Chapter 278: The Train Heads to a Beautiful Distance
The Douluo World, which has extraordinary qualities, is really superior in the field of materials, such as the solidified soil used to build houses and roads, a material similar to concrete, which has the hardness of pig iron after solidification, and far surpasses the highest grade cement in terms of solidity and durability.
Not to mention all kinds of metals, the Sun Moon Continent has rich deposits of special metals, such as mythril, copper essence, star trace iron, and red gold...... It's just that these treasures that belong to the soul master, such as ordinary pig iron, copper and other metals, are almost equal to almost no difficulty in obtaining.
In this Douluo world, where plants can become fine, wood is simply stronger than the hundred-forged steel and thousand-forged steel made by blacksmiths.
From the drawings, to the model, and finally to the start of the project, this track connecting the largest harbor city and the metal capital of the soul master's holy land was built at a pace of ten miles a day, and when the screws of the last track made by Baosteel were drilled into the sleeper holes, this 500-mile-long straight track was officially completed.
This is a huge project that has never appeared in the Sun and Moon Continent, after 50 days, more than 5,000 craftsmen took out black powder to blow up the mountain every mountain, and when they encountered a river, they filled in the river and diverted it, and all the ravines, valleys, and lakes were filled.
The whole field is more than 27 zhang of 500 miles, passing through two cities, 41 market towns, and setting up a platform every ten miles.
In order to build this track, a nut workshop, a sleeper workshop, and a railcar workshop were built, and the cost of the purchased land was added.
The cost of each mile of this unprecedented track is as high as 2,000 gold coins, and the cost of a 500-mile track is one million gold coins.
In addition to the money, there is also the innovation that this track will bring, the three-car twenty-meter-long rail car has been completed, and the craftsmen have found a soul beast with great strength and vegetarian docility, the iron gibbon, this soul beast is gentle by nature and almost almost aggressive, and likes fruit wine to the point of obsession.
The original version of the railcar was powered by an iron gibbon, and at the front of the railcar was built a device that used pulleys to drive the wheels to roll, and two century-old gibbons with a body size of more than three meters turned the pulleys, similar to starting a tractor, to make the railcar run quickly.
The speed of the steam train is about sixty miles per hour, and the rail car pulled by the iron gibbon can reach one hundred and fifty miles per hour. The key is that this kind of soul beast is particularly willing to pull the cart and be fed to them to drink, as long as the wine pipe is enough, this gibbon can work twelve hours a day, it is simply the most intimate employee of the capitalist, a barrel of fruit wine is two hundred catties, and it is worth ten gold coins at most, which is far more cost-effective than researching the steam engine and the internal combustion engine.
Jing Kuan, who deliberately changed into a cotton robe, said excitedly to Gu Zhi, who was drawing on the eucalyptus, "Brother Gu, the track is about to be opened." ”
In the past two months, he has forgotten the various etiquette of the soul master, and has mingled with those craftsmen, this time they did not rely on the powerful soul guide, but just a group of ordinary people who relied on various tools to complete the results that attracted much attention.
At this moment, the soul masters of Half Moon City, as well as several nearby cities, gathered on the wide platform, eagerly awaiting, preparing to witness the miracle.
"This is just the beginning, according to my philosophy, the maximum speed of a fully integrated rail car can reach thousands of miles per hour, and the carriage is hundreds of meters long, and the current rail car is just a defective product."
Gu Zhi put away the model of the internal combustion engine that he had restored according to his own memory, although this gibbon was comparable to a steam engine, it was still a big difference compared to the internal combustion engine or magnetic levitation.
Moreover, there is a mineral similar to oil crystallization in the Sun and Moon Continent, and a fist-sized piece is comparable to hundreds of liters of gasoline, presumably with the assistance of this fuel, once the internal combustion engine is introduced, it can truly trigger the industrial revolution.
With a bang, the door lock was forcefully unscrewed, and Jing Ziyi appeared at the door with her two little sisters, she frowned and said, "What are you still tossing around?" Everyone is waiting for the two of you. ”
Girls have the habit of joining in the fun, and today the soul masters actually gathered together with the craftsmen, such a lively has never been seen, but the atmosphere of the scene is a little treacherous, the soul masters talk to themselves, and even if the craftsmen have made a big thing that attracts attention, they are still restrained, and no one dares to talk about it.
The reason for all this is naturally because Gu Zhi's backbone is not there, they are used to being in awe of the soul masters, and they don't have the confidence to show themselves in front of the soul masters.
"It's not what I've decided to do, and it's not something to brag about."
Gu Zhi stood up and said, "But for those craftsmen, this is indeed a happy thing, and today they will be taken seriously by the soul masters." ”
Everyone present listened to his natural words, they secretly suspected that Gu Zhi was pretending, but they couldn't refute anything, such a track, from scratch is inseparable from the technology and concepts provided by Gu Zhi, to tell the truth, although Gu Zhi and they are the same age, they don't treat Gu Zhi as a peer.
Like those craftsmen, they would also give Gu Zhi the title of wise man or sage.
Yue Shu walked up to Gu Zhi and glanced at the drawings in his hand, his face was full of admiration, and said, "Whether it's worth showing off or not, after today, the Quartet of the Empire will know that there is such a talented super genius as you in Half Moon City." ”
"The Great Luo of the Worlds"
Everyone nodded in agreement, Gu Zhi smiled indifferently, and led them to the platform.
Nearly a thousand people gathered on the platform, which covered an area of 100 zhang, but except for the hundreds of soul masters who were talking and criticizing, the others remained quiet.
They stared intently at a behemoth, a twenty-meter-long car quietly parked on the tracks. The exterior of the carriage is dark green, and the carriage has glass windows and is oval in shape, which looks like a giant cylinder when viewed from the front.
It is a manned rail car, each carriage is five meters long and has two rows of twenty seats.
Two red-furred gibbons are in the power room of the car, and two animal trainers are feeding them wine with wooden scoops, and they are communicating with gestures from time to time.
Everything is ready to go.
At the top of the front of the car is a flag with red letters on a blue background, with the four big characters "Eternal Chamber of Commerce" on it.
Suddenly, a voice in the crowd shouted, "The wise man is here." ”
Everyone turned back in unison.
At the entrance of the platform, Gu Zhi took the lead, followed by Yue Shu, Jing Ziyi, Jing Kuan, and Luo Ning, and it was obvious that these people were headed by him.
This scene made those soul masters suddenly magnify, some of them had seen the Jing family sisters and brothers, and some knew the identity of Yue Shu, even Luo Ning was not simple, she was the disciple of the dean of the Yuanfan Soul Master Academy.
However, the craftsmen are accustomed to it, and their status in their hearts is higher than that of the emperor who is far away in the sky.
Gu Zhi raised his eyes and looked at the sky, the sun was about to reach its highest point, and it was noon.
"Whoever has a ticket in hand will follow me on the bus, and we'll go to the metal capital."
A whistle sounded, and the person with the ticket in his hand held up the ticket with the emblem of the Eternal Chamber of Commerce and walked into the carriage with Gu Zhi, holding his breath one by one, although the craftsmen were excited, but this rail car was assembled by their own hands, so they found their seats and did it well.
The soul masters who got the tickets from the Jing family couldn't help but look around after entering the carriage, and when they saw that the passengers next to the seats were those flat-headed people, these soul masters who thought they were superior immediately frowned, but they didn't dare to complain to the boss, so they could only pinch their noses and sit down.
On Gu Zhi's side, Jing Kuan acted as the conductor and was checking the ticket, as for Jing Ziyi, Yue Shu, and Luo Ning, the three beauties were sitting with Gu Zhi, and the four of them were sitting in two rows of seats, Jing Ziyi was on one side with Luo Ning, and Yue Shu was next to Gu Zhi.
After the routine ticket checking, Jing Kuan blew the whistle in his hand, and the animal trainer in the power room received the signal and immediately asked the iron arm to hold the thick handle of the bowl and turn it vigorously.
The railcar shuddered slightly, the wheels hissed against the rails, and people could clearly see the scene outside the window begin to move.
As the scenery moved faster and faster, the people in the carriage felt calmer, and the people looked out of the window, and in a moment they left the platform and entered a plain, surrounded by waves of wheat and cicadas.
The soul masters' eyes widened suddenly, and they realized that this speed was far faster than that of a four-wheeled carriage, and they were afraid that it was comparable to riding a horse, but riding a horse was bumpy all the way, and the wind and dust were not comparable to this rail car.
Hehehehehehehe......
A series of silver bell-like laughter broke the silence in the carriage, Yue Shu's face flushed, and she couldn't help hugging Gu Zhi's arm, laughing heartily.
"Look no further than how your brain grows! To be able to come up with such an ingenious artifact is a feat for the benefit of the country and the people, and the Sun and Moon Empire will all be favored by you. ”
From then on, my sister no longer had to worry about the Sun and Moon Empire splitting, but only that if the rail cars were built enough, their Yue clan would be able to control the whole country.
It's really hard to imagine how the world would change if the rail car could reach a speed of thousands of miles per hour, as Gu Zhi said, at that time, it would only take less than two days to issue an order from the capital of the empire to any part of the empire, and the entire administrative system might change dramatically.
Jing Ziyi glanced at her best friend, Yue Shu, who was born in the royal family, didn't care about Gu Zhi's shortcomings - she was affectionate, this was really not reserved at all, she said meaningfully: "It's really amazing, these are actually projects completed by a group of ordinary people, Gu Zhi shows us the power of wisdom." ”
Throughout, the creation of this track and railcar was carried out without the involvement of soul guide technology, which is another kind of wisdom that allows people without soul power to grasp the knowledge of power.
Luo Ning, who had always only echoed the topic, did not praise Gu Zhi's wisdom, and had some other thoughts at the moment.
"Gu Zhi, the flying soul guide you made uses soul guide technology, and the design of the magic circle is very ingenious, even my teacher is ashamed of himself."
She pondered and asked, "Why don't you apply the soul guide technique to this rail car?" With your abilities, if you use soul guide technology, you will definitely make this rail car faster. ”
The glider that has joined the Wind Breath Circle can break through the wind, and it can also inject soul power to resist the wind, which can be said to be a complete flying soul guide.
In the same way, this rail car is equipped with soul guide technology, which uses soul power to provide power, which naturally makes the car faster and carries more cargo.
The soul masters present pricked up their ears one after another, while the craftsmen lowered their heads silently, no matter how deliberately they avoided it, Gu Zhi was essentially different from them.
This wise man is a great man with extraordinary powers.
"Because I want everyone to be able to afford to ride."
As soon as they heard Gu Zhi's words, the craftsmen immediately raised their heads, only to hear Gu directly say: "Cars made with soul guide technology can naturally be faster, but such a car can only be controlled by soul masters. ”
He smiled and asked, "Do you think the soul masters will let civilians get in their cars?" ”
If you really want to refine any treasures, even if Gu Zhi's body is in a bit of a condition now, he can still make a ninth-level half-soul guide at will, but the ninth-level half-soul guide is not beneficial to the majority of the civilian class.
Not to mention changing an era.
At this moment, the craftsmen and the soul masters were sitting next to each other, and the distance between them was negligible, and the craftsmen didn't need to look at the expressions on the soul masters' faces to determine the answer.
How could a big man drive for these pariahs, and even sit with them at the moment with a look of grievance.
Gu Zhi's smile was very bright and sunny, but Luo Ning didn't get a trace of infection, she suddenly yelled a little hysterically: "Why do you do this kind of thing, shouldn't you and those people be people from two worlds?" It has nothing to do with it at all, can their lives, their joys, sorrows and sorrows move a character like you? ”
In an instant, everyone was shocked by her sudden outburst, especially Yue Shu and Jing Ziyi, who were speechless at the same time, and a complicated light flashed in their eyes.
She is very lucky, although she was born in a civilian but her family background is quite passable, and she has been a beauty embryo since she was a child, her parents gathered fifty gold coins to awaken the martial soul for her, and sure enough, the family martial soul has mutated, and she has awakened a special elemental martial soul - thunder, and the innate soul power is as high as level eight.
Soon she was accepted as an apprentice by the dean who heard the news, but she was not the only apprentice of the dean, in order to squeeze into the circle of those proud sons of the sky, she began to deliberately please Jing Ziyi and Yue Shu, and now, she knows that she is a little follower.
But what she's seen lately!
Yue Shu and Jing Ziyi, who are in the academy and outside the academy, are currying favor with a strange guy, but this strange guy is mingling with a group of craftsmen, caring about their trivial matters, and bothering to make things convenient for these lowly people.
I don't care about a top magnate like Yueshu at all.
The quagmire she desperately wanted to get out of, but someone was enjoying it, and that person was still in the place she longed for the most.
This made Luo Ning feel humble and inferior.
In fact, Gu Zhi has long noticed this girl who is close to distortion in her heart, yes, in his eyes, Luo Ning is a twenty-year-old girl, in order to be recognized, she blindly pleases others, and moves closer to the preferences and conduct of others, but because of her background, she can't fully integrate in, and finally slowly loses herself and becomes a flattering echo worm who only knows.
Who would consider an echo bug to be an equal friend?
"Don't talk to yourself, it will only reveal your inner pride and prejudice."
Gu Zhi shook his head and said calmly: "I was born in an ordinary village, and I have been an ordinary person around me since I was a child. ”
Hearing this, everyone present looked at Gu Zhi with hellish eyes, a person who made the palace bow his head and the princess was actually from a commoner's background, such a thing was simply a big joke in the world.
In the Sun Moon Continent, even if you are full of innate soul power, you will definitely become the pride of heaven with the title Douluo, as long as you are born as a commoner, then you must bow to the royal family.
Otherwise, what about the innate soul power, a future Title Douluo.
"How is this possible!"
Luo Ning couldn't accept that Gu Zhi was from a civilian background like her, but in fact, she was much superior to Gu Zhi in terms of background.
"Commoners, soul masters, nobles, and royalty are all shackles that can be created by people, called identity, and behind the shackles is power, and only stronger forces can break it."
Gu Zhi's smile remained the same, in fact, he took a group of ordinary people to complete a railway track and complete the opening of the train, and he felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.
"I envision a world where all men are created equal, follow the same order, and everyone can express themselves as they please.
I have never been disgusted with my origins, nor do I yearn for the so-called powerful, I just want to find my way to the ideal world step by step. ”
You're going to rebel!
is still so big in front of the empress's sister.
However, the main lord didn't come out to reprimand Gu Zhi, and looked at it with an obsessive face, the rebellious princess and her ideal knight, seeing this scene, those soul masters pretended not to hear.
It's just that the craftsmen present trembled slightly, and their admiration for Gu Zhi could no longer be expressed in words.
"People like you really deserve to have a bunch of confidantes."
Luo Ning chuckled, and at this moment, she suddenly felt a lot more comfortable physically and mentally.
She turned her head to look out the window and said very firmly: "I also want to go to such a wonderful world, please take me with you." ”