Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

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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.

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Chapter 832 Meet Zhao Wen

A deep sense of powerlessness and inferiority came to Thomas.

All the pride in Thomas' heart was shattered at this moment.

The streets outside the train station are full of pedestrians, and these pedestrians are much better than the people in Dengzhou in terms of mental outlook and clothing.

The number of bicycles on the street is even more numerous. In just a short moment, more than a dozen bicycles passed in front of Thomas.

In addition to bicycles, there are some cars and trucks pulling goods.

There were also cars and trucks in "Heavenly Crafted Things", so Thomas recognized them immediately.

It's just that in Thomas' imagination, things like this belong to the kind of very precious things.

Logically speaking, it should be rare here, but Thomas did not expect that such trucks and cars could be seen from time to time on the street.

"From this point of view, the contents of "Tiangong Kaiwu" are all true.

This mysterious Eastern Empire is also really powerful. Now I finally understand why the Netherlands was defeated by the Eastern Empire.

The Eastern Empire has such strength, not to mention a small Netherlands, even if ten Netherlands are tied together, it is not at all an opponent of the Eastern Empire.

Fortunately, we currently have no conflicts with this mysterious Eastern Empire.Otherwise, if we anger this mysterious Eastern Empire, the consequences will be beyond our ability to bear. ’ Thomas thought.

"Tell them, this is Xuan Town now, and Xuan Town is an important place in the capital, let them all be careful." A reserve soldier pointed to the front and said to the soldier who could speak Hongyi language.

The soldier who could speak Hongyi language hurriedly told the captive in red what the reserve soldier said, and the prisoner in red translated all these words into English and told Thomas and others.

After speaking, the reserve soldiers led Thomas and the others towards the Ministry of Rites.

After all, people like Thomas came from the shit-stirring stick, and they were not considered distinguished guests.

So Zhao Wen didn't send a special person to pick them up.

To some extent, they are all messengers.

Therefore, the first place they went should be the Ministry of Rites.

Originally in Daming, the department that greeted foreign envoys was Honglu Temple.

In the hands of Zhao Wen, Zhao Wen abolished the institution of Honglu Temple, and the functions of Honglu Temple were merged into the yamen of the Ministry of Rites.

It was obviously not the first time for these reserve soldiers to come to Xuan Town. They walked on the streets of Xuan Town with ease and walked towards the yamen of the Ministry of Rites.

Thomas and the others followed behind the reserve soldiers, looking around curiously.

They looked at the bustling Xuan Town, just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, and they were very curious.

At the same time, a very strong sense of inferiority rose up in their hearts.This sense of inferiority makes them extremely cautious when looking at the surrounding scenery.

Thomas didn't even dare to breathe loudly, and Descartes was not much better, but slightly better than Thomas.

Thomas and the others appeared on the streets of Xuan Town, instantly attracting the attention of passers-by on the street.

Although people like Tang Ruowang lived in Xuan Town, and the people in Xuan Town had seen or heard of Tang Ruowang more or less, but apart from Tang Ruowang, they had rarely seen so many Westerners.

Curiosity is curiosity, but these people did not do anything excessive, they just quietly watched Thomas and others head towards the yamen of the Ministry of Rites.

Not long after, Thomas and others were led by retired soldiers to the gate of the Ministry of Rites.

The staff standing in front of the gate of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly reported the news.

The reserve soldiers led Thomas's men into the courtyard of the Ministry of Rites. As soon as Thomas and others entered the courtyard of the Ministry of Rites, several officials came out.

A reservist watched the officers approaching them, and took out from his arms the paperwork that the Terengganu officials had given them as they left.

"Aren't they the ones sent up by Dengzhou?" An official from the Ministry of Civil Affairs pointed at Thomas and the others, looking at the reserve soldiers.

The reserve soldier holding the document nodded and said, "My lord, these people were sent from Dengzhou.

I heard that they came from any country in England, and they said they came to see our Majesty.As for the specific reasons, they did not say.But I think they are all sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks, so I guess they don't have good intentions. "

The reserve soldier said and handed over the documents in his hand to the officials of the Ministry of Rites.

The official of the Ministry of Rites took the document from the reserve soldier, glanced at it roughly, and said in a deep voice: "These things are not something you should consider, that's all right, you can go out now, these personnel can be placed with me now."

"Hey, then we're leaving!

By the way, my lord, these people can't speak Chinese, and they don't speak the Hongyi language, so it may be a bit troublesome to communicate.

This person is Mao Chengzuo's subordinate and can speak the language of the Hongyi, and this person is a captive of the Hongyi and can speak their language.

We have traveled this way by first translating what we speak into the Hongyi language, and then using the Hongyi language to translate it into the language they speak. "

The reserve soldier pointed to Mao Chengzuo's subordinate, then pointed to the Hongyi captive, and said to the leading official of the Ministry of Rites.