Struggle in the Steam Age

The first-class waiting room is much more luxurious than the ordinary waiting hall that Lawrence and the others wore before. Unlike the waiting hall with only wooden chairs, the waiting room of the first-class car has a comfortable sofa and a polished coffee table, and there is a bookcase next to it for books and newspapers. From time to time, waiters come in to provide you with seasonal fruits, snacks and drinks.

Lawrence felt that the waiting room here was much more luxurious than the train waiting room he had seen in his previous life, but considering the identities of people who travel in the first-class train carriages in this era, such a luxurious waiting room is completely understandable.

Soon it was 5:45 pm, and a waiter also wearing a red uniform walked up to Lawrence, who was playing a board game with Safiel, to remind him that it was time to get on the bus. Lawrence immediately walked to the platform with several other passengers who also took the first-class compartment of the train under the guidance of an attendant.

"Welcome to take the 'Republic Express' intercontinental steam train. This train departs from Eagle Fort Station to Xinkuaiji East Railway Station and stops at this station for 15 minutes..." When Lawrence and the others stepped onto the platform, one passed The magically amplified voice emanated from a bronze horn on top of the platform. After reading it once, the person in the loudspeaker re-read the previous content in Sinian language.

On the track in front of the platform, a train that looked much longer than the ones I had been on before and was also much more armed had already stopped there. Lawrence noticed that the train had two locomotives, and both steam locomotives were larger than those of previous trains.

"Hey, I remember that the front of the intercontinental train we saw before didn't seem to be like this." After checking the ticket and getting on the train, Safiel walked into their box, opened the window directly, and then leaned out with Nora curiously. He looked at the front of the train that was emitting white smoke at the front of the train.

Unlike the trains Lawrence had been on in his previous life, the better cars on this train tended to be further back. Of course, this is a very reasonable arrangement. After all, once the front of the steam train is driven, black smoke billows, and the closer to the front of the train, the more susceptible it is to the influence of soot.

As a child who grew up on the side of the big railway, Lawrence and the others have naturally seen many locomotives connecting the east and west sides of the big mountain range, but they have never seen a locomotive like this before.

"Okay, now hurry up and sit down, the train is about to leave." When the siren sounded from the front of the car, Lawrence finally got two curious ladies to turn his head away from the window. Then he answered the question that Safir had just asked.

"The locomotive of this train is the Forward Type III that was only put into use in the Republic of New Island three months ago, to replace the Advanced Type II that has been in service for seven or eight years." As a person who is interested in mechanical and scientific development, Lawrence I still know a little about this train. "If I remember correctly, the newspaper said that only three trains on this line had been replaced. It seems that we were lucky today and happened to meet one of them."

"What does this have to do with our good luck today?" Nora floated down from the window and knelt down obediently on the coffee table, then looked up at Lawrence and asked.

"Because this train is faster," Lawrence explained. "In the past, the old Forward Type 2 had a cruising speed of 100 kilometers per hour and a top speed of 150 kilometers per hour, but now the new model can reach a cruising speed of 120 kilometers per hour and a top speed of 180 kilometers per hour. .It also means that we can save a lot of time spent on the road.”

When saying these words, Lawrence also had to marvel at the application of extraordinary power in this world. Obviously, only by using extraordinary craftsmanship, extraordinary raw materials, and even some extraordinary machines can the steam locomotive run at this speed. Because in his memory, none of the mass-produced steam trains in his previous life could exceed 100 kilometers per hour.

"If that's the case, we're really lucky." After listening to the explanation, Safiel and Nora nodded together. At this time, with another whistle, the train started slowly.

The furnishings of the first-class double box are indeed very good. In this room of more than 20 square meters, a double bed, a coffee table fixed by the window and two small stools fixed there are compactly but not cramped. There is a small desk and a bathroom with a shower.

As soon as the train got out of the station, Nora knelt on the coffee table excitedly, pressed her hands to the glass and looked greedily at everything outside. Although she got the memory of Lawrence when she was born, there is still a little difference between what she saw in her memory and what she saw in person, just like the difference between the scenery she saw on TV and the scenery she saw personally.

So after the train left the city, she was extremely excited by the ordinary scenery that quickly retreated outside the window. So much so that after lying in front of the car window for more than an hour, he waved his hand and took out a dozen papyrus scrolls with questions written on them from the astral plane to solve the problem of today's group of jackals.

I have to say that the physical fitness of these two-meter-tall men has indeed exceeded Lawrence's expectations, and their hands-on ability is much stronger than that of humans. Lawrence's previous progress according to human assumptions obviously underestimated these jackals people.

Naturally, such a labor schedule will naturally cause more problems than expected. So that Nora had to disturb Lawrence and Safiel who were reading a book, and at the same time called out the book charm hidden in the space agent to solve these problems together.

The big guys worked together until 9:00 p.m. before all these problems were resolved. After looking at the time in front of the scented whale oil lamp, Lawrence decided to go to the service desk near the stairs on this floor to ask if there was any problem. There is no supper, because he really doesn't want to eat the dry food he brought with him now.

But when he had just reached the door and hadn't opened it, the bell on the door rang. After opening the door, Lawrence saw a Cathay waiter in a bright red uniform standing at the door pushing a trolley full of food.

"Sir, do you need some supper now?" After seeing Lawrence open the door, the young man asked in standard Canterese.

"Supper?" Lawrence heard Nola's voice in his mind before he could say anything. "Quickly ask him what dessert he has, is there any delicious cream cake?"

Sure enough, there are enough supper types in the first-class car, and there are quite a few regular desserts like cream cakes. After ordering a small cream cake and a milkshake for the doll, Lawrence and Safiel respectively ordered a sandwich filled with freshly roasted fresh beef and fresh fish and two cups of hot cocoa as their supper.

After eating supper, the three of them played a few games of flying chess before getting ready to rest. But they encountered a troublesome problem at this time, that is, there was only one double bed in the entire room.

In fact, the first-class compartment of this train is a private room with two single beds, but they bought a ticket refunded by a businessman in a hurry, so this slightly embarrassing situation occurred.

However, this problem was quickly resolved. When Lawrence finished washing and came out of the bathroom, Safir had already packed up and slept on the side of the bed and patted the empty space beside him.

"Sleep here quickly, don't be shy." Safiel, who was staring at Lawrence, said carelessly, but her rouge-like cheeks showed that her heart was not as calm as she showed. "It's not like we didn't sleep in the same bed when we were young, and I also believe in your character."

"Then I'm here." After hearing Safir's words, Lawrence knew that it was not suitable for him to back down at this time, so he simply sat down on the edge of the bed, and then pulled away his own quilt and lay down.