Chapter 576 The first test of the locomotive was successful
Chapter 576 The first locomotive test was successful
At the Zhengdian Palace in Chang'an, Li Er has not yet received the latest information from the Northwest.
At this moment, he was staring at a little girl.
"Didn't you go to Guanzhou last year?
Why do you want to run there again?
Do you think any other princess is like you? If you don't stay in the palace well, you always want to run out all day long?"
Si'er pouted her lips: "Si'er misses sister Changle and brother Su Chen!"
"Brother Su Chen's train has been built, and Si'er wants to take the train!"
Li Er glared at her: "Who told you that it's finished? It's just a locomotive and it's the first time to test it. It can't seat people!"
Si'er curled her lips: "I can definitely sit on it. Brother Su Chen made a small bucket for Si'er last time. This time I asked him to make a big one."
"Dad, please let the prince brother go, and the third brother, and the eighth brother are all in Guanzhou, why don't you let Si'er go?"
Li Er has a headache. His daughter is getting older and is disobedient!
"When your grandma comes back, you can ask your grandma if she will let you go!"
Li Er had no choice but to push the trouble to Queen Changsun.
Queen Changsun went to visit Princess Xiangcheng today.
Since Xiao Yu was demoted, the Xiao family has been very cold to Princess Xiangcheng.
Especially after the Battle of Wuhuhai, everyone in the Xiao family was basically unwilling to talk to her.
The prince-in-law Xiao Rui, whom he hadn't seen for many days, suddenly came back yesterday and said that he wanted to be sent out to be a local official, and asked Xiangcheng to go and intercede with Li Er.
Even though Xiangcheng was reluctant, he still went to see Li Er.
As a result, Li Er refused without mercy, leaving no room for negotiation!
Princess Xiangcheng ran back crying!
Empress Changsun complained that Li Ertai hurt her daughter's heart and went to comfort her today.
Li Er himself still felt aggrieved: Xiao Rui wanted to go to Yuhang where he wanted to be an official.
He discussed it with Su Chen, and Su Chen said that place could be used as the future capital of the East.
Li Er would definitely not leave such an important place to someone he didn't trust, not even his own son-in-law!
Moreover, Li Er also suspected that Xiao Yu had heard some rumors and was plotting his future as the eastern capital.
In fact, Xiao Rui wants to go to Yuhang, just to provide some convenience for his family and to secretly transfer people overseas!
The next day, Si'er got her wish and set off for Guanzhou with Prince Li Chengqian.
Empress Changsun was troubled by Princess Xiangcheng's affairs, so she was too lazy to ask her for more mushrooms, so she waved her hand and told her to go wherever she wanted!
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The last time Su Chen chased bandits in Kuazhou, he rushed into the Yanzhou governor's house and found out the father of the bandit leader. Then the Yanzhou governor was exiled to Lingnan by Li Er!
After the last incident, no one dares to make any small moves against Guanzhou anymore!
Su Chen ushered in a peaceful period of scientific research and manufacturing time,
After a period of busy work, Su Chen and his craftsmen finally made substantial progress and built a test locomotive.
The primitive and crude steam engine locomotive is slowly climbing out of the workshop for the first time!
There were many people who came to watch, including officials from the Governor's Mansion and the Governor's Mansion, as well as people from nearby areas. The group was thrown by Li Er to watch the second generation of the state.
Everyone was amazed when they saw the giant thing made of steel slowly crawling on the railway track while emitting black smoke!
After all, it was rare for people in the Tang Dynasty to even see such a large lump of iron, let alone one that was still smoking and could run away on its own!
Dizhisun's eyes widened and he asked his colleague: "How much does this thing weigh?"
"I heard there are hundreds of tons!"
"Hundreds of tons?
Let me do the math, one meal weighs two thousand catties..."
Finally, Dizhisun sighed: "There are so many irons!"
A child next to him stared and said, "Dad, shouldn't you be wondering how such a heavy thing can run on its own?"
Chang Le and Sun Rong were also in the crowd. Chang Le was surprised. After feeling proud, he sighed: "Why is it even uglier than the one in the village?"
Lotus Sun also said: "It's indeed ugly! And it's even more smoky than the one in the village. Well, it's getting smokeier and louder!"
Changle nodded and said: "The speed is getting faster and faster. The bigger the smoke, the faster this thing runs, just like the one in the village!"
Su Chen was riding next to him on horseback, shouting loudly as he ran: "Keep adding coal, turn the stove to the highest heat, and see how fast you can run!"
The two craftsmen on the front of the car immediately swung their shovels and shoveled coal into the stove.
Originally, Su Chen was planning to get on the car and test it himself, but unfortunately, he was strongly persuaded by a group of subordinates.
Everyone felt that the first experiment was very dangerous, and they refused to let Su Chen get on the bus.
Xu Jingzong directly threatened that if Su Chen did not listen to the advice, he would go and see Princess Changle.
In the end, Su Chen had no choice but to ride a horse and follow the locomotive like a fool.
After running for a while, the horse couldn't bear it anymore and had to watch helplessly as a line of black smoke flew away from him.
"It's so fast! The horses really can't run!"
Su Chen glared at Xu Jingzong who was following him: If the train can't even run a horse, then it's useless!
It's just a locomotive with no carriages to hang on, and of course there are no carriages to hang on now.
Su Chen estimated that the speed of an empty locomotive was almost over 100 just now.
Other officials also stared dumbfounded at the black smoke disappearing in the distance.
"too fast!"
"I heard from Duke Hu that this thing can travel thousands of miles in a day. I can't help but wonder!"
Liu Mo sighed: "You can run so fast without getting tired. You have to keep running day and night..."
Liu Mo couldn't even imagine how much this thing would help Datang in the future.
Ma Zhou said with a smile: "Then there must be a railway in advance for him to run!"
Liu Mo stroked his beard and smiled: "As long as they see the benefits, His Majesty and the Manchu ministers will try to build the railway."
Ma Zhou smiled and said nothing. This railway is indeed a good thing, but the cost...
Ma Zhou is now with Su Chen, helping to manage the construction of the railway and the development of trains.
Every time he looked at the expenses in his account book, Ma Zhou would feel a little frightened.
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Su Chen changed horses and continued to move forward.
"I hope that boy Wang Tie doesn't forget to brake in advance!"
The locomotive has already disappeared!
When Su Chen led several officials and a group of craftsmen to catch up with the locomotive, the locomotive had already stopped at the station.
The first test will only cover a hundred miles, and the railway has only been built for about two hundred miles.
It seems that the control is pretty good and it didn’t go over the line!
"How about it?
Are there any problems along the way?"
Wang Tie jumped down from the control room and said happily: "Master, there is no problem!"
"It's just that the railway is too short. You have to brake as soon as you start running..."
Su Chen waved his hand: "In the next two days, all parts will be carefully inspected."
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is already on his way to Guanzhou,"
"When His Highness arrives, let's drive this locomotive back!"
Seeing that the first test was successful, Su Chen sent someone to deliver a letter to Li Chengqian.
Let him come directly to the station to avoid running back and forth.
After receiving the letter, Zhang Sun Wuji, who was in the same car, said with emotion: "I really let this kid do it!"
Li Chengqian asked in confusion: "Why is uncle so emotional?"
Si'er said nonchalantly from the side: "My uncle must not believe that Brother Su Chen can build a train!"
