Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chen Ying will definitely be a living person. When he is tired, he will be tired, and if he is in pain, he will be in pain, especially sitting side by side with Chen Ying, feeling the pulse on Chen Ying's wrist, Li Xiuning fell into confusion again.

Chen Ying enjoyed the adoring eyes of Yang Rong and Li Daozhen very much. Even if later generations build a railway, it will take a lot of time, and there will be casualties in dangerous locations.However, Chen Ying insisted on building three strategic arteries during the Tang Dynasty.

Go east from Chang'an through Tongguan, Hangu Pass, Mianchi, Luoyang, Kaifeng, Huangxu, Suiyang, Qijun and enter Buqi.Almost a replica of the Longhai Railway, this railway named Chidao took almost five years from the beginning of construction to the completion of the entire line.The most embarrassing thing is that Chen Ying has no way to build the Zhengzhou Yellow River Bridge. When this bridge crosses the Yellow River, a ferry is needed.For a four-wheeled carriage, it's not a problem at all.

Even the lightest ferry can carry a load of hundreds of stones, and it can completely carry a carriage and horses to reach the other side smoothly.But the future train...

This is a big trouble. Calculated by the weight of the train, it is almost equivalent to more than 2 stones in this era, which is equivalent to about a thousand tons.If you count the load, it is nearly [-] shi.

The Tang Dynasty is not without a large ship of 1000 shi, like the Hengyang Boat Bridge, which can carry more than [-] tons.The key point is whether it is a horizontal ocean boat or a five-toothed warship, these are all sea-going ships, and they can sail on special routes on the Yellow River or the Yangtze River, but they are too deep to be used as a ferry, and it is extremely inconvenient to turn.

The steam engine train continued to run, faster than a galloping horse. It easily exceeded the speed of 45 kilometers per hour. It seemed that it could reach about [-] kilometers.The war horse can't keep up with a stick of incense at most, even if it is a change of horse, it is still far behind.

Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying and said with a smile, "Chen Lang, where are we going?"

Chen Ying was stunned by the question, and he actually didn't know how far this experiment would go.

Zi Nuo bowed and replied: "His Royal Highness, this time our destination is Kucha, and we will pass through Jungu, Jiashi, Weitou (now Bachu County), and arrive at Kucha after three stops along the way!"

Li Xiuning was stunned. The distance between Shule and Qiuci was nine hundred miles. Even with a fast horse, it would take two days and two nights.That counts as a trek.

Li Xiuning said: "I'm not prepared for anything now!"

Chen Ying looked at Li Xiuning and said, "What do you want to prepare? The train has toiletries, a change of clothes, food, drink, everything!"

Li Xiuning said: "I don't worry about the children!"

But at this moment, Li Xiuning couldn't continue talking.Because she found that Li Siye, Chen Qian, Li Ruoxi, and Li Daozhen's eldest daughter Chen Jiujiu all came slowly under the leadership of the maid.

Chen Ying put his hand on Li Xiuning's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's pretend our family is out for a spring outing!"

Yang Rong compares the cost of the key train. She really wants to buy a lot of train transportation materials. Now Yang Rong is a well-known mine owner in Datang. She not only owns fierce oil, salt, and iron, but also manages a large number of leather goods. Materials need to be transported long distances, so it is very convenient to have a train.

Yang Rong tried to ask, "What is the cost of Wulang's car?"

Chen Ying also didn't know about this. For this train, he successively dropped more than 20 guan, plus the reward of 100 million guan, a total of 120 million guan.

Zi Nuo was naturally responsible for answering Yang Rong's questions.

However, the price also discouraged Yang Rong.

"20 guan?" Yang Rong asked incredulously, "How can it be so expensive?"

Chen Ying said with a smile: "It's really not expensive, in fact, you don't need to buy it!"

Yang Rong said: "If you don't buy it, what should I do if I want to ship it?"

Chen Yingdao: "Even if you buy it, it's useless to you. Do you have a track? This kind of train needs to run on a track, and it also needs a lot of road maintenance costs. You can't afford the maintenance costs at all!"

Yang Rong said, "You mean rent?"

Chen Ying nodded and said, "It's about the same. You just need to pay the corresponding transportation fee if you hand over the goods to me for transportation!"

Yang Rong said: "Well, it's a deal!"

In fact, there is still a freshness at the beginning of the train ride. After running for two hours without knowing it, everyone feels exhausted. Yawning.

Thinking of this, Chen Ying couldn't help but laugh.

Unknowingly, I became the iron boss of Datang. More than two-thirds of the Chidao in Datang was built by Chen Ying. The completed part, the railway from Luoyang to Yecheng and to Youzhou, was also built by the imperial court. However, because the west of Lingzhou is not very useful for the imperial court, Chen Ying built the entire western road by himself. The cost is very high.

In the past few years, Chen Ying's crazily amassed wealth, including very profitable banks and hospitals, has been used by Chen to build roads, at least as many as tens of millions.

If he didn't become the iron boss of Datang, Chen Ying would feel sorry for himself.

Li Xiuning said solemnly: "The train is a military weapon, and it must be used first. If it is handed over to the court, the court may not be able to take responsibility..."

Chen Ying said without thinking: "The imperial court can't afford it, so I'll do it!"

Li Xiuning said: "You can't afford it either!"

Chen Yingdao: "It's definitely not affordable for free, but what about fees?"

"Charge?" Li Xiuning suddenly remembered the passenger carriage in Qinglinli in Chang'an. It only cost three big money to take the carriage from Chang'an to Qinglinli.

According to the current speed, it will take up to seven hours, or more than half a day, to reach Kucha. On average, the speed can reach more than 30 kilometers per hour. If the stop time is excluded, the speed has already exceeded 45 kilometers per hour, and the energy consumption is greatly reduced. , already has the possibility of commercial operation.

Chen Ying calculated silently. Although steam engine trains consume a lot of water, water is free. The cost is only the station and road maintenance fees. Coal is only slightly more expensive than soil in Anxi.

Every twenty miles, it takes six thousand catties of water and about one thousand catties of coal.According to the resources consumed plus labor costs, the loss of trains is equivalent to nine strings per mile.

It takes about 8000 guan to run from Shule to Qiuci like Chen Ying.If the grain is transported, the freight will be as high as [-] yuan per stone of grain.

In fact, it is not profitable to transport grain to Guanzhong.

Of course, there are luxuries and other goods that make money.

Chen Ying pointed to the train and said, "It took us no more than seven hours to get from Shule to Qiuci this time, and it cost about [-] guan!"

"Eight thousand?" Li Xiuning's train of thought was even better.

She counted the transport personnel, a train can carry a brigade, and a train can carry seventeen train carriages, that is a full seventeen brigades.There are more than [-] people, with an average of less than five pennies per person.

If the original speed is used, it will take elite soldiers ten days or even half a month to travel nine hundred miles, and it will take two to three days if it is cavalry.

It costs fifty to sixty thousand yuan to transport an army of ten thousand to thousands of miles in one day, no matter how expensive it is!

Now Chen Ying's desire to become the iron boss of Datang is getting stronger and stronger. After all, the iron boss of later generations is quite prestigious and can support more than 200 million people.

However, now Chen Ying's railway company can't even do one percent of that of later generations, and the degree of mechanization is too low, so it will need more manpower.

Chen Yingchong said to Qinuo and Zhou Qing: "There are still two problems with the current trains. The energy consumption is too low and needs to be further reduced. The speed is also unsatisfactory to me and needs to be further increased. There is also...the transportation cost problem. You have not thought about it." However, this steam engine train is also practical. From Qiuci to Shule, it costs more than 8000 guan. If you only transport more than 1 shi of grain, [-] miles, each shi of grain needs to increase [-] yuan. It is best It can reduce the transportation cost by [-] guan, or even lower!"

Zhou Qing and Qi Nuo kept making promises.

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Just as the train was running towards Qiuci, in front of Wang Jingbed, the only surviving patriarch of the Wang family in Taiyuan, the young Wang Renbiao said to Wang Jing: "Uncle, if you want to talk about heaven's punishment, our Wang family should be the first to be selected. The main hall of the ancestral hall, but the side hall!"

As the Shangzhu Kingdom of the Sui Dynasty, Wang Jing was naturally clear.The Wang family in Taiyuan can become today's status, thanks to the descendants of the Wang family in the past.

Especially his grandfather Wang Sizheng, who was an aide of Yuanxiu (Emperor Xiaowu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty) in his early years, and later defected to Yuwentai in Guanzhong and became the Duke of Taiyuan.Gao Huan of the Eastern Wei Dynasty attacked the Western Wei Dynasty, and Wang Sizheng led his army to defend Yubi. After nine days of fierce fighting, he repelled the Eastern Wei army and was promoted to the general of Hussars for his meritorious service.Hou Jing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty rebelled.Wang Sizheng was the governor of Jingzhou at that time, took the opportunity to occupy the strategically important Yingchuan, and was named a general and governor of the Henan military.

It can be said that Wang Sizheng is the killing god of the Wang family in Taiyuan in recent years. The number of people who died in his hands was not 30, but at least 20.

Compared with Wang Sizheng, Wang Kang is too weak.

Since it was divine punishment from heaven, it was actually Wang Sizheng who should be punished the most, not Wang Kang.