Chapter 1318: Wufeng Township

"Magic trains do not use animal traction, but use a device called "magic locomotive" to provide traction. This type of locomotive is equipped with a new type of magic steam engine and uses magic crystals as fuel to generate very powerful power."
"In addition, the rail itself is very smooth, and the vehicle travels along the rail, which is far less frictional than driving on the ordinary road, so the magic locomotive can drag a long train of cars along the rail easily."
At the end, Joan couldn't help but add a little bit of fragility: "These are what I read in the book. In fact, I have never seen a real magic train."
"Brother Joan! Let's go straight along the rails. Sooner or later we will meet the passing train, and we will know what's going on!" Ruby said excitedly.
"Then go north, I just vaguely saw that there seems to be a village on the north," said Medea.
Joan nodded, fluttered, and flew north along the railway.
Medea and Ruby also followed. The three of them flew north for ten minutes. Sure enough, they saw a high-rise building between the railway and the creek flowing through the forest. The village was much larger than they expected.
Surrounding the village is a field of wheat. The ears of wheat sway in the wind like golden waves.
Joan, Medea, and Ruby landed beside the railway and walked forward along the ridge, not long after they saw a red brick platform.
A small wooden house was built on the platform, which looked like a ticket station, and there was a big house under construction next to it. A group of shirtless young people were busy on the construction site.
Medea gathered his headscarf, walked to the construction site, and inquired about it. It turned out that this place was named "Wufeng Township" and was one of the stations along the Northern Railway.
This place was originally a remote country. With the founding of the Far East and the opening of the railway, the local economy also ushered in an opportunity to flourish. In order to facilitate travelers, a waiting room was specially constructed, that is, the big house that the workers were building.
Medea also heard that the train had passed Wufeng Township and continued to drive north, and the next stop was Gudi Village.
If the timetable of the train provided on the platform is not too great, wait another half an hour, and the next train will arrive at the Wufengxiang platform.
From Wufeng Township to Gudi Village, less than a hundred miles away, the locals said that the train had to travel for nearly four hours. Medea couldn't help but be surprised by the slow speed.
"Converted in this way, the train can only travel an average of 25 miles per hour, and the speed can't even catch up with the off-road speed of a thoroughbred horse, which is really slow enough."
After listening to Medea's vomiting, Joanne also felt a little surprised. Judging from the power data of the magic locomotive, when driving on this flat field, the speed should not be slowed to such a point, and it is almost doubled.
But having said that, although it is faster to send directly to Gudi Village, considering the unfamiliar place of life, if there is a deviation in the transmission, it is plunged into the deep mountain old forest, but it is more troublesome.
The three discussed and finally decided to wait for a while at the platform and take the train to Gudi Village. Anyway, everyone was in a hurry. While taking the bus, you can enjoy the roadside scenery as a summer vacation. A nice pastime.
The waiting room has not been built yet, Joan and they can only wait on the platform. When they accidentally saw someone selling fruit on the platform, they bought a bag of Huang Chengcheng pears.
While paying, there was an unexpected episode.
Pear sellers looked at the silver coins Joan handed over and smiled and shook his head: "Sir, are you a foreigner?"
Qiao An froze for a moment, then asked: "Why do you say that?"
If the hawker hears his accent as a foreigner, it is not unusual, but it can be seen at a glance that he is from outside the Far Eastern border, which is a bit terrible.
"Last winter, the entire territory of the Kingdom of Kolas has abolished the currency circulated in the previous era of empire rule and used the new currency issued by the national government. You probably don’t know this yet?
Joan looked at the silver Durga with the head of the emperor Charles V in his hand, and realized that the coin had leaked his identity.
As the fruit peddler said, he is from the New World and is completely new to the local politics in the Far East. What surprised him even more was that this country, which had been independent for less than two years, completely abolished the previous monetary system and issued a new set of coins.
Although Joan didn't quite understand why the Kolas government had to rush to reform the currency system, it was not difficult to see the authorities' resolute ability to govern.
"Sir, if you don’t have any new coins, I can exchange them for you. 3 old coins can be exchanged for 2 new coins." The hawker grinned. "Don’t take advantage of you. The gold and silver content of 3 old coins. Only worth 2 new coins, there is no need to change the copper coins, both old and new."
Considering to stay in the Far East for a period of time, during which time inevitably cost money, Joan exchanged some silver coins at the fruit hawker. As for gold coins, hawkers have limited capital and cannot exchange a few coins.
The new mint issued by the Far East government, whose unit is "Taller"-Joan doesn't quite understand what the word really means, it sounds like someone's last name.
The hawker said that the silver content of Intaler was higher than that of Silver Durga, and Joan was initially doubtful. After exchanging the mint, I checked it carefully. The hawker really didn't lie to him. Intaler's condition was much higher, and the casting process was more exquisite, showing strong industrial capabilities, which made Joan quite surprised.
A silver taylor, in exchange for a pile of beautiful-looking pears.
Joan took a pear and gnawed it twice. It was crispy and sweet when he started to eat it. However, the more chewy it was, the more sour the pear was.
Medea was better than him, insisting on eating a pear, and the cheeks were sour.
There were three pears left, and Ruby gnawed them all. Afterwards, he licked his lips tentatively and said it was delicious. He wanted to buy another bag of pears and bring them to eat on the road.
Joan watched her eating pears, and she couldn't help pouring sour water in her mouth. She had to admire the little loli's good teeth.
When he went to buy pears again, the hawker reminded him casually that he should buy tickets before getting on the bus.
Joan realized that he hadn't bought a ticket yet, so he hurried to the ticket booth and asked the ticket seller in uniform who was sitting behind the window, how much was the ticket to go to Gudi Village.
"A Yintaler, as long as you get on this train, no matter where you get off, the fare is all one Yintaler."
Joan paid for three tickets, and when he returned to the platform, he heard a long horn sound from the south, indicating that the train was about to arrive.
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