"Boom" "It's moving.
The crowd of onlookers was watching the excitement, and many people had already exclaimed.
"Look at the carriage made by the Yuan family, it is all four wheels, you see that the wheel is so weird, what are those black and gray things on it, is it animal skin?"
Someone started talking.
From time to time, it is not a very clever thing to say that their imagination is not enough but at this time to wrap animal skins around wooden wheels, and this precedent of using animal skins is also an experimental product made when the Yuan family workshop produced bicycles, to be honest, after all, it is leather, and it needs to be replaced after wear, so this kind of bicycle can only be used by some rich children.
So it's no wonder that these people would think about animal skins, but they are destined not to guess the answer, because the tires of steam cars are made of thick synthetic rubber, which is also the first batch of experimental products.
The steam car started slowly, Li Chengqian and Li Zhen were very happy to sit in the car, they now know a little bit about the steam car, they didn't panic when they sat on it, the speed was not too fast, and they started to drive slowly along Pingkangfang, followed by a large group of people.
Li Chengqian said to the driver: "Can you be faster, this speed is too slow." ” The temporary driver is the employee of the Yuanjia Workshop, the fastest speed of this locomotive is more than 30 miles, now because there are many people on the street, so the current speed is less than 10 miles, which makes the people who ride feel very slow, and it is understandable.
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, there are so many people on the street, I'm afraid there will be a car accident if it's too fast."
The driver immediately responded.
Although Li Chengqian desperately wanted to speed up the car, he thought that if something really happened, the impact on his crown prince would be very bad, and now that his father and some ministers were in his first floor, if something happened, he would definitely not be able to get out of it.
"Well, safety first."
Li Chengqian looked at Lizhi and then said to the driver.
The people of Pingkang Fang were very surprised to see an iron lump moving on the street suddenly, many people were not curious but felt a little scared, this rumbling sound was really scary, and there were no horses pulling the cart, which really made people who saw it for the first time feel strange.
This kind of steam locomotive is not moving fast now, because there are too many people, but this does not mean that the people who follow behind can easily catch up, the speed of running is okay, but such a continuous running is not something that everyone can bear.
Soon Li Chengqian drove out of Pingkangfang in a car, and the speed of the car soon increased, and whenever he encountered an intersection, the driver would slow down in accordance with the record in the safety driving manual, and should sound the horn before crossing the intersection to prevent someone from being accidentally touched.
"Brother Prince, this steam car is really good, it can move on its own and it is very stable."
Lizhi said.
The whole steam car is designed by Yuan Shan, the steam engine has a large chimney in front of the front of the car, but the cab and the surrounding area of the passenger compartment are wrapped with iron sheet and glass, as long as the windows are not opened, they will not be affected by the smoke of the chimney.
The people behind Pingkangfang can't keep up, and they can't keep running like this with the steam car, so many merchants have returned to the first floor, and these merchants have to sit down and chat in addition to participating in the auction, and many merchants have booked meeting rooms on the first floor.
The speed of development of Chang'an's commerce is obvious, and many merchants want to take advantage of this opportunity to contact more business, especially when they hear that the imperial court has issued a decree that merchants can apply for the mining of iron ore, and these merchants gathered in Chang'an City this time are all for this.
The appearance of the steam car made the merchants seem to see another business opportunity, so after the auction ended, Yuan Shan was surrounded by a group of people.
"This steam locomotive is really a good thing, but the price is too expensive, if there is such a car in this Chang'an City to solicit customers."
A businessman brought it up.
Yuan Shan didn't say much, he knew that if that was the case, the traffic in the entire Chang'an City might be paralyzed, not to mention the problem of the road, there would be no traffic lights, which might greatly increase the probability of accidents in Chang'an City.
Not to mention where he got so many steam cars for them to use, these merchants are just a few idle words, but it is not impossible to use steam power as a means of transportation.
Yuanshan was surrounded, at this time Li Shimin also came over to hear what they were talking about, Li Shimin was shocked by these businessmen today, especially the Zheng family spent a million yuan just to buy a bicycle production line, such a big deal even he, the emperor, can't do it, these businessmen in the first floor are the business representatives of the Tang Dynasty, and their wealth is a little jealous of him as an emperor.
I heard Yuan Shan say: "Everyone said that in fact, Ben Hou has thought about it, the steam locomotive is just a kind of remote means of transportation, in fact, there is a means of transportation called the train, the train needs to travel on the rails, it can be said that as long as there are rails, the train can be reached, do you think that you can go from Chang'an to Luoyang in an hour, have you ever thought that it only takes three days from Chang'an to Lingnan, in fact, as long as the train is built and the rails are built along the way, it is completely achievable, and the cargo capacity of the train is amazing, One wagon can hold sixty tons of cargo, which is about 1,000 koku when converted into stone, and the actual load may be less, but even then a train of wagons can hang at least ten of these wagons. ” Everyone was shocked, all the merchants naturally knew the significance of this freight volume, and like Yuan Shan said, Chang'an to Luoyang only takes an hour, plus the freight volume If there is really such a truck, the freight cost used to transport them in business will be reduced too much, and the speed is especially special for some rice merchants, they no longer have to worry about the freight speed of grain.
Li Shimin was also shocked when he heard this, he, the emperor, was very aware of the situation in Chang'an, the real land was not much, and most of the food resources were transported from all over the country, which led to the restriction of certain factors in the Chang'an region.
If there really is such a thing that can quickly transport goods, then Chang'an's problem is not a problem.
Seeing that a group of people seemed to be looking forward to something, at this time Yuan Shan suddenly said: "Truck transportation is certainly a very promising project, but the investment is huge, and it cannot be achieved without the power of the Tang Dynasty from the imperial court, so this is what the marquis said, don't think too much." ” After listening to Yuan Shan's words, Li Shimin couldn't help but react from his thinking, although the project is good, it is not easy to do, he is a very practical person.
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