Chapter 009: Steam Train
Although the death of Yang Lin, the king of Zhennan, shook the world, it could not affect the development and planning of the Star Empire.
Under the vigorous research and development of the Imperial Academy of Engineering, industrial machine tools have finally appeared in this world.
With the advent of industrial machine tools, the spare parts of the Star Empire in many places have also been more accelerated, resulting in the development of the Star Empire, which is getting faster and faster day by day.
The ninth year of the Age of the Stars.
With unremitting efforts, the steam locomotive was finally introduced.
Yang Yu led dozens of ministers, looking at the steel monster in front of him, surrounded by people watching the excitement.
"Your Majesty, this is the steam locomotive developed by the Imperial Academy of Engineering through unremitting efforts over the years."
"After the improvement of the ministers, the steam locomotive can travel 100 miles in an hour."
The dean of the Academy of Engineering said proudly.
Their Imperial Academy of Engineering, living up to expectations, developed something epoch-making.
"Half an hour, a hundred miles?" Hearing this, the Chancellor of the Exchequer looked at him suspiciously.
"That's right, half an hour travels a hundred miles, and the steam locomotive won't stop like an animal."
"That is to say, now that we are going to the Eastern Wilderness, it will only take four or five days to arrive."
The Prime Minister was similarly a little unconvinced.
You don't have to be as tired as an animal, then it makes a lot of sense.
"Not at the moment."
The dean of the Academy of Engineering shook his head.
"Why?" The Chancellor of the Exchequer asked, puzzled.
"Rails need to be laid so that the steam locomotive can go where it can, and without the rails, the steam locomotive can't go anywhere."
The president of the Imperial Academy of Engineering pointed to the left and right rails under the steam locomotive and explained: "At present, we have only laid the railroad track to Yanque Pass, and the manpower and material resources spent are extremely huge. ”
"The imperial capital is about four hundred miles away from Yanque Pass, if you can ensure that the old man arrives at Yanque Pass within two hours, then the old man will give you the funds to lay this railway."
The Chancellor of the Exchequer groaned for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said.
He had thought a lot of things already in a moment.
If you can really do what this old guy said, you can quickly travel back and forth between the two places, which will inevitably bring huge economic effects to the empire.
He has already realized the essence of what His Majesty the Emperor said, if you want to be rich, build roads first.
In recent years, his Ministry of Finance has spent a lot of money on the construction of cement roads.
The money from the Ministry of Finance is also increasing, the income of the empire is also increasing rapidly, and the living standards of the people have also improved greatly because of the construction of roads.
Therefore, it can bring income generation to the empire and a better living environment for the people of the empire.
He was absolutely in favor of it.
This steam locomotive has a bright future prospects.
"That's what you said, don't go back." The dean of the Imperial Academy of Engineering stared at him.
The old man spat on a nail, how could he regret what he said? Besides, Your Majesty, the Prime Minister, and the Minister of Justice are all here, how dare the old man break his word? ”
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said.
"Aiqing, if this is true, I'm afraid Aiqing will have to worry about the money expenditure of the national treasury."
"Your Majesty, rest assured, the old minister will never dare to break his word, besides, this is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, even if the old minister has a hundred courages, he will not dare to delay the development of the empire."
"Then I'll be relieved." Seeing the pattern of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Yang Yu nodded with a satisfied smile.
"Aiqing, since your Imperial Academy of Engineering has come up with such an epoch-making thing, then I must set an example for the people of the empire, and I haven't been to Yanque Pass for many years, so I just took this steam locomotive and went to Yanque Pass to have a look."
Yang Yu said with a smile.
"How can Your Majesty be in danger? Let the old minister ...... for Your Majesty"
All the ministers were taken aback, we don't know how stable this thing is, how can we let the emperor take risks?
"No, I trust the Imperial Academy of Engineering."
Yang Yu waved his hand to stop the exhortations of the ministers, and naturally chose to walk on the steam locomotive.
And many of the Royal Forest Army guards next to them hurriedly followed the steam locomotive that walked up to these six carriages.
When the ministers saw that the emperor had gone up in person, they did not hesitate too much.
The history of the empire, walk them to write and witness.
Entering this relatively small carriage, Yang Yu was not much surprised, this space was spacious enough.
"Your Majesty, this carriage designed by our Imperial Academy of Engineering is used to transport personnel, so it is set up with seats, each carriage is about 15 meters long, about 2.8 meters high, and about 2.8 meters wide."
"The 80-centimeter aisle, on either side of the aisle, has two seats, and each seat occupies 50 centimeters."
"The front seat is 50 centimeters apart from the back seat, and in one carriage, we have set up seats for 100 people."
The president of the Imperial Academy of Engineering naturally followed the steam locomotive and followed Yang Yu's side to explain to him.
"Six carriages, meaning that you can transport six hundred people at a time?"
"Almost."
"Is it possible to add a carriage?" The Chancellor of the Exchequer frowned and asked.
"As long as the steam locomotive has that power, it can be increased, and if we transport troops, we can remove these seats, and pull two hundred people in one carriage, it shouldn't be a problem." The director of the Imperial Academy of Engineering nodded.
"Is it okay to deliver supplies?" This is what the Prime Minister is most concerned about.
"Nature."
"Are you sure the connection of this carriage is okay? Will it fall off due to too fast speed, or for some reason? ”
Yang Yu raised his eyebrows, safety is the most important thing.
"Your Majesty can rest assured that the connection of the carriage is very stable, and it was designed by an engineer from our engineering institute who is in charge of this technology."
"The connection is also very simple, as if our two hands are clasped together, which not only acts as a connection, but also acts as a buffer." The dean of the Academy of Engineering said with confidence.
Hearing this, Yang Yu's satisfied jaw head, this kind of thing, he seems to have seen it on the Internet, and it has been used for more than a hundred years, and it has never been eliminated.
Unexpectedly, his empire is really full of talents.
I actually developed this thing.
Soon.
The steam locomotive was a loud roar.
"Boom, boom, boom."
A rhythmic sound sounded.
The steam train moved.
As if they had seen something surprising, the ministers looked at the scenery outside the window that began to recede, just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.
Feeling the wind blowing outside the window, Yang Yu said to the dean of the engineering academy next to him: "This thing still needs to be improved, if the speed is raised in the future, will something happen?" ”
"If the cold wind blows in in the cold season, will it have any impact on the people who ride the steam locomotive?"
The dean of the Academy of Engineering listened carefully to His Majesty the Emperor's narration, and did not interrupt, but took out a small notebook and began to record it next to it.
"The speed of this steam locomotive is okay, and it is smoother than a horse-drawn carriage."
"Mmmmmm, this is really a good thing for the benefit of the people of the empire, the empire has this steam locomotive, so don't you want to go somewhere, that is, a few days and ten days?"
"That's right, this old thing has finally done a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people!"