Chapter 274: Transportation Hub
"Slow! You mean it's called 'Kuala Lumpur'? Was it called out by the barbarians here? Originally, Chen Liang was very excited all the way, but when Han Huanzhang introduced "Kuala Lumpur", Chen Liang couldn't help but question.
As soon as Chen Liang came to Malay Town, he immediately heard the news of the successful test run of the steam train, and even if he decided to test ride it himself, in order to show off, Chen Liang decided to bring Li Chonggen, Su Maoliang, the representative of Annan Military Procurement, to let them see the world's only Great Song Dynasty magic train. An hour ago, Chen Liang noticed that Li Su and the others were completely stunned by idiots, well, that's what they wanted!
When Chen Liang went to the Special Economic Zone last time, he had seen enough black technology from Mao Geng, so although there was no lack of novelty in taking the train this time, it was not like the two Annan guys who were shocked after all. was also deeply shocked, as well as Qu Laisan's representative Song Yixuan.
Now, accompanied by Han Huanzhang, Ma Fen and Long Jiu, stopping on the platform of this central station named "Kuala Lumpur", the "magic" train that just carried Chen Liang and his party from Malay Town to this place stopped on the track next to it, the smoke window at the front of the car is still steaming, and the side of the front of the car is painted with some red and yellow colors, Han Huanzhang calls it "magic color", well, the magic train is painted with a little magic color, it seems to be a good match.
However, what is not commensurate with the "magic" of the magic train is that the name of this "Kuala Lumpur" sounds very earthy, and the soil is scum, obviously, Chen Liang is not very satisfied with the name of "Kuala Lumpur", which is not scientific, and the "returnees" have always used very trendy names.
Chen Liang's reaction did not meet Han Huanzhang's expectations, Han Huanzhang pretended to be serious, and replied:
"Mr. Tongfu, this was originally a slope, and it is still the midpoint of the Kra track, in order to seek an auspicious place, we took such an auspicious place name, which represents auspiciousness, auspiciousness, and prosperous business." After Han Huanzhang finished speaking, the muscles on his face twitched, and he almost laughed proudly.
Jiang Kui recalled that he was sitting in the carriage, the last section was indeed a slope, the front of the car was snorting, it seemed that it was very laborious to climb up, and the degree was a lot slower, the scenery outside the glass window was slowly drifting by, Jiang Kui was even worried that he would stop if he couldn't climb the uphill slope, fortunately, this kind of unhappiness did not happen. Yes, this should be a prosperous slope that brings auspiciousness, talk about auspiciousness, draw a colorful head, there is nothing wrong with this, so Jiang Kui nodded.
This is the central station, Han Huanzhang has just introduced, the two-story building with glass windows is the main building of the station, and the platform is at the foot, which is very luxurious and paved with cement, the question is, is it worth spending so much money here!
In fact, I have already passed a small station in front, and that station is not named, waiting for Chen Liang to name it. The small station, which was less than twenty kilometers from the town of Malay, was very small, and according to Long Jiu, there were only two barge tracks, and the buildings were so simple that they could not be compared to this place at all, and when they passed the small station, the train did not even stop, but sped by.
This "Kuala Lumpur" is different, with five barge tracks built side by side, and the buildings are quite large, which is naturally different from the small station. Chen Liang was a little dissatisfied with just letting himself name the station, but these "returnees" have always been so virtuous, and they don't bother to bother with them.
So Chen Liang smiled heartily and said:
"It turns out that there is such a delicacy, not bad! What an auspicious name! ”
Naming it Kuala Lumpur was Han Huanzhang's insistence, and no one objected to this bad taste of Han leadership. However, Ma Fen didn't want to dwell on this issue, so he patted Chen Liang on the shoulder and said:
"Brother Tongfu, it doesn't matter what the name is here, the key is to look at the curative effect, oh no, the key is to see the actual effect. Doesn't it work, how does it feel? After riding this steam locomotive, you should have thought again, so I hope that you, a great novelist, will have great inspiration and add more! Alas! I've been in a shortage of books lately.,Please, brother Tongfu.,Be sure to do more.。 Ma Fen has always been polite in front of Chen Liang, Chen Liang is still full of appetite for Ma Fen, Chen Liang looks crazy after drinking, Ma Fen feels the most loving.
Chen Liang saw that this somewhat cold General Ma Fen was very face-saving to himself, and at this time he publicly claimed to be a loyal reader of his novels, and he was angry when he thought about it. Hehe, we can't compare to you "returnees" with black technology, but compared to literature, you are not opponents. However, if you want to add more, Chen Liang feels a little powerless, after all, he is a lot older, so he is humble and encouraged:
"The old man is old, I'm afraid it's difficult to add more, and it's very good if he doesn't have a prison. However, the novels written by Long Jiu are also very good, and the military themes written by Tang Kai are also very readable, or you young people write more, more, as a reader, I support you unreservedly, and the future Great Song Dynasty novel world will be the world of your young people. ”
Long Jiu immediately sent a sycophant:
"In today's novel industry, it is natural that Mr. Tongfu is in charge of the bull's ear, and Wen Yuan's novels take the route of mandarin ducks and butterflies, which is far less talented than Mr. Fu. As for me, that is, irrigation, my books are not even food and grass, readers are hungry when there is a shortage of books, pick up my rotten novel and read it, just kill time, how can it be compared with Mr. Tongfu's masterpiece! Mr. Tongfu's novel is a genuine fairy grass, it is really ups and downs, exciting, and makes people want to stop reading. Therefore, Mr. Tongfu's masterpiece is a classic. ”
"Mr. Long couldn't be more right, Master Tongfu's novels are loved by everyone in our Annan, and I won't tell you, I'm also Master Tongfu's, oh, no! As soon as the "Overseas News" was delivered to me, I first turned to Master Tongfu's serial, and only read other pages after reading it. Hehe! ”
It was Li Chonggen, the representative of Annan's military procurement group, who spoke, and in his mouth, Chen Liang was promoted to a master, a great god!
As soon as he spoke, the other immediately followed suit:
"Exactly, exactly, so-and-so, every day I hope that the "Overseas News" will arrive as soon as possible, and after I get it, I will immediately turn to the serialized edition, and after reading the masterpiece of Master Tongfu, I am always unsatisfied."
"Stop! Stop! Stop! We're not here to talk about novels today, so let's ask Mr. Han to give us a good introduction to this magical magic locomotive! ”
Ma Fen realized that he was crooked just now, so he smiled and hurriedly agreed.
"Okay, let me Zhang introduce the steam locomotive and the carat rail." Although Han Huanzhang's sense of role is not outstanding, when it comes to performing, he still consciously substitutes for the role of Leader Zhang.
Han Huanzhang cleared his throat and introduced:
"Today, you are riding a train pulled by the head of the steam locomotive, we might as well be popular, let's call it a train, you see white steam coming out of the smoke window, it is because of the fire, it is not magic but science, in the future, we will call it 'train'."
The train is the train, Chen Liangzhen, and others will naturally not express their opinions.
Han Huanzhang continued:
"If the train is used to load goods, it can carry 8 tons at a time, and if it is used to carry passengers, it can pull five carriages at a time, and one carriage can carry 30 people, and it can carry 150 people at a time. Of course, sacrificing some degrees, it should not be a problem to carry 200 people. ”
Han Huanzhang looked at the bodies of the two Annan representatives, and the heart path of the monkey was really short and concise, and there might be no problem with such a creature loaded with 25o.
"The Kra track you see, from Malay Town on the east coast to Hatang Town on the west coast, is 73 kilometers long, I won't go into detail about the concept of kilometers, there are five stations, Malay Station, Hatang Station, Kuala Lumpur Station, and there are two small stations on the way that are used for barges. Originally, the distance between the east and west coasts was less than 60 kilometers, but with the addition of curves and ramps, the length of the track reached the current 73 kilometers. Now it is a single line, and in the future it will be built as a double line, that is, two identical tracks in parallel, and at that time, the capacity will be even more amazing. ”
Song Yixuan understands the concept of kilometers, in fact, only Su Maoliang doesn't know what a kilometer is, Li Chonggen whispered to him, and he seems to understand.
"Just now we came from Malay Town, just a few people, without much effort from the train, the highest time reached 42 kilometers, even if we just climbed the hill, it reached 28 kilometers. When the whole section is normally fully loaded, the average time of the whole section is not less than 28 kilometers, and in less than three hours, the train can run from the east coast to the west coast. ”
Such a number has already made Li Su and Song Yixuan sigh magically, just on the car, the turtles have the feeling of galloping, Li Chonggen even calculated that this train can travel thousands of miles a day, and the shock in his heart can be imagined.
On the other hand, Chen Liang, who is used to writing science fiction, is a little unsatisfied, adding:
"Let me tell you, this train is a junior train, and the upgraded version of the train in the future, 1oo kilometers per hour is a small meaning, and pulling a thousand tons at a time is a small meaning, right, Mr. Zhang!"
This must be Mao Geng's secret, Han Huanzhang said in his heart.
But since Chen Liang said so, he has to help him round, Han Huanzhang is worthy of being an artist, needless to say, he will open his mouth to get promoted or something:
"Yes, in the future upgrade, the rails have also changed, now it is a concrete track that can't be on the countertop, and in the future, it will be all rails, and in the blink of an eye, the train can run from Halong Bay to Thang Long Province, 800 miles in an hour, that's a small meaning, and pulling up to 3,000 people at a time, that's also a small meaning."
The two of them sang and harmonized, blowing the train into the sky, shaking the three turtles for a moment, and Liang Jiang Kui also opened his mouth, and was not lightly shaken.
Ma Fen and Long Jiu glanced at each other, and said in their hearts, these two people are out of line, and they don't look at the current conditions, to be able to piece together such a track, it is really hard to complete it with a lot of effort and money, is it easy!
Let's just say that the rail construction here, of course, the cement is in short supply, there is no way, you can only use the triple soil as the foundation, and then pave a little "soil cement" - that is, 5% of the cement mixed with lime, loess mixture, only the rails on both sides are the real cement concrete components, it is also shabby, the main bamboo tendons inside, only the raised part of the track is the track part is mixed with a little wire, such a track can run up to 4o kilometers when the load is of course also very poor. In order to ensure that the rails were not scratched and damaged by the iron structure, a layer of wooden planks had to be attached to the inside of the iron wheels at the front of the locomotive.
Of course, the trains at the beginning of later generations were also very slow, until the twenties and thirties, that is, when they were twenty or thirty kilometers, our Song Dynasty version of rail transportation had already been compared with the trains seven hundred years later.
Note: To correct the previous error, the distance between the east and west coasts at the narrowest point of the Kra Isthmus is only 56 kilometers, considering the 6 upper bends, the total length of the 6 upper passages will not exceed 8o kilometers.
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