Chapter 883 Shock! One kilometer of railway requires 120,000 kilograms of iron!
The cost of fodder for cattle and horses is definitely not as much as 400 kilograms of coal, but cattle and horses can't pull as much as a train! Not to mention a whole train, even a car is not as much.
Everyone rode on the small train and circled around the yard. Luo Chong brought his two children and Tang Yao to watch at the door, while Xiaodie and Zhan Ying entertained the wives who came with the county governors in the house.
Xiao Luocheng stood next to Luo Chong, watching the small train that suddenly whizzed past in front of him. He pulled Luo Chong's trouser legs, looked up at Luo Chong and said.
"Dad, what is that? I want to sit too!"
"If you want to sit, wait a while, wait for those uncles to come down and then you can sit." Luo Chong agreed directly. Such a model car should be for children to play, right?
It's just that this model is a little too hardcore.
Tang Yao, who was standing on the other side of Luo Chong, stared at the small train that passed by the door from time to time, and she suddenly asked Luo Chong.
"Luo Chong, can such a train be made very tall? Just like a ship model is made into a big ship?"
"Of course, but even if this train is enlarged to normal proportions, it will not be as tall as a ship. It is not tall, but it is very long!" Luo Chong explained.
"Then it should be very important, right?" Tang Yao continued to ask.
"Of course, as long as I am alive, I will extend the length of the railway as much as possible, and the number of trains. Sooner or later, the Han tribe will have it running all over the land. Even if I can't, my children will continue to do it." As Luo Chong said this, he rubbed the head of little Luo Cheng, who was still looking at the long railroad with curiosity.
"Then, if we use this train to reach our Tang tribe, how long will it take?" Tang Yao didn't know what she was thinking, and suddenly asked another question.
"Well," Luo Chong calculated in his mind, is it as long as the Beijing-Guangzhou line from Hanyang County to Tang tribe? Probably, after all, it takes 43 days to travel one way by sailing, so it may be longer than the Beijing-Guangzhou line? !
After a little thought, Luo Chong said, "If the whole line is connected, and the best train is built, it will take about two or three days? It can run from here to the Tang tribe."
"So fast?! Isn't it better than the flying fish boat that the man mentioned before?!" Tang Yao couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.
"Well, although we can't reach this level now, we will be able to reach this speed one day." Luo Chong said with certainty.
This is not Luo Chong dreaming. Although it is unlikely that the technology level of the Han tribe will reach the electric age in his lifetime, even if there is only a steam train, it can still run at the speed of a high-speed train.
For example, the most famous Wild Duck steam train once ran at a speed of 202 kilometers per hour with six carriages mounted. It was just a coal-fired steam train
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The small train passed the main hall door again, then slowly slowed down and stopped. The county magistrates got up and got off. They were still discussing the possibility of the actual use of this train. Just now, during the experience, everyone had heard Lin Fei introduce more information, such as steam engines, and how to build this railway. Now they have basically formed a concept of this novel vehicle in their heads.
"Dad, I want to sit in that, I want to sit in that!" Seeing a group of adults getting off the small train, Xiao Luocheng immediately shook Luo Chong's trouser legs and shouted.
"Okay, let you sit, Tang Yao, you take a few children to sit for a few laps. Xiaodie and Zhan Ying are both pregnant. I'll trouble you for the time being with these two children. I'll take those county magistrates to talk about something." Luo Chong first comforted his son, and then asked Tang Yao to look after the two of them. With the addition of a few children from the county magistrates' families, they could just make up a group of people.
Tang Yao agreed, and then called a few young maids from the backyard and asked them to sit on the train, each of them guarding a child, so that the little ones would not fall down.
While Tang Yao was looking for the maids, Luo Chong called Lin Fei over and told him.
"This model car is very good. I like this gift very much, so I will accept it without hesitation. You can take them for a few more laps later, and then stop the car on the grounds that the fuel is exhausted, and then come to my study to attend the meeting. I want to tell you something."
Lin Fei was stunned for a moment, and then nodded happily and agreed. Being able to have a meeting with the leader and so many county governors was obviously a manifestation of the leader's attention to him. Even if he didn't pay attention to him, it was okay to pay attention to the train.
When Lin Fei started the train again to take the maids and children around, Luo Chong said to the county governors around him, "Come with me to the study, I have something to tell you."
"Yes!" Everyone agreed in unison, then looked at each other, and followed Luo Chong to the study to discuss things.
Luo Chong's study is not small, and there is still room for 10 to 20 people. He asked everyone to sit around the long tea table, and then Luo Chong came over with a small blackboard that he usually used to teach two children, and hung it on the wall behind the main seat.
He first wrote the two words "train" and "railway" on the blackboard, and then sat down, looking at everyone and said, "I guess you already know what this is. You have just experienced it. If you have any ideas in your mind, you can say it. Everyone, speak freely and don't be restrained."
"Chief, I have a question to ask. I just heard from the governor of Xingang County that the first batch of this train will be equipped to mines in various places. When can it be really used? I think this thing is very good, and it burns coal. We happen to produce coal there. This consumption can be almost ignored for Dongxin County. If we equip this kind of vehicle at that time, our Dongxin County's coal production capacity will definitely increase by more than ten times." Jing Yan spoke first.
"That's right. With more coal, we can burn more coke. When our iron mines in Xingang County are equipped with this kind of train, the amount of iron ore mined will also increase sharply. At that time, all kinds of materials will be sufficient. In addition, our Xingang County steel mill has also undergone steam transformation, and the future steel production will be more than ten times." Dali also spoke up.
When the people around heard it, they all heard a signal from the two people's words. With the appearance of the train, the original mining industry will increase production, and the steel production will also increase. In this way, the Han tribe will have more iron than it can use up in the future. I am afraid that the price of iron will fall? !
However, the benefit of this is that the Han tribe will no longer have to worry about insufficient steel.
Luo Chong took in everyone's reactions, and then he said, "Let me answer the first question first. You have seen the performance of the model car just now. It fully meets the requirements of actual manufacturing. In fact, as long as the car can be enlarged several times, it can be put into use immediately.
So I think if it is finalized and mass-produced immediately, it can be put into use as early as the first half of next year.
And your analysis just now, if I guess correctly, you would think that after the increase in steel production, the price of iron will decrease, right? In fact, not the case, I think the price of steel will increase instead."
Seeing everyone's puzzled expressions, Luo Chong continued to explain, "First of all, we need more ships. The number of large transport ships can be relatively reduced, but the number of fishing boats will be increased in the next few years. We will vigorously develop marine fisheries in coastal areas and dig more wealth and treasures from the sea.
A sailboat, even if it is made of wood, requires a lot of steel. Even if it only uses nails, pulleys, anchors and other things, a boat consumes more than 100 tons of steel. Ten thousand catties of steel is easy.
The second is the platform scale that the Comprehensive Research Institute just brought out. That thing is also made of cast iron. If it is popularized, how much do you think it can consume?
There are also farm tools and various tools needed for daily life. The newly attached Qiongzhou Island must consume a lot, right?
Of course, these are actually small numbers and are not worth mentioning at all. The greater consumption is the train you just talked about.
Although the train has driven the production capacity of the mining industry and steel, doesn’t the train itself consume steel? Not to mention the front and carriages, what about the rails?
Moreover, the train is a convenient means of transportation and a land transport fleet. It is not only fast, but also can carry heavy loads. Whether it is passenger or freight, it is worth our vigorous development.
Think about it, if we want to promote more trains in the Han tribe and build longer railways, how much steel will this project consume?
Our steel production capacity has increased, but we will consume more, so there is no talk of lowering the price of iron. "
"The leader is right. The latest standard rails made by our research institute are 75cm mining rails, with a weight of 35kg per meter. The standard and wide gauge heavy-duty rails for both passenger and freight weigh 60kg per meter.
In other words, if we don't count the parts that fix the rails, such as spikes, spring clips and washers, and only count the weight of the rails themselves, we will consume 70,000kg of good steel for every kilometer of narrow-gauge railway, and 120,000kg of good steel for every kilometer of wide-gauge freight railway."
At this time, Lin Fei, who had just finished the operation of the courtyard railway, also rushed to the meeting. When he just entered the door, he heard the leader talking about steel consumption, so he immediately supplemented it, so that everyone had an intuitive concept of the cost of the railway.
As soon as Lin Fei finished speaking, several county governors present suddenly spit out their tea with a puff, and then coughed continuously.
My goodness, to build a kilometer of freight railway, the rails alone will require 120,000kg of good steel, not to mention other manpower consumption, as well as the construction of the foundation, if you want to cross a river. Do we need to repair a bridge to cross a hurdle?
Repairing a bridge is free?!
Are you sure the cost is serious?!
(End of this chapter)
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