Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 831 Shocked Thomas
Thomas and others were surrounded by Mao Chengzi's men, and Thomas walked in the middle of them, and around Thomas were Mao Chengzi's soldiers.

This arrangement is to prevent people like Thomas from taking the opportunity to escape.

"Tell them, let them follow us closely, if they dare to escape, be careful of their lives!"

An officer walked beside Thomas. He looked at a soldier who could speak the Hongyi language behind him, and said with a gloomy face.

The soldier who could speak the Hongyi language turned to a Hongyi captive who was following behind him and could speak English, and then said in the Hongyi language: "Tell them, let them follow us all the time, otherwise, take care of their lives.

When you tell them, pay attention to me, if there is a slight mistake in what you say, be careful of your life! "

Because almost none of Mao Chengzuo's soldiers could speak English.So I can only use this stupid way to translate languages.

The soldier looked at the English-speaking Hongyi captive with a threatening face.

Although the Hongyi prisoner was not tied up by Wuhuada, he was surrounded by big, fat men who surrounded him and looked at him with unfriendly expressions.

"Yes yes yes, I will definitely translate these words according to Your Excellency's order!" The Hongyi captive nodded at the soldier, and then translated these words into English.

Thomas's face was full of helplessness. At the beginning, Thomas thought that even if he was not welcomed by these people again, he would not treat them as prisoners, but now, they are no different from prisoners.

Except that there is no heavy hand, the rest is similar to a prisoner.

Thomas walked forward slowly, and the English-speaking captive of the Red Barbarians yelled loudly at them: "You guys follow up, and if anyone dares to escape, be careful of your lives!"

The voice of the Red Barbarian captive resounded in the crowd.

Thomas turned his head and glared at the red captive, then followed the officer and walked forward.

Dengzhou's wharf is now the busiest wharf in Shandong. The number of workers here is very large, and the application of many advanced equipment makes it extremely prosperous.

Thomas walked forward quietly, his eyes kept looking around.

"This pier is so big and has such a large population. I guess even Amsterdam wouldn't dare to compare it with this place. From this point of view, the content of "Heavenly Creation" is very likely to be true."

The expression on Thomas' face was extremely complicated, ranging from joy to disappointment.

The happy thing is that the contents of "Heavenly Craftsmanship" are true, and the sad thing is that this kind of prosperous scene belongs to the East, not theirs.

If Thomas had some doubts about "Tiangong Kaiwu" before, then now he has completely believed in the content of "Tiangong Kaiwu".

Under the control of Mao Chengmei's soldiers, Thomas walked out of the pier and headed for the Yamen in Dengzhou.

Mao Chengmei's soldiers will put Thomas and others in the Dengzhou Yamen, and the officials in the Dengzhou Yamen will be responsible for the rest of the road.

It is not too far from the wharf to the Dengzhou Yamen, and it takes two to three quarters of an hour to walk.

Led by Mao Chengmei's soldiers, Thomas came to the road outside.

As soon as he walked out, Thomas was so shocked by the scene before him that he couldn't speak and couldn't walk.

The street is paved with some unknown material, which looks a bit like stone, extremely smooth, and there are orderly shops on both sides of the street.

The pedestrians coming and going are very orderly, they look so neat and polite, and everyone behaves very well, as if everyone is a well-bred nobleman.

There is nothing dirty on the street, it is very clean, and the air is very fresh.

You know, in the western world of this era, the streets are still full of excrement and urine, and as for things like sewers, there are very few such things.

The air is filled with the smell of excrement and urine. Walking on the street, one must be alert to the excrement and urine falling from the top of the head at any time.

Thomas was used to seeing that kind of scene, and now he suddenly saw such a scene, he was a little confused and a little bit disbelieving.

"Is this the mysterious East? It's so rich and civilized here.

Incredible, incredible, really incredible! Thomas murmured in shock.

Those colleagues behind Thomas were similar to Thomas, with disbelief on their faces.

Pedestrians on the street saw Thomas and these unusual-looking people. They stopped by the side of the street and looked at Thomas and them as if they were curious.

"Jingle Bell!"

A bicycle passed in front of Thomas and others. Thomas looked at the bicycle passing in front of him, his eyes straightened.

"This is the bicycle mentioned in "Tiangong Kaiwu", it is so exquisite, so exquisite!"

Thomas looked at the bicycle passing in front of him with straight eyes and excitement on his face.

Bicycles have appeared in "Tiangong Kaiwu", and "Tiangong Kaiwu" also introduced bicycles in detail.

So Thomas also knows about bicycles, but he has never seen a real bicycle.

In a short moment, another seven or eight bicycles passed in front of Thomas.

Thomas exclaimed, "Why are there so many bicycles!"

Thomas couldn't imagine that there would be so many bicycles here.

"Tell him, let him go quickly, don't waste time here, or let him look good." The soldier who can speak the Hongyi language looked at the increasing number of people on both sides of the street, and hurriedly said to the Hongyi captives.

The Hongyi captive hurriedly translated what the soldier said into English and conveyed it to Thomas.

Thomas withdrew his mind and walked forward under the leadership of Mao Chengzuo's soldiers.

Descartes walked among the crowd, his eyes kept looking at the surrounding scenery.

Unlike Thomas' focus, Descartes paid more attention to the essence of things.

Dika was thinking, what kind of power is it that can have so many things and such a magical bicycle.

Now that the bicycles are real, the other things in "Heavenly Works" must be real too.

"If everything in "Tiangong Kaiwu" is true, then this empire is really a terrible empire.

Being able to establish such a splendid civilization proves that this empire is far superior to the West in every aspect.It seems that I made the right choice to come to the East.

That's what I said, but why am I a little excited, why do I still think about seeing the emperor as soon as possible. "

Descartes didn't know why he had such an idea.

Thomas and others came to the Dengzhou Yamen under the leadership of Mao Chengzuo's soldiers.

After completing the handover procedures, Mao Chengzuo's soldiers returned to the pier, ready to board the boat and return to Java.

The officials in the Dengzhou Yamen settled Thomas and others in the Dengzhou post house.

Then he wrote the news as a memorial and sent it to Xuanzhen.

Within a few days, the memorial of Dengzhou officials was delivered to Zhao Wen's desk.

After Zhao Wen read these memorials, Dengzhou officials sent these people to Xuanzhen.

In fact, Zhao Wen also wants to know what the current situation in the West is like. Although Zhao Wen has read many history books in later generations and knows the current West, Zhao Wen still wants to meet these people.

In the imperial study room, Zhao Wen looked at the memorial on the table with a chuckle on his face, "I didn't expect, I didn't expect that the empire on which the sun never sets would come to me.

I don't know what the current shit-stirring stick is like. He even thought of coming to me. This Charles I probably didn't have such a brain.

And why did they come to me?Could it be because I defeated Hongyi?
But this is unlikely.Anyway, Hong Yi and they also belonged to the western camp. "

For a moment, Zhao Wen couldn't understand why these people came to him, and he didn't know what the purpose of these people was here.

"Whatever their purpose is, I'll ask after they arrive.

Although there are still many gaps between English at this time and English in later generations.But, generally speaking, I should be able to understand it. "

Zhao Wen looked at the memorial on the table and said to himself.

In fact, there are still some differences between the English of this era and the English of later generations.

The English of this era does not have as many vocabulary and phrases as the English of later generations.

But the most basic grammatical word order has not changed.

Zhao Wen had already passed CET-[-] and CET-[-] when he was in college, so it goes without saying in English.

Although it may not be as good as those native foreigners, they can still have normal conversations with foreigners.

Zhao Wen put aside the memorial sent by the officials of Dengzhou, and then asked Chen Donglai to notify the Senate that the officials of Dengzhou send these people to Xuanzhen.

After Zhao Wen's order is sent to Dengzhou.Dengzhou officials took Thomas and others onto the train.

Today, the railway has been repaired to Dengzhou, Shandong.After all, Dengzhou is now a relatively large port in the north.

Under the arrangement of Dengzhou officials, Thomas and others were escorted by reserve soldiers and boarded the train to Xuanzhen.

Thomas had seen trains in "Heavenly Created Things" before, but he hadn't seen a real train.

No matter how realistic the train illustrations on "Heavenly Craftsmanship" are, there is nothing more shocking than seeing them with your own eyes.

When he saw the real train.It's like seeing God.

On the platform of Dengzhou Railway Station, Thomas looked at the giant steel beast in front of him, his eyes widened, his body kept shaking, and he said to himself tremblingly, "Is this the train on "Heavenly Craftsmanship"?" ?
"Heavenly Creation" did not deceive me, the train is really that big, really that big.

Is such a big train pulled by that steam engine?

It's just that I don't know how to make this steam engine. Otherwise, the parliament would dare to resist? "

Descartes, who was standing not far behind Thomas, was similar to Thomas, with a shocked expression on his face.

"This, this, such a big train, what is the principle of manufacture? What do they rely on to make it? What is the principle of train operation?
What does the steam engine pull such a large and long carriage?Is it really like the record in "Tiangong Kaiwu", relying on the power of coal? "

Descartes was full of doubts, and now he very much hoped to understand the principle of train operation.

At this moment, Descartes burst out with a strong thirst for knowledge.

"Tiangong Kaiwu" has a rough introduction to trains and other things. It explains what the train relies on when it runs and how it runs. As for the specific principle, it doesn't say a word.

The students led by Thomas also looked at the train in front of them in surprise.

They didn't expect that there would be such a magical vehicle in this world, and they didn't even think that the contents of the "Heavenly Creation" that was circulated in the Western world and criticized as heresy by many people were all true.

"Technology is technology. Is this the power of technology?"

Descartes' eyes were full of light.He doesn't stop.The spirit of spring.shouted loudly.

The word science and technology is still translated from "Tiangong Kaiwu".

At the beginning, Descartes didn't know much about the word technology.

But now, when he saw the train in front of him, he finally understood what technology is and what kind of power technology has.

The reserve soldiers sent by Dengzhou officials looked at these people like they were fools.

"What's so shocking, isn't it just a train? Look at them, they're useless."

A reserve soldier patted the shoulder of the soldier next to him and said with a sneer.

The soldier next to him also had a mocking expression, "These people are all Western barbarians. What do these Western barbarians know? What have they seen? They haven't seen anything. Their reaction now is very normal."

Beside the platform where Thomas was standing, there were passengers waiting to take the train. These passengers looked at Thomas and others as if they were curious.

"Could these people be the legendary Frangbots? Look at their beards, and you don't know how to tidy them up.

The whole person looks like a ghost, with such a high nose, and even blue eyes, really like those ghosts in those novels. "

"Who would say otherwise? If it weren't for the soldiers standing beside them, I would have thought they were little ghosts who came up from the underworld."

The surrounding people talked a lot, but they looked at Thomas and others without any fear at all, and more of them were contempt and disdain.

While speaking, the train door opened.

Reserve soldiers drove these people onto the train.

The sense of unreality didn't go away until Thomas sat in the train car.

Sitting on the seat of the train car, Thomas felt like he was sitting on a cloud. He always felt that his butt was not a chair, but a cloud in the sky.

The sense of unreality hung deeply in his heart.

"Is this a train car? It's so amazing, I never thought I'd be able to ride on a train one day.

It would be great if this train belonged to us. "Speaking of which, Thomas shook his head, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said, "I'm out of my mind, how could such a miraculous thing be with us?"Not even the old diehards in our council could make it happen. "

With the sound of whistles, the train gradually started.

Thomas looked at the window next to him, and the scenery outside the transparent window was constantly receding.

At the beginning, the speed of those scenery receding was relatively slow.

After traveling for a short time, the speed of the train reached the highest speed, and the scenery outside the window was like an arrow leaving the string, retreating backwards.

Thomas kept gasping for air, and his heart was about to jump out. Although the train was running so fast, Thomas still didn't feel any jolts.

Descartes was sitting across from Thomas, with the same expression on his face as Thomas, and he was constantly amazed.

The students led by Thomas couldn't stop marveling.Their heads were all tilted out of the window.

"God, that's fast."

"God, what kind of power is this that can make such a big, long and heavy steel car run so fast."

The exclamations of the students kept coming and going.

Fortunately, there are few people in this carriage, otherwise their noise would definitely cause dissatisfaction among the passengers.

After dark, the electric lights inside the train carriages were turned on.

Thomas and the others were overwhelmed by the lights again.

Although it is said that "Tiangong Kaiwu" records in detail what the electric lamp looks like when it works and the general principle of its work.

But these things are difficult to imagine by imagination. Under the influence of solidified thinking, it is difficult for ordinary people to imagine what kind of scene it is when the lamp is working.

"Light, this is light. This kind of electric light is really amazing, how can there be such a magical thing in this world."

Thomas kept screaming, surprise written all over his face.

The expressions on the faces of Descartes and the students led by Thomas were basically the same as those of Thomas.

The train did not stop day and night, and arrived in Xuanzhen within a few days.

When Thomas walked out of Xuanzhen Railway Station, he stayed where he was.

He opened his mouth wide and kept rubbing his eyes.

He couldn't believe that what he saw was real. The scene in front of him was too exaggerated for Thomas.

Thomas would rather believe that he was dreaming than the prosperity in front of him.

After a long time, Thomas came back to his senses and finally believed everything in front of him.

When Thomas arrived in Dengzhou, he felt that Dengzhou was already the most prosperous place in the world.

But when he saw Xuanzhen in front of him, he realized that compared with Xuanzhen, Dengzhou was a bigger village.

Similarly, his proud London can't even compare with Dengzhou, let alone Xuanzhen?

Dengzhou is a rural area for Xuanzhen, so compared with Dengzhou, London is not even as good as a rural area.

Thomas looked at everything in front of him, and a deep sense of frustration and powerlessness welled up in his heart.

(End of this chapter)