Chapter 330 Geography

The morning of the next day ended, Liu Xinyu took the guards and took the train to Zhang's house.

Now the tracks across the country are double-row rails, but there are forks at some important intersections for transferring, parking, and repairing locomotives.

Here in the palace, there are also special locomotives, which are specially prepared for Liu Xinyu and important officials, and usually transport some important resources.

However, the departure of the train needs to be dispatched uniformly, and the palace departs on the hour.

Nowadays, there is almost no communication inconvenience, command and dispatch, etc., all rely on controlling the departure time to control the operation, and increase sentry posts along the way to monitor the train operation. Fortunately, there are only 12 locomotives in the whole country, plus 4 spare trains, so there is no problem for the time being.

Through the car window, Liu Xinyu saw the changes along the way. The once dilapidated villages are bustling—brick houses and two-story houses are beginning to appear. Many of the mansions that once belonged to nobles have become ruins, most of which were destroyed by Liu Xinyu's internal cleaning. Most of the important towns passing by along the way have canceled their city walls.

Wide roads can be seen everywhere, and migrant workers can be seen repairing damaged roads from time to time. Now the road is mainly made of rammed earth, and now it is late winter, and the accumulated water from melting ice and snow is destroying the integrity of the road. At this time, road contractors are speeding up road repairs.

Tolls are now very considerable. With the successful return of Dayang Group China Southern Airlines, with the commercial transformation of Xinglintang, and with the recovery of business, the toll revenue has also increased.

But now the competition for tolls is also fierce-if the road here is not easy to travel, or the toll is high, we will go another way!

Free competition has blossomed in the Qixia Kingdom. In such an environment, on average, there are more than two road connections between towns and cities. This virtually creates competition.

Under such circumstances, road contractors have to improve their services: better road environment, more reasonable charges. And this kind of free competition seems to have brought prosperity to the Qixia Kingdom for the time being.

This is a country that has just begun to completely transform into industry and commerce, and it is also a thriving country, where opportunities are everywhere. In such an environment, as long as everyone is willing to work hard, they can get relatively good returns.

The cost of building the road is expected to be recovered in as little as two years. It also gets more people involved in the program.

Then Liu Xinyu saw the winter wheat, which was in pieces and could not be seen. There was also Lingmi planted in winter. These plants, which can grow to more than two meters, fluctuated in the wind in late winter. Occasionally, they could see the busy farmers below. Piles of broken spirit stones were buried in the formation in the field.

The train was speeding, but what Liu Xinyu saw was a thriving country.

"Without nobles, the country will be better!" Liu Xinyu couldn't help muttering to himself.

Hu Yinglan next to her didn't speak, but just stood quietly. In fact, Hu Yinglan's cultivation level is not high, but she is the most credible. Hu Yinglan is more like a multifunctional maid, and she is the only one who can always be by Liu Xinyu's side.

The train didn't arrive at the port until 14:00 in the afternoon, and Zhang Hao had brought people to wait here for more than three hours.

Liu Xinyu got off the train slowly, with a faint smile on his face, "Zhang Hao, I found that you seem to be restless all the time. You just participated in the renovation of Xinglin Hall, right?"

"Your Majesty is wise. Please, the Pearl has stopped at the port and is waiting for His Majesty to review."

Liu Xinyu walked slowly towards the shore, but before reaching the shore, she saw a... white warship!

As it got closer, Liu Xinyu could see clearly.

Compared to the steely colors of Zhiyuan and Iron Duke, the current battleship is white. It is similar in shape and size to the Iron Duke—but more slender and slender. The shipbuilding technology of Dayang Group is growing rapidly.

It's just that there are no superstructures and artillery for the time being.

On the side of the ship, there is a font milled out of steel: "Pearl".

Compared with the handwriting directly engraved on the hull of the Zhiyuan and Iron Duke, this handwriting is cut with steel and machine tools, and each word is about one meter long. On the surface of the steel handwriting, there are sharp steel slashes, and the silver-white steel is shining with the sun's rays, which is dazzling.

Liu Xinyu stood on the shore, her eyes straightened. The first time she saw this battleship, she was amazed. She muttered to herself: "This battleship... looks as noble as a swan!"

Zhang Hao said with a smile: "Only such a battleship is worthy of His Majesty!"

Liu Xinyu looked at the battleship for a long time, then turned her head slightly to look at Zhang Hao: "Why do you want to send me the battleship all of a sudden?"

"I didn't think about it suddenly, but I have always had this plan. Your Majesty, I said that your majesty will spread to the entire known world! And the best carrier for spreading it is... a battleship!

Your Majesty, our country is different. Our country will use warships to explore the world.

And Your Majesty, as the monarch of this country, you should have a battleship as your own car.

Besides, Your Majesty told Xuanzhen Sect before that only after I found a 'Pearl' would I bestow Ninghe Commandery on the Zhang family, and thus rejected Xuanzhen Sect senior Hong Yunzi.

Furthermore, now we have seen hope, His Majesty's crown may not have a pearl, but this country cannot live without a pearl!

Therefore, no matter from which angle you look at it, His Majesty needs a pearl. "

Liu Xinyu turned her head slowly, looking at the motionless warships in the harbor and in the waves, her heart was filled with passion for a moment. Although I don't know it was the first time I saw a steel warship, but at this time there was a different trend of thought in my heart.

Steel Battleship!

Looking at the small wooden boat moored in the port - it was used by the Zhang family and Dayang Group to train sailors, and comparing it with the steel battleship, an unspeakable pride reverberated in Liu Xinyu's heart.

"Okay! I accept this battleship! However, the country's rules must not be broken. This warship should be exchanged for an oil field. Recently, the country discovered a super-large oil field in Nanyang County, near the sea. The initial estimate ranges at least It’s the size of three towns, and you can see oil flowing on the ground.”

Zhang Hao nodded: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I am still thinking about buying this place from the country recently. Nanyang County calls this place the Black Swamp.

It just so happens that our oil refining technology has improved a bit recently, and we are already capable of building large-scale oil refineries.

In the future, with the increase of warships, with the increase of locomotives, and with the development of industry, oil will become the food of industry.

By the way, Your Majesty, the unusable asphalt left over from the oil refining products can be used to pave roads. The Zhang family has already tried to pave the road with asphalt, and the effect is good. As long as a layer of asphalt is covered on the current rammed earth layer, the road can be protected from wind and rain. "

Liu Xinyu smiled: "It's far away, let's take a look at the battleship first."

This is his own battleship. Liu Xinyu boarded the battleship with excitement and gently touched the railing. The battleship is painted with white paint, and the surface of the battleship has been lightly sanded to allow the paint to adhere better. The paint has also been specially treated, showing a light matte, low-key and luxurious.

The deck was steel, but overlaid with a layer of noble lavender sandalwood. This battleship is more like a work of art.

Next to it, Hou Shangzhuo was holding a book and explaining it to Liu Xinyu. This battleship is similar to the Iron Duke, but it is longer and thinner, with a slightly lower displacement and a slightly higher weight. But the performance of the battleship has improved a lot.

The power system of the battleship still uses steam turbines; the speed is higher than that of the Iron Duke.

Using the production method of rivets, the 10,000-ton class has reached the acme of temporary technology. If you want to build larger warships, you still need to accumulate technology.

But this has satisfied Liu Xinyu. The sea test took more than an hour, and when the battleship landed, Liu Xinyu shouted excitedly: "We will try to reach 10 battleships this year. At the end of the year, before the new year, we will go to the country of Langya! This year, I will let the kingdom of Langya The country can't pass the New Year!"

Her Majesty the Queen is vengeful!

Zhang Hao nodded: definitely will!

"By the way, Zhang Hao, last time the Zhiyuan was attacked by three transformation gods in the land of Langya. If we go next time, will there be more attacks from the transformation gods?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I've figured out what happened last time. Because there was a God Transformation Stage on the battleship at that time, the opponent's Spirit Transformation Stage also attacked.

Next time there will be no stage of transformation on our battleship. In this way, the opponent has no reason to attack.

Of course, just in case, our god transformation period will also be hung behind. "

Liu Xinyu nodded: "Very good. Next time, I will smash all the ships in Langya Kingdom, completely wipe out their navy, and blow up their coast!"

"Will do!"

Liu Xinyu continued: "Recently, we have received information that the Kingdom of Langya is also manufacturing black iron warships, and it seems that they can also produce steam turbines. Do you know about this?"

"Yueyuelou has received the news. But don't worry, Your Majesty, their boat... has a flat bottom. They will cry then!"

"What happened to the punt?" Liu Xinyu didn't quite understand.

"A flat-bottomed boat... When the gun is fired, the boat will float on the sea! Moreover, the flat-bottomed boat is not stable. After experiments and calculations, we found that in a fierce combat environment, the stability and maneuverability of the flat-bottomed boat, etc., Overall weaker than our current ship designs.

And don't worry, Your Majesty, the manufacture of steam turbines is not that simple. There are many domestic buyers of steam turbines, who can produce steam turbines now? "

What is the core technology of steam turbine? Is it a formation? Is it Xuan Tie? Or spell? Neither, but fluid mechanics, and mathematics! This thing doesn't know, and all attempts to imitate steam turbines are futile.

Of course it is good to practice in the world, and there is a lot of accumulation. But there are also many deficiencies in the world of practice—too much emphasis on spells, formations, etc., but far from enough research on basic physics.

However, the Land of Langya cannot be underestimated because of this. This is the world of practice, without steam turbines, we still have formations! If the country of Langya can't research the steam turbine in the end, it's not impossible to go directly to the battle, but it will consume a lot of energy.

And the formation is done, this ship...maybe it can really fly!

Zhang Hao and Liu Xinyu chatted about the Kingdom of Langya one after another, and gradually came to the shore. Suddenly Zhang Hao changed the subject, "Your Majesty, please come here today, there is another important matter."

"Oh... what is it?" Liu Xinyu had a smile in his eyes: Is Zhang Hao finally going to make a request?

Zhang Hao put away the faint smile on his face, "Your Majesty, thanks to an astrologer, Zhao Dahe, for our southward voyage."

Liu Xinyu nodded: "I've heard of this person, and I really want to thank him in person. By the way, is this person clear?"

"The investigation has been clear and it is credible. But what I want to talk about today is related to Zhao Dahe. Your Majesty, you may not believe that Zhao Dahe... has measured the thickness of the earth!"

"Hmm..." Liu Xinyu was stunned. This news made her not know how to respond for a while. Are you kidding me?

"Your Majesty, come with me. This matter is still relatively confidential, and only a few people know about it. This is a breakthrough in knowledge, and it is this breakthrough... Everyone feels a little scared."

Liu Xinyu: ...the more you talk about it, the more I don't understand it.

A few people, including Liu Xinyu and Hu Yinglan, followed Zhang Hao to a new courtyard of the Zhang family; however, they were surrounded by imperial guards.

Entering the yard, I saw Zhao Dahe making a wooden ball about one meter with a somewhat excited expression.

Next to him, Zhang Shengde, Zhang Shengye, Bai Yutang, Zhou Xueyao, Zhou Shuhai, Bai Ye, Zhou Jue, Li Yousheng (Li Yuanyuan's father), Mu Mingchen, Zheng Changfeng, Mei Qianyun and other important personnel of the Dayang Group, as well as many researchers of the Zhang family Personnel such as Huang Mingshan stood neatly in a circle. Moreover, all the people looked weird.

After Zhang Hao brought Liu Xinyu in, he came to the side of Zhao Dahe and said to everyone: "Everyone, starting today, there is a new subject in Qixia Kingdom, and Zhao Dahe and I jointly named it:

Geography!

Next, I would like to invite Zhao Dahe to explain to you. "