"Don't be nervous, I'm just here this time, just to bring a fellow junior to see this dragon car. There are many disturbances in the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info, and please forgive me. Ye Zan said to everyone with a smile.

"Don't dare, it's an honor for us to be able to walk with the two mages, please come in quickly, two mages. The businessmen looked quite frightened, and hurriedly let Ye Zan and Li Haoran to the upper seats inside.

When Ye Zan and Li Haoran sat down, several businessmen stood on either side, bowing down and waiting for Ye Zan's orders. This small world is still a little different from the Shenhua Domain Realm, because the Dao Palace is the actual ruler of the small world, and almost all cultivators are Dao Palace people. Therefore, mortals in the world have a great reverence for any cultivator, and do not dare to have the slightest contempt.

Ye Zan shook his head, waved his hand and said to a few businessmen: "You don't have to be so restrained, just sit at will, it just so happens that I also have some things to ask a few people." ”

"Mage, please just give me orders, and I'll stand and serve the two mages. Several businessmen said.

"You don't need to wait, just sit down and answer me a few questions, or I won't dare to bother anymore. Ye Zan had to increase his tone a little.

Hearing Ye Zan say this, for fear of provoking Ye Zan's anger, several businessmen sat down on the side of the chair with their buttocks stained, but they all faced Ye Zan, waiting for Ye Zan's orders at will.

Seeing a few people like this, Ye Zan also knew that this situation could not be changed in a few words, so he could only turn a blind eye, and asked one of the merchants: "How many people think that transporting goods with this dragon cart now is different from before?"

The merchant who was asked, as if he had a spring under his buttocks, stood up at once, half-bowed and said, "Master Hui, this is ...... The dragon car is indeed much more convenient than before. In the past, we had to hire a large number of horse-drawn wagons to transport goods to distant places, not to mention the high cost, and the road was still slow. Some goods with a short shelf life, such as these fruits from our south, cannot be transported to the north in good condition to be sold. But now, it used to take months to travel, but now the dragon cart can reach it in a few days, and the fruits are as fresh as freshly picked, not to mention more popular with northerners. ”

You must know that this carriage transportation is not simply backward in speed, the key is to encounter mountains and rivers and detour. As for rail transit, it is a bridge between mountains and waters, and basically as long as the stations can go in a straight line, they will not choose to detour. Therefore, in terms of the speed of transportation, it will be much faster than the traditional horse convoy.

"Yes, in the past, I hired a team, but also by the team of all kinds of control, sometimes when the weather changes, the price is just a plus, if something happens, I have to lose a lot of money, the loss of goods is a common thing. Another businessman followed.

The convoys hired by merchants are often some horse gangs, big car gangs and other organizations. In the beginning, these organizations were just a way for people at the bottom to stay warm, and they could also negotiate with employers on an equal footing. However, as these organizations grew and grew, they gradually began to change their taste, and some even became underworld gangs.

Like temporary price increases, claims for compensation in case of accidents, and some small stealing of goods, etc., are nothing. If you really encounter a ruthless person, it is not uncommon to have those who collude with the bandits, or detain the goods themselves, or even directly kill people and steal the goods.

And now that it has been replaced by rail transportation, naturally there are no such things, this is the industry of Yuqing Dao Palace, which one dares to fight its idea if it eats the heart of a bear and a leopard?

"Yes, the Dao Palace built this rail dragon car, so that I can transport the worthless specialties in the south to the north across tens of thousands of miles to sell, making the trade between the north and the south extremely convenient, which is really a great merit!" another merchant said with great emotion.

This is another benefit of the transport upgrade, which is to significantly increase the variety of goods that flow between the north and the south. The things that are called local specialties often mean that they are produced in large quantities, but no one buys them at all, so much so that they rot there or are used to feed livestock. And now, those things that are too many to sell can be transported by rail transportation to farther places, far enough to places where there are no such things at all, where there is naturally a vast market.

Li Haoran listened to the conversation between Ye Zan and the businessmen on the side, and further increased his understanding of this rail transportation, knowing that this thing not only has a large amount of goods, but also a very fast speed. A few months away in a few days, then the transportation of military supplies and the transportation of disaster relief materials will become faster than before. Especially when it comes to transporting disaster relief materials, the emperor can get the news through thousands of miles of transmission on the day of the disaster, and then it will take a few days to deliver the relief materials to the disaster area, which was something that was unimaginable before.

More importantly, it seems to be just a matter of transportation, but it can lead to development in many aspects, and it is not only businessmen who benefit, but also ordinary people. For example, those specialties that could only rot can now bring people an income. As the saying goes, "Cang Liao knows etiquette, and food and clothing know honor and disgrace", as long as the people can fill their stomachs, then no one will be willing to rebel.

At this time, a female voice sounded in the carriage and said, "Distinguished guests, the train is about to depart, please sit in your seats and do not move around freely for the time being." ”

"Oh, I'm so ashamed to be called like this. Several businessmen said a little uncomfortably. If Ye Zan and Li Haoran were not there, they might still enjoy the title of "honored guest", but now no one dares to show a trace of pride.

Ye Zan smiled secretly in his heart, but he didn't expect that a prompt sound he found casually would make these people have so many ideas. Obviously, these people are not very accustomed to it, and this so-called "respectful something" is just an ordinary honorific. In the tech world, there are such honorifics in many places, and using honorifics doesn't mean that you really take it seriously.

With three prompts, the train finally started slowly.

When he started to leave the station, the speed of the train was not very fast, which made Li Haoran a little strange and a little disappointed. However, when the train left the station, the speed gradually increased, and looking at the regressing scenery outside the window, Li Haoran's mouth opened wider and wider.

"Haoran, what do you think of this speed?" Ye Zan slapped Li Haoran funny.

Li Haoran came back to his senses at this time, found his gaffe, quickly wiped his mouth, turned his head and said to Ye Zan: "Uncle Shi, the disciple lost his temper just now, and I ask Uncle Shi to forgive me." ”

Ye Zan frowned, pretending to be angry and said: "Okay, don't forgive your sins at every turn, let you come to see this, not let you say this." ”

"Yes, the disciple originally thought that even if this dragon chariot was faster than the horse-drawn chariot, I am afraid that the speed was limited. But I didn't expect that this dragon car could carry so much cargo and have such an amazing speed, it is not enough to say that a thousand miles a day is not enough to describe. What surprised the disciple even more was that at such a fast speed, the inside of the car did not seem bumpy, so smooth that he couldn't even spill the tea. Li Haoran endured the excitement in his heart and said all his surprises.

The businessmen next to him, when they heard Li Haoran's words, didn't dare to make fun of them, but echoed and said: "What this mage said is good, what surprised me and others the most is that I have to say that this car is stable, even if it is the most comfortable carriage I have ever sat in, it is difficult to catch this dragon car." ”

Compared to capacity and speed, this comfort is a small thing, but it is also the most magical place in the eyes of everyone. This small world, including the Shenhua Realm outside, usually uses carriages, and there are not too good shock absorption measures. In addition, the road is often not very smooth, so it is actually quite a sin to ride in a carriage, even if it is a thick cushion, it cannot avoid the pain of bumps.

"Well, the dragon car is just a random name, and this car should be called a rail train strictly speaking. I have a copy of the information here, you can take it and look at it, and ask me any questions. As Ye Zan spoke, he took out a thick piece of information and handed it directly to Li Haoran.

Ye Zan was lazy again, so he had to do the same thing as he had to do it before, and directly printed the construction of the rail train system, as well as the composition and operation of the transportation company, into such a document. In this way, he doesn't have to bother to introduce more, just let others read the information first, if there is anything I really can't understand, I am explaining it in detail.

As the "CEO" of Datang Communications, Li Haoran has participated in many things from the establishment to the operation of Datang Communications, so it is not difficult to understand this information. From the construction of the rail train system, he also saw that although the rail train was good, the construction was indeed much more difficult than that of Qianli Transmission.

This difficulty, mainly because of the large amount of work, after all, to lay the track, this track can not be placed anywhere, but to be placed on a solid roadbed. The construction requirements of this roadbed are more demanding than the best official roads now, and the amount of work is very huge.

In this small world, Ye Zan can also directly release a large number of construction machinery to lay all the tracks without any care. However, when he arrived at the Shenhua Domain, he couldn't be so careless, so the foundation project still needed the participation of the Tang Kingdom. Fortunately, Ye Zan already has a considerable understanding of the entire Shenhua Domain, including the terrain of the Tang Kingdom, through the base station of Qianli Sound Transmission. Therefore, it also eliminates the need for preliminary survey and other work, which is already a lot of savings.

To be honest, for the Tang Kingdom, which is extremely backward in terms of productivity, all the basic works of the rail train alone are equivalent to the construction of the Great Wall in the ancient Huaguo in the earth era, or the excavation of the Grand Canal several times the amount of work. Therefore, Ye Zan also thought of a way to adopt the method of integrating the track base and assembling it in sections to reduce the amount of work that Datang was responsible for as much as possible.

Ye Zan's method is actually like playing with small train building blocks, producing the track and the road base as a whole, and then assembling them in the Tang Kingdom. In other words, the Tang Kingdom does not need to build a road foundation, but only needs to tamp and level the ground under the road foundation, which is actually equivalent to building an official road.

Of course, even so, the amount of work is still very large, not to mention the rail transit all over the country, even if only a few main lines are built, I am afraid it will take a few years.

Li Haoran looked at the information, and couldn't help but be glad that he was already sitting on the rail train and knew the various benefits of the rail train, otherwise it would be really difficult to make up his mind to do this just by looking at the cost of construction. After all, for a country to invest such a huge amount, if you really don't know what the outcome will be, it is like a big gamble, and losing the bet is not far from defeat.

However, now that Li Haoran has seen the results and seen what kind of benefits this rail train will bring to Datang, then this is not a big gamble, but just an investment that will make a steady profit.

"I know that no matter how much this work is reduced, it will still be a bit huge for you. However, you don't have to worry too much, the sect will also give you some help in terms of engineering. Ye Zan said beside him.

"How dare you bother the sect in this matter! Uncle Ancestor can rest assured, I will definitely convince my father of this matter. Li Haoran hurriedly said to Ye Zan.

"Well, I think your father is also a Ming monarch who wants to make a difference, otherwise he wouldn't have agreed so happily to the matter of thousands of miles of transmission, and there should be no problem with this matter. Ye Zan nodded and said.

However, what Ye Zan and Li Haoran said about asking the Yuqing Sect to help in the project is not a lie. In fact, this rail transit is not only related to the livelihood of Datang people, but also related to his merit. The sooner the rail transit can be completed and put into operation, the sooner it will be promoted in the Shenhua realm, and he will be able to get merit sooner.

Therefore, Ye Zan plans to bring out Cheng Liangqi and others in the small world of Asgard and others who have experience in rail transit construction to help Datang Kingdom do this together. You know, for cultivators, many things are still much easier to do than for mortals. For example, tamping and leveling the ground, Cheng Liangqi and other ancestors directly smashed the Panlong Golden Seal down, which is far simpler than what mortals do at once. For example, opening tunnels and building bridges is difficult and dangerous for mortals to do, but cultivators may be able to complete it with a few spells.

In fact, the monastic civilization of this world is really not inferior to the scientific and technological civilization. It's just that cultivators rarely apply what they have learned to the needs of worldly mortals, which makes the productivity of worldly mortals so backward. If in the world of science and technology, those scientists are like cultivators, and any scientific and technological inventions are only for themselves, and not for the ordinary people. I'm afraid there will be no difference between the technological world and this world. (To be continued.) )