463 What is this
However, they had not observed it at close range, so they could only guess. Not far from this road, Li Chengqian and the others quickly turned onto a brand new concrete road. This road is currently unused because this road extends directly to the railway station.
Soon a large building complex in the distance had arrived in front of them, but before they could pass, Li Chengqian and others were stopped by the police. At this time, Li Chengqian and others discovered that it was obviously not them here, and there were at least hundreds of policemen.
These police officers have surrounded the surroundings and established checkpoints, and will not allow others to enter for the time being.
After Zhao Er came here, the people here naturally knew each other. After both parties registered, Zhao Er took Li Chengqian and the others directly into the room. The uniforms of these policemen were similar to those of Li Chengqian and the others, and they were all dark blue. Because dark blue is the most ordinary and cheapest as dye, all the uniforms are currently gray.
It's just that there are differences in some details.
When they arrived at the stable near the railway station, several people tied the horses to the stable. Zhao Er took them into the station. Li Chengqian and the others looked around curiously. The entire station was very large and it was also a two-story building, all of which were reinforced concrete structures.
Moreover, the structure in the entire hall is made of concrete columns as support points, so the entire hall is very vast, and there are many special signs here, such as the entrance, exit, ticket hall, etc.
It seems that this will be made public here in the future? Could it be that the train is similar to a carriage, but it is just commercially operated? Several thoughts popped up in Li Chengqian's mind, and the same is true for others.
Although the seven people were lined up in an orderly queue, their eyes were constantly looking at the surrounding environment, but soon a group of people appeared opposite them.
The person who took the lead, Li Chengqian knew that he was Yang Wu, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry of the Han Dynasty, who was responsible for all industrial affairs in the entire Han Dynasty. It can be said that this person was one of the most important ministers of the Han Dynasty.
"Minister Yang." Zhao Er also saluted Yang Wu.
"Chief Zhao, here you come." Yang Wu smiled and said hello. He was not a soldier, so he naturally didn't have to salute. He just stretched out his hand to shake hands with Zhao Er.
"These are the people who follow you to test the new train." Zhao Er simply introduced Li Chengqian and others to Yang Wu.
"Hello." Yang Wu smiled and greeted Li Chengqian and the others. Li Chengqian and others saluted directly, "Hello, sir." Li Chengqian and the others shouted in an orderly manner.
However, although they were young, they knew very well that Yang Wu and the others must know his identity. High-level officials like Yang Wu and the others could not not know their identity. If they knew, the other party did not name it, it was just Huo Gang's order.
Of course they wouldn't name this. Anyway, it's been several months since they've been used to their current identities. Don't say that they didn't think so before, but now when they use ordinary people to get along with people around them, after a long time, they have a different receipt.
"In this way, you can observe the inside of the train station for a while, but you cannot get close to the railway and train locations outside for the time being, because the craftsmen there are still constantly testing. When the formal test is conducted tomorrow, you can get close to the observation." Yang Wu said.
"yes!"
"Okay, you can go around and observe the environment." Zhao Er waved his hand directly.
"Yes!" Li Chengqian and others saluted directly and left. They knew that since the other party asked them to leave, it was OK, obviously for him to observe, so there was no need for Li Chengqian to be polite. If he couldn't, he would naturally not bring them here.
There is nothing good in this building. What they need to pay attention to is the location of the exit on the other side, that is, the location of the platform, and that is where they want to observe.
There are also people on duty on the platform, but these people are blindly looking at them, as if they don’t see them at all. After they came out of this door, they went directly to the platform. Naturally, the railway station here is not comparable to later generations.
However, there are still some different places here, such as the length of this platform is also quite large. In addition, when they came out from here, the seven people were stunned. What appeared in front of them was the road paved with the two steel rails below the platform.
These rails were bound to a cement sleeper. What shocked them was not this. What shocked them was that the rails extended from their left side. Looking up, I couldn't see how far it was. Considering what Zhao Er said to them before, I'm afraid this rail was not that it stretched for more than 200 miles long?!
This... Everyone suddenly realized why this road is called a railway. Although it is different from the road they had thought of using steel before, it is really worthy of its name, because these two tracks that are not wide are really made of steel... I just don't know how the big man did it, and the tracks cast are almost exactly the same.
If this were built by craftsmen, how long would it take to cast a track of more than 100 kilometers? This is simply impossible to be a work that can be completed in a short period of time. This can prove that Dahan really has other means to cast steel! Perhaps it is industrialization just as Dahan's newspapers promote?
Although I don’t know what industrialization is, Li Chengqian probably understands that just like many silk and textile merchants are constantly asking some craftsmen to develop better spinning and textile machines, it is obvious that this industrialization has made a better solution in this regard.
It’s just that the industrialization of the Han Dynasty was aimed at steelmaking... It’s fake to say that it’s not envious, but Li Chengqian was also very clear that the Han Dynasty mastered such technology, but did not use force against the Tang Dynasty, but was willing to share the world with the Tang Dynasty, which was inseparable from Huo Gang’s mind.
Anyway, if it were Li Chengqian, he would definitely not be able to do such a big belly. In Li Chengqian's opinion, since the Han Dynasty lacks less than the population, wouldn't it be more convenient to take down the Tang Dynasty first and then seek to go west? The so-called sharpening of the knife does not delay chopping wood. If his own population increases to tens of millions, relying on the grain produced by the Han Dynasty, when the whole world is not short of food, the population will double this year.
With such a large population, what's the difficulty for Huo Gang to win the whole world?
So Li Chengqian couldn't understand Huo Gang, but it couldn't stop him from admiring Huo Gang. At least in his opinion, everything Huo Gang did was firmly executing what he said to Li Shimin. Li Chengqian had seen those words.
To be honest, Li Chengqian used to think that even if his father was wise and powerful, Li Chengqian truly felt what the kingly demeanor was and what the world was about.
Especially the wave of trade carried out by the Han Dynasty against the Tang Dynasty was directly disclosed in the Dahan Monthly Report, telling all the people of the Han Dynasty why the Han Dynasty wanted to do business with the Tang Dynasty and why they did such a business.
It can be said that the Han Dynasty is truly doing that, to make the people know, let the people know such policies, and to understand such policies. This means that the Han people can be said to be always associated with the Han government, and these people’s sense of belonging to the Han Dynasty is simply unparalleled.
You should know that the Tang Dynasty has inherited the world for more than ten years, but at least half of the people in the Tang Dynasty have no sense of belonging to the Tang Dynasty. The Han Dynasty can make the people of the Han Dynasty feel so belonging in just one year. There is no doubt about the gap between the two.
Although it was because the Tang Dynasty was too big and the situation in the Tang Dynasty was more complicated, these were not excuses. Li Chengqian had more ideas in his mind. If he inherited the Tang Dynasty, many things would probably have to be changed.
But he didn't know whether such a change could continue. After all, his father actually wanted to do a lot of things, but even the emperor did not do whatever he wanted, and many things were involuntarily uncontrollably.
Even his father's control over the Tang Dynasty was not as strong as he imagined.
"Da Lang, look." At this time, Qin Ying, the narrator, suddenly pointed to the distance and spoke.
Everyone's eyes immediately looked into the distance with Qin Ying's fingers. On their right side, these steel tracks were constantly expanding in a strange arc. On the platform in front of them, there were only four groups of tracks side by side, and there were only two tracks extending to the left to the distance, but the tracks on the right were probably expanded to seven or eight.
Four or five of them did not extend directly, but turned to the north side of the railway, which was the side that understood the building behind them. There were taller steel brackets that formed a huge arch, and a long behemoth was parked on one of the rails under the arches.
That... seemed to be a behemoth made entirely of steel, and around that behemoth there were more than a dozen people surrounding it and wonder what they were checking.
"Is this a train? This is obviously an iron train!" Yuchi Baoqi was stunned.
Although the others didn't say anything, they were actually the same. This is called a train. Tell me where the fire came from? Isn't this an iron car? It's obviously made of steel, and judging from the height of the train, it may be at least four or five meters high.
Chapter completed!