In mid-autumn, an article titled "The Lingqi Locomotive is about to be put into trial operation" quickly spread throughout the Yu Kingdom.
According to the article, Dr. Su Feng's team from the Academy has developed a mechanical vehicle driven by spiritual energy. It can drag cargo much heavier than the vehicle body and travel long distances at a speed comparable to that of a galloping horse.
And today is the day for the trial operation of the Lingqi locomotive.
To the west of Chang'an, Baqiao Station.
As an important transportation route into and out of Chang'an City, it is said to be a post station, similar to a market.
There are dense buildings scattered on both sides of the road that is ten carriages wide, including restaurants and shops for business travelers to stay and rest, as well as tile shops and teahouses for entertainment and entertainment. Of course, the most common ones are warehouses used to store and transfer goods.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, here is the chilled mash."
The fat shopkeeper of the restaurant carefully opened the door and walked into the wing room on the third floor, gently placing the wooden food box on the table.
The boys and girls chatting in the room are all gorgeously dressed and wearing gold, silver and jade ornaments. They are obviously either rich or noble.
Usually, the children of the Chang'an yamen who go out to play will bring escorts and followers, ranging from a few people to more than a dozen people.
Someone like this without an entourage is probably a disciple of the Academy.
"Sorry, shopkeeper."
Li Ang opened the lid of the food box, took out the porcelain bowl of fermented glutinous rice, and distributed it to his companions.,
Seeing that the restaurant owner was still standing there, he asked casually: "Is there anything else?"
The restaurant owner came to his senses and said, "Uh, it's okay. The weather is hot. Do you need an ice basin?"
The so-called ice basin is to place a large piece of ice in two nested copper basins to distribute cool air and lower the room temperature.
"Don't bother, we can just use this."
Li Ang shook his head, casually took out a cool breeze charm and put it on the table, and a cool breeze immediately blew in the room.
As expected, he is a disciple of the Academy.
The shopkeeper's heart was moved. The price of a basin of ice cubes was only two hundred guan, but the price of a cool wind talisman that could only be written by a high-level talisman master in the Listening to Rain Realm was as high as 200 guan.
For a moment of coolness, he threw two hundred characters without blinking an eye, and he even liked cold street drinks like iced mash.
The restaurant manager exited the room, gently closed the door, and smacked his lips a little worriedly.
I always feel that the appearance of this young gentleman is somewhat similar to the statue in the Temple of Medicine King. Could it be that he is really the one who is famous all over the world?
The shopkeeper slapped his forehead and quickly whispered to the restaurant clerk to go to the neighbor's house and borrow a portrait of Xiao Yaowangshen.
If the person in the wing is really Li Xiaolangjun, then you have to put away the bowl that contained the fermented glutinous rice today - something used by the little medicine king god, it can bless children and mothers.
"Hey, Risheng, you have become a holy monk now. Even the bowls are being grabbed by people."
Yang Yu joked: "If you have any worn-out pots, pans, pens, inks, papers and inkstones in your house from now on, don't throw them away. I'll bring someone to pick them up."
"Go, go, go."
Li Ang rolled his eyes.
Due to the advancement of people's hygiene concepts in recent years, coupled with the widespread use of new drugs such as penicillin, artemisinin, and allicin, the child mortality rate has dropped significantly, and more and more Yaowang temples have been built voluntarily by the people in various states.
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Li Ang himself hopes to build fewer temples, build more hospitals, and train more doctors.
"Coming."
He Fanshuang took a sip of glutinous rice and looked out the window.
Just listening to the sound of firecrackers and the roar of gongs and drums, a huge steel structure slowly came from the corner of the street.
It is two people tall and nearly three feet long. Its main body is a cylindrical boiler.
There is a chimney above the boiler, and behind it is a steam turbine that converts steam energy into mechanical energy. It is composed of complex components such as a steam chamber, a cylinder, and a piston. It is connected to six on the left and right sides below the vehicle, for a total of twelve driving wheels.
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The wheels are connected through connecting rods.
"Haotian is above,"
Li Wei took a breath and almost choked on the small ice cubes in the glutinous rice wine. "Is this a spiritual motorcycle? So big? How much steel does it use and how much does it cost?"
Steel? Steel is only a small part of the cost. The main body of the aura machine inside cost the academy 600,000 yuan.
Li Ang said silently in his heart.
Although he had been mentally prepared for a long time, when he saw the beast-like steel mechanical creation appearing in his sight, he still couldn't help but be excited.
"Everyone, be careful."
Ou Zhiyuan, a science teacher at the Academy who was following the Aura motorcycle, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and shouted to his companions.
The Lingqi motorcycle is too heavy and will easily sink into the rammed earth road. Even bluestone pavement and cement pavement cannot bear the load.
Therefore, more than a dozen telepathic masters from the academy could only work together to release telekinesis and carry it through the streets.
A large number of Chang'an citizens who came to watch the excitement followed behind.
Wuyangyang’s heads were also poked out of the windows on both sides of the market street.
Bang!
With a dull sound, the front part of the Lingqi locomotive was placed into the rails laid on the bank of Bashui.
"Get in the carriage!"
Ou Zhiyuan shouted, and the mentalists pushed the Lingqi locomotive forward a certain distance, and brought in six iron carriages equipped with wheels, which were connected two by two through couplers.
Several teams of laborers moved grain, oil, cloth, tea, wine and other goods out of the warehouse and transported them into the carriage. They even led out a few cows and horses, blindfolded them and led them into the carriage.
"Is this a load test?"
At the restaurant, Ji Linglang frowned slightly.
"Well, the spiritual energy locomotive costs a lot of money. If it can't be better than the horse-drawn carriage fleet, there is no point."
Li Ang said: "In addition to comparing the load with the horse-drawn carriage fleet, we also need to compare with the speed."
As he said, there are three carriages and three horses parked on the official road not far from the Lingqi locomotive - they will serve as a control group to compare with the Lingqi locomotive.
"Huh..."
After everything was prepared, Dr. Su Feng stood at the front of the car, slowly exhaled a breath, and slowly but firmly pulled the lever.
Buzz!
The divine evil cloud patterns on the surface of the spiritual energy machine reveal a bright stream of light.
Violent heat wave, generated in the boiler,
When the water is heated and vaporized, the expanded steam violently pushes the piston, passes through the connecting rod and rocker, and turns the locomotive wheels.
Bang! Bang!
Accompanied by regular sounds, the heavy car moves forward slowly.
When the onlookers saw this huge machine moving forward, they couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise.
But there was also a bit of ridicule in the exclamation - the carriage and horse that set off at the same time had already galloped wildly and rushed far in front of the locomotive.
Even on a certain high-rise building, many of the court ministers who came to watch the ceremony frowned - at such a slow speed, not to mention competing with horses, even mules can't compare.
However, the ridicule did not last long.
The roar of the locomotive became more and more rapid,
Billows of pale steam erupted from the chimney, and the front of the car was getting faster and faster, dragging the heavy carriages and rushing forward along the rails, directly overtaking all the carriages.
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