Alien Empire Total War - Chapter 281

July 25, 1758 in the continental calendar.

“Good news! The first steam locomotive was officially opened to traffic yesterday!”

On the streets of Ankerton, newsboys wearing felt hats held freshly-baked newspapers and ran through the wet streets after the rain, shouting the headlines of the newspapers.

A young man was holding the swaddling baby in his hands and looked at the newsboy who passed him by. His heart moved, and he raised his hand to signal the attendant behind him to come forward. After whispering a few words, the attendant turned around and shouted. I went to the newsboy and took a newspaper that still smelled of ink from the latter.

Before long, the attendant returned to the young man and respectfully handed the newspaper to the latter: “Your Majesty, your newspaper.”

A “Your Majesty” directly revealed the identity of the young man. That’s right, this young man is really Charles Cross, the emperor of the current Borsland Empire, and the infant in his arms is a The son he and Queen Sophia gave birth to, the first heir to the empire, Crown Prince Wilson Cross.

Charlie took the newspaper, found a wooden bench on the side of the street and sat down, while the attendants beside him stood respectfully beside him, forming a faint semi-circle, not far from them. At the place, the royal guards with revolvers were secretly protecting them in civilian clothes.

In the past three years, the empire has undergone many major changes under the governance of Charlie. The first is the successful research on steam trains. Based on the principles provided by Charlie, the scientists of the empire finally succeeded in researching the use of The steam locomotive driven by steam power, after the advent of the steam locomotive, was quickly requested by Charlie to put it into use.

The headline of the newspaper that Charlie had just purchased was the report that the first steam locomotive was officially opened on a section of railroad tracks connecting Ankerton to Hillens City. The first group of passengers included eighty-seven people, including many imperial nobles. People, the presence of nobles is enough to make most commoners feel at ease.

After the advent of the steam locomotive, in order to promote this new mode of transportation to the whole country, Charlie ordered the construction of a railway connecting various cities in the country. Promote trains nationwide.

The train is a faster and more convenient way of transportation than the traditional horse-drawn carriage. If a war breaks out, the inland army can reach the front line in just a few days through the train and railway network, which is more convenient than marching on two legs. quick.

In addition to the advent of the steam locomotive, the first weapon developed by the Royal Polesland Arms Company, which was funded by the royal family, the revolver also passed the test and was purchased in large quantities, initially equipped with the Royal Guard as a secondary weapon , Not only that, but many officers in the army also fell in love with this new weapon after trying it out, and used it to replace the flintlock pistol they are currently equipped with.

The revolver was not first created by the Royal Arms Company. In the history books of this world, there have been matchlock revolver guns hundreds of years ago. After the flintlock device completely replaced the matchlock, the innovative flintlock appeared. revolver.

However, these two revolvers need to manually turn the reel, or manually move the hammer to drive the reel in place, and then pull the trigger to complete the single-action firing.

The Royal Arms revolver, based on the principles provided by Charlie, did not need this trouble. The first revolver, named the 1756 revolver, had a five-round capacity, although it It also has the disadvantages that revolvers generally have: slow rate of fire, slow reloading, and low ammo capacity, but compared with the flintlock pistol that needs to be reloaded once every shot, it can simply ignore these shortcomings.

This is for the officers who have switched to the revolver. For the Royal Guards who are fully equipped with this weapon as a secondary weapon, their main weapon is the rifled rifle that uses the Mini bullet. The revolver is generally very useful. Rarely will come in handy – there are only two situations in which they have to draw their secondary weapons to fight, one is when the main weapon runs out of bullets and is forced to draw a gun at close range, and the other is engaging the enemy in a confined space .

However, neither of these two situations can occur. As royal guards, they usually stay in the safe Sona Palace, and usually they can’t even see the shadow of the enemy.

Charlie turned his attention back to the newspapers, which truthfully reported and commented on the scene of yesterday’s first train, which, like most newspapers, believed that the opening of the steam locomotive would represent a new era. It will also change the way people travel in the future.

It is not without basis that a more powerful steam locomotive was faster than a traditional horse-drawn carriage and carried more capacity, which was a great thing for commerce. And the passengers that were opened to traffic yesterday also showed that it has the function of carrying people. As long as the fare is cost-effective, who would refuse a faster train?

Of course, there are voices of opposition. Some tabloids have raised their concerns. There are often cases of steam engine explosions when steam engines are put into work. There are many reasons for the explosion of steam engines. The biggest reason is that the steam engine is overloaded. To move the heavy train, it is necessary to make the steam engine generate more power, which is likely to cause the steam engine to overload and eventually cause an explosion.

Just imagine that the locomotive of a fast-moving locomotive suddenly explodes, and the bad consequences caused by it are likely to cause the passengers on the entire train to die in a tragic accident.

The concerns raised by these tabloids have also aroused the response of many citizens~www.mtlnovel.com~ Although citizens are not ready to take steam locomotives in a short time, this does not prevent them from worrying about the safety of locomotives. After all After all, they will have to ride once in the future. Wouldn’t it be a pity if they didn’t take such a novel thing?

Charlie quickly finished reading the newspaper. He handed the newspaper to the attendant standing by and stood up from the bench. The posture of Charlie’s group did not attract too much attention from passers-by. This is the capital of the empire, where nobles gather. Basically every day, you can see large and small nobles with several entourages walking on the street, so they are not surprised. .

“Where are you going next?”

Charlie looked at the little guy in his arms and asked gently, this crown prince who was born a year ago inherited all the advantages of his and Sophia’s faces. Although he is still young, his appearance is cute and his skin is fair and completely predictable. In the near future, he will grow into a handsome young man.

The little guy was babbling, and Charlie had no idea of ​​getting an answer from him, but before he could make a decision, a guard came from a distance and told him the news from the palace.