In the early morning, with a loud whistle, the entire Qingzhou City was boiling. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

After two years of construction, the railway line from Dayu to Laiwu in the south, Kaiping in the north and Dengzhou in the east was officially opened.

The people who learned the news were all overjoyed and went to the station to buy tickets, and the entire station was surrounded by water.

Xiao Ming and a group of officials also arrived at the scene, along with Brandon.

After a month's stay in Qingzhou, Brandon has basically completed the procurement of supplies, and there are a total of 75 Dutch merchant ships heading to Dayu this time, all of which are full of goods.

"This time, the Dutch mission purchased a total of 100 reciprocating steam engines, 16,000 muskets, 70 tons of sugar, 3,000 pieces of porcelain, 9,000 horses of silk, and 20,000 pieces of cotton...... On the platform, Li Kaiyuan read the Dutch procurement list to Xiao Ming.

"To the point, how much silver is there?" Xiao Ming's eyes stayed on the crowded station.

"A total of six million gold dragon purchases." Li Kaiyuan smiled tooth and eye, this number is not small.

Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction, coupled with the loan obtained from the Netherlands, the finances of the Great Yu Kingdom are now finally rich, especially the sale of the captive musket has basically reached the same cost as the breech rifle.

In this way, his army could smoothly load 16,000 muskets from this deal, not including the deal with Li Chuyuan.

"Arms and industrial products are really profitable!" Xiao Ming sighed with emotion, he finally understood why the contemporary United States is keen to make war money, which is indeed addictive.

Brandon on the side smiled, and he could see that the visit had satisfied the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom.

"Brandon Envoy, I hope that the friendship between the Great Chongqing Kingdom and the Netherlands will last for a long time." Xiao Ming said.

Brandon was a little flattered, "Of course, of course, that's what we're expecting. ”

As the three of them spoke, the steam locomotive made a loud whistle again, and at this time, the people in a long line with tickets began to get on the train in an orderly manner.

"Your Majesty, it's time to get in the car." Princess Pingyang reminded.

Xiao Ming nodded and made a gesture to Brandon, Bradon looked excited, he straightened up the dress on his body and walked to the locomotive.

"Father, go, go!"

Xiao Yi was bouncing in front of him, looking impatient, in order to witness this great event, Xiao Ming brought a lot of people this time, pothos and aster, Cui Xueer and Fei Yueer, of course, this is also indispensable to the young Xiao Yi.

In addition, the important ministers of the imperial court also arrived, Fiji, Pang Yukun, Zhan Xingchang, and even the father and son of the Kong family, Ge Yiren and others also arrived.

Not only that, King Yong, King Huainan and his son, King Runan and others also came to observe.

For Xiao Ming, this is not only the opening of the railway, but also an opportunity to show his muscles to the outside world.

"Slow down, slow down." Xiao Ming took Xiao Yi's hand, and said to Princess Pingyang as he walked: "The key work under the Railway Division is to connect the railway lines north of Youzhou, Jinzhou, Raozhou, and Liaozhou. ”

For Xiao Ming, even if the Kanto region is lost, the barbarians are also the largest nomadic people in the north, and the threat is only relatively reduced, not absolute.

Moreover, an even more dangerous enemy after the barbarians had already taken root in the vast land north of Jianzhou, and that was Tsarist Russia.

In the past, because of the barbarian barrier, he could not understand the situation north of Jianzhou, but after the occupation of Jianzhou this time, he immediately ordered an advance team to be sent to the north to search.

He was shocked by the news that compared with contemporary times, the penetration of Tsarist Russia into the Kwantung region in this era was greater than that of contemporary times, and they found the city of Tsarist Russia three hundred miles north of Jianzhou.

This incident aroused Xiao Ming's great attention, and he ordered the secret guards to start investigating the influence of Tsarist Russia in Siberia, and at the same time began to lay out the layout to regain Siberian land, and the railway was undoubtedly the key to this plan.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Princess Pingyang could see from Xiao Ming's serious expression that things seemed to be a little serious.

After reminding Princess Pingyang, Xiao Ming entered the steam locomotive, and for today's experience, they reserved the first five carriages.

Entering the steam locomotive, Xiao Ming seems to have returned to the contemporary era, although the steam locomotive is a little backward, but many of the arrangements of the carriage are no different from modern times.

After all, it would be much easier to run a steam locomotive with modern experience.

"Your Majesty, this is the seat." Princess Pingyang personally introduced Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming saw that the seats of the locomotive were now metal frames, and brand-new cotton cushions were installed on the frames, which looked similar to the seats of contemporary trains.

In the middle of the seat is a small table where you can put some items, and on top of it is a protruding luggage rack, which is also in contemporary design.

What satisfies Xiao Ming the most is the thickened glass windows of the locomotive, and he can have a panoramic view of the outside from the table.

"Very good." Xiao Ming was very satisfied.

Princess Pingyang breathed a sigh of relief, arranged for Fei Yue'er and the others to sit down, she said: "Your Majesty, this steam locomotive is equipped with an improved high-temperature and high-pressure steam engine, which can reach a speed of ninety kilometers per hour, and the load can also reach about sixty kilometers, so it only takes six hours to travel from Qingzhou to Dengzhou, after all, the railway has made many detours, and it also needs to add coal and water along the way. “

"Six hours to Dengzhou!" Brandon's mouth closed in surprise, it took him three days to get off the boat in Dengzhou and then go back to Qingzhou.

Princess Pingyang said proudly: "This princess has never said big things, and you will understand when you arrive in Dengzhou." ”

"Hahaha......" Xiao Ming was in a good mood, he hugged Xiao Yi and said: "Yi'er, when you arrive in Dengzhou, my father will take you to eat the most beautiful seafood." ”

The officials in the carriage all laughed when they heard this, and they were all excited at this time, because it was really incredible.

While everyone was chatting, the time for the locomotive to depart had arrived, and with a loud whistle, the locomotive began to move slowly.

"Power, it's moving." Xiao Yi clapped his little hands happily.

Outside the window, the station was receding, and there were loud cheers on the platform of Renshan Haishan.

Xiao Ming, who was sitting by the window, was recognized by the people, and they began to shout: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" “

Xiao Ming waved through the car window, undoubtedly, today is also an exciting day for the people of Qingzhou, and the sleeping lion of Dayu has finally begun to wake up.

Amid the cheers, the locomotive got faster and faster, and then the carriage became quiet, and everyone began to enjoy the scenery along the way, indulging in it.

Three hours later, the locomotive slowly stopped at the Laizhou platform, added water and coal, and then set off for Dengzhou again.