Release that Witch - Chapter 936

[Chapter 922 The Age of Trains (Part 2)]

“In half a year… build this track to the depths of the barren land?” After hearing Roland’s plan, Barov, who had seen many “miracles”, still widened his eyes in disbelief, “But the Ministry of Construction It took more than half a year just to build an ordinary road connecting Borderlands and Changge, and now the distance is at least five times that of Kingdom Avenue, are you sure Mr. Carl can do it?”

There was also a lot of whispering at the scene. The Kingdom Avenue was the first super-large project launched by Roland after taking over the Longsong Fortress. As many as 2,000 workers were employed. At that time, it was regarded as a pointless move in the eyes of many people.

And the new road needs to go further, coupled with the limitation of the construction period, even if all the workers of Neverwinter City are invested in it, it may not be enough.

Minister of Construction Carl Vanbert himself was silent, as if he was thinking about the feasibility of the plan.

Roland knew what these officials were worried about. After all, there were still many construction projects in the city, and it was impossible to invest all the resources on the railway. The laying of roadbed ballast is much more convenient.

As for the seemingly complicated rail installation, it is actually the quickest part.

He had seen Anna’s black fire welding demonstration with his own eyes. It took less than ten seconds on average to connect two breakpoints at a time for components like rails.

Compared with traditional bolts or hot-melt connections, not only is the quality better, but it also saves a lot of manpower and materials. Except for the lack of the nostalgic “bang bang” sound of old-fashioned trains, it can be described as perfect.

In fact, the experimental track in front of everyone is a quasi-seamless rail.

Except for the joints left by resisting the temperature stress of the steel itself, the entire top surface forms a smooth straight line, and the wheels hardly feel the vibration when rolling on it.

At that time, Anna only took half a day to complete the process.

This is why Roland is confident in setting the construction period so short.

In other words, it took the workers ten days to lay the road foundation, and the leaves may take five days to place the sleepers and rails, while Anna can weld them all in one day.

If you don’t deliberately accumulate the number, it is the rhythm of taking Maggie in the morning and returning to the castle for lunch at noon.

It’s just that he didn’t elaborate on it. After all, not everyone knows the abilities of witches well, and the other half a year is only a rough estimate.

As soon as he arrived in Neverwinter, he went straight to the wolf girl and the meeting, and he didn’t even have time to ask Tilly which witches had come to Sleeping Island—if there were people with suitable abilities, the progress of the railway might be faster.

Seeing that Roland didn’t say much, the officials turned their attention back to the train.

Compared with the railways with modern standards, the train itself undoubtedly looks a lot of antiques.

A complete locomotive is divided into two sections, the first half is mainly composed of the fourth-generation steam engine and transmission device, and the second half is the coal storage car.

The driver’s cab is located in the center. Besides controlling the speed and sounding the whistle, it is the driver’s responsibility to add coal to the boiler by manpower.

Although the train is still in the semi-finished stage due to the impact of the expedition, it is still much more complete than the first steam locomotive in another world.

For example, the steam works directly on the crankshaft instead of being driven by a flywheel belt. For example, the wheels on both sides are equipped with a linkage mechanism without dead points, instead of being driven by a single wheel by a gear set.

When designing, Roland simplified various cumbersome functions, and almost directly put together several main components. From the perspective of future generations, its shortcomings are as numerous as stars-the brakes need to be twisted by manpower. The driving winch, the cab is rigidly connected to the girder, the driver can fully feel the “restlessness” of the steam engine when it is working, there is no electrical equipment, and the crew needs to rely on the whistle or voice to inform the crew, etc… But here, it is already The best solution that can be solved by relying on the existing technology of Neverwinter.

Just like the first-generation steam engine, first solve the existing problems, and then improve step by step.

“Your Majesty, this thing…can drag heavy cargo?” Minister of Chemical Industry Kemer Strull asked curiously, “How is it compared to those cement boats in the river?”

“I think it shouldn’t be a problem to transport the goods of five or six ships at a time.” Roland proudly saw that everyone was surprised again, “but this is just the beginning. With the advancement of technology, it will be possible to tow a hundred cement ships in the future.” Cargo was no problem either.”

“One… a hundred ships?” Barov swallowed. As the head of the city hall, he fully understood what this number meant.

“So… what about the speed?” Pei Luo’s voice trembled slightly.

“It’s hard to say, it depends on the actual test results, but it will not be slower than a cement boat.”

However, in their eyes, the windless and automatic paddle-wheeled cement ship is already an extremely fast means of transportation. It must be known that land transportation in this era is still mainly carried by horse-drawn carts or livestock. The efficiency can be imagined.

Running a little faster, a vehicle without any shock absorber system can vibrate to the point of breaking its axle and falling apart, so shipping is the main means of transportation in the Kingdom of Graycastle—and in the inland river, steamboats that do not need wind power obviously cannot have sailboats. comparative advantage.

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When they heard that the carrying capacity of the train would only be stronger and the speed would not drop, the group of people fell into complete silence.

Roland couldn’t help laughing secretly. If it was two years ago, he would be regarded as a lunatic by others if he said these words.

Looking at these officials subconsciously wanting to deny, but with the look of what to do if it is true, he can’t help but feel quite relieved-although those descriptions are based on the fact that the ship’s technology is standing still, but Now that the war is coming, it is also good to strengthen everyone’s confidence.

Besides, he is not aimless.

This is just an industrial product under the first generation of source power.

After the advent of the second generation of source power, that is, the internal combustion engine, the train, an epoch-making means of transportation, will become the veritable king of land transportation.

“Your Majesty, can you show it to us?” After a long while, the chief executive said.

“Not for the time being. It is currently missing a few key parts, and it is not really finished. It will take about a week until everything is debugged.” Roland shook his head.

“The plan you handed over to the Ministry of Construction before the expedition was to use rails to connect the mine to the wharf, right?” Barov asked again.

“What’s wrong?” He sensed that the other party seemed to have something to say.

“If it is as you said, it will definitely have a positive impact on the war propaganda in the city hall,” Barov said one by one in his mind, “Can you let your leader Did the people witness this incredible scene with their own eyes?”

Roland immediately understood the manager’s intentions. It seems that after a few years, the old manager has also realized the importance of guiding the people.

“Just do as you say.” He raised the corner of his mouth and said.

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