The shock is strong.

after all……

In these days, he has fully seen the prosperity and prosperity of the Idar Principality. After seeing the row upon row of houses, his vision has been much higher.

Although the carriage of this carriage is indeed very exquisite and meticulous, it is a little disappointing compared to the evaluation given by the Idars-"a new epoch-making vehicle".

only……

After walking for about ten minutes, the team stopped in front of a factory building on the outskirts of the Merlin District.

"here it is……"

Elder Sheman Goldberg slowly got out of the car and looked around, a little confused for a while.

"This is a temporary station we built for the special train. You will take the bus here to Idar City." The Idar official on the side replied politely.

"Isn't the carriage just now a special train?"

"Naturally not."

Hearing that, the elder only felt that his cheeks seemed a little bit ashamed, and quickly nodded to conceal the embarrassment deep in his heart.

Yes,

The impression brought to him by the Idars has always been deeply hidden, and the humble appearance contains unpredictable strength. Naturally, the special trains in the Idar population cannot be just more luxuriously decorated carriages.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling ashamed of his previous cranky thinking.

At the sign of the Grand Elder Sheman Goldberg, the Padilla mission followed closely the leading Idar soldiers and walked into this temporary station that had just been erected suspiciously.

The appearance of the entire station looks very rudimentary, it can even be said to be dilapidated, so to speak, the whole building is like an oversized rye baguette collapsed on the ground.

Even if you are walking around the entire boundary of the Merlin District, I am afraid that you can't find houses that are as shabby as the temporary station.

No wonder the elder was suspicious.

Although he still doesn't know what the special train is, it sounds like a high-end, high-end thing, and it can't be connected with the building in front of him.

If it weren’t for the Idars to treat the mission they led these days with courtesy, and the Padilla city-state would have nothing in the eyes of the Idars at all, the elders would even think it’s A trap set by the Idars.

There are many Idar soldiers and police officers on duty at the station, and it seems that there are still merchants who come and go to bring their goods here.

And when the members of the Padilla mission finally passed through the long security check corridor and temporary car hall...

A strange-looking iron bump suddenly appeared in front of everyone!

I'm afraid this thing is full of iron!

If they are used to build weapons or armors...I am afraid that these iron blocks can forge hundreds of armors and swords, right?

above,

It was all the thoughts that appeared in the mind of Grand Elder Sheman Goldberg for the first time.

The Grand Elder didn't know why Idar made such a big iron bump, but he knew clearly...

In the city-state of Padilla where they live, the soldiers who fought for the city-state cannot even get a handy iron weapon or a suit of armor. Many people can only rely on their hands after encountering mutants. The fire stick wrestled with it.

Today,

The most sophisticated weapons and equipment in the entire Padilla city-state are the rewards given to the Padilla city-state by the Idars when they just arrived in the Forgotten Land-five sets of excellent Idar-style armors and standardized weapons !

This is not because Padilla City-state does not have iron ore, on the contrary, Padilla City-state can mine a lot of iron ore, and they are all extremely high-quality rich iron ore!

But……

The limitations of Padilla city-states in ironmaking technology have become their biggest obstacle to ironmaking.

In this era, due to the lack of ironmaking technology, even soldiers of the Norman Empire can only use short swords.

Naturally, there is no need to think about the small city-states at the other end of the ocean like Padilla city-state.

And here,

The Principality of Idar has been extravagant enough to use a lot of iron ore to make this... well... well, even the well-informed Sherman Goldberg doesn’t know what this thing is in front of him. What is it?

Standing on the platform and looking to one side, dozens of black metal boxes are connected behind the iron bumps, which are hundreds of meters in length from head to tail!

And this also made the Great Elder secretly smack his tongue.

Idar can really make it!

What's wrong with having so much iron? ! There has to be a big iron lump!

It was here that the words of the railway bureau officials sounded in the ears of the elder:

"This is the special train we prepared for you, and it is also the first steam locomotive in the Principality of Idar-the Voyager."

"Steam... wait, what do you say this is?!"

The words of the Idars shocked the elder.

Of course he heard what the Idars were saying,

But……

If you want to associate the thing presented in front of you with a moving car, it will undoubtedly require great courage and amazing imagination.

Looking back,

When he looked at the behemoth in front of him again, the elder felt that... the worldview and values ​​he had cultivated over the years were collapsing and disintegrating at an extremely terrifying speed.

Or……

From the moment he met the Idars, the worldview and cognition of Sheman Goldberg, the elder, began to shake, and up to this moment... it has completely collapsed!

What and what is this all about!

He can't understand!

However... Since the words spoken by the Idars have been verified time and time again, the elder also knows that the Idars will not make jokes about this kind of thing.

And this also means that... what the Idars said is not a lie, the big guy in front of them...maybe really move!

Thinking of this, he forced himself to cast aside his preconceived notions, but carefully examined the behemoth in front of him with an appreciative gaze.

Don't tell me...

Although the front of the steam locomotive looks like a black iron bump at first glance, if you look closely, you can actually experience a different kind of beauty.

The official version of the steam locomotive is obviously much more beautiful than the samples Bruno saw at the time, but... this so-called "beauty" can only be said to be relatively speaking.

Bruno is a pragmatist, so... his requirements for steam locomotives are also very simple, as long as they are usable, durable, and easy to maintain, that's enough!

so,

The craftsmen responsible for the production of steam locomotives did not add too many useless decorations, but kept the simple style.

The entire front of the car reveals a strong industrial style, and the angular front of the car also looks particularly tough. Although the shape of the front of the car has nothing to do with the words "exquisite and meticulous", but the outline and lines that look extremely rough, but As if possessing infinite power, it brings a different kind of beauty to everyone present.

Different from common carriages and horses, the wheels under the body are connected by roots. Although it is not clear why this is,... the rails under the body suddenly inspired the great elder.

After obtaining permission from Idar officials, Sheman Goldberg, the elder of nearly fifty years old, leaped vigorously on the platform and jumped onto the rails in front of the steam locomotive.

Railroad tracks made of steel extend straight into the distance. Between two parallel rails, horizontal sleepers are laid on top of the corpse road slag...

He looked at the wheels of the steam locomotive, and then at the railroad tracks under his feet...

Then……

The Great Elder felt that he had an epiphany!

The wheels of the steam locomotive fit perfectly in the railroad tracks. If you pull countless horses in front of these iron bumps, you might be able to move quickly!

Presumably the Principality of Idar does have such strength!

However, if this is the case... Isn't it possible that the lighter the vehicles on the rails, the better?

After a sudden epiphany, the great elder fell into confusion again.

One to say one,

If Bruno knew what the great elder thought at this time, then he would surely be astonished by the jumping thinking of the great elder.

Bridges like the horse-drawn train are not just fragments in movies, nor are they just ridiculous farce in modern times.

In fact,

The "horse-drawn train" situation was once popular all over the world, and it is extremely common!

New York, London, Izmir, Amsterdam...

The Brits call it the "urban animal power rail public transport system."

Under normal circumstances, the power that horses can burst on the rails is extremely amazing. Only two steeds are needed to pull a double-decker carriage with a total number of no less than fifty people.

Even Bruno once considered whether to introduce horse-drawn trains into Idar City, and use this to establish the public transportation system of Idar City.

and……

This plan has even won the approval of many officials from the Government Affairs Department.

However, there is one thing to say that it is obviously unrealistic to rely on horses for such long-distance intercity passenger and cargo transportation, so... Bruno naturally still needs to rely on a steam engine to achieve it.

However, as the No.1 of the Padilla mission, the elders naturally distinguished between the "visit to Idar City" and the "marathon train" which is more important.

Therefore, while thanking the Idar people for their tolerance, he followed the reception staff of the General Railway Administration and walked into the special train he was riding.

And when the members of the mission stepped into the carriage, all of them stared, because... they felt... they seemed to be back in the luxury hotel on Warner Street on the Idar waterfront.

Although it looks like a strong industrial wind outside, the decoration inside the compartment is not bad at all, sofas, seats, bar counters, desks...

Fortunately, the members of the mission had already opened their eyes on these days, so after being slightly surprised, they were calm about it.

There is no way, the strength of the Principality of Idar lies here, and even if they are playing with flowers, the messengers present will not be surprised.

As for the appearance of the steam locomotive...

That's because people don't care at all, and the inexplicable industrial style becomes more pleasing to the eye.

only……

As a shrill siren sounded from outside the carriage, the envoys present began to feel a little unable to sit still.

"Woooooooooooo-"

Just the next second after the siren sounded, the entire carriage suddenly began to shake violently.

At this moment, even if she felt that she had realized the principle of the so-called steam locomotive, Sheman Goldberg became nervous.

"This...what's going on? Is the horse driving in a mess?"

"Horse? Dear Mr. Sheman Goldberg~www.novelbuddy.com~ The steam locomotive you are riding in is not driven by horses."

Heard that,

The accompanying Idar official smiled and explained.

Although the Idar official who answered the question was smiling, he felt that the old elder seemed to be a little uncomfortable. I have already said that this is a brand new means of transportation. Staring at the horses?

The horses are so pitiful, why let them pull the cart?

"What? No horses?"

All right,

at this moment,

The worldview that the Great Elder had finally put together collapsed again.

The plot of the small horse-drawn cart before the relationship... it was all made up by your own brain? !