Chapter 337: Luoyang Railway Station
Inspecting the three soft-seat carriages in a row, Li An felt that his eyes were sour, spicy and sour, although the train was very beautiful, but the people sitting in the three soft-seat carriages were rough old men, only three young ladies dressed as men, and they didn't look smart at all, and there was no beauty at all. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In short, Li Anning would rather look at the ground, or the top of his head, than look at the guests in the car, so as not to let himself cry.
The environment in the dining car is good, there are places to cook and eat, and several chefs are busy making delicious meals.
Of course, these meals are also of different grades, there are meat dishes, vegetarian dishes, hot soup and plain water, and of course the price is also very different.
Since there is a place to eat in the dining car, customers can choose to eat in the dining car, or they can be delivered by the waiter in the dining car, of course, they can also bring their own dry food, sit in the seat and eat, or simply not eat.
The distance between Chang'an and Luoyang is seven or eight hundred miles, and it only takes half a day to go by train, that is, it is enough to have a lunch.
"Wow, it smells so good! I didn't have time to eat breakfast today, so let's eat it here! ”
Li An sat in the dining car and motioned for Duan Xiushi to sit too.
The delicious breakfast was served quickly, and it was completely free of charge without spending a penny.
"Wow, it smells so good!"
Next to the seat of the dining car is the Yaoyu window, Li An tasted a bite of food and looked out of the window comfortably.
"The view from outside is so beautiful."
Duan Xiushi also looked out the window and sighed.
"The rivers and mountains of the Tang Dynasty, of course, are beautiful, here are just mountains and green trees, Anxi still has thousands of miles of yellow sand and Gobi, as well as perennial snow-capped mountains, Duan Xiaowei went to Anxi, you will see another kind of beauty."
Ang Lee said with a smile.
"Listen to Li Shilang's meaning, it's like a good thing has been to Anxi."
"That's not true, but this official likes to read, and that's what the book says, so it shouldn't be fake."
Li Ang did go to the Anxi area in his previous life, but he has been to relatively few places, only sat on the train and saw the scenery of thousands of miles of yellow sand and thousands of years of snow-capped mountains, and did not personally integrate into it, in this life, as long as the train is repaired, Li An will definitely go to Anxi to take a walk and see thousands of miles of yellow sand and thousand-year-old icebergs.
"Li Shilang, do you think that when the train is repaired to Anxi, will the imperial court's policy in Anxi change?"
Duan Xiushi seemed to be thinking far ahead.
Li An looked at Duan Xiushi appreciatively: "What Captain Duan means, this official understands that if I want to have long-term peace and stability in Datang, I must take advantage of today's powerful opportunity to wipe out all the strong enemies around me step by step, so as to ensure that no force can threaten Datang, so in the future, the territory west of Anxi is likely to be the territory of Datang, and no one can stop Datang." ”
"Li Shilang, is this what Your Majesty meant?"
Duan Xiushi looked at Li An in horror.
"Your Majesty's thoughts, how can this official guess at will, but when the official's artillery is invented, Your Majesty's ambition will definitely be stimulated, and when the time comes, the whole world will be under the control of my Datang, this point, this official should not guess wrong."
Ang Lee speculated and was confident in the situation.
After Duan Xiushi heard this, his mood was also very excited, as a captain of Datang, of course, he also hoped that Datang could subdue the whole world, so that everyone in the world would submit to the feet of Datang.
After a simple breakfast, Li An took Duan Xiushi to continue to inspect the back, behind the dining car are two hard sleeper cars, although the hard sleeper cars have beds, but not many passengers climb to the bunks to rest, almost all of them sit in the bottom bunks, looking out of the window excitedly.
Although the status of these people is relatively low, they may have the same magical feeling as Ang Lee, that is, the feeling of pointing the country, after all, Ang Lee was just a small person in his previous life, but he has this wonderful feeling, so how can he think that ordinary people in this era will not have this feeling?
When he walked to the hard-seat carriage, Li An suddenly felt that the environment of the first few carriages was too comfortable, there were one hundred and fifty seats in each carriage here, relatively speaking, it was much more crowded, although it was not full, but because some passengers brought more salutes, the empty seats were occupied, in short, it looked very crowded.
Moreover, because the people who buy hard seat tickets are relatively poor people, the clothes are relatively shabby, the body is a little dirty, and the number of medicinal jade windows is relatively small, for this reason, the smell in the carriage is relatively large, this is still the morning, if it is time to eat at noon, pickles and steamed buns are taken out, then the taste may be greater.
However, although the smell in such a carriage is relatively big, it makes Li An see a lot of little girls, there is no shortage of children and the elderly, maybe the poor do not pay too much attention to it, and there are fewer scruples about traveling, but it is more free.
"Little baby, I'm not happy to drive on the train."
Li An touched a child's forehead and asked with a smile.
"Trains, Dirty ......"
The child drooled, looking very excited, and his eyes were full of pride.
Maybe when he goes back, he can brag in front of other little playmates that he has made a train, and he will definitely make his playmates envious.
Of course, Ang Lee often took the train when he was a child in his previous life, and none of the children in the same village took it, so he made a big show and made his childhood the object of attention, which was really cool.
Hanging in the last few carriages is the stable carriage, which smells much more than the hard-seat carriage, after all, the horses eat and drink all in the carriage, and the taste is not good.
Li Ang entered the stable carriage with his nose covered, and almost all of the horses in the soft sleeper and soft seat carriages at the front were ridden by the guests, and after getting off the car, they would naturally come to pick them up, and each horse was marked and would not be claimed by the guests.
After inspecting all the carriages, Ang Lee returned to the soft-seated private room at the front, and lay down on the bed in the lower bunk, looking out the window at the flowing scenery.
"You guys lie down and rest! Don't stand all the time. ”
Seeing Duan Xiushi and the two Yulin Army guards standing in the carriage, Li An opened his mouth and commanded.
"Li Shilang, we are subordinates, you just have a good rest, how can we treat you equally."
Duan Xiushi opened his mouth and refused.
"It takes a whole day for the train to arrive in Luoyang City, if you just stand like this for a whole day, your physical strength will be exhausted, and if there is an assassin at that time, you don't even have the strength to protect your own official, okay, don't ink, one bed per person, lie down and rest!"
Ang Lee ordered without question.
The reason why he only took three people out was that he was afraid of disturbing the people, and second, there were only four beds in the private room, and he couldn't rest well because he brought too many people.
The three of them had no choice but to obey the order and lie down on the soft couch to rest.
At noon, the staff of the train knocked on the door of the private room and brought food for four people, except for Ang Lee's food, which was the same.
After eating for half an hour, the four of them lay down on the soft couch again to rest, sometimes looking at the scenery outside the window, sometimes closing their eyes to recuperate, and even chatting a few words to relieve the loneliness and boredom of the journey.
The train successively passed through the Hot Spring Palace, Weinan County, Huazhou City, Huayin County, Tongguan, Taolin County, Shaanzhou City, Xiashi County, Xin'an County, and finally arrived at the railway station outside the west gate of Luoyang City.
These places are set up with temporary stops of small and medium-sized stations, maintenance and supply equipment and other logistics support forces, but because the current railway system has just been formed, the number of trains is relatively small, therefore, these temporary stations have not been activated, all trains are Luoyang to Chang'an direct stops, and the stops do not stop.
But in the future, there will be more trains, and the railway operation and deployment system will be more mature, so it will naturally be activated, and at that time, the train from Chang'an to Luoyang will be divided into direct trains that arrive in six hours, and halfway stop trains that arrive in one day and one night.
In addition, because the transportation efficiency is much slower, the ticket can also be much cheaper, in the future, it is the best choice for the poor to ride, which will further reduce the occurrence of walking events, improve the quality of life of the people, and promote the development of commerce and economy.
It is an eternal truth that if you want to get rich first build roads, it is applicable in any era, after all, the way to increase the wealth of society, apart from the progress of the productive forces, is reliable commercial trade, and only trade can stimulate the creation and production of wealth.
If there is no reliable transportation, the development of trade will be greatly restricted, the growth of social wealth will naturally be greatly restricted, and it will be difficult for the living conditions of the common people to improve.
Ang Lee's development of the railway system and its success will inevitably greatly promote the growth of the wealth of the Tang Empire in a very short period of time, and the material and financial resources of the Tang Dynasty will be rapidly improved under the impetus of the improvement of transportation.
Li An lay all the way, and only after the train arrived at the station outside the west gate of Luoyang City did he get up and get off with a few entourage.
At this time, the sun has sunk in the west, and it is less than half an hour away from the time of closing the city gate, and the passengers who need to enter the city are all hurrying to the direction of the city gate, fortunately, the station is not too far from the city gate, and within half an hour, you can enter the city completely, but you don't have to worry about being stopped outside the city.
"Li Shilang, it's almost time for the night ban, are we going to enter the city now?"
Duan Xiushi asked in a low voice.
"Forget it, don't go into the city, just stay at the train station for the night! In a few days, when you accompany Your Majesty to visit Luoyang City, you will enter the city again! ”
Li An didn't plan to enter Luoyang City, and after finishing speaking, he suddenly thought that Duan Xiushi would leave him in a few days and go to Anxi to take up his post, and asked softly: "Captain Duan, do you want to go to Luoyang City to have a look?" ”
"No, I've been to Luoyang City."
"Alright, let's stop at this train station!"
Li An took Duan Xiushi to the magnificent Luoyang Railway Station administrative area.
Because the railway system was invented by Li An, when laying the railroad tracks and building the railway station, Li An personally inspected it, for this reason, all the small heads and most of the employees of the Luoyang Railway Station all knew Li An and knew how big an official Li An was.
For this reason, Li An had just walked into the Luoyang Railway Station, and a large group of officials, large and small, all ran over to greet him.
Luoyang Station is the second major war after Chang'an Station, the stationmaster is a eunuch about forty years old, he looks more capable, he is Gao Lishi's henchman, and the relationship with Yu Chaoen is also very good, there are several eunuchs behind him, and there are several former officials of the Ministry of Industry, as well as officials who don't know where to add in.
It is a very important thing for an official of such a big size as Li An to come to inspect, from the stationmaster to the ordinary employees, all of them attach great importance to it, they have already cleaned the railway station in advance, and all kinds of items are placed very neatly, even the common fallen leaves in autumn can not be seen.
Of course, what surprised these well-prepared railway officials was that Li An actually only brought three retinues, and moreover, he was still the escort of the Yulin Army, and there was no high-ranking official of the imperial court.
"The environment is very good, you are careful, Your Majesty will visit Luoyang City in a few days, and when the time comes, I hope you can do it so well."
Since these officials have put so much effort into it, of course Ang Lee has to praise it.
"Li Shilang, rest assured, on the day of Your Majesty's tour, we will definitely make the station better, and we will not disappoint Your Majesty."
The stationmaster replied with a smile.
Li An smiled, pointed to a forest area, and said softly: "Now is the time to lose leaves, why do you only have a few leaves in each tree, and you are too diligent in cleaning, sweeping away the most beautiful scenery." ”
"Li Shilang, this ...... Leaves, but also landscapes? ”
The stationmaster frowned, in order to make the whole station look cleaner, he arranged a lot of manpower to clean up frequently, especially the leaves, and cleaned them one by one.
"Isn't it the most beautiful scenery when you look at the golden leaves all over the ground?"
Ang Lee stretched out his right hand, looked up at forty-five degrees, and assumed the posture of a poet.
"What Li Shilang said is that the little slave also thinks these fallen leaves sound good, but the little slave doesn't know if His Majesty likes to see the fallen leaves?"
"Your Majesty is also an elegant person, you must like fallen leaves, from now on, environmental sanitation must continue to be good, but the fallen leaves under the tree do not need to be asked, if Your Majesty blames, this official will help you explain."
"Yes, Li Shilang, the little slave understands."
Li An nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, I've finished reading what the official should have seen, find a clean room, and deliver dinner to my room." ”
After speaking, he took three entourages and walked to the dormitory area where the residents lived.