Behind me is the earth

Chapter 267 265. What is it like to take a train?

The refreshing wind blew against my face, and the people behind me became farther and farther away.

Watching the scenery outside the window recede quickly, the scenery in the distance is being embraced. In the carriage, people felt the unparalleled speed and chatted excitedly.

"It's too fast! I feel like my soul is going to fly out!"

In the women's carriage, Zheng Yuzhu, the young lady of the Zheng family, looked at the rapidly retreating scenery outside the window. She felt as if she had escaped all shackles and was flying across the endless wasteland, like a free person!

The excited expression on her face made her look like she was about to cry.

"Yeah, yeah, from now on when you go to Dongyang County, you can take the train, board the ship from the Hukou Town Pier, and get off the ship directly at Yunmeng County!"

The maid next to her also said yearningly.

In the past, when they went to Dongyang County, they had to climb Yunlong Mountain. After passing Le County, they had to climb Quan Mountain, and then passed Fuyang County to Yunlong County. It would take half a day to get there and back. months time. Coupled with the caravan's transport of goods and rest, it is impossible to go back and forth once in a month.

Butler Zheng, who had gone out to buy a big watermelon and came back, heard this and nodded with a smile: "Yes, yes, now, it doesn't even take an hour from Qingcheng Town to Hukou Town. After arriving at Hukou Pier, take a boat down the river. It only takes two or three days, and there is a lot less running along the way!

Governor Ren is truly a divine figure!

The master has a good sense and has long recognized that Governor Ren is no ordinary person. The decision he made is really admirable! "

As he spoke, Butler Zheng placed the cut watermelons on the folding table between the seats: "Watermelons are also sold on the train, but you are not allowed to bring knives on the train. The watermelons are already cut on the train. .

Miss, eat the watermelon. "

"good!"

Zheng Yuzhu picked up a piece of watermelon and ate it with a tablecloth on her chest, but she still refused to take her eyes back and looked at the scenery outside the window. This feeling of freedom made her feel extremely comfortable.

In the women's carriage, many women were like her, staring into the distance with their eyes.

Many female relatives who usually stay close to home, even if they occasionally go out with their husbands, still have the time to observe the scenery outside despite the hard work of traveling long distances, walking through the mountains and forests, and trudging through the mud. What remains is fear and exhaustion.

But now, when the train passes through the jungle, the frightening and gloomy scenery in the past, when looking out through the glass, turns out to be beautiful and lovely, which makes people feel extremely happy!

"Pants~Pants~"

The sound of the train passing by alerted the deer in the forest, and it swarmed between the trees like a headless fly. Fortunately, there were protective nets on both sides of the railway, blocking the deer's path so that it could not hit the train and die.

At this moment, in this situation, a scholar in the carriage outside composed a poem in public, which immediately caused many people in the carriage to applaud and cheer, and the sky was filled with excitement. Soon, the poems written by the scholar reached the women's carriage, and immediately attracted many women who had read the book to exchange and appreciate the poems.

The occasional noisy sounds in the carriage did not bother Ren Pingsheng. Instead, he enjoyed this moment of having fun with the people.

"ah!"

Suddenly, a panicked cry came from the women's carriage two carriages away: "Living corpse!"

"Bang bang bang!"

After more than a dozen gunshots, Ren Pingsheng saw several living corpses with their heads smashed outside the railway isolation net, and they fell to the ground on the street.

After all, this world is not the earth, and people are still in danger in the wild.

"There are still living corpses in Yuntai County."

Ren Pingsheng sighed.

He had no intention of blaming the government for poor governance.

With Yuntai County's current capabilities, whether it relies on management methods or dispatching troops to exterminate, living corpses cannot be completely eliminated. There are always human activities in the wild, and there are also some people hidden in the mountains who used to go up the mountains to escape the harsh government.

There are almost no such cases in Qingshui County, but there are still some in Yunlong County.

Today, the tentacles of the Yuntai County government have not yet touched these places.

But overall, Yuntai County can now guarantee that as long as ordinary people live in cities or in villages around market towns, they will rarely have the chance to encounter living corpses. This was also the reason why these female relatives were shouting and making such a fuss when they saw a living corpse again.

They have been well protected.

"There are road police on the train. In addition to maintaining security inside the train, they will also clean up the living corpses outside the railway protective net.

On our train, water-cooled machine guns are welded to the tops of the front, middle and rear carriages.

It can not only resist large waves of living corpses, but can also resist enemies when transporting supplies to the front line in future battles. "

Wu Qiong watched the living corpses outside quickly disappear from sight as the train moved forward, and reported to his lord.

At this time, the car outside also became quiet.

After all, these living corpses are isolated outside by protective nets and cannot threaten their safety.

But the existence of these living corpses also reminded them that the current safety is not because those dangers have disappeared, but because someone has blocked these dangers outside.

Someone is carrying the burden for them.

At this time, there was suddenly another burst of exclamations.

The female family members in the carriage quickly looked outside, but there were two young men wearing military uniforms and carrying long guns standing upright outside the roadside sentry tower, giving a military salute to the train.

This scene gave the passengers in the car a huge sense of security.

And I was extremely moved.

The road outside is not unattended, but there are people silently guarding the safety of the railway, the safety of the train, and the safety of their passengers in this wilderness.

“These are the road police of the Highways Department, basically selected from retired soldiers and militia battalions.

In order to protect the safety along the railway, our trains set up a guard tower every ten kilometers, with two people on each guard tower, rotating every other week.

Their salary is based on that of town-level government officials, who receive twenty taels of silver per year plus duty allowance. "

Wu Qiong seemed to be cutting the watermelon there, but in fact he had been observing the situation secretly. He saw that his master noticed the road police outside and seemed to be very interested, so he quickly introduced him.

"Um."

Ren Pingsheng nodded.

Today, Yuntai County is not short of money.

There is not only the large silver mine in Yinshan County, but also Qingcheng Town, a large business and tax company, and Qixing Company, a large state-owned enterprise with tentacles in every corner.

Nowadays, Qixing Bank has also emerged and won the trust of merchants and the public. It has begun to absorb private deposits and lend externally, and its income has also become considerable. In the future, it is also planned to build an investment bank. By then, all walks of life will have achieved considerable development!

Therefore, Yuntai County has now begun to gradually implement the policy of high salary and integrity.

Under such a policy, the authority of Lao Liu's Integrity Department will be greatly enhanced. There will be zero tolerance for corruption and we will fight whenever anyone shows up!

"Stop in front of the station and arrive at Datian Town. If you get off at Datian Town, please prepare to get off in advance and bring your luggage!"

A station announcement came from outside.

This is a flight attendant holding a hand-held loudspeaker and walking around the carriages to announce the stop.

As the flight attendant walked toward the rear compartment, the voice became quieter and quieter.

The train began to slow down, and finally arrived at a station that looked very crude from the perspective of modern people on earth.

Looking through the car window, there is a platform more than 500 meters long outside. At this time, there were many people standing on the platform.

Behind the platform, there is only a two-story cement building, which is the Datian Town ticket sales and waiting station.

"Woo~"

As the whistle blew, the people on these platforms were obviously frightened.

However, when they saw many people inside the car with their windows open and waving to them, the fright on their faces just faded away and they became excited.

Among the crowd, Lu Youqi was wearing a tattered gown, his hair looked greasy from not being washed for a long time, and the skin on his face was dark. Although he was carrying a bookcase and wearing a gown, he didn't look like a scholar. .

At this time, he looked curiously at this train that meandered hundreds of meters and carried hundreds or thousands of people.

"This kind of train is great, young master. If this kind of train can travel all over the world in the future, wouldn't it be more convenient for the young master's study tour?"

A boy of thirteen or fourteen next to him looked at the train with excitement on his face.

"right!"

Lu Youqi was the son of a famous family in Hehe Province. Since his parents were gone, he felt that the imperial court was hopeless, so he stopped taking the imperial examinations and began to travel around the world.

His footprints cover 14 provinces and hundreds of prefectures in Dajing.

There are famous mountains and rivers, rivers, lakes and waterfalls, prosperous city-states, and inaccessible mountains and wilderness.

This time when I passed through Yuntai County, I found that there was something miraculous that had never happened before, and there was also this kind of miraculous thing that I had never seen before.

"Those who have tickets, please line up and get on the bus in an orderly manner!"

The flight attendant opened the door and worked with the administrator of Datian Town Station to maintain order and let people with tickets line up to get on the train.

There are not many passengers in Datian Town, because this is the first official passenger operation of the train, and not many tickets are issued here.

Lu Youji also followed the team and entered the carriage.

"Woo~~~"

At the front of the car, workers pushed carts and poured coal into the boiler. As the boiler is pressurized, the external combustion engine begins to reciprocate, the chimney spits out thick smoke, a melodious whistle spreads throughout the train station, and the train wheels begin to move like "pants under pants."

As the train exits Daejeon Station, large stretches of rolling mountains begin to appear. The railway passes through the mountains, and the majestic and rolling mountains come into view.

"In the past, when we were doing business, these mountains and mountains were simply our nightmare! Robbers and bandits were everywhere, and sometimes we encountered wild beasts. Did you see that mountain?

I heard that there are monsters on that mountain. Several caravans were captured and eaten by the monsters there! "

A businessman looked at the mountains and rivers on both sides and said excitedly: "It's good now. With the train, our business will be secure in the future!"

It's fast and safe. You can travel thousands of miles just by sitting here. It's a good idea! "

Hu Jixiang, a businessman from Le County, kept fanning the folding fan in his hand, and the sweat on his fat face could not stop flowing. There were too many people in the carriage and it felt a bit stuffy.

Fortunately, he entered the mountainous area now, and the wind in the mountain was still cooler, which made him feel more comfortable, and he finally became interested in talking. He interrupted and said: "When I get off the car, I will ask someone to find out, if If the train carriages can be chartered, large quantities of goods can be transported in the future.

Just such a carriage has to be transported by a caravan several times!

And it’s efficient and convenient, and you can do it day by day.

Once you get off the bus in Hukou Town, then transfer to the carriage and take the cement road, it only takes more than a day to reach Le County! "

"Yes, yes, I'm right! I look familiar. Is he the owner of Jixiang Clothing Store?"

The businessmen came up to chat.

Lu Youji looked at the bustle in the carriage and sat on an empty seat minding his own business. He took out a booklet and used the Qixing pen he had just bought in Datian Town. "What's written on paper.

"Is it Mr. Dongfeng?"

At this time, a young scholar next to him suddenly asked in surprise.

Lu Youji looked up.

The scholar asked: "I think what you wrote seems to be a travel note from the land."

Lu Youji nodded. It turned out that he had met the reader of his travel notes.

The scholar said in surprise: "I didn't expect that I would be lucky enough to sit with Mr. Dongfeng on the train. The junior's surname is also Lu, and his name is Lu Ai..."

The two chatted freely, and Lu Youqi discovered that Lu Ai actually had many topics in common with him.

"I have been studying for half a year, and I just came from Dongyang County. Daze County, Yunmeng County, and Fuyang County along the coast were all attacked by sea monsters!

I heard that more than a dozen villages have been massacred, and thousands of people were killed or injured! "

Lu Ai whispered what he had seen on the road.

"Is this happening? In recent years, although rumors of monsters have become more and more frequent, it was rare to hear of sea monsters coming ashore to kill people before!

If monsters in the sea can come ashore, wouldn’t those counties and villages along the coast be very dangerous! "

Lu Youji said in surprise.

"The Dongyang sea monster is absolutely real. Not to mention the local villages along the route, even the county town has been attacked by the monster!

The government has sent troops to station, but the coastline stretches for hundreds of kilometers, how can it be defended? Not as good as the giant from the Zheng family, a sea merchant over there, who could kill a dozen sea monsters with one slap! "

Lu Ai said.

Lu Youji asked curiously: "Who is the giant again?"

"He is a stranger who can become 12 meters tall."

Lu Ai said.

"12 meters high!"

Lu Youji imagined it in his mind and suddenly became very interested in this giant.

He originally thought about visiting Le County, but planned to go to Dongyang County first.

"Woo~~~"

Amidst the sound of the siren, the radio in the car sounded.

"Passenger friends, this train has arrived at the station. Thank you for riding. Please take your luggage with you and be ready to get off."

With a burst of melodious music, the train gradually slowed down and stopped at the platform of Hukou Town Railway Station.

After the passengers left, the security company in the third carriage got off the bus and took up security.

At this time, Wu Jinyan, the mayor of Hukou Town, was already waiting on the platform with his people.

Seeing Ren Pingsheng get out of the car, he quickly brought someone to greet him.

However, when Ren Pingsheng got off the bus, a man wearing a black robe and a jade belt suddenly ran onto the platform and had a fierce conflict with the guards on guard outside.