Just as Toby was banging the hammer and dreaming that his children would be successful in the future, some soldiers came over carrying rifles.
They reminded everyone to stay out of the way, and then Toby was shocked to see a strange, smoking machine driving slowly along the road he had paved.
This was built in Tang Mo's factory, the first locomotive in human history - completely different from the one on earth. Because of the drawings, the locomotive that Tang Mo took out was a very perfect and mature design.
Mature design brings many benefits. On the one hand, mature design represents an improvement in reliability and maintainability, allowing the product to be put into use immediately.
On the other hand, a mature design can also provide greater pulling force and enter the practical stage early without the need for verification and improvement, saving a lot of time.
With the joint efforts of Matthews and Parker, as well as Tang Mo and Roger, this strictly confidential locomotive was manufactured in the latest factory.
The design of this train adopts the steam locomotive design of the 1880s. It looks relatively primitive, but it is indeed the most advanced locomotive that Tang Mo can build today.
What's more, this locomotive, the only one in the world, could pull seven carriages when it was born, which was beyond everyone's imagination.
A train can actually pull 7 carriages, which shocked everyone, including Matthews.
After all, this thing is not a carriage. It can work day and night. Of course, the number of things it can pull is also different.
The seven carriages on the train are not just pretense carriages, but real carriages in the strict sense.
A manned carriage can hold 70 people. If the situation is urgent, it is not impossible to transport a company of soldiers.
The other six cargo carriages can be fully loaded with cargo, carrying behemoths with a carrying capacity of more than 15 tons - for a carriage, the carrying capacity of this thing can simply be described as terrifying.
In other words, the railway Tang Mo just laid here can transport nearly a hundred people and more than 80 tons of goods in one transportation. This can be described as perfect!
Now, this train is ready to use the most amazing efficiency to contribute to the construction of its own dedicated railway track.
It is currently transporting 40 tons of steel rails and more than 20 tons of sleepers, following the railway construction team and heading towards the forest.
"Bah..." With a sound of pressure relief, the train spurted white steam from both sides, startling everyone.
Then, all the road construction workers were surprised to find that someone was continuously carrying various construction materials from the carriage.
One after another, the sleepers were delivered to the gravel roadbed in front of the train, and the workers skillfully laid these sleepers along the direction of the road extension.
The construction speed of the project was speeding up immediately, and everyone was talking about this black, huge monster.
Some workers who had seen the steam engine started educating the people around them that the white smoke sprayed out was not the mist sprayed by some monster...
"The distance of 11 kilometers, looking at it now, is really nothing." Seeing that the fifth kilometer of railway was about to be laid, Matthews proudly said to Tang Mo standing next to him.
"It's best to put it into use in April." Tang Mo rubbed his nose and felt that the air quality in Bunas was getting worse and worse.
There was no way, he was the initiator of this problem. Just looking at the train with black smoke coming from the chimney in front of him, he knew that the air quality in Bunas would not improve in a short time.
That is to say, this place is along the coast, and the sea breeze has taken away part of the pollution, otherwise the environment here will only be worse.
As long as the train is put into use, that is, the so-called Bunas Station to the Group's Second Branch Factory Station is open to traffic, then Tang Mo's construction speed of the Second Branch Factory will increase exponentially.
The raw materials produced from Bunas will be continuously transported to the depths of the vicious forest. In this way, the problem of insufficient materials will be completely solved.
The rest of the matter is even simpler. Tang Mo only needs to continue to open up the Vicious Forest and extend the railway to Beiling to speed up the flow of goods.
At that time, the ore mined in Beiling will continuously arrive at the Second Branch of Datang Group. Here, the ore will be turned into the best munitions, and then transported to Bunas and sold by ship to all parts of the world.
"I estimate that it will be ready for testing in another seven or eight days." Matthews said firmly: "The key is that our train is... so great!"
"It changed the transportation of this world! Oh my god, I don't even know how to describe it." Matthews looked at Tang Mo excitedly, he always had this expression recently.
After all, Tang Mo allowed him to see continuous firing weapons and more advanced machinery - and all of this was accomplished in less than a year.
"What is this?" Tang Mo grinned and pointed in the direction of the sea: "Have you ever thought that one day we can install steam engines on ships so that ships can sail without the help of wind?
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"..." Matthews' eyes widened in an instant. He had been studying steam trains recently. After hearing Tang Mo's words, he realized that maybe steam engines, as the ultimate power, can do
There are just too many things.
He looked at Tang Mo again and asked seriously: "My master, can you tell me the truth? Are you the god of craftsmen who came to the mortal world to guide the direction of the entire world?"
"Stop making trouble, Matthews, you watched this train being made. There are hundreds of parts in it that you polished by yourself..." Tang Mo was amused by Matthews and laughed.
, pointing to the train not far away and said to Matthews.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Being able to follow you is the greatest luck in my life." Matthews said to Tang Mo seriously: "I really hope to be by your side all the time.
Listen to your teachings."
"As long as you maintain your loyalty, Matthews, of course you can stay with me." Tang Mo was amused by the dwarf again. He patted Matthews on the shoulder and said to the old man with a smile.
"Sir, sir...can you give me a name for my child?" Just as Tang Mo and Matthews were laughing and chatting, a worker walked to Tang Mo's area tremblingly and was greeted by several guards.
After stopping him, he shouted to Tang Mo from a long distance away.
"Why not? I think it would be nice to call him Frank." Tang Mo said to the worker with a smile: "I hope he will be healthy and his wisdom will be as dazzling as the stars."
"Thank you! Thank you! Sir! Thank you for your blessing! Thank you! Frank will be your most loyal servant in the future! Thank you! Thank you!" The worker was contentedly pulled back to the construction site by his foreman, so far away.
From a distance, you can still hear the worker's shout of thanks.
In fact, Tang Mo often encounters this kind of thing. Many workers or soldiers who work for Tang Mo, if they have children, hope that Tang Mo can name their children.
In the eyes of these people, Tang Mo is not only their boss or their master, but the God of Wisdom in this world. Being blessed by the gods is simply something worth showing off for a lifetime.
"What's going on over there at the dock?" Tang Mo has recently turned into an infrastructure maniac and has been expanding his territory.
What he is building here is his own railway, and on the other side he is also expanding the port in Bunas. He had his own port expansion plan before, but now that Bunas has been upgraded to a city, his expanded port immediately became an advance layout.
great vision.
After assuring the newly promoted mayor that his own goods would use his new port in the future and ensuring that they would not occupy the throughput of the old port of Bunas, the former old mayor immediately repaid the favor with his own practical actions.
Tang Mo’s generosity.
He gave Tang Mo the power to recommend candidates, installed his own forces in the city guard, and gave Bernard, Loew, as well as Weiss, Tiger, and Redman all a formal official position.
This is obviously not in line with the rules of the kingdom, but secret operations always exist. Anyway, there are so many free positions, and it is not difficult to make captains for just a few people.
As the actual commander of the nominal city guard, Sheriff Sauron had already been flirting with Tang Mo a long time ago. Of course, he would not interfere in such a matter, but instead acquiesced in such an operation.
Simone, the tax officer who had taken refuge in Tang Mo, was even more understanding. He immediately appointed his most loyal subordinates to serve as tax inspectors at the port Tang Mo was building.
This operation was so easy that Tang Mo had the final say on how much tax Tang Mo had to pay at the port in a year.
If he doesn't want to pay, he can just make up any excuse and say that he lost tens of thousands of gold coins. Anyway, there won't be any evidence left...
"The No. 1 dock you want has almost been built. We used a lot of cement and made a lot of sediments in advance, which increased the construction speed several times." Matthews immediately answered Tang Mo's question: "One
The pier is almost ready for use and four more are under construction."
"Where is the second dock?" Tang Mo asked again.
"The second dock is also under construction, but due to the lack of workers, the progress is a little slower." Matthews then replied: "Soon, we will be able to repair our own ships, which can save a lot of money.
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"Saving money is not the purpose. We have to build the ship ourselves. This is the purpose." Tang Mo nodded with satisfaction, and then continued to look at the railway tracks being laid over there: "Everything is going to be fine."