The Hero Who Troubles the Heroes

Vol 2 Chapter 178: Stations and railway lines

A long horn sounded, and the fleet gradually approached a busy port.

The elves like to name the city with local characteristic plants. This port city, located in the northeast corner of the sea of ​​elf trees, is named Reed City because of the large reeds on the beach outside the city.

The territory of the elf tribe implements a policy of limited opening to the outside world. The northern border of the elven tree sea is bounded by the peaks and mountains that traverse the east and west.

In addition to hunting monsters, the "forest rangers" in the Peak Mountains will kill one or two teams of overconfident people every year.

The exchanges between humans and elves are all concentrated in the open cities on the north side of the passes of thirteen peaks and mountains from east to west.

If humans want to enter the hinterland of the elves, they need to apply to the relevant departments in these cities, and they can only go with a permit after they are approved.

Reed City is the port city closest to the mountains in the south of the Peak Mountain Range. It is the easternmost and northernmost city in the hinterland of the elves, and is also an important port city and transportation hub.

Charles and the others hung up the flag of the Temple of Life and the Elf Royal Court. From then on, Elizabeth's identity was no longer the big boss of a caravan, but the saint of the Temple of Life and the princess of the Elf Royal Court.

Seeing this, the ships on the sea near the port avoided one after another and let the leader go first.

The sailboat docked soon, and the human sailors on the sailboat could only move around in the port area. When they docked, they discussed which shop to go to for a drink tonight.

At this time, Charles and the others had changed into suitable clothes and waited for the gangway to be set up. The local leadership team had come to the port to welcome Princess Elizabeth and her party at the first time.

The welcoming ceremony arranged by the local leadership team was very simple, and the guards were asked to clear a part of the pier, and then the team members collectively welcomed Elizabeth home.

This is a basic operation once a year. After everyone has gone through the process, they will do their own things.

In the carriage, Elizabeth looked at Diana sitting beside Mila with a little surprise. When she met with the local leadership just now, she did not act as nervous as Mordred. Elizabeth asked her, "You don't seem nervous in front of them?"

Diana smiled, "I'm just being silly and bold."

She thought to herself that according to the population of the jurisdiction, the other party was a cadre at the county level, so there was nothing to be nervous about.

Everyone dangled at sea for several days. Although no one was seasick, the few people who had just disembarked felt very tired. After entering the accommodation arranged by Reed City, they ate something and rested.

Early the next morning, the group came to the station, preparing to go to the capital of the Elf Royal Court by railway.

On the side of Charles' hometown, the Twin Castles once built a light railway about 6 kilometers long, designed for horse-drawn trains to pull people and goods from the urban area to the railway station in the north of the city.

Ten years later, the annual net profit of this horse-drawn railway exceeded the initial investment in shares, and a couplet at the time said, "People expect a hundred times more profits, and horses carry all kinds of wealth."

At that time, the freight train pulled by twelve horses had four carriages and could transport 30 tons of goods at a time.

At that time, someone wanted to build the same 120-kilometer railway, but unfortunately it was not approved.

What is even more unfortunate is that the railway of the twin castles was demolished by the pseudo-man after 30 years of operation.

In this world without steam locomotives, the trains on the railway use 10 terrestrial dragons the size of Liuzhou Wuling as the locomotives in a 3-3-3-1 formation, pulling a 10-section steel-bottomed wooden body train composed of carriages.

This carriage is quite spacious, because the body width of the ground dragon reaches about one meter six, and the gauge of this railway reaches one meter eight.

There is a shock absorption device between the bottom of the car and the carriage, and sitting in the carriage will not feel too much vibration and shaking.

Charles looked curiously at the field outside the car window. Pieces of farmland and orchards receded from the window. From time to time, elf farmers with farm implements could be seen standing beside the railway and waiting for the train to pass by and then cross the railway.

The part of the road that just left Reed City was relatively straight, and the ground dragon who pulled the cart had enough physical strength. Now the train is moving forward at a speed a hundred times faster than the falling cherry blossoms.

Mordred, who had just run a lap from the front of the car to the rear of the car, sat excitedly beside Charles and told Charles what he had seen.

Just then, a horn sounded from the front of the train. In addition to this horn sound, the same sound came from far ahead.

After a while, the heavy footsteps of Dixinglong became louder and louder, and then another train passed them by mistake on another railway next to them.

It was also a half-passenger, half-cargo train, with several passenger carriages hanging in front, and freight cars full of goods pulling behind. At the top of the carriage, you can also see several guards sitting on the roof chatting.

Charles, who smiled and listened to Mordred talking about how the trainer at the front of the car ran in a controlled manner, always felt that something was missing in the car.

It wasn't until the conductor in uniform brought the lunch at noon~www.readwn.com~ that he remembered that there was a sound of "beer, beverage, mineral water, peanut, melon seed and eight-treasure porridge, and let your legs go".

Other carriages may have them, but they probably won't have them in their carriages.

It has to be said that in the elves whose lifespan is much longer than that of humans, you can see various fashions of different periods.

For example, the female conductors on the train are now wearing a white long-sleeved shirt with a burgundy sleeveless vest and a knee-length skirt of the same color with white stockings. I don’t know which period of the brave brought the clothes to wear as a mainland face. On the elf who is at the peak, it can be seen that the mouth of a certain person almost flows out.

"You came here with a rope loop, and you put your finger on it and pull it, and the stopper comes out, and you can put the drink in your mouth."

Charles, who was sitting opposite Mila and Diana, had their calves on each side, pretending to be nonchalant, and taught Mordred how to drink the juice from the "one-pull" made of bamboo tubes.

Just at lunchtime, the train left the main line and turned to a branch line, then stopped at a small station.

Because it was not an emergency, Elizabeth and the others took a special carriage instead of a special train. In other carriages there are passengers and goods getting on and off at stations along the route.

In the freight car position behind the train, the porters pulled light cranes one after another, and immediately loaded and unloaded the goods after they were fixed.

While waiting for the restart, Charles got off the train and ran to the platform to buy a few marinated eggs and marinated chicken legs, as well as a basket of fruits.

"Is lunch not enough?" Elizabeth gave Charles an angry look.

"Supplement Mordred with nutrition." Charles defended his feelings.

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