Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

When he got on the rostrum, everyone's eyes were focused on him. Li Ke tapped the microphone in front of him. This train station was the first place to supply power besides the Everbright City of Tang Dynasty.

It is mainly used for lighting in the workshop and other places where it is overhauled. In fact, the ability of Datang to generate electricity is now lighting.Other applications do not yet have a complete industry.So it is not popular, and sometimes it is good to be slower.

"Everyone, I ask you to come here today to let everyone witness a brand new way of travel, a main mode of transportation in the Tang Dynasty in the future. It will bring earth-shaking changes to the Tang Dynasty, and it will also bring earth-shaking changes to all life. The change."

"I don't like long-winded words, and this brand-new way of travel is the road that has been built for two years—the railway!"

As soon as the word railway came out, everyone was stunned, railway?Couldn't it be a road made of steel... This... A road made of iron plates instead of bluestone slabs immediately appeared in their minds.

This is too extravagant, right?

However, before the thoughts in their minds settled, Li Ke continued directly: "Let's proceed to the next item. You will understand after reading it. Next, please prepare for the train test. Let's start."

Following Li Ke's voice, the staff who had already been on the side of the railway track not far ahead immediately rang the bell of "Dang" and "Dang". The sound of things accompanied him through elementary school.

The bell was transmitted quickly, and soon a melodious sound came from a distance, the sound was extremely loud.

"Woo..." The ear-piercing sound was a bit like a horn, but this sound was much louder than the sound of the horn, just when everyone was wondering what it was.

Rhythmic sounds of "Boom" and "Boom" began to come from a distance. These sounds were a bit like the sound of gold and iron, but everyone hadn't seen anything specific yet.

Until... a black and red-painted behemoth jumped out from behind a house on their right, and the sound of "boom" and "boom" was instantly stunned by that huge volume.

It is driving towards them at a steadily increasing speed, and the maintenance workshop is not too far away from here, so when it drives to the platform, its speed is only increased to a speed of more than ten kilometers per hour, to be honest , that is, the speed of a person jogging.

But behind this huge black steel creation, there are more than a dozen long carriages behind it!How much do these carriages weigh? !More importantly, its speed seems to be constantly accelerating.

When it was far away from the spread, the speed has gradually begun to increase, until it completely disappeared within everyone's sight.

It wasn't until it completely disappeared that everyone suddenly came back to their senses, and a crisp and pleasant voice rang in the ears of many people, "Steel giant dragon, steel giant dragon, third brother, this is a steel giant Dragon?"

Jin Yang's voice suddenly awakened everyone. Now, the fairy tale His Highness just told is actually true?oh.That is not a fairy tale, it was obviously just made up by His Highness.

"Li Ke, what is this?" Li Shimin didn't even suppress his shock, he tried to calm his emotions, looked at Li Ke and asked.

This thing...is amazing!

"This is called a train, and the road it forms is called a railway. It is a kind of train that is driven by a steam locomotive to drive the carriages forward. Currently, this train can dispatch 25 carriages at a time, with a total of two locomotives." The length of each compartment is [-] meters." Li Ke said with a smile.

The biggest improvement of the steam locomotive developed by Li Ke compared with the early steam locomotives in history is to solve the problem of its running forward and backward, so that the problem of locomotive turning can be solved proudly. .

"At present, it can transport more than 2000 people at a time, or 800 tons of various materials at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour, that is to say, it can move forward at 100 miles per hour. Currently, for safety, our regulation is to move forward for 10 hours a day. That is to say, it can advance a thousand miles in one day!"

"But in fact, with the advancement of our technology, it can advance 24 hours a day without stages, at least two thousand miles a day."

"This speed means that from Chang'an to the Yili River Valley, which is currently the westernmost side of Datang, if the railway is completed, this speed will be shortened to three days!"

"The distance of more than 6000 miles can be reached in three days! That is to say, in theory, as long as the railway is repaired, all the territories of the Tang Dynasty can be reached within seven to ten days starting from Chang'an, and it will not exceed ten days at most! "

"This is an economical mode of operation. If an extreme mode of operation is adopted, it is possible to shorten this time to half."

"Do you know what this means? This means that even if the army departs from Chang'an and arrives at any location in Datang, theoretically tens of thousands of troops can arrive within a few days, including food, grass and other equipment. "

"This is the train!"

Li Ke's words made everyone breathe heavily. Li Shimin and the court officials suddenly understood why Li Yan said that next year, even if the Tang Dynasty's treasury revenue was 4000 million yuan, they might owe money.

Because once this road is successfully operated, it means that Datang will inevitably build a large number of railways. Even if some mountains and rivers cannot be crossed, building railways in sections will be an inevitable choice.

But at this moment, Li Yinan and other nobles from the prairie suddenly felt a little lucky in their hearts. , The situation in the grasslands and the Central Plains completely changed.

It was too late to say anything at that time.

Now, although the pattern of the grassland and the Central Plains will also change permanently, at least no one will be injured here. Similarly, even if there is a disaster in the grassland in the future, I am afraid that it will not be able to escape the control of Datang.

Because the railway was built, Datang had the capital to garrison troops on the grasslands and build cities. As for the nomads who would leave, they were not afraid of Datang catching up.

Indeed, but does Datang need to chase after him?

They only need to control the grassland. If they can run away from the herdsmen, they can't run away from the grassland!Even if you don't come back, Datang doesn't really need people like you, they just need this land.

Is this the charm of industry?Those craftsmen... can even make such a machine that can be called a fetish!Is what His Highness just said... an iron bird that can fly to the sky... is it true?

Complete the eighth month without asking for leave in May, without asking for leave, and without interruption.