Chapter 309 Chapter 308: The Train
The person in charge of the pavilion is Liu Guang, the Minister of Industry and Commerce and the former treasurer of the royal firm. Liu Guang warmly received Zhang Hao and introduced Zhang Hao as a "partner".
However, when Zhang Hao saw the "partner", he was stunned for a moment—I'm sorry, a circle of princes! And everyone is too polite, aren't they? Among them, there is actually the prince of the Canglan Kingdom.
But after Zhang Hao came in, everyone stood up one after another, including all the princes, and everyone looked at Zhang Hao with more or less respect.
The Qixia Kingdom has no prince, but the Qixia Kingdom has a... Iron Duke!
As the influence of the "Iron Duke" steel battleship sea trial spread, the three words "Iron Duke" also spread.
During this period of time, Zhang Hao has been busy with domestic development, promoting the industrial and commercial progress of Qixia Country, promoting the development of Dayang Group, Lvzhou Bank, etc., and has no intention of caring about the outside world.
But the outside world is spreading the legend of Zhang Hao!
Zhang Hao, in the eyes of many people, is a veritable Iron Duke! Not the kind of iron rooster, but a person who is like a pillar of steel and a pillar of the country. Now in Qixia Kingdom, if everyone traces the source, they will trace it to Zhang Hao.
There are many legends about Zhang Hao, and some of them can be regarded as fairy tales. When What was born, the shadow of a steel battleship appeared on the sea, and a rainbow of nine colors appeared in the sky. In addition, there is also the relationship between Zhang Hao and Liu Xinyu, many of them have their noses and eyes.
Of course, more legends are about sailing. Iron Duke used steel and black iron to open the lifeline of the green sea of death!
Today's West of Fertile Continent has been completely influenced by the Qixia Kingdom; and it is Zhang Hao who created this influence.
However, there are also some people who are interested in spreading some uneasy remarks. For example, such things as high achievements, such as... Zhang Hao is accumulating strength, preparing to push back strongly, and so on.
In short, in just over a month, Zhang Hao has become a legend. And most importantly, Empress Liu Xinyu is still patrolling the country with peace of mind, and has no restrictions on the Dayang Group, the Zhang family, etc. Even in this exhibition, Dayang Group also has a considerable share.
On the contrary, Zhang Hao was frightened by everyone's enthusiasm - all the princes actually had a feeling of chasing stars, which always felt a bit unrealistic, so Zhang Hao just stood at the door in a daze.
It was still Liu Guanghui who smoothed things over, the former treasurer of the royal firm, really was a good dancer. He laughed loudly, "Just now we all discussed about Duke Zhang, and Duke Zhang came here. Come on, everyone sit down, Duke Zhang is right here, we can't run away."
Everyone laughed immediately, and the atmosphere became lively. No, Yan Xiao, the prince of Yanyun Country, spoke first: "I was thinking, what should I call you? Iron Duke? Or the Minister of Ocean Development? Or the president? Master Zhang?"
"That's too natural, just call me by my name."
"No, no, it's more important to be called by name!" Yan Xiao smiled, "Why don't you call me Mr. Zhang."
"It's good that His Highness likes it." Zhang Hao didn't get entangled in this issue, and after greeting each other with everyone, he went straight to the topic and discussed the arrangement of an exhibition.
There are still nine days left for the exhibition to start, and up to now, everyone still has some small questions about how to arrange the exhibition internally. Fortunately, there is still time.
Holding a document, Liu Guang explained: "At present, we have two main arrangements. One is to divide by region, including by country. The other is to divide by industry. However, there are still some differences in how to divide industries. Not sorted out."
Zhang Hao took the document and looked at it, frowning slightly. "Minister Liu, this is how I think about it. We are here to hold this exhibition, it should be to promote business development.
So I think it should be divided into two areas: production area and commercial area. "
"The production area is mainly for those with their own independent production capacity, while the commercial area is for commercial banks, etc., mainly for those who do not produce themselves and are only responsible for transshipment of goods.
And each region is divided according to the relationship between different industries.
For example, groups that provide smelting raw materials, groups that produce black iron, and firms that use black iron to produce magic weapons, etc.
In addition, new industrialized products, magic weapons and alchemy in the past must be divided separately, but these core industries should be gathered together for the convenience of everyone to visit and compare. It is also convenient for various production groups to compare with each other and understand their own advantages and gaps. "
"Exhibition, I think, is more of a service category, not just an ordinary business. We should be responsible for the relevant personnel participating in the exhibition, enterprise group firms, etc."
"This exhibition, in order to better serve exhibitors and audiences, we temporarily do not allow exhibitors to make arrangements independently, and we will arrange them in a unified way. All kinds of inconveniences can only be made more bearable by everyone."
After hearing Zhang Hao's words, everyone nodded their heads; and many princes looked at Zhang Hao with brighter eyes. Look, we have been fighting and discussing for a long time but failed to get a satisfactory arrangement. Zhang Hao made the arrangement in a few words. The phrase "This is more of a service category, not just an ordinary business" made everyone sigh.
In the next few days, Zhang Hao and Liu Guang worked together, coupled with the efforts of many staff here, and finally arranged all the exhibitors. It was generally carried out in accordance with Zhang Hao's proposal; and for foreign exhibitors, a separate area was designated for everyone to arrange by themselves.
The main reason is that most people in China have no objection to Zhang Hao's arrangement; but there are many problems abroad. Many commercial firms in foreign countries are controlled by nobles, aristocratic families, sects, etc. At this time, each of these guys still maintains the arrogance of the past; moreover, they maintain a certain degree of hostility towards Qixia Country, a country that has no nobles.
In the end, Zhang Hao ignored these guys. Each country has a district, so let's arrange it by ourselves. I love it. Anyway, the most important thing about this exhibition is to promote the development of domestic industry and commerce, and to show foreign countries the products of the Qixia Kingdom.
As for foreign goods, there are really not many that can be purchased by Qixia Country. Most of them are excellent and rare spiritual materials, medicinal materials, etc. There are very few types.
In a blink of an eye, there are only three days left, and the exhibition will begin. But there is one thing that caught everyone's attention——the booths of the Zhang family and the Dayang Group were still vacant—the division was made, and people from the Zhang family and the Dayang Group personally participated, but none of the products appeared. .
After all the commercial banks and enterprises, large and small, were arranged, everyone looked at the open space left by the Zhang family and the Dayang Group, and talked a lot. I don't know what the Zhang family and Dayang Group are playing.
Just when everyone was wondering, Zhang Hao finally spoke in person, inviting everyone to watch at the front of the exhibition hall—the items of the Zhang family and the Dayang Group will be delivered in the afternoon.
"It's only in the afternoon, so what are we going to see this morning?" Liu Guang was very puzzled. Could it be that we are allowed to stand in front of the exhibition hall until the afternoon?
Zhang Hao said with a smile: "This morning, the railway was laid here."
"Railway? Is that the kind of road paved with ordinary black steel?" Liu Guang was curious. Of course he had seen this railway, but until now, he felt that the railway was a bit... prodigal!
"Let's go, just go and have a look. And in the afternoon, the goods from the Zhang family and the Dayang Group will also be delivered by the railway."
Zhang Hao took the lead and walked out, Liu Guang and others thought about it and followed. Then there are people from the Zhang family, people from the Dayang Group, and even more people. In the end, it caused a leading effect, and countless people rushed out.
Then everyone saw that thousands of migrant workers had appeared at the end of the road. These migrant workers are wearing Zhang's uniforms and are already busy.
In every group, there is a person in charge with a little red riding hood.
The sound of ramming earth can be heard from a distance; but the tools used by migrant workers for ramming earth have changed and become "large magic tools". One by one, the magic weapon machines made of black iron, like the magic weapon of war, were driven by the spirit stone and controlled by the relevant personnel, and quickly rammed the earth.
Numerous houses have been demolished along the way, leaving a blank area with a width of 50 meters.
There are also flying instruments in the sky, clay and gravel brought by them.
There were migrant workers in front of them manipulating some kind of machine, digging the ground to a depth of more than two meters, and then backfilling with the excavated soil mixed with clay, tamping the earth while backfilling, and finally tamping a road with a width of 40 meters. At the rear, a large number of suspended flying instruments appeared carrying a large number of stones. The migrant workers spread the stones along the ground that had just been rammed, forming a gravel that was 35 meters wide at the top, 45 meters wide at the bottom, and about one meter high. dykes'.
In the rear, there is a flying instrument that brings a large number of 15-meter-long I-beam rails—steel rolling technology has improved again, as well as a large number of large square logs with a length of more than four meters—crossties.
The flying instrument put down the steel rails, sleepers, and railway fasteners, and the craftsmen (not migrant workers) started to get busy. They checked the direction, arranged the sleepers, and installed the rails. After confirming that there was no problem, they started to install the screws. Then half-buried the sleepers with stones.
Two railways with a width of three meters and an interval of about 1.5 meters are rapidly extending towards the exhibition hall.
With spells and other assistance, the construction speed is beyond imagination.
The migrant workers at the front had already begun to dig a hole in front of the exhibition hall. A deep hole with a radius of more than 100 meters and a depth of six to seven meters was dug out. The iron pillars were rammed into the ground one by one, up to three meters deep.
The scene of ramming the iron pillars was very shocking. Iron pillars five meters long and about 60 centimeters thick were smashed into the ground so hard that the ground trembled.
The sonorous ramming sound and the scene attracted countless attention.
After the iron pillars began to ram the earth, increase the seal and waterproof, and finally install steel brackets on the iron pillars.
Within a radius of 100 meters, more than 50 iron frames were rammed. These sturdy iron frames made of I-beams are more than ten meters above the ground. Craftsmen began to add beams between the shelves and lay steel plates to form different floors.
At noon, a station, plus an underground passage, and an overpass on the ground appeared. Although it is still very rudimentary, the speed of construction still shocks everyone; the scene of such construction shocks everyone even more.
At around 14 o'clock in the afternoon, the railway passed the station; and a layer of enchantment was raised at the station - there is no time to decorate it, and it is easy and trouble-free to create an enchantment. In fact, there are no buildings inside the current exhibition hall, it's just that a layer of barrier against wind and rain has been added outside.
Having an enchantment is really a good way to be lazy!
After the railway passed through the station for 100 meters, it began to cross into a 'X' shape, and on both sides of this shape, there were straight rails passing by, as if two vertical lines were added on both sides.
Here, there is also a set of simple track switching devices, which are guarded by special personnel. Railway construction has continued to extend to the east.
It was around 16:00 in the afternoon, so it was winter, and the sky was already a little red; the railway that had just calmed down suddenly heard a faint roar. Then there was the melodious siren sound.
Gradually, the roaring sound turned into a rattling sound, and a mechanical monster lying on the railway appeared far away.
The rails are three meters wide, and the height of the locomotive is only three meters. If the height of the wheels is removed, it looks a little 'flat'. It looks like it's lying on the rails.
"Exhibits from the Zhang family and Dayang Group are here!" Zhang Hao smiled smugly. Lay the rails in the front, and transport things in the back. Such a miracle means that this world can appear. Using spells, formations and practitioners to build, the speed is really fast.
There was a harsh brake sound, and the heavy locomotive rushed hundreds of meters, and gradually drove into the station. The chimney above the locomotive still has a faint black smoke floating
At this time, when everyone saw the goods behind the locomotive, many people opened their mouths, and more people also faced the transportation capacity of the rails for the first time!
Behind the locomotive, five hanging buckets with a length of about 15 meters are hung—just the length of the current steel beam.
The first hanging bucket is directly a flatbed cart, on which a super cargo is fixed with iron cables-the Zhang family's first iron-clad ship, that is, the iron ship model with a length of more than ten meters!
This is the first time the Zhang family exhibited an ironclad ship model made of ordinary black iron, with a three-meter-high mast. The armored ship is 10.6 meters long, 2.7 meters wide, 1.6 meters in draft, and weighs 12 tons. Driven by Lingshi turbine.
Although this iron boat is a model, it is more than ten meters long after all, and it is a bit shocking that it has been dragged all the way from the sea to here.
Seeing the straight sides of the ironclad ship again, rows of fist-sized rivets, etc., it still makes people feel a kind of roughness and strength of steel and industry.
On this section of the trailer, there are not only ships, but also artillery.
There are also small steam turbines, weapons of war (such as crossbow beds), profiles, and some production types of machines that were used to build railways.
The most important thing is that on the outside of the equipment box on the last trailer, there are two big words written: machine tool!
Yes, this time, Zhang Hao dragged the machine tool out. Of course, the machine tools shown are relatively simple - but this simplicity is aimed at the Zhang family. Others want to copy the machine tool, but it will not be too simple. Maybe the cost price will be ten times the price of the machine tool sold by the Zhang family, and the accuracy will not be up to date.
At the end, there is another locomotive head.
People from the Zhang family and the Dayang Group were busy, and everyone used magic to carry these equipment into the exhibition hall, and the train was emptied in a short while. The train starts again, and after entering the front cross rail, the person in charge of switching the track changes the running track by switching the track.
Then, the two locomotives at the front and rear of the train changed the transmission direction, and the train began to reverse—going in the opposite direction, and gradually accelerated and moved away quickly.
Before everyone was amazed, they saw the second train coming. The train still had five trailers, plus two locomotives at the front and rear.
This time, the trailer carried a large amount of black iron and steel ingots, as well as a large number of profiles—such as I-beams, steel pipes, steel plates, and so on. There are also barrels of diesel, naphtha, etc.
Afterwards, another train came, but this time it was a carriage type, transporting a large number of passengers. When the doors were opened, countless passengers who experienced the train for the first time rushed out of the carriage excitedly and rushed into the exhibition hall.
Liu Guang, as well as the princes of various countries, and countless businessmen, etc., all looked at it with bright eyes. At this point they no longer felt that the railway was wasted. Just this time, they felt the convenience of the railway.
This time it is to transport goods and passengers, what if the next time it transports war supplies and transports soldiers?
Think about it, if one day in the future, the entire country of Qixia is connected to the railway, what kind of scene it will be.
At this time, the crown prince of the Jinyang Kingdom looked a little ugly—he thought of the conditions of the Qixia Kingdom during the negotiations—the right to build roads!
The power of the railway brought a different atmosphere to the exhibition.
Before the exhibition officially started, the booths of Zhangjia and Dayang Group were overcrowded, and a large number of products were reserved. And from this moment on, the two transport locomotives have not been idle; they have been continuously transporting various commodities from the Dayang Group and the Zhang family.
Before I knew it, it was another night, and amidst the high expectations, the exhibition finally officially started. Liu Xinyu slowly walked up to the high platform and looked down at the crowd.