Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 363 The Train Officially Operates
The train was running smoothly on the railway. Zhao Wen sat in the carriage and looked at the scenery outside.

Some people who were working in the fields looked at the train coming towards this side, and they all stood outside the railway fence excitedly, cheering non-stop for the train.

In their eyes, this train is simply a miraculous thing.

In order to prevent people from entering the railway by mistake, the entire railway is blocked by simple fences assembled with barbed wire to keep people out.The entry and exit places are only set up where the people must pass.

"My lord, the speed of this train is really fast. Even the best horses may not be able to match it." Song Yingxing looked at the scenery passing by outside the window, his face was full of excitement.

Zhao Wen said with a smile: "The speed of the train today is more than 160 miles per hour.

Some of the best war horses are even faster than this speed, but the war horses can't keep running.If the war horse ran at this speed for an hour, it would probably be run to death.

And trains don't have this problem at all, just need to have coal.Moreover, this train can pull a lot of goods, and the transport capacity alone is beyond the reach of ordinary war horses. "

Sun Yuanhua nodded, and then looked at the roaring scenery outside.

The train rattled and rattled as it passed over the joints of the rails.

The train is like a giant dragon, braving white smoke and flying towards the sky.

The distance from Xuanzhen to Longmen Fort is only more than 130 miles. In order to cover more, Zhao Wen took a lot of detours and let the railway pass as many military forts as possible.

In this way, the length of the railway was increased to more than 220 miles.

In the distance of more than 220 miles, there are many large and small stations.

Every time Zhao Wen went to a station, he would come down to check.

By the time they arrived at Longmen Fort, an hour and a half had passed.

Although the current trains have carriages, they are basically empty, so the speed is much faster.

"I'm coming!"

Today's Longmen Fort garrison stood on the platform of Longmen Fort Station and watched the gradually appearing train, his face was full of excitement.

"It is estimated that the commander-in-chief will come, hurry up and blow the gongs and drums for me."

The current guard of Longmen Fort is a man named Gongsun Erlu. After Zhao Wen became the guard of Longmen Fort, he escaped from Shaanxi and joined the Longmen Army.

Gongsun Erlu looked at the gradually appearing train, and hurriedly shouted to the musicians who had already prepared on the platform.

As soon as Gongsun Erlu finished speaking, the musicians who had already prepared all began to play and beat.

"drop!"

Before the train entered Longmenbao Station, a siren sounded.

Gongsun Erlu watched the train getting closer and closer, his face was full of excitement.

It was the first time he had seen such a thing as a train. When Song Yingxing was building the railway, he was curious and asked Song Yingxing about it.

Although Song Yingxing had explained it to him, at that time he really couldn't figure out why a cart made of steel could run and move without being dragged by horses.

The train was getting closer and closer. Zhao Wen sat in the train and looked at the people on both sides of the station with a smile on his face.

These people pointed to the train that Zhao Wen was riding on, pointing and pointing non-stop, the expressions on their faces were either bewildered, horrified, or excited.

The train gradually slowed down, and finally stopped firmly on the platform of Longmenbao Station.

Gongsun Erlu led a large group of people standing on the platform, waiting for Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen stood up and led Sun Yuanhua and the others off the train.

"grown ups!"

Gongsun Erlu looked at Zhao Wen who came down, hurried up to greet him, and saluted Zhao Wen.

The people in Longmen Castle looked at Zhao Wen who stepped out of the train, their faces were full of excitement.

These common people were the first to follow Zhao Wen, and they were very loyal and supportive of Zhao Wen.

"It's the Chief Soldier, the Chief Soldier has come back to see us."

I don't know who yelled, and all the people on the platform cheered towards Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen stood on the platform, waved at these people, and said with a smile on his face: "I, Zhao Wen, came to see you today."

"My lord has not forgotten us, my lord has not forgotten us."

For a time, almost all the people were excited.

"My lord, is this the train?" Gongsun Erlu looked at the train behind Zhao Wen with disbelief on his face.

It was the first time he had seen such a magical thing in such a big age.

"Haha, that's right, this is the train." Zhao Wen laughed, and then said: "Go, go to Longmen Fort to have a look, this is my starting point, let's see how Longmen Fort is doing now."

Gongsun Erlu nodded heavily, guarding Zhao Wen and heading out of the station.

The onlookers all followed behind Zhao Wen, excitedly heading outside.

After Zhao Wen walked out of Longmen Fort, Gongsun Erlu took Zhao Wen to wander in Longmen Fort.

Today's Longmen Fort and Zhao Wen didn't change much when they left, but there were more pedestrians on the street, and the people inside were basically all red-faced.

"It seems that you are good at managing Longmen Fort, and you are capable." Zhao Wen stood on the square outside the Longmen Fort Defense Mansion, looked at the surrounding buildings, and praised.

"Don't dare to do it. Most of this is due to the adults. I'm just Xiao Gui and Cao Sui." Gongsun Erlu hurriedly said modestly when he heard Zhao Wen praised him.

Zhao Wen smiled and said, "Haha, you don't have to be modest, it's your credit."

Zhao Wen wandered around Longmen Fort for a long time, and boarded the train again when the sun began to slant westward.

In the farewell of the people, Zhao Wen left Longmen Castle slowly by train.

When it was dark, Zhao Wen returned to Xuanzhen Station.

There are still many people in Xuanzhen Station at this time, but the number is much smaller than when Zhao Wen left.

Zhao Wen got off the train, looked at the train parked on the platform, and said to Sun Yuanhua: "From tomorrow, the train will be put into use, and a transportation bureau will be established to be responsible for the operation of the train.

Report to me if you have the right people.In addition to this, the remaining railways that have not been successfully built must be repaired quickly. It is estimated that within a few days, Datong Town will be in our hands.

At that time, the railway to Datong Town will also be built. The distance from Xuanzhen to Datong is not close, so all the workers must be concentrated and fully built. "

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Early the next morning, notices were plastered outside the Xuanzhen Railway Station, and beside the notices, there were people reading aloud for the illiterate people.

"Starting today, train transportation has been officially put into use. The current railway has only been built to Longmenbao, and more railways will be built in the future.

The railway from Xuanzhen to Longmenbao runs twice a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

The same is true for the journey from Longmenbao to Xuanzhen. There are two trips a day, starting at Chenshi and Weishi.

The train is mainly responsible for transporting people and goods, the goods are counted by weight, and the people are counted by head..."

A scholar next to the notice pointed to the content on the notice and read it aloud to these people.

Behind the scholar surrounded many common people, they listened to the scholar's voice quietly.

"It has been in operation since today? How much is it for one sitting? Why didn't it say that?" A middle-aged businessman pointed at the notice and shouted at the scholar.

The scholar turned his head and looked at the scholar with a smile on his face, "Sir, as for the specific fee, you have to go to the ticket office inside the station to inquire. The types of goods and the delivery time are different, and the prices are different. I can’t tell you in detail about this.”

The middle-aged businessman nodded, then stood quietly, listening to the scholar's voice.

"The longest journey from Xuanzhen to Longmen Castle is no more than two hours, and the shortest is one and a half hours."

As soon as the scholar's voice fell, the people behind him began to discuss.

"If you walk from Xuanzhen to Longmen Fort, if you don't bring anything, it will take at least twelve hours a day just to walk, and you still don't bring anything. Now the train only takes one and a half hours, and the speed is So fast."

"Yes, yes, it will be here in an hour and a half. Even if you ride a horse, it probably won't be as good as it."

"Actually, it's still a long way around, from Xuan Town to Longmen Fort, the railway connects almost all the towns between the two.

If there is no connection, it will take about an hour to travel from Xuanzhen to Longmen Fort. "The scholar listened to the discussion of these common people and patiently explained.

"Even if it's delivering goods, is it still at this speed?" The middle-aged businessman looked at the scholar expectantly.

The scholar nodded, "That's right, even if it's the delivery of goods, it's still the same time."

"How much cargo can be transported, can it hold two thousand catties?"

"Don't say it's two thousand catties, even twenty thousand catties can hold it."

"It can run so fast with so much cargo? Is this a miracle?"

"Haha, this is not a miracle, it is called the power of industry."

When the middle-aged businessman heard this, he squeezed out of the crowd and headed for the ticket gate in the station.

This businessman sells grain, and now that the war is about to start, the demand for grain has also begun to increase.

Zhao Wen once ordered to buy a large amount of grain.Although Zhao Wen has hoarded a large amount of grain, this battle is different from the previous ones. After all, this time Zhao Wen is preparing to occupy the land of Shanshan and Shanxi. Due to the drought in these two places in recent years, the grain output has been extremely high. Many people were struggling to get enough food and clothing, so Zhao Wen had to buy a lot of food.

The middle-aged businessman was moved. There are many fertile fields around Longmen Fort. The middle-aged businessman used to sell the grain of Longmen Fort to Xuan Town, so this time the middle-aged businessman wanted to seize this opportunity.

Originally, he thought that it would cost a lot of money to transport food from Longmen Fort to Xuan Town just by hiring horse-drawn carriages and manpower, but he didn't expect that there would be a train.

If what the scholar said just now is true, then he can save himself a lot of money.

The middle-aged businessman walked into the waiting hall with anxiety and came to the ticket window.

A middle-aged accountant was sitting in the middle of the window. He looked at the middle-aged businessman and asked with a smile on his face, "Are you here to buy tickets? You are the first one."

"I would like to ask, how many catties of goods can this train transport? How does it work? And how is the cost calculated?" The middle-aged businessman stared at the cashier closely, his ears pricked up.

The accountant took out a booklet from under the counter and rummaged through it.

After a while, the accountant slowly explained to the middle-aged businessman, "The charge is like this. From Xuanzhen to Longmen Fort, the charge is one silver dollar per thousand catties. As for how much goods can be transported by the train, I can only tell you this. As many as there are, the train can carry as many.

As for the operation, the specific is this, if you want to transport goods, you have to transport all your goods to the train station one hour before the train departs.

After transporting to the train station, we will weigh your goods, and the fee will be charged after the weighing is completed.

After the fee is paid, the goods can be moved to the train.When moving, you can hire someone yourself, and we can also help, but we also charge for it.

After the goods arrive at the station, our staff will unload the goods and store them in the goods warehouse of the railway station, and you can pick them up with the voucher at that time.

As for the personnel, from Xuanzhen to Longmen Fort is two cents of silver coins. "

The middle-aged businessman listened carefully without missing a word.

"That's all? One silver dollar for a thousand catties? So cheap?" The middle-aged businessman looked at the cashier in disbelief.

In this era, if you rely on ordinary methods to transport a thousand catties of goods from Longmen Fort to Xuanzhen, you will spend more than one silver dollar on the way.

The rental of the carriage requires money, and the groom who drives the carriage requires money, and they also need to take care of their meals.

After Lin Lin finally figured it out, it would cost at least three or four silver dollars to transport a thousand catties of goods on the road. If the time cost is added, the cost will be even higher.

Now the price of transporting a thousand catties of goods is only one silver dollar. How can this not shock the middle-aged businessman?

Looking at the shocked middle-aged businessman, the accountant laughed and said, "That's right, the price is that low."

At the same time, Tang Ruowang appeared behind the middle-aged businessman in a Confucian uniform. He looked at the cashier and asked, "Can I get on this train today?"

Tang Ruowang had been teaching in Xuanzhen for a while, and the accountant had met Tang Ruowang once or twice, so he was not surprised when he saw Tang Ruowang.

"I can get on the train today, although the time has passed, but today is the first day after all, and I don't know what the situation is, so there is only one train today, and the train will start at the end of the day.

There are still two hours before the end of time. If you want to take the train, it is still too late to buy tickets. "The accountant said slowly.

The middle-aged businessman thought for a moment, and then said: "That is to say, if I buy a ticket now, can I take this train again in the future?"

"It's like this. Our train boarding is based on the train ticket. As long as the time is right, we recognize the ticket but not the person."

"In that case, I'll buy a train ticket first, and come back when I'm not ready." The middle-aged businessman touched his waist as he said.

(End of this chapter)