Chapter 1313 Bragging

After Geng Zhuzi went to Yizhou, his first stop was Chengdu.

As the most prosperous city in Yizhou, Geng Zhuzi felt the changes that had taken place in the past one hundred years.

Whether it was the taller city or the countless street snacks and vendors, it showed how prosperous the Wei Dynasty was today.

And Geng Zhuzi could hardly see any beggars in Chengdu.

"This is the prosperous age in the heart of Hanzhong Hou!"

"I hope that the steam engines and steam trains I made can help more people live a good life, so that I will not live in vain again."

Walking on the street, looking at the heartfelt smiles on the faces of the people in the city, Geng Zhuzi thought in his heart.

After a tour of the city, Geng Zhuzi was a little hungry.

Touching his purse, there were more than one hundred taels of silver in it.

Bai Feng gave too much silver, and it was difficult for Geng Zhuzi to carry it all at once.

"Well, this restaurant looks very grand and has many customers. Let's eat here at noon today!"

Then Geng Zhuzi came to the largest restaurant in the city.

After asking for a seat along the street, Geng Zhuzi ordered a table of good wine and food.

It was meal time now, and soon the empty seats next to Geng Zhuzi were filled with other diners.

Geng Zhuzi drank the wine, tasted the food, and looked at the crowds of people on the street below, feeling very comfortable.

"This is life, haha!"

After drinking the wine in the glass, Geng Zhuzi couldn't help laughing softly.

"Hey, have you heard that the Marquis of Hanzhong has made a steam-powered car again, and it's called a steam train!"

"Steam train? A carriage with a steam engine?"

At a table next to Geng Zhuzi, two young men dressed as scholars were talking loudly.

Originally, Geng Zhuzi thought they were too noisy and was about to pay the bill and leave, but when he heard that they mentioned steam trains during their conversation, he immediately became interested.

As the biggest contributor to the manufacture of steam locomotives, Geng Zhuzi wanted to hear what the two scholars from Yizhou thought of steam locomotives.

After all, even if you live a second life, you can't escape the vulgarity.

Otherwise, rebirth novels can't be so popular.

Only to hear the two scholars continue to say:

"It seems that you really haven't heard of it, hahaha!"

One of the young scholars in green clothes smiled at the other young scholar in white clothes.

"Why don't you tell me quickly?"

The scholar in white clothes immediately urged the scholar in green clothes.

The scholar in green clothes said immediately after hearing this:

"Oh! I'm a little thirsty, but there is only one pot of wine"

"Bring wine, bring wine!"

The scholar in white clothes said loudly to the clerk in the store.

"Hurry up and drink it. Tell me what the steam locomotive is all about after you finish drinking it!"

"Okay, okay, hahaha!"

The scholar in green clothes, who drank an extra pot of wine, immediately laughed.

"Speaking of this steam train, do you know how long and how high it is?"

"It's ten feet long and five feet high!"

"Once it starts, it will make a sound like piercing gold and cracking rocks!"

Then the scholar in green clothes began to describe the steam train with words and gestures.

The other scholar in white clothes was stunned.

"Is this steam train really that big? And the noise is so loud when it starts, won't it deafen people's ears?"

Fortunately, although the scholar in white clothes has never seen a steam train with his own eyes, he still thinks that what the scholar in green clothes said is too exaggerated.

"Oh! What do you know? The sound of a steam train is very loud, but it won't deafen people's ears."

"People who drive steam trains have to put linen in their ears, so they will be fine!"

The scholar in green clothes saw the scholar in white clothes questioning his description of the steam train, and suddenly became a little excited.

Geng Zhuzi, who was standing next to him, shook his head again and again.

Even he had never seen a steam train that was ten feet long and five feet high.

Not to mention the rumor that you had to stuff linen in your ears before you could drive a steam train.

Feeling bored, Geng Zhuzi was about to get up when he heard the scholar in green clothes continue to say to the scholar in white clothes:

"After this steam train starts, its speed is faster than an eagle flying in the sky. It will run dozens of miles in a flash!"

Hearing this, Geng Zhuzi couldn't help it.

If Bai Feng was here, he would think that the scholar in green clothes was talking about the high-speed rail.

"This little brother, you are talking about this steam train too magical, right?"

Finally, Geng Zhuzi couldn't help but say to the scholar in green clothes.

The scholar in green clothes saw that someone next to him was refuting him, and he frowned immediately, thinking:

Do you know steam trains or do I know steam trains? Have you seen what a steam train looks like? !

He was ready to blurt it out.

Then he saw Geng Zhuzi, who was dressed in Shu brocade, with fine wine and delicacies on the table, and had an extraordinary momentum.

So the scholar in green clothes swallowed the words in his heart.

There is nothing wrong with bragging and bickering with his friends.

The gentleman in front of him did not look like someone who was easy to provoke.

"Uh, what do you think?"

Then the scholar in green asked Geng Zhuzi, even his voice was much lower.

The scholar in white next to the scholar in green was afraid that his friend would say something out of turn after drinking too much. He was just about to apologize to Geng Zhuzi, but he saw his friend being humiliated.

So the scholar in white suppressed his smile and waited for Geng Zhuzi's answer.

"I don't dare to take credit for your opinion, but I have really seen a steam train."

Geng Zhuzi came to tell the two young scholars about the interest of steam trains.

"First of all, a steam train is only three meters long and one baton high."

"Secondly, a steam train will have a whistle after it starts. Although the sound is relatively loud, it is to remind people that the steam train is about to start, so be careful to avoid it."

"Finally, the speed of a steam train is not that fast. It can only run about 140 miles in an hour at most."

After talking about the basic performance of a steam train, Geng Zhuzi looked at the scholar in green, waiting for his rebuttal.

The expected rebuttal did not come, and the scholar in green clothes asked Geng Zhuzi:

"Is that true? Where did you see the steam locomotive? Can we go and see it?"

Three questions in a row almost made Geng Zhuzi unable to react.

However, at this time, the scholar in green clothes and the scholar in white clothes had already tacitly accepted that Geng Zhuzi had seen a real steam locomotive.