In the middle of the night, Master Zhao, who drove the carriage, personally added horse material to the horses in the stable, and then inspected the horses again, and these horses were all high-quality horses bought from outside. He has been driving the carriage for half his life, and of course he knows that good horses need to be fed well.

Concentrate and hanging salt cannot be less every day, even ordinary forage cannot be short.

"Master, what are you doing here, just let me feed the horses."

When the apprentice saw it, he hurriedly went over and took the basket and said.

"Tomorrow is a big day for the owner, and you can't lose the horse."

In this way, the master and apprentice were busy for a while, and then the two of them squinted directly in the stable for a while, and only when the sky was about to be released, did they drive the horse towards the station.

The station is in the mine, and on the wooden tracks, there are eight wagons parked side by side, and the wheels of those wagons are all short wheels cast in iron, and the height of the body is only 70 centimeters from the ground, because the body is low, and it is extremely convenient to load and unload goods.

"Hurry up, load quickly, 15,000 catties for a car, not much, not less, 15,000 catties......"

On the platform, the workers who loaded coal kept pushing truckloads of coal onto flatbed trucks, and they were still muttering there while loading coal.

"Fifteen thousand catties, this is four cars, plus a full sixty thousand catties of things, just rely on these twelve horses to pull it?"

In fact, the workers who were complaining there did not know that according to the original design, each truck could reach 8 tons at full load. Each train is connected with eight sections, pulled by 12 horses, and can carry 64 tons at a time, and now because of the relationship between the use of wooden rails, the freight cars have been reduced by half, in fact, this is also for stability, otherwise, it is no problem to pull one or two more cars.

"Can you pull it, and won't you know if you try it?"

Master Zhao shouted casually, and his tone seemed a little uncomfortable.

It's no wonder, after all, not to mention others these days, even himself, I don't really believe that twelve horses on this fast road can pull 60,000 catties of things.

No one could believe that even Zhang Weiliang, who had witnessed twelve horses pulling four fully loaded trucks on the test road of the Zeng Iron Factory, was a little worried.

"Zhiyuan, can this really be pulled?"

"Haven't you seen it?"

"That's different, it's only more than a mile, but there are a hundred and ten miles of this way."

"So what? Rest people and horses don't stop driving. ”

Shi Yiwen spit out a sentence casually, looking at the "fast road for transporting coal" in front of him, his mood was complicated, on the one hand, he was proud of the construction of this road in such a short time, but on the other hand, his mood was a little depressed, after all, his original plan was the railway.

Railway...... This is his ultimate goal, and even he has imagined that he will go back and bring out one or several trucks from space, and then change the trucks into "locomotives", just like the small local railways in those days, and then the railways of the Ming Dynasty will also be "modernized", and at that time, everything, everything will change, of course, maybe it will be more likely to make steam locomotives by then.

Railways will change the Ming Dynasty, the world, and history.

But...... Now, the railway has become a wooden track, and the reason for this compromise is not because of conservative forces, but because of ...... Because of the six parts of the matter, because of those officials!

Thinking of this, Shi Yiwen's heart was depressed for a while, and even under the pressure of those officials, he recently accelerated the construction.

"Sooner or later, we'll have to pack up those dog things!"

Shi Yiwen thought in his heart, looking at the four cars that were being loaded, but another thought came to his heart.

"Tell the station to hang four more cars!"

Shi Yiwen's words startled Zhang Weiliang and hurriedly said.

"Hang four more cars, Zhi, Zhiyuan, what's wrong with you? That's eight cars! ”

Zhang Weiliang's nervousness made Shi Yiwen say with a smile.

"So what? It's just eight cars. 120,000 catties only......"

A fluttering "that's it", when it came out of Shi Yiwen's mouth, the others all looked at him in surprise, not understanding why he was so "risky".

"120,000 catties, what if you can't pull it, and then stop halfway? That's a big shame! ”

"It's fine!"

Shi Yiwen said with a smile.

"Didn't we try it in the factory? Twelve horses can pull 120,000 catties of goods, but the distance is short, the speed is fast or slow, we can walk a little slower, and then the horse changes a few more times, and the people and horses do not stop. Now, what do we need? ”

Looking at Zhang Weiliang beside him, Shi Yiwen said with a smile.

"What we need now is a sensation!"

"Sensational?"

Zhang Weiliang looked at Shi Yiwen puzzled.

"If we want to make a sensation, we might as well build the railway directly, why build the wooden rail road, isn't it because, because I don't want to attract attention?"

Zhang Weiliang's objection made Shi Yiwen smile slightly, and then he said.

"Don't want to be a big hit? This idea was said at the time, it was true, because the road was being repaired, so it was necessary to reduce the attention of the outside world, and reduce the resistance that may have been received, but now it is different, since the road has been built, then we can swagger through the market openly, after all, there are some things that cannot be concealed and do not need to be hidden, not only do not need to conceal, but also let people see, look at this fast road and ability! In this way, we can pull other goods besides coal, don't you say? ”

Now, to a certain extent, Shi Yiwen seems to understand why in another time and space in the early stage of the development of high-speed rail to continue to improve, from more than two hundred to more than three hundred, this speed is to prove to the world his high speed, to prove its advantage in speed, through the speed again and again, to create news, to create a sensational effect, this is a marketing means, for this "fast road", also need such a "marketing means." It needs to be made known by some means, and eventually it is desired.

"The bigger the sensation we create today, the easier it is for people to be attracted by it, the easier it is for the world to accept it, today they can accept 120,000 catties of wooden rails, and in the future they will be able to accept the railway, adapt to all the changes in the future......"

In the face of Shi Yiwen's explanation, Zhang Weiliang was silent for a moment, and then he glanced at the big car on the track, thought for a while, and then said.

"Hmm...... Indeed, if it does not show its ability, how can it convince others? This is the first time to transport goods, and it really needs to get some movement out. In that case, let's do it! ”