The Yellow River Bridge was 20 meters wide, with a single pair of railway tracks laid in the middle for trains.
After all, the traffic pressure was light, and even so, it was enough to meet the demand.
Seeing the train approaching, the Xuanjia Army quickly moved the civilians away from the bridgehead.
"Rumble~ rumble~ rumble~~~"
As the sound grew closer, everyone could clearly see the train.
"Wow! My heavens! How many people are on this train!"
"Look! There are people hanging on the outside!"
"Mother, when will I ever get to ride this train? I heard from the news readers that you can get to Yangzhou from here in a day!"
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Li Shimin patted Fang Er on the shoulder and asked with great anticipation, "Boy, stop the train. I want to experience it!"
Fang Er had already anticipated this, and he signaled to Lai Yifa.
Lai Yifa quickly took out his walkie-talkie and soon contacted the train.
"Rumble~ rumble~ Pfft~~"
"Screech~~~~"
The speeding train began to slow down, with a long braking sound, and gradually stopped before everyone's eyes.
Seeing the people hanging on the outside, Fang Er was only a little surprised, but not shocked.
After all, such a practice was a common sight in India in later generations.
The train had stopped once in Kaifeng by the time it reached this point. All three hundred tickets to Kaifeng were for seats in the first carriage.
Therefore, this carriage was completely empty at the moment.
When the train attendant opened the door, everyone walked into the carriage one after another.
The seats were made of hardwood wrapped in sheepskin, filled with a large amount of cotton, and were very comfortable to sit on.
The layout was not much different from ordinary trains in later generations. Each carriage was equipped with a toilet and a washbasin.
Finding a seat at random, Fang Er told Lai Yifa to give the order to depart.
"Wait a moment. With so many empty seats, let a few of those hanging outside come in."
Li Shimin pointed to the people outside.
"Your Majesty, absolutely not!" Fang Xuanling immediately came forward to stop him.
"If this old man guesses correctly, the ticket prices outside and inside must be different."
"If they are allowed to come in, it will be unfair to those who paid the higher price."
Fang Er smiled and said, "It's okay, this is easy to solve."
"Go, open the connecting door and let those standing in carriage three find seats for themselves."
"For the seats they vacate, let a few people from outside come down."
"Remember to tell them that they need to pay the difference to change tickets!"
The train stopped at the bridgehead for half an hour, and all the people hanging outside squeezed into the carriages.
Looking at the crowded scene in the carriage, Fang Er's face showed a nostalgic expression.
When he was studying in his previous life, he experienced such a scene almost every Spring Festival.
When the train started, he suddenly felt playful. After greeting Li Shimin, he took Wang Xuance and Lai Yifa towards the front of the train.
The carriage they were in had two small rooms connected to the front of the train, serving as resting places for the train attendants.
Before long, Wang Xuance came out with a wry face, two green plastic baskets hanging around his neck.
"Beer, drinks, mineral water, cigarettes, melon seeds, and eight-treasure porridge!"
"Friends in the front, come, move your legs aside~"
"Roast chicken, pig trotters, grilled fish slices, instant noodles, ham, and giant squid!"
Then, Lai Yifa also came out with two plastic baskets.
"Boxed meals! Freshly made boxed meals!"
"Hot boxed meals~"
Back in his seat, Fang Er laughed heartily at the hawking sounds coming from their mouths, laughing like a fool.
The carriage was packed with all sorts of people, and the mixed smells were overwhelming.
Li Shimin and the others were all from military backgrounds. Even Fang Xuanling had squeezed into haystacks with ordinary soldiers, so they did not show any signs of disgust.
As for Fang Er, not only did he not find anything wrong with it, but he felt something was missing.
What was missing?
He racked his brains for a long time. Seeing Li Shimin next to him gnawing on pig trotters and drinking a little wine, he suddenly slapped his forehead!
Damn it, he remembered!
He got up and said to a few Xuanjia soldiers guarding him, "You guys, come with me!"
After saying that, he led them towards the front of the train.
When they returned, each of them was holding a bowl of Master Kang's braised beef noodles.
Mixed with the various smells in the carriage, this taste instantly gave Fang Er the feeling of Spring Festival travel!
This was the feel!
"What are you busy with, going back and forth? Come, have a couple of drinks with me."
Li Shimin looked at him in confusion and handed him a bottle of "Mendunlu," which he had just "borrowed" from Wang Xuance.
Meanwhile, Cheng Yaojin, Chai Shao, Fang Xuanling, and others were playing Dou Dizhu by the carriage window, with a group of Xuanjia soldiers watching.
Just then, a surprised exclamation came from the other end of the carriage.
"Wow! My goodness, you have no idea!"
"The latrines on this train are made of silver. I've lived for decades, and I've never had such a comfortable time taking a dump!"
"Teacher~ You guys, hurry up and take a dump~"
"I'm not bragging, but just for the chance to relieve myself in that silver latrine, the ticket price is already worth it!"
Li Shimin:...........
"Boy, are you throwing money away? Making things with silver~"
After saying that, he glanced at the pig trotters in his hand, and they suddenly didn't smell as good!
Fang Er froze for a moment, then suddenly laughed, "Hahahaha, that's not silver, that's stainless steel!"
"It's an alloy that Old Tan figured out, used for squat toilets, which can ensure they won't be corroded by urine."
Li Shimin was somewhat disbelieving and got up to walk towards the toilet. Two Xuanjia soldiers quickly followed, clearing the way before and behind him.
When he returned, his expression was extremely conflicted. He stared at Fang Er and said.
"Aren't you afraid someone will steal your latrine?"
Damn it, the toilets in his own palace were made of wood, and they were nothing compared to these on the train!
Fang Er smiled and took a sip of wine, saying indifferently.
"If they steal it, so be it. If they have the ability to dismantle it, I won't blame them; instead, I'll invite them to work in the workshop."
The squat toilet was welded in place, and it was made of stainless steel. It wasn't easy to dismantle it easily.
"It's really not silver?" Li Shimin asked again.
"No, it's just an alloy made by refining iron with other things."
"Really?"
"More real than real gold!"
"That's good. The New Year is coming soon. You can replace all the toilets in the palace with that so-called stainless steel for me!"
Fang Er:............