Is a horse capable of pulling a twenty-ton train? The answer is yes!

In modern times, there is one kind of horse that has done this, and that is Tieling Pulling Horses! In modern times, this kind of horse is becoming more and more rare, and as of 2013, there are only twenty or thirty horses left in Tieling, which are on the verge of extinction. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In this era, in fact, this kind of horse has not yet been discovered, or rather, has not been bred.

However, for 300,000 reputation points, you can buy one horse directly in the system. With Li Yu's current reputation cap, it is equivalent to being able to buy five of these horses every two days.

After accumulating in a month, you can save about 80 horses. However, Li Yu couldn't use all his prestige points to buy one thing, so he had accumulated more than 500 horses in the past few years, but fortunately, he had already started to breed artificially. This prestige system can be said to be the most humane place, that is, these horses have not been castrated.

After several years of breeding, the number of this kind of Tieling horse has reached more than 700, and the total number is still increasing. As for why Li Yu bought this kind of horse, it was naturally used to pull the train!

As early as a few years ago, Li Yu began to give Lin Ming homework on the railways of the pre-Qin era. In fact, in the pre-Qin period, China used railways to use horses to pull large quantities of materials, which not only saved time, but also avoided loss to the greatest extent.

The Great Qin army used this kind of railway to kill all the way from Guanzhong to Guandong, and from Yan to the southernmost part of Chu State.

However, there are still many troubles in the end with animal power, and the feeding and management of this kind of Tieling horse is much more troublesome than that of ordinary horses. In modern times, each horse consumes tens of thousands of yuan per year, and the cost is far higher than that of steam trains or electric trains, but before the steam engine was perfected, it was a good choice as an excessive product.

In March last year, the first batch of I-beams in Wuyishan Industrial Zone was successfully developed, and the first improvement was successful two months later, with consumption reduced by 20%, and the key is that the anti-rust treatment technology has also been improved. To do this, even if its price has far exceeded that of steel in this era, Li Yu has also made a ruthless purchase, bought a large number of them, and built a railway from Taoyuan County to the outside of the Special Economic Zone.

The railway departs from Taoyuan County and ends at the border of the Special Administrative Region. In order to avoid others from worrying, a group of railway police guards were also recruited. However, in times of war, who can prevent the enemy's sabotage of the railway.

I think that when the Hundred Regiments War was in the war, there was also the so-called military engineering team behind the enemy, not all of them specialized in this kind of thing...... In the context of the time, it cannot be said that this was a wrong thing.

The lack of supplies from the rear has alleviated the disadvantages of the front, and it is a fact that our country is even beginning to have the strength to counterattack. But thinking of such a thing, appearing on himself, Li Yu felt extremely painful!

In March this year, the third I-beam process improvement was completed, the anti-rust technology was further improved, the output was increased, and the price was compressed by about 40%. To this extent, the mass production of I-beams can already be put on the agenda.

The construction of the railway began last year, and it was not officially completed until around May this year, that is, two or three days ago. Because everyone's attention was attracted by the things in Jing County, the completion of the railway was ignored.

The production of the first wooden carriages began in the spring of this year, and more than a dozen troop carriages have been made, as well as more than 20 transport carriages. Of course, it is impossible to put it on all at once, considering that the equipment weighs fifty pounds, and the person is about one hundred and fifty pounds, so it is converted according to an average of two hundred and thirty pounds per person.

Taking into account the weight of the wagons, only a hundred heavily armed soldiers could be loaded forward at a time.

In order to ensure the physical strength of the horses, each carriage is pulled by two horses, and a transfer station is set up every fifty miles or so to replace the horses. For this reason, Li Yu prepared more than 400 batches of horses to meet the needs of transportation.

Originally, this was a transportation concept based on the concept of a full-scale war and the SAR army rushing to the front. What I didn't expect was that the construction of the railway had just been completed, and there was an opportunity for experimentation!

Zongyang was already a county-level unit in later generations, but it was only a village-level existence in the Eastern Han Dynasty. This village is on the other side of the Yangtze River, not far from Lingyang County. The two places were separated by about 150 miles, and if the whole army advanced at full speed, it would be possible to reach it on the same day. However, if you start from Taoyuan County, it is a little farther, it takes about 240 miles, but it is almost the same day.

In recent years, Zongyang has become an important cargo transit station due to its proximity to the Yangtze River and the Special Economic Zone. A lot of the goods destined for the north will be transferred from here to the other side of the Yangtze River, and then go north.

The long-term transit made the people here the first to leave the fields and start to carry goods at the ferry to earn wages. Helping to move goods is more valuable than fishing, which is a precarious livelihood, and the key is safety and high income.

As a result, Zongyang has developed rapidly, from a dilapidated small fishing village to a village-level existence. Now except for the city wall, it is completely a small town or a county seat.

It was originally under the jurisdiction of Lingyang County, and after the establishment of the autonomous region, it was once under the jurisdiction of Jing County, and after Jing County was returned to the autonomous region, it was included in the jurisdiction of Juchao County, Lujiang County. Now, with the return of Jing County to the rule of the Han Dynasty, it has been assigned to Jing County, which is obviously a compensation for the ten rooms and nine emptiness of Jing County.

It has never been under Li Yu's rule, but it has also been most deeply influenced by the Special Administrative Region. More than ninety percent of the people here are enlightened beings, and the rest are only floating populations. There are not many people here who work in agriculture, either open shops and do business, or work to make money. Agriculture, including fishing, accounts for less than 3 per cent of the population, and most of the population is industrial and commercial.

But this is also a very bad place, that is, Zongyang is indeed not protected by the city wall. It's just that in the last few years there hasn't been much going on here, so people seem to have forgotten about that.

The night was dark and the wind was high, and a fleet of ships was marching in the direction of Zongyang. The main ships in this fleet are clippers, not the kind of cargo ships that can carry a lot of cargo. On the flagship, the leader of this fleet, dressed in brocade and with a string of bells around his waist, stood at the bow of the ship at this moment, and the bells on his waist kept ringing with the ups and downs of the ship.

"Head, we're going to do black work this time, isn't it really good if you don't take the bell down?" The subordinate couldn't help but ask.

"What are you doing with so much nonsense? Don't go through the voyage! The bell can't be taken down, otherwise others won't know it's us. When the time comes, it will ruin Gan Ye's good deeds, don't blame a certain person for not talking about brotherhood! The leader turned around and cursed.

"Head, you said that we are not from Momen, why should we listen to them?" The deputy still couldn't figure it out. played well in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, but the people from Momen wanted them to make a big fuss in Zongyang. Unexpectedly, the leader actually agreed, and rushed over with their brothers overnight.

"Of course we are not Momen's people, but Momen's face is always given. Not to mention anything else, how many rangers in this world are in the name of Momen? Not to mention that Momen himself is good at assassination tricks!

This kind of existence, even if you don't want to make friends, you must not offend, let alone what they said, we can grab it casually when we get to the place, how can we let it go of such a big benefit? The thief surnamed Gan knocked on the head of the deputy and said.

"Xingba, why are you here too?" But when he didn't want to pass by the area of Pengze Lake (which later moved to Poyang Lake in the Poyang area), another group of bandits ran out, and a young man led by him stepped forward and shouted.

"Youping, Gongyi, you two also have a share?" The thief surnamed Gan was immediately overjoyed when he saw this, and asked the little ones to lean the boat over. Seeing that the ships of the two sides were still a little far away, he flew and jumped to the other party's dress.

"Brother Xingba, you are slightly older than us, why are you so unstable?" The two Pengzehu thief leaders couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"They are all running boats, you Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai can't do this trick? After all, Gan Ning knows in his heart, he has long been used to jumping around at this distance! Gan Ning hugged the two of them.

Although everyone is a water bandit, they have different activity areas, so they don't have any entanglements of interests. The key is that everyone's martial arts are good, and after one or two fights, they suddenly feel sorry for each other, which is the so-called heroes cherish heroes!

There were no bed crossbows or catapults these days, let alone artillery and other weapons of mass destruction. The so-called water battles are mostly gang battles in which the ship is worn by the ship. As long as you get used to the bumps in your wear, then fighting on it is actually no different from land.

"Let's not talk about this yet, you were also invited by Momen?" After the greetings, Gan Ning immediately asked.

"That's right, they said that let's go to Zongyang tonight to make a big fuss and leave before dawn. also said that there would be other bandits acting together, but I didn't expect it to be Xingba's Jinfan Army! Jiang Qin said enthusiastically.

"I didn't expect you to go together, it's good, I heard that there are a lot of goods in Zongyang, and there seems to be a lot of wine in it, I'll grab a batch when the time comes, and then have a good drink!" Gan Ning said.

This naturally won the minds of the other two, and the three of them were determined.

After a short time, they arrived at the range of Zongyang, and those patrolling militiamen, almost unaware of the enemy's attack, Gan Ning drew his bow and shot arrows, and directly killed them one by one. In the dark night, in the undulating ships, they can hit the target so accurately, Gan Ning's archery skills are worthy of the existence of history!

The ship docked, and the two sides killed it as soon as possible. If you can't kill as much as possible, this is the rule given by Momen. But if the color has darkened today, how can you ensure that you don't kill people at all? You can only pick those who resist to kill, and if you don't resist, you can tie them up.

In this way, everyone made a fuss until dawn, seeing that the sun was about to rise, Gan Ning and the others also knew that they could not continue to stay for a long time, so they quickly boarded the ship and left.

At the same time, almost as soon as they began to cause trouble, the sentinels on the border of the SAR found out, and immediately contacted the transit station in Lingyang County through the walkie-talkie, and then contacted the Taoyuan County side.

The army had already been prepared, but it was Li Wen's hook and sickle pikemen and Zhao Yun's cavalry troops. The main purpose of this attack is to be fast, and it is imperative to ensure the local law and order situation as soon as possible to avoid a small number of lawbreakers coming out to make trouble.

It's a shame to say that the culprit behind the catastrophe in Zongyang was originally himself. In the end, he had to play the role of a good old man and go to disaster relief and support.

The army got on the train as soon as possible, and under the control of the grooms, they quickly moved towards the first transit station. On the rails, the friction of the carriage is small, so it is much more convenient to tow than on flat ground. It is true that pulling a horse is not suitable for being a war horse, but it is just right if it is only used for dragging.

In about twenty-five minutes, the first carriage reached a transit station fifty miles away, changed horses and continued on his way. This is followed by two verses and three sessions...... Starting from Taoyuan County, hundreds of miles to the border of Lingyang County, it took more than an hour to arrive! (To be continued.) )