In mid-November, the triangular line between Xingchenling and Hongyuan City was laid, and the simple railway platform was completed at the same time.

After the locomotive was transferred to the star leader, everyone got together and discussed for a long time in order to name the first steam locomotive, and finally named it the Xingchen.

Jiang Xingchen waved his hand again and again, saying that this was all the credit of Xian Ning and the researchers. The old man looked unhappy, and scolded in his heart: "Pretend, you kid continue to pretend!

When the train returned, there were people outside the guardrail on the side of the railway, and the villagers were here every day to see the train. A few days ago, the reputation of the monster was spread to be superb, and there is no one who is not curious.

When the train sped past them, most of the villagers were dumbfounded, and it was a long time before they started talking about it.

"I'm just like the legend! It's big, like a hill!"

"So quickly, in the blink of an eye, it passed. ”

"I can't complain that everyone is calling it a monster, there is smoke above my head, and there is a sound of trousers rubbing my pants, it really looks like a monster is running wild!"

"No wonder the lord won't let you climb over the guardrail, saying it's dangerous inside... It's really dangerous enough, if you accidentally touch it, you will die..."

Those villagers who had seen the train a long time ago couldn't help but say proudly when they saw that the others were so surprised: "What's the matter, I didn't lie to you, right?"

"No deception, no deception!" the villagers waved their hands again and again, saying, "It's exactly what you say!"

In the midst of all kinds of surprised and shocked eyes of the villages and towns along the way, the train drove back to Hongyuan City, and turned around again. Slowly entered the steel mill upside down.

The civilians of Hongyuan City are not like the villagers below, who soak in the fields every day. Wait for the train to show up. But even so, there are still many people who see the train. The next day, the outer perimeter of the steel plant was full of people waiting to see the train. Frightened, the Hongyuan City Lord hurriedly sent a large number of security guards to forcibly persuade the civilians to go back.

The Hongyuan City Lord was both excited and nervous now. The train is repaired to Hongyuan City, which is definitely a great thing for him, as the first territory to pass the train, Hongyuan City is also famous all over the world, with convenient transportation, it is more closely linked to the star collar, and the development will be better and better in the future. Of course he was thrilled.

But there were too many big names in the past two days, and he had to be more cautious. Even the Great Emperor will come here in person, and in case of any accidents, no amount of life he has is enough to compensate.

That's why he was so nervous when a large number of civilians surrounded the steel plant, for fear that something would happen!

Jiang Xingchen was in the steel plant, so he didn't care about the outside, the ten train cars had been basically completed, and he needed to do the final inspection...

On November 19th, the Emperor Qiankun and the Marshal arrived. lived in the lord's mansion of Hongyuan City, Wang Shuangyang and several other grand dukes, as well as Wu Tianfeng and Wei Ning. Chen Xuangan and Dingbei Hou are all accompanied here.

Jiang Xingchen, who received the news, naturally rushed over as soon as possible to meet the emperor!

Inside the hall of the Lord's Palace. The Emperor looked at Jiang Xingchen with a smile on his face and sighed with emotion. For eight years, he saw a small person with his own eyes. Step by step to where it is today. And this little person is just on his own. There is no family background. In retrospect, the Emperor himself found it incredible.

If you tried to kill him, it would be like crushing an ant. But he had to use him to promote his policies and consolidate his regime. But when his regime was finally stabilized, the little people had soared into the sky and could no longer control it.

"Hey!" the emperor sighed in his heart, in fact, over the years, he and Jiang Xingchen had not met a few times in total, but in his heart, it was as if he had dealt with him all his life.

"Emperor, the train is ready, you can take it early tomorrow morning!" Jiang Xingchen said with a smile.

"Good!" the Emperor smiled and nodded, although he was also itching in his heart, and wanted to go and see the train now, but he couldn't show it.

"Jiang Xingchen, is the train really so fast that it can travel 300 miles in less than two (months)?" the marshal asked.

"We've been tested, almost!" replied Jiang Xingchen. At the end of October, when I compared with the old man, the steam locomotive had not yet reached its top speed, and there was still room for improvement.

"How much did it cost to build this railway line, and how long did it take?" asked the old marquis this time. They were all people who knew about the railroad plan for a long time.

Of course, this is also the reason why there is no obstacle from Hongyuan City to Xingchenling, if you encounter rivers, hills, or large terrain differences, it will be troublesome... The cost of the railway is about five times that of the light rail road!"

"Hiss~" As soon as Jiang Xingchen's voice fell, the hall was filled with the sound of gasping cold air, even the Great Emperor was no exception.

The cost of light rail highway per meter is 800 citrine coins, and the cost of railway per meter is five times higher than that of light rail highway, so isn't it 4,000 citrine coins per meter, and 4,000 citrine coins can be piled up even if they are stacked up to one meter.

"So much?" the old marquis exhaled and looked at Jiang Xingchen suspiciously.

Jiang Xingchen did not hide it, and explained: "The light rail is 24 kilograms per meter, and the heavy rail used by the railway is 70 kilograms per meter, and the weight alone is nearly three times worse! Moreover, the rails are made of manganese steel, and a large amount of yuan stone is needed to refine metal manganese... The rails laid now are made of rigid, and the quality is much better than that of cold iron!"

"Also, once a long-distance railway line is to be built, it is common to build bridges and dig tunnels, and the project cost is not comparable to light rail!"

After a pause, Jiang Xingchen continued: "Actually, I said five times the price, which is only a rough estimate, and it may actually be higher than this!"

After hearing this, the corners of the marshal's mouth twitched, and his heart burst into a foul mouth: "This Nima is too expensive!"

He also thought that with the railway, it would be of great help to the military. But now it seems that the emperor can't get this money even if he kills him. The three hundred miles from Hongyuan City to Xingchen Territory alone cost almost 600 million. If several major armies are interconnected, they can't get down without tens of billions.

The emperor also heard that his heart beat faster, he had a big goal for the railway plan, and he was still thinking about whether to build one from Hongyuan City to the imperial capital first, but when he heard the price, more than two billion could not necessarily come, and he muttered in his heart.

"Boy, do you have to use what manganese steel you said about this rail?" asked Dingbei Hou.

"That's right!" everyone couldn't help but be moved when they heard it, listening to what Jiang Xingchen meant just now, the reason why the price of the railway is high is because of the cost of the rails, manganese steel is more expensive than cold iron.

Jiang Xingchen smiled bitterly: "I also want to use ordinary steel, but no! A locomotive alone has more than 200,000 catties, if you pull another million catties, or even more goods, can ordinary steel rails withstand it?"

"This..."Everyone is speechless, isn't it, millions of pounds of weight, how can ordinary steel stand it!

"Steel made from Yuan stone. Brother, I want to warp your rails, such a good steel should be used as a weapon!" Wu Tianfeng said.

"Yes, brother, do you have any surplus in your steel mill, sell me some!" Wei Ning also said.

"No!" Jiang Xingchen shook his head vigorously, what kind of mess are you making with you, my manganese steel rails are not enough.

"No, you can produce some more, anyway, you have just built a railway now, and you won't need it for the time being!" Wu Tianfeng continued to pout.

"Who said it won't be needed for the time being! I'm going to build a railway from Hongyuan City to the imperial capital in the next step!" Jiang Xingchen said.

"What?" everyone was stunned, the emperor was shocked, he still wanted to build this railway just now. But it's really difficult to come up with two billion at once. Unexpectedly, Jiang Xingchen would build this railway.

Jiang Xingchen smiled slightly, and said, "Emperor, this matter still needs to be coordinated and communicated by the empire, and this line will be along with the three territories..."

Before Jiang Xingchen finished speaking, the emperor raised his hand sharply and said in a deep voice: "Let me think about this matter, go back and let the second prince talk to you!"

Jiang Xingchen smiled and nodded: "Okay, then I'll listen to the news of the second prince!"

In the hall, the old marquis squinted, looked at Jiang Xingchen and sighed in his heart: "This kid is really shrewd..."

In the lord's mansion, Jiang Xingchen was talking and laughing with the emperor and the marshal. The Hongyuan City Railway Station was already crowded with people.

Just when Jiang Xingchen entered the Lord's Mansion, news suddenly came out that the train station began to sell train tickets. With the ticket, you can take the train tomorrow morning and go directly to the star collar!

"And that's it! You can take the train. Let's go, hurry up to the train station and have a look!"

"Hurry up, don't let people buy it for a while!"

"This is the first group to take the train, I have to go! I just said I'm going to travel!"

Many people come to Hongyuan City, just to see what the train looks like, is it really as exaggerated as Xingchen Monthly said. I didn't expect to be able to ride, and of course I won't let go of this opportunity. If you take a train and go back, you can envy those people who are waiting for news.

And those who came secretly and had other thoughts in mind naturally recognized the car, which is much better than seeing it with the eyes.

In addition, the nobles and rich people in Hongyuan City have been staring at the train for many days, and they have also run to the train station.

There are also a large number of civilians rushing over, and they can't afford tickets, but it's okay to take a look at the train, it's been rumored for so long, and they haven't seen it.

Soon, the train station was already crowded with people, and a total of four ticket gates outside the train station instantly lined up in a long line.

"Ten citrine coins for hard seats, twenty citrine coins for hard sleep, forty citrine coins for soft sleep!" The price is clearly written, and it is posted on the ticket window.

The owner who came all the way to see the train, how could he care about money. The soft sleeper of forty citrine coins was sold out in a blink of an eye.

Next came the hard sleeper, the hard seat! More than 1,000 tickets were sold out in just one month (month).

Those who didn't buy tickets were depressed, while those who bought tickets were smiling, looking forward to coming early tomorrow morning......!