"Drop..."
In the spacious waiting room, suddenly there was a slightly harsh sound, followed by the broadcast.
"Dear passengers, the train around the island is about to arrive at the platform of Haifeng town. Please hold your tickets, get ready to board and get on the train in order..."
"Dear..."
Eagles folded his current affairs of the tides, took out a red paper card from the pocket of his woolen coat, and quickly joined the waiting queue.
It''s the morning rush hour on Odin island every day. There are quite a lot of passengers in the waiting room, and there are long queues in front of each boarding entrance.
"Boom Zizi Boom Zizi... "
IGOs heard the muffled sound, friction sound full of rhythm from the distance, and felt a slight vibration at his feet.
He understood that the train around the island was about to arrive.
With the "boom" sound getting smaller and smaller, a silver steel dragon crashed into the sight of all passengers.
The speed of the train is getting slower and slower, and finally it stops steadily in front of the platform.
The front of the car is bullet shaped, and its appearance is smooth and beautiful, which is impressive. Four long cars are connected behind the front of the car.
Each carriage is 20 meters long and over 3 meters high. Through a row of transparent glass inlaid on the outside of the carriage, IGOs can see that most of the seats are full.
As a "veteran" who has settled in Odin island for two years, this former mercenary, who once served as a guide under a certain crown, witnessed the birth of the "train around the island".
Beginning in 746, the year when IGOs was "forced" to immigrate to Odin, the population of the island began to explode.
Almost every month, thousands or tens of thousands of new immigrants arrive. By the end of that year, the territory''s population had exceeded 150000.
In order to alleviate the increasing traffic pressure, the government administration department put the construction of the island Railway on the agenda.
In the eyes of IGOs, this railway with a total length of more than 50 kilometers is a real miracle.
He witnessed countless huge iron and steel giants building roadbeds and laying tracks in the wilderness.
It costs countless steel and cement, and its value is amazing.
In the process, the workers who built the railway overcame countless incredible obstacles.
When they encounter mountains, the workers will use a magic tool called "thermal magic cutter" to cut hard rock and dig a huge cave; if it is a low hill, they will dig the whole mountain.
If there is a river, the workers will use unimaginable skills to build a bridge across the river; if it is a soft mudflat, the workers will even build a viaduct as high as 10 meters to let the railway pass through the sky.
In a word, eagles thinks that what mortals can never do can always be easily done by workers.
After a year of construction, the railway around the island was finally put into use.
Eagles clearly remember that the day when the first magic train officially opened, the island was as busy as a holiday.
Each of the six stations of the railway around the island is packed. Countless people want to experience the feeling of taking the train around the island. The queue to buy tickets is as far as 3 kilometers away.
However, due to the limited number of trains, even if you buy a ticket, it does not mean you can take it immediately.
Not to mention that some bastards have not experienced it enough, they have been queuing up one after another.
On the third day of the opening of the railway, IGOs began to line up before daybreak. Only then did he seize the opportunity to board the train for the first time and experience the journey that was praised by the residents of the whole island.
It''s a wonderful trip.
When the train entered the deep tunnel, he experienced the strange feeling of passing through the abyss.
When the train was on the high viaduct, he saw the beach stretching for tens of miles.
When the train came up to the railway bridge on the river, he saw the surging red stone river.
When the train set up on the section of the towering cliff, he looked into the vast ocean.
Nothing to do, just sit on the train, you can experience the past need to trek hard to see the beauty.
It''s also known as the quickest way to get to know Odin.
Because by train, anyone will see dense factories, large residential buildings, concrete roads like cobwebs, and endless farms.
Through the above, everyone can feel how powerful and prosperous the tide is.
Eagles can still recall how shocked he felt when he first took the train.
Now there is a saying in the territory that the person who has not taken the train around the island is not a real tide leader.
"Whew..."
The uniformed platform manager whistled all the way to the boarding gate and began to shout:"Passengers, please hold your tickets in your hands and get ready to check in and get on The stop time of the train is only 3 minutes. Please speed up... "
There was a commotion in the procession.
One minute later, igors came to the ticket gate and immediately handed the ticket to the conductor.
The ticket inspector glanced at the ticket and cut it on the edge with a pair of weird pincers.
"Click!"
There is a small gap in the ticket.
IGOs put the ticket back in his pocket and followed the crowd into the car.
He looked for a seat and sat down comfortably, waiting to drive.
The destination of IGOs is the fourth station of the island railway, "army headquarters", which takes about 20 minutes.
In fact, due to the higher ticket prices, at least five tongnals start, most people will choose the cheaper magic bus, although the latter is slower and more crowded.
After all, taking two trips to and from work every day is not a small sum of money every month.
Only people like IGOs, who commute far away and are well paid, will choose trains.
"Wu..."
A loud whistle was heard all over the train, and then igors felt a sudden shock from the train, and the scenery outside the window began to recede.
……
Igors spread out his current affairs and continued to read the news.
This newspaper is also one of the Lord''s many inventions.
It is issued every three days by Haichao newspaper company, a branch of the administrative department.
The content of the newspaper covers all kinds of news in the territory, news from overseas kingdoms, interpretation of policies and laws issued by the administrative department, recruitment information of factories, and many new and interesting advertisements.
Just because the current affairs of the tides is very useful and inexpensive, with only three tongnals, it is very popular. Almost all literate families in the territory, from civil servants in the administrative department to apprentices in factories, subscribe to it.
No way, if anyone doesn''t watch the current affairs of the tide, he will be out of touch with the society every minute, and his colleagues can''t get in touch with each other.
In Haichao islands alone, the circulation of each issue is as high as 80000 copies, which is equivalent to more than 95% of households subscribing to one copy.
Counting the thousand Lake Kingdom thousands of miles away, no, now it should be called "thousand Lake Republic", with a total circulation of more than 120000.
Yes, the tidal islands, with a total population of more than 500000, have twice as many subscribers as the thousand Lake Republic, which has a population of millions.
This is related to the compulsory education enforced by haichaoling and the education for all vigorously promoted.
Nowadays, more than 30% of the people are literate, and even many housewives can read and write.
In contrast, in Qianhu Republic, only those who came from aristocracy, businessmen or rich families had received education, and more than 95% of them were illiterate.