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Chapter 1620 Doubt
Depart from Chang'an in the morning and reach Luoyang before the sun sets?
Li Shimin and a group of ministers were dumbfounded, which was beyond their comprehension.

Isn't this bullshit?

Even a Maxima can't run so fast!
Even if you don't rest for a moment, it is impossible to run from Chang'an to Luoyang in one day if you exhaust Maxima to death!
If you are dragging a carriage, the speed will be even slower. If you are dragging a cart of goods, you will only run a hundred miles that day.

This is because the concrete road was paved from Chang'an to Luoyang. If it was the dirt road with potholes before, it would be good to drag the goods for dozens of miles.

What's more, dragging dozens of carriages, can you run from Chang'an to Luoyang in one day?
And judging by the speed of the steam car just now, it is not considered fast, let alone towing dozens of carriages, even if it does not tow a single carriage, it is impossible to run from Chang'an to Luoyang in one day.

Li Shimin shook his head and said, "Impossible. It is eight hundred miles from Chang'an to Luoyang. Even my BMW can't run from Chang'an to Luoyang in one day!"

Li Jing also shook his head and said, "Unless we are constantly changing horses along the road, otherwise, it is impossible to run from Chang'an to Luoyang in one day!"

Fang Xuanling nodded and said: "Yes, there are still dozens of carriages being towed. Whether so many carriages can be dragged is a problem. How can they run faster than a horse with so many carriages? possible!"

How could it be impossible to run eight hundred miles a day?
Fifty kilometers per hour is only eight hours. Although the steam train can't run fast, there is no problem with fifty kilometers per hour. Su Cheng is very confident about it.

Running from Chang'an to Luoyang in one day scared Li Shimin and the others to such a degree. If you tell them that there are cars in later generations that can run seven or eight hundred miles in an hour, will they be scared to death?

Su Cheng said with a smile: "This kind of steam car is relatively backward, and it really can't run fast on flat ground, but assuming railroad tracks, if you put the steam car on the rails and run, even if you pull dozens of carriages of goods, you can run once an hour." Baili is fine!"

"Moreover, because the machine is running instead of being pulled by animals, there is no need to rest at all. As long as the fire keeps burning, it can run continuously. It can run from Chang'an to Luoyang in one day."

If it was running on flat ground, no matter what Su Cheng said, they would not believe it, but when Su Cheng said that he ran the car on the rails, they didn't know how to refute it, because they didn't know what rails were.

Seeing that Su Cheng was so sure that he could run from Chang'an to Luoyang in one day, although Li Shimin and the others didn't know what the railway track was, they already had some confidence in their hearts.

Because although these words were unbelievable, they came from Su Cheng's mouth.

Wei Zheng asked suspiciously, "What are rails?"

Su Cheng squatted down and gestured: "It's just two irons, so thick and wide, nailed to the ground like this, and then, the wheels of the car are like this, so they can run directly on the rails, which will definitely save effort compared to flat ground. The speed is also much faster!"

Although Li Shimin and the others had never seen a car running on the railway tracks, they did not live in an ivory tower after all. After careful consideration, they found Su Cheng's method interesting.

Li Ji nodded and pondered: "Thinking about it carefully, what Su Cheng said is not unreasonable."

Fang Xuanling pondered: "According to what Su Cheng said, running the car on the rails is indeed less labor-intensive than running on flat ground, and the speed will be faster than running on flat ground, but it's hard to say how fast, after all, no one Tried!"

For Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling, of course, no one has ever tried it, but for Su Cheng, it has long been unknown how many people have tried it for how many years.

Su Cheng said with a smile: "That's not easy, just lay the railway tracks from Chang'an to Luoyang and try it out!"

Wei Zheng couldn't help but change his face when he heard this. Just now everyone was only discussing whether steam cars can run fast on the rails, but they thought about the cost of laying the rails.

How much iron will it cost to lay two rails from Chang'an to Luoyang, two rails eight hundred miles long?How much manpower and material resources will be spent?

Just to verify whether it is possible to run from Chang'an to Luoyang in one day?
Wei Zheng said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I think what Rong Guogong said is absolutely impossible. It is [-] miles from Chang'an to Luoyang. How much will it cost to lay two [-]-mile-long railway tracks? How much money will it cost?"

"Even if a steam car really only takes one day to run from Chang'an to Luoyang on the rails, so what? Can a car pull dozens of carriages of goods compared to the cost of laying two [-]-mile-long rails?" ?”

Cheng Yaojin couldn't help being speechless when he heard this: "The rails are [-] miles long. If there are two rails, it will be [-] miles long. How much money will it cost!"

The surroundings suddenly became quiet. Just now everyone was amazed at the magic of the steam car, but now they suddenly discovered that although the steam car is magical, it is flashy, and it is actually useless at all.

The thought of the two [-]-mile-long rails made Li Shimin's heart bleed, and he said hastily: "Su Cheng, do you know how much money it will cost to lay two [-]-mile-long rails? Just to test the performance of this steam car. How fast? Isn't this a joke?"

Su Cheng smiled and said, "Is your majesty unwilling to repair it? This steam car runs really fast on the rails!"

Li Shimin sneered and said, "Su Cheng, are you stupid or do you think I'm stupid? Two [-]-mile-long railway tracks are laid just to test how fast steam cars can run?"

After all, this is the car that Su Cheng built with great difficulty. Empress Changsun quickly smoothed things over and said, "It's already a miracle that Su Cheng can build such a magical steam car. It's hard at the beginning, maybe there will be a better way in the future. .”

Su Cheng cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Since your majesty is unwilling to lay the railroad tracks, please allow me to lay the railroad tracks. I will buy all the land or wasteland along the way. After I have laid the railroad tracks, I will put the steam cars on the railroad tracks." Run up, the steam car will go back and forth between Chang'an and Luoyang, if anyone takes the car or transports goods, I will charge a certain fee, and I hope Your Majesty will allow it!"

Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling and others were stunned when they heard this. They didn't expect Su Cheng to lay the railroad tracks by himself.

Cheng Yaojin jumped out immediately, and said loudly: "What? You want to lay the rails yourself? Two rails are [-] miles! [-] miles of iron! Do you know how much it costs?"

Su Cheng smiled slightly: "No, I didn't plan to lay two rails!"

Cheng Yaojin couldn't help being slightly taken aback when he heard this: "Ah? Are you planning to pave one? Lay a rail, how can the car run on the rail? A rail is eight hundred miles long, eight hundred miles long iron!"

(End of this chapter)