That morning, Little Francis left the house early in the morning and prepared to go to school. Little Francis' home is not far from the school. In the past, he did not need to go out early like this.

But the situation has been different recently, because the nearest road to the school has been closed, and it is said that it is because some railway is being built there. Now, barbed wire is built there, and soldiers of the National Self-Defense Forces in beautiful uniforms are patrolling back and forth to prevent young mischievous men like Little Francis from coming into the ditch under the barbed wire.

There are often signs hanging on these barbed wire mesh with some words written on them, but Francis still doesn't recognize them well. According to Wasset, who is two grades higher than him, this is the government building a railway and in order to ensure the safety of construction, people are forbidden to travel through these places.

Of course, the government still considered the issue of everyone's walking, so they left a few holes in some places to allow everyone to pass through in an orderly manner. It was just that they had to go to the hole, but it took a long way to go.

A little naughty like Little Francis naturally did not want to take a detour. At the beginning of the road closure, he took advantage of the fact that several patrolling National Self-Defense Forces had walked away and drilled into the drainage ditch.

Little Francis easily drilled through the barbed wire, but when he jumped out of the ditch, he was not careful enough and his schoolbag hung on the barbed wire. At this time, the patrolling National Self-Defense Forces just turned around and came back.

If you lose your schoolbag and run away, you can't escape it, because this schoolbag is hard-won. It was sewn bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit. If you lose it like this, you won't be able to go to school. After you go back, your father will definitely make his butt bloom.

So Little Francis was caught with his schoolbag. A tall guy from the National Self-Defense Force flipped through his schoolbag, and his name and school class were on the textbooks. The National Self-Defense Force took him to find a policeman and handed them over to the policeman. Naturally, the policeman took him to the school and handed him over to the school's instructor Mr. Ramadon. Then, Little Francis was taught a lesson by Mr. Ramadon with a ruler, and then threw him to the head teacher Pila. After school, Mr. Pila stayed to write a review and wrote it several times until Mr. Pila was satisfied and was released.

Then when I got home, my father asked the truth in just a few words. Then Little Francis was repaired again. Then Little Francis never got through the barbed wire again. Instead, he took a detour.

From the opening left to pass, Little Francis could clearly see what the workers were doing. They said they were paving the road, but at the beginning they dug a long trench. Then the workers paved the trench with large stones transported from other places. After the paving, they laid smaller stones on it. After this layer was paved, it was basically flush with the original pavement.

But this was not over yet. Then someone lay a thick layer of small stones on it until the layer of small stones was obviously higher than the ground and piled into a tall trapezoid.

Then someone lays sleepers and rails on it.

Little Francis told his father what he saw when he thought about it and said, "The rails should be quite valuable. There will definitely be more policemen here in the future, otherwise those foreigners would have to go out to steal rails every day."

Later in school, Mr. Duran, who taught science, was teaching Francis and others, and asked someone to read an article in "Perrot Scientific Truth" to them what this kind of railway is used for. There is also a picture of a steam locomotive spewing smoke.

After that class, Little Francis and his classmates were very interested in such magical things as trains that could run by themselves. However, every time they passed by the intersection, Little Francis still only saw the railway under construction and the already-built railway, but never saw the steam train.

One morning, when passing the intersection, Little Francis saw a car running fast on the railway, but it was not the train on the drawing, but a strange car with two people pressing on a seesaw-like thing - this obviously cannot be the steam locomotive mentioned in the newspaper.

But today's situation is a bit strange. When Little Francis arrived at the intersection that was specially reserved for people to pass, he found that the intersection had been stopped by a horse-rejected horse. Several people in blue uniforms stood behind the horse-rejected horse and shouted to everyone: "Don't worry, everyone is about to come, and when the train passes, everyone will be able to leave."

When everyone heard this shouting, they became even more excited - after all, seeing strangeness is a common hobby of people from all over the world. So everyone rushed forward together, scrambling to grab a good position to see what the train was.

Little Francis relied on his small figure, arching the ground like a little loach, but suddenly got to the front.

"Where? Where?" Little Franci hugged his schoolbag with both hands. When he was squeezing forward, he was afraid that he would squeeze the strap of the schoolbag. His eyes looked back and forth along the green rails to the left and right sides.

"Yes, where is it? Where?" more people shouted.

"Over there, over there, look over there, there is smoke!" a sharp-eyed man shouted.

Little Francis quickly looked over there, and indeed saw a moving smoke column in the distance, approaching this side.

"That's the smoke coming out of the chimney on the steam locomotive!" Little Francis learned this knowledge from the teacher while taking science class, and at this time he couldn't help but show off to the people around him.

But at this time, no one paid attention to him, and everyone's eyes were staring at the smoke pillar. The smoke pillar moved at first, but the faster it became. At the same time, the collision sound of wheels and rails began to reach everyone's ears.

"Look, come here!" someone shouted again.

After the train bypassed a bend, it really appeared in everyone's sight. Perhaps because it was approaching the level intersection, the train slowed down a little, and the driver had pulled the whistle.

“Woo…”

The loud whistle scared everyone.

"Oh, this is more scary than a hundred horses yelling together." Someone said.

"It's really... it's so majestic!" Someone said so.

At this time, the train was getting closer and closer. We had never seen such a huge thing before. At such an astonishing speed, with the clanging sound of steel impact, and the steam and smoke filled with permeation, they rushed forward with a rush of overwhelming momentum.

"Ah!" Someone turned around and wanted to escape.

"Awesome!" Someone cheered loudly.

But all this sound was suppressed by the sound of the motorcycle. The steam locomotive whizzed past everyone.

“There is so long behind it!”

"Like a long snake!"

Behind the motorcycle is a towed truck. Some of these trucks are the kind with carriages, while others are just flatbed trucks. No one can see what the carriages contain, but everyone can see clearly the things on the flatbed trucks. Some flatbed trucks are dragging carriages, and some are even more exciting, with various cannons placed on it - this is obviously an exhibit from the Bachelor's Federation that was sent to the Free Palace.

The train ran quickly and passed in the blink of an eye. Then several people in black uniforms came up and moved away to the horse, so the passage was restored.

In the days since then, along the railway, there were always people guarding there to watch the trains, and some painters even brought drawing boards, brackets, and a small chair to sit there to sketch. For a time, this railway line became another landscape in Paris.

At the same time, "Leonardo" and some other newspapers have also begun to concentrate on the railway to conduct a comprehensive report. "Leonardo" also published an exclusive interview with Mr. Messier, executive director of the French Railway Transportation Company. In this interview, Messier revealed a secret - the main purpose of this railway from the Place de War to the Palace of Liberty is not freight, but passenger transport. The railway transportation company will officially launch the world's first passenger train on the day the opening of the "Second Brazilian Fair". At that time, the people of Paris can purchase tickets and visit the event at the Palace of Liberty.

As for the fare issue that everyone will definitely pay great attention to, Mr. Messier said that the railway transportation company is a company dedicated to providing better services to the people of France. We do passenger transport to serve the public without making money. Therefore, the fare will definitely not be high, as long as it can maintain the cost, it is enough. Of course, the company is still studying the specific fare price.

Because Messier did not disclose the ticket price, many media began to play betting games. Many newspapers began to seriously study the costs of railway transportation companies, and then based on the estimated costs, they guessed the ticket price of "not making money to serve the public".

However, with the arrangement of those who are interested, these newspapers are intentionally sour about the operating costs of railway transportation companies, and the ticket prices they obtained are naturally higher. Although it is still much cheaper than renting a carriage and taking it, the poor people at the bottom still have to grit their teeth if they want to take such a train.

Then Mr. Messier released another news, saying that the fare for railway passenger transport is actually lower than media speculation, "it can completely make Paris workers able to sit." Because they will use the fare for high-grade luxury cars prepared for the wealthy to compensate for the losses of low-priced tickets.
Chapter completed!