The noisy sound accompanied by the vibration under his body made Ren Baqian feel that he might fall apart at any time.

In an open space surrounded by fences outside Lancheng, a circle of 400-diameter rails were plated on it. A train pulling two wooden carriages ran along the rails, making constant clanging sounds.

Ren Baqian, Empress and others were in the second car behind the train. With the wind, the thick smoke floating out of the locomotive...

"It's much faster than a ox cart." Zhuo Yan, the Minister of Justice, said as he felt the wind blowing.

"And it's much more stable." Everyone said one after another.

With the roads of this world, combined with wooden tires and shock absorption, even if you ride in the city, you need to have extremely strong buttocks, not to mention outside the city.

After leaving Lancheng, the speed of the ox cart is as fast as it is a disaster that can make you vomit all your internal organs.

"It just smells too bad." Shaonong Siqing Yushang said, covering his nose.

"After all, there are advantages and disadvantages." Ren Baqian smiled and then introduced to everyone: "This kind of train can reach 70 miles in half an hour, 140 miles in an hour, and can run up to 1,680 miles a day. It only takes two days to go from Lancheng to the Northeast Protectorate or the North Protectorate. Moreover, this is only the current speed, and it can continue to increase, or even double in the future!"

"So fast? Don't you need to rest this thing?" someone asked immediately in surprise.

"This is not a creature, so it doesn't need to rest like a livestock. As long as there is enough coal, you can keep moving forward at this speed." Ren Baqian explained to everyone.

"And this kind of train can pull a large amount of cargo. The load capacity of a car is equivalent to about 60 ox carts in one cart. It can pull dozens of ox carts in one trip, which is equivalent to the load capacity of more than 4,000 ox carts. It does not require so many people to be used, nor does it have so much food and grass loss.

This kind of train can not only carry a large amount of cargo, but also use it to transport troops. It can send tens of thousands of troops to the two Protectorate Mansions in just two days, which also saves a lot of time and food. Especially when there is a war.

Whether it is speed or load capacity, it is completely incomparable to livestock trucks.

More importantly, with this thing, it will be much easier to rule Izumo Country. No matter what happens on that side, you can respond and dispatch the army in time. Various materials from Izumo Country can also be transported back in large quantities."

"hiss--!"

Everyone took in the air conditioner.

Everyone may not be very clear about the concepts of load and speed. But when it comes to the load of more than 4,000 ox carts and two days, everyone immediately had a relatively clear concept in their minds.

You should know that a car of horned beefs is only more than one thousand kilograms, and the speed is even slower, and it can only travel over 100 miles a day.

In other words, a train runs for one day, which is equivalent to more than 4,000 ox carts walking for ten days.

The manpower, material resources and food that need to be consumed here are astronomical figures.

Not to mention the reduced time, even the ancient tribes understand the value of time.

With this comparison, everyone in the field was shocked and flirted with each other, as if they could drive the train to halfway through the clouds tomorrow.

"The President Ren's words were very touching, and I was also very moved. But you should know that the so-called railway tracks below alone consumed more than 200,000 kilograms of steel, which was enough to arm ten thousand troops.

And from the foot to Izumo, how much iron is needed? More than tens of millions of kilograms! It may not necessarily be so much iron when hollowing out Damo Mountain, and it takes tens or hundreds of years to plan." Tuwan directly poured a basin of ice water on everyone and poured it from head to toe.

Everyone didn't have to count on their fingers. Just by hearing that these things under their feet had consumed more than 200,000 kilograms of iron, it was enough to be scary. What's even more scary was the amount of money that required to be spread from here to Izumo. The number had completely exceeded everyone's concept of numbers.

They always feel that the number is inexplicably far away, so far that it seems that it will never be completed.

Everyone looked at Tu Wan in a daze, and then Ren Baqian, not knowing what to say.

"Isn't that just impossible to build?" someone sighed.

"No, no, no, my plan is to connect from Lancheng to Izumo for ten years, rather than to the Northeast Protectorate." Ren Baqian waved his hand and said. "Listen to me."

"In fact, it is not as difficult as you think. Although iron ore is in short supply in Dayao, it is not short supply in Izumo. As far as I know, there are seven iron ore in Izumo, and there are probably still those that have not been identified.

This railway is calculated based on 4,000 miles, and according to standard rails, 200 kilograms of steel is required for 40 million kilograms of steel.

Even the smallest iron ore is mined, and at a content of 50%, it is enough to have 50 million kilograms of steel, which is enough to build such a railway.

Smaller iron ore can build ten such railways, and 100 medium iron ore can build.

So you don’t need to worry about the amount of steel consumed. Izumo has enough steel reserves to consume.

As for mining, that is not a problem. A prisoner of war can dig ten kilograms of iron every day, and it will cost more than three thousand kilograms a year. Izumo's iron ore is not Damo Mountain. You guys will never think that they can't even mine ten kilograms a day by themselves, right? One hundred thousand prisoners of war can dig the iron ore we need in two years." Ren Baqian directly put aside the others and used numbers to calculate for everyone.

As for mining iron ore, it was not a problem in his eyes.

People in this world are much better physically than those on earth. If they encounter problems, there are so many experts in the Earth wheel that can solve them. If they really don’t work, they can also transport them to mine explosives. It is much more than the previous mine methods on Earth and the difficulty is reduced too much.

"And we can build a steel factory directly in the Northeast Protectorate, and after smelting it in the Northeast Protectorate, we can directly pave the railways to the country. Even if it fails in the end, the railway tracks can be used as other things, but it only consumes a little manpower and food, and it consumes prisoners of war, and we can still obtain a large amount of steel.

If it succeeds, then this will be a matter of success, and the Izumo area will be firmly in the hands of the empire."

After Ren Baqian finished speaking, everyone began to think deeply.

"Although I don't understand how much it is, what Lord Ren said is correct." Qin Chuan scratched his head. "Mr Ren's knowledge must be better than me, and I think it works."

You must know that this rail can really be realized, so the Ministry of War is also the beneficiary. The troops can be mobilized at will. It makes him feel excited when he thinks about it, so he immediately spoke.

"I think what Lord Ren said is correct. If this happens, the entire Izumo area will be between His Majesty's palms, and even if it is done, it will be worth it." Shi Qing said slowly.

"I'm asking." Kou Zhehai also nodded.

"I know the knowledge and ability of Lord Ren." Tong Zhenye smiled and then changed his voice: "But Izumo really has so many iron?"

"Absolutely, and certainly. Iron is one of the most common substances in nature. As long as iron ore is formed, the amount will not be too small. And I am the most conservative saying that the iron ore that can be found at Izumo's prospecting level is mostly open-pit ore exposed to the ground, and the reserves and ore quality may be higher than what I said.

Especially three of the iron ore are very close to each other, and are likely to be buried underground by a large iron ore.

The location of these three iron ores is exactly where the current military front of the Protector of Zidonglai is located.

As long as we continue to push the front, these three iron ores will fall into our palms." Ren Baqian said.

Once you say this, even Tu Hong is no longer a word.

After all, if such a railway achieves the effectiveness of Ren Baqian, it will be too valuable and worth their risk.

Besides, they don't need to pay much.

Whether it is mines or prisoners, they are all Izumo. The most important problem of food and grass is that the pumpkins and sweet potatoes brought by Ren Baqian can also solve the problem.

All they have to do is to set up Izumo, and this is already in the plan.

Everyone has been coveting Izumo's wealth for a long time.

Even without this goal, everyone would not let go of this piece of fat, and this piece of fat is currently on the chopping board.

Now Da Yao has sent 60,000 reinforcements to the Northeast Protectorate, and the original army of the Northeast Protectorate has a total of 75,000 troops. It is close to Da Yao's national forces and has all been put into the Izumo direction.

And Izumo has now lost a quarter of the land, and the country is in panic.

Everyone jumped off the train and watched the train run for six hours. As Ren Baqian said, there was no slowdown, and then they returned to the city to arrange the next thing with satisfaction.

The plunder of iron ore and the laying of railway tracks have become one of the most important things in everyone's mind.

Zizhu Academy also needs to continue to improve the train design to ensure that no problems occur. If the speed can be doubled as Ren Baqian said, everyone will wake up in a laugh.
Chapter completed!