Chapter 99 People frightened by the train

The people who came to perform forced labor had never seen anything as terrifying as a train.

It was so huge, and it was breathing out white mist and making a strange humming sound.

In their eyes, this train was like a monster from legends.

Some frightened people started talking about it.

"What the hell is that thing?"

"Isn't this some kind of dragon that's being teleported?"

"Yes! Did the court catch the dragon?"

“It turns out that the railway we built is the path that thing took.”

……

Soon some timid people knelt down and worshiped the train.

Then the shadow guard who was also involved in building the railway explained to the people nearby what the train in front of them was.

"Don't be afraid, everyone. This is a new type of vehicle that we have built in Daqin. It's called a train."

"This is not a monster at all. This is a train used to transport goods and people."

"Don't panic, this is a train. You will take this train back to Shaqiu County later."

Because the railway needed to be tested by train after it was completed, Zhao Yi decided to let the train take the people who came to participate in the construction back to Shaqiu County.

The people were surprised after hearing Shadow Guard's explanation.

"What! This isn't a monster but a car?"

"Oh my god, the Qin Dynasty can actually build a car like this."

"Is this called a train? It doesn't look like it's on fire, but it's emitting steam. Why isn't it called a gas train?"

"Wait, are we going to take this thing back?"

……

Amid the people's discussions, the train slowly stopped in front of them.

The guards who were helping to maintain order came down.

"Everyone who wants to go back to Sandhill County can get on the bus now. But you have to line up first."

The shadow guards on the side also began to help maintain order and let people line up.

With someone maintaining order, people lined up one by one and boarded the train, which seemed extremely mysterious to them.

On the train, some timid people did not dare to touch anything on the train, for fear of damaging the train and being punished by the court, so they sat on the ground.

But some brave people would touch and look around.

Then someone exclaimed: "Wow! This train looks like it's made of iron."

This sentence caused a sensation.

The people inside the train began to observe the train carefully.

Then they discovered that the train they had made was really made of iron.

Because the touch is exactly the same as the iron farm tools I used when farming.

Everyone was amazed.

"This is amazing. Such a big thing is actually made of iron!"

"What kind of technology is this, to be able to make something this big out of iron."

"Yeah, how can we make such a big piece of iron?"

“Isn’t this something given by the immortal?”

"You know what? It's possible. I've never heard of a car that big."

"I have a relative who works in the government, and I've never heard him say that there are such cars in the Qin Dynasty."

……

While people were watching the train, it was already ready to start.

After a whistle sounded, the train started to accelerate.

The people in the car were surprised by the speed of the train, because it was too fast.

This speed was something they had never experienced before.

You have to know that the fastest means of transportation they have ever taken is just a horse.

But the running speed of horses is nothing compared to the train they are riding now.

To them, this speed was like flying.

Just under two quarters of an hour (thirty minutes) later, the train had brought them back to Sandhill County.

You should know that if a horse-drawn carriage were used to travel the same distance, it would take almost two hours.

The arrival of the train also alarmed the people in Shaqiu County.

When the people in the county heard the train whistle coming from a distance, some people ran up to the city wall to observe and then found the train coming towards the county along the railway.

Someone shouted in surprise: "Look, there's a huge thing on that strange new road."

"Wow, what is this thing so big?"

So curious people ran out of the city to watch the excitement, and soon the outside of the city was crowded with people.

There is a reason why the people chose to run outside the city instead of the city walls.

In ancient times, the city wall was an important military defense facility guarded by the army. Without some connections, ordinary people could not climb the city wall.

If there hadn't been troops guarding outside the railway terminus, people would have flocked there to watch the excitement.

As the train arrived, the conversation that had previously taken place among the military servicemen also took place among the county residents who were watching the excitement.

But this time there was no shadow guard to explain to them what this train was.

So there are all kinds of speculations about what a train is.

There are all kinds of monsters, dragons and immortals.

But all these speculations were shattered after the passengers on the train got off to explain.

If people had not seen it with their own eyes and had not heard from the passengers, they would not have believed that the Qin Dynasty could actually build such a big thing, and that it was made of iron.

Everyone was wondering what kind of genius could have built this train.

They didn't know that it was just a little kid who built this train.

On the city wall, Li Si, the right prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, also saw the train he had always wanted to see.

In fact, Ying Zheng had told Li Si about the train when he was building the railway, so Li Si had known about the existence of the train for a long time.

But he never knew what a train looked like, and now he knows.

Li Si was also shocked by the huge size of the train.

He didn't expect the train His Majesty was talking about was so big.

After seeing the appearance of the train, Li Si, the right prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, understood why His Majesty was willing to build a new road specifically for this train.

Such a huge car really deserves a road.

There is no doubt that the carrying capacity of this train far exceeds that of an ordinary horse-drawn carriage. After all, it was built by Zhao Yi.

Once this kind of railway is built in all parts of Daqin, this train will be able to connect Daqin together, and the transportation speed of materials from all parts can be accelerated.

Li Si was deeply impressed that only Zhao Yi, that kid, could create such an amazing thing.

wrong!

Now we can no longer call Zhao Yi "boy", we should call him "prince".

Li Si didn't expect that Zhao Yi was actually His Majesty's child.

But Li Si also thought this was good news.

Although Li Si had only met Zhao Yi twice, he was optimistic about Zhao Yi and felt that Zhao Yi was a perfect successor.

After all, Zhao Yi is a talented writer. Even Fusu, who was trained by Confucianism, is far inferior to Zhao Yi in literary talent. After all, Fusu cannot compose famous poems off the cuff.

There is also the story of Journey to the West that has always been on Li Si's mind.

Moreover, Zhao Yi also possesses various advanced technologies and knowledge that can increase the national strength of the Qin Dynasty.

Li Si was very curious about what amazing things like trains Zhao Yi would bring to Daqin in the future...

(End of this chapter)