The western suburbs of Bianjing City.

The western suburbs of Bianjing City, which is not far from Chengyuan before, is surrounded here with an area similar to Bianjing City. This is a place specially used for train testing, and a circular train lane of tens of thousands of meters is built inside, specially for steam trains to walk.

After Ouyang Bian arrived, there were already many people inside, including a train project team, a ship project team, and actually an automobile project team. However, what Ouyang Bian attaches most importance to is trains and ships, so the automobile team can only be plagued by the aggrieved ones.

These three teams said they were divided into different projects, but they had a lot of cooperation with each other, especially the communication between the train and ship project teams, because they are all medium and large steam engines, while the steam engines of cars are small and there are still quite a difference between them, so the cars can only study them by themselves, but they can visit the steam engines of the train and ship, so today the three teams were all here.

The three teams gathered together to have a total of more than a hundred people. Of course, this is just a part of the people. There are as many as a thousand researchers in the three projects.

Of course, there are many technical school students, who are studying with their tutors, but are only prepared as reserve forces, and researchers also need their assistance in many things.

As soon as Ouyang Bian came, Jiang Rucheng, the leader of the train project, Zhang Futu, the leader of the ship project, and Lin Tong, the leader of the automobile project, went up to him. The rest of the people felt that they were not qualified and stayed there and waited.

Among them, Jiang Rucheng is the most active because today is his home court. Because it depends on the train's trial operation, it will probably take some time for ships and cars to produce results.

Ouyang Bian smiled and greeted several leaders, then walked over and nodded to the others. Today, the leaders or big shots of some technology were all leaders and some people who could come to the scene. Most people couldn't come in front of them.

Ouyang Bian smiled and said a few words of encouragement to several teams.

To be honest, Ouyang Bian was not very satisfied with the technical strength of these teams, but he knew that the technology at this time was just like this.

Although he gave some ideas on steelmaking technology, he gave them a lot of inspiration, steel production has increased rapidly and the quality has reached the point where it can be used to build railway tracks, building trains is not just a problem with steel.

These teams have been working hard for a long time under Ouyang Bian's guidance to achieve some small results. This is the case when Ouyang Bian pointed out the way, but this is the case with the technology tree. If you want to create something like a train, you can't get around at all, and you have to honestly understand the technology.

However, there is a one here, since the technology is not enough, it is replaced by attention.

First of all, the administrative level is the most important, so Jiang Rucheng is the leader, and a minister of the Ministry of Works will lead the team in person. This level is enough to use two bombs and one satellite in later generations.

Steamers are also highly concerned, but this is led by Zhang Futu, who specializes in shipbuilding. Zhang Futu also serves in the Ministry of Industry, mainly responsible for the Nanbeiyang Shipyard in Daxia.

Compared to the fact that trains and ships are responsible for high-ranking officials in the system, the automobile project team is still much inferior. Lin Tong is now considered a half-man in the system, but he is still much worse than Jiang Rucheng and Zhang Futu.

In addition to these people, Ouyang Bian, the great Emperor of Daxia, also stared at him personally. This is a three-item that is indeed very important.

In addition to this, there is financial support.

Ouyang Bian invested a total of 10 million yuan in these three projects, which is a massive amount of funds.

Of course, these tens of millions of yuan are not just R&D funds, but more of it is used to build factories. Once the technical route is determined, mass production will depend on these factories.

Of course, mass production will naturally require the Iron and Steel Corporation to pay for it.

The imperial court has established a new Daxia Railway Corporation, which is located under the Ministry of Industry. However, Ouyang Bian also said that the railway company will be operated independently. When the time is ripe, the company will be responsible for its own profits and losses.

There are no people in this company yet. After all, the train has not been developed yet, it is just an empty shell.

Ouyang Bian looked at the railway tracks stretching out into the distance with the locomotives in front of the carriages with joy. Well, it looked a bit rough, but the huge water tank, coal cask, combustion chamber, etc. were all available. The steel wheels were mattely treated. You can tell at a glance that the load-bearing capacity is great, and at a glance it is a product from the era of industrial age.

Although this is still a product of the last century for the era in which Ouyang Bian lived, it was the last century, not ten centuries, which inevitably made Ouyang Bian feel close.

When Jiang Rucheng saw Ouyang Bian smile, he naturally thought Ouyang Bian was satisfied with his work and couldn't help but feel happy: "Your Majesty, should we first look at the structure, or let the car move?"

Ouyang Bian waved his hand: "Go and get in the car and experience it!"

Jiang Rucheng hesitated instead: "Your Majesty, just stand and watch. This car is still in the test period, and the steam engine is still quite dangerous..."

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "How fast can you run now?"

Jiang Rucheng said: "It takes about one hundred and twenty miles in an hour."

Ouyang Bian calculated that it was about 30 kilometers per hour, and the speed was very good. After all, after years of exploration and research, the British Richard Trivesic finally built a steam locomotive with a single cylinder and a large flywheel in 1804, traction 5 cars and driving at a speed of 8 kilometers per hour. This was the earliest locomotive to drive on tracks.

Now the train can reach a speed of 30 kilometers from the beginning, which is amazing.

Although this speed is slower than that of a horse, and the average speed of a horse can run 60 kilometers per hour, it is incomparable.

The advantage of a train is that it can carry bulk cargo on land, which is incomparable to horses. Even if a horse is equipped with a four-wheeled carriage, it can carry very few things compared to ships, but trains can compare to ships’ loads.

Although ships can carry a lot of cargo, they are limited to canals. Where there are canals, ships can reach them, but where there are no canals, they are beyond reach.

"Is this the highest speed?"

Ouyang Bian asked.

Jiang Rucheng shook his head and said, "This is the safest speed to run. In fact, according to our tests, the maximum speed can actually reach 360 miles per hour, but the train may derail at any time when it reaches 240 kilometers. When the speed drops to 240 kilometers, the train begins to become stable, but at 120 miles, it is the most stable speed."

Ouyang Bian calculated that the running speed should be between 30 kilometers of roads and 60 kilometers. If you want to go more than 60 kilometers, you need to make a technical breakthrough.

If it is 60 kilometers per hour, it already has very good commercial value.

Sixty kilometers per hour is already the highest speed of ordinary horses. If a horse wants to maintain this speed, it will be almost an hour at most. If it is too much, it will be a critical life. However, the train can continue to walk for many days, which means that this is a revolutionary progress.

For example, the distance from Luoyang to Bianjing was about 200 kilometers. If it was a horse, it would take about two or three days. If it was a train, it would only take three to four hours.

This is just an improvement in manned cargo. If it is the transportation of bulk goods, the efficiency is dozens or hundreds of times, or even thousands of times!

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "Some people say that Chang'an City is no longer suitable for being a capital, but with this train, Chang'an City can not only be a capital, but even a thousand-year-old capital will be no problem."

Jiang Rucheng also smiled and said, "Yes, with this train, Chang'an is the best capital, and Luoyang is also very good. The canal in the pass has always been unobstructed and food cannot be transported in. Once the disaster year comes, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty have to eat Luoyang, and then they give up.

Now that there are trains, as long as the railway is erected, all the materials can be transported into Guanzhong, then Chang'an is naturally the top capital!"

Ouyang Bian nodded and said, "Actually, this is a trivial matter. With the train, the national economy will be greatly developed. The exchange of materials between various places will have a huge boost to the economy and will have a great change to this society. Mr. Jiang, please take me to try this train first!"

Jiang Rucheng smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, this train is still a bit dangerous. Just take a look. I will go up and give it a try for you."

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "That won't work. I have to try this myself, otherwise how can I know how to improve it? Moreover, if this thing is so dangerous, how can we let others sit?"

Jiang Rucheng stammered: "It's not particularly dangerous, but it's not very appropriate after all."

Ouyang Bian waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's look for it like this. Jiang Rucheng was not like this before, but why is he so mother-in-law now? He didn't do this when he followed me to suppress bandits."

Jiang Rucheng couldn't help but smile bitterly. At that time, he followed the central bank to build roads everywhere. At that time, Ouyang Bian also followed the Banking Regulatory Guard to suppress bandits, and he followed them together. The danger was actually considered, but what was his identity at that time and what was his identity? How could he be the same?

Jiang Rucheng had no choice but to say, "Then your Majesty please, but you can only obey your orders. Your Majesty cannot issue orders."

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "Listen to you, you can drive as fast as you want, and I will never interfere!"

Jiang Rucheng was still a little nervous. Before going up, he had a special explanation to the driver.
Chapter completed!