King Wu stood beside the train, looking up and thinking with confusion.
What is this thing for and why is it called a train?
Unexpectedly, Fang Zhengyi's voice sounded behind him, and then he was pushed up.
"Don't look at it. You'll know when you get up there."
The three of them were sitting in the emperor's special train, and King Wu was still looking out the window in confusion.
After waiting for a while, the train body began to vibrate.
King Wu instinctively grabbed the armrest of the seat, with a trace of nervousness in his eyes.
The shaking became more violent, and soon the train started running.
Watching the scenery in front of me start to move, and faster and faster.
The nervousness in King Wu's eyes began to turn into horror!
This...what the hell is going on? Why did the thing below move on its own?
When Fang Zheng saw this, he calmly explained: "Weren't you always curious when you were on the boat, why the boat can be autonomous without sails? The technology used is the same as the train we are riding now."
"This is called a train. It can run automatically without manpower. As long as coal is burned, it will not stop. In the future, trains will be used in important towns and even remote areas across the country. The ability to transport resources up and down the country will be a hundred times stronger than before."
King Wu's expression became dull. He leaned against the car window and kept looking out, not knowing what he was thinking about.
The train whirred, running tirelessly.
Passing through fields, mountains, and countless factories emitting black smoke.
King Wu couldn't understand... He just felt confused. There were strange things everywhere here. He thought he was smart but he couldn't understand anything.
What are those houses with black smoke on their roofs for?
Why can an iron car run so fast using only coal, and can it drag a house everywhere?
He just watched tirelessly.
His eyes never left his sight until the train came into the station.
Fang Zheng patted him on the shoulder: "Get off the car."
King Wu, who was immersed in thinking, was pulled off the train.
The carriage to the capital has been prepared in the train station hall.
"What is this!?"
As soon as Li Yuanzhao entered the hall, his eyes suddenly focused!
As soon as Fang Zheng looked along, he felt like he was struck by lightning!
The open space on one side of the hall was set up with barriers.
There was a roofless four-wheel carriage standing in the middle, with a stove towed behind it, and a pile of firewood beside it.
What surprised Fang Zheng was that this thing came with a steering wheel! What a four-seater car!
Damn it! car! ?
The pick-up officer hurriedly introduced: "Back to Your Majesty, this is a self-propelled bicycle built by Dongjiao University two months ago. It caused a sensation in the capital. Now it is on display here."
"Self-propelled car?" Li Yuanzhao looked at Fang Zhengyi happily, "Old Fang! They built the project I originally set up, but it's a bit ugly."
"What does this thing use as fuel? It's not firewood, right?" Fang Zhengyi quickly asked the official.
"It's wood burning," the official replied.
Wood burning?
Fang Zheng scratched his head. It seemed that the idea was based on the train idea.
But this firewood... is not very efficient.
"Instead of taking the carriage, I'll take this one back to Beijing. I want to see how it drives." Li Yuanzhao licked his lips and said.
The official was embarrassed for a while, and after a moment of confusion, he ran away.
It's rare that His Majesty is happy, and Dongjiao University is not far from here, and there are people there who can play with this thing.
After everyone waited for more than ten minutes, the official ran back panting with a young student.
He pulled him in front of Li Yuanzhao and said, "Your Majesty, he can drive."
Li Yuanzhao looked up and down and asked, "Did you invent this car?"
"Your Majesty, no. I drive, and no one wants to drive this thing... so Eastern Suburbs University specially hired ordinary people to drive the car for a test drive."
"It doesn't matter, you will drive me back to the palace today!"
The honor you picked up for free is enough to brag about for a lifetime!
The young man almost burst into tears as he hurried to the bicycle and stuffed firewood into the stove.
After preparing for a while, Li Yuanzhao sat in the front seat of the car, eager to observe the young driver's operations.
Fang Zhengyi and King Wu were sitting in the back seat.
Just like a train, the firewood started to burn, the hot water boiled, and the whole car began to vibrate.
It gives people the feeling of falling apart at any moment.
Such poor quality made Fang Zhengyi feel a little scared.
No wonder no one wants to drive this damn thing! The basket shook and turned yellow when I sat on it!
No walking tractor shakes like this!
The self-propelled vehicle began to move slowly.
King Wu, who had been in a daze, was completely panicked. He grabbed Fang Zhengyi's hand and squeezed it tightly.
Fang Zheng grabbed the car door and shivered.
The vehicle drove out into the outside world, onto the street, and began to increase in speed.
Fang Zhengyi's heart also moved.
The shaking became more and more severe, and my tailbone hurt!
And the chugging sound is simply deafening!
Is this kind of defective product worthy of being put on display? Which grandson has done something good? He must be punished when he returns home!
The broken car was walking on the street, and the loud noise immediately attracted many passers-by.
However, there were guards blocking the outside, preventing these people from getting close.
Many children frantically chased the broken car, cheering loudly.
All the way to the middle of the outer city, passers-by watched.
Li Yuanzhao discussed with the driver enthusiastically.
"How much firewood does this thing need to burn if it travels two miles!?"
"Your Majesty, what are you saying? I can't hear you!"
"I asked you how to deal with the accumulation of dust in the stove!"
As the journey progresses, many shops with extensive use of glass windows begin to appear on the streets.
Then a dozen towering, shining buildings began to come into view.
King Wu raised his head and looked at the tall building in horror, a crack began to appear in his heart.
More than a dozen skyscrapers, tens to hundreds of meters tall, are scattered throughout the outer city, reflecting the sunlight wantonly.
It seems that this year, the capital city has changed a lot, at least the outer cities have changed a lot.
Fang Zheng sighed in his heart.
Thinking that King Wu had been silent all this time, I couldn't help but want to look at him.
With just one glance, Fang Zhengyi gave up the idea of asking questions.
King Wu raised his head and looked at the unattainable building. Two tears streaked down his cheeks without any sign of stopping.
"I lost..."
As he blurted out these words, King Wu began to hold his head and cry, crying so heartbreakingly that his spirit collapsed in an instant!
"I lost...I lost!"
At this moment, all his pride was shattered, leaving no trace left.
He could still comfort himself that he was defeated because his weapons were incompetent and he didn't have enough time, but the truth was so hurtful.
Not just weapons, but the entire world has been transformed.
What he faced was a strange, powerful, and incomprehensible world.
The capital is still the same capital, but it is like seeing a phoenix emerging from its cocoon and reborn through the broken and mottled eggshell.
A fiery, surging, exuberant new life is being born from it!
My own persistence, my own strategies, my own possessions all look so ridiculous in all these aspects...
King Wu couldn't help crying, and the roar of the broken car preserved the last bit of dignity for him.
Fang Zhengyi didn't know whether he was bitter or happy.
It's not like he has never experienced this kind of situation before. It's just that he came from the new world to the old world, and the grief was different.
King Wu cried for a long time, which turned into sobbing, and he kept mumbling: "I lost..."
Fang Zheng patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "It's not embarrassing to lose to me."
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