When I got on the train again, the train hung two more carriages, and Ma Fen explained that this was to bring 50 escorts, and I was going to demonstrate the power of the car-fired meteor bomb to the Annan military purchasing group on the way.

It made Li Chonggen and the two Annan deputies excited again, and even Song Yixuan was also excited, Ma Fen despised Song Yixuan, and said in his heart You big Song bandits haven't used this thing, what are you excited about!

In fact, Ma Fen said it well, but the actual situation is that the section from Kuala Lumpur to Hatang Town is still difficult to say peaceful, and a few days ago, there was a situation where a convoy of ox carts was attacked by the local natives, and two ox carts were lost.

Today's ostentatious sightseeing trip, on which the top local leaders, as well as Chen Liang and Jiang Kui, as well as guests who can also be called foreign guests, can not be ambiguous about the safety issue.

In fact, Annan and the others had little motivation to continue riding the magical train, but they only heard that they were going to demonstrate the car to shoot meteor bombs, which rekindled their enthusiasm. And Chen Liang, of course, is to inspect the whole process, this rare train is really powerful, you have to experience it seriously, no, not just experience, in fact, Chen Liang also wants to see how the construction of Hatang Town is, it is said that there are already some foreign businessmen gathered there, and it seems that it will soon be able to develop into a foreign trade center similar to Quanzhou and Kaohsiung, of course, this must be seen.

The train clattered and ran rhythmically on the single-track track leading to Hatang Town, and along the way, you could see ox carts parked at the temporary stop on the side of the tracks.

Because it is a single-track track, it can only be controlled by guò dispatching. The current solution is to solve the inherent problem of monorail by using bullock carts or horse-drawn carts from the east and west to Kuala Lumpur for a certain period of time, and then heading to both sides of Hatang and Kuala Lumpur for another period of time.

The ox cart belongs to the slow train, the horse-drawn carriage belongs to the fast train, and the train belongs to the express car, and the priority level is of course the ox cart to the horse-drawn carriage, and the horse-drawn carriage and ox cart to the train, among which there are all kinds of cumbersome scheduling, in fact, it is not cumbersome, but Han Huanzhang feels that this matter is particularly cumbersome. For Han Huanzhang, as an artist, this kind of work is too specific and meticulous, and there is no room for a little mistake, and if you are not careful, you will have a traffic accident, which is really unaffordable!

To tell the truth, the construction of the "New Silk Road" on the Kra Isthmus was a very promising work, but over the past year, the road construction has consumed a lot of money and energy.

Ma Fen and Tang Kai are fighting on the front line, Liu Wenbin's expedition has been going for a few months, and Wang Feng is in charge of production, so although the major is not right and the interest is not related, Han Huanzhang is still conscientious and has been holding on.

Until today, the train finally started on the tracks, but it seems that there is still a considerable period of time before the full opening of the train, and during this transition time, the ox cart and the train have to run on the same track, which is a bit of a headache to think about.

Jiang Kui was in a seat with Long Jiu at this time, asking about the wonders of rail transportation along the way.

Long Jiu took the trouble to explain to Jiang Kui, for example, why the ox cart had to wait for the train to pass through guò, how to let the ox cart and horse-drawn carriage give way, how to put the operating license plate and how to train, the arrangement of the one-way opening time, and the functions of the three stations in the middle, and so on.

Jiang Kui: This is an interest in rail transit.

It is only because some time ago, bituminous coal appeared in a certain place to the north of Halong Bay, and Halong Bay has always been the production area of high-quality thermal coal, which is constantly supplying the Great Song Dynasty, but unfortunately, there has been no coking coking coal here before, and it was not until not long ago that a large bituminous coal field appeared in a place more than 40 kilometers north of Halong Bay.

Chen Liang is talking to Annan about buying that coalfield, and if nothing else, that coalfield should be in hand. In view of the fact that the coalfield was seven or eight kilometers from the coast, Long Jiuli also borrowed from the Carat rail and also engaged in rail transportation there. If this rail transit is adopted, it should be more economical than other modes of transport, and the capacity is more guaranteed. If a few more trains come in, there will be no need to worry about capacity.

This is the main reason why Jiang Kui came to inspect the carat rail this time, but when Jiang Kui saw the magical train, he couldn't help but hesitate a little in his heart, and said carefully:

"An artifact like a train is used to transport coal, and it is in Annam, wouldn't it leak the heavenly secret! That's not right! ”

Long Jiu smiled slightly and said:

"It's okay at this time, Mr. Hugh has to worry, this train is not so easy to copy."

"Copycat?!" Obviously, the word "copycat" is too far ahead.

"Oh, I mean, this locomotive is very difficult to build, even if you hand over a model and let a group of craftsmen imitate it, I am afraid it will not be able to build it without four or five years of exploration. Even if it is built, it will be a lot of problems, and it is not as cost-effective as buying a train. Long Jiu glanced at Li Su, who was sitting in the front seat and chatting with Chen Liang and Ma Fen, and continued to whisper: "Besides, this train technology is nothing, Maote's side, there will be even more amazing technology soon, and when the time comes, there will be more magical cars coming out, and Mr. doesn't need to worry about this." "This even more remarkable technology is, of course, the internal combustion engine technology.

Jiang Kui nodded and said:

"That's good! Go back and start designing the tracks over there. Thinking about it, he asked: "The cost of the rail here is so high, is there a way to reduce the cost?" ”

The cost of more than 4,500 kilometers of Carat rail, plus various temporary stops, stations, warehouses and other ancillary facilities, the total cost is more than 500,000 yuan, which is really high enough. If we add the investment in train operation in the next six years, the investment may exceed one million. With such a high cost of carat rail, the maintenance cost is also a lot, and the initial cargo volume is insufficient, and it is really unknown when the investment will be recovered.

"It's simple over there, you don't need so many ancillary facilities, it's just a track, and two simple stations are built at both ends, it won't be more than 50,000 yuan, and you can pay back in one or two years."

Over there, Ma Fen was introducing the power of the meteor cannon to Li Su and the others, and Song Yixuan, who was sitting at the other end, also listened with relish.

In order to save space, the seats in the carriage were arranged in the same way as the train seats in later generations, and they were seated opposite each other, Ma Fen and Chen Liang sat together, Li Su and Li Su sat on opposite seats, and Han Huanzhang and Song Yixuan sat at the other end.

Li Su and the two came this time, the main purpose was to buy the meteor cannon, but the total production capacity of this period of time is not enough for Zhenla and Zhancheng to share, and if they want to sell it to Annan, they can only increase production capacity or squeeze out the share of Zhenla and Zhancheng, which is really a happy trouble! However, Chen Liang and Annan had already reached a preliminary agreement on the intention of exchanging meteor cannons for bituminous coal coalfields, and the military procurement could only succeed and not fail.

At this time, the door in front of the carriage opened, and a guard reported that there was a situation ahead, and several elephants in the jungle ran out and could not patrol ahead, perhaps curious, they may have been very interested in the ox cart and carriage running on the tracks, and the distance from the tracks was only a few dozen meters away at the moment. It was just an uphill climb, and the view on the train was limited, and when I saw the elephant herd, it was already very close, and I was a little caught off guard.

A bunch of no-visitors!

"Quick! Drop, the meteor cannon fires! Disperse the elephant herd. Ma Fen ordered without hesitation.

With the toothache of metal grinding, the train began to descend.

The seven elephants in front of them hesitated at first when they saw the smoky monster galloping in, and then they ran away, but they were running in the wrong direction, and they were about to cross the track and run to the opposite side of the track.

"Approach, fire!"

The panicked elephants didn't care, but just rushed to the opposite side of the track, four elephants had already crossed the track, and the remaining three elephants ran much slower, because there was a baby elephant among them, and the two elephants should have taken care of the baby elephant, waiting for it to cross the track together.

Despite the dropping, the train soon approached the herd.

I only heard a roar of bang

When the train stopped, the smoke had cleared, and I saw an elephant lying on the ground, apparently hit, and the baby elephant had run away, except for this unfortunate elephant, the other elephants had already run away without a trace. Fortunately, there is finally no danger.

Naturally, the guards went to inspect the elephant's injuries, and it seemed that they only injured their legs, but they were not life-threatening. The problem is that the lead shot of the meteor bullet is not so easy to heal, and the baby elephant may die on it. But Ma Fen doesn't care, it's not the 21st century, now there are not fewer animals but too many, which can be described as endless. Let's just say that this elephant, just a round of blind running, the newly built track has been broken in a few places, fortunately it is not a big damage that cannot be repaired, it can be repaired.

Han Huanzhang felt very frustrated, the track is really difficult to manage, this kind of thing will definitely happen in the future today, this kind of bad thing is really annoying, Han Huanzhang has long since lost the enthusiasm for building the carat rail, when he thinks of a lot of trivial things, he hates that someone can't take over. Thinking about it, but there is no suitable person to take over for a while, the guy who is big enough to build the road is okay, and if he is asked to manage the rail transit, I'm afraid it's not that piece of material.

The train stopped here for an hour, and when the track was repaired, two tusks were sawn off by the way, and the train continued to run, and by the time it reached the town of Hatang, it was already past two o'clock.

Hatang Town has actually been built on a small scale, where you can see people with high noses and deep eyes, as well as dark-skinned Tianzhu people, and there is already a small market around the train station. In this regard, Chen Liang is still somewhat satisfied, this is a beginning, maybe it will not be in the future, whether it is a big cannibal, a Tianzhu person, including the Europeans mentioned by Mao Geng, they will gather here to purchase a steady stream of Great Song Dynasty goods.

After eating, it was almost four o'clock. Chen Liang decided to rest in Hatang Town for a day, Chen Liang was not in a hurry anyway, but Li Su and the others were a little impatient, and they wanted to buy the meteor cannon as much as possible.

The live-fire drill of the meteor cannon on the way was so shocking that even the elephant herd was blown away, and an elephant was beaten down, no wonder Champa and Zhenla would compete to buy meteor bombs. Now that Zhenla and Champa are fighting inextricably, once one of the two countries has the upper hand, or even destroys the other, the next step may be Annam. Of course, while the two countries are fighting each other, Annan's expansion by the way is also an opportunity. In any case, Annam, as a large country on the southeast peninsula, urgently needs a sharp weapon like a meteor cannon.

Song Yixuan's side is also eager to buy more meteor bombs now. Qu Laisan tasted the sweetness of the meteor cannon, and took advantage of Zhenla's inability to look westward, and in the next time, Qu Laisan was ready to make persistent efforts to win a larger territory.

In view of the amazing orders for meteor cannons, several major customers are scrambling to buy coins, there will be at least 100,000 orders for meteor bombs in the next year, and the production capacity of the Kra Isthmus is limited, even if the potential is tapped, the increase in production capacity is also very leisurely, Ma Fen Han Huanzhang and Long Jiu discussed it and decided to ask Mao for help.

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