Probably because of the maturity of the railcar technology and the extremely short time to replace the pack horses.

So when Qin Feng was still repairing the train, Yang Chenglong had already set off from Huazhou and ran all the way to Tongguan.

Sitting in the car, Xiao Jingmao still remembered Qin Feng's annoyance, so he asked, "It seems that the train is not very good?

"That's right. But this time it's much longer. You must know that if you can't travel ten miles before, the train will be completely scrapped because it is difficult to bear the pressure. I didn't expect that this time, I actually insisted on this time? It seems that that kid does have some ability!" Yang Chenglong praised.

Xiao Jingmao smiled and said, "Actually." You've loved that train from the beginning, right?"

"Oh, why do you say that?" Yang Chenglong asked with a slight frown.

Xiao Jingmao pointed to the heavy sleepers and hard railroad tracks under him, and said with a smile: "Of course it's because of this railroad." You must know that even the railcars in Chang'an are mostly made of wood, and at best a layer of iron is nailed to them. But you insisted on building it out of steel, apparently for the train. After all, the train was so heavy that it would be hard for ordinary wooden tracks to bear. Only this rail can withstand it. ”

Compared with wooden rails, whether it is price or construction speed, is there a difference of more than ten times?

At the beginning, Yang Chenglong decided to build a railway with railroad tracks, which was to save the idea of using trains.

"That's right. ”

Yang Chenglong replied: "It's a pity that the train has too many problems and cannot be put into use in a short time, so it can only be temporarily replaced by a railcar." When the train solves these problems, we can replace it immediately, which can greatly increase the capacity and speed. ”

Yang Chenglong is not a dull person.

Nowadays, they were able to take the lead because there were only three people in the carriage, and because the pack horses were so skilled that they could be easily replaced.

But the train carrying four carriages, plus a hundred or so people, can still go hand in hand with the railroad carriage, which shows the potential, what if the problem can be solved, so that it can continue to run for more than a day, or even a month or even a year?

At that time, the morning and evening will become a fact!

Xiao Jingmao's eyes lit up, and he immediately smiled: "If this is the case, then we don't need to be like the Song Dynasty, in order to avoid the local strength from becoming bigger, and deploy so many troops in the local area." The tax savings can be used more for people's livelihood. Thinking of this, he praised again: "It seems that this railway is really a great invention that is meritorious in the community and beneficial in the future." ”

Everyone knows that in order to maintain its rule in various places, the Song Dynasty had to raise a number of millions of forbidden troops.

And those huge scholars, like locusts, crouched on the court and sucked up, which made the court constantly weakened, and even a mere nomad with only tens of thousands of people could not be defeated, so they had to flee thousands of miles and were forced to settle in Lin'an.

The so-called "three redundancies and three fees" have always been with us since the birth of the Song Dynasty.

But the advent of railways changed all that.

Because the advent of railways meant that they could transport the forbidden army located in the border areas to any part of the country to suppress the enemy in just a few days, and they could quickly transport grain from all over the country to places where floods and droughts caused disasters and famines, so as to stabilize local political power.

And all of this depends on the railway.

"Of course. ”

Yang Chenglong knew the importance of the railway, and as its founder, he felt even more proud in his heart, and laughed loudly: "And my wish is to promote this railway in the land of China, so that every city and every people can communicate with the railway, and be able to take it and see the thousands of scenery of the country." ”

Xiao Jingmao also responded: "Don't worry. As long as I'm here, I'll be able to get you out of the way. ”

Between the two of them, they knew each other's minds.

At this moment, the sound of the distant whistle sounded again.

Yang Chenglong glanced at Qin Feng, who was constantly shouting in the distance, and became annoyed again: "This guy! ”

"Impulsiveness is also a good thing. After all, if it weren't for him, how would he be able to make this thing?" Xiao Jingmao laughed loudly, and then complained to the groom: "You should speed up, don't be caught up by that guy." You know what?"

"Then you two have to hold on. Don't be upside down. ”

The groom replied, whipping his whip violently.

"Smack!"

The crisp sound suddenly sounded, and the two pack horses in front of them were frightened and moved their hooves together and ran towards Tongguan in the distance.

Behind him, the train saw the speed of the carriage increase suddenly, and seemed to be in a hurry, the sound of the whistle continued to sound, and the steam that spewed out formed a pure white column, directly into the sky.

With the support of this mighty force, the steel monster crawling on the railroad tracks accelerated again, but it kept closing the distance between it and the railcar bit by bit.

The fact that a steel monster that was tens of meters long and weighed hundreds of stones was able to run at such a speed really made people wonder where it had such great power.

Yang Chenglong saw that the other party was constantly pressing, and he was also nervous, and said, "Hurry up." ”

Although he had a plan in his heart, he was unwilling to lose this race, and immediately asked the groom to urge the pack horse again.

There were loud sounds, and the horse's speed was already at its limit.

They opened their mouths and gasped for breath, and Xiao Jingmao and Yang Chenglong also saw that Tongguan in the distance was getting closer and closer.

The two of them were excited, and they also gave up their reserves, and shouted directly: "Come on." ”

On the train in the distance, Qin Feng saw that the carriage was getting faster and faster, and he also felt a little worried.

You must know that this place is only half a mile away from Tongguan, and if you want to decide the winner, it is only at this distance.

Qin Feng didn't know what the two of them were planning to do, he only knew that if he failed this time, he was afraid that the use of the train would be delayed again, and he didn't care whether the boiler could withstand it, so he ordered: "Let me continue to accelerate, and I must not fall behind them." ”

Hearing this order, the strong man who was pulling the vertical blower shouted and replied, "I'll know." ”

Red-eyed, they stared at the carriage in the distance, their arms blowing a large amount of fresh air into the boiler, raising the temperature of the flames, and the servant adding coal to make sure it burned completely.

Everyone in the car was also extremely excited, shouting: "Come on!

The speed of the train continued to rise, and the sound of the whistle kept sounding, as if to encourage himself, and in a blink of an eye he caught up with the railed carriage, and the railing carriage, because the pack horses were exhausted, began to decline in speed, and could no longer maintain the previous charging posture.

With a whistle, the two cars stepped into Tongguan together.

On the train, everyone shouted: "We are victorious!"