Chapter 1007: Little Train Woo Woo
When Li Ke was talking to them, the train didn't go too far and began to slow down, and then the two locomotives began to turn their heads, changing their positions and heading back in the direction of the station just now.
When Li Ke told the train about the same as everyone else, the train in the distance pulled out a long whistle and slowly entered the station again, this time it did not drive past, but stopped accurately on the platform behind Li Ke.
"Now, we can take you to experience the new train, and if you want, you can get on the train with me." Li Ke said with a smile.
With Li Ke's words, the scene immediately boiled, Li Shimin naturally wanted to get on the car, he stood up directly, one in front and one in the back, a total of fourteen carriages, and all these people were put down without any problems.
Li Ke took Li Shimin and them into a carriage at the front, and when they entered this carriage, everyone couldn't help but be a little surprised, the inside and the outside are completely different, this decoration ...... Obviously very luxurious.
The iron sheets on both sides of the carriage around are made of soft bags, not to mention, the carriage is placed in the card seat composed of a sofa, the style of these sofas looks very comfortable, in the middle of the sofa card seat is also placed on a coffee table fixed on the wall, there is a fixed position on it can be placed vases and other decorations.
It was more like a large rest area, not like a train that His Highness said could pull people, and of course, they hadn't seen what a normal train looked like.
But there are definitely no more than 200 seats in this carriage, at most 100 seats. The natural eldest grandson queen who followed Li Shimin in, Changle them, and the ministers of the imperial court.
Li Shimin, the courtiers and Li Ke occupied the front half of the carriage, while Changle and the others stayed in the back half of the carriage.
I didn't think anything when I looked at it from the outside, but when I entered it, I could feel that the area inside the car was still very large.
Two hundred people in such a carriage? Even if it is four or five hundred people, it is estimated that it can be squeezed in.
And how much grain and grass can be pulled in such a huge space if supplies are transported? The people who came here today are not ordinary people, and they naturally have some considerations in their minds.
When the people outside boarded the other cars, the driver in charge of driving came in through the door on the other side and asked Li Ke for instructions.
"Ready to go." Li Ke nodded.
"Yes."
"Woo......" Soon, a shrill whistle sounded outside the window, and the courtiers sitting on their sofas were actually a little nervous, because they had never sat on it, this thing was different from a carriage!
Soon, they felt a slight movement of the carriage underneath their butts, and then it began to move slowly.
Feeling the scenery outside the window that began to move slowly, Li Shimin asked curiously: "This is the steam engine?" ”
"Yes, it's the steam engine, the same steam engine you saw in the industrial area before, but it's improved and the way the energy is output has been changed." Li Ke nodded.
As they spoke, the speed of the train they were sitting on had begun to increase gradually, as they had seen before, and gradually began to speed up itself.
When the train finally left the station, the scenery on both sides began to get faster, and the train they were riding was still speeding up.
"Wow! It's amazing, this speed is much faster than a carriage, three are so powerful! The cheers of Jinyang could be heard in the distance.
Li Ke and the others were all quiet, especially Li Ke looked at the scenery like a snail crawling outside the window, without any fluctuations. In the future, not to mention the high-speed rail of 300 kilometers per hour, even the speed of driving will be much faster than this.
Finally, when the speed of the train reached the limit of the current limit, that is, 50 kilometers per hour, with a long whistle, the locomotive began to rush into the distance with black smoke sprayed on it!
And at this moment, looking at the scenery passing by quickly outside the window, for Li Shimin and others, only when they are riding a horse can they have such a fast speed! Although the speed in front of him is not even comparable to the speed of some BMWs galloping, the war horse can only carry one person, and how many people are pulled by this train now?!
There are hundreds of people who have been invited today, not to mention that the guards who followed them have also gotten into the car.
Fang Xuanling's minds are shocked now, they have never imagined such a thing, the latter said that they have never thought of such a thing in their minds!
Even if it was a mythological story, they didn't dare to think about it like this, that is, His Highness was able to make up a myth like the steel dragon, and adults wouldn't think so.
Look at it now, isn't this just a fairy tale? Only a child can think that what appears, and now the real thing appears in reality! It is transporting thousands of people and a large amount of supplies at a speed of 100 miles per hour!
In just a few moments, the scenery on both sides of them is rapidly receding! They finally understood why the road of this train was built so high, and they finally understood why it was called a railway.
Because from the window of the car, on the railway next to it, two rails stretch parallel to the distance, isn't this the rail car that existed during the Qin Dynasty?
His Highness was really a whimsical idea, how did he come up with the idea of combining such a railcar with rails? Replacing the wooden cabinet with rails and transporting such a carriage on it reached such a terrifying delivery speed!
This kind of genius idea alone is something that most people can't think of, although it borrows from the thinking of the ancients, but it is very powerful to be able to spread this kind of thinking, not to mention that the ancients did not discover such a thing as a steam engine.
Not only Fang Xuanling, but they and the ministers have already begun to think about what the emergence of railways and trains means to Datang and how many changes it will bring to Datang!
The most straightforward and simple point is that all messages will be communicated faster in the future! Although the speed of the 800-mile rush is faster than that of the railway, the 800-mile rush cannot be used very often.
It is so important for the railway to carry some daily information and strengthen the daily information communication between Chang'an and the locality!
This means that centralization is strengthened again!
In addition, if there is another local disaster, the Tang Dynasty can quickly mobilize a large number of manpower or soldiers and food through the railway for disaster relief! There will be no shortage of all relief supplies, such as food and medicinal herbs!
Even if there is a shortage of places, it will be enough to be transferred from all over Datang in two or three days at most! You must know that for three days, you will not starve to death even if you don't eat!