Infrastructure masters in the red building

When it comes to buying railway bonds, the people in Wuyuan County are much more active than the villagers in Taoyuanzhai.Four thousand registered bonds were subscribed within two hours, which gave Jia Fang a new understanding of the wealth level of the southern folks.

It should be noted that this was when Wuyuan County was ransacked by bandits the year before last and its vitality was seriously injured.It seems that Wu Yuan has recovered well in the past two years. The common people have saved some money, but they can only press the bottom of the box.

A five-two bond is not a big deal, and with Taoyuan Village as a guarantee, the people are willing to try it.

The popularity of this railway bond also exceeded the expectation of Yuan Hua, the county magistrate of Wuyuan County.He originally thought that he needed to come forward and help Jia Fang shout on the platform.

Unexpectedly, before he came forward, the registered bonds outside were said to be sold out.He didn't even take the part he promised his wife and concubine, causing him to be complained by his wife and concubine after he returned.However, Yuan Hua could only put on a straight face, talking about righteousness such as "not competing with the people for profit".

However, Yuan Hua also received praise from his boss, Jia Fang—the population registration work in Wuyuan County was done well, and the accuracy of population and household registration information in Wuyuan County was verified during the issuance of registered bonds.Jia Fang gave Yuan Hua full affirmation in this regard, which made the county lord secretly proud for a long time, thinking that he must be someone like Xiao He, who would be a famous official in the future if he got started in specific affairs.

Soon there were 3 registered bonds in the two places, and all the paid-in funds totaled [-] taels, all of which went to the safe of the financial office.

Another advantage of this bond issuance is that it increases the deposit amount in the safe of the financial office.After all, real money is paid out when buying bonds, and few people go there with a large stack of small denomination negotiable notes.This is especially true for the residents of Wuyuan County.

Now the safe in the financial office has also been upgraded. A small safe hole was found and a large safe integrated into the mountain wall was built.There are three turntable insurances on the door of the cabinet, and the passwords are known by Lao Tu and Lao Jin respectively. The insurance money in the cabinet can basically be foolproof.

Jia Fang also joked with the people in their financial office, saying that in the future, maybe this entire safety hole will be allocated to them as a treasury.

But jokes are jokes, Jia Fang also asked the funds behind this bond issuance to be transparent.He intends to publicize every expenditure on the construction of the "Taoyuan-Wuyuan" railway.Only in this way can the people who bought his bonds feel at ease, knowing that their money has not been spent indiscriminately.

Jia Fang planned a two-way track and isolation zone for the "Taoyuan-Wuyuan" railway under construction.

The two-way track avoids the trouble of changing tracks and can save a lot of time.The isolation belt is to prevent idlers from entering the orbit.After all, it will no longer be a horse-drawn carriage running on this track in the future. Even if the locomotive can brake, it will be much slower than the horse-drawn carriage.Idlers entering the track area are prone to accidents.

The workers in Taoyuanzhai gradually removed all the temporary wooden rails and replaced them with steel rails produced in Xiaoyuan Industrial Park.The rails are fixed to the sleepers by huge bolts, and these bolts are also the product of Xiaoyuan's latest lathe, with fine and even threads, and even the old blacksmith who has accumulated many years can't see how it is done.

It took about a month to lay the entire track.After the track was paved, the horse-drawn carriages originally used for transportation ran on the track for a while, and the goods and transportation between Taoyuan and Wuyuan immediately recovered by [-]% to [-]%.

But even more exciting is yet to come.

Produced by Xiaoyuan Industrial Park, a big guy was transported along the track.This big guy was about as long as two carriages, and had four pairs of wheels, two of which were driving wheels.At the front of the car body is a round and thick iron cylinder, with a chimney extending from the cylinder.At the back of the body is a hook, which can be used to hook up the carriage.

Those freight cars that used to be hung behind the carriage can now be hung behind this big guy.

When the "big guy" was pushed to the end of the "Taoyuan-Wuyuan" railway, all the villagers in Taoyuan village came out to watch.

But the inspection team was on the verge of a formidable enemy. Wang Erlang led people to guard Taoyuanzhai, while Zhao Wuguang went to Wuyuan.The team members disperse their inspections to ensure that no one will stray into the orbital area because of too much curiosity and interfere with the first test run of the "big guy".

According to the delivery instructions provided by Xiaoyuan: "Big Guy" is a steam-powered locomotive with two cylinders, two pairs of driving wheels, and single smoke pipe.This model is the first produced by Xiaoyuan.The people in Xiaoyuan don't know how it works.

So this is a veritable "test" run for the "big guy".

When Xiaoyuan delivered the goods, he also provided the locomotive driver.This driver has already obtained a safety driving license in Xiaoyuan Industrial Park, and has been operating another type of locomotive for half a year. In terms of qualifications, he can definitely be regarded as an "old driver" in this time and space.

The locomotive driver has never eaten pork, but he has seen pigs running.After seeing that Taoyuan Village had prepared everything, he lit the coal-burning stove.A charred smell unique to burning briquettes gradually emerged in the air.

It will take a while for the cylinder to get on the steam, and the driver is not in a hurry.The villagers in Taoyuan Village next to them were all anxious——

"Why don't you move?"

"Why don't you move?"

The driver seemed to want to whet everyone's appetite on purpose, and after waiting for a stick of incense, he stretched out his hand to pull a valve.

Just hearing the "big guy" "Hey", a billowing white steam spewed out of the chimney above the head.

"Is this going to move?"

"Look, it's moving, it's really moving!"

It was too late and then quickly, the driver stretched out his hand and pulled the whistle, and the "big guy" let out a deafening "woo--"

Villagers: Ah, yes, yes... so loud!

Immediately afterwards, the two pairs of driving wheels are driven by the driving arm, driving the entire body of the "big guy" to move forward slowly. The "big guy" made a rhythmic "kuci" sound. The rhythm of the sound became faster and faster, and the movement of the body became faster and faster. With the sound of "kuci kuci", the "big guy" really ran on the track.

"Running, running!" Many children saw it from a distance outside the isolation zone, and they ran forward excitedly, and were stopped by the inspection team any attempt to get close to the isolation zone.

"Why does it seem that... it is not as fast as our original carriage?"

Seeing the "big guy" slowly driving away, someone immediately felt emotional.

"Isn't this the first time! It's always better to be safe the first time."

"I still think our original carriage runs better, at least there is no such black ash." The speaker took out the veil and wiped it on his face. Sure enough, there was a thin layer of white veil. black ash.Not only the face, many people even fell into the black ash in the nostrils.

But that being said, those who saw the "big guy" running by himself could hardly hide their surprise.After all, this is different from all the cars they have seen before. It is not driven by animal power or human power, but can run by itself.

The "big guy" disappeared in a short time.However, if the villagers in Taoyuan village have nothing to do, they all gather here to wait in Taoyuan, just to see when the "big guy" can return from Wuyuan.

Who knows that the left will not come, and the right will not come.The villagers were about to say "forget it", but there was another "woo" in the distance.

"Well, it must have come from there."

The people who had waited impatiently pressed the steps to leave again, staying to watch the "big guy" coming.At the same time, some people began to keep track of the time for the "big guy", just to see if it ran the section of "Wuyuan-Taoyuan" faster or slower than before.

When the "big guy" approached, everyone came to the conclusion that it was indeed the same as when the carriage was driving on the track before.

This "big guy" looks big, but he is not much faster than a horse.

"I don't understand this. Isn't it good to raise horses? One year's fodder is not much money! But I heard that the cost of this locomotive is several thousand taels of silver, not counting labor."

Suddenly someone questioned the decision to buy the "big guy".In Taoyuanzhai, questioning is never against the law. As long as you are right, the higher-ups must stand up and explain, and even change their minds to listen to you.Therefore, everyone here is very "dare to speak".

The "big guy" let out a majestic "woo--", as if to refute this statement.

When the steam locomotive approached, its speed decreased visibly, the frequency of "kuji" decreased, and the driving rod finally stopped moving.As soon as the old driver pulled the brakes, the whole car stopped.Then he reached out to ring the bell, jumped off the front of the car, and ran to the back to open the door for the carriage.

The villagers of Taoyuanzhai saw the carriage hanging behind the "big guy".

The driver opened the carriage, and in this time and space, people who took the steam-powered locomotive for the first time walked out of the carriage together.

This carriage is also newly built: the chassis and wheels are made of iron, and the carriage walls, doors, windows, and seats above the chassis are all made of wood.There are two types of carriages, one is seats.There are eight rows of seats facing each other in the seats, which can accommodate more than [-] people.

The other is the standing seat, which is as big as the seating compartment, but there are at least sixty people coming out of it.Everyone is excited: after all, this is the first time in their life, without walking or riding a horse, you can reach your destination by sitting and standing, and you can enjoy the scenery along the way.

When more than a hundred passengers got off the carriage, the villagers who were waiting in Taoyuan Village were finally shocked——

"There are so many people here?"

"In the past, the carriage, when the carriage was used, didn't it say that it could also carry people, how many people could it carry?"

"Three or five? I've seen it before. It's an oil-walled trolley tied to the front of the freight."

"This is actually transported... a hundred people?" Those who questioned the "big guy" really wanted to swallow what they had said before: this kind of steam locomotive has obvious advantages compared with horse-drawn carriages: although it has no It's a lot faster, but it can carry a lot more people and goods!

"Look, isn't this... the magistrate of Wuyuan County, Mr. Yuan?"

"Yes... Oh, Mr. Jia is here! Mr. Jia, Mr. Jia——"

Immediately, those sharp-eyed people recognized Jia Fang who came out of the standing car, and a group of people waved and jumped together as if seeing their relatives.

This time Jia Fang invited Yuan Hua from Wuyuan County to give the "big guy" a platform, but obviously the effect was not as good as his own appearance.Yuan Hua could only stand next to Jia Fang with a wry smile—he was self-confident just now, and he came here in a seated carriage, so he was naturally majestic along the way.

However, it is obvious that the effect of "having fun with the people" like that of Jia Fang cannot be obtained.County magistrate Yuan quickly introspected.

Jia Fang casually slipped a new handkerchief to Yuan Hua and asked Master Yuan to wipe his face.

The carriages he ordered from Xiaoyuan Industrial Park are all finished products with mature craftsmanship, and they are used as soon as they are brought.However, considering that the climate in Taoyuanzhai is warmer than that in the north, no glass windows are installed.

This time, Jia Fang took the ride himself and felt it. He didn't feel it when he was in the car, but he felt a burst of white steam rushing towards his face.When he got off the car at the place, Jia Fang realized that his face was covered with fine black ash.

The use of coal as a source of power will inevitably have an impact on the atmosphere and the environment—this is something that the villagers of Taoyuanzhai, who have been using biogas as energy for a long time, have never experienced.Some people will definitely raise objections to this in the future, which is also expected by Jia Fang.

But as long as you can find the problem, you will be able to find a solution to the problem.

The isolation belt on both sides of the railway is planted with green trees, which can reduce the impact of noise and exhaust gas to a certain extent.In addition, adding a filter screen or a settling device at the chimney outlet of the steam locomotive may reduce pollution such as dust.

As long as he puts his heart into it, Jia Fang believes that he can protect the environment of this "paradise" well.

The county magistrate Yuan Hua reached the ground, wiped his face carefully, coughed twice as usual, and was about to say something.After coughing, he realized that there was someone with a higher official position than him, Yuan Hua hurriedly gave way to Jia Fang.

Jia Fang smiled and said: "Everyone, just now I saw the ability of this locomotive to carry people, but I'm afraid I haven't seen the ability to transport goods?"

As soon as the people in Taoyuanzhai heard this, they followed suit with keen eyesight, expressing that they wanted to see the "big guy" deliver the goods.

Immediately, workers from the station stepped forward and replaced the two passenger carriages hanging behind the train with freight carriages.Immediately, on the small freight railway inside Taoyuan Village, a driver pulled bags of cement over.

The cement factory became the first merchant to try to use the railway freight - who let the cement factory have Jia Fang's shares?

Since the first bag of cement was loaded into the truck, the residents of Taoyuan Village began to count—one five ten, fifteen twenty.Cement plants have their own specifications for cement, and a bag weighs twenty catties.

The first cart was filled with a thousand bags, and the villagers were dumbfounded after all the calculations. After all, it was already [-] catties.

Unexpectedly, the second car continued to hold a thousand bags.

"I heard that this 'big guy' weighs only about [-] catties. Ask it to tow a load heavier than itself. Is this... really okay?"

"Not necessarily. Every time my donkey pulls the donkey cart, the goods on the cart seem to be heavier than the donkey."

"That's because you don't care about animal power," the others laughed together, "No wonder your bald donkey screams so miserable every time it pulls a cart!"

In a blink of an eye, two thousand bags of cement were loaded into two cargo carriages. The "big guy" is ready to go.

But none of the surrounding villagers were willing to leave, just to see if the "big guy" could carry a load heavier than its own weight.

In the middle of the excitement, Gui Xiaxue came over with a group of students from the Faculty of Science, waved his hand and said, "Everyone should write an homework when we go back, and calculate how much power that 'big guy' needs to drag these goods."

The young students looked at Gui Xiaxue, and one of them asked, "Teacher Gui, do you know what the coefficient of friction is? Or do we need to do an experiment to test it first?"

Only then did Gui Xiaxue laugh, nodded and said: "Ruzi can be taught, and Ruzi can be taught." He waved his hand: "It's up to you to decide." Then he added, "You need coefficients to ask me!"

This side is still the teaching site, and the "big guy" over there has already started, making a long whistle, and the drive shaft drives the moving wheel forward.

"Drag, drag...really drag."

"Oh, it seems that the speed is the same as before, not slow at all! This is... Can you run so fast?"

The villagers of Taoyuanzhai clapped their hands redly, as excited as children of a few years old.

But indeed, for them, freight is the most important function of the railway.With this railway, the produce from Taoyuanzhai can be transported out continuously.Things from elsewhere can be brought in just as easily and quickly.The goods and merchants traveling from south to north meet here, which can also drive Taoyuan Village's business of eating, resting and lodging.

Jia put it aside and looked very satisfied: the weight of the steam locomotive is about 8 tons, it can carry at least 20 tons of cargo, and it can carry at least 150 people, with an average speed of about 8 kilometers per hour.

It is quite good that the steam locomotive can achieve this power, and the engineers of Xiaoyuan should be proud.

At this time, the steam locomotive had gone far away, and the villagers were still gathered around the station, waiting for Jia Fang and Yuan Hua to "speak a few words".

Seeing Yuan Hua's reservedness, Jia Fang laughed and asked, "Your Majesty Yuan has a lot of talent and learning. What do you think should be the name of the first steam locomotive in Taoyuan Village?"

Jia Fang was completely unintentional, but Yuan Hua blushed, thinking of the past when he named "Qingfang Bridge".

The county lord held back for a long time, and finally carefully named it "Ruilin".

Unexpectedly, Jia Fang turned around and asked the villagers of Taoyuan Village for their opinions: "Master Yuan said it is called 'Ruilin', do you agree?"

Yuan Hua's eyebrows twitched, he had never thought that Jia Fang would go to consult the opinions of the people.

"What does Rui Lin mean?" Someone asked immediately.

"I don't understand, it's a mouthful."

"Shouldn't it be called 'Taoyuan'? Our place is Taoyuan Village."

"But the 'big guy' travels between Taoyuan and Wuyuan, and it is produced in Xiaoyuan. There is no reason to give it our own name!"

The villagers talked about it for a long time, and finally someone stretched out his fist and said: "Big guy! Let's call it 'big guy'!"

"That's right, it's a pun. It's a 'big guy' and it means 'big guy', which shows that it was bought by so many people who subscribed for bonds."

Immediately there was an overwhelming response: "Just call it 'big guy'."

The head of the steam locomotive had already gone to Wuyuan with the goods, not knowing that his name had already been ordered.

Jia Fang looked at Yuan Hua.Yuan Hua knew that Jia Fang always valued the opinions of the common people, so he immediately announced very politely: "Okay, I have no opinion, so I will call it 'big guy'."

The first steam locomotive in Taoyuanzhai got its name from this, and it was called the "Big Guy" - simple and easy to remember, and it was recorded in history, making people laugh every time they read it.

After the "Taoyuan-Wuyuan" section of the railway began to operate, the operation schedule was adjusted several times and finally stabilized.

Between Taoyuanzhai and Wuyuan, there are eight trains a day, two of which are passenger transport, and the rest are trucks.Among them, the "Shengli New Village" station was specially added, which is used for people to get on and off cars and goods in the two new villages in Tuntian.

The entire section of the railway strives to be closed. If anyone violates the regulations and enters the railway isolation zone, once found, he will face a high fine, and may even be closed for two days, so reflect on it.

The people in the two places know that this rule is for their safety, and the penalty is really heavy, so no one dares to make a mistake, but some complain that it is inconvenient to walk.

Hearing these complaints, several "crossings" were added to the railway, and they were managed by special personnel.On weekdays, it is for the common people to pass through, and it is only closed for vehicles during special time periods.

According to Jia Fang, the current operating schedule and vehicle arrangements are only a trial run and will be adjusted in the future depending on changes.If the demand increases in the future, the railway will naturally increase its transport capacity, and will purchase the second-day locomotive and more carriages from Xiaoyuan Industrial Park at that time.

As soon as the news came out, the people of Taoyuanzhai and Wuyuan immediately engaged in heated discussions, discussing what the name of the second locomotive should be, and even engaged in voting activities.

Jia Fang: It seems that the matter of "naming" is likely to arouse the enthusiasm of the whole people.

After the railway was opened between Taoyuanzhai and Wuyuan, the number of carriages and horses on the original "high-grade highway" decreased a lot.

But on this day, there was a strange sound of uniform hooves on the road.Dozens of knights, like an array, quickly advanced along the highway from Wuyuan County to Taoyuan Village.

After staying in Shengli New Village, the horse team just caught up with a small train in the same direction.The knights became interested, and immediately urged their horses to chase the billowing white steam from the locomotive, and rushed all the way to Taoyuan Village.

The knights were all good at riding, and all of them were good horses. It didn't take long before they overtook the steam locomotive and arrived at Taoyuan Village first.

The leader is naturally the Eldest Prince. When he reached the ground, he threw his whip and asked people about Jia Fang's whereabouts.Behind him, Nan Yongqian leaped off his horse like a piece of iron; while Zheng Boyi, another of Jia Fang's former aides, could only be helped off the horse by his companions at this moment.

The cavalry who arrived with the eldest prince got off their horses and rushed to look at the steam locomotive, wanting to see what kind of monster they were chasing just now.

However, the eldest prince went straight to Jia Fang and asked, "Sixth son, I heard that something happened to you?"

He only cared about Jia Fang and ignored others until Shui Xian greeted Jia Fang lazily: "Your Highness, I haven't seen you for a long time."

The eldest prince really did not expect to see Shui Xian here, he opened his eyes wide and stared blankly for a moment, then said: "Lao Liu, I made a mistake."

"With this God of Wealth by your side, what can happen to you?"

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