Chapter 195 New Changes in Anyang
While Li Xian was concentrating on researching internal combustion engines and computers, his elder brother Li Liang had been here in Anyang for more than ten days, calling it an investigation.
At first, Li Liang came here to check on Li Xian's condition, as an expression of concern. But after arriving, Li Liang couldn't leave. It has only been half a year since Li Xian officially took over Anyang, but Anyang has changed.
One of the most famous attractions in Anyang is the school. Here in Anyang, the most majestic place is of course the City Lord's Mansion, but the most magnificent, most elegant, and largest area is the school.
In ordinary places, having a private school is already very good, but here in Anyang, everyone goes to school.
In Anyang, going to school doesn't cost anything. The right to education is the inviolable right of every juvenile and child; and it is also the duty of local officials to cultivate their own people. This one is written on the school wall.
In fact, there are many, many things written on the walls of the school, which can be called half a "code", mainly related to school education and so on.
After seeing the school, Li Liang didn't feel anything yet, because in the world of spiritual practice, there is another saying, that is - predestined relationship! To practice this thing, one must pay attention to the predestined relationship. Without this blessing, even education is useless.
But in the next few days, Li Liang's view of Anyang gradually changed.
Anyang is particularly prosperous at night, with brilliant lights flickering all night, and merchants shouting in the streets and alleys all the time. Of course, loud shouting is prohibited at night.
In addition, the yamen servants on the street seem to be very friendly and always offer to help.
Also, there are gradually so-called buses in Anyang city. There are very few buses now, and they only serve specific groups of people such as the elderly, pregnant women, disabled soldiers, and teenagers.
Naturally, during this period, there will also be some people who want to experience the bus out of curiosity or pranks, especially most of the foreigners who just came here. But every time the results are similar: at this time, many local people in Anyang will rush out, grab these bastards and beat them up.
Originally, Li Liang wanted to go up and experience it, but after seeing it, he could only shake his head.
It’s okay to say these things, but Anyang still has a extravagant heinous behavior, Anyang, even paving the road with railroad tracks!
About three miles outside Anyang City, there are several railway tracks passing through; the railway tracks have just been laid at this moment, and the train is still in production. But there are already a lot of people watching around the track, not knowing what this is for.
Today, after Li Liang traveled all over the city of Anyang and inquired about it, he finally decided to take a look at the bustling railway tracks.
The railway is spectacular, the width of a railway is two meters. This is the width set by Li Xian considering the future. Two railroads juxtaposed, stretching out of sight.
The traffic roads that the railway passes through all cross the railway through viaducts.
Looking around, there are five or six viaducts across the railway.
Li Liang went up to check and found that they were all good steel, and there was a clang sound after beating; the steel used to make the railway was only slightly inferior to the steel used in general armor.
"So much steel is still on the ground like this, what a luxury!" Not only Li Liang was so emotional, but many people who came to watch were also emotional.
Zou Hui, the counselor next to Li Liang, roughly calculated, "Master, the cost of this section of railroad track and foundation is estimated to be three taels of silver for a distance of one foot. I heard that the railway has now been laid from Qingyun Valley to Dingshan City. It will take more than two hundred miles. Counting the viaducts erected along the way, the two hundred miles will cost about 150,000 taels of gold.
What a luxury!
If maintenance costs, labor costs, etc. are included, it will cost about 170,000 taels of gold. "
Li Liang looked around and found Anyang soldiers patrolling in the distance, so he immediately identified himself and asked about the situation here. The soldiers didn't hide it either - there was no need to hide it, the railroad tracks were laid out. "If you go back to the eldest son, the current cost is about 220,000 taels of gold. The main reason is that we have to consider the service life of 50 years during the construction process, and the materials used are solid."
"It's all good steel, so you're not afraid of someone stealing it?"
The soldier smiled proudly, "Guarding the railway and protecting public property is the responsibility of every Anyang person. The governor (Li Xian) has done enough for us, and we can't be a moth. Anyang is everyone's Anyang, It's not a certain person's Anyang."
Li Liang was taken aback by what the soldiers said.
At this moment, there was another little master in the foundation building stage flying in mid-air in the distance, "Attention everyone, please pay attention to everyone, please stay one foot away from the railway track. The first train in Anyang is about to be tested."
Several young masters in the foundation building stage flew around above the railway, shouting loudly.
Everyone was curious and didn't know what a train was. Li Liang asked the soldier next to him, and the soldier bared his big black teeth and laughed, "A train, as the name suggests, is a long queue of convoys lined up together. But I haven't seen it, but I heard that the train is tens of meters long, and how many can be transported at a time?" Hundred tons of goods, and can go back and forth between Dingshan City and Anyang ten times a day."
The carrying capacity of the new trains is limited, but the transportation of hundreds of tons of goods at a time still makes many people exclaim. Back and forth ten times a day, that one train can transport thousands of tons of goods a day. The bosses of some car and horse dealers around started to think about it—this competitor is a bit tough, and of course some businessmen started to think about it.
Everyone waited for about half an hour, and there seemed to be a dull sound coming from the railroad tracks.
The person at the front suddenly shouted, "Something is coming."
Li Liang simply flew with his sword, flying directly into the air. From a long distance, I saw a "locomotive" like a long dragon slowly approaching.
Seeing this train, Li Liang took a deep breath, "It's such a huge vehicle. This train has seven sections, each section is about three or four feet long, and the seven sections are about twenty-three or four feet long. According to what the younger brother used According to the standard, it is not necessary to have a length of more than 70 meters.
Such a train, no wonder it is necessary to lay a railway, the general ground simply cannot bear the huge pressure. "
The train rumbled past Li Liang, and then rumbled away, gradually disappearing out of sight; there was a lively discussion around, some were surprised, some laughed, some were indifferent, and some were thinking. It's a pity that the window was drawn and the curtains were drawn, so I couldn't see what was going on inside.
However, there were also people with flexible noses, "This locomotive seems to be burning something. Look at the bottom of the locomotive, there is black smoke coming out, and there is a strange smell that cannot be described."
Of course, the first generation of internal combustion engines had many problems, and incomplete combustion was inevitable. As for the weird smell, it goes without saying that it is incompletely burned fuel and some residues, etc. - commonly known as pollution (O(∩_∩)O ha!).
But this does not prevent some smart people from amazed. Many people immediately saw the benefits of this kind of train for war, and of course they also saw the fragility of this train-it can only run on rails.