Chapter 931 An eight-hour drive?!

On the eighth day of the fourth month of the first year of Da Ming, the newly built simple railway station in Xingang County was as lively as a festival. The governors of the eight counties of Hanyang were all here, You Fu, who was temporarily at home, was also here, and Tang Yao, who was preparing to return to his hometown, also arrived with Luo Chong.

There was also Lin Fei from the Xingang County Power Research Institute, and a group of researchers, who were the protagonists today.

The First Comprehensive Research Institute on Huxin Island and the shipyard in Liuyang County also sent representatives to participate in this test run ceremony and subsequent tests.

A big red flower was hung in front of the locomotive, and the body of the train was painted shiny, just like a groom about to get married. The scene was grand, and there were several photographers holding cameras, constantly taking pictures of everyone.

Luo Chong was the busiest among them. He first had to take a group photo with the eight county governors on the side of the locomotive, and then take a group photo with the Power Research Institute, the workers and researchers responsible for the research and development of the train. These were all heroes of the Han tribe, and each of their names was qualified to be recorded in the history books. Of course, these photos were no exception and would also be recorded in the history books.

Then, some other guests took group photos, such as You Fu, the representative of the Liuyang County Shipyard, the representative of the Comprehensive Research Institute, Luo Chong, and Tang Yao, the envoy of the Tang tribe, and everyone stood together for a group photo again.

This was only the first step. When the train started, there would be a few more shots in the carriage .

After the first round of photos, Luo Chong stood on the wooden platform of the station and gave an impromptu speech.

"My fellow Han tribesmen, I am very happy today. The steam engine and steam locomotive that our tribe has been researching since the autumn of the year before last finally have some achievements today. That is the Endeavour steam locomotive behind me and the 176-kilometer-long Xinwei Line North Line."

The audience applauded enthusiastically. The eight county governors had experienced the model car during the New Year's Day, so they naturally knew what kind of changes this car and this line would bring to the Han tribe after they were built.

People from other research institutes and shipyards knew more about these machines and understood their power better than the county governors.

"This Endeavour steam locomotive has now completed preliminary experiments. It has also made great contributions to the construction of railways before, and has demonstrated its practical value. Therefore, we are holding a transportation experiment here today.

" The content of the experiment is that this train will carry eight carriages of steel bars, two carriages of construction machinery, six carriages of cement, three passenger cars, and one dining car, a total of twenty cars. It will depart from Xingang County Station and arrive at Weishan County Wharf Station via the Xinwei Line North Line. The train will not stop during the journey. The whole journey is 176 kilometers and is expected to be completed in about four hours.

"I will use a mechanical clock manufactured by a factory to measure time and test whether the speed of this train can meet the standard.

"Okay, now those who want to follow can start boarding the train. "

After Luo Chong finished speaking, he was the first to board the second-to-last carriage at the end, which was the carriage in front of the restaurant. Several photographers also quickly took pictures of the moment when Luo Chong boarded the train.

Tang Yao followed closely behind, and the others waited for Luo Chong and Tang Yao to get on, and then they all filed in. However, because there were three passenger carriages today, even if there were more people, it didn't feel crowded at all.

Moreover, this trial run did not have any special arrangements for leadership inspections. It was still the same as usual.

Several county governors, You Fu, Lin Fei, Wen Nong, Ao Fei and others followed Luo Chong to a carriage. As soon as they got on, they found that the carriage was cleaner than their faces. It was just a long empty room. It looked like a truck carriage for loading goods. There was nothing in it. Could it be that this car was so down-to-earth? Do we all have to sit on the ground? If so, it can indeed carry a lot of people, but it must be a bit inconvenient!

Seeing everyone staring at each other, even Tang Yao beside him didn't know where to sit, Luo Chong smiled and introduced.

"Everyone sit down. The long wooden boards on both sides of the wall of this carriage are chairs. When you use it, put it down like this, and you can use it to sit." Luo Chong took the lead in finding a position in the middle of the carriage, then put down the bench on the wall, and pulled Tang Yao to sit on it.

When everyone saw the leader's demonstration, they also praised in amazement.

"This design is interesting. The chair is hidden in the wall. If the chief hadn't reminded me, I wouldn't have noticed that it was a chair." Jiandun, the governor of Muye County, said with emotion.

"Hehe, in fact, this is the idea that our chief came up with. Because the population of our Han tribe is not very mobile, there are very few times when the train can catch up with passengers. In order to prevent the passenger carriage from being idle, the chief came up with this idea and made a passenger and cargo carriage.

As you can see just now, when the chair is not in use, it is folded up and hidden in the wall. The carriage immediately becomes an empty freight carriage. When it is needed for passenger transportation, the chair is put down. In this way, these carriages can be used to the greatest extent and will not be idle and wasted." Hearing someone praising the carriage design, Lin Fei, who was also in this carriage, immediately introduced more detailed information about this passenger and cargo carriage.

"Wow! It turns out that this was also designed by the chief. The chief's wild imagination is indeed beyond our reach." Jiandun said with conviction.

Wen Nong and Ao Fei, who were in the same carriage, also agreed. They had countless things in their research institute, and Luo Chong's shadow was more or less behind them. Every time they developed something new, they showed it to Luo Chong. Luo Chong seemed to be a prophet, and he could comment on it clearly. He could even make suggestions for improvement just by looking at it. Moreover, as long as they did what the leader said, they would gain something. This was what they admired the most.

After everyone found a seat, the approach commander on the platform blew the whistle, waved a small flag, and issued an order to the driver who was also a part-time train conductor to allow him to leave the station.

The next moment, a series of whistle sounds suddenly came from the front of the train, breaking the quiet and peaceful morning.

Whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-whoosh-

the driver opened the valve of the steam pipe, and steam rushed into the cylinder, pushing the piston and connecting rod to work, and the train finally moved slowly.

Luo Chong also looked at the mechanical clock hanging at one end of the carriage. It was eight o'clock in the morning. If nothing unexpected happened, this train would take eight hours to reach its destination?!

I'll add another chapter later

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