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Chapter 73 An epoch-making means of transportation: Tang State Railway!

"This country is too domineering and arrogant. It doesn't even allow begging. Don't you want to give life to the homeless?" Some people gritted their teeth and felt that the Tang Dynasty was simply a cruel country, and even beggars were not allowed to exist. , It's really disgusting to try my best to modify Taiping.

"You guys know shit."

The Tang resident looked at this group of people with contempt: "As long as you have hands and feet, no one will starve to death in Tang. Let them build the railway, but give them a chance to work, you know? All kinds of infrastructure projects, you can find a job casually, and it is impossible to starve to death."

"Impossible, what are you kidding, do you mean that there is no starvation to death in Tang country now?" Everyone was shocked when these words came out.

After all, even if it is a powerful country of treasures, it dare not say that its own country will not starve to death.

Because occasionally there will be natural and man-made disasters, such as floods, droughts, plagues and other disasters. Once these disasters occur, it is unknown how many people will be displaced and corpses will be scattered everywhere.

But now Tang Guo actually doesn't know how to starve to death in 05, this is not a joke, or something.

"I'm not joking, because this is a gift from the gods. The gods have given us the god rice, so that we can avoid famine and never need to go hungry."

When the residents of the Tang Kingdom talked about the gods, they immediately showed a pious expression. After all, no matter how much they revered the gods who solved the famine in the Tang Kingdom, it was not an exaggeration.

God? !

Everyone's eyes flickered. To be honest, they had heard some information about Tang before they came to Tang. Tang claimed to be a country of gods, a country blessed by ancient gods.

But they didn't believe it very much, thinking that the Lord of the Tang Kingdom must be bragging, how could there be such creatures as ancient gods in this world.

So it must be some kind of special world props that made this happen in Tang country.

But no matter what the truth is, it is certain that the Tang State has amazing financial resources. The ability to keep 20 billion people from starving is enough to make the country of treasures greedy.

If they can snatch such world props, then the national power of the country of treasures may reach a new level.

"What the hell did you mean by railway?"

The third prince, Zhao Feng, suddenly noticed the strange term that the old man uttered. It was the first time he had heard of railways, which made him very curious.

"Haha, this is the first time you have come to the Tang Dynasty. It is normal to not know about the railway. It is now the main means of transportation in our Tang Dynasty. We basically go to the station, take a carriage, and go to major cities in the country." The old man stroked his gray beard and smiled slightly.

"Why do railroads need to be built to ride horse-drawn carriages?"

A group of people looked confused.

After all, according to their understanding, the so-called carriage is a horse pulling a cart, running continuously on the road, but there is no need to build any railways, ordinary dirt roads are enough.

"Here, the station is right in front of you. Go and have a look and you'll know what's going on."

The old man enthusiastically led everyone to the station ahead.

What? !

The third prince, Zhao Feng, and others quickly went to the station in Heihe City, and immediately they saw a huge building appearing in front of them.

There seemed to be tens of thousands of people coming in and out at any given moment.

At the same time, goods from all over the place gathered in this place. It was not only the center where people gathered, but also the center where goods gathered. It could be called the busiest and busiest place in Heihe City.

Immediately, they saw a road in front of them that was basically made of steel, stretching straight into the distance, with no end in sight.

And on this steel road, there is a strange object standing impressively. It is made up of carriages one by one. There are at least a dozen carriages. It looks like a black snake.

The head of these carriages is a huge steed, the whole body is red, as if it is condensed by flames, and from time to time, fire will rise from its nostrils, making a whining sound.

Numerous passengers, dragging their luggage, got on and off these carriages.

Even these strange carriages are not as simple as just one, but there are more than a dozen of them standing side by side at the same time, which looks extremely amazing and completely shocked Zhao Feng and others.

"Is this a carriage?"

Zhao Feng and the others were stunned. When had they ever seen such a vehicle, it was simply unheard of.

"That's right, this is our Tang country's special means of transportation - the carriage."

The old man proudly said: "It doesn't look like it looks ordinary, but it can reach 600 kilometers per hour, and it can even reach 1,000 kilometers at full speed, but most of the time it is traveling at 600 kilometers per hour.

It is 20,000 kilometers from Heihe City to the capital Chang'an, but if you run day and night, it will probably take one and a half days to arrive. "

What? !

As soon as these words came out, the third prince, Zhao Feng, and the others were even more shocked. They couldn't believe what they heard, that the distance of 20,000 kilometers could only be reached in one and a half days. Exaggerated.

It was so exaggerated that they couldn't believe the old man's words, and even thought that the other party was bragging.

But when they saw the old man's serious face, they knew that the other party was not lying.

"Just kidding, if it is such a fast speed, if it is to transport soldiers, wouldn't it mean that one and a half days can be rushed from the capital to the most border city? Even if there is any turmoil in the border city, there will be a large number of reinforcements quickly When it arrives, it can be suppressed in an instant."

Someone saw a military use for these railroads.

To know why it is so difficult to rule a huge empire, it is because the territory is too vast, which makes the troops scattered. In this way, if there is a rebellion in a certain place, it is difficult for the central army to appear and rescue in time.

Without this railway, it would probably take at least several months, or even a year, to arrive.

After all, the army is also human and needs rest.

Moreover, the army needs to carry all kinds of logistics when traveling, which will naturally slow down the marching speed.

But now the appearance of the carriage and the appearance of the railway have changed everything. All the soldiers and logistics materials can be transported to the carriage, and they can be directly pulled to another place in a day and a half, and the soldiers will not be tired.

There is no doubt that this is definitely an epoch-making mode of transportation.

If they hadn't witnessed it with their own eyes, they wouldn't believe that there is such a means of transportation in the world. .