The bell rang on the top floor of the bus station, the carriage set off on time, through the glass window, looking at the road outside, Jiang Baili couldn't help but praise: "The road in Taiyuan is well repaired!" ”

This is a big truth, especially Cai Yi, who has been in China for a long time, and is an officer with troops, when traveling, he will not consider the carriage at all, and it is good to say something in the city, but once he arrives outside the city, he can't run at all, which is also what they are curious about.

Jiang Baili's voice was slightly high, and a rich man next to him, who looked like a landlord, laughed and said, "This brother, I'm afraid it's the first time to come to the northwest!" ”

"yes, what's wrong." Jiang Baili replied to him, and Cai Yi and the others next to him also pricked up their ears and listened, since they have come to the northwest, they must know something, what knows more about this place than the locals?

The rich landlord was also willing to show off, and said directly: "The road in Taiyuan is just built by the four families, and the real good road has to be seen outside Taiyuan." ”

Outside Taiyuan? Jiang Baili looked puzzled, looked at the galloping carriage, was slightly stunned in his heart, and thought of the speed of the carriage, 10 hours of running time, on the completion of hundreds of kilometers, this fixed journey dù above, the road surface must be quite smooth, the reason why the four-wheeled carriage in China, can not run, the reason is that the path is too bad, ordinary official roads, can only run horses, or 2-wheeled carriages, two-wheeled carriages above the cargo volume, far below? The four-wheeled carriage, however, is much stronger than the ordinary carriage in terms of adaptability to the environment and the path.

Could it be that Baotou is here. The road from Baotou to Taiyuan was actually built. Such doubts are almost at the same time. It flickered in Sanjie's heart.

Out of Taiyuan City, there is a little bit of a bad road ahead. Fortunately, it is acceptable, the speed of the four-wheeled carriage has been reduced to 20 kilometers, that is, it takes about ten minutes, and a huge checkpoint has appeared in front of it, and there are also some buildings. and the road behind the level.

Ash Road! Cai Ye said with a little surprise, ash, this kind of thing, has just flowed into China, generally only in large buildings, there are many military facilities, concrete composed of ash, hardness is stronger than the general masonry structure, but ash is such a thing. The price is very high, and generally only large-scale projects or key projects are used to build roads, which is in Cai's eyes. This is simply a loser, such an expensive thing, paved the way. How good it would be to build fortifications for him.

Jiang Baili's face showed a hint of clarity, there is no gray road in China. Japan doesn't have it, but that doesn't mean Germany doesn't. As a large country of heavy industry, Germany has formed a series of standards in the use of cement, urban roads, basically cement roads, cement roads are relatively clean and flat, but outside the roads, basically, are oil roads, this kind of road price is relatively cheap, but also relatively flat, a certain distance dù, almost all over the streets and alleys of Germany, is in addition to railway traffic, the most convenient mode of transportation, in the two cities without railways, highways are the most important way to connect.

When the toll station was passed, he walked to the highway, and even the well-informed Jiang Baili was also stopped by a qiē in front of him, two-way six-lane, in the form of a highway, there is isolation in the middle, wide and thick cement pavement, very flat, the carriage is on it, not only light and fast, but also extremely fast, almost exceeding the speed of the train, no wonder, 10 hours, can walk hundreds of kilometers, this speed, I am afraid it is more than 40, however, Jiang Baili is slightly strange, There is a limit to the horse's strength, if you run like this continuously, you will run for a certain distance, and after running for a while, his speed will be reduced, what should I do when the time comes?

In doubt, the horse has been running fast for an hour, finally, the carriage came to a post station, this is on the side of the road, built a large yard, there are several three-story buildings behind, can meet the rest of the class, with the fastest speed, a few minutes of effort, the change of horses was completed, when the carriage continued to move forward, they completely understood, why this road, can use such a fast speed, for no other reason, change horses, this is usual, the Qing Dynasty 800 miles of urgent situation, Changing horses without changing people, the relay all the way, from the outside to the Beijing Division, is very fast.

But now, instead of a carriage, this is not an official road, but a smooth gray road, the speed is raised, and it is still stable, and even in the slight shaking of the carriage, he has a sense of sleepiness.

When Jiang Baili was just about to sleep, a huge roar came, Cai Ye didn't react much, Jiang Baili and Zhang Xiaohuai almost jumped up, this voice is too familiar, it is the sound of high-speed running trains, which in Germany, they listen to a lot, German trains, is no longer a high-end thing, it is really into the people, most of the people's travel is dependent on trains.

Is there really a train in Baotou, look along the lathe, three neat railways, side by side stretching forward, Taiyuan to Baotou railway, at the beginning, did not go flush with the highway, to 60 kilometers later, there will be a section parallel to the highway.

Now Baotou, after the adjustment of the system, especially the production of many locomotives, the density of the railway has been quite high, the interval of about 10 minutes, has made the railway line unusually busy, when the train at a speed of about 100 kilometers per hour, whistling past, the momentum brought is very amazing.

The speed of the carriage was maintained at about 40 kilometers, which was fast enough for ordinary people, but the train quickly overtook the carriage from the rear at a significantly higher speed, and then slowly disappeared.

The expressions of the three of them were stunned, especially Zhang Xiaohuai, who said with some annoyance: "I knew that it was better to take the train, Baotou not only has a train, but also the speed is so fast, it can really arrive in Baotou within 4 hours!" ”

"Of course it's true!" It was still the middle-aged landlord who interjected, after affirming the speed of the train, he dispelled their thoughts, it turned out that even if they wanted to take the train, they couldn't sit on it, because the train tickets were quite tight, basically two or three days in advance, to be able to buy, he was also in the case of not being able to buy a train ticket, so he had no choice but to choose a carriage to travel, not to mention the time, just to say the comfort, the carriage is not as good as the train.

What he didn't know was that at the train station, there was a special person waiting, out of love for Sanjie, and he didn't follow closely, but the photos of the three people had been distributed to the Guò Railway Bureau to ensure that they would be found when they entered the train station.

The relatively clear itinerary itself, on the Taiyuan side, has undergone a huge change, the telegram came, it was really a chicken flying dog jumping, and even directly reached Yang Yuanzhao here, it took a while to ask Guò, knowing that they were going to Baotou by carriage, with a certain number of trains and arrival time, this is a sigh of relief.

Every highway toll station was notified to pay attention to this carriage, of course, quietly, at any time to Baotou here, summarize the operation of this carriage, this, Sanjie did not know at all, they were on the spacious highway, slowly moving, occasionally, will also take a look at the roaring train.

At noon, the carriage did not stop, but when passing by a post station, some dry food was brought up, which was pancakes and green onions, but the taste was really good, and there was a pot of clear spring, almost at about 6 o'clock in the evening, when the night completely fell, on the ash road, there were lights, which could allow the carriage to travel at night, but for the sake of safety, I still chose to rest at the post station.

The post station is very clean, the guest rooms are the same, divided into single, double, triple and Chase shop, Cai Ye and others, are soldiers, did not choose Chase shop, of course, did not choose a single room, they chose a triple room, after a simple grooming, they lived in.

"Baili, it seems that we really underestimate the strength of Baotou, but this gray road, the amount of investment is very large, this investment, the whole of China, no one may be able to invest, you know, now the new army a town, the annual investment, is not enough to be hundreds of thousands, a hundreds of kilometers of gray road, the investment is enough to equip more than a dozen towns!" Cai Ye said solemnly that Baotou set up an association before, in Cai Yi's view, it was impossible, but now, when this gray road is placed in front of them, they believe that at the very least, Baotou is already very strong above the economic strength, and has the strength to support the investment of an association.

All three of them have a background of studying abroad, especially Jiang Baili and Zhang Xiaohuai, after they studied in Japan, they went to Germany for an internship, the German army is considered to be the strongest in the world, but this strong is required to have a strong economic strength and heavy industry strength as a support, in China, if you want to build a strong army, I am afraid that only Baotou has a way.

To Suiyuan, this is the crossroads, in Suiyuan here, the newly built highway, extending in the direction of Zhangjiakou, the three people are soldiers, or senior officers, they are very familiar with the geography, very clear which direction is what, Zhangjiakou, Baotou road more than one, they not only connected Taiyuan, but also connected Zhangjiakou, this because after the Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway was repaired, it became an important commercial port, Baotou's map, absolutely not small.

With longing and expectation, Sanjie began the next trip, they never thought that they would be greeted by not a association, not a town, 100,000 armed to the teeth, at least after 1 year, at most after more than 3 years of training of the professional army, Baotou's army, has never been compared with China, or even the Asian army, their target of comparison, is always the German army. (To be continued......) R1292