Chapter 391: Prepare to Build a Railway
It was the first time for the young lady and brother to come into contact with such a lively environment. Although they both had the blood of a real dragon, a child was a child, and their temperament was no different from that of an ordinary human child. In this Yuqingzong, the siblings see everything new, and they can get in touch with so many people, it's like a child going to an amusement park for the first time.
It's just that the younger sister had fun, but those disciples of Yu Qingzong's disciples would be unlucky. In just over ten days, there was no one in Yu Qingzong who had not been teased by his younger brother. In particular, the little bully can create an illusion that is difficult to distinguish between real and fake with the mirage beads. I don't know how many people have been caught by this illusion and have done many stupid things that make people laugh and cry.
However, after all, he was just a child, so nothing out of control happened. Moreover, a pink and tender little loli is always easy to get the understanding of others, but gradually gained a lot of fans in Yu Qingzong.
Of course, apart from their love for them, the fans of the siblings may actually have another kind of mind. To use a proverb in the technology world, it is "if you can't beat him, then join him". Not to mention the identity of the younger sister, even if they really fight, Yuanying Patriarch may not be their opponent, let alone those disciples who build the foundation and refine Qi.
Therefore, if you want not to be teased by the younger brother, the best way is to become a fan of the younger brother.
Seeing that the little brother was having a good time in Yuqingzong and did not do anything too much, Ye Zan felt at ease to do his own research. In fact, the merits of Lingdao have already been given to him by the Dao of Heaven. Although he will continue to gain merits with the promotion of Lingdao in the future, it will definitely not be too much. Therefore, if he wants to earn a lot of merit as soon as possible, he has to find a way in other aspects.
The follow-up research on genetically modified crops no longer requires Ye Zan to invest too much energy. With the previous successful experience of Lingdao, the main brain can completely conduct more research independently. Then, Ye Zan turned his attention to the public transportation in the small world of Xiangong, which has undergone certain social adaptability experiments.
And in this Shenhua domain, if you want to start public transportation, you will naturally have to cooperate with the secular imperial power. Therefore, it was natural for Ye Zan to think of Datang Kingdom, which first helped him promote the sound transmission of thousands of miles.
"Disciple pays homage to master uncle!" It was Li Haoran, the third prince of the Tang Dynasty, who saluted Ye Zan.
In the past, Li Haoran was unable to practice Taoism due to physical problems, but after he took over the Datang Communication, Ye Zan cured the genetic defect in his body and accepted him into the Yuqingzong.
Today's Li Haoran, even though he still serves as the "CEO" of Datang Communications, has left more specific work to other people. And he himself is concentrating on cultivating Taoism in Yuqingzong, and has successfully stepped into the foundation building state. In this way, the emperor and crown prince of Datang Kingdom were actually very reassured about Li Haoran, and no one thought of him as the "CEO" of Datang Communications.
"Oh, Haoran, you don't need to be too polite, get up and sit down." Ye Zan asked Li Haoran to stand up, and pointed to the chair next to him, signaling Li Haoran to sit there.
Yu Qingzong knew Ye Zan's temperament quite well, so Li Haoran came to the chair and sat down without any excuse. Then, he didn't have any polite compliments, and asked Ye Zan why he came here, and said, "I don't know if Master Uncle summoned his disciples, but what are his orders?"
Ye Zan nodded and said, "That's right. Recently, I have come up with something that is going to be promoted in this Shenhua domain like a thousand miles of sound transmission. Therefore, I am looking for you to see if the plan is feasible."
Hearing this, Li Haoran was also refreshed. The thousands of miles of sound transmission is now spread all over the world, and it has brought convenience to many people in communication. Not to mention those ascetics, even the most ordinary secular mortals have also obtained great convenience from it. Now, Master Uncle has something new, and he wants to spread it like Qianli Chuanyin. Since he was recruited as the prince of the Tang Dynasty, it is obvious that he should start from the Tang Dynasty.
Although in the use of Thousand Miles Transsion, the convenience and benefits that Datang Kingdom can obtain are the same as those of other countries that have established communication networks. However, because Datang was the first to eat crabs, it also gained a lot of fame among the countries in the domain.
This reputation seems to be quite false, but for a country, it can still boost the self-confidence of the people. This can be said to have played a considerable role in consolidating the rule of the Li royal family, which is incomparable to any other practical benefits.
"Master Uncle, please go ahead and give orders. As long as it is something that Master Uncle ordered, I, Datang, will definitely support it with all my strength." Li Haoran immediately stood up and assured Ye Zan.
Ye Zan waved his hand, beckoning the other party to sit down, and then said: "Compared with the previous thousands of miles of sound transmission, this matter is much more difficult to do. Moreover, even if it is done, it will have a great impact on Datang. benefits, but if you don’t follow the charter I gave, it’s easy to cause big problems.”
Ye Zan said the ugly words first, although it seems that all problems in the small world of the fairy palace are easy to solve, but that is because he has enough control over the society of the small world through his knowledge of Yu Qing Dao Palace. However, Ye Zanke doesn't have that much control over bringing the problems of the small world to the Shenhua domain. It may be okay for the Tang Dynasty to say that it will be troublesome to solve the problem when it goes further and pushes public transportation further to other countries.
"Uncle Master, please don't worry, my Great Tang will definitely follow the rules and regulations of Grand Master Master, and will never let this matter go a little bit wrong." Li Haoran got up quickly and said.
"Well," Ye Zan nodded, and said with a smile: "Hao Ran, you must also be curious, what exactly do I want to create for Datang this time?"
Of course Li Haoran was curious, but he never dared to ask more questions. He scratched his head when he heard this, and said, "This, I am indeed a little curious, but I also believe that as long as it is something that my uncle wants to do, it must be done." It's an unusual event."
"Come on, I'll take you to have a look first." Ye Zan said and stood up.
When Li Haoran heard that he was able to see it with his own eyes first, he was very excited and curious in his heart, and quickly stood up.
"Relax, don't resist." Ye Zan offered the jade ball while speaking, and a beam of light brought Li Haoran into the space of the jade ball, which of course is an independent space with nothing.
Then, Ye Zan used the fairy palace token to come to the small world of fairy palace again, and went directly to a station.
There are still relatively few people in this station. After all, in such a world, people don't have much need to travel far. Many people may have never left their small town from birth to death, and their lifelong needs can be met in the small town, so naturally they will not leave their hometowns and go thousands of miles away. Only those wealthy merchants, perhaps because they really want to do business, or because they are rich and want to show off, will come to take this advanced means of transportation.
In fact, even in the technological world, except for intercity railways and subways, passenger transportation is not the main business in long-distance rail transportation. In the very early days, during the traditional festival of the Spring Festival in the ancient Huaguo, there was the so-called Spring Festival Transport, and the demand for passenger transportation soared countless times, making it impossible to meet the adjustment of railway transportation capacity.
Therefore, in this small world, and even in the Shenhua domain in the future, it can be foreseen that passenger transportation will still not become the main business of the railway, and it is freight that really makes the railway play its biggest role.
When he came to the station, Ye Zan sacrificed the jade ball and released Li Haoran.
As soon as Li Haoran stepped out of the Yuqiu space, he was immediately attracted by this "special" station. You must know that most of the buildings in the Shenhua Domain are still supported by wooden beams and columns, so there will be certain restrictions on space. However, the stations that Ye Zan built in Small World, in terms of construction cost and maintenance, all used steel frame structures, which looked much taller and more spacious.
"Don't look at this, this was just done to save trouble, it's not the focus of showing you this time." Ye Zan called Li Haoran, turned and walked towards the side of the station.
Li Haoran came back to his senses, his face was a little red, he quickly followed, and said: "Master and uncle, forgive me, the disciple was also absorbed by this strange building, so that he was a little distracted."
Ye Zan waved his hands while walking in front, and said, "It's okay, don't be so nervous, what you want to see next is something that can really change the world."
Hearing what Ye Zan said, the curiosity in Li Haoran's heart was brought to the top immediately, and he followed Ye Zan all the way.
Ye Zan led Li Haoran to the platform inside the station soon. In fact, compared with the technology of the interstellar era, rail transportation is already very backward. However, the railway system Ye Zan built in the small world also used a lot of more advanced technologies, such as the operating mechanism and safety measures.
Inside the platform, there was a train of locomotives parked. Of course, this was not the kind of primitive guy who smoked black smoke, and it was not a nuclear-powered locomotive, but a locomotive powered by aura or mana that had been magically transformed. The locomotives running in the entire transportation network, whether it is the control of specific locomotives or the overall deployment of locomotives, etc., will be managed by artificial intelligence.
Seeing that strange looking locomotive, Li Haoran was indeed taken aback again, wondering what kind of power this thing that looks like a giant steel dragon will have. But soon, he saw that behind the giant steel dragon, goods were being continuously loaded into open or closed carriages. He's not a fool either, as soon as he saw those things, he knew that this thing should be used to transport goods. After all, he had never seen a locomotive or a horse-drawn carriage.
However, even if he knew that this giant steel dragon was used to transport goods, Li Haoran was still surprised by the "food intake" of this giant steel dragon. Standing here, he watched the goods being loaded into the steel dragon not far away, and he couldn't help but compare it with the traditional carriage transportation. In just such a short period of time, the goods loaded into the steel dragon already require an extremely large convoy to transport.
As a prince, although Li Haoran has practiced Taoism, seeing such a scene, the first thing that comes to his mind is the transportation of military supplies. Think about the consumption of military supplies that Datang transports to the border garrison every year. People chew horses and feed them along the way. It would be good if there is one third of a cart of grain left over there. Of course, there must be some tricks in it, but it is also a fact that transportation consumes a lot, and there will be various accidents in the middle.
If we replace the huge transport team with the steel giant dragon like it is now, even if the steel giant dragon can't go faster than the carriage, the consumption on the way will definitely be reduced a lot. Of course, there is another prerequisite for saying this, that is, the consumption of this giant steel dragon should not be too terrifying. If the iron dragon needs to consume a piece of spirit stone for a trip, then I am afraid that no country can afford this thing.
"Master Uncle, how much does it cost to run this big steel guy?" Li Haoran couldn't help asking Ye Zan when he thought of this.
Ye Zan smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this. Let's call it a dragon cart. The consumption of the dragon cart is of course related to the cargo volume. But generally speaking, it can be done like this. Say, a low-grade spirit stone of ordinary size is enough to make it run a million miles."
If we say that it is just the aura of low-grade spirit stones, of course it is impossible for such a locomotive to run a million miles in one go. However, in terms of the power of the locomotive, Ye Zan used the spirit-gathering runes, and the main consumption of the low-grade spirit stones was only to activate the runes.
For the secular royal family, although low-grade spirit stones are also very precious, they are not so difficult to obtain. A low-grade spirit stone of ordinary size can make the locomotive run millions of miles, and Datang can still afford this consumption. What's more, when this transportation is done, it's not just paying for nothing. For example, the imperial court can collect some benefits from the bulk cargo transportation of those big tycoons.
Then, Ye Zan led Li Haoran to a carriage in front of the locomotive, and the door on the carriage opened automatically as the two arrived.
This carriage can also be regarded as a business class. There are not too many seats in it, and there are already several people chatting there. Hearing the car door open, someone turned around and saw Ye Zan who walked in first. Seeing Ye Zan's robes, the man who looked like a wealthy businessman walked over quickly, bowed and said, "Is this the sorcerer of Yuqing Taoist Palace?"
"That's right," Ye Zan nodded, and then asked, "Several of you are the owners of those goods, right?"
"Exactly, I'm waiting for the owner of the goods. I don't know if the mage is coming, but is there something wrong with the goods I'm waiting for?" Those few stood up and looked at Ye Zan with some anxiety. After all, for people in this world, the mages in Yuqing Taoist Palace are all like gods, so no one dares to be contemptuous.
(To be continued.)