"Ingenuity!"

"Unbelievable!"

"There can't be any craftsman in the world who can make such a thing!" Cheng Yi, Sima Guang, Wang Anshi, and even Su Shi all spoke in a deep voice. Cheng Yi looked at Qin Chao with a calm face: "Qin Gongzi, the old man is a real eye-opener, if the various parts of this car are glass, the old man can still think of a little bit of the production method, but your car, every key part is a steel ingot, and the old man guessed correctly, these steels are by no means inferior to the rails!"

"On this train, just one wheel, the old man can't figure out how to make it so well-rounded. Zhao Tingzhi's eyes were shining, "Not to mention that all wheels are the same size and size, and even the surface smoothness is the same, just talking about one wheel is incredible." ”

"The best craftsman in the world could not make a wheel like the one on this train. Sima Le stared at the Qin Dynasty with shimmering eyes, "Qin Gongzi, don't think I don't know, you have been secretly plundering my craftsmen of the Great Song Dynasty, but I understand the craftsmanship of those craftsmen, it is impossible to make such a thing, not to mention those complex components, it is the above thing." Sima Guang pointed to the push rod on the train wheel, "It is impossible for them to do it, let alone steel, it is wood...... Sima Guang shook his head.

Wang Anshi said in a deep voice: "This long thing looks simple, but the difficulty is that its shape and size must be tightly fitted, I have carefully compared, there are thirty-six of these things on your car, and these thirty-six sizes are all exactly the same, there is no difference, this is simply, simply...... It is made of wood, and it is not possible to make each one of them the right size, size and shape. ”

"That's right, why did Gongzi Qin teach me?"

"The craftsmanship of the craftsmen, how far Lu can go, also knows very well. You're beyond their capacity here......"

Insiders watch the doorway, the big guys are not as simple as the bright girl flight attendant next to them.

Sima Guang, Wang Anshi, Lu Gongshu, Wen Yanbo, and Han Zhongyan are all figures who rule the world, and they have also inspected the Ministry of Industry and the Ordnance Department many times, even if some people are not like Sima Guang and others who have been prime ministers, but in this era. Every official, as long as the slightly older official, is a handful of eyebrows and mustaches, as long as it is non-military, whether it is a case, or the economy and people's livelihood are all responsible, so they have a good idea of what craftsmen can do and what they can't do.

Now everyone doesn't know what the bottom of the train is, but just every part of the train makes them scratch their heads and can't figure it out.

"It is impossible for the craftsmen of my Great Song Dynasty to be mediocre and incompetent under my rule. For thousands of years, he was mediocre and incompetent, but in the hands of you, Qin Xianao, he became a god. Sima Guang joked, but his face was extremely solemn, "Is this the same as when you found the secret of glass manufacturing, and found the real root?"

Qin Chao smiled slightly: "Mr. Sima is so knowledgeable, that's right, I did find the root." That is the steam engine, the mother of industry. ”

"Steam engine?" they all frowned, they had seen this thing in "Travels to the Immortal Country". However, "Travels to the Immortal Country" doesn't talk much, and everyone doesn't believe in the Immortal Country at all, so they haven't studied the steam engine in it, and there is nothing to study if they want to.

"I remember that you talked about the steam engine in your "Journey to the Immortal Country", saying that it was made by using the principle of liquid heating and vaporization, thermal expansion and cold contraction. It's the source of industry, but why is that?" said Wang Anshilian.

"Xianggong Wang, let's get on the train first, and I'll solve your doubts later. Qin Chao climbed onto the train and walked into the carriage again one by one. There were tables and chairs in the carriage, and Qin Chao shouted to the girl's attendant: "Ah Ming, go get wine and food." ”

"Hmph!" Amin glared at everyone fiercely, and reluctantly walked into the carriage in front of her, and soon she came with a large plate and placed wine glasses and other things on the table in front of everyone.

"Huh?"

Wang Anshi, who was sitting at the front, raised his eyebrows: "Qin Gongzi, use this cup, okay?"

Ah Ming sneered: "This lord, the train is not like a carriage, it does not shake at all, you sit here, or you don't look out the window, maybe you don't know that the train is leaving." ”

"Oh, paving the rails, using that kind of wheel is really so magical?" Wang Anshi became interested, "Qin Gongzi, let them start quickly." Sima Guang glanced at Wang Anshi, and then looked at the Qin Dynasty: "Gongzi Qin, you still have to explain to us first, what that steam engine is." ”

One by one, even looking at the Qin Dynasty, Wang Anshi didn't care if the train could run or not.

"Everyone knows that when the water is boiled, the steam will lift the lid of the kettle, and the steam engine is from this, using the power of the water to boil and break the lid of the kettle. Qin Chao muttered. Sima Guang raised his eyebrows: "Everyone understands the principle of opening fire and uncovering the cover, but how small that power is, what use can it be?"

"The power is small because in life we waste his strength, if in the case of sealing, the force is not small. Qin Chao said with a smile, and at this moment, a rumbling sound sounded, and then a sharp whistle sounded, and everyone felt the car under them tremble.

"Is this the train starting?"

Everyone looked out the window, and sure enough, the scenery outside slowly moved backwards, and then it moved faster and faster.

"It's really stable!" Wang Anshi raised his eyebrows and looked at the wine in the wine glass in front of him, the wine only shook slightly, Wang Anshi looked out the window again, the scenery moved faster and faster, and gradually Wang Anshi was surprised: "So fast!"

Sima Guang also nodded excitedly: "This speed has reached the fastest run of a donkey...... No, it's a good horse, eight hundred miles, a thousand miles, no...... It's faster than a horse, this car is really not ......"

"It's not really a horse-pulled. Qin Chao smiled bitterly, "This is driven by a steam engine, a steam engine is installed in the front of this locomotive, and the workers only need to add coal and heat the water in the boiler to use the water vapor to make the car move." ”

"It's all driven by a steam engine, and there's no other power?"

One by one, their faces were solemn, and then Su Shi was the first to rush to the window, probing out of the window, and then one by one they also rushed to the window to look outside.

"Danger! Don't stick your head out!" Ah Ming roared angrily, and even pulled those who poked their heads out of the window, and at this time, even Han Zhongyan and Zhao Tingzhi climbed out of the window and climbed onto the roof of the car.

Ah Ming's face darkened, and he looked directly at Qin Chao: "Chairman Qin, you ...... These ...... you bring They can't blame me for what happened!"

"Okay, I won't blame you, let them go. Qin Chaolian smiled and comforted, laughing, tens of thousands of innate masters who have increased their strength will have an accident on this kind of primitive train?

After Han Zhongyan and Zhao Tingzhi climbed on the roof of the car, Su Shi, Shen Du, and Ban Baiyun also climbed onto the roof one by one, and it didn't take long for them to climb back to the car one by one.

"No horses!"

"There's no front, there's no back, it's all this iron lump moving by itself!"

"And it's really fast, smooth and fast, and the people in this carriage are ......," they said in a deep voice, and then fell silent.

"Hmph!" Ah Ming snorted coldly, "What is it to carry such a few people, today is special, in the past, this train was full of cars, and the weight of coal in a tow compartment is comparable to that of you people, not to mention you people, even if it is ten times more, this locomotive will still be able to fly." ”

"Ten times more?"

One by one's eyes widened, Wang Anshi looked at Ah Ming, and his face was calm: "Girl, are you telling the truth?"

Armin snorted, not bothering to answer.

"Amin is right, ten times more people can pull it. Qin Chao said loudly, "This train is still in the research and development stage, and the technology is seriously immature, I believe that it will be able to carry more people soon, and the speed of the train will be increased by two or three times." ”

Can you pull it ten times more? It's still just getting started? Sima Guang's chest rose and fell, Wang Anshi's eyes flashed, Cheng Yi touched his beard, and Cheng Yang rubbed his forehead......

There is no doubt that Qin Dynasty's words are blowing, but since Qin Xianao became famous, what he said didn't everyone think he was blowing, and not long after, this blowing became a fact.

Just like this train, this steam engine, when everyone glimpses it in "Travels to the Immortal Country", who doesn't think it's a fantasy? But nearly ten years have passed, and today, this Arabian Nights has really appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

......

On the waterway of the Yangtze River, big ships are flying through the waves.

On the boat, Cheng Yi, Sima Guang, Wang Anshi and others looked at the rushing water of the river and fell into contemplation.

In the blink of an eye, it has been ten days since I left Pingxiang to visit the train, and in the past ten days, I took the train and finally arrived at the Pingxiang coal mine, and after visiting this large coal mine with steam engines and manpower working together, the Qin Dynasty originally arranged for this journey to end.

But if it ends like this, wouldn't it hang people in the air?

Steam engine, although Qin Xianao explained a lot, but each one felt that it was not enough, just listening to Qin Xianao was far from enough, so Su Shi, Wang Anshi, and Cheng Yi made a request to see more, and no one expected Qin Xianao to agree easily.

Thereupon.

The crowd came to the steam engine research institute to see the first steam engine in the world.

Undoubtedly, this steam engine was terrible, so bad that it was not good, but with this steam engine and the efforts of craftsmen and researchers, there was a second one, and this second one was still very bad, and then the second one was used to build a third one, and a third one was used to make a fourth one......

Until now, the preliminarily mature 'Shenqi' steam engine has been put into use in large quantities, and the new generation of higher-precision 'Shenqi II' steam engine is being studied.

After leaving the research institute, at the request of everyone, Qin Xianao once again agreed to take them to visit the steel mill and the train manufacturing factory......

For ten days in a row, everyone visited one research institute after another in Lingnan, which used to be the secrets of Lingnan, and this moment was revealed in front of everyone.

The research projects, various attempts, and experiments of these research institutes can even be said to be mostly failures, and only a few have succeeded, and everyone can also see that Qin Xianao has invested a lot of manpower and financial resources in it.

Wang Anshi, Sima Guang, Cheng Yi and others left Lingnan, and not long after they returned, "New Youth" published a statement "Railway Construction Matters", officially starting the construction of railways within the scope of the Great Song Dynasty. (To be continued.) )