I weave my destiny in parallel time and space

Inside the Merlin Tavern.

Xia Ya sat in the seat where she usually sat, looking at the street scene outside the window, drinking a cup of tea. It was the fine Longjing tea brought from Beichen. The tea was fragrant and refreshing.

Strictly speaking, Charia should be over 100 years old today, but Charia has no intention of remembering exactly how old she is.

But as he gets older, drinking alcohol is no longer appropriate, so recently he likes drinking tea more and more to maintain health.

Outside the window is the street view of the imperial capital. The environmental protection bill to reduce emissions and carbon dioxide that several presidents have worked on has achieved initial results. The thick clouds of coal smoke in the streets in the past have also dissipated a lot, and the smell is not so bad.

Of course, due to the limitations of the times, even if so many bills are introduced, Britannia cannot give up industry in exchange for the environment, so the pollution in the imperial capital is still not small.

Even Xiaya's facade has been corroded by these corrosives and needs to be renovated every once in a while, let alone people.

Although this city is the economic center of the entire country, it is not suitable for human survival.

But even so, it still cannot conceal its prosperity.

People in gorgeous clothes were walking around on the streets. In addition to the horse-drawn carriages often seen on the streets, there were also some four-wheeled internal combustion engine cars.

The style is very similar to some antique cars commonly seen in museums, but even a little behind. There is no roof cover or doors. There is only a sofa on it, and even the steering wheel is not round.

But it is a novelty in this day and age.

Even in the imperial capital, few people have it.

The speed and maneuverability of cars in this era do not have many advantages over horses, and compared to lifeless cars, people are more willing to entrust their safety to horses with thousands of years of operating experience.

So cars should coexist with horse-drawn carriages for a while.

In fact, the existence of automobiles is much earlier than the emergence of internal combustion engines.

As early as the last century, some people actually developed steam-powered locomotives to pull some large artillery, and even developed the earliest buses based on this.

However, the steam engine was too bulky, inefficient, and slow. When burning the boiler, a large amount of black exhaust gas was emitted, which made the steam car hot and dirty, far from comfortable.

This type of steam locomotive was eliminated more than ten years ago.

The most eye-catching thing is probably the bus-like vehicle that is slowly passing by at the intersection not far away.

If you look carefully, you can see that there are no tires under the car, but it is running on a track. There is a wire above it. An electric shock pole extends from the vehicle and makes a sizzling sound when it touches the wire.

That is a tram. In this world, this should be the second tram in the world. In this era, it is absolutely black technology.

It’s the “dangdang car” that shuttles through the streets of Baijing and Laomodu in old movies.

The world's first rail vehicle for passenger transportation was launched in Beichen in 1775. It was pulled by horses and was called a "public carriage."

Britannia had a close relationship with Beichen, so it was also affected. There was such a track in the imperial capital.

In 1835, Eamon, an engineer from the German Empire who invented the electric motor, exhibited the first electric car powered by transmission lines at the Berlin Industrial Exhibition.

Three years later, he laid the first tram track in the suburbs of Berlin, relying on one rail for electricity and another for loop.

But this line was too dangerous for street traffic, so he solved the power supply and safety problems by elevating the transmission lines.

In 1841, Brittany Vandel tried out a tram to carry passengers at an agricultural exhibition. The tram he tried used a collector pole with a contact wheel and an overhead contact wire to transmit power, and used rails as the power supply method for another circuit.

A few years later, a Britannian used the above method to switch to electric traction vehicles on several horse-drawn rail car routes, and made changes to the vehicle's power collection device, control system, motor suspension method and driving method. Improvements were made, and the current tram appeared.

There are only two places in the world that have this kind of tram, and it is only a short section. It will take decades for it to become popular. .

Looking at the diesel locomotives spewing black smoke and the trams, the people wearing rococo clothes and wigs that I saw when they first came to this world seemed to be still very close to me.

Unknowingly, a whole century has passed since Char came to this world, which is longer than the time he spent in the other world.

Time really flies by, giving people an unreal feeling.

This era marks the era of Queen Victoria in another world, the most steampunk era, with industrialized cities, gushing chimneys and punk-style cars. Char actually likes this style.

"Dingling~"

The door opened slowly, and a man wearing a black suit, tie, and black hat walked in. He came to Xia Ya's side and took off his hat to signal, and then sat opposite Xia Ya.

This is Galante, the fifty-year agreement has arrived again, and he is here to keep the appointment.

Compared with the previous fifty years, his condition has obviously improved a lot. His hair and beard are meticulously taken care of, and he wears a suit and tie, looking like an upper class person.

"It seems that you are having a good time during this period." Xia Ya lifted up one side of the green tea and took a sip.

Galante pointed proudly to the diesel locomotive outside, "That belongs to my company."

Xia Ya raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Coming to Britannia is truly the best decision I have ever made." Galante said energetically, "The imperial power has just been overthrown, gold is everywhere, and many rich people panicked and sold their houses at low prices. , thinking they would be liquidated by the new regime, I used some of the gold I saved to buy them. In less than ten years, these houses had multiplied several times, and I saved my first pot of gold.”

"Later, the internal combustion engine appeared. I seized this opportunity to introduce the technology of internal combustion engine cars from Beichen and improved it, which is the cars outside."

"Is that so?" Xia Ya whispered softly, "What's the name of your company?"

"I use my wife's name, Mercedes," Galante said.

Xia Ya's face showed some amusement, but there were no words.

But then, Galante was silent for a moment and said, "I plan to return to Germany next."

Xia Ya looked at him in surprise, "You don't have any good memories in Germany."

"There are still some." Galante said, "At least, my wife and children live there. When I fled, a friend of mine. His name is Simon. You should have met him at the time. When I was in Egypt, I was with him. I'm in this together."

Xia Ya nodded, "I have some impressions."

"He helped me escape, and he also provided me with the information. I don't know what happened to him later, but the outcome should not be too good." Galante said, "I have always had a problem in my heart over the years. I want to go back and see if he has any descendants, and I want to give them some help."