Chapter 1060: The Han tribe loves to show off their wealth?
In Qi'an County, at the construction site of the county governor's office, a group of young and strong workers from the Baiwu tribe were pasting tiles on the roof. At this time, their team leader Tian Hong suddenly came over and called out to everyone in the yard.
"Hurry up, come on, fifty people. The Han tribe will deliver a truckload of iron ingots soon. Everyone, come with me to unload
the truck." "Okay, I'll go to the bathroom first."
"Iron ingots are coming? I remember that there is enough iron here. Is it for paving the road again?"
"Let's go, don't forget to press the tiles. We rely on this to keep out the rain."
Tian Hong called out, and the workers responded one after another. Soon, fifty people were gathered. Everyone followed Tian Hong, carrying bamboo tubes for drinking water, and walked towards the train station.
When they arrived at the platform of the train station, the train had not arrived yet, but You Fu was already waiting here.
"Fu, why are you still transporting iron ingots? Isn't there already a lot of iron here? Do you Han tribe still want to continue laying this railway?" Tian Hong came to You Fu's side and asked curiously. On this point, his idea was the same as those tribesmen.
"Haha, no, the road is paved with steel rails. Those steel rails are specially made and can only be used to pave the road. What we brought this time are scattered iron ingots, which are specially used to make various tools. When the people live here in the future, we can also sell them to make farm tools. In short, we just prepare a batch here first." You Fu explained with a smile.
"So that's the case. Then why are we waiting here? Is the train that delivered the goods today the kind you mentioned?" Tian Hong nodded and asked another question.
Earlier, when the railway was just laid, the people of the Baiwu tribe expressed their confusion. With so much good iron, even if the Han tribe was very rich, there was no need to waste it like this, right?
You Fu explained to them that this was a special road that could only be used by trains, but until the station in Qi'an County was built and the railway was laid, they did not see the train that You Fu mentioned.
Moreover, the people of the Baiwu tribe thought that the Han tribe was showing off their wealth too much. They had seen the four-wheeled carriages and ox carts of the Han tribe. Those wooden vehicles were exquisitely constructed and very sturdy. They could carry a lot of things and travel on dirt roads at a reasonable speed.
Since they already had such vehicles and they could travel on dirt roads, why did they have to lay railways? If this wasn't showing off, what was it?
And there was another point that made people confused. Look at the railway. There were two long and thin rails, and the width was just enough to put down a wheel. If you want the vehicle to travel on the rails, you must ensure that the wheels and rails fit together perfectly, otherwise they will slide off the rails if you are not careful.
What is the use of such an impractical and expensive railway? !
At this time, everyone stood by the railway, looking at the road in front of them, and couldn't help but complain in a low voice, saying that although the Han tribe had advanced technology, their lifestyle was too extravagant and wasteful. If the Baiwu tribe had so much good iron, how would they use it?
However, when they spoke, they used the Baiwu dialect, and their voices were low, so You Fu had no idea what they were talking about.
Just as they were still complaining, a train whistle suddenly sounded from a distance. Although it sounded a long way away, it was very loud. You Fu immediately shouted, "The train is coming. Everyone stand on the platform. Don't get off. Don't panic!"
Everyone also heard the whistle that sounded like the roar of a wild beast, as well as a rumbling sound coming from the air in the distance and the rails in front of them, as if some huge monster was approaching here.
"What's that sound? Didn't they say a train was coming? How come this train is still screaming, and the sound is so loud?" Tian Hong said in surprise, standing on tiptoe and looking outside the station.
"Didn't they say that the train was very big? Maybe it was pulled by some big monster, just like the cows and horses pulling wooden carts. The bigger the monster, the louder the sound." One person couldn't help but speculate beside him. The analysis made some sense, and everyone around nodded in agreement.
However, after waiting for another minute, there was still no sign of the train, so Tian Hong became a little anxious, "Fu, why hasn't the train come yet?"
"Wait a little longer, it's coming soon. The whistle you heard just now should be the train entering the deceleration zone. Every time a train enters the station, it must brake and slow down in advance, otherwise it is easy to rush over. Oh, look, the train is coming, let everyone be careful not to get off the platform, let's wait until the train stops completely before approaching." As
You Fu was talking, a rumbling sound came from the end of the railway in the distance, and along with the sound, there was also a slanting white smoke, which was obviously emitted by the steam engine at the front of the train.
It was at this time that everyone's attention was finally attracted by the train. At first, they saw a black and red giant that was constantly emitting white smoke. It was obvious that there was no livestock pulling the front of the train, but the thing was still running steadily along the two thin steel rails, gradually approaching the platform of the station.
When the train gradually entered the platform and slowly stopped in front of everyone, everyone had already opened their mouths in surprise, looking stunned, and their jaws almost dropped to the ground.
The reason was nothing else, it was because they were shocked by the size of the train.
The standard length of the narrow-gauge railway carriage of the Han tribe is twelve meters. Compared with the length of a four-wheeled carriage, just one carriage can catch up with three or four four-wheeled carriages, and this huge "cart" was actually connected together one by one, and twenty carriages were brought over at a time. What is the concept? Doesn't it mean that the carrying capacity of this train at a time can catch up with nearly a hundred four-wheeled carriages?
However, this is not the case. Because the train carriages are concentrated in length and the carriage walls are high, when it comes to full-scale transportation, twenty carriages can wait for at least three hundred four-wheeled carriages, and this is the minimum! "Oh my God, this, is this a train? It
's so big and long!" The train that stopped at the station blew the whistle again, one to remind people that the train has arrived, and the other to release the excess steam in the steam drum. Everyone was shocked by the whistle and reacted instantly. It turned out that the sound they heard just now was not the cry of an animal, but the sound of the huge iron guy in front of them. "This, is this a train? It's so long, it must be hundreds of meters long? It's like an iron snake!" The people of the White House tribe couldn't help but sigh in surprise. However, just when they were shocked by the exaggerated size of the train in front of them, suddenly a loud and long whistle came from the direction of the train again, and it sounded like it was not a single sound. Tian Hong was immediately shocked. "What's going on? Are there going to be several more trains like this coming together? Are there many trains in the Han tribe? What exactly do we have to send here?" (End of this chapter)
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