Chapter 820: Shopping

Not far from the palace, Mofang brought Princess Junru to a long pavilion. Many people were waiting in boredom in the pavilion, sometimes standing or sitting. Occasionally, they would look back at the newspapers in the pavilion and discuss loudly. There was a sign outside the pavilion, which said the palace station, and the small words below said the bus stops. It was simple and easy to understand.

"What is this?" Princess Junru asked curiously. Although she lived in the palace, she had no idea when a station was added outside the palace, and she didn't care at all.

"The main means of transportation in the city in the public transportation system, the public tram, see the two small rails outside, the tram runs on it, a bit like a railway train, each person on the bus automatically throws a copper coin, and the funds are used to maintain the normal operation of the tram and pay employees' wages." Mofang explained in detail.

"There are really rails, so magical, what are these people doing?"

Princess Junru pointed to the civilians lined up in the pavilion, including scholars, boys and girls carrying cloth bags, old people, and women going out to buy vegetables.

"Queue up, everyone is equal, first come first served, line up and get on the bus in order. If someone violates the rules, they will be caught and punished by the mechanical soldiers, and no one can escape." The magic cube said indifferently, thinking of how exhausted he was to maintain the order of queuing up to get on the bus. Every day, the combat robots caught countless people who either cut in line or thought they were superior and sent them to the construction site as coolies. It took more than a month to maintain the order.

Princess Junru nodded and stood behind the queue consciously. Fortunately, there were not many people waiting for the bus.

Not long after, a tram drove on the street in the distance. The driver at the front of the car was an ordinary Yao citizen in a robe. When he was about to arrive at the station, he shook the copper bell on his head and shouted that the palace station had arrived. After a while, the tram slowly and accurately stopped outside the pavilion. Several officials working in the palace got off the bus from the back door, lined up in an orderly manner to get on the bus from the front door and threw copper coins. The curious Princess Junru was very excited to get on the bus and threw copper coins. Maybe because of her dress, no one recognized their princess.

After getting on the bus, she walked to the back and sat down in the side-by-side seats. Princess Junru was very curious about everything. She touched this and looked at that, and even wiped the car window. The magic cube was full of contempt.

The tram started slowly, and the houses and buildings on both sides quickly retreated.

The road outside was clean and tidy, without cow and horse manure and no odor. Since the tram was laid, various goods have been transported cheaply and quickly by trucks. Most horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts are parked at the post station outside the city. There are shops and pedestrians on both sides of the street. The tram passes one station after another at a moderate speed.

"So comfortable and convenient..."

Princess Junru leaned on the window with her chin supported by her hands. Like the little girl in the front seat, she stared out of the window curiously. She hadn't left the palace for a long time and suddenly felt as if she was in another world.

The Cube didn't react. Yao Country was very lucky to avoid the various revolutions and wars caused by the end of feudalism and come directly to the modern era. Many countries on Earth sacrificed countless lives as a price to get rid of backward systems. Yao Country had the help of the Mechanical Empire to point out the way. In fact, it was very fulfilling to do so much. Think about the living conditions of ordinary people in Shenwu Continent before and look at the current situation. It is simply earth-shaking.

The tram passed by a school. The cheerful laughter and singing of the children on the campus spread far away. The bell rang, the driver announced the station name, and many people got on and off.

The Cube and Princess Junru got off on the bustling street after a few more stops.

Princess Junru, who had just gotten off the car, was attracted by all kinds of prosperous shops on the street. The huge screen kept changing the advertisements of various restaurants and shops in the city, and there were even some beautiful women advertisements, which made many literati and scholars stand under the big screen and linger. The good security environment allowed more people to boldly walk on the streets. The beautiful women who were rarely seen in normal times also walked in groups on the streets. The ubiquitous cameras and the patrol robots flying in the sky forced those who were ready to move to be honest. The most important thing was that there would be patrol cars passing by.

The patrol car was similar to a flat electric car. There were four combat robots standing on the flat flatbed as big as a sedan. The black flatbed car flashed red and blue warning lights and drove slowly. No one dared to make trouble unreasonably.

Fast and convenient transportation brought various fruits, vegetables and other foods from nearby villages and towns into the city. Various materials in the city were transported to villages and towns, and the shop owners could also go to the Mechanical Army Management Office to seek product formulas to make food and various goods. In addition, the large-scale construction projects stimulated the economy some time ago, allowing many people to have spare money to go shopping. If they were out of money, they would naturally take the initiative to find a job. Under the influence of modernization, Wanghai City became more and more prosperous while preserving its characteristics.

I was bored and went to visit the latest store in Yao Country, the supermarket.

There is a jingle circulating in Wanghai City that specifically talks about the convenience of supermarkets. The goods are complete and everything you can think of is available. The prices are cheap, and you can go in and look around even if you don’t buy anything. After shopping, Princess Junru was surprised and incredible at those very strange goods. The unique lighting is brighter than candles, which inadvertently made a good advertisement for the electric lighting system being promoted.

It was almost noon when I left the supermarket.

"I used to watch the country through your computer TV, but now it feels really different when I walk here. I finally came out. Don’t you plan to treat me to a meal?"

Princess Junru turned her head and looked at Mofang, which meant that if she didn't treat him to a meal, he would look down on him.

"Let's go. The noodle shop in front is good. Let's go and have noodles."

Mofang took Princess Junru into a small noodle shop. There were quite a lot of people. She found a seat and ordered two bowls of noodles. She ate noodles like others. It was really interesting to see how busy she was. Fortunately, there were no chemical factories in Yao Country, so all kinds of toxic substances could not be produced, which saved the stubborn problem of toxic food.

"Where are we going to stroll this afternoon?"

"Go to the train station to take a train tour and see other cities. Yao Country is not just Wanghai City. Have you ever taken a train?"

"No."

"Well, I promise to surprise you more than you can. If Yao Country's economy is developed enough to support air transportation, I will also let you all fly to other places."

"Like those big flat transport planes of yours?" Princess Junru thought of the four-ducted fan engine transport plane.

"Of course, there are many types. I guarantee you will fly until you don't want to fly anymore. As I said before, the world is big and wonderful, and the vision of Shenwu Continent is too narrow."

"To be honest, you are really mysterious. I have never seen an existence like your Mechanical Empire in the history of Shenwu Continent, including these little things. I have never heard of trams and supermarket lights, and I have never heard of your world. It's just like you said, you come from the sky, far beyond everything in Shenwu Continent." Princess Junru stared at the magic cube and said.

"It doesn't matter where you come from, what matters is what we are doing."

Princess Junru shrugged and continued to deal with noodles.