Back to Datang Jianzuo City

Chapter 557 Train, train!
In the compartment where Li Er and the others were, all the ministers were lying on the windows and watching the scenery drift by as if they had never seen the world.

As for Li Er's female relatives, they were in another carriage, and ministers below the third rank were also arranged in the rear carriage.

Li Er was also lying in front of the window, listening to Ding Yi talking about the effects of trains beside him.

"Your Majesty, now this train can support up to ten carriages, so that it can be picked up at such a speed. You see, Eunuch Chen has already been left behind!" Ding Yi pointed to Chen Hong who was riding a horse outside the window, and introduced.

"Now each car with seats can carry 100 people, and those without seats can carry about 150 people. This train has twelve cars, locomotive, coal loading car, and ten cars. The track length to Xincheng is 45 miles. , just a little more than four sticks of incense. If it is to transport goods, there will be more! It will also be replaced with the corresponding carriage."

Li Er looked at it for a while and felt a little visual fatigue, so he turned around and came back to sit down.

"My love, how do you feel about this train?"

As soon as these words came out, this group of third-rank ministers immediately started talking, and each of them kept talking.

And quoted the data given by Ding Yi just now, and analyzed some data.

"Ding Yi, does the train need to stop?" Changsun Wuji asked.

"Well, let the king of Yue answer you!" Ding threw the question to Li Tai.

Li Tai glanced at Ding Yi happily, and said unhurriedly: "As long as this train has enough fresh water and coal, it can run forever. However, due to the problem of loading capacity, it needs to replenish fresh water and coal when it arrives at a certain station." Coal. It will only stay for two incense sticks at most, and there will be no delay at all!"

"If Luoyang and Chang'an are connected, according to the speed of the train, you can run nearly a hundred miles in an hour, and you can reach Luoyang in less than a day!"

"Huh!"

This group of third-rank officials was shocked, Luoyang and Chang'an can be so close!
It can be reached in one day!You can also transport a carload of soldiers!

There are 1000 people in one trip. If you send a few more trips, the troop transport speed will be faster! ! !

"If it's transporting grain, this carriage can hold [-] catties!" Li Tai threw another bomb out.

This really frightened this group of third-rank members!
Think about it, if all the territory of the Tang Dynasty is really connected with railway tracks, even northern Xinjiang or Lingnan will arrive within three or four days!

In this way, Datang's territory can be said to be completely in the hands of the Datang Dynasty, and it is stronger than before!

"His Royal Highness, how difficult is it to lay the rails?" Fang Xuanling asked immediately, because he had already discovered the problem, the train had to rely on the rails, or it was impossible to run at all.

The road between Chang'an and Xincheng is very flat, but we have to go to other places, especially Jiannan Road.

"It is indeed difficult. The place where the railway track is laid must ensure that the ground is hard and there must be no too big curves. There must also be no too steep slopes, so that it is impossible for the train to run on it. So this is still somewhat difficult!" Li Tai Said with some headaches.

"However... it's not that there is no solution, Ding Yi is already thinking of a solution!"

Having said that, the officials turned their heads to look at Ding Yi again, staring at Ding Yi until he was hairy all over. The eyes of these old fellows seemed to want to eat people!
"Ahem!" Ding Yi coughed twice, and then said: "Everyone, don't think about things that are so far away. Now there is no connection between Chang'an and Luoyang. Thinking about those is a bit too far-fetched, but I can guarantee that it will not happen." How long will it take for the research institute to produce a new type of machine for digging mountains and quarrying rocks! In this way, the production speed of various minerals can also be increased. With the current steel production of Datang, it is simply not enough to lay railroad tracks all over the place."

"So, you still need to discuss a few routes first. We can't spread the track in every state and county like a concrete road! We only need to build stations in several important states and counties of each road to connect the routes. On the concrete road, the entire Tang Dynasty can be completely connected!"

Hearing Ding Yi's words, everyone also calmed down. They just saw the effect of this train, and they couldn't grasp their emotions in the moment of excitement!

"Hmph! This train is not owned by the imperial court. It seems that you Ding Yi and some people opened it for profit, right? Now that you say such things, where do you put the imperial court? Where do you put your majesty?" Ding As soon as the voice fell, a discordant voice appeared.

Who doesn't know that Ding Yi paid for this train, so you need to bring it up?
The imperial court simply didn't have the spare money to do these mindless things for Ding Yi. Before seeing the real thing, who would believe that there would be such a powerful thing!

"Hehehehe, I have considered this point too!" Ding Yi glanced at Lu Benwei disdainfully, then turned to Li Er and said, "I will set up a railway company, and the funds invested by the original participants will be counted." Part of it will be made, and [-]% will be given away, which will be funded by the imperial court. In this way, the railway company can be said to be completely under the control of the imperial court. But..."

After hearing this, Li Er was also overjoyed.Originally, he was worried that the private control of the railway would be a problem, but he was too embarrassed to ask, and he couldn't force it.

Now that Ding Yi said such a method, the other party gave him face.

"But what? But it doesn't matter!"

"Your Majesty, this railway company should be affiliated to the Ministry of Communications. If the imperial court contributes funds, it can control the leadership, but the original funding parties are also part of it, and necessary supervision is still required! After all, this railway company has been preparing for it since the beginning. Since the research, everyone has invested a lot of effort and money. If it is handed over to a group of people... like this, many people will be disappointed!"

Ding Yi's words could not be said to be cruel, telling the emperor that others would be disappointed!You don't even think about who the emperor is!What identity!
But Li Er was obviously entangled. Ding Yi's words meant clearly that he was unwilling to let some people participate in it. He didn't trust some officials of the imperial court and their ability to manage the railway company well. Don't trust their self-control either!

Once this railway is opened, it will definitely be a good channel for making money. If it is used by some officials... Hehe~
"His Majesty……"

"Okay, I promise you!"

Two voices sounded at the same time, one was Lu Benwei's voice, and the other was Li Er's!
Everyone did not expect that Li Er would agree so simply, this is not like their emperor!
Li Er knew in his heart that if he didn't follow Ding Yi's thoughts, this guy might get in the way and make the railway go bankrupt!

Promising to him now doesn't mean it's a bad thing, this guy just can't understand the behavior of some people in the court!
…………

(End of this chapter)