Lyudmila heard the meaning of Roland's words and asked in surprise, "In addition to this, other newly built railway stations also use Lothmon to power the trains?" ”

"In the past six months, you and Tonya have been investigating in the field, probably not paying attention to the railway construction in the Far East, the main line of the Northern Railway that has been partially completed and the branch lines connecting villages and towns along the way, almost all of them use Losmon to pull trains, and there are currently two thousand Lothmon in railway transportation, and a total of four Losmon can provide power for five hundred trains." Roland smiled with pride, "Although this is a forced local method, but it does work, thanks to these tame and hard-working animals, the goods produced in cities and towns, especially those bulky industrial products, can be transported to the surrounding village markets for sale, and on the way back, they will purchase crops and vegetables, meat, eggs, milk and other agricultural and sideline products produced in the countryside and transport them back to the towns for sale, building a bridge between the urban and rural areas for material circulation." ”

After listening to Roland's explanation, Lyudmila felt more and more that she had underestimated these Loess beasts, and asked thoughtfully: "I heard that the imperial provincial government built a railway in the Far East in order to facilitate the expropriation of rice grown along the southern river plains, and the northern railway built by the new government also took into account the factor of facilitating the collection of public grain. ”

"Very good!" In order to enhance the persuasiveness, Roland gave Lyudmila a simple calculation, "The four-headed train beast can pull eight wagons, with a total load of 250 tons, if all of them are used to collect wheat, even if it is calculated according to the high standard of 500 pounds per mu, it is equivalent to the public grain payable by 5,000 mu of wheat fields, in fact, several stations on this railway line, except for the terminal station valley village as a pilot of agricultural reform, has 25,000 acres of farmland, and the villages where other stations are located will cultivate 3,000 to 4,000 acres of wheat fields at most, The yield per mu is far less than 500 pounds, and the public grain paid is not enough to fill a wagon, and the grain can be transported to the state-owned granary in the town in one day at most, but in the years before the construction of the railway, it was only possible to rely on mules and horses to transport the public grain from these villages in the deep mountains and old forests to the town, for which it took at least a thousand mules and horses to trek in the jungle for a week, and the cost paid was almost equal to the public grain collected, in which case the collection of public grain would not make much sense. ”

Lyudmila was deeply shocked when she heard this, and the animal-powered traction train, which was originally ridiculous in her eyes, seemed to have added a sacred aura to it at this moment.

"I'll just say, how can it take nine hours to take the train from Big Rabbit's Nest Town to Valle Village, it turns out that the Lothmon is used as the front of the locomotive."

Tonya walked over with a smile and handed out the tickets to the two companions.

"Tonya, don't underestimate the Looth Beast, without these big animals, no matter how much grain the valley village grows, it won't be able to transport it......" Lyudmila is now learning and selling, and relays what Roland just said to her best friend.

Tonya listened very carefully, and then showed doubts: "As far as I know, most of the Los Beasts in the Far East live in the cold plateau areas, their bodies are covered with thick long hairs to resist the cold wind, and they are prone to diseases in the warmer climates of the plains. ”

"This is all thanks to Zoya and your teacher Valentina, who have cooperated to establish a laboratory in the Dragon City Ranch that specializes in the study of the physical improvement technology of the Highlands, and have successfully developed an elixir that can make the Highlands Beasts automatically shed their hair in a warm climate, and their endurance has also been significantly improved, and the improved Rosemon is perfectly qualified for the heavy work of pulling trains, which is too heavy for cattle and horses." Roland said to Tonya.

"I haven't had a chance to return to the 'Harvest Ring' to meet Miss Valentina for a year, and I only know that she is doing research to improve the physique of the Lossmon as soon as I heard you......" Miss Druid examined the teacher's results through the eyes of an expert in animal taming, the huge body of the Lossmon that has lost its long hair highlights its strong muscles, which inevitably gives people a strong but bulky look, "The strength of the Lossmon is its strength and stamina, but as a train tractor, speed is also very important, how fast can they run?" ”

Roland was about to answer, when the station rang the bell again, urging the passengers to get on the train as soon as possible, so he said to Tonya, "How fast the train beast runs, let's get on the train and experience it." ”

"Okay!" Tonya took Lyudmila's hand and followed Roland into the car.

The three of them found seats according to the number on the ticket, Lyudmila and Roland sat opposite each other by the window, and Tonya's seat was next to Roland, which made her feel that it was not suitable, so she offered to swap places with Lyudmila, but the nervous and childish female ranger liked to watch the scenery by the window and was reluctant to switch places with her.

"I've seen it through, but you just don't want to get close to me!" Roland pretended to be sad and complained about his girlfriend.

Lyudmila glanced at her boyfriend angrily, "Sitting in a row with Tonya is still wronged by you?" What a fool not to take such a good opportunity! As he spoke, he got up and swapped seats with Roland.

Lyudmila and Tonya sat side by side, the best friends chattered and laughed non-stop, Roland was driven to the opposite side to sit with a middle-aged man dressed as a hunter, the other party looked at him with a rather complicated gaze, both gloating and ridiculing Roland for losing the opportunity to sit with the beauty, but also with the feeling of sympathy, after all, he also lost the opportunity to be adjacent to the long-legged girl.

The horn sounded again, and the four-headed Losmon dragged the train along the tracks, and after ten minutes the speed stabilized, Tonya observed the backward scenery outside the window, and was surprised to find that the train was moving much faster than she had expected.

The average speed of an adult Highland Losmon is about 10 miles per hour when it climbs over steep terrain such as snowy mountains, and the speed of a long-distance run on a flat field can reach 20 miles per hour. When running on the railway, the average speed can be increased to 25 miles per hour due to better road conditions and low rail friction. This speed is not much inferior even compared to the long-distance marching war horses, and what is even more commendable is that although the Lothmon is large and seems to be bulky, it is actually as good as a camel and has very good endurance, and is better at long-distance off-road than short-distance racing, and will not get tired after continuing to travel at a speed of 25 miles per hour for more than ten hours.

Of course, such a high-intensity long-distance run day in and day out requires a lot of energy, and it is not enough to provide forage for the train beast, but also to supplement the more calorie-rich feed such as corn and beans. In the case of the train on which Roland and the three were riding, the four train beasts worked together to pull eight carriages, one of which was dedicated to storing fodder, and large bales of corn and beans were the favorite snacks of the four large animals. As for forage, there is no need to store it during this season, there are weeds in the wasteland on both sides of the tracks, and Lothmon will forage for itself when it stops to rest, and only after winter does it need to stock up on additional forage.