This is a great trip worthy of history!

The moment the cruiser "Yangwei" entered the South Gate of Heaven, China's prosperity and developed Chinese civilization continued to bring unprecedented impacts to this group of European visitors.

This kind of impact is beyond their imagination. Even though it is also a colony, it is different from the City of Guihua. It is closer to the Ming Dynasty, but most of the people living here are Ming people.

It was more like a part of the Ming Dynasty than a colony. He said that the revival and prosperity displayed far exceeded the imagination of these Europeans.

These people from afar, including English, Dutch, and French, all of them had claimed to be "little strong". But facing China, this is a world-class power from the East, they all felt an unprecedented impact.

This is both a respect for a strong civilization and awe of its powerful military power. In fact, the latter is more intuitive.

In fact, whether in the Port of Guihua or Nantianmen, they have witnessed the powerful maritime power of the Ming Dynasty more than once. Because they have accompanied them all the way east, they have seen the huge Chinese sea ships and those daunting warships. Especially at the scale of the Nanyang Fleet in Nantianmen, everyone was amazed.

What is even more impressive is that the size of the fleet in any place exceeds all the maritime power of a European country, and even their navy is still a standing army! This is simply unimaginable.

The fast cruiser sailed very fast. After passing through the Nantianmen, the ship sailed along the deep sea and headed straight to Shanghai, located at the estuary of the Yangtze River.

A few days later, the moment the cruiser sailed into the estuary of the Yangtze River, every European visitor on the ship felt as if he had arrived at another planet without exception.

It's not because there are so many boats coming into view, nor because there are countless crowds of people on the dock,

This spectacular scene of the surging crowds may have shocked everyone on the dock, including Philip I, but they have long been mentally prepared. After all, they have long learned that the Ming Dynasty has a population of 120 million!

There is no doubt that only in China can we see so many people in the world. For the era of navigation where the industrial revolution has not yet broken out, such a huge human resource is enough to make any country in this era frightened.

They had long been mentally prepared for this, and their naturalized city and the Nantianmen made them fully prepared. Even Philip I, who was so handsome, specially recorded in his diary.

"The Chinese are as white as we Europeans, but in the tropical city of Naturalization and near Nantianmen, their skin is slightly brown. I heard that the same is true for residents in mainland China, Guangdong and other places. However, except for the Chinese in Guangdong Province, the people in other provinces are white, which is no different from the white of Europeans. And the more you go north, the whiter the Chinese skin becomes, and the men become more handsome, enough to make anyone excited..."

Anyway... the three sentences are not separated from this.

But in Shanghai Port, when they saw the steam locomotive roaring into the port, listening to its deafening whistle and looking at the steam locomotive that looked like a giant dragon, all of them were shocked and speechless.

"This, what kind of monster is this!"

For a moment, Philip I, this short guy in women's clothing, even wanted to order the gunners around him to let them shoot at this demon dragon who was spitting out of hell.

"Dou!~"

The long whistle sound made everyone's heart tremble.

Philip I was even scared and screamed, sitting down on the deck.

This sound is so scary!

"This, what kind of monster is this..."

Looking at the scared pale-faced guests, Zheng Du said proudly.

"This is a steam locomotive, and many people call it a train! I didn't expect that the railway was built into the dock in just a few months."

The railway construction into the wharf was carried out under the strong request of merchants. Before that, goods transported by railway could only be transferred from the railway station to the port by carriage. Under the strong request of maritime merchants, the Beijing-Shanghai Railway finally built into the port in the fifteenth year of Gansheng.

"Steam locomotive? Train?"

"Yes, this kind of locomotive is powered by steam. As long as there is coal and water, it can run continuously. The load capacity of a train is equivalent to a ship, which can carry hundreds of tons of cargo and travel thousands of miles..."

In an instant, everyone was stunned by Zheng Du's words, and Isaac Newton and his alumni looked at the train with shocked and curious eyes.

It was at this moment that they felt like they had come to another world!

A brand new world!

Indeed, for the 17th century Europeans, the Ming Dynasty was another world.

What they have to face is not only two completely different civilizations. It is also a developed civilization far ahead of European civilization. The technological development of this civilization is even far beyond their imagination, and even subverts their understanding of everything in the world.

The role of water, coal, steam in a certain machine gives it infinite power. Such technology that subverts knowledge is enough to shock anyone.

In addition to being shocked, these scared guests looked around curiously like a country bumpkin on the next journey. However, the country bumpkin always had some small feelings.

"They are so rich that they built a road with steel."

When they witnessed the railway paved on the ground, someone next to them showed off.

"What kind of thing is really uninformed. There are several railways from Shanghai to Xi'an, from Nanjing to Liaodong, and the Ming Dynasty, and the sea..."

Such show-offs have turned all the guests into real country bumpkins. Even Philip I, who likes handsome men and wishes to give a kiss when they see Chinese men, has become honest and suddenly changed from a "little bitch" to a "lady of a family".

The reason is nothing else. Everything in the Ming Dynasty brought them an unprecedented impact.

For Isaac Newton, he was even more curious about the country.

This is a paradise!

It’s not because of the wealth here, even though the city in front of us gives this foreign visitor a sense of generosity and stability. In contrast, European cities in this era are often in a state of riots. From time to time, they can meet ragged citizens.

But because of the science here!

This is a paradise for scientific advocacy!

It is a paradise of knowledge!
Chapter completed!