Because the development of steam locomotives is a very time-consuming and money-consuming thing, this is undoubtedly a big challenge for Qian Muzhi, who is just a small mine owner, so he accepted Li Lu's invitation, closed his small mine, came to Broken Leaf, and began to devote himself to the cause of improving the train under the funding of Li Lu, he got Li Lu's strong support from the Science and Technology Department and Broken Leaf University, and finally they built a basically reasonable train, Li Lu named this train "Hope", On this train, he pinned his infinite hopes.Qian Muzhi and they laid an experimental railway with a length of fifty miles on the outskirts of Broken Leaves, and they carried out many test runs on this railway, because the discerning people knew at a glance that this thing called a train had more things than those carriages, so many businessmen were very supportive of the development of this train, which caused great dissatisfaction among those coachmen and carriage merchants, this time they were not just sarcastic, but made trouble in front of Li Lu."
Your Majesty, we coachmen also have to support our families, if this iron monster robs us of our business, then we will starve to death......."
Their representative said when he met Li Lu, "Please make the decision for us......
"Your Majesty, we also oppose the construction of this railway......
"It is not only these coachmen and carriage merchants who oppose the construction of the railway, but also some old stubborn people who also oppose the construction of the railway, "Your Majesty, to build a railway, it is inevitable to open a road in the mountains, build bridges in the water, and dig mountains for fear of alarm" The mountain god', digging the ground is afraid of alarming the 'land lord', and moving the water is afraid of alarming the 'dragon lord'.All of this may affect our British fortunes. ”These people are the inheritors of the Daomen Feng Shui lineage, and they resolutely oppose this so-called railway, for a strange reason that Li Lu was surprised and couldn't close his mouth.The other is the Confucian forces that have been suppressed in Britain, they directly denounce the railway as bad for the ancestral legal system and will destroy the Chinese dragon vein, I really don't know what these people think in their heads.Despite these discordant noises, but who is Li Lu, in his Britain, as long as he wants to do it, there is nothing that cannot be done, Daomen side he directly refuted it in the name of Daozi, Confucian opinions he didn't hear when he farted, but these carriage merchants and coachmen he can't wait to ignore them, because these people are the basis of his rule, so he is kind to persuade him, but I didn't expect these people to be too stubborn, and even proposed, they want to use a carriage and train to race, if the carriage wins, Li Lu stopped funding the train project, and asked the train to roll out broken leaves, hearing this, Li Lu was angry, "If the train wins, what will you do??"
”"Your Majesty, they will never be able to outrun ......the carriage we pulled with a bloody BMW," Ma Bao, the representative of the coachman, said proudly, "The thing in this world that can run the sweat and blood BMW has not yet been born.....
Looking at Ma Bao's triumphant appearance, Li Lu really wanted to fool him, and he really spent a lot of money, and even sweated and bloody?"
Hmph, don't be complacent, there are things in this world that are faster than sweat and blood, and .....
Gu asked you, have you thought about the problem of losing?
There are also your outstanding conditions, how do you feel that you are forcing the palace when you hear it, when will you be able to make up your mind for Gu?
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”Li Lu was extremely unhappy in his heart, as a king, he felt offended.After Li Lu finished speaking, Ma Bao realized that they had made a big mistake, that is, the person opposite was the king of a country, not their equivalent businessman, thinking of this, he pounced and knelt down, "I'm sorry, the king, the villain and the group of coachmen behind the villain are too big, and they forgot to respect and humility......"
"You have to remember that the person who makes the rules is lonely, not your ....."
Li Lu looked at Ma Bao lying on the ground, hey, this is the weakness of the bourgeoisie, he was frightened by himself, and he fell to the ground, "If you lose, obediently listen to Gu's arrangement, and know that it is not ......"
Li Lu said in an unquestionable tone.Li Lu immediately announced in his own name that he was going to hold a special competition in Broken Leaves, which would be divided into two parts, first a steam locomotive competition, and then a winner would be selected, and the carriage would be contested, and Li Lu set a large prize for the competition.Because at this time, it was not only Qian Muzhi and his group who were conducting research on steam locomotives, but also many people were conducting experiments, and when they learned that their king had offered a prize, the skilled craftsmen throughout England, oh no, it should be said that the engineers were ecstatic, and the opportunity was rare to show their mechanical talents, and to get a large amount of bonuses, and to show their faces in front of their kings, why not?
The engineers went berserk, the visionaries, the inventors, the professors of philosophy, the mechanics, the sweeping monks who were hidden in the people, and the ideas were full of ideas, and the creativity was completely stimulated.All kinds of locomotive manufacturing plans and programs, and even physical objects, continue to flock to the science and technology department in charge of registration.Everyone was enthusiastic and offered suggestions.Some propose a way to reduce the friction of the locomotive, which can be pulled with only one silk thread; Some propose to develop high-horsepower locomotives, which can pull through the thick rope of the bowl; Some locomotives are prepared to use gas produced by coking coal, and they are not afraid of fire and explosion; Some whimsical ideas use vacuum, and I don't know if it conforms to the law of conservation of energy?
What's even funnier is that someone has proposed that the machine can be recycled without fuel and steam, which is simply a desirable perpetual motion machine.In fact, the reason why Li Lu organized this event was to publicize the new thing of the railway through some reasonable means, so that everyone could know the benefits of the railway, and pave the way for the future construction of the railway in Britain.After screening, five steam locomotives, including Qian Muzhi's team's "Hope", entered the final round of the locomotive competition, and one of these five locomotives was simply funny, that is, the "Cosmos" from Khiva, which sounds strange to bluff, but in fact this locomotive is a modified horse-drawn locomotive.Power is generated by the horse's running pedals to pull the locomotive forward.So, there are actually only four real steam locomotives.Among these four locomotives, one locomotive died before it was born, was damaged in transportation, and after it was repaired, it was completely lying on its stomach before participating in the competition.The other one was also full of problems, no matter how it was repaired, it just couldn't start, and it had to quit the game.In the end, only the "Jinshan" from Shicheng and the "Hope" of Qian Muzhi's team were still speeding on the tracks.Although the appearance of the "Jinshan" is very fancy, the decoration is also very luxurious, the exquisite production technology, the beautiful luxury body, is very admired by the people who come to see the excitement, but this "Jinshan" can not be compared with the "Hope" at all, to make an inappropriate analogy, "Jinshan" can only be regarded as a beautiful man in the motorcycle industry, and the "Hope" is a muscular and violent man, and the level of both sides is immediately revealed.The "Golden Mountain" was no match for the "Hope" at all, pulling cargo three times its own weight, and in the course of the race, it was full of problems, frequently broke down, and finally withdrew from the race.On the field, you can only see the agile posture of the "Hope", showing off on the test line, and even climbing to the top of the slope along the 10/1000 ramp when fully loaded, even twice as fast as the stationary steam machinery used in those mines to pull the truck to the top of the mountain, which is a remarkable achievement.Although the "Hope" was in the limelight in the locomotive race, the melon-eating crowd, including Wu Mei, Princess Changle, Irina and Yueliduo and other little girls, agreed that although the train can carry a lot of goods, the speed is still much inferior to the carriage, Li Lu's family only has a few of his babies, as well as Shi Sha and Caidie, these two chicks think that their father (man) will definitely win, and the train must run faster than the carriage.After a few days, still on both sides of this railway, I had met Ma Bao, the freight carriage merchant on Li Lu before.He sat in the driver's seat of the carriage, whip in hand, and looked with hostile eyes at the behemoth that came from afar, a steam train, something new that no one had ever seen before.It carried far more than the freight wagon, and it came in smoke and steal almost all the business of the carriage merchants.So Ma Bao begged Li Lu to ban the development of the train, but to his disappointment, Li Lu only allowed him to compete with the train, and did not ban the development of the train, which made the coachmen and carriage freight merchants represented by Ma Bao very depressed, and they were determined to defeat this monster made of iron on the playing field, so that their king could change his mind.Before the race, Marble said confidently: "I want to prove that compared to the carriage, the train is a stupid guy who only emits smoke and makes a miasma of smoke." ”But facts always speak louder than words, the race between the carriage and the train aroused the strong interest of the melon-eating masses, and the railway line was crowded with spectators, even Li Lu and his family came out to cheer for the race, of course, their family was also divided into two factions.Ma Bao drove the full carriage and stood on the starting line with the train.After Li Lu's departure, Ma Bao's carriage was like an arrow off the string, rushing out hundreds of meters in an instant.And the train was still snoring in place and starting the machine.Amid the mocking shouts of the people, the train started slowly, and after the loud roar and billowing smoke, the speed of the train became faster and faster, and the distance between the train and the carriage gradually narrowed.Ma Bao kept waving his whip, and the carriage was running at its limit, while the train was still accelerating, and soon caught up with the carriage."
My sweaty horse was running fast, we kept running hard, but the guy still overtook us easily."
Ma Bao helplessly watched as the trains that were advancing in unison picked up speed again, leaving himself far behind.A game that had no suspense from the beginning ended and a new era had dawned.