Chapter 707 It took five years to realize the transformation of railway steam!
"Trains can run day and night. Now they can travel forty miles an hour. If there is a double line, it will be no problem to travel four hundred miles day and night. Even if it is a single line, it will be no problem for more than two hundred miles. The load is 500 miles.
Stone, transporting more than 100 people is not a problem. In this case, do you think it is necessary to build a railway to Nanjing?
Nanjing is more than two thousand miles away from Beijing. With a single train, it can be reached in ten days, and a double line can be reached in five days. Such a high-speed and convenient channel is needed between the north and the south of the Ming Dynasty. Water transportation has the advantage of water transportation.
Railways are irreplaceable. But the advantages of railways are also unique, and the two cannot be replaced by each other. I have waited for so many years before the advent of trains. The only trains that really run on the railways are trains, and mules and horses are just for emergency use."
After understanding some data, Zhu Youjian was in the mood to talk to the courtiers. He spoke to them quite contentedly.
"Your Majesty, can this thing really run day and night without resting?" Zhu Dadian felt a little motion sick, but his thoughts on the key issues were still intact.
"Of course you will rest, but you need less rest than cows and horses. If the maintenance work is done well, it will be no problem to run eight or nine hours a day. At the same time, you don't necessarily need to use one locomotive for long distances. Arrange two or three locomotives in the middle.
The stations are rotated to ensure continuous operation at twelve o'clock without any problems."
"Can the locomotive be placed on the capital boat to drive the boat through the water?" Zhu Dadian raised another key question.
"Of course it is possible, but for the time being, no relevant research and development work has been carried out. In addition, the speed may drop a little after moving to the boat. Another advantage of the steam tractor is that the speed is not static. Now it is forty miles an hour.
The road does not mean that it will still be 40 miles in the future. In a few years, I may not be able to travel 80, 90 to 100 miles in an hour, and the load can exceed a thousand stones." A hundred miles in an hour, using the speed of later generations.
, which is only 25 kilometers, how fast can it be? Zhu Youjian thinks that it will not be difficult to achieve after a few years of development.
"Can the speed really be improved? If it can travel eighty miles in an hour, wouldn't it be easy to travel eight hundred miles in any place with railway access? This is still dragging hundreds of stones of goods per day.
Travel eight hundred miles! If it really can be realized, what difficulties will there be in governing the world? Relief can be provided at any time when disaster occurs, chaos can be quelled at any time, and enemies can be stopped at any time. Why not worry about peace and prosperity?" Zhu Dadian was told by the emperor's words.
He was completely excited. His mind suddenly thought of the scene after railways and trains covered the major provinces of the Ming Dynasty. The more he thought about it, the more excited he became.
The eight-hundred-mile express is the fastest pace imaginable in this era. Can future trains really normalize this extreme pace? If it is normalized, it will take less than three days for normal people to travel from Nanjing to Beijing.
Darling, can people still live like this? As Zhu Dadian thought about it, he became less confident.
"It can travel eighty miles in one hour. I think that as long as we continue to pay attention to the development of steam engines, it shouldn't be difficult to do it within ten years. The current problem is on the road. There are still too few railways in Ming Dynasty, especially the two-track railways.
Therefore, the speed of railway construction in the future must be accelerated. At least within ten years, there will be a double-line railway connecting Nanjing and Beijing, as well as from Chang'an to Dengzhou. In this way, there will be a crisscrossing lifeline in the belly of the Ming Dynasty, which will govern the country.
It will be much easier than now.
Of course, the availability of high-speed railways and trains does not mean that all problems can be solved. Confucius said: A gentleman does not have tools. I think it is not that tools are not important, but that we cannot rely solely on tools for anything. Weapons cannot solve fundamental problems.
, new tools can also bring new problems, and the problems that Ming Dynasty will face in the future will only be more. But having said that, having sharp tools is definitely better than not having sharp tools. At that time, no matter how difficult the problems to be solved are, there is nothing you can think of.
There are always more ways and solutions than there are now."
"Your Majesty is worried about the worries of the world first, and is respectful of the joy of the world later. The Ming Dynasty has a virtuous monarch, so why worry about the prosperous times not coming? In this life, I hope to see great events." When Zhu Dadian said this, he was all excited.
Some of them swallowed hard, it was obvious that he was truly moved.
After taking the country bumpkins to see the world, they returned to the court. The debate about whether to build a railway to Nanjing has become a thing of the past. Now Zhu Dadian and his friends can't wait to start the construction project of the double-track railway from Beijing to Nanjing.
They want to realize their dream of arriving in Nanjing within a few days as soon as possible. At that time, it will be much more convenient for them to return to their hometown.
"Let's build the main line first, and build the double line step by step. At present, the two lines from Beijing to Tianjin and Baoding have been opened to traffic. The two lines to Yanzhou will be opened to traffic within three years. The two-Beijing railway and long-distance railway will be opened to traffic within eight to ten years.
The most realistic plan is to open the two-track railway to traffic. After all, there are still many places across the country that need to be connected to railways. We cannot concentrate all resources on the line between Beijing and Beijing, nor can we concentrate all resources on railway construction." Zhu Youjian observed.
Everyone became a little radical after taking the train, and they quickly spoke out to calm down the situation.
"Your Majesty seeks stability, and I agree. However, in addition to the two lines of Liangjing and Changdeng, I believe that the line from Baoding to Zhengzhou and then directly to Wuchang should be opened to traffic within ten years. If this wish can be realized,
, the north and south, east and west of the Ming Dynasty will achieve unobstructed conditions. Coupled with the Yangtze River waterway, canals in the south of the Yangtze River, and shipping, if there is a disaster in the south, goods from the north will be diverted, and if there is a disaster in the north, goods from the south will be diverted. If there is a problem in the east, goods from the northwest can be diverted.
If something happens in the northwest, you can also use the strength from the southeast. This is a great plan to establish long-term peace and stability, and I hope that your majesty will approve it." Zhu Dadian saw that the emperor came out to tighten the pace, and quickly proposed that it was okay to tighten the pace, but some things have to be done even if they are extremely difficult.
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"The Prime Minister's words are words of great benefit to the country. The general railway development plan for the next ten years will be carried out according to the Prime Minister's vision. Now let's talk about the arrangements for train promotion. The Tianjin Bureau is temporarily in charge of trains.
Production matters. Based on the current train regulations, more than two hundred trains will be produced first. It is necessary to achieve the situation of replacing mule and horse carriages with trains from Beijing to Tongzhou and Miyun to Tongzhou this year.
At the same time, we cannot relax in the development of new cars, and we must continue to develop better-use trains. I hope that within five years, trains will completely replace mules and horses and become the mainstream equipment on the railway. At the same time, the speed and capacity of trains must also be improved.
It needs to be significantly improved on the existing basis." Having a train does not mean that it can be put on the road immediately. The cars made now can only be said to have solved the problem of availability. Next, we must solve the problem of getting it on the road as soon as possible.
The problem of completely replacing mule and horse rail cars. In Zhu Youjian's view, it took five years to realize the reform of railway steamization, which is already a very fast pace.