Chapter 31: The ancient capital of dynasties, years of heritage
Lin Yan could probably spend days and nights telling the story of China's railways and still not finish.

In addition to the stories about how railways have driven economic development, Lin Yan, unable to resist Martha's curiosity, told her a series of changes starting from the first railway in China a hundred years ago, to the new era railways, green-skinned trains, K-series trains, EMUs, high-speed trains, and so on.

Of course, while these stories are great, there are also some moments that make you smile.

For example, Li and Yong.

As soon as these three words came out, all the Chinese people in the live broadcast room tacitly held back their laughter, which made Martha look puzzled. She kept asking questions for a long time before Lin Yan retaliated by showing her a photo of a high-speed train that caused cardiopulmonary arrest.

Martha, who was deeply traumatized, immediately said that she would never ask Lin Yan about anything he didn't want to talk about again.

The story goes on, but how can the story of China Railway be told so easily? Before we knew it, the high-speed train had arrived at the station.

"We've arrived at Chang'an North Station. We've arrived at Chang'an North Station."

Martha: "...Ah? So fast?"

She looked at the same time in surprise.

It is now 12:06 noon, and we arrived on time, without any deviation.

Moreover, the GPS positioning also shows that my current location is Chang'an City in China.

She took out her cell phone and calculated for a while, then exclaimed again.

"Everyone in the live broadcast room, look! This is Chang'an North Station, and my GPS location also shows Chang'an City! According to the results I just found, the straight-line distance between Jinghai and Chang'an City is about 1100 kilometers. Yan and I started the high-speed train at 7:55, and in a little over 4 hours, we traveled 1100 kilometers by high-speed train! Whether it's the high-speed train speed or the operating mileage, this is solid evidence!"

The evidence is irrefutable. Anyone with any sense would have shut up and would no longer question the authenticity of China's high-speed rail.

But there are still some people who are stubborn:
“4个小时跑1000公里，这时速分明才250km嘛，哪有350、360？这不分明还是造假？”

"Are you f*cking blind? Don't you see there are so many stops along the way? Are you wasting the time for parking and driving?"

"And it's 1100 kilometers, how come you only said 1000 kilometers? Can you make up for the missing 100 kilometers?"

This time, many of those who spoke up for China were viewers of foreign IPs.

It can be seen that many people are not really born with an opinion about China, but because they do not know China well enough, they have some wrong perceptions under the guidance of false propaganda. As long as they can show them the true side of China, they will naturally be able to correct their mistakes and correctly understand a real China.

Lin Yan felt a little emotional as he watched the wind direction in the live broadcast room change unconsciously.

This has nothing to do with the reward of legend points, but as a Chinese citizen, he is always happy to see outsiders overcome their prejudices and correctly praise China's achievements, and to hear others praising himself.

He chuckled and said to Martha in a serious tone:

"Martha, do you know why I chose Chang'an City as the transit station?"

Martha tilted her head: "Isn't it because this is the only place where we can transfer?"

"Wrong! If you want to go to Western Xinjiang, the best transit point should be in Lanzhou. I chose Chang'an City to show you another side of China besides its modernized and powerful subways, hospitals, and high-speed railways!"

"Are you ready to meet a beautiful lady with a history of 5,000 years and a civilized land with the most glorious history in the entire Blue Star, Martha? This is Chang'an City, the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization and the most famous cultural capital!"

"She is not as glamorous as Jinghai and Modu, but the rhythm between her frowns and smiles is enough to make the whole of China fall in love with her. You can choose not to go to Jinghai and Modu when traveling to China, but if you have not been to Chang'an City, then your trip is truly in vain!"

Martha's eyes lit up.

But then he smiled and said:

"A lady who is five thousand years old? Shouldn't she be called a grandmother? Yan?"

Lin Yan: “……???” What’s going on? I haven’t seen Martha be so naughty in the past ten hours.
Who? Who corrupted my lovely Martha?
……

After exiting the high-speed railway station, Lin Yan hailed a taxi with a Didi. While waiting for the taxi, Martha seemed to be doing something. She was looking left and right, east and west, as if she was looking for something.

Lin Yan had a question mark on his face and asked:

"Martha, did you lose anything?"

"That's not the case, it's just...why can't I see the subway?"

Lin Yan: "Ah? Subway?"

Didn’t you have enough of the rush hour subway yesterday?
Martha didn't care about yesterday's trouble. She even said that the crowded feeling made the princess of the Arab League feel different. Especially the chance encounter with Zhou Hanya was still fresh in her memory.

So today she still wanted to take the subway to experience the different styles on the subway. She also wanted to compare the differences between the subways in Chang'an City and Jinghai City to see if there were any big differences.

But Lin Yan's answer made her stunned.

"There's no subway in Chang'an, Martha."

No subway???

Martha was shocked!

Perhaps because he felt that what he said was not rigorous enough, Lin Yan added:

"It's not that there is no subway, but the subway lines in Xi'an are very sparse compared to other first-tier cities, and many places cannot be directly reached by subway. For example, here, there is no subway, and you have to go somewhere else to take the subway. If it's so troublesome, it's better to just call a taxi to your destination."

"But...this..."

Martha couldn't accept it.

There were also doubts raised by the audience in the live broadcast room:
"Isn't your China already quite powerful? This Chang'an City is also a very famous big city in your China, right? How come such an important city doesn't have a subway?"

"Didn't you say the same thing when you were bragging about your Chinese subway yesterday?"

"You really only have Jinghai and Modu as model cities? Other places can't even afford to build a subway?"

"I was helping you to talk about how great the Chinese subway was yesterday! So it's really just a publicity stunt?"

Don't even talk about them.

It was impossible for Martha not to feel disappointed when she heard that a big city like Chang'an had no subway.

But after a moment of disappointment, she was relieved.

After all, China has only become strong for a short time, so it is normal that other places cannot keep up.

At least the buildings I saw, although not as spectacular as Jinghai, had tall buildings, flyovers, and busy traffic. At least it was not the kind of "backward place" my father talked about. There was no subway, but it was good enough!

However, Lin Yan's words sent them all diving to the ground.

"Who told you that Chang'an City doesn't have a subway because it can't afford to build one?"

"The entire Chang'an City is the core of the core of the 5,000-year history of China. If you dig a hoe underground in this city, you will find incredible cultural relics. Who would dare to build a subway here? Don't you want the ancestors to live there?"

(End of this chapter)