Daqin: At the beginning, the father-in-law was invited to rebel, but the father-in-law turned out to

Chapter 187

"This is a steam locomotive. It can pull tens of thousands of catties of goods and travel thousands of miles a day, day and night!"

Song Yuan was as concise as ever.

Anyway, the specific principle, the father-in-law can not understand.

Brother Zheng was overjoyed when he heard Song Yuan's words.

When Li Si said it before, he still didn't believe it, but now that Song Yuan has said it, it is absolutely true.

Brother Zheng looked at the big guy in front of him, and he didn't expect much. How does this thing pull the goods?

He said, "Can you try it? Let me see?"

Song Yuan nodded and said: "Of course it is possible, but we have to do the last debugging first!"

Brother Zheng didn't understand either, so he waved his hands and said, "Okay, follow your procedure, and I'll just watch from the side!"

Song Yuan nodded slightly, and then said: "Debugging begins!"

For a moment, everyone held their breath and concentrated.

Brother Zheng, Li Si, and Zhang Liang were even more nervous. They didn't understand the giant steel beast in front of them, and they were afraid that they wouldn't understand it at all after debugging.

At this time, standing on the high platform

Rumble!

Just when Brother Zheng was nervous, the giant steel beast in front of him suddenly let out a roar.

Brother Zheng jumped straight away. He fixed his eyes and found that the giant steel beast in front of him was shaking violently!

Moreover, there were bursts of white smoke from the long tube at the top.

Seeing this, Brother Zheng's pupils shrank rapidly. He seemed to have thought of something, and his whole body tensed up.

He exclaimed: "Song Yuan! Stop now! It's about to explode!"

As soon as this remark came out, Li Si was also shocked. He had seen the experiment of the detonator. At that time, it was the smoke that exploded first.

The appearance of the giant steel beast in front of him was the prelude to an explosion.

He also shouted: "Your Majesty! Run!"

Hearing this, Brother Zheng pulled Song Yuan and was about to run back, but found that he couldn't pull him no matter what.

He immediately reprimanded: "Don't leave! I'm going to be blown to death later!"

"Father-in-law, calm down, why did it explode? This debugging was very successful, okay?"

Song Yuan said helplessly while holding his forehead.

Brother Zheng froze for a moment, looked at Song Yuan and said, "You're not mistaken? This is obviously about to explode!"

But when he finished speaking, he found that the craftsmen around him looked at him with contempt.

He had no choice but to ask: "What's going on, why is your steam engine making such a scary sound?"

Hearing this, Song Yuan had no choice but to explain: "This is how a steam engine works. The coal is put into the furnace to burn, and the water in the boiler is quickly heated and turned into steam. The drive rod moves, and the wheels turn."

Brother Zheng suddenly realized.

Although he didn't understand the specific principle, he understood one thing, that is why the giant steel beast in front of him made such a noise.

The white smoke is the smoke of burning coal, and the loud noise is the wheels of the steam locomotive turning.

In fact, Brother Zheng also saw the wheels turning on the giant steel beast in front of him.

"So that's how it is, it's wonderful!"

Brother Zheng had a look of emotion.

Li Si was hesitant to speak, and Song Yuan's invention was completely incomprehensible. Could it be science?It seems to be countless times stronger than Confucianism!

Zhang Liang was the most direct, and asked if he didn't understand: "Mr. Song, is this the power of science you mentioned?"

Song Yuan nodded slightly and said, "How powerful is it?"

"Great!"

Zhang Liang said with a thumbs up.

Song Yuan smiled, and did not chatter with the three people in front of him.

He turned around and looked at the craftsmen and said, "Have you completed the record of this commissioning?"

The crowd nodded.

Song Yuan said again: "Okay! Stop the boiler first, Song Ban, you lead people to start the preparations for opening to traffic, and today we will complete the operation of Daqin's first steam locomotive!"

Song Ban in the crowd immediately shouted: "Yes! The task must be completed!"

They have been waiting for this moment for a long time, and they can't wait!

As long as it succeeds, this will definitely be recorded in the annals of history, and it will even be a rich and colorful article!

Song Yuan also had some expectations.

In fact, the steam engine was made 20 days ago. Song Yuan started to develop the production of the steam locomotive while the iron was hot. However, because there were no blueprints, Song Yuan could only rely on the knowledge in the "Encyclopedia Basics" and already had some vague memories of his previous life. , leading the craftsmen to explore.

The hard work pays off, and today I finally debugged successfully, only the last kick in the door!

Brother Zheng was very puzzled as he watched the craftsmen take away the steam locomotive and some iron carriages in the workshop.

He asked curiously: "Song Yuan, what are you going to do here? The wheels can turn, and there is still a trial run? Are you trying to see if you can pull the goods?"

Song Yuan shook his head and said, "Of course not. A steam locomotive is different from an ordinary horse-drawn carriage. It must run on the rails. If it cannot travel on the rails, everything will be in vain!"

Brother Zheng suddenly realized when he heard the words.

He said a little excitedly: "¨"You mean the thing around the outside is the railroad tracks?"

Song Yuan nodded slightly and said, "That's right!"

Brother Zheng laughed, finally he knew something!Although it was a guess, it did not prevent him from being happy.

At this time, the craftsmen had already shipped all the things out, and Song Yuan said, "Let's go, go out and watch the final trial operation!"

Brother Zheng nodded immediately, and the four of them walked out of the factory together.

Because there are original Song Jiajun among the craftsmen, the installation of steam locomotives is very easy in front of these brave and strong men.

In two or three strokes, the steam locomotive was installed, and the trial freight car was also installed behind the locomotive. The craftsman was currently moving stones into the car.

Zhang Liang asked curiously: "Song Jun, why did you install the stone?"

Before Song Yuan could say anything, Brother Zheng said, "Ying (Wang Qianzhao) should be testing the carrying capacity, right?"

Song Yuan nodded and said, "Father-in-law is right!"

Brother Zheng laughed again, guessing right again!

Li Si always remembered that the purpose of coming this time was to solve the transportation problem of Daqin. He asked, "How much cargo can this steam locomotive transport?"

Song Yuan reckoned, this steam locomotive was developed by him after all, and it must not be comparable to those monsters of World War II.

The pulling capacity of those monsters starts at least three to four thousand tons, and my own estimate is about one thousand tons.

Song Yuan raised two fingers.

Seeing this, Brother Zheng tentatively asked, "Twenty thousand catties?"

Song Yuan shook his head, and said contemptuously, "Father-in-law, you have to be bolder!"

Brother Zheng has a displeased expression on his face, I am Zulong, isn't that grand enough?

He immediately said, "20 catties?"

"You're still not brave enough!"

Song Yuan shook his head and said, "200 million catties!".

Chapter 188

200 catties?

When Song Yuan said this number, Brother Zheng was completely dumbfounded.

The capacity of the Daqin pack horse to pull goods, plus the weight of the carriage itself is only about a thousand catties.

But what about the steam locomotive in front of us?

It can pull 200 ​​million catties!

What is this concept?

A steam locomotive is equivalent to 2000 horses!

Moreover, a horse can move a thousand kilograms of goods, and it can travel about a hundred miles a day at most, while a steam locomotive can travel a thousand miles a day!

Calculated in this way, it is another ten times the gap!

In other words, the cargo-carrying capacity of a steam locomotive is equivalent to the cargo-carrying capacity of 2 pack horses operating in turn!

There are no more than [-] high-quality war horses in Daqin, and no more than [-] draft horses that can be used to pull goods.

Now a steam locomotive directly has nearly [-]% of the freight capacity of the entire Daqin!

"Is it really that strong? You didn't lie to me, did you?"

Brother Zheng said with a look of disbelief.

Song Yuan chuckled and said, "Of course I won't lie to you. I don't want to say too much. I have ten carriages here, and each carriage is filled with stones. Although there are not two million catties, there are more than one million catties!"

Brother Zheng was shocked again when he heard the words, this is simply unbelievable!

Li Si also muttered to himself: "Is this the power of science?"

Zhang Liang was speechless.

Song Yuan was not too surprised when he saw this.

The performance of the three of them was within his expectations.

After all, even in the previous life, when the monster steam locomotive appeared, people at that time had been exposed to the power of science, but they were still very shocked.

Song Yuan said: "Okay! Having said so much, we still have to look at this traffic opening experiment. If the experiment fails, everything will be empty talk!"

Brother Zheng and the three returned to their senses slightly, looking at the steam locomotive that had been installed on the rails, with mixed feelings in their hearts.

On the one hand, I hope that the steam locomotive will succeed, so that the transportation problem of Daqin will be completely solved.

On the other hand, I feel like I can't succeed. After all, according to Song Yuan's description, this is already a terrifying monster at the level of a divine beast!

Song Yuan didn't know what the three brothers were thinking, so he stepped forward to communicate with Song Ban.

"Teacher, everything is ready!"

Song Ban said excitedly.

Song Yuan nodded and said: "Okay! The next test will be handed over to you, Daqin's first conductor, are you ready?"

Song Ban nodded immediately, and then shouted: "Add coal! Burn the boiler!"

The craftsmen began to add coal excitedly.

"woooooooo~"

The high-pitched sound of the chimney sounded, and this giant steel beast came to life completely!

Standing on the train, Song Yuan looked at the three Zheng brothers who were in a daze, and with a thought, told Song Ban not to start the train for the time being, and he walked up to the three of them.

"Father-in-law, why don't you give it a try! This is the first steam locomotive in the world!"

Song Yuan encouraged him.

Brother Zheng's eyes moved.

Li Si looked at the rumbling steel monster, and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, why don't we wait until the test is successful? It's a bit too dangerous now!"