"Your Majesty, what's this?" Ma Zhou asked curiously, pointing at the steel laid on the ground and extending from the giant workshop, and then he walked around a beautiful and standard oval rail.

The rails protruding from the workshop form an annular ring with a total length of five miles on this open space, which is an experimental parking lot.

Under these rails, sleepers made of cement are supported by the rails, and under the sleepers are road slags piled up by countless gravels, just like the railway seen in later generations, using sleepers and these gravels to reduce the vibration of the train.

"This is called rails, uh, no, it should be called rails. This is the product produced by the Smelting Institute at the beginning of last year. It is about ten meters long. Each rail weighs fifty kilograms per meter, and one rail is important, which is 500 kilograms. This type of rail is laid with the test lane of the test steam locomotives, which will be used to drive steam locomotives in the future."

"It's the kind of strange machinery you said that does not require horses or manpower, but only requires water and coal?" Han Shiye patted the sturdy rails, then clapped his hands and asked.

"Not bad, but it's not called a weird machine, but a steam locomotive."

"Your Majesty, this is the development site of the steam engine. Your Majesty, please..." The head of the research institute stepped inside first. In this empty workshop, there were only dozens of technicians and workers busy, and they were wandering around were three strange-style machines. There were several machines next to it, but they were all just placed there.

Three towering smoke pipes protruded from above the machine, and were emitting flue gas and water vapor. Steel arms, as thick as arms, were moving back and forth with the spurted mist.

The sound of steam, the movement of machinery, and the conversation and shouting of people are endless. And our group is all shocked by these machinery.

The tallest machine, about three meters and five meters high and twenty meters long, was parked on the rails laid out from outside the workshop. From time to time, steam came out of the front of the car, forming thick white mist in the air, and then gradually dissipated.

"Good, it's so huge." Li Xuanba couldn't help but stare at him with disbelief. "Your Majesty, is this what you are talking about in the steam engine?

"This is one of the steam engines, and I named it the steam locomotive." I looked at this steam locomotive that was very similar to the locomotives in later generations with pride. In a few years, I believe that this thing can run freely on the land of China.

The busy technicians and workers have all come to visit at this moment. After some comfort, I personally walked closer to appreciate it.

"This is the earliest model of steam engine, this is the Huaxia Steam Engine No. 1, this is the Huaxia Steam Engine No. 2 and 3, this is the Huaxia Steam Locomotive Test No. 1. Because it is a experimental locomotive, it is built relatively small." The head of the research institute stood in front of us, introduced these machinery placed aside and without power to me and ministers.

"And the three units being tested here are the third vertical steam engine, and their power is extremely amazing. According to our calculations, their power is enough to match ten hydraulic spinning machines. This is No. 4. After improvement and some sound insulation devices are installed, the noise is nearly one-third smaller than No. 3, and its power is also increased by nearly two-thirds..."

"As for the steam locomotive here, it is Test No. 4. It uses a horizontal boiler, with a larger heat transfer area and faster steam generated... Its power is extremely powerful and has better stability than the No. 2 and No. 3 locomotives of the same weight. The 19th real-vehicle track test at the end of spring this year, once pulled 25 tons of goods and ran on the test lane outside for half an hour, and took a total of 80 miles."

"Wait, what do you mean is that this thing ran eighty miles in half an hour on this iron stick?" Luo Shixin pulled the person in charge and asked loudly in surprise.

"Yes..." The person in charge was stunned for a moment, and then nodded vigorously. "This is of course true. We conducted four more test drives, each time between half an hour and eighty-five miles. The longest test drive reached three hours, and the foot plan ran 492 miles."

Hiss... A group of important officials in the court and the pillar officials of the country were all grinning here. The corners of Wei Yunqi's Confucian general's eyes were already slightly tilted. No matter how you look, you feel like you are tilting your head and admiring Ximen Qing, who had just poured water from passers-by and was closing the window in panic.

"God, three hours are more than 490 miles away. So in this way, one hour is one hundred and sixty miles away, and twelve hours is... one thousand nine hundred and twenty miles away? I'm not wrong with this, right?" My uncle's voice suddenly rose octaves.

"Yes, uncle, you did not calculate it wrong. One thousand nine hundred and twenty miles a day can be feasible." I am very proud and proud. The steam engine was designed by me. I told these researchers the principles of the steam engine, and I told them what to do. At least in terms of guidance and originality, this young master can account for at least 70% of the credit. Of course, the other credits are the technicians and workers. We are kind emperors, so we will not erase the credits of our subordinates.

"You just said you could carry twenty-five tons of cargo?" Yang Gongren's originally gentle face now changed shape, very strange, just like a copycat leader saw a passing escort car.

"Yes, twenty-five tons are only 50,000 kilograms of goods." The person in charge replied neatly, well, his expression was very superior, just like explaining the high-tech of smart computers to a group of old rural farmers who had just crawled out of the countryside and had never seen the world, and had never even watched TV.

"How many people need to operate?" Du Ruhui asked with his neck.

"Three people are enough. You can hold on for at least four hours. Of course, after four hours, someone still needs to change shifts." The person in charge replied with a smile and proudly.

"One thousand nine hundred and twenty miles away, by the way, Your Majesty, how fast is our carriage?" Because he was too excited, Wei Zheng, who had always had good mental arithmetics, asked at me after pulling his fingers for a long time.

"If you move quickly in twelve hours, change a good horse every hour, it can reach a maximum of over 700 miles." I briefly recalled and gave the answer.

The warrior also widened his eyes. "Good, that is to say, this thing is a thousand two hundred miles faster than the fastest carriage. In other words, it takes only about six hundred miles from Chang'an to Yan'an County. The carriage takes about one day, and the train takes less than four hours, which is a full triple.

"What's important is that twenty-five tons, this number is tens of times the amount of cargo that our long-distance carriage can carry. It's really amazing." Another minister also exclaimed incredible amazement.

"Your Majesty, I wonder if we can give it a try too. Feel it?" Li Xuanba and Luo Shixin looked at each other and rushed to me and said.

"Yes, your majesty, let me try it out and see if this thing is as fast as he said." Han Shiye also joined in the fun and rushed over and shouted loudly. Seeing these civil and military ministers was like children who saw novel toys.

I had no choice but to nod and asked at the person in charge. "Do you have a passenger carriage?"

"When you go back to your Majesty, there is a carriage, but it is also a test-type carriage, and it can only carry eighty crew members." The person in charge thought for a while and said to me. "The newly customized carriage has not arrived yet."

"It's okay, just sit there. By the way, how many tons of cargo can be loaded in our freight car?" I nodded and said.

"It can carry ten to fifteen tons, but now it usually only carries ten tons." The person in charge replied again.

"Okay, hang a truck car full of cargo behind the front of the car, and then hang it on the bus car. This should be fine, right?"

"Of course, it's no problem, it's just taking a little longer." The person in charge replied confidently. "It may take nearly two quarters of an hour."

"It's okay, go and do it now. I and all the ministers are waiting." I glanced at the civil and military ministers who looked expectant, waved my hand, and said very much.

I have been here several times before, but when I came here, I was mostly testing the front of the locomotive or testing the carrying capacity. I didn’t have the chance to take this bus carriage to experience the train of this era.

Two quarters of an hour was quite long, but the problem was that everyone did not stay inside and waited foolishly, but ran around with the workers in front of them. Soon, the warehouse where the truck and bus cars were placed was opened. Then, with the command of the command flag.

The driver who had already climbed onto the steam locomotive sounded the whistle. The sharp and loud sound made those of us who came to watch the ceremony subconsciously cover our ears. I didn't, because I had heard this sound several times.

Then, the lever on the wheels below the steam locomotive slowly moved the metal wheels as the steam spurted. The locomotive weighed nearly five tons was really shocking once such a behemoth jumped.

Gradually, he ran out of the workshop along the rails, and then began to slowly reverse and leaned towards the car warehouse not far away. At this time, Li Xuanba asked the person in charge curiously, so why didn't someone push the car out?

The person in charge looked at the number one general of the Chinese Empire with a look of a mentally ill patient. "General, it's not that the officials don't want to do this, but that thing is too heavy. If people are used to drag it, it's probably at least one or two hundred people can do it."
Chapter completed!