Lucifer sacrificed too much for world peace

One morning, before the morning fog cleared, near the post station in the Garden of Eden, people appeared one after another on both sides of the railroad tracks, standing there idly as if waiting for something, communicating with other people in a low voice.

In fact, the railway tracks here have only been laid for more than ten years. The project was funded by caravans from various cities, and the purpose is to make travel more convenient.

No way, because people in this era rarely leave the city they have been living in alone. In most cases, only caravans will come and go between cities. Ordinary people just want to go to other places, and they will habitually ask for more Experienced caravans brought themselves, so only the caravan was worried about the wear and tear of their carriages, and in order to solve this problem, they issued a reward for help.

The result they got was the rails.

The rails can not only slow down the wear of the wheels, but also make the horse-drawn wagons run more stably.In this way, merchants from several cities united together and spent several years laying railroad tracks along the route familiar to the caravan. The number of participating cities is still increasing. Merchants spend money every year to repair the part of their own city. The railway is regarded as the blacksmith's annual fixed income.

As for the occasional disobedience of the horse, insisting on pulling the cart to run on a route other than the railroad track, causing the cart to overturn... That is the windfall income of the orthopedic doctor...

And now, this is actually still a young railroad, and it is necessary to use other means of transportation other than horse-drawn carriages.

Yes, what made everyone rush to the empty railway tracks early in the morning to wait was naturally the steam train that people had been talking about for a while.

Since the day before yesterday, the Eden Chamber of Commerce has started notifying each other to spare the time this morning and not occupy the No. 1 railroad track.

If a certain railway track is not allowed to be used suddenly, people must ask why?Then you will naturally be told that because the steam train has to go on the rails for experiments and adjustments, it will not stop in time like a horse-drawn truck once it starts, so in order to avoid accidental injury, I hope to empty that line directly.

After hearing the news, the merchants who had been waiting for the steam train for a long time were naturally omniscient. They adjusted their routes one after another, and some even postponed the departure time, just to see the steam train running with their own eyes. .

This news was not kept secret, so many residents of Eden also heard about it, so there are so many people waiting on both sides of the railway.

Lucifer was also standing in the crowd, but he was wearing low-key clothing and a hat to cover his face, intending to watch the operation of the steam train in a low-key manner.

He looked down at the track, which was originally built for horse-drawn wagons.

In order to make it easier for horses to move in the middle, the design of this rail is very simple, that is, one is laid on each side, and it is not like the earth that is built into an I-shaped rail for reasons such as the stability of the rail.

However, the width of the rails is very satisfactory. It is designed according to the width of the two-horse-drawn trucks commonly used by caravans. Therefore, when designing the steam train, it is also designed according to the same width-this aspect is the same as the earth. The width of the tram, the width of the rails, the width of the train are all designed according to the width of the hips of the double horses.

Others may not know, but as an investor, Lucifer is very clear about the itinerary of the steam train.

At this moment, the steam train should have departed from the assembled location to the suburbs. In addition to the person in charge of the driver's cab, two other people were responsible for refueling the steam train, and he stuffed it in as a doctor just in case. Raphael.

According to his calculations, the steam train will probably pass by this post station soon, and then...

The roaring sound from a distance interrupted Lucifer's train of thought, and like the people around him, he subconsciously leaned forward and looked in the direction of the sound.

Accompanied by a strong rhythmic bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang, a steel creation broke through the morning fog and broke into everyone's field of vision.

Amidst the exclamation of the crowd, the steam train that was constantly emitting white smoke passed through this section of the railway without stopping, and then disappeared into the mist at the other end of the track, leaving only the bang bang bang bang and "woo woo "The sound indicated that the picture just now was not an illusion.

"Success, success!" A person suddenly shouted, "I can go to Utopia!"

"Oh oh oh!!! It worked!!!"

Although some people present did not actually need to go to other places, but the positive publicity that Lucifer made before was really good. Just imagining the scene of convenient travel in the future, everyone is very happy.

If there is no demand now, it does not mean that there will be no demand in the future. If you are free, it is good to see what other cities are like.

Two days ago, with the help of Rafael, Satan finally finished writing the summary report of Eden's social research.

According to the data in the report, only about 20% of people are aware of the impact of the steam engine on certain jobs. Compared with the early days, the number has increased, but the proportion is still not large. As for the opposition to the operation of steam trains There are even fewer attitudes, and most people are still looking forward to the arrival of the steam age-although their trust comes from the church.

Most people think that since the church did not stop it, it means that the problem is not serious and it must be good for everyone, so they ignore some discordant voices.

Of course, this survey form does not refer to the survey of everyone's attitude towards the steam age, there are some useful data that Lucifer thinks will be used in the future, such as the acceptance of food, and small groups such as mahjong and rope skipping The support of the event and the like provided a good reference for Lucifer.

Just when everyone was happily thinking about the future, there was another commotion coming from the direction of the steam train.

Lucifer took a closer look and found that it was a horse-drawn cart.

Seeing so many people gathered here, the owner of the carriage stopped the carriage slowly.

A businessman standing aside knew the man: "Hey! Why did you stop?"

The man said helplessly: "I didn't intend to leave at all! I just wanted to test how fast this steam train is... It was okay at first, but then it got faster and faster. You see, just for a while, I It was thrown away completely."

His acquaintance laughed: "Hahaha, this is a good thing."

Since the steam train is indeed faster than the horse-drawn carriage as in the previous advertisement, it will be more convenient for their caravans to do business in the future... What the sage said is indeed true!

Lucifer looked at the people who didn't seem to have any resistance to the steam train, turned around and called a carriage, and asked someone to take him back to the store.

... There is no way, the alarm clock is equivalent to useless as soon as he leaves the store, he doesn't even think about teleportation, and he doesn't want to walk from the post station back to the city center on two legs, so he can only take a carriage.

Fortunately, many economically minded carriages were parked nearby, waiting to send these onlookers back, so Lucifer arrived at the entrance of the Apple store in the carriage smoothly.

At this time, Apple stores are usually not open. Lucifer sometimes puts himself to sleep at night like a human being, and sometimes plays games all night. In short, the opening time of the store is basically after 8 o'clock in the morning.

Even though Lucifer went downstairs early today, he didn't intend to open the door in advance, but went directly to the tailor shop next door, also known as the temporary research room, to check the situation.

Generally speaking, the scientists next door had very chaotic schedules. There were always people in the research area on the first floor, and the discussions were almost never interrupted.

But today the situation has changed. Whether it is the first floor or the second floor, it is very quiet.

Lucifer looked at the first floor where there were only three or four people left, so it looked a bit empty, and found Einstein sitting in the corner.

"...Did you just come here, or haven't you come home?" Lucifer couldn't help asking.

Einstein said: "I didn't go home yesterday, I slept on the second floor."

Lucifer shook his head, without commenting on Einstein's lifestyle, he asked directly: "Where are the others? Have you gone to see the steam train?"

"Yes." Einstein said, "The people in charge of the steam train have all gone, and a few people may also want to see the scene, so they left together. The rest are either still sleeping on the second floor, or Just not interested."

"Which one do you belong to?" Lucifer asked with great interest.

"I……"

Einstein took a deep breath: "I really want to see it, but it's just a commemorative first run, and it's not very attractive to me. With this time, I hope to hurry up It's all sorted out."

Speaking of this, Einstein picked up the notebook in his hand without wasting any time, pointed to a line of writing and asked Lucifer: "My lord, can you understand what is written in this line of writing? "

Lucifer: "..."

This scrawl is as illegible as a Russian doctor's case...but that's okay!Humans can't understand it, just change it to the angel's reading method.

Lucifer has been able to switch the reading method proficiently. He glanced at it and reported the correct answer to Einstein.

Einstein wrote vigorously, and at the same time said: "Master Sage, please don't leave! There are still a few things I don't understand..."

Originally just looking at the situation, Lucifer became the interpreter somehow, and after 20 minutes of speechless answers, Einstein finally stopped.

It can only be said that fortunately only some of the writing is so sloppy. After all, the owner of the notebook doesn't want to find out that he can't understand what he wrote when he looks back.

"Thank you, this time I really trouble you."

Einstein heaved a sigh of relief, looked at Lucifer gratefully and guiltily, and at the same time couldn't help asking: "Excuse me, how did you figure out what was written in this pile of... this pile of lines?"

Lucifer was silent for a moment: "...Intuition."

Einstein: "..."

During these 20 minutes, Lucifer had figured out what Einstein was doing.

But in order to get more accurate information, he still asked: "So, how is your plan going?"

Einstein's eyes lit up immediately: "Not bad! I'm sorting out papers related to steam engines and improved steam-powered printing machines. Franklin said she would write them. Da Vinci didn't want to write papers, so he threw all the materials to Me, I have sorted out the improved screw lathe and canning line... Although the number of articles is small, there are many pages, and it is enough for the first issue."

Yes, ever since he was reminded by Lucifer that he could start preparing for the first issue of the scientific journal "Nature" in advance, Einstein seemed to have finally found his life goal. Goal forward.

Thanks to the openness of the world, no one has the idea of ​​"I don't want to disclose my research to others". Faced with Einstein's request, everyone agreed to provide the information themselves. Einstein wrote the first draft of the paper. proposal.

This caused Einstein to become inexplicably busier than many people even though he was not involved in any research project.

Of course, the busiest person is probably only Da Vinci, a legend who only sleeps for two hours a day and is still alive and kicking.

"—We have already discussed that we need to standardize the format of papers. As long as we use the new format of papers from the first issue, when our "Nature" has influence, other papers in the world will also follow suit. It will gradually become more standardized.”

Einstein said so.

"How should I put it, I want to take the first issue of "Nature" to other cities by steam train, and it is best for researchers in remote areas to buy it. In this way, the printing volume must also go up, but my family... ..."

Lucifer understood, and he asked skillfully: "Do you need investment? How much?"

—Angel investors send money online.

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