The clear whistle echoed in the cloudy sky, as if it could tear through the sky. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info The loud tremors stopped a few minutes later, and the Imperial Retrain officially docked.

At this time, the people in the small factory put down their work, ran out of the factory door, and hurried to the station to watch the excitement.

Kasia was no exception, and after simply cleaning up the utensils on the table, he also followed the crowd and jogged to the station.

Although it has been five years in the small town at the foot of the Nalilac Mountain, and it is no stranger to the re-alignment of the Empire, every year I see the nearly six-meter-tall body, the steel rails the size of a light truck, the huge and heavy alloy axles that connect them, the careful and ingenious braking devices, and the incomparably rough, like angry animal veins, the countless coiled steam metal pipes that are directly exposed to the outside, and the 15 mm special black iron steel plates that have been carefully welded on the car, all of which are full of traces of erosion by various natural forces。

The whole train is like a sleeping black-scaled dragon, the front of the train is still gushing the rich steam column is his snort, at this moment it quietly docked on the edge of the pitifully small platform in the small town, tens of thousands of tons of iron like a long dragon on one side, no matter how many times you look at it, it brings people an incomparably strong rough, thick, simple, direct, shocking feeling is forever unchanged.

This is because since the development of industry, countless scientists in the empire have participated in the invention of the innovative technology - ultra-vapor compression device, and then combined with the new energy source electricity to complete the great cause.

Kasia's heart was filled with excitement and irrepressible yearning. In a few days, he will take such a giant train to the Imperial Heavy Industry School. Imagining that such a great machine would most likely have the fruits of his own labor in the future, in addition to the indescribable excitement in his heart, there was also an overflowing eagerness.

It was a strong sense of urgency, and the seventeen-year-old longed to go to more prosperous places, to see more unexpected and strange things, to meet more people with different personalities and talents. I am also eager to find a well-paying job through the signboard of Imperial Heavy Industries. His mother and sister are now almost all of his life, and the seventeen-year-old longs to be able to carry a warm place on his shoulders that can accommodate them.

It wasn't until dusk began to fall that the crowd began to disperse.

The station was brightly lit all night, and all kinds of textile and industrial goods that had been hoarded for more than half a year had to be liquidated in just a few days while the Imperial Retrain was docked, and then exchanged for cheaper raw materials, as well as the huge profits from them.

In the past few days, the workers who have been busy for a year can finally shake their shoulders and rest easily for a while. At this time, it should be the nobles who have been enjoying themselves all year. How many layers are divided into benefits, the price of goods, the price of raw materials, the cost of harsh handling, the amount of insurance on the car, the amount of protective measures、、、、、、 and so on.

At Kasia's school, a theology teacher once said, "Everyone can be ugly when it comes to profit." ”

Leave the matter of calculating and unyielding to these bitter merchants and mean aristocrats.

In the small town, children of the same age as Kasia take advantage of the rare leisure time of these few days to finally feel the warmth of their families.

Kasia also stayed at home every day, the work in the textile factory and factory came to an end for the time being, and her mother and sister stayed at home for the past few days to stay with Kasia and help organize all kinds of luggage.

Kasia is also actively preparing, if he goes to Imperial Heavy Industries, he can find a good job right away from studying there, and he can make this aspect of his family much easier.

My younger sister Lilia is six years old this year, and she is also facing the age of going to school, and the tuition fees are not a small expense.

Before going to the school, Kasia had already looked up information about the Imperial Heavy Industries School, and if he could get the Imperial Heavy Industries annual student award, these problems would be greatly improved.

The annual reward for the students of the Imperial Heavy Industry School is 350,000 Holy Coins, and more importantly, these rewarded students also have the opportunity to enter the St. Dorag Military School.

The two schools of the highest institutions of the empire have additional generous grants every month. If I can get in, it will be a huge help to my mother and my sister. Kasia had a plan in her mind.

Five days later, her sister Lilia was clumsily writing on paper with a pencil in her hand. Kasia sat next to her sister, gently rubbing Lilia's head with one hand and Lilia's slender little hand with the other, slowly correcting the writing of each font.

Lilia studied very seriously, but as a little kid who still had a runny nose at times, her learning progress really couldn't be complimented.

"Brother、、、、 Ka, West, Ya, , "

On the side of the white paper was a graffiti with a simple drawing of a small figure with a round head and a smiling face, and Lilia was writing the name of the little man underneath the strokes.

Kasia only watched quietly from the sidelines, and his heart was extremely calm.

There is one day left in such a day.

The next day, just after dawn, the silence of the town in the early morning was broken by the deafening sound of a whistle.

Kasia dragged her luggage from the bed, and after a final hesitation, she cautiously walked to the side of the bed and took out a rudimentary wooden box from under the bed, which contained a brand-new high-strength alloy steel short sword with a black hilt and a snow-white blade. This is a few days ago the small head of the factory Vicxi made a special production for Kasia with parts leftovers.

"The outside world is far more chaotic than the frontiers in the rear of the Empire, and the war never stops, and this short sword is the best thing you can use to defend yourself. "Vicky had been wandering outside for a long time earlier, and when he was middle-aged, he came to live in the small town at the foot of Lilac Mountain.

After packing up, my mother and sister were already waiting for me outside.

Walking together through the wide streets, surrounded by neat bungalows, there were other families on the way to send their children in the direction of the re-Empire, but most of them were people who went to work in various parts of the Empire, and there were nearly thirty of them in the whole town, but among them were from commoners, plus Kasia there were only three. Most of the empire's resources were controlled by a small number of nobles.

Moreover, Kasia was not an orthodox commoner, his father was a warrant officer of the second class, and had the lowest baronial title, but with his father's death, these were gone.

The black dragon had awakened, and several pillars of steam and black smoke were like twin dragons reaching into the sky.

The side of the train was full of garbage left behind by the transportation of goods in the past few days, and it had not yet had time to be cleaned. The platform was full of people, all waiting to get on the train.

"Kasia, here, here. ”

As Kasia walked onto the platform, he heard someone calling him.

It was one of three civilians named Rovi. There was also a handsome girl standing in front of Rowe, who nodded lightly at Kasia, the last of the three commoners, named Erin.

Although the three of them have different schools, they have to travel to various parts of the empire, and they are the best means of transportation.

Commanders in work clothes in front of them began to let people with heavy luggage board the train one after another.

Although there were many people from civilian backgrounds, they were crowded on the narrow side of the platform when they got on the train. On the other side was a passage dedicated to the aristocracy, among which the rest of the two dozen or so students were among them. They wore gorgeous clothes, and both the exquisite workmanship and the fabrics were of the best condition. The boots are polished to a shiny finish, and even the suitcase seems to exude the glow of high-end goods.

On the other hand, on the Cassia side, although she has prepared a good set of clothes, she is reluctant to wear them. The shoes were certainly cheap rubber-soled espadrilles, and the trunk was also rolled from hard leather and sealed with thick rope.

Most importantly, the aristocratic passage opened was a serious passenger carriage, while Cassia was a cargo box.

That's right, they can't afford to buy real passenger car tickets, so they can only live with some cargo in rudimentary cargo boxes. And this fare is still calculated according to the price of the goods, and the price of twenty-two holy coins and one catty is the price of ordinary people.

Although I feel a little uncomfortable, I can only accept it. It won't be long before these people in the crates will know that this price is not only used when riding the Imperial Retrain, but in any region of the Empire, in all walks of life, it is a standard price, a price that belongs to humanity.

"Brother、、、 you have to 、、、 you must come back. Lilia's eyes were steadfast and welling up with tears.

Kasia laughed at the tragic words as she touched Lilia's head and said goodbye.

Walking into the cargo box, until the heavy steel skeleton iron door was pulled shut, and the faces of his mother and sister were obscured by black metal, Kasia's heart suddenly welled up with unbearable feelings.

Shaking his head vigorously to shake off the uncomfortable mood, Kasia found a nearby place to sit down.

The huge cargo box is divided into three tiers. They were on the top floor, where there was a lot of space and a lot of goods that had been packed and sealed. Kasia and the others sat on the wooden chests in twos and threes.

There are several large vents open above the container, and the cold winter wind blows inside, and the paper flies.

Luo Wei picked up a lot of waste paper with his hands and feet, and it was really uncomfortable to sit on the bare wooden board, and it was indeed good to use these waste paper pads.

The crowd followed suit, and when Kasia had done the same, the last long-lasting whistle was heard, and the entire container began to shake slowly.

The Imperial Retrain drove out of the station.

The train car shook smoothly, and the metal instruments on the two floors below made the sound of clashing from time to time. Rowe and Erin sat on the side of Kasia, and although the light near the roof vents of the carriage was good, the three of them were not in the mood to read, and they shook for a while as the imperial retrain was retrained, but they fell asleep one after another.

The rest of the journey is like this, every day I have time to look at the books in my suitcase, and when I am hungry, I go to the food storage box to buy some cheap food.

Rowe got off the train after the twelfth day, and he was going to change trains to other regions. Two days later, Erin also got out of the car and went to a nearby city, where her school was located.

The people in the car went down one by one and came up one by one. The passengers changed batch after batch, and only Kasia was the only one who quietly looked at his luggage, always sitting in the same position.

It's really lonely, or lonely, or dull. There are no windows around, only the spotless view from the roof vents. The people in the carriage had no idea where they had passed. Only by stopping and stopping can you know that you have arrived at another station, and then there is a noise outside, and occasionally the car you are in will be opened, and you can see all kinds of station structures. Sometimes the light at the vent dims, and I know that I am entering a dark tunnel again, and if I am bored, I can count how long it is.

As the Reformation of the Empire moved forward at full speed, the screeching sound of the wind blowing the iron sheet outside could be heard. In case of heavy rain, you can also wait for the thunder to explode in the sound of raindrops hitting the iron sheet.

The journey was absolutely boring, most of the people in the carriage didn't know each other, and everyone was like bamboo shoots that had not been moistened by the spring rain, all of them were stuffed in the soil, unwilling to confide in a single word.

The screeching sound of metal grinding came out again from below, and the speed of the Imperial retrain gradually slowed down, and several whistles sounded regularly, and then a faint cheer mixed with a drowned noise came into the carriage from a long distance, and the crowd was full of voices and large numbers.

Then there was a sudden roar like a beast, a rebuke, an insult, and finally a few beehive revolvers erupting with a deterrent crackle. Except for the sound of the train, the station fell silent. In the next moment, more roars, insults, screams, wails, and explosions of gunfire erupted in 、、、、、、 instant.

Cassia tightened her luggage at her feet, one hand on her lap and the other hand gripping the high-alloy dagger behind her, waiting for the train to stop at the station, just like everyone else in the carriage.

As Vixie said, Cassia knew that it was chaotic even if she didn't see the outside world.