Subtitle of this chapter: The magnificent people have begun to appear

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Inspired by the righteousness of national interests and world peace, Minister Shi Zhaoji finally followed.

He took our Master Yuan to the elevator entrance and told him: "Hongjian, let's take the train to Washington tomorrow afternoon, don't forget."

"Mr. Zhi, I dare not forget it. Please stay..."

"I'm alas, you must take good care of yourself."

"An, what you said is like separation from life and death. I just took one step first, and we will meet again in two or three days."

Yuan Yan suddenly felt that taking a golden cat to Luo... Well, going to Washington was too arrogant, so she decided to leave separately.

"Well..." Miss Aiuka lay on the car window with both hands, and said in tears, "But we will still be separated for two or three days."

Master Yuan sighed in his heart. He seemed to have sacked this anarchist or Troskyist female warrior and had to find something for her in the future.

He reached out his hand and touched Xiaolongnu's golden retriever in a doting way, comforting him: "Little fool, it's okay. I'll call you as soon as I settled in Washington, and you'll be here soon. Okay, you must take good care of yourself."

As he said that, he lifted his suitcase and turned around and walked into the Pennsylvania Station with the bustling crowd.

That's right, there were two large...well, super large train stations on Manhattan Island in New York in 1921.

One is the Grandcentralstation in New York where Yuan Yanshu bid farewell to the big star on Halloween night. This "central" does not refer to its location in the central New York, but comes from the builder of this railway station, the New York Central Railway Company.

The New York Central Railway Company belongs to one of the richest families in American history, the Vanderbilt family. From this surname, we can see that they are descendants of the Dutch. In fact, the Vanderbilt family, the rich and beautiful heroine in "Gossip Girl", is an allusion to this family.

At the same time, the Pennsylvania Station is also located on Manhattan Island. Similarly, this station was originally built and used by the Pennsylvania Railway Company (Ppr).

PPR is remarkable in history. It is the giant among the giants formed by the merger of more than 800 companies of all sizes. Its annual budget was once higher than that of the US government. Americans who dominated the 19th century believed that PPR's chairman was more powerful than the US commander.

The Pennsylvania Railway Network is the largest railway network in the 20th century rail history of the United States. Its road network was 16,000 kilometers long at its peak.

In 1968, New York Central Railway Company merged with PPR to form Pennsylvania Central Railway Company. However, it was forcibly bankrupted two years later.

It can be said that this also represents the official end of the railway era in the United States.

The above-ground station building that Yuan Yan suddenly walked into was one of the largest indoor buildings in the world at that time, with an area of ​​2.8 hectares, close to the scale of the nave of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, and also had the style of the ancient Roman bathing grounds. Otherwise, how could America be called New Rome? Their aesthetic tastes are really very similar to those of the ancient Romans.

Unfortunately, this luxurious station building was demolished by the New York City Government in 1968.

The train route he is going to take today is also very famous. It is called the Northeast Corridorrailwayline. It starts in Boston and connects Providence, New Haven, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore to the south, and finally Washington. It passes through five states and is 730 kilometers long. It is the busiest railway line in the United States. Its importance is equivalent to the Beijing-Shanghai Line of a major country in the East.

Author's note: The above historical materials are excerpted from "The Glorious Road: History of American Railways". Murong has read so many reference books without any thoughts. It is really not clear.

"Brother Hongjian, here, we are here!"

He entered the underground platform and met Major Cao Linsheng, a military officer who had just met for a while in the United States: "Brother Qingzhi, there are a few gentlemen, hello..."

The two of them boarded the train called "Captain Stone Star" with several other members. Of course, their members have different status from Shi Zhaoji and his wife. The ministers were in first-class private rooms and ordinary hard seats.

“Woo woo woo woo…”

As soon as the whistle sounded, the train started.

In fact, this journey doesn’t take much time, and you can reach Washington in five or six hours. It’s just that it’s easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it’s hard to go from extravagance to frugality. Our Master Yuan has been used to enjoying this time, and he always feels uncomfortable all over his body when he sits in such a "small" position.

He greeted, "Brother Qingzhi, why not let's go to the dining car to drink something."

Cao Linsheng looked embarrassed and said with some difficulty: "Brother Hongjian, I'm afraid we can't get into the dining car."

Yuan Yan didn't react for a moment. After thinking about it, she realized that the problem was on their two yellow faces.

He sneered, took out his wallet and pulled out two green portraits and said, "Don't they let us enter the dining cart, and they won't let their founders go in?"

As he said that, he stood up, put on his hat and picked up his coat and said, "Major Cao, please."

Cao Linsheng had no choice but to stand up and tidy up his military uniform and follow him to the dining car.

"You can't get into the dining cart, it's full!"

Hearing the conductor's sarcastic tone and not even a "sir", Master Yuan didn't even make a fuss. He looked at the dining car through the glass door, and it was obviously half empty inside.

He is indeed doing well in New York now, but Yuan Yanshu can only go to those few high-end restaurants and high-end places where he knows that he is a friend of the Baker family. As for the places where he doesn't know him, it's the same as what he's going on now.

If you are lucky, you can use the founding fathers to open the way. If you are not lucky, you can only touch your nose and get out of shame.

Forget it, I am not angry with you, a high-level Chinese like me.

He was about to take out his wallet without saying a word...

"trainman, you can't treat an officer like this!"

Just then, a gentle but persistent male voice came from behind the two Chinese: "No matter who they are, the officer and his gentleman friends are qualified to eat in the dining car."

Yuan Yanshu and Cao Linsheng turned their heads and saw a handsome army captain in their thirties standing behind them.

When the americancaptain saw Major Cao turn around, he immediately stood attentively and saluted. Cao Linsheng did not dare to be negligent, and he also replied with a salute upright.

Although they are just captains, officers are very valuable in the United States, and they are not as rampant as those in Beiyang and the Republic of China.

Seeing an officer helping these two yellow men speak, the conductor who was looking down on the train, had to make way for the three of them in disappointment.

As soon as we entered the dining cart, our Master Yuan took the lead in invitation and said, "Thank you, Mr. Captain. I wonder if this major and I have the honor to give you a drink."

The American officer nodded happily and said, "Okay!"

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Are patients interested in guessing which World War II star he is?

As a reminder, his last name starts with a, not Eisenhower.
Chapter completed!