"Mr. Changsun, the fleet has been stationed in a strange place for a long time. I am worried that some unnecessary trouble will occur." Li Bao slowly expressed his concerns.

"General Li doesn't have to worry." Changsun Sheng smiled slightly and said, "In just four or five months, we just need to be careful and be prepared to evacuate at any time, and not be afraid of any conspiracy among these people."

"Well, Mr. Changsun is saying." Li Bao thought of the past of the man in front of him, and with a mouth that could convince most of the people, the fleet received a lot of help on the way north.

Changsun Sheng thought for a while and said, "If an accident occurs, the fleet can go south for a distance. During this period, we will conduct detailed investigations in this sea area. General Li, what do you think of this?"

"Good solution!" Li Bao heard Changsun Sheng's suggestion and immediately raised his head and decided: "Just use this method, the fleet can explore the surrounding waters and dock and replenish supplies every once in a while!"

"But in this way, the soldiers worked very hard." Changsun Sheng was a little worried about whether the soldiers of the fleet could persist in getting the early summer next year.

When Li Bao heard this, he said disrespectfully: "Mr. Changsun, don't worry. The fleet does not have to investigate every day. It's completely possible to dodge and repair for a few days in a while."

"That's true." Changsun Sheng nodded and bowed to Li Bao: "It's all annoying General Li."

Li Bao quickly clasped his fists and replied, "What did Mr. Changsun say? I want to thank Mr. for giving advice to someone along the way, and he is tired of me."

Changsun Sheng was not only a diplomatic translator in the fleet, but sometimes he also made some suggestions for Li Bao, serving as half of the military advisor and staff officer.

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If the Xia Navy did not develop much because of the lack of demand, then the demand for road traffic is very large.

"Your Majesty! The railway from Industrial Town to the north of Tianqi City has been paved and can be opened to traffic at any time." Xun Yu brought Zhang Yu from the Industrial Bureau and Shen Kuo from the Institute of Science and Technology to meet Yang Song and reported to Yang Song about the construction of the trial railway stage.

Yang Song put down the documents in his hand, looked up at Xun Yu and asked, "I know, how is the train built?"

With Xun Yu's eyes reminded, Zhang Yu bowed and reported: "Your way! Six locomotives have been built, with 32 freight cars and 12 passenger cars."

Half a year ago, in the early summer of the tenth year of the Apocalypse, the Academy of Sciences and the Bureau of Industry and Technology jointly established the train design drawings to verify all the technologies and tried to build a small section of railway and a locomotive.

After the test run verified the actual object and made some details, Xia Guo can finally build a steam train using steam engine technology, which can be regarded as a preliminary entry into the steam power transportation era.

Yang Song asked Shen Kuo: "Very good, I'll give Gu a brief introduction to the specific data of the train."

"Yes, lord." Shen Kuo bowed and said, "The six trains built for passenger transport are two for passenger transport, and four for freight transport."

"Whether it is a passenger or freight train, each train has eight cars, including the power head and coal-water truck, a total of ten cars." Shen Kuo then introduced the general idea of ​​the train to Yang Song.

"The speed of the test train reached more than 60 kilometers per hour. At this speed, it took only an hour to get from Industrial Town to Apocalypse City."

[Name: Steam powered train.

Specifications: Gauge: 1500 mm, cabin width: 4200 mm, cabin length: 25000 mm.

Design speed: 70 km/h.]

After listening to Shen Kuo’s description of the train, Yang Song couldn’t wait to stand up and said, “Go and go and see the train.”

After seeing the train docked in the newly built train station outside the north city of Tianqi City, Yang Song felt a sense of sacredness of witnessing history with his own eyes.

Yang Song took some ministers who had arrived inquired and boarded the train and asked Xun Yu: "Isn't it only takes more than ten hours to get from Shanhaiguan to Tianqi City?"

"Woo~!" A long whistle sounded. Yang Song did not indicate the destination, because there is only one destination now - Industrial Town.

When Xun Yu heard this, he knew Yang Song’s thoughts. He sensed the slowly started train and replied: “Go back to you, yes, the construction of a 700-kilometer railway cannot be completed overnight.”

Yang Song knew Xun Yu's obscure reminder and knew the other party's worries.

It is only about 30 kilometers from Industrial Town to Tianqi City. This section of the road has been built for nearly half a year. Although there is no experience in initial construction and the need to build and verify the technology, such a long distance requires a lot of investment and time.

"Gu knows what Wenruo is worried about." Yang Song waved his hand at Xun Yu and said, "After the trial operation from Industrial Town to Tianqi City meets the standards, the railway from Tianqi City to Tianqi City to Tianqi Pass must be built, which is related to the country's strategy and must be built."

"I obey the order." Xun Yu bowed to accept the order, stood up and thought for a while, "Your Majesty! The distance of 700 kilometers is included, including the early exploration and selection of roads, the mid-term construction, and the subsequent passage, according to my estimate, it will take at least ten years!"

"Ten years?" Yang Song asked with a stern face: "Even if it is built according to the existing passage, it will take ten years?"

"Return to the Lord, yes!" This question was answered by the professional Zhang Yu: "Building a one-kilometer double-line railway requires 1,200 tons of steel. For this alone, 700 kilometers of steel requires the current production of the country for 84 consecutive years!"

"A 700-kilometer railway requires 840,000 tons of steel. Therefore, after calculating the development speed of the country's steel production, I believe that only by annual steel production reaching more than one million tons can this section of railway be built in just a few years."

"June, the railway from Industrial Town to Tianqi City has consumed nearly 40,000 tons of steel, and has consumed the country's steel storage for many years." Xun Yu seemed to be not enough, and he stabbed Yang Song in the heart.

Eighty-four years? Eighty-four thousand tons of steel? One million tons? A series of huge numbers made Yang Song dizzy.

I think he was complacent and thought that Xia State had entered the industrial age and that the indigenous people who surpassed this world for many years, but it took ten years to build a railway in China.

Moreover, Yang Song also knew that there were many aspects that Xun Yu and others did not say. He was the monarch of Xia and was in charge of everything, so he knew that steel production must reach the annual output of one million tons as Zhang Yu said.

Steel requires iron ore, iron ore requires iron ore, and iron ore requires manpower to dig, and the manpower required for such a huge amount of ore output is very huge.

Not to mention the smelting plants, manufacturing plants, coal mines and other factories, the manpower required by mines is not a small number.

Increased population also requires food. If food increases, it is necessary to increase the population and planting area. Moreover, with more people, supporting facilities such as food, clothing, housing and transportation will also increase...

This is a cycle, and each link cannot be achieved overnight, and one of them cannot be missing. There are many things in this world that cannot be bought even if you have money, so everything depends on the development of Xia Kingdom itself!

Thinking of this, Yang Song suddenly had a headache. Even the scenery outside the car had no time to watch. He held his forehead and said weakly: "Let's plan for ten years!"
Chapter completed!