■According to Shan Daoqian's standards, Lingao's trains can only be regarded as urban rail transit systems. They are expanded on the factory rail car lines that were originally used to transport goods. They are used to transport products, raw materials and workers. This line network
Up to now, the gas locomotive has changed from a gas locomotive to a meteor-type steam locomotive, and the route has expanded from the small railway running in the factory area to the entire county: the operating line extends from Wenlanqiao Station outside the county, along the Wenlan River to Bopu,
Then it extends from Bopu to Ma Niao, connecting the entire main industrial area and port area of Lingao.
Van = Delantron and Trini took the first-class car because of the soot and water vapor. The first-class car was at the end. The first-class car was a bit more advanced than the car in front. The car in front was a flat-top convertible that could be used for both passengers and cargo.
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When the bus is in use, a fence will be installed on all sides. Passengers sit on the floor, and when they can't sit down, they simply stand in a crowd. Because it is completely open-air, there is no ventilation problem.
Only in occasional circumstances, such as when some major ceremony or ceremony is held, a few rows of wooden benches will be temporarily installed on the flatbed truck.
Of course, there is no shed on the flatbed car. When it rains or the temperature is too high, a temporary canvas shed will be installed. When the train is running, soot and water vapor fill the air, enough to suffocate the passengers on the first two carriages. The rails are standard gauge.
, but they are made of light wrought iron forged rails, and the sleepers are also simple. The equipment of the entire rail transit system is simply outrageous.
But such crude motor transportation is also a revolution for Lingao's industry: small trains allow a large number of laborers to move quickly from one place to another, and workers can commute to work in the least time. The scale of Lingao's factory area is getting larger and larger.
Large, workers' residential areas had to be built further away from the factories.
The first-class car the two Europeans were in was reserved for senators and natives and naturalized people who were willing to pay high prices. Although the chassis of the car was the same as that of a flatbed car, it had a body added. It not only had glass-inlaid windows, but also installed
There are blinds, which provide ventilation and avoid the suffering of the sun in the hot sun. There are also seats in the carriage.
Fan Delantron looked around the empty carriage with interest. There were only two of them in the first-class carriage this time.
"Is this the so-called first class?" Van Delantron saw that the furnishings and decorations in the carriage were very simple, although they were very practical. Even in his view, as a Dutchman, the Australian "first class" was too unworthy of the name.
Really.
Trini said: "Yes, Australians are simple in nature. Secondly, their so-called first class is compared with the carriage in front of them."
"Oh?" Fan Delantron poked his head out of the car window with interest and took a look. Every carriage in front was packed with passengers and cargo. Some passengers who couldn't fit in were all hung up.
On the fence, some climbed onto the pile of goods on the flatbed truck and stood high on it.
"It's a rare and spectacular scene." Van Delantron said with a smile, "But I doubt that with so many people and goods, how can the train be pulled? Can it run like a horse?
As fast? You said in the report that it is a machine with fire and water power. Can it really be so wonderful?"
"That's right." Trini said, "In my humble opinion, the Australians have mastered many secrets of God that we still don't know..."
Van Delantron was a Protestant and scorned the Catholic faith. He snorted: "I think it is the secret of the devil, just like your learned compatriot Leonardo da Vinci."
Trini did not speak. He felt that there was nothing to discuss with the small shopkeepers in the Netherlands on this issue. Protestants do not advocate science more than Catholics, sometimes even the opposite. The "Father of Blood Circulation" was born in Switzerland.
The literary school was burned to death. Trini knew that it was best to speak less about scientific issues. Although the Netherlands was the most tolerant place in Europe on religious issues, the East India Company in Batavia was not at all tolerant.
Originally, he wanted to talk to Van Delantron about his views on the "train" based on his observations, but seeing that this man was obviously ignorant, he gave up the idea. At this time, the carriage shook violently,
The steel creaked and the carriage slowly rolled on the track.
Twenty minutes later, the Dutch and Italians got off the bus at the "Commercial Hall" stop. A two-wheeled Dongfeng carriage was waiting in front of the station. This was a bus sent by the Ministry of Colonization and Trade.
The "Commercial Hall" is a project jointly declared by the Ministry of Colonial Trade and the General Office. Lingaojing was also hit by the typhoon this year. Although no one was displaced, a lot of land was flooded. Many of them were flooded.
It belongs to the fields that the Agricultural Committee plans to use for cultivation: "Shangguan" is one of the flooded fields, but it has not been cultivated at all.
The reason why it is flooded is because this area is a depression behind the sand embankment of the beach. The land on the edge of the land will slide towards the sea year after year. The tide will bring the sand back and accumulate it to form a beach. The wind will blow the sand to the land, forming a
There is a sand embankment several meters high and dozens of meters wide. Behind the sand embankment is sunken land. After the Agricultural Committee did some leveling in vain, they found that the salinity and alkali treatment here far exceeded the current productivity, and then it was
After a heavy rainstorm, the investment in this land was considered as tuition fee. In the end, the Agricultural Committee decided to give up the farmland development work on this land and let the forestry department be responsible for the transformation.
The Ministry of Forestry decided to transform the entire coastal depression into a mangrove area to stabilize sand, resist wind and reduce wave erosion on the coastline, and plant coconut tree plantations slightly further inland.
To the east of this depression is a low hill, and beyond that is Ma Xiao. With the opening of the railway from Bopu to Ma Xiao, the General Office of the Executive Committee and the Colonial Department decided to turn this land into a future state guesthouse and embassy.
District. The first thing is to invite the East India Company to settle in, and use the money paid by the East India Company to block the nearby mountain stream into a small reservoir to provide water for the nearby area. If generators can be mass-produced in the future, some small hydropower can also be built.
The carriage carried them along the road and soon arrived at the business district. The area was still deserted, with only a few isolated wooden houses in addition to the flat land, and some of the houses were still under construction.
The Dutch East India Company's commercial building is being built, or to be precise, the foundation is being dug. Trini designed a very strong and beautiful two-story masonry hall. However, Lingao Construction Company said that the construction period will take two years. So now
The business building is two simple and beautiful wooden houses, which are prefabricated houses designed by Zhang Xingpei. It took a week to assemble and decorate them all, which made Trini stunned.
There were two wooden houses, one for office and one for living. The prince's flag and the company's flag were flying on the roof. Trini welcomed him into the living room. The living room had been decorated with furniture and handicrafts purchased from Batavia and Guangzhou. The walls were decorated with
There are oil portraits of the Prince of Orange and the directors of the company hanging, which look quite impressive.
Even though there was an Italian living in the house, the house still maintained the Dutch habit of cleanliness: clean and tidy. A Dutch servant of Trini washed the entire house every day. Trini guessed that this servant was probably the company
Sent to spy on him.
The two parties sat down, and the servant brought a local refreshing drink, and the two sat down on the wicker sofa of Lingaoyi. Fan Delantron had held back a lot of questions, and when he arrived on his own territory, he immediately started asking questions. Trini responded
Obviously also prepared.
"Mr. Trini, please tell me clearly, what is the military strength of the Australians?"
"It's very big." Trini said clearly. "The potential is immeasurable and terrifying."
"Oh? What gives you such a feeling?"
"You just took their train."
"Yes, Australian trains are very special."
"You can certainly see the military use of trains."
"The train is very powerful, but it is just a means of transportation. No matter how good a carriage is, it cannot fight a war."
"You seem to have forgotten what our master relies on to dominate the sea."
"This is different.
The train cannot enter the sea. Besides, this kind of train must run on the track. I don't see how much military value it has."
"The train you just took can now run 5 miles an hour. I have also seen it run 10 miles an hour. Now the Australians have used tracks to cover their core area of control, Lingao-Bairen.
-Bopu-Ma Xiao are connected into one..."
"It's just used to transport goods and artisan farmers."
"They use trains to transport troops from one place to another in a few hours. And they also have trains specially used for fighting, equipped with artillery and an evil weapon they call a typewriter, which is a thousand soldiers
It is impossible for Swedish infantry to stand in front of an armored train for a quarter of an hour. In fact, a hundred Australian soldiers plus a few cannons can tear a thousand of Europe's best infantry into pieces."
"You are exaggerating."
"I swear to God, my words are true."
"Okay." Van Delantron nodded, "I will write your original words into the report." He did not want to continue to dwell on this issue now, "Now, the company wants to know whether the Australians are preparing a certain
A company-specific event?”
"As far as I know: No." Trini hesitated, and Van Delantron quickly caught this expression.
"To be honest, Mr. Trini," Van Delantron lowered his voice and said, "You know, a few months ago, an Australian ship arrived in Formosa..."
"Have you been to Taiyuan Port?"
"No, they did not enter the port. Instead, they continued south along the coastline and arrived at a wild coast. They landed there. According to all the information we got from the natives, they must be Australians."