The girls never expected that the trip they had been looking forward to would come so soon.
It wasn't until they got on the train to Guilin County, listened to the whistle of the train, looked at the scenery receding outside the window, and Xianyang City getting farther and farther away from them, that they gradually realized it!
"Are we really going to the Maurya Empire? Am I still in a dream?"
Zhang Xi stood in front of the train window and said blankly.
"Ouch!"
Suddenly, someone pinched her behind her, causing her to grin.
When he turned around, he saw that it was his own sister.
He frowned and said pitifully: "Sister, I didn't provoke you, I didn't mess with you, and I didn't steal your chicken legs. It's so good. Why are you pinching me? Hiss! It hurts me to death!"
The little girl gasped and rubbed her small waist as she spoke.
"Don't you think it's a dream? I'm here to help you! Help you see whether it's a dream or reality!"
Zhang Jia smiled plausibly.
"Um……?"
After she said this, the little girl quickly looked out the window, "It's not a dream! It's really not a dream! We are really on the train! We are really going to the Maurya Dynasty!"
After confirming that he was still on the train, the entire Xianyang City kept retreating. Zhang Xi jumped up again excitedly, "Great, we can finally go out and play!"
"Okay, don't stand there stupidly, go and pack your things, we're going to have lunch later!"
"I know, hehe!"
At the urging of her sister Zhangjia, the little girl jumped towards the carriage.
On this trip, Ying Feiyu didn't bring many people with him. He only brought a team of guards, a few cooks, and some simple food before boarding the train.
The lunch was definitely not as sumptuous as the palace, but everyone was in a good mood, and even the simple meal felt more delicious than the delicacies in the palace!
On the other hand, Wang Wan and others brought quite a lot of things.
Because they didn't know what the temperature was there, they brought plenty of spring, summer, autumn and winter clothes.
Not to mention all kinds of jewelry, they must match the clothes, the quantity can be imagined!
There are also daily necessities, scattered in a big box!
There are even more things like Rosa, Wei Anran, and Yu Ji who have children.
There were a lot of maids who came with them. They wanted to help take care of the children, and their own wet nurses also came with them!
There is no other way to go to such a far place and leave the children to the wet nurse to take care of them. They are not at ease, so they can only take them with them!
Anyway, they were traveling on a special train. Not to mention these few people, even hundreds of people could still fit in it!
The child is usually taken care of by the wet nurse and maid, and they stay with Ying Feiyu most of the time!
"Husband! We have to take a long train ride, right?"
The girls didn't know much about the Maurya Dynasty, they only knew its approximate location.
In imagination, it should be very far away!
"Yeah! It will take about two and a half to three days!"
Ying Feiyu made an estimate based on the speed of the train and nodded.
There is no way, the current conditions are limited, the speed of the train is limited to this, if it goes faster, I am afraid it will be dangerous!
“Only three days to reach Maurya?”
However, the girls not only didn't feel it took long, but actually looked surprised.
It’s understandable if you think about it.
In the past, transportation was basically based on walking. In three days, we might not even be able to leave the jurisdiction of Xianyang, let alone another country!
In future generations, three days would be enough to travel from south to north by plane!
"No! Let's take the train to Guilin County first, and then transfer to the bus to the Maurya Dynasty! It may be delayed for a few more days!"
The Mauryan Dynasty was only returned to the territory of Daqin in recent years and became a county of Daqin. The railway has not yet been built there.
To get there, you have to change transportation.
"Ah? How many more days do we have to wait? New Year's Day will be in two days. Does that mean we can't meet Father before New Year anyway?"
Wang Wan was somewhat disappointed.
"There is no way, the imperial court only takes a rest at the end of the year, and we can't get there before the New Year no matter what!"
Ying Feiyu shrugged helplessly.
"Husband, isn't there a quick way?"
"Yes, yes, but it won't be much faster!"
"What is it?"
“Get off the train and transfer to a bus. After arriving at the Bay of Bengal, take a ship to Maurya!”
Although the distance between the two is almost the same, the road over there has not been repaired yet, so the speed of the car cannot be increased at all, which will definitely delay time.
The waterway is different. A ship can travel much faster on an unobstructed sea!
"Husband, let's go by boat!"
"Yes! Let's go by boat!"
"The sooner we arrive at the Maurya Dynasty, the sooner we can accompany our father and mother, and we can spend a few more days there...!"
The women all agreed that they should all go by boat.
"It is indeed much faster to take a boat, but there are wind and waves on the sea, which may cause seasickness! It feels uncomfortable!"
Ying Feiyu reminded.
"We are not afraid!"
"Yes! We are not afraid...!"
In order to have fun, the girls also risked their lives.
"But the child..."
"Father, I want to take a big boat! I want to take a big boat!"
As luck would have it, little June was running all the way and didn't understand what the adults were talking about. She only heard the word "ship" and started clamoring to take the boat.
Ying Feiyu opened his arms, held her on his lap, scratched the tip of her round nose lovingly, and said with a smile: "Okay! Father, I will take you on a big boat! Father will also take you fishing and catching crabs. How about it?"
"Oh...catch crabs, catch crabs! Big fish! Big fish! Haha...!"
The little guy clapped his hands happily, extremely happy.
After deciding on the route, Ying Feiyu ordered people to send telegrams to the places he passed and asked them to arrange vehicles and ships.
As for Ying Zheng, he didn't reveal any news at all and was preparing to give them a surprise!
Lian'er's telegram was still sent to the palace every day, and the palace sent it to Ying Feiyu word for word.
Ying Feiyu prepared a reply and sent it back to the palace, from where it was sent to the Maurya Dynasty!
Until now, except for the people in the palace who know that they have left, no other courtiers know!
Even those old guys are the same!
By the time they got the news, it was already the first day of the Lunar New Year!
In previous years, Ying Feiyu would personally bring gifts to visit his two father-in-law's homes.
This year, only gifts arrived, but my daughter and son-in-law were not seen.
Wang Bi and Zhang Han felt something was wrong. After careful interrogation, they found out that they had left Xianyang a few days ago and went to the Maurya Dynasty!
It is estimated that we have arrived in Guilin County by now and transferred to the Maurya Dynasty!
When the two heard this, they immediately called each other.
"Old Wang, let me tell you something...!"
"Lao Zhang, I'm about to find you too. Don't say anything yet. I have something important to tell you!"
Before Zhang Han could speak, Wang Ben told the news in detail.
"What? You also know about His Majesty's trip with Jia'er and Xi'er?"
Zhang Han thought he was the first to discover the secret, but he didn't expect Wang Bi to know it too.
"What do you mean I also know...? Could it be that you also know, Lao Zhang?"
"Yes! In previous years, His Majesty brought the children to give gifts, but this year only the palace servants and soldiers came. Can I not be surprised? I only found out after questioning!"
"His Majesty has done a great job keeping secrets. We didn't know about such a big thing until now!"
"If it weren't for the gift, we probably wouldn't know it yet!"
"That's not true! I guess the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty are still kept in the dark!"
