Chapter 922 The Age of Trains (Part 2)

"Half a year... to build this kind of orbit into the depths of the wilderness?" After listening to Roland's plan, Barov, who had seen many "miracles", still widened his eyes in disbelief. It took more than half a year to build an ordinary road connecting the border and Changge, and now the distance is at least five times that of the Kingdom Avenue, are you sure Mr. Carr can do it?"

There was also a chatter at the scene. The Kingdom Avenue was the first super-large project started by Roland after he took over the Changge Fortress. It employed as many as 2,000 workers. And the new road has to go further, plus the construction time limit, even if all the workers in Neverwinter City are put in, I am afraid it will be difficult to meet.

Construction Minister Karl Vanbert himself did not say a word, as if thinking about the feasibility of the plan.

Roland knew what these officials were worried about. After all, there were still many construction projects in the city, and it was impossible to invest all resources on the railway. But in fact, compared to the cement and gravel pavement, which requires grading of materials and repeated rolling, The laying of subgrade ballast is much more convenient.

As for the seemingly complicated rail installation, it is the quickest part.

He had seen Anna's demonstration of black-fire welding with his own eyes. Parts like rails, connecting two breakpoints at a time, took less than ten seconds on average. Compared with the traditional bolt or hot melt connection, it not only has better quality, but also saves a lot of manpower and materials. Except for the lack of the sentimental "bang bang" sound of old-fashioned trains, it can be described as perfect.

In fact, the experimental track in front of everyone is a quasi-seamless railway track. Except for the joints left by resisting the thermal stress of the steel itself, the entire top surface forms a smooth straight line, and the wheel can hardly feel the vibration when rolling on it.

At that time, Anna only took half a day to complete the process.

This is why Roland is confident in setting the construction period so short.

In other words, it took workers ten days to lay out the road foundation, the leaves may take five days to lay out the sleepers and rails, and Anna could weld them all in one day. If you don't deliberately accumulate the number, it is the rhythm of taking Maisie in the morning and returning to the castle for lunch at noon.

It's just that he didn't explain it in detail. After all, not everyone knows the abilities of witches well, and the other half year is only a rough estimate. As soon as he arrived in Neverwinter City, he went straight to the wolf girl and the meeting, and he didn't have time to ask Tilly about the witches who came to the Sleeping Island—if there are people with suitable abilities, the railway progress may be faster.

Seeing that Roland didn't say much, the officials turned their attention back to the train.

Compared with the modern railway, the train itself is undoubtedly a lot of antiques. A complete locomotive is divided into two sections. The first half is mainly composed of the fourth-generation steam engine and transmission, and the second half is the coal storage car. The driver's cab is located in the center. In addition to controlling the speed and sounding the whistle, it is also the driver's responsibility to manually add coal to the boiler.

Although the train is still in the semi-finished stage due to the expedition, it is still much more complete than the first steam locomotive in another world. For example, steam works directly on the crankshaft, rather than through the flywheel belt drive, and for example, the wheels on both sides are equipped with a linkage mechanism with no dead center, instead of relying on a gear set for single-wheel drive.

When designing, Roland simplified various cumbersome functions, and almost directly pieced together several main components. From the perspective of future generations, its shortcomings are as numerous as stars - the brakes need to be twisted manually. The moving winch and the cab are rigidly connected to the girder. The driver can fully feel the "restlessness" of the steam engine when it is working, there is no electrical equipment, and the crew is notified that they need to rely on the whistle or voice, etc... But here, it is already a It is the best solution that can be solved by the existing technology of Neverwinter.

Just like the first generation of steam engines, first solve the problem and then improve it step by step.

"Your Majesty, this thing... how much cargo can it drag?" Minister of Chemical Industry Cameron Stryer asked curiously, "How does it compare to those cement boats in the river?"

"I think it shouldn't be a problem to transport five or six ships at a time." Roland proudly saw everyone's expressions of surprise again, "but this is just the beginning. With the advancement of technology, it will be possible to tow a hundred cement ships in the future. The cargo is also not a problem."

"One... a hundred?" Barov swallowed. As the director of the city hall, he could fully understand what this number meant.

"So... what about speed?" Pei Luo's voice trembled slightly.

"It's hard to say, it depends on the actual test results, but it won't be slower than the cement boat."

However, the windless and automatic paddle wheel cement ship is already a very fast transportation tool in their eyes. It is necessary to know that the land transportation in this era is still mainly carried by horse carts or livestock. Efficiency can be imagined. Run a little faster, a vehicle without any suspension system can vibrate to the point of breaking its axle, so shipping is the main means of transportation in the Kingdom of Greycastle - and in the inland river, a steamship that does not need wind power is obviously impossible to have a sailboat. comparative advantage.

When they heard that the carrying capacity of the train would only become stronger and the speed would not drop, a group of people fell into complete silence.

Roland couldn't help laughing secretly in his heart. If it was two years ago, he would have been regarded as a lunatic by others. Looking at these officials subconsciously wanting to deny, but with the look of what to do if it is true, he can't help but feel quite relieved - although those descriptions are based on the situation of ship technology standing still, but Now that the war is coming, it is not bad to strengthen the confidence of everyone.

Besides, he is not aimless.

This is only the first generation of industrial products under the power source.

When the second generation of source power, that is, the internal combustion engine, comes out, the epoch-making means of transportation such as the train will become the veritable king of land transportation.

"Your Majesty, can you show it to us?" After a while, the old manager said.

"Not for the time being. It is currently missing several key parts and has not really been completed. When everything is debugged, it is estimated that it will take about a week." Roland shook his head.

"The plan you handed over to the Ministry of Construction before the expedition was to use rails to connect the mine with the wharf, right?" Barov asked again.

"What's wrong?" He noticed that the other party seemed to have something to say.

"If it is as you said, it will definitely have a positive impact on the city hall's war propaganda," Barov shared his thoughts one by one. Did the people witness this incredible scene with their own eyes?"

Roland immediately understood the manager's intention. It seems that over the past few years, the old manager has also realized the importance of guiding the people.

"Just do as you say." He raised the corner of his mouth.

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