Chapter 881 Trains are land boats
Lin Fei led people to lay rails in the courtyard of Luo Chong's house. Luo Chong and a group of county governors stood at the door of the main hall to watch. Everyone had heard that the leader had asked the power research institute to make something, but only a few people knew what they were doing.
Even the steam engine was not popular, so others could not understand what a train was.
Steam engines are currently only used in a few places, such as the small ammunition workshop in Hanyang City, the shipyard in Liuyang County, the mint on the island in the center of the lake, the steel mill in Xingang County, and the steel rolling mill that is in trial operation, but these places are not accessible to ordinary people. The front one is a confidential unit, so you can't go there even if you want to. The steel mill in the back is dirty, hot and messy. Who would go there for no reason?
Therefore, the power research institute is still a mysterious department in the eyes of the public, and the first comprehensive research institute, at least they have produced a lot of practical equipment, and everyone basically knows what the comprehensive research institute does.
Today, Lin Fei brought a group of researchers and craftsmen to demonstrate their experience, so that others would know that they were not eating for free.
Sections of semi-finished rails were carried in, and there were also some scattered rails and sleepers to lay the corners.
Model rail trains basically do not need to consider the bearing capacity of the foundation. After all, it is just a model. Besides, Luo Chong's yard has been rammed, so there is no problem with such a pocket train.
They quickly laid a U-shaped curve of more than 20 meters in the front yard, which is almost the maximum length that can be obtained after avoiding obstacles.
Lin Fei quickly ran over and asked, "Chief, can we pave it in the backyard? Also, I plan to dig a section of the path in front of the hall to lay the track. I can keep the track level with the ground, so people won't trip over it. Do you think it's okay? Otherwise, there's no way to close it. If we can close the track into a circle, it doesn't matter if it's a little short. We can let it run in circles. Do you think it's okay?"
"No problem, you can do it yourself. The backyard is fine. I'll have someone take you there. Try to lay it as long as possible." Luo Chong nodded and agreed immediately.
"Okay, I'll make arrangements." Lin Fei also seemed very excited. This was the first time they showed their faces in front of the chief and a group of county governors with real objects.
This guy quickly took people to the backyard, and then there was a clanging sound, which was the sound of reinstalling sleepers to fix the rails when laying the curve.
After Lin Fei arranged the paving route in the backyard, he directed the craftsmen to start dismantling the brick and stone pavement at the entrance of the main hall in the front yard, and then embedded two steel rails as thick as small water pipes into the brick joints, and filled the remaining gaps with stones, so that it would not affect walking, and at the same time it could allow trains to pass.
Looking at the group of craftsmen busy in the yard, the county governors around Luo Chong began to whisper to each other.
"What on earth is this thing? Put two iron rods on the ground and circle them around, and there are so many pieces of wood underneath. What is it for?" Yun Zhi said incomprehensibly.
"It looks like a child's toy. Such a small thing, even if it is really useful, how useful can it be?" Yang Yan also expressed his opinion, but he said that he had no interest in this thing. It looked like something a child would play with. If the leader hadn't been standing here watching, he would have wanted to find a place to rest.
"Toy? Oh, this toy is a good thing. You'd better look at it carefully. When the leader asks you to build this thing in your own county, don't say you can't." Dali couldn't help but complain.
Everyone frowned when they heard this. It's just such a thing, and every county has to build it? ! Is it really something very important? !
Jing Yan, who usually doesn't talk much, moved quietly to Dali's side. He asked in a low voice, "Brother Li, do you know the use of this thing? Explain it to us?"
Jing Yan is usually very honest, but he is also very powerful among these county governors. Naturally, others dare not underestimate him. In addition, although his Dongxin County is strong, he has always been very low-key in his dealings with others, so he has created the impression that he is very honest. In general, he has a good relationship with people.
Dali saw that it was him, and smiled and reminded, "It turned out to be Jing County Governor of Dongxin County. Then you have to pay attention. They may not be able to use this thing for the time being, but if this thing is made, the first batch of equipment will definitely be the mines in your and my counties."
"Oh? Is this for mining?" Jing Yan immediately became interested.
The other county governors around him also pricked up their ears.
"No, this thing is a vehicle that can only run along a specific track. Do you see those two long rails? That's the road for this kind of vehicle. There's another vehicle in the box over there!" Dali explained to everyone on the side. He didn't deliberately lower his voice to prevent others from hearing. Anyway, they would see it in a while. Even if he didn't say it, the leader would still explain this thing to everyone.
"This, can only run on cast iron roads? Isn't the cost too high? Brother Li, what are the advantages of this car?" Jing Yan continued to ask humbly.
"Advantages? There are many. This car doesn't need to be pushed by people or pulled by livestock. It runs no slower than a horse and pulls more than a cow. Do you think this thing is good?" Dali boasted without hesitation.
"It doesn't need to be pushed by people or pulled by livestock. It runs faster than a horse and pulls more than a cow. Isn't it a land boat?" She Xin, the county governor of Liuyang County, was the first to sigh.
Liuyang County has a very developed shipping industry, so in She Xin's eyes, if a boat does not need to be pushed by people or pulled by animals, runs fast, and can carry a lot of weight, then what else can it be but a sailboat? If there is such a thing on land, wouldn't it be a land boat?
There seems to be nothing wrong with this analogy?
Bang!
Dali suddenly clapped his hands and praised, "The analogy of the Liuyang County Magistrate is wonderful, wonderful, that's right, didn't brother Yang Yan say just now that this little thing looks like a child's toy? In fact, it is not. You should have seen the sand table, right? It is a miniature version of the geographical map of mountains and rivers. If you haven't seen this, you must know the ship model. Brother She just showed it.
Let's take the ship model as an example. Doesn't that thing look like a child's toy? But after the ship model is enlarged thousands of times, it can float in the water and carry thousands of people and countless goods.
This railway in front of us is like this. There should be a model of a steam locomotive on it. That thing is like a ship model, and there is also this road. Just imagine, if this road is expanded to one or two meters wide, and a cart thousands of times larger is built. If you put it on top, can't it also be used to transport people and materials?
This car model is like a ship model, and this railway, well, is like a river. Your ship can only travel in the river and cannot go ashore. The same is true for this railway. The steam locomotive on it can only travel along the rails and cannot run on ordinary roads. Do you understand what I mean? "
Everyone heard it in a confused way, but they also knew the importance of this thing from Dali's mouth, because Dali compared it to a ship. As we all know, the importance of ships to the Han tribe is self-evident. If the Han tribe did not have ships, it would definitely not have the achievements and scale it has today. If this thing in front of them is a ship on land as Dali introduced, then the role and influence of this thing should never be underestimated.
While everyone was discussing the railway, Lin Fei had already led people to lay the track almost. After all, it was not very long in the yard, and it was all semi-finished products, so it was simple to make.
After arranging the finishing work, Lin Fei returned to the front yard and asked the accompanying researcher to open the wooden box containing the head of the car. The two worked together and finally lifted the head of the car out. Although the head of the car is not big, it is only one foot wide, less than half a meter high, and less than one meter long, but it weighs more than 100 kilograms.
Just as Lin Fei introduced, this is a real thing, made of iron from head to toe!
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