From Zhuojun to Shanhaiguan, at the full speed of the train, it takes almost 10 hours to arrive, however, they go very early, the day has just set off, and the location of the railway station, on the south side of Shanhaiguan, the distance is almost shortened by more than ten kilometers, departing at 9 o'clock in the morning, almost at more than two o'clock in the afternoon, before arriving at this railway station.

By the time they arrived at the front of Shanhaiguan and the railway link, the personnel who had come to greet them had already arrived, and they formed a relatively grand welcoming procession.

The one in charge of answering is still Sun Yuexi, he has been waiting here early, if anyone comes, such as Han Qi himself, he may still come to pick up, but he will not be so respectful, the key is that the person who came has a Miao concubine.

At this level of Sun Yuexi, it is clear that Zhao Xin's identity is clear, Zhao Xin is the son of Renzong and Concubine Miao, which means that Concubine Miao is the queen mother of the future navy, or the queen mother with strong influence.

However, today, Sun Yuexi is not the focus, the focus is a train that is completely different from the train form of the Northern Song Dynasty, but looks somewhat similar.

"What is this?" Han Qi was the first minister of the Northern Song Dynasty to support the construction of the train, in the application of the train, it is also relatively understood, he immediately noticed the difference on the train, there is no horse, unlike other trains, this train has at least 12 carriages, which also thinks that more powerful kinetic energy, such 12 carriages, what to use to pull.

Of course, it is the locomotive, the horse-drawn train, is just a last resort attempt, although to a large extent, to solve the entire railway transportation problem, but whether it is speed, or power, are seriously insufficient.

In later generations, there were often more than a dozen or twenty carriages, but now, at most, there are 3 carriages, and even in some cases, there are some reductions, shortened to 2 carriages, or even one.

For example, at night, when the horsepower is tired, the speed and load will be reduced, or in some narrow and rugged railway lines, it will have to be pulled through section by section.

The steam engine, as the starting point of the industrial revolution, its role is not a thing that can be represented by itself, it represents power, a more powerful force, a more lasting force, which is the impetus of industrialization, far from being comparable to the current manpower or water power.

Since the establishment of the Dinghai Navy, the research on the internal combustion engine has not stopped, after the popularization of various physical knowledge, some basic theories have been perfected, and the research on the internal combustion engine has reached a very in-depth degree, at least, some models and theories, has been seventy-seven eighty-eight.

If there is rubber in Dingjun's hand, it will definitely be able to be made, and the more practical steam engine is not rubber.

It has been defeated by rubber countless times, and other alternative materials selected are all short-term OK, and it is no problem to use them for laboratory verification, but when it is put on industrial application, it is not possible at all.

Dinghai never stopped, looking for rubber, and the choice of alternative materials that had been making internal combustion engines.

Looking for alternative materials, can only be through the lottery of the card system, in the slimness of luck again and again, in fact, really did not encounter, it stands to reason that rubber is like a moat, restricting the development of the internal combustion engine.

Fortunately, the east is not bright and the west is bright, but in the research of rubber, there has been a certain breakthrough, and I did not get a rubber tree, but I got something else.

Eucommia, which is mainly a medicinal material, its rubber content is quite large, Zhao Xin for rubber, for a variety of rubber-containing materials, do not know much, but he took the whole of China's plants, all over again, on the one hand, to increase the number of lights, on the other hand, is to find plants with higher rubber content.

Eucommia ulmoides was selected in this way, and the seedlings of the eucommia trees can be used to extract rubber, and the age of the tree has increased to 10~15 years, and more than 270 kg of rubber can be produced per hectare. The gum content of Eucommia ulmoides is 11%~20% in dry bark; Kernel and dried fruit with 12% gum content; The gum content of dry leaves is 4%~6%; The gum content of the dried bark of old twigs is 10%.

However, the presence of rubber does not mean that it is easy to separate, or even the performance of synthetic rubber can be achieved.

Otherwise, why, in later generations, there are countless materials, even synthetic rubber has come out, and natural rubber is still the first choice.

Good quality is one aspect, easy to collect This is another aspect, directly cut from the juice, you can extract rubber, this method, too convenient.

Eucommia ulmoides does not have such strengths, and the rubber contained in eucommia is a white filamentous object in the bark and body of Eucommia ulmoides, which is somewhat difficult to extract.

For so many years, the problem has been the method of extraction, in the continuous research, it can be regarded as a preliminary result, a rubber-like, there is a composite of thermal insulation sealing materials, it may be compared with the real sealing rubber, there is a big difference, but it has been able to appear as a substitute.

As for the research of the steam engine, in the laboratory, countless deductions have been carried out, and after this substitute, the preliminary steam engine has been produced, and in the laboratory, a series of adjustments have been made, and the preliminary capabilities have been obtained.

It's a pity that the output of Eucommia, coupled with the extraction efficiency, that is, with the support of Zhao Xin's card system, this has a part of the inventory, and now it can be preliminarily produced, until now, the output of each month is about 10 steam engines, this quantity, there is no huge increase, in the face of irreplaceable raw materials, the terrible production capacity of the Dinghai Navy, there is no way to burst out.

After accumulating for almost half a year, it was about 60 units, of which at least 30 were supplied to the train project, and after continuous attempts, almost 15 units were scrapped, and finally, the train locomotive was completed.

This simple, can even be called a simple locomotive, a total of 2 steam engines composed of the head, a single steam engine horsepower is about 300, two horsepower together, only 600, this horsepower, even inferior to the later generations of large-displacement cars, for this era, that is infinite power.

Standby, plus the bad one, a total of 4 locomotives were completed, 2 of which were used on the railway line from Shenyang to Huludao, the efficiency of the locomotives is much higher than the original ordinary horse-drawn trains, and it is a very good choice to transport bulk materials.

A train, more than 10 times higher than the ordinary horse-drawn train, especially for bulk goods, is more suitable, which in itself is the purpose of the train.

The remaining 2 are standby, because the technology is not up to par, and at the same time, the performance of the steam engine is far from reaching the extreme, the failure rate is quite high, and 4 can support two trains, which is already good.

After the completion of the train research, 8 of the 10 units per month will be supplied to the railway, and according to this calculation, it will be able to increase by 4 units per month, and even if there are 2 broken units, this growth rate is also acceptable.

In the current state, the number of locomotives on the professional lines is first guaranteed, and then the adjustment is carried out to gradually transform these railway routes, from the original horse-drawn train routes to real trains.

After knowing that Concubine Miao was coming, Zhao Xin was ready to use the train to pick up, and at that time, he also considered that before Concubine Miao arrived, he might not be able to complete the design and construction of the entire train.

For the Dinghai Navy, there may be no way to ensure the commercial operation of the railway, but it can guarantee a temporary line to bring people over.

Now there is a mature, of course, sent over, compared with the horse, the maximum speed of the horse is 35 kilometers, it is impossible to move forward at the highest level of the whole journey, and it also takes time to change horses and stop at the same time.

For the steam engine, under the premise of two 300 horsepower, it can ensure that the train moves forward on the railway at a speed of 50 to 70 kilometers per hour, which is at least twice as efficient as that of a horse, and the most important thing is that he does not have to stop, except for a period of time, when he needs to add water and coal, the rest of the time, there is no need to wait and waste, which saves a lot of time.

When Han Qi got off the train, he saw that this tall train was full of people around him, and after a little inquiry, he realized that this was a very unique train, and he arrived at a rapid pace, without horse-pulling, but the movement was a little too big, once it started, there was really a little earth-shattering feeling, billowing black smoke, and a large amount of steam after arriving at the station, especially the huge sound, the Northern Song Dynasty soldiers who were guarding here at that time were a little scared, what kind of monster was this.

At that time, I was very surprised, if it wasn't for Sun Yuexi's report in advance and enough procedures, this would not have intensified the conflict, just like that, this train has become the focus of attention, everyone pays attention to this train, and even a large number of soldiers have gathered around to ensure safety.

Here in Shanhaiguan, plus what Han Qi carried, plus the previous concentration, a total of four or five thousand people, only a small part of them are today, following Han Qi from Zhuo County, and the others have long been concentrated here, and now, they are also gathered next to this train.

These people, still prepared, like the Northern Song Dynasty, set off separately in a day or two, now it's just that the big boss is coming, Han Qi is the leader of the team this time, after he arrives, these subordinates will naturally see them off, come and take a look.

Such a strange train can accommodate a lot of people, the carriages are all standardized carriages, a total of 128 positions, and at the same time, in the corridors, aisles, etc., if you stand, this number can be more than doubled.

In other words, this train, which has a total of 12 carriages, can accommodate more than 3,000 people in total, that is to say, most of the people brought by Han Qi can be pulled away at one time.

This was beyond Han Qi's expectations, he thought about it carefully, and decided to take about half of them first, that is, about 1,800 people.

The relationship between personnel adjustment, Han Qi waited here for about an hour, and after selecting the personnel, he gradually got on the bus, this time was only about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and there were still two hours before it was dark.

After most of the personnel had already boarded the train, the train began to start, and sure enough, the momentum was huge.

When a large amount of coal is added to the steam engine, the steam engine begins to rotate wildly, and the train begins to move slowly through heat and steam.

After Han Qi got on the train, he followed the window and looked at the locomotive in front of him all the way, a railway, which was already unexpected, the railway that was popular in the Northern Song Dynasty, in fact, showed a huge role at the same time, but also showed a lot of drawbacks, the biggest of which is on the horse.

As an animal, it may not be uniform, in the middle, there are one or two problems, it is easy to encounter, with more and more vehicles, more and more dense, the probability of accidents, also began to increase.

If there is a machine that can solve the problem of losing horses, it will be a huge boost for the railway.

Obviously, this is a new product of the Dinghai Navy, I don't know, when will this be able to do it in the Northern Song Dynasty, if the Northern Song Dynasty has this, the problem of those horses can be solved, and when the time comes, just consider the problem of building a railway.

The huge sound, the momentum is getting louder and louder, and when the kinetic energy of the steam engine reaches its maximum, the teleportation shaft begins to fit, even if it is huge, the huge train that can accommodate 12 carriages and thousands of people slowly begins to move.

Han Qi raised his eyebrows slightly, he had long known that there was no problem with the opening of this train, but when the train was actually opened, he was more or less surprised, what the hell was that machine, something that maybe one or two hundred horses could not do, why could this be done easily.

Is this the power of the machine, over the years, with more and more things in the Dinghai Navy, into the Northern Song Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty also built a series of factories, the core of these factories, all are the machines of the Dinghai, the machine can be hundreds of times, thousands of times to improve efficiency, which is also the source of the factory to make money.

The current train, 12 carriages at a time, which is equivalent to 4 trains in the Northern Song Dynasty, according to a train with 30 horses, that is 120 horses, this machine can replace 120 horses, even if the price is a little more expensive, it is acceptable.

Unconsciously, Han Qi fell into this kind of thought, and it took a long time to wake up, and the scene in front of him shocked him again, the train didn't seem to stabilize its speed, the speed was already quite fast, but it was still accelerating, it seemed that this speed was very fast.

This speed has obviously exceeded the speed of the train in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it seems to be faster than the speed of fast horses, even if Han Qi doesn't understand it anymore, he also understands the horror of this machine, this is not 120 horses, this is obviously more.