The portable magic tower of the Three Kingdoms

Just Guan Yu, who has been fighting abroad all year round, has never cared much about his son's future.His wife was picked up halfway, only to realize that she was no longer an ordinary small family, and felt a little uncomfortable with the new environment for a while.

Fortunately, the housekeeping is still very good, and the relationship with Guan Yu's concubine is also good. Xiao Guan Xing and Xiao Guan Suo are also growing up day by day.

Back to the topic, just after Sun Jian surrendered, Liu Tao asked him to adjust his mentality a little bit, and arranged to live with Sun Kuang.Unexpectedly, within a month or so, Huang Gai and Sun Jing also came to live in as relatives and guards of the Sun family.

Seeing that the three generals were all doing nothing, Liu Tao couldn't bear it, so he planned to send all three of them to Huang Zhong's side.Regardless of dealing with Xianbei or Wuhuan, they must not be left idle.

The imperial edict was sent back to Jiangdong in this way. Sun Ce was not too surprised by the result. He sent someone there. In fact, he mainly wanted to contact his father to see how he was doing during this time.

According to the reply from the person sent there, Sun Jian lived very comfortably there, practicing martial arts every day, drinking tea, reading books, and even visiting Lu Zhi, Huangfusong and Zhu Jun from time to time. They are all old colleagues, so it is normal to walk around each other.

The three of them did not alienate this colleague because of Sun Ce's reasons and their own positions.To a certain extent, Sun Jian was there, leaving a lot of connections for Sun Kuang and Sun Ce.

"As expected of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, he is still so domineering." Sun Ce looked at the edict sent back, not angry, but raised the corner of his mouth slightly, it was really Wei Wei, it did not turn into √.

Maybe it's because of their similar personalities, he likes Liu Tao's straight-forward personality who can do whatever he wants.

Especially during this period of time, those aristocratic families in Jiangdong were obviously planning to fight for power. How could Sun Ce let them do that? It's not unknown that Liu Biao was turned into a puppet by the Jingzhou aristocratic family.

At that time, the benefits will be earned by them, but they will be the ones who will take the blame. With Sun Ce's character and ability, he will naturally not do it.

"The problem is, we can't just surrender like this, can we?" Zhou Yu asked.

"If we want the opponent to be unable to fight, then we must have enough ability. This time, sending people over is not only to confirm the situation of the father, but also to find out where they will attack next." Sun Ce shook his head and said.

Judging from the current results, Liu Tao seems to be mainly planning to focus on Bashu. No one else knows that he is actually greedy for Panzhihua's iron mines.Although at this stage, the area of ​​Panzhihua is still a pure wild land.

But just like Baiyun County, as long as the minerals are mined, it will naturally surround it, and gradually form an industrial city focusing on minerals and metallurgy.

In addition, Liu Tao did not intend to let go of the Southern Silk Road from Yunnan to India.Even if you can't do it now, you can do it one after another in the future.Deserts and tropical rainforests are completely two extremes, but tropical rainforests are easier to transform than deserts, which are difficult to transform.

"We won't go south for about three years!" Sun Ce said solemnly, "We have only three years left. If we can completely settle the issue of Shanyue and Wuximan within three years, then we still have a chance to compete with each other. If not , then I think that those who know the current affairs are the heroes.”

Then he looked at Zhou Yu and the others, and continued, "Do you have the confidence to be as tough as a big guy?"

"Of course!" The surrounding civil and military responded one after another. Sure enough, such arrogance is the Sun Ce they are most optimistic about.

Liu Tao didn't pay too much attention to Sun Ce's careful thinking. After all, the fight can definitely be passed. It's a question of when to fight.The south of the Yangtze River has not yet developed, and it would be a waste of troops and supplies to fight in the past. After fighting for 200 years, there is no way to give back to the Central Plains.It can be said that for people of this era, Jiangnan is completely a loser.

The eight counties of Jingzhou, plus several counties of Yangzhou, are larger than Yanzhou plus Qingzhou plus Yuzhou.The problem is that after deducting the four counties in Jingbei and the two counties in Yangzhou and Jiangbei, the total number of people in each county is not as large as that in Yuzhou.

Population is not only important to Dahan, but also to Sun Ce.In particular, if Sun Ce wants to go north, he first needs a stable rear.

"The other thing is changing the king's name..." Seeing that everyone was fine, Sun Ce moved on to the next topic.

In mid-February 194 AD, Sun Ce officially changed his title to "Wu" and proclaimed himself King of Wu.That's the meaning again, he didn't proclaim himself emperor, leaving himself a way out.At the same time, they began to actively prepare their troops for war, and made preparations to subdue the Yue people and the barbarians.

Liu Tao received the news, that is, received the news, and didn't pay much attention to it.Sun Ce proclaimed himself emperor if he had the ability, and when he was captured, he would naturally know that he was wrong.

At the moment, what he cares more about is the opening of the Yuntai Railway.After several years of construction, the railway from Yunzhong County to Taiyuan County has finally been successfully completed, involving more than [-] people. If safety issues were not considered, it might be completed half a year ahead of schedule.

The iron-clad carriage has been built, and it is divided into two specifications for carrying people and freight.At the same time, a large number of horses are selected, and there is a transfer station every ten to twenty miles on the road, where horses can be replaced.

At the same time, the draft horse, which can pull heavy objects, is also taking the time to cultivate it. Zhongshan Zhang dare not neglect this aspect.

"Your Majesty, this railway is really powerful!" Su Shuang came three days in advance for the final test. When Liu Tao came, he came to Liu Tao excitedly and praised the railway.

"What's the specific situation?" Liu Tao asked curiously.

"A lot of data may not be intuitive to tell, can you let His Majesty take a ride?" Su Shuang put it off.

"Well, it just so happens that I haven't visited Yunzhong for a long time..." Liu Tao smiled and signaled Su Shuang to make arrangements.

Chapter 624 The Importance of Railways

As the border county of the Han Dynasty, Yunzhong County actually has a small population.After all, after initially Dugen and Kebi Neng succeeded in plundering a few times, they went south to plunder from time to time, and Bu Dugen even regarded Yunzhong as a source of troops.

As they come and go, the population in the cloud is even smaller.Back then when Liu Tao came to serve as the prefect, it was not so much a promotion as he took over a mess and helped guard the frontier by the way.

No matter what, for Liu Tao, Yunzhong is the place where the dream really begins.

The battle against the Yellow Turbans, even if he later became Habayashi Nakaro, the future is still vague for him. Only when he really has a territory can he feel that everything is at ease.

The station outside Jinyang City should not be a train station in this era, but a horse station.Pulled by eight horses, it can pull about four carriages.

The original setting was a horse running on the railway, relying on the spacing of the sleepers to keep the horse running at high speed.In this way, about ten miles or so, it is necessary to change a horse and continue to complete the traction work.

It was only later discovered that a horse can pull at most one carriage, so obviously the benefits cannot be maximized.

So adjustments were made, and the designs of eight horses and one horse were paralleled.If you don't walk on the rails, the horses are naturally not at full speed, but the carriages are walking on the rails. After all, it is convenient to walk on the ground, so it is not a big problem to pull four carriages and move forward at a uniform speed.

But what Liu Tao wants to experience is of course the express car.A carriage is drawn by a horse running on the rails.

It can be seen with the naked eye that the horse is moving forward slowly, and the four hooves land on the gap between the sleepers, so it seems to be getting faster and faster.

It was still [-] kilometers per hour at the beginning, and it was already [-] kilometers per hour in a blink of an eye. Driven by it, the carriage moved forward rapidly, and it really felt like riding a train.

After ten miles like this, enter the relief zone. There are no rails here, but the horses will not be able to stop temporarily due to inertia.

The staff in the rest area should switch the rails to the rest area in advance, let the horses turn to the past, and then stop slowly.Change horses here, continue to circle around the circular track, return to the rails and continue running.

"At this speed, even without magic spells, you can almost reach the cloud in a day!" Jian Yong, who was accompanying the car, said with emotion.

The average speed is about fifty kilometers per hour, and there is a rest stop every twenty miles.That is to be stingy with the power of the animals, otherwise the horses would almost be useless if they ran like this for fifty miles.

Counting the time for changing horses, the average speed was forty kilometers per hour.It is more than 400 miles from Taiyuan to Yunzhong, which is more than 200 kilometers. If you calculate it in five to seven hours, you can almost run it.

Even if you switch to an ordinary carriage, the average speed of [-] kilometers per hour is not a problem, and you can run it in a day.

That is to say, if there is a problem in the cloud, the news can be brought back to Jinyang in about half a day through an expedited carriage.Then in Jinyang, it took half a day to prepare the soldiers, and then they were transported by ordinary carriages one after another, and they could reach the front line at noon the next day.What is rare is that none of the soldiers marched, so they could go into battle immediately after getting off the car.

After realizing this, Yang She was shocked and moved by the railway.

No wonder His Majesty wants to build this railway at all costs. Whether it is for military or commercial use, it is very cost-effective.

For example, for commercial use, before the exchange, a caravan carried a hundred carts of goods to the north, and people on the road ate horse chews, including the cost of bodyguards, which was not a small sum.

Now it only needs to be loaded, and then transported to the place, almost no manpower is needed, and even the manpower for handling can be temporarily hired by the station, which can even solve the work problems of the local people.

It also takes less time, which means that the cost of eating horse chews for people on the road is further reduced.This back and forth is equivalent to an increase in income of about [-]%, and it saves time.

If the cost is not too high, then merchants will naturally buy it, and there will be a steady stream of goods every day, which will be transported from north to south.Then this railway is not a railway, but a golden road!

"This kind of railway is spread all over the country. Wherever there is a rebellion, the troops stationed in the area can arrive at the scene immediately. The rogue bandits will be wiped out before they have a large scale.

The biggest problem with the previous rebellion was that the news was transmitted to Luoyang, and then troops were sent there. The originally three to five thousand bandits may have engulfed seventy to eighty thousand people. "Liu Tao sighed with emotion.

"Your Majesty has taken this into consideration?" Jian Yong was stunned when he heard it. When the railway was built, various parameters were not understood. Everyone didn't know whether this thing was useful, and many people even thought it was When it is a waste of iron, His Majesty has already thought about its usage?