The special train that Li An took had more than 20 carriages, a total length of one or two miles, and about 500 people, including 300 elite guards, as well as Li An's own guards, as well as technical personnel who went with him, and there were many people on the train itself, such as the driver who drove the car and the kitchen who cooked.

All personnel only need ten carriages, but there are still a lot of supplies to carry, so naturally more carriages are needed.

There were a lot of supplies carried, but Ang Lee's personal supplies took up two whole carriages, including two extremely reliable carts, two docile horses, and, of course, a telegraph.

The three hundred elite guards and Li An's personal guards all have horses, but if you travel long distances, it will be inconvenient to carry horses, so you only bring fifty horses, and after arriving at the destination, if you have a need for horses, you can choose from the local cavalry, these guards are all high-ranking guards in the capital, and they have this right, and the local army can only obey.

In addition, when you go to Xiazhou, you can't go empty-handed, at least you have to bring some practical weapons and daily necessities to the garrison there, so as to appease the morale of the army and make the soldiers there more willing to die.

The weapons are all improved weapons, much better than those that the soldiers are using, and as for the daily necessities, they are nothing more than newly researched items such as sun cookers, which will be of great help to improve the living standards of the soldiers.

After all the personnel and equipment were loaded, the train left the station at a slow pace, and then gradually accelerated, making its way towards Xiazhou in the north.

Sitting in the high-end carriage of the third section, Ang Lee looked at the scenery outside the window and felt very happy, how could he not be happy when he could finally go out to play again?

According to Li An's requirements, tall trees were planted on both sides of the railway, and there was a dirt road with low specifications, that is, when the railway was built, it was naturally formed a resistance road, without this road, the railway would not be able to be built smoothly, after all, materials still need to be transported from the road.

In the position close to the arbor, a row of telephone poles was erected, which was a line that had just been built recently, the purpose of which was to connect the communication from the capital to Xiazhou, so that when Li An was in Xiazhou, he could directly get in touch with the capital, and no matter what happened in the capital, Li An could know it at the first time.

Along the way to Xiazhou, you have to pass through Fangzhou, Yanzhou, Yanzhou, and there are more rivers passing through, the larger ones are Wei River, Jing River, Luo Shui, Huachi Water, Luoshui Upstream, Wushui, etc., and every river that passes through has to build a bridge, so the cost of this railway is really not low, but this is an important strategic railway in the north, and it is worth spending more money.

Due to the continuous expansion of the scale of the capital, so, within the first half an hour, Li An saw the scenery outside the window is more prosperous, in addition to the scenery on both sides of the road is the houses and markets, giving people a very comfortable feeling, and half an hour later, when the vehicle crosses Jingyang County, what is shown in front of Li An is another scene, there are green wheat fields everywhere, the wheat in early spring has sprouted, and there are few houses and people, and the houses are very low, basically a one-story broken grass house, and there are few brick houses.

Although it is not very far from the capital, an area north of Jingyang is indeed a very backward barren land, and there is not no excellent land here, and there are many rivers flowing through, but it is because the industry of the capital has not expanded here, and the people here are envious of the prosperity and resources of the capital, so a large number of people enter the capital to work hard, and most of the people who stay in the local area are some people who have no great interest, as well as the elderly and children, so that this area will naturally become more desolate. When the vegetable garden failed, no one was responsible for tidying up and repairing it.

In other words, it was the prosperity of the capital Chang'an that attracted all the local living forces, like vampires, sucking the fresh blood of the surrounding counties, making these areas even poorer than before, more desolate and dilapidated.

The speed of the train is not fast, about an hour can travel more than 100 miles, if it does not stop a day, it can travel a thousand miles, and Xiazhou is only more than a thousand miles away, so as long as it is non-stop, you can reach Xiazhou in one day and one night, and there don't seem to be many places worth stopping along the way.

The area of a carriage is 60 square meters, such a large area has reached the level of two bedrooms and one living room in later generations, and the Datang luxury carriage at this time is this standard, but it is a one-bedroom, a living room, a bathroom, a bathroom and a storage, the function is not generally powerful, and this does not include a passage on the side, that is, a narrow corridor that allows people to pass through, to meet the passage of guests from one carriage to another.

Such a huge carriage, just Li An and Li Hanlu, can be said to be very spacious, the closest personal guards, are also in the back of the carriage, as long as there is no call from Li An, these guards will not enter the carriage where Li An is at will, in order to protect Li An's personal privacy.

The sixty-square-meter luxury carriage is all owned by Li An and Li Hanlu, and with such a spacious environment, it is naturally very comfortable to sit in it.

Li An sat in the living room of the soft sofa, next to the car window, and Li Hanlu sat next to him, holding the Tang newspaper in his hand and watching with relish.

"Hanlu, do you have any interesting news?"

Li An asked with a smile when he saw Li Hanlu looking so seriously.

Li Hanlu replied while continuing to read the newspaper: "It's not particularly interesting, most of it is news related to the Lantern Festival, more than half of it, and there are many pictures, all of which are pictures of the Lantern Festival." ”

Li An picked up a Datang newspaper, flipped a page casually, and saw a large area of lanterns.

Although the quality of Datang Newspaper is getting higher and higher, but the aesthetic requirements of the people have also been greatly improved, so that the relative will feel that the quality of Datang Newspaper has declined, in fact, the quality of Datang Newspaper has not declined, but has risen significantly, and the reader's taste is becoming more and more tricky, which is the most fundamental reason and the only reliable reason.

For some boring gossip news and advertisements, Ang Lee has no interest in it, these things are published in the newspaper almost every day, and people are tired of reading it, even Ang Lee's serialized ones have already been weak, and many people will feel that they are all a routine after reading too much, and the content of several books is somewhat similar, and it makes people aesthetically fatigued to read, and aesthetic fatigue is the worst, which will make a person lose interest in something, or even not interested at all.

"I'm so sleepy! Take your time! I'm going to go sleep for a while. ”

Li Ang didn't sleep well last night, the car has been driving for a long time at the moment, and Li An is gradually feeling sleepy, it's time to make up for sleep.

Li Hanlu continued to read the newspaper and ignored Ang Lee.

After sleeping for more than an hour, Li An woke up and found Li Hanlu lying beside him, his eyes quietly looking at his face, his expression was faint, and he couldn't see what mood he was.

"Hanlu, look at what I'm doing, how long have I been asleep."

Ang Lee asked.

"It's been more than an hour, and in another hour it's time for lunch."

Li Hanlu opened his mouth to answer.

Li An rubbed his eyes, looked out the window, and said: "This should be Huayuan County, it looks even more dilapidated than the previous Jingyang County!" ”

"Yes! It's like this here, I really can't imagine how poor Xia Zhou will become. ”

Li Hanlu said.

In fact, although these places are very poor, but there is no shortage of food and drink, much better than in previous years, the reason why they feel that they are very poor here, is because they have lived in the capital Chang'an for a long time, and are used to seeing the prosperity of Chang'an City, so to see the dilapidated surrounding counties, the heart will naturally feel a little uncomfortable, which is a natural thing.

As for Xiazhou in the north, needless to say, it will definitely be even poorer, after all, although it is poor, it is also the land of fish and rice, the people live in such an environment, they are not worried about eating and drinking, and the Xiazhou generation is different, it is close to the desert, geographically more northern, belongs to the bitter cold land, the yield and quality of crops will definitely be worse, however, maybe the meat there will be cheaper, in the relatively barren grassland area, animal husbandry will generally develop very well, and, Xiazhou is a trade center for the exchange of goods between the grassland nomads and the Tang Dynasty, and theoretically, the center of the county will definitely be more prosperous, but the suburbs are different and will be very dilapidated.

"Xiazhou City is a city of trade between the grassland people and the Tang Dynasty, it is a medium-sized city, and the market in the city should be very prosperous, otherwise it would not attract so many horse thieves to make trouble."

Li An said.

When Li Hanlu heard the horse thieves, he was a little excited in his heart, and said: "Come all the way to kill these horse thieves." ”

Li An nodded and said: "I just heard about the horse thief, but the specific situation is unknown, and it needs to be investigated before we can make up our minds whether to crusade or exterminate." ”

"What do you mean, husband, do these horse thieves have unspeakable secrets?"

Li Hanlu asked.

Li An nodded and said, "Maybe!" Anything is possible, we haven't seen these horse thieves, how do we know what they are. ”

"General Guo is a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, and even he can't exterminate these horse thieves in the short term, so we are here, can we solve these horse thieves smoothly?"

Li Hanlu had some self-doubt.

Li An thought for a moment and said, "Who knows? Even if you can't exterminate the horse thief, it's good to come out and see the scenery. ”

"What the husband said is that if you come out to play, you will be distracted, and whether you can exterminate the horse thief is secondary."

Li Hanlu said.

This time, in order to take care of Ang Lee's travel, one hour before the departure of Ang Lee's special train, and two hours after the departure, there was no vehicle traveling, in order to prevent the rear-end collision of the carriage and ensure absolute safety.

In other words, Ang Lee can stop for two hours on the road, as long as he doesn't block the vehicles behind him.

At noon, it was time to eat, and his subordinates came to greet him.

"What would you like to eat?"

Li An asked Li Hanlu's opinion.

"Feel free! Not very hungry either. ”

Li Hanlu said with a smile.

Li An didn't know what to eat, looked out the car window, and said, "What is the place outside?" ”

The subordinate replied: "Back to Li Shilang, it's Phoenix Valley." ”

"Phoenix Valley, the scenery is really good! Stop the car! Finish eating and continue walking. ”

Li An opened his mouth and ordered.

"Yes, Li Shilang."

The subordinates hurriedly went to convey the order.

Soon, the train began to slow down, and gradually stopped, and stopped at a rather beautiful location, both of which are lofty mountains, the undulating posture of the terrain is very beautiful, and there are even many branches of evergreen vegetation, these evergreen plants look so pleasant.

At this time, it was a sunny day, the sun was shining, and the temperature was relatively comfortable, after Li An and Li Hanlu got out of the car, dozens of guards also got out of the car one after another, walking in all directions to protect Li An's safety.

There is a small hill bag not far from the tracks, Li An decided to climb up to see the scenery, the guards opened the way in front, because it was not very high, and quickly climbed up, after going up, I saw a village in the distance, and the people in the village could also see it, just because of the distance, it was not very clear, there was a fence made of a row of branches near the railway under the mountain bag, the purpose was to make the villagers not easily approach the tracks, after all, it is a very dangerous thing to get close to the tracks, in case a vehicle suddenly passes by, It will cause great danger.

And such a danger has not never appeared, since the emergence of the automatic railway in Datang, there have been many tragedies of people being hit by vehicles, and with the people's awe of the rails, such things have begun to gradually decrease, and they have been controlled within a reasonable range.

Although the appearance of the train has caused casualties to some people, these losses are not worth mentioning compared to the huge role of the train, and the loss of a small number of people is nothing at all for an empire, and the huge freight capacity of the train can greatly improve the efficiency of commodity logistics in the Tang Empire, greatly reduce the logistics cost, the significance is too great, and it is impossible to stop the train because of the death of a few people.

Maybe they saw a big train parked nearby, and some people from the village came over to see the excitement, but the adults kept scolding the children and telling them to be honest to prevent them from being in danger.

And the children of the village were also timid, and when they got closer, they found that there were many soldiers with weapons, and they were so frightened that they did not dare to leave, and an old man with a white beard came with five or six people to greet them.

The mountain bag walks from the direction of the village, there is almost no slope, even the elderly can easily walk up without any pressure.