Datang's free and easy concubine

Chapter 1639 Progress
Su Cheng held a general meeting of shareholders in Sujiazhuang, and established the amount of money, manpower and material resources that each company involved in the construction of the railway would occupy. After that, various preparations began quickly.

Because the emperor attached great importance to this matter, and the people of each family also cared about this matter very much, so the progress can be said to be rapid.

Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin, Changsun Chong and others came to work as supervisors in person, can the progress not be fast?

Su Cheng was not idle either. Under his command, blast furnaces sprang up one after another.

All the craftsmen were stunned, how could steelmaking be like this?

Isn't this efficiency too high?

Carloads of pig iron and iron stone were transported to the blast furnace for ironmaking by bullock carts, and sections of rails were sent to the construction site.

The starting point of the railway was located not far from Sujiazhuang. Concrete houses rose from the ground to form the first railway station in Datang, and the railway tracks were continuously laid.

Su Cheng simply moved the steam locomotive workshops to the vicinity of the train station, while a group of craftsmen improved and assembled locomotives and made carriages.

Su Cheng joined forces with a group of honorable families to build the railway, and the burst of energy could not go to the imperial court, and was even more efficient than the imperial court.

Craftsmen from various families gathered together to work in full swing, and the entire Chang'an, from the emperor and officials down to the Li people, was full of curiosity and expectation for the railway.

Soon, the railway was built for a hundred miles, and the workshop successfully produced two locomotives and twenty carriages.

Su Cheng was very satisfied with the successful manufacture of these two locomotives, which were no different from the locomotives in his impression.

A group of craftsmen were also very excited when they saw the two locomotives. Compared with making the first steam locomotive, the craftsmen who already had experience were more skilled and made more sophisticated.

The success of the last steam train has given them great confidence, and they are looking forward to the steam train made this time.

"Now that the locomotive has been manufactured, let's pull the locomotive and the car on the rails and run for dozens of miles to try it out tomorrow to see if it can run and how fast it can run. If there is any problem, we will try to solve it. " Su Cheng laughed.

The craftsmen were very excited when they heard this. They thought they could test it after the railway was built, but they didn't expect the Duke to prepare it now.

However, if it is an experiment now, there is a problem. A craftsman asked: "Guogong, now only a section of the railway from Chang'an to Luoyang has been built. How can the train come back after it leaves?"

The locomotive alone is so heavy, plus twenty carriages, even a few cows can't pull it back.

Su Cheng smiled and said: "There are two locomotives, one is installed in the front and the other is installed in the back. If you want to go forward, go forward, if you want to go backward, go back."

All the craftsmen suddenly realized after hearing this, yes, why didn't they think of such a simple answer?
Su Cheng didn't plan to make a big fuss about the train test tomorrow morning. After all, it was just a simple test, not a trial run after it was completed and opened to traffic.

But Su Cheng ignored a problem. People in this era have never seen a train at all.Even the craftsmen in the workshop have never seen it, let alone others.

Therefore, the moment Su Cheng sat down to make a decision, the news spread quickly in the construction site.

Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin and others were overseeing the work everywhere. When they heard the news, they jumped on their horses and went straight to the train station.

Su Cheng, who had been busy all day, was about to go home from get off work, when he just got on his horse, he saw Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin, Changsun Chong, Li Chongyi and other second-generation ancestors roaring towards him.

"Why do you come here if you don't go back to the city? Could something have happened?" Su Cheng asked suspiciously.

What happened?

Of course something big happened!
Su Cheng secretly wanted to test the train!

Didn't even notify everyone!

Cheng Chumo hurriedly said: "We heard that you are going to test the operation of the train tomorrow?"

Yuchi Baolin asked repeatedly: "Hasn't the railway been built yet?

Chang Sun Chong quickly asked, "Why didn't you tell us such a big thing?"

It turned out that they came here for tomorrow's test run. The news spread really quickly, Su Cheng said with a smile: "You guys are really well informed, it's just a test run, and two locomotives and twenty carriages have been produced. "

"Tomorrow, I'm just going to install it on the rails and run it for dozens of miles to see if there are any problems, to see how fast it can be achieved, and to see what needs to be improved."

Cheng Chumo and others immediately became excited when they heard this, gearing up their fists and said: "Yes, you can try running for dozens of miles first. You can see the real train tomorrow!"

Chang Sun Chong said excitedly: "This is a big deal, why didn't you tell us?"

Su Cheng said with a smile: "It's just a test, what's the big deal? It's not that the railway is built and officially opened to traffic for trial operation. If the railway is built, it should be a grand ceremony to publicize it."

Cheng Chumo was speechless after listening, isn't this a big deal?Is there anything bigger than this?

Originally, they thought that only after the railway was built, could they see the grand occasion of the train pulling dozens of carriages on the track, but they didn't expect to see it just after the [-]-mile track was built.

"It's just a test run for dozens of miles. That's a big deal. Everyone is curious about trains." Cheng Chumo said with a smile.

Su Cheng smiled indifferently: "Okay, let's go back today, and come and see tomorrow if you want to."

"That must be seen!"

“Absolutely not to be missed!”

"Haha, we've been looking forward to it for a long time."

Cheng Chumo and others can't wait to gallop away. Looking at their backs, Su Cheng knows that Cheng Chumo and them will definitely not be the only ones coming tomorrow.

If Cheng Yaojin and the others knew about it, wouldn't they come and take a look?

However, Su Cheng didn't care, so he could come and see if he wanted to.

Su Cheng didn't care, Shi Shiran left.

But a group of craftsmen became nervous. They thought they were just experimenting in front of the Duke, but they didn't expect so many people to come to see it.

If something goes wrong, wouldn't it be embarrassing for the Duke?
Thinking of this, the craftsmen suddenly became nervous again. Although they had already checked several times to make sure that each part was manufactured according to the Duke's standards, they still decided to check it carefully again tonight.

No need to think about it, they are afraid that they will not want to sleep tonight. In fact, even if they have time to sleep, they are too excited to fall asleep.

If the experiment is successful tomorrow, the sensation and impact it will cause is simply unimaginable.

It's not that if it succeeds, but it will definitely succeed. They have sufficient confidence in the Duke's ability.

(End of this chapter)