As soon as the Ministry of Economic Development had negotiated the shipping business, the imperial court announced that the second locomotive was temporarily put into use.
This also means that the second train line is put into use, and the route from Chang'an City to Lanzhou is still somewhat complicated, and this line will be built to Minzhou later.
The train theoretically takes no more than 12 hours at full speed, but in practice it may take less than 20 hours for a one-way trip, depending on the weight of the train.
The train project required a large number of people to build, which accelerated the purge of the Turkic tribes, and although the Eastern Turks had long been wiped out by the Tang army, the remaining remnants were still scattered to establish some small tribes.
In addition, the Tang Dynasty, a vassal of the Xue Yantuo tribe, wanted to take over the territory of the Eastern Turks, which made Li Shimin see the intention of Xue Yantuo's secret self-growth, how could Xue Yantuo realize his ambitions, so the actions of the Tang Dynasty soldiers in the Turks are accelerating, as long as they are willing to submit to the Tang Dynasty, they will receive preferential treatment, and also arrange jobs, and the Turks who take the initiative to work will enjoy a very good salary, enough to feed the whole family.
The wives and children will be settled by the imperial court, and what is needed is to change their living habits and stop grazing, but after returning to the Tang Dynasty, there are also many jobs they are good at, such as breeding.
The locomotive test run started from Chang'an West Railway Station to carry the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty and a large number of materials to Lanzhou, and this time Li Shimin also sent 3,000 people from the guard station to Lanzhou to change the guard, and the personnel were transported in batches.
It's just a pity that when the truck returns, it is basically a soldier who changes the guard, which avoids running an empty car, but according to this state, the soldiers who change the guard can only run empty after being transported back to Chang'an, in the view of the Ministry of Economic Development, this is a waste of resources, but Lanzhou has no materials to transport back in time.
On the day of the opening of Lanzhou, Yuan Shan realized that such an opportunity could not be missed, and the railway lines he chose were limited to choose economic value, just like Chengdu in Jiannan Road, there were large tracts of reclaimed land resources, but through the degree of transportation to the north a large amount of corn and cotton.
When the imperial court intervened, the priority became material supply, in order to avoid long-term empty cars, Yuan Shan called people to follow to Lanzhou, the purpose is to develop the local economy, for example, the local fruits can be collected and transported back to Chang'an for sale.
But things may not go so smoothly, for example, it may be necessary to hire people to pick them, or work with the local state capital yamen to develop and grow melons and fruit plants, and Lanzhou's economy needs to be investigated locally to decide.
Yuan came to the teahouse, and Yuan Shan was looking at some information in the office.
Yu Jingming came in and said, "Yuan Servant shoots, Song Kangde of the Ordnance Supervisor asks to see you." ” Yuan Shan hadn't been to the ordnance superintendent for a long time, and suddenly remembered that Song Kangde was the recorder of the ordnance superintendent at the beginning, and he was in charge of recording, and now he seems to have been promoted to the chief bookkeeper and manages dozens of craftsmen, according to his idea, he is the position of workshop director.
It was a surprise that he was here.
Song Kangde was still the same as before when he saw Yuan Shanhou, there was no shelf, just like an innkeeper, and his smile was full of honesty.
"Yuan Servant Shot, I am here to hand over a total of ten small steam boilers for the new batch of orders from the Yuan Family Workshop."
Song Kande said.
As soon as Yuan Shan heard it, he remembered that the front end was fake, and in the case of insufficient transportation capacity, he really ordered a batch of special small steam boilers with the ordnance supervisor to prepare for the manufacture of steam freight locomotives, and the production of boilers took a long time, and he might have forgotten about this matter if Song Kangde didn't come today.
"Don't you say that Ben Hou almost forgot about it."
Yuan Shandao.
"I'll send someone to send the boiler to the Yuan family manor right away."
Song Kande said.
After talking to Song Kangde for a few words to settle the matter, Yuan Shancai asked: "What is the situation of the Ordnance Prison recently, I haven't been there for a long time, and it may change a lot." ” "What Yuan Servant said is that the Ordnance Supervisor has expanded its scale again not long ago, and now the number of craftsmen has increased to 1,000, and the area has more than tripled."
Song Kande said.
"Oh, the scale is really not small, why didn't Zuoqiu and Lian Jia come."
Wonsun asked.
Normally, this kind of external contact work is done by Xin Liangchou and Jian Cheng Zuoqiu, and Yuan Shan is curious to ask.
"Hui Yuan servant, after the expansion of the Ordnance Supervision is completed, several large factories will be divided, Zuoqiu and Lian Jia are busy managing and can't leave, so it's their turn to come over."
Song Kande said.
Yuan Shan thought for a moment before saying: "According to what you said, after the expansion of the Ordnance Supervisor, the production of the locomotive should have been built a few months in advance, why is it only completed now." ” "This."
Song Kant hesitated.
"That's right, not all craftsmen are building locomotives, and some are making new types of artillery, if you want to know more, you need to go to the Ordnance Supervisor and ask Xin Zhengjian."
Song Kande said.
"The secrecy is quite thorough."
Yuan Shandao.
Song Kangde immediately explained: "Yuan Servant Shooting is not hiding anything from you, it's just that the subordinate officials in the core area only know so much, the Ordnance Supervisor is now managed by the division of labor workshops, and there are special persons in charge of different workshops, and the subordinate and others in the core area are always managed by Xin Zhengjian himself, and it is really not clear." ” Yuan Shan is nominally in charge of the weapons superintendent, and he also enjoys special protection for this, but Yun Feng hasn't seen him for a long time, and although he has the right to supervise, he has never carried it out.
"This official just asks casually, the Ordnance Supervisor is developing very well now, forming an independent system, and if it continues to develop like this, it will get better and better in the future."
Yuan Shandao.
On the train passing through the direction of Lanzhou while they were chatting, the most material except for the first batch of 300 people was the latest weapon of the Ordnance Supervisor, a large artillery with a larger caliber and thicker barrel, and there were five such guns on the transport train this time.
This kind of large artillery requires a frame to move, and it occupies a much larger area, which is very heavy, and it requires at least four horses to pull it at the same time, but with solid scattershots, the attack range is farther, and the damage area is larger.
In the test of the Arsenal Superintendent, these five guns fired at the same time were more powerful than fifty small guns, and the lethality was very strong, and even more threatening to heavy armored units.
In addition, there are a large number of grenades, Tubo has repeatedly invaded the border of the Tang Dynasty, this state Li Shimin does not want to continue, and now the Tang Dynasty soldiers are strong and strong, and there are new weapons in hand, there is no reason not to counterattack.
After Song Kangde left, Yuan Shan no longer thought about the matter of the ordnance prison, anyway, he didn't know when the third locomotive would be produced.
What he has to think about now is to maximize the benefits of the Lanzhou line, don't look at the railway construction now, he has nothing to do, but the Ministry of Economic Development is involved in many fields.
The Zhengzhou Economic Development Department has gained a firm foothold, and the next step is to set up additional ones in various state capitals.
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