Mingyue of the Great Song Dynasty http://www./0_1/   The latest work of the great master Xiangnan Xiaoxiaosheng! Chapter 18  The journey

Although it was a war era, there were not many people at the railway station. This is mainly because Arnhem is a distribution center in Western Europe, not only supplies, but also soldiers stationed in various places, and they are usually transported here.

In the waiting hall, the soldiers sitting neatly on the floor were divided into pieces according to the destination. Zhou Nan's appearance attracted the attention of most people, not only because he was a yellow man, but also because the majestic John was hilariously carrying a basket.

Most of these soldiers are not as old as Zhou Nan, and their slightly innocent eyes are full of pride as a German.

However, the strict management system prevents them from coming forward to provoke boredly. In fact, most German civilians are relatively peaceful and do not have a strong sense of national exclusion.

This is the same as the motherland decades later. Although various movements seem to have lost their nature, in fact, most people are still very peaceful.

The train was about to go, and Zhou Nan did not delay in the waiting hall. He checked his luggage again at the entrance. Zhou Nan arrived at the platform in the eyes of a group of curious German soldiers.

This train is not like later generations. The passenger and vans have been separated. The first half of the train is passenger transport, while the second half is freight carriage. There are only six carriages that can be used for people to ride, and at the front is a coal-burning steam engine.

Although it was parked by the platform, the black ash smoke burning coal and the white smoke of steam formed a group of black and white pictures, which were very impactful.

This kind of steam locomotive hasn't seen it in another life for decades. Zhou Nan thought of a word on the Internet: steampunk. This is really apt description.

Zhou Nan, who was still wearing a bandage on his head, and John, who also had a broken leg hanging, attracted the attention of many people. However, no one regarded them as a dangerous person. They were just curious to meet an Asian who was free to move here.

Zhou Nan's ticket is in carriage No. 2, which is a first-class carriage. Passengers who can ride in such carriages will not be ordinary people. Zhou Nan's ticket was ordered through the Arnhem military government, and it is impossible for ordinary people to get such VIP tickets.

The person in charge of the ticket check was a beautiful German woman wearing a regular railway uniform and a nameplate hanging on her towering chest. However, Zhou Nan was embarrassed to look at her part, but he saw her last name Klein Dickman in the aftermath of his sight. This last name means Xiaopang in German, and it really deserves its name!

"Mr. Hoffman, your seat is in the middle of the carriage. Do you need me to take you there?"

"No, thank you for your kindness, I can do it myself." Zhou Nan took off the basket from John's neck, held the suitcase in his right hand, and carried the basket in his left hand, and a cloth bag with flutes and bamboo flutes behind him.

He got on the car first, and John quickly followed him into the car. The voice of the little fat lady came from behind. "Mr. Hoffman, if you can, please tie your dog with a leash..."

Zhou Nan turned around and nodded slightly. "Thank you for your reminder, I will... In addition, my last name is actually chow, not Hoffman, who is my adoptive father's last name."

"Please forgive me, I can't spell the pronunciation of chow."

"It's okay." Zhou Nan smiled, turned around and walked into the car.

The carriages of this era are not mostly steel and new materials like those of later generations. Although the carriages are steel base plates and frames, a large amount of wood is used in the carriages.

In the ordinary carriage, even the seats are wooden rows, but the seats in the first-level carriage are the straight back double sofas like KTVs in later generations. They are not much different from ordinary train seats in later generations, but they are a little more comfortable.

After finding his seat, Zhou Nan stuffed his suitcase under the seat and spread a blanket for John. When his nest was in it, Zhou Nan touched John's back, took off the cowhide dog chain from his arm, hung its shoulder strap, and tied it to the seat support frame.

John rubbed Zhou Nan's palm with his head a few times, lay obediently on the blanket, and put his head on the floor and pretended to sleep.

"Are you... Japanese?" Zhou Nan and his dog attracted the attention of passengers in the carriage, and many people looked around curiously. Until he finished all this, a German man in his fifties sitting opposite him asked in a low voice.

Japan and Germany were allies during World War II. In Germany, the most Asians were Japanese, so he guessed so much.

Zhou Nan did not feel offended. He looked at the somewhat obese German man. There was a woman of similar age sitting beside him, like his wife. At this time, he also looked at Zhou Nan curiously.

"No, I'm Chinese."

"Oh, I know China. Twenty years ago, I had fought a war with the Japanese in Island City, but we lost that war."

Zhou Nan responded and said, "My hometown is the island city, which is still occupied by the Japanese."

Zhou Nan's identity aroused his enthusiasm for talks, and he began to talk to Zhou Nan and his wife about his years in the island city. This topic also attracted the attention of travelers sitting nearby. Several young people even stood up and lay on the back of a chair and listened to him telling stories.

The train shook and started slowly. Because of the violent vibration, John was shocked and stood up in confusion. Its power also scared a little boy about ten years old. He screamed and hurried back to his seat.

However, this little episode did not affect the interest of this German man. He still tells the distant Asia, an ancient country with a long history.

Although he didn't know much about it, others were even more unfamiliar with it, so many people listened with relish.

The whole journey was slowly spent in his chatter, and even the conductor, Ms. Xiaopang, was attracted by this topic and stopped to listen from time to time.

In this era, the maximum speed of trains can reach 60 kilometers per hour, but today the maximum speed is only 40 kilometers per hour, and they often stop urgently during the journey.

When the train arrived at Tyrburg, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon. In these three hours, it only took 80 kilometers. The train stopped in Tyrburg for nearly an hour. It is said that it was because of the Dutch strike and the shortage of railway switchers, which affected the train's progress.

Zhou Nan was also a little anxious. If he had followed this speed, although the total itinerary was only 200 kilometers, it would have been midnight to arrive in Brussels.

Perhaps the delay of time finally affected the man opposite him's rejuvenation, and he finally calmed down. Not only Zhou Nan, but also a young soldier beside him breathed a sigh of relief.

The train finally started slowly again because he did not tell stories anymore. Everyone else dispersed and many people leaned on their seats to rest. But at this time, the radio on the train rang, informing the train that the dinner was ready.

The carriage suddenly became lively, and everyone was excitedly preparing change and waiting to buy food.

In this era when everything depends on bills, you can’t buy anything even if you have money. Only on the train can you buy food if you only need money and no tickets. Therefore, although the food on the train is a little more expensive, most passengers who can take the train will not lack this little money and are waiting to buy dinner.

The conductor pushed the dining car into the carriage and found that there were only two types of food, one was hamburger and the other was mushroom soup in large buckets. However, lunch boxes were not provided on the train. If you want to drink soup, you must have lunch boxes yourself.

So most people just bought two burgers. It’s not that they didn’t want to buy more, but that each person limited to two burgers. Almost everyone bought two burgers. Even if they couldn’t eat them themselves, they could put them in and take them back for others to eat.

This burger is very affordable, not much worse than the giants in the fast food restaurants in later generations. It also has German sausage and lettuce leaves in the middle, which tastes quite good. In this era, such a dinner can be called a luxury.

Zhou Nan has always kept a relatively low-key along the way, not only because he is indifferent and has no conflict with the world. It is also because in this era, he, a foreigner, is an alternative in Europe.

Although the atmosphere in this carriage looks peaceful, who knows how many secret police will be there. In this era, there is no human rights theory. If these secret police are noticed, they will be skinned even if they don’t die.

He also bought two burgers with the flow, but he didn't dare to give them to John. He ate one by himself, put the other into the basket, pretending to take it back for food.

John was also carrying his lunch box, which contained the roasted rabbits left over from yesterday. After feeding John, when he temporarily stopped at Bale Nassau at the junction of the Netherlands and Belgium, Zhou Nan got off the bus and drank some water on the platform, and then received half a box of water for John, which was to fill his stomach.

The soldier sitting next to Zhou Nan didn't know if he was visiting relatives and left all his money at home. Along the way, he bought nothing. Perhaps, he was just a secret policeman surveillance on the train, so he didn't buy food.

It was getting dark and there was no light in the train. Zhou Nan handed him his snacks and burgers. He was stunned for a moment, looked at the burgers that Zhou Nan secretly handed him, said thank you, and then ran to the end of the carriage, finished the burgers in three bites, and then returned to his seat.

Perhaps because he ate Zhou Nan's burger, his attitude became much more intimate and asked, "My name is Muller, Thomas Muller. Are you going to Brussels?"

Thomas Muller, this name can be said to be the most common name in Germany, just like Wang Jianguo and Zhang Aiguo. When he heard this name, Zhou Nanyue suspected that he was a secret policeman and was even more careful. He didn't think that a hamburger could bribe a secret policeman.

"I am Jonas Hoffmanjo. My godfather is a military supplier, and I have been in charge of the delivery of supplies between Germany and Belgium in Arnhem."

"This is a fat man..." His eyes looked very bright in the dark. "No wonder you don't dress or behave like an ordinary Chinese."
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