Chapter 1116: The Experiment of Civilization Progress
A new restricted area has recently been encircled in the southern suburbs of Hengfu City. Only designated people and those with special passes can enter and exit.
On this day, the Ding family's carriage entered the new restricted area.
"Sister Xingzhu, Your Excellency Huang Wan, can you do it today?" Long Yan hugged Jingjing and walked out of the carriage.
Riding in the same car with her were Ruan Xingzhu and Huang Wan.
"It will definitely work!" Huang Wan's face was filled with confidence.
"Senior Sister Huang has found the problem. If we specifically target that problem, we will be able to solve it." Ruan Xingzhu is also confident.
Why is she here?
After making the football, her wish was not fulfilled. Ding Kui finally thought of a place where she could be used, so he sent her back to Hengfu City.
The new restricted area is where the research, production and installation of rails are carried out, and the development of "rail cars" is also carried out here.
Since Ding Kui did not know how to make a steam engine and could not make a locomotive, he decided to use other power sources. Trains could not appear in this world and could only run other vehicles on the rails, so they called them rail cars and the new restricted area was named
Orbital Bureau.
There is a section of paved railway in the Railway Bureau, which is 200 meters long. There are two carriages on it, one is a tractor head and the other is a flat carriage, where items can be stacked at will.
The rail car that Ruan Xingzhu participated in the development was of course powered by wind. Ding Kui fully learned from the principles of sailing in the water and suggested that the rail bureau use sails.
The requirements for using horse-drawn railways were too high. Dozens of horses running required too much space, took up too much space, and were difficult to control. This plan was abandoned by Ding Kui.
Yesterday, craftsmen installed a huge sail on the front of the tractor. Unfortunately, Ruan Xingzhu blew the mast off when he used strong winds. After Huang Wan inspected it, he ordered the craftsmen to build a pure iron mast overnight and tied the canvas with the toughest ropes.
On the mast.
Today is the day to test the new mast.
Huang Wan can integrate the mast with the tractor head, so she has absolute confidence in the success of the test.
"Will the wind turn the front of the car over?" Ruan Xingzhu looked at the tall sail with new worries.
"No, dear magician, only by placing heavy objects in the back compartment can the rollover pull of the sail be offset, just like a sailboat in the river will not capsize." A craftsman replied.
"Let's begin, Junior Sister Ruan." Huang Wan put away her magic wand.
The new mast has been installed and the wind-powered railcar is waiting to be started.
Creating strong wind within a certain range is easier than casting the wind blade technique. Ruan Xingzhu can do it with just a raise of his hand.
"It's moving!" Long Yan shouted in surprise.
The two rail cars slid forward driven by the wind, and the speed became faster and faster.
Oh ho!
Everyone in the test site cheered!
This is a moment that can go down in history!
The world's first wind-powered rail car drove smoothly on the test track, but those present did not realize how much it would promote human civilization.
After the rail car walked for a while, Ruan Xingzhu put away the strong wind, but it still moved forward under the inertia.
At this time, a craftsman on the front of the car pulled the brake handle. After a squeaking noise, the rail car gradually stopped.
"Hahaha, it's done, it's done!" Huang Wan clapped her hands and jumped.
"Your Excellency Ruan Xingzhu, does this consume a lot of magic power?" Liu Yu asked.
He and Qian Bu were both present. The rail car was Ding Kui's key development project, and they were bound to participate in such a test.
"It requires a lot of wind to start at the beginning, but it can be reduced a lot after running, and the magic power consumption is much less than I expected." Ruan Xingzhu was also very excited.
The rail car was built by Huang Wan, but its use depends on her. She is the key point of this project.
"The main purpose of the rail car is to transport goods. In the future, there will be more than one carriage, and the goods loaded in the carriage will be much heavier than today. Your Excellency, Ruan Xingzhu, must consider the consumption of magic power in the future." Qian Bu reminded.
"Brother Kui told me that I can design a wind array for the rail car, and use the energy of the magic core to convert it into wind. The magician who uses the array only needs to control it well, and his own magic power does not need to be consumed too much.
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"Junior sister is right. As for the future consumption and how long one magic core can be used, we will only know after testing it." Huang Wan added.
"Suppose we have to pull five carriages full of goods from Hengfu City to Juyang City. Can one first-level magic core be used once?" Liu Yu was most concerned about the cost issue.
"Of course, the first-level magic core can use the wind blade technique hundreds of times, and strong wind is much simpler than the wind blade. Rough calculation, a first-level magic core can drive the rail car for nearly a thousand kilometers. Well, without going against the wind.
." Ruan Xingzhu knew that Liu Yu didn't understand magic, so he didn't laugh at his question.
When the natural wind direction is opposite to the forward direction of the rail car, instead of providing assistance, the sail will provide resistance. This is a flaw of the wind-powered rail car.
In Liu Yu's understanding, wind blades can fly at least two hundred meters, and one hundred wind blades is equivalent to twenty kilometers. Low-level magicians can generally cast three hundred wind blades, which is equivalent to sixty kilometers.
, so we came to the conclusion that a magic core can be used once.
He didn't know that strong winds were much weaker than wind blades, so wind blades couldn't be used to calculate the railcar's journey.
"That's great!" Qianbu immediately saw the advantages of rail cars.
After all, he had managed the Huaxia Cart and Horse Company and knew the cost and profit of cargo transportation. One level 1 magic core is enough to carry five fully loaded trucks back and forth between Juyang City and Hengfu City. The cost is definitely less than that of an ox cart or a horse carriage.
It will also save a lot of manpower.
"Can you satisfy your husband's request?" Long Yan couldn't understand their conversation.
Ruan Xingzhu and Huang Wan looked at each other, nodded and said: "It basically meets Brother Kui's expectations, but he suggested that we do more experiments and don't rush to a conclusion."
"My husband is right, let's continue the experiment." Long Yan was particularly interested in this new thing.
A craftsman pulled the rail car back to the starting point and carefully inspected the mast and sails. Another porter carried bags of grain onto the carriage to increase the load of the rail car.
"Mr. Qian, the Rail Bureau's test site is too small to meet future tests. I suggest laying a section of railway track from Hengfu City to Juyang City, at least through one town, so that we can get more useful data." Liu Yu
Discuss with Qian Bu in a low voice.
"Young Master has set the orbital bureau's confidentiality level as Category 2. We are not too worried about others stealing this technology. How about we move the orbital bureau to Giant Sheep City."
Rail cars are civilian technology, and Ding Kui has no intention of hiding it. He doesn't mind others stealing it. Even if other countries want to build railways, he will support it.
"Well, this place is suitable for technology research and development, but not for production and manufacturing. We can build a vehicle manufacturing plant in Juyang City and put the production of rails and carriages there, so that neither is delayed." Liu Yu had a more reasonable idea.