Bang ...... The noisy sound accompanied by the vibration under him made Ren Baqian feel like he might fall apart at any time.

In a fenced open space outside Arashi, a circle of rails with a diameter of 400 meters was coiled on it, and a train pulling two wooden carriages ran along the tracks, making a clattering sound.

And Ren Baqian, the empress and others were on the second carriage behind the train, and the smoke wafting from the locomotive was greeted by the wind......

"It's much faster than an ox cart. Shang Shuyan of the Criminal Department said as he felt the wind blowing.

"And it's a lot smoother. Everyone said.

With the roads of this world, with wooden tires and shock absorbers, even a car in the city requires an extremely strong hip, let alone outside the city.

Once you're out of Arashi, if the ox cart is a little faster, it's a disaster, and you can vomit all your internal organs.

"It's just that it smells so bad. Shaonong Siqing Yushang covered his nose and said.

"After all, there are pros and cons. Ren Baqian smiled, and then introduced to everyone: "This kind of train can reach 70 miles in half an hour, 140 miles in an hour, and can run up to 1680 miles a day, and it only takes two days to get from Lancheng to the Northeast Metropolitan Protectorate or the Northern Metropolitan Protectorate, and this is only the current speed, and it can continue to improve in the future, or even double!"

"So fast, doesn't this thing need to rest?" asked immediately in surprise.

"It's not a living thing, so it doesn't need to rest like livestock, as long as there is enough coal, it can keep going at that pace. Ren Baqian explained to everyone.

Moreover, this kind of train can pull a large amount of goods, and the weight of a train car made of metal is equivalent to about 60 ox carts. One trip can pull dozens of carriages, which is equivalent to the load of more than 4,000 ox carts, and there is no need to use so many personnel, and there is not so much loss of grain and grass.

Such trains could not only carry large quantities of goods, but also transport troops. It only takes two days to send tens of thousands of troops to the two prefectures in the northeast and north, which also saves a lot of time and food. Especially when there is a war.

Both the speed and the carrying capacity are completely incomparable with the livestock cart.

What's more, with this thing, it will be much easier to rule Izumo Province, and no matter what happens on that side, you can respond and dispatch troops in time. All kinds of materials in Izumo Province can also be transported back in large quantities. ”

"Hiss——!"

Everyone inhaled the cold air in unison.

The concept of load and speed may not be very clear to everyone, but when it comes to the load of more than 4,000 ox carts and two days, everyone immediately has a relatively clear concept in their hearts.

You must know that a cart of horned cattle is only more than 1,000 catties, and the speed is even more slow, at most it can walk more than 100 miles a day.

In other words, the train runs for one day, which is equivalent to more than 4,000 ox carts for ten days.

The amount of manpower, material resources, and food and grass required for this is an astronomical amount.

Not to mention the reduced time, the value of time even the ancient people understand.

In such a comparison, everyone in the audience was shocked, and their eyebrows fluttered, as if they would be able to drive the train straight to Izumo half tomorrow.

"What Governor Ren said is very moving, and I am also very moved. But you must know that these so-called railroad tracks below alone consume more than 200,000 catties of steel, which is enough to arm 10,000 troops.

And how much iron is needed to hollow out Damo Mountain, and it takes thousands of miles to do it? More than 10,000 catties! It is not necessary to have so much iron to hollow out Damo Mountain, and the time required is tens or hundreds of years. Tu Wan directly poured a basin of ice water on everyone and poured it from head to toe.

Everyone didn't have to count on their fingers, just hearing that these things under their feet cost more than 200,000 catties of iron, which was scary enough. What's even more frightening is the cost of getting from here to Izumo, which completely exceeds everyone's concept of numbers.

They always felt that the number was inexplicably distant, so far away that it seemed as if it could never be completed.

Everyone looked at Tu Wan in amazement, and then at Ren Baqian, not knowing what to say.

"Isn't that something that can't be built at all?" someone sighed.

"No, no, no, my plan is to connect from Arashijo to Izumo for ten years, not to the Tohoku Prefecture. Ren Baqian waved his hand. "Listen to me. ”

"It's actually not as hard as you think. Although iron ore is in short supply in Daiyao, there is no shortage in Izumo, and as far as I know, there are seven known iron mines in Izumo, and I am afraid that there are many more that have not been identified.

This railway is calculated according to 4,000 miles, and according to the standard rails, 200 catties per meter, 40,000 catties of steel are required.

Even if it is the smallest iron mine, there are 100,000 catties of iron ore mined, and according to the content of 50%, it is enough to have 50,000 catties of steel, which is enough to build such a railway.

A slightly larger small iron mine can build ten such railways, and a medium-sized iron mine can build a hundred.

So you don't need to worry about the amount of steel you consume, Izumo has enough steel reserves to consume.

As for mining, that's even less of a problem. As long as a prisoner of war digs up ten catties of iron a day, it is more than 3,000 catties a year. The iron ore in Izumo is not Mt. Daimo, and you adults will never think that they alone will not be able to mine even ten catties a day, right? 100,000 prisoners of war can dig enough iron ore for us in two years. Ren Baqian directly put aside the others and used numbers to calculate for everyone.

As for the mining of iron ore, it was not a problem at all in his eyes.

The physical fitness of the people in this world is much stronger than that of the earthlings, and if they encounter problems, there are so many earth wheel masters who can solve them, and if they can't do it, they can also transport them to mine explosives, which are much more than the previous mining methods of the earth, and the difficulty is reduced too much.

"In addition, we can build a steel plant directly in the Tohoku Prefecture, and after smelting in the Tohoku Prefecture, we can lay a railway directly from there to the country. Even if we fail in the end, those rails can be used for other purposes, but it only consumes a little manpower, food and grass, and it consumes prisoners of war, and we can still get a lot of steel.

If it does, then it will be a matter of great success, and the Izumo region will be firmly in the hands of the Empire. ”

After Ren Baqian's words were finished, everyone began to think deeply.

"I don't know how much it takes, but what Lord Ren said is right. Qin Chuan scratched his head and said. "Lord Ren's insight is definitely stronger than that of the old man, and the old man thinks it will work. ”

If you know that this rail can really be realized, then the military department is also the beneficiary, and the troops can be transferred at will, thinking about it makes him feel excited, and he immediately spoke.

"The old man thinks that what Lord Ren said is not wrong, if this matter is done, the entire Izumo region is between the palms of His Majesty's hands, even if it is worth paying some. Shi Qing said slowly.

The old man seconded. Kou Zhehai also nodded.

"Lord Ren's insight and ability, the old man knows. Tong Zhenye smiled, and then his voice changed: "But Izumo really has that much iron?"

"Definitely, and definitely. Iron is one of the most common substances in nature, and as long as iron ore is formed, the amount is not too small. And according to the most conservative of all, the iron ore that can be found with Izumo's prospecting level is mostly open pit ore exposed on the surface, and the reserves and ore quality may be even higher than I said.

In particular, three of the iron ore mines are very close to each other, and it is likely that a large iron ore mine is buried underground.

And the location of these three iron mines is exactly where the soldiers of Zidong come to protect the capital are located.

As long as the front continues to be pushed forward, then these three iron ores will fall into our hands. Ren Baqian said.

As soon as he said this, even Tu Hong didn't say anything else.

After all, if such a railway achieves the effect that Ren Baqian said, then the value is too great, and it is worth the risk for them.

What's more, they don't have to pay much.

Whether it's a mine or a captive, it's all Izumo. The most important problem of grain and grass can now be solved by those high-yield grains such as pumpkins and sweet potatoes brought by Ren Baqian.

What they had to do was lay Izumo, and that was already in the plan.

Everyone has been salivating over Izumo's wealth for a long time.

Even if there is no such goal, everyone will not let go of this piece of fat, not to mention that this piece of fat is currently on the board.

Now Dayao has successively sent 60,000 reinforcements to the Tohoku Prefecture, plus the original army of the Tohoku Prefecture has a total of 70,000 troops, which is close to the original Dayao's national strength, and all of them have been invested in the Izumo direction.

Izumo, on the other hand, has now lost a quarter of its land, and the country is in turmoil.

Everyone jumped off the train and watched the train run for six hours, as Ren Baqian said, without the slightest slowdown, before returning to the city to arrange the next things satisfied.

The plundering of iron ore and the laying of railroad tracks have become one of the most important things in everyone's minds.

Zizhu University will also continue to improve the design of the train to ensure that there are no problems. If, as Ren Baqian said, the speed can be doubled, then everyone will wake up laughing in their dreams.

Let them fight the Great Xia, they don't have a word, and immediately prepare for war.

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