The next day, Wudongcheng ushered in its fourth holiday after the beginning of autumn, and it was also the first weekend of mid-autumn.

Since there is no legend of Genesis in this world, for most people, they have to be busy filling their stomachs at any time. Since Roland issued the rule of seven or one day, the people have attributed this gratitude to him to be able to take a full day off without deducting salary. What else can be picked about for such a kind and loving lord?

Especially after the refugees who moved from other places experienced the living environment of Wudongcheng, they all decided to settle down here. Even the city hall's hype about the devil failed to curb this momentum, compared to hunger and poverty, even the threat of the devil became less important.

However, Barov's report shows that after the official promotion of the rest day system, Wu Dongcheng's production situation did not suffer much. The main reason is that rest is not mandatory, and there are many people who choose to continue working and earn extra rewards. However, the city's trade behavior has increased significantly. Every weekend, the square area is always crowded. Not only local merchants, but even foreign merchants are active and choose to come here to sell on this day. The rest of the time is used to acquire Western-East products and resell them to other places.

This kind of cargo transfer in weekly units was unimaginable a year ago, but now with the increasing number of cement ships, the pace of trade has become faster and faster. For example, the inland city of Chishui City can even eat fresh sea fish that is sent from the shallow port and soaked in ice. In the past, the nobles and merchants there could only eat salted dried fish at most.

In view of this, Roland simply put major preaching, performance display, and various commendation ceremonies on holidays. He took advantage of the habits of the masses to further promote the activity of commercial trade. The so-called wool comes from the sheep, and the overpaid salary can be completely recovered from the taxes and consumption of buying and selling, which is simply a one-shot way.

Today is no exception. The warmth left in summer has not yet dissipated. The cloudless blue sky is blowing with a gentle breeze. It is obviously another good weather for travel. The streets are crowded with people, from the Inner River Wharf to the north wall, you can see the figures of leaders looking forward to it everywhere.

The difference is that this time they are not buying a few kilograms of good meat at the convenience market, but are waiting to witness His Majesty the King's new invention.

The first trial run of an unprecedented vehicle "train".

Jewelry merchant Victor is also one of them.

After learning about the promotion of the city hall, he even threw the big deal at hand to his subordinates and took a cement ship from the old king capital to Wudong City overnight.

If anyone has a very strong touch on the changes in the Western Region over the years, Victor is undoubtedly one of them. When he was still a remote town, he visited the lord here. He did not leave much impression on the master, but only remembered that he was a bloated middle-aged nobleman who complained about his turn to manage this barren land in his words. If he hadn't occasionally found a or two of the fine gemstones from the other party, he would have probably stopped at Changge Fortress.

Even so, Victor visited the Western Region at most once a year, and no matter when he came, this border town was almost as dilapidated and decadent as the previous year. But in the past three years, he has come here more and more frequently, especially after Roland Wimbledon announced the establishment of the city, it has basically reached once a month.

The West End of Graycastle seemed to have become another world.

Here, one day is no longer one day, but one month; the same month is no longer one month, but one year, otherwise it would be difficult for him to explain why the changes in Wudongcheng could reach this point quickly.

Victor walked into a tavern facing the street, and the boss immediately came forward with a smile, "I knew you would come, so I specially left you a seat by the window on the third floor."

He took out a silver wolf and threw it to the other party, "Take me up."

"Yes, please come with me."

As a frequent visitor to this tavern, Victor naturally did not have to choose to squeeze into the street with the civilians. Although there were many people gathered on the third floor, at least the view was much wider.

The people around are already discussing today's presentation.

"That narrow street is the way the train will take later? It's too far from the central square and the residential area."

"Street? I don't know, that's called a track system, something used in the mining area." Then someone laughed at me, "Since it's not for people, of course it's a little farther away from a crowded place. Do you think the train is a carriage!"

"You are talking about the things that are shopped in Yinguang City Mining Cave?"

"Yes, it was originally produced here and needs to be used with a steam engine."

Victor couldn't help but join in the fun and said, "I have seen the trailer pulled by the steam engine. The advantage is that he doesn't care about the terrain. If it is placed on the flat ground, mules and horses can be replaced. If this is the case, the Town Hall should not promote it as a "trans-epoch means of transportation", right?"

"Maybe it's just a gimmick," another muttered.

"Go," a cheer immediately sounded around, "You are here in Wu Winter City for the first time? His Majesty Roland never praises Haikou in this regard."

The man was dissatisfied with wanting to say something else, but a loud whistle suddenly sounded in the distance.

"Woo"

"Here, it's coming!" The house suddenly became boiling. Everyone leaned out the window and looked at the small street on the side of the castle area without blinking. Some of the people who had prepared had taken out their observation glasses from their arms.

Victor also looked at the source of the sound

A long black dragon slowly drove out from behind the blocked house and gradually came into the eyes of everyone. Its size is huge, with its head like an iron barrel mounted on a wheel, and the top of the barrel is spraying out of the roll of ash smoke, which is exactly the same as the appearance of the steam engine when it is running.

Next to the front of the car, a four-wheeled carriage was pulled by two batches of horses, and its speed was as fast as the train, and it looked like it was competing with each other. However, because it was filled with a full cabin of ore, it was quite difficult for the horse to take every step. This can be seen from the driver's continuous whip that if it weren't for the cast wheels, the carriage would have been crushed.

As the train gradually showed its full picture, Victor couldn't help feeling goose bumps on his back.

There were carriages after carriage behind the front of the car. They were almost four or five carriages, and they were also filled with ore. Just by weight, they were probably comparable to an inland sailboat dedicated to transportation.

The problem is that it carries several cars at the same time!

People's amazement was heard for a while!

"Fourth...the fourth one!"

"Five!"

"It's impossible that there will be any further behind, right?"

"Gods are above, six!"

"It's out, the seventh one!"

The front of the car, like a monster, dragged a total of seven cars, and passed through the open space in front of the castle at an extremely steady speed.

Victor's questions were also answered.

A steam engine fixed at the entrance of a mine cave and specially traction the mine truck in and out, and a steam engine that can operate independently are completely different concepts.

The latter means that as long as the rails are built, it can transport a large amount of goods wherever they are. Weight is no longer a bottleneck that limits land transportation. On the contrary, its transport capacity is stronger than shipping. If His Majesty wants, he can even empty a city in a short time.

Victor, who was born in a merchant family, naturally knew the importance of transportation. It is not without reason that most cities were built near rivers. The emergence of such a vehicle will bring infinite possibilities to the flow of resources, and the cross-age statement is not exaggerated at all.

He felt an indescribable throbbing surged into his heart, with both satisfaction and loss... He felt that he was witnessing history, but was abandoned by history in other kingdoms. The lords were still immersed in the mood, their way of travel was still horses and mule carts, and their roads were still covered with blue bricks and mule.

But they didn't know it at all and became accustomed to it.

A thought came to Victor's mind.
Chapter completed!