Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 1136

[Chapter 1136]

“Welcome to come.”

Chester and the nobles of Ross Kingdom were shocked by the scene before them, when a voice came.

A Daesong official appeared before them.

He is Su Yuntang, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

After Dong An went to the country of Ross, he completely accepted the affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Su Yuntang revealed his identity to Chester, and signaled Chester to go with him to the post house specially for foreign envoys.

Su Yuntang’s attitude was neutral, as if the owner was welcoming unwelcome guests, which made Chester feel a little sullen.

But thinking that today’s Da Song is definitely not Beidi and his ilk, he held his breath in his lungs again, and followed Su Yuntang obediently.

Compared with the attitude of Da Song’s diplomats, he cares more about Da Song’s real appearance now.

When the group left the station, the Chester and Ross nobles were even more surprised from ear to ear.

At this time, the setting sun has completely submerged into the horizon, leaving only a red halo, and the whole world looks dim.

The street lights on both sides of the road at the station lit up one after another, extending far away.

On the brightly lit streets illuminated by dim yellow lights, Dasong people came and went on two-wheeled machinery.

There were also wealthy merchants in open carriages drawn by horses.

The wheels of this carriage are similar to those of two-wheeled machinery, but much thicker.

It seems that the horses pull such a carriage with less energy, and it runs very briskly.

Chester and the accompanying nobles of the country of Ross were stunned, and they all forgot to walk.

It took a while for Chester to react.

His face suddenly became hot, he suppressed a trace of embarrassment, and asked Su Yuntang who was waiting for them, “What are these people riding?”

“Bicycle.” Su Yuntang spat out three words, no emotion could be seen in his small eyes.

Just as the diplomats of Ross State are indifferent to the Dasong Mission, he is also maintaining his own indifference.

Unless Ross State agrees to Da Song’s conditions and Da Song cooperates, then he might act like a friend on the surface.

“Bicycle?” Chester repeated.

He had never seen this thing.

But the moment he saw it, he was sure that this thing would bring convenience to his personal travel.

Moreover, this thing seems to be able to carry heavy loads.

Many Dasong people have heavy objects tied behind their car seats, and sometimes there are people sitting on them.

“How did your oil lamps light up together?” Before Chester could ask, a Ross nobleman asked.

He is an earl, and he strongly opposes Nicholas’ compromise with Dasong.

Therefore, he decided to go to Dasong in person, seeing is believing, and using the actual situation to make Emperor Nicholas and the Western Turks stand together against Dasong.

But now, his heart was suddenly shaken.

The bicycle is nothing more than a novelty, but he thinks it is acceptable. It is at most a personal travel tool, and it is far less shocking than these instant lights.

There are also street lamps in the palaces of Ross and Westland countries.

Inside these street lamps are wicks that run on whale oil.

After dark, the servants need to be lit one by one, and it is absolutely impossible to light up by themselves.

“Hahaha…” The

earl’s question made the foreign affairs officer beside Su Yuntang laugh.

An official said, “This is not an oil lamp, but an electric lamp. These electric lamps are connected in series by wires, so they can light up in an instant.”

“Electric lamps, wires…” Noble Ross was even more at a loss.

They have no idea what Daesong officials are talking about.

Looking at the half-smile faces of the Da Song officials, the faces of the Chester and Rose nobles turned even redder.

In order to show that they were not so ignorant, they didn’t continue to ask questions, but just followed Su Yuntang to walk forward, while silently observing the great imperial capital.

As their eyes wandered, they spotted tall buildings being built on both sides of the road.

Many buildings are taller than the tallest buildings in Petersburg.

They also found that the city’s ground was laid with tracks thinner than railroad tracks.

Steam locomotives shuttled through the city with carriages more than ten meters long, filled with all kinds of Dasong people.

Someone stood at the intersection waving a flag, telling pedestrians to stop crossing the road until the steam locomotive arrived.

They themselves have also attracted the ideas of many Dasong people.

Many people deliberately got close to observe them.

Chester noticed that the horizontal stripes and twill stripes of these ordinary Dasong people’s clothes were neat and dense, and they were all sewn out of high-quality fabrics.

Some people still wear a watch on their wrist, which is equivalent to putting a chain on a pocket watch.

This design caught his eye.

After being surprised, his heart became more and more heavy.

The Russian people in Petersburg seem to have a lower standard of living than the Dasong people.

Then they noticed the shops along the street.

The shops are still in Dasong’s architectural style, but with some stylish changes.

For example, some shops have a whole piece of glass on the side facing the street.

The lights in the shop were on, clearly illuminating the shop.

The nobles of Chester and Rose watched all this hungrily, and didn’t even notice when they arrived at the posthouse.

They didn’t react until Su Yuntang reminded them.

At this time, the hostility they brought with them when they came to Dasong was much weaker, but their awe of Dasong was much stronger.

(end of this chapter)