275: Chapter 275 Xu Fu, Shocked by the Train

Xu Fu asked, "May I ask which general's orders you are following in searching for me?"

Xu Ning answered truthfully, "His Majesty the Head of State."

"His Majesty the Head of State?"

Hearing this unfamiliar title, Xu Fu was somewhat dazed. He understood 'His Majesty,' but what kind of official position was 'Paramount Leader'?

He had never heard of such an official title before.

Xu Fu asked again, "Then I wonder, what business does His... His Majesty the Head of State have with me?"

What Xu Fu feared most was that this Paramount Leader would also demand an elixir of immortality from him.

He had spent nine years wandering around the Pacific Ocean and truly hadn't found any elixir of immortality.

Xu Fu was basically certain that there was no such thing as an elixir of immortality in this world. He had chosen to return to Great Qin to settle down in his hometown because he had completely given up hope.

"This general wouldn't know about that."

Xu Ning said, "Your ship will remain docked at Cixi Port for now, and your people will stay in Cixi Village. I will personally escort you to Xianyang to have an audience with His Majesty the Head of State!"

"As for what His Majesty the Head of State wants with you, you can simply ask His Majesty when the time comes."

"Very well."

Xu Fu let out a sigh. Whether it was a blessing or a curse, there was no avoiding it. For now, he could only take things one step at a time.

"Prepare a carriage for Xu Fu; we are going to the train station."

Xu Ning said to his guards.

"As you command!"

Xu Ning's guard cupped his fists and bowed.

"train station?"

Xu Fu was slightly stunned.

He didn't understand; wasn't Xu Ning taking him to Xianyang? Why were they going to some 'train station'?

Amidst his apprehension, Xu Fu sat in the carriage as it approached the train station.

While still some distance from the station, Xu Fu heard a massive, roaring sound.

"Woo woo woo, woo woo woo..."

The sound was deafening and carried extremely far.

Next, Xu Fu heard a rhythmic clanging and clattering sound.

This made Xu Fu unable to suppress his curiosity. He didn't know what kind of thing could make such a loud noise.

He hurriedly lifted the carriage curtain, his curious gaze looking toward the source of the sound.

"This!"

Once Xu Fu clearly saw the object before him, his eyes were filled with absolute disbelief.

"What is that thing!"

Xu Fu was a man of great experience and knowledge, yet he had never seen such a behemoth. He had originally thought Great Qin's warships were large enough, but compared to this thing, there was simply no contest!

In the span of two and a half years, Elder Mo's Team had already developed the second generation of steam trains, which was incomparable to the first generation in terms of performance.

The current steam locomotive could pull 12 freight cars and 20 passenger cars, traveling at a speed of 24 kilometers per hour.

If one car was calculated at six meters, the total length of the thirty-two cars was one hundred and ninety-two meters!

The warships of the Great Qin Navy were thirty meters long, which wasn't small, but when comparing length to the second-generation steam train, they were like a small sorcerer in the presence of a great one.

"Young man..."

Xu Fu asked a young guard, "May I ask what that is?"

Seeing Xu Fu's bewildered expression, a look as if he were looking at a country bumpkin appeared on the young guard's face.

"A train!"

The young guard sneered, "Then again, it's normal for you not to know about trains after being in those barbarian lands for so many years."

Hearing this, Xu Fu felt a bit unhappy.

Although Japan was backward, he had established a significant territory there.

In his heart, he already considered Japan his kingdom.

Xu Fu had also managed Japan with care, teaching the locals how to raise silkworms and plant rice.

The three thousand boys and girls he had taken with him back then were now managers in his Japanese territory, and he had even recruited many Wa people into his fleet.

In nine years, they had developed a new city in Japan.

The so-called 'nations' of Japan were no different from villages, and their capital cities were much like mountain strongholds.

Compared to the cities their Qin people had built in Japan, they were crude to the extreme.

The new city they built was definitely the largest city in Japan.

But compared to the cities of Great Qin, it was just a small county town.

Japan wasn't even fit to carry Great Qin's shoes.

In the dictionary, the original meaning of 'Wa' was beautiful and fertile. However, because the people in Japan went years without eating meat, they were all very short, leading the character for 'Wa' to be associated with the character for 'short,' causing it to fall from a complimentary term to a derogatory one.

Seeing this train now, Xu Fu felt the gap between Japan and Great Qin even more acutely.

As Xu Fu got closer to the train, he felt its immense size even more, and the sound of the whistle was deafening to him.