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Chapter 473

    "Don''t be nervous, you guys. This time, I''m just taking a fellow junior to see the Dragon cart. Please forgive me for the many interruptions." Ye Zan said to the crowd with a smile.


    "I dare not. It''s our honor to walk with the two mages. Please come in quickly." the businessmen looked quite frightened and quickly let Ye Zan and Li Haoran sit inside.


    When ye Zan and Li Haoran sat down, several businessmen stood on both sides, bowed and waited for ye Zan''s orders. This small world is somewhat different from the Shenhua realm, because the Tao palace is the actual ruler of the small world, and almost all practitioners are people of the Tao palace. Therefore, secular mortals are in great awe of any monk and dare not be slightest slighter.


    Ye Zan shook his head, waved his hand to several businessmen and said, "you don''t have to be so formal. Sit down at will. I happen to have something to ask you."


    "Master, please don''t hesitate to tell me. I''ll stand and serve the two masters." several businessmen said one after another.


    "You don''t have to wait on me. Just sit down and answer me a few questions, or I won''t bother anymore." Ye Zan had to accentuate his tone.


    Hearing Ye Zan''s words, the businessmen who were afraid of provoking Ye Zan''s anger sat down with their buttocks touching the chair, but they all faced Ye Zan and waited for ye Zan''s orders at any time.


    Seeing several people like this, ye Zan also knew that this situation could not be changed in a few words, so he could only turn a blind eye. He asked one of the businessmen, "how do you think it is different from before to transport goods in this dragon cart?"


    The businessman asked, like a spring under his ass, stood up at once, half bowed and said: "Master Hui, this... Dragon cart is really much more convenient than before. In the past, we needed to hire a large number of carriages to transport goods to a distance. The cost is too much to say, and the road is still slow. Some goods with short shelf life, such as these fruits in the south, can''t be transported to the north for sale. But now, it used to take a few months, but now this dragon cart is few The fruit is as fresh as just picked, not to mention popular with northerners. "


    You know, this carriage transportation does not simply lag behind in speed. The key is to detour when encountering mountains and rivers. Rail transportation is to open a way in the mountains and build a bridge in the water. Basically, as long as there is a straight line between stations, they will not choose to detour. Therefore, in terms of transportation speed, it will be so much faster than the traditional horse fleet.


    "Yes, in the past, when we hired a team, we had to be manipulated by the team. Sometimes when the weather changes, it''s just to increase the price. If anything happens, we have to pay a lot of money. The loss of goods is common." another businessman also said.


    The caravans employed by businessmen are often organizations such as horse gangs and cart gangs. At the beginning, these organizations are only a way for people at the bottom to keep warm, and they can also be more equal in negotiations with employers. However, with the development and growth of these organizations, they gradually begin to taste bad, and some even become gangs.


    Such as temporary fare increases, claims for compensation in case of accidents, and some small goods stolen and sold, etc. It''s not very rare to encounter cruel people who collude with mountain bandits, or deduct the goods themselves, or even kill people and steal goods directly.


    Now it''s changed to rail transportation. Naturally, there are no such things. This is the industry of Yuqing road palace. Who dares to make an idea after eating the bear heart and leopard courage?


    "Yes, Daogong built this rail dragon car, so that we can transport the worthless specialties in the south to the north for sale across tens of thousands of miles, making the trade between the north and the South extremely convenient. It''s a great merit!" another businessman said with great emotion.


    This is another advantage of transportation upgrading, which is to greatly increase the types of goods circulating between the north and the south. Those things called local specialties often mean a large output, but no one will buy them at all. They can only rot there or feed domestic animals. Now, those things that can''t be sold can be transported further by rail transportation Fang, where there is no such thing at all, there is naturally a broad market.


    Li Haoran listened to Ye Zan''s conversation with businessmen, which further increased his understanding of this rail transportation. He knew that this thing not only has a large cargo volume, but also has a very fast speed. It will take a few days for a few months, so the transportation of military supplies and disaster relief materials will become faster than before. Especially the transportation of disaster relief materials, think about the disaster On the day of the disaster, the emperor could get the news through thousands of miles, and then send relief materials to the disaster area in a few days, which was something he couldn''t even think of before.


    More importantly, it seems that it is just a transportation problem, but it can drive the development of many aspects, and it is not only businessmen who benefit, but also ordinary people. For example, those special products that could only rot can now bring people an income. It is called "knowing etiquette through storage, and knowing honor and disgrace through adequate food and clothing" , as long as the common people can fill their stomachs, no one will be willing to rebel.


    At this time, a female voice sounded in the carriage and said, "dear guests, the train will leave soon. Please sit in your seats and don''t walk around at will for the time being."


    "Oh, I''m so ashamed that we should be called so." several businessmen said uneasily. If ye Zan and Li Haoran were absent, they might still enjoy the title of "respected guest", but now no one dare show a trace of pride.


    Ye Zan laughed in his heart. Unexpectedly, a prompt he found casually made these people have so many ideas. Obviously, these people are not used to it. The so-called "respect what" is just an ordinary honorific. In the world of science and technology, there are such honorifics in many places, and using honorifics does not mean that you are really taken seriously.


    With three prompts, the train finally started slowly.


    When the train started to leave the station, the speed of the train was not very fast, which made Li Haoran strange and disappointed. However, when the train got out of the station, the speed gradually increased. Looking at the continuously retrogressive scenery outside the window, Li Haoran''s mouth opened wider and wider.


    "Haoran, what do you think of the speed?" Ye Zan smiled at Li Haoran.


    Li Haoran just regained his consciousness and found his gaffe. He quickly wiped his mouth, turned his head and said to Ye Zan, "shishuzu, my disciple just gaffed. Please forgive me."


    Ye Zan frowned and pretended to be angry and said, "OK, don''t forgive me. Let you see this, not for you to say this."


    "Yes, I thought that even if the Dragon cart was faster than the carriage, I''m afraid its speed was limited. But I didn''t expect that the Dragon could have such an amazing speed with so many goods on board. It''s not enough to describe a thousand miles a day. What''s more, the disciples were surprised that the speed was so fast that the car didn''t appear bumpy and stable that they couldn''t even spill tea." Li Haoran endured the excitement in his heart and said all his surprises.


    The businessmen nearby did not dare to make fun of Li Haoran''s words, but echoed and said, "what the mage said is right. What surprises us most is that the car is stable. Even if we have sat in the most comfortable carriage, it is difficult to catch up with the dragon car."


    Compared with transport capacity and speed, although this comfort is small, it is also the most magical place in the eyes of people. This small world, including the Shenhua domain outside, usually uses carriages, and there are not very good shock absorption measures. In addition, the road is often not very smooth, so riding in a carriage is actually very painful. No matter how thick the cushion is, it can''t avoid the pain of bumps.


    "Well, dragon car is just a random name. Strictly speaking, it should be called a rail train. I have a document here. Take it and ask me if you have any questions." Ye Zan said, took out a thick document and handed it directly to Li Haoran.


    Ye Zan is slacking off again. Just like the previous thousand mile voice transmission, he directly printed such information as the construction of the rail train system and the composition and operation of the transportation company. In this way, he doesn''t have to spend his saliva to introduce more information and directly let others read the information first. There''s really something he can''t understand. He''s explaining it in detail.


    As the "CEO" of Datang communication, Li Haoran has participated in many things of Datang communication from establishment to operation, so it is not difficult to understand this information. From the construction of the rail train system, he also saw that although the rail train is good, the construction is indeed much more difficult than thousands of miles.


    The difficulty is mainly due to the large amount of work. After all, the track should be laid. The track can not be placed anywhere, but on a solid subgrade. The construction requirements of this subgrade are more stringent than the best official road, and the quantities are very huge.


    In this small world, yezan can also directly release a large number of construction machinery to lay all tracks without taking into account. However, in Shenhua domain, he can''t be so reckless. Therefore, the basic project still needs the participation of Datang state. At the base station where ye Zan transmits voice thousands of miles, he already has a considerable understanding of the whole Shenhua domain, including the terrain of the Tang kingdom. Therefore, the preliminary survey and other work are exempted, which has saved a lot of things.


    To be honest, for the Tang country with extremely backward productivity, just all the basic projects of rail trains are equivalent to the construction of the great wall or the excavation of the Grand Canal in ancient China in the earth age. Therefore, ye Zan also thought of a way to reduce the quantities in the charge of Datang state as much as possible by adopting the way of rail base integration and segmented assembly.


    In fact, ye Zan''s method is like playing with small train blocks, producing the track and road base as a whole, and then assembling them section by section in the Datang state. In other words, the Datang state does not need to build a road foundation, but only needs to tamp and level the ground under the road foundation. In fact, it is equivalent to building an official road.


    Of course, even so, the amount of work is still huge. Let alone rail transit all over the country. Even if only a few trunk lines are built, I''m afraid it will take several years.


    Looking at the information, Li Haoran couldn''t help but rejoice that he had sat on the rail train and knew the benefits of the rail train. Otherwise, it''s really difficult to make up his mind to do this just by looking at the cost of construction. After all, for a country, such a huge investment, if you really don''t know what the result is, it is like a big bet, and losing the bet is not far from defeat.


    However, now that Li Haoran has seen the results and what benefits this rail train will bring to Datang, it is not a big gamble, but just a steady investment.


    "I know that it''s still a big deal for you to reduce the project quantity. However, you don''t have to worry too much. Zongmen will also give you some help in engineering matters." Ye Zan said nearby.


    "How dare you bother the sect! Don''t worry, martial uncle. I''ll convince my father about it." Li Haoran quickly said to Ye Zan.


    "Well, I think your father is also a Mingjun who wants to make a difference. Otherwise, he wouldn''t have promised to spread the voice for thousands of miles. It should be no problem." Ye Zan nodded.


    However, what ye Zan and Li Haoran said about letting yuqingzong help in the project is not an empty statement. In fact, this rail transit is not only related to the people''s livelihood of Datang, but also related to his merit acquisition. If rail transit can be completed and put into operation one day earlier, it can be promoted in Shenhua domain one day earlier, and it can also get merit one day earlier.


    Therefore, ye Zan plans to take Cheng Liangqi and other people with experience in rail transit construction out of the small world of Xiangong to help Datang do this together. You know, for those practitioners, many things are still much simpler than ordinary people. For example, tamping and leveling the ground, Cheng Liangqi and other ancestors of Yuanying directly smashed down the Panlong gold seal, which is much simpler than what ordinary people do at a time. For example, opening tunnels and erecting bridges are difficult and dangerous for ordinary people, but the cultivator may complete a few spells.


    In fact, the monastic civilization in this world is really not inferior to the civilization of science and technology. However, practitioners rarely apply what they have learned to the needs of secular mortals, which makes the productivity of secular mortals so backward. If in the world of science and technology, those scientists are like monks, any scientific and technological invention is only for themselves, not for ordinary people. I''m afraid there will be no difference between the world of science and technology and this world.
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