Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 1835
A huge steam locomotive was parked on the rails, and a gray-haired man stood beside the steam locomotive, talking with the people attending the opening ceremony of the North-South Railway.

Above the railroad tracks, there is a huge object suspended in the air, casting shadows below.

This behemoth is like a huge spindle, named "airship", which is used to give a great momentum to the opening ceremony of the North-South Railway!
After the end of the first World Expo, Chu Yun once again promoted the progress and improvement of various technologies to prepare for the second World Expo, and some technologies that were skipped were also supplemented.

Before the popularity of airplanes, airships were still very popular, but in Chu Yun's case, airplanes appeared before airships.

At this time, the airship is still filled with hydrogen, so it is not very safe.

However, Chu Yun still completed this technology, allowing the airship to appear in front of the world.

Perhaps a hydrogen airship is very bad as a means of transportation, but the shock brought by its huge size is far more terrifying than that of an airplane.

This place is the Beijing Railway Station, and the North-South Railway has finally been completed.

The establishment of a railway artery from the capital through the Central Plains, Hankou, and then to Guangzhou, strengthened the connection between various regions. The northern, central, and southern regions are monolithic, which is of great significance.

When Chu Yun returned to the capital, he non-stop participated in the opening ceremony of the North-South Railway, which caused a commotion among the crowd.

Compared with the main ironclad ships of the Han class used for external deterrence, Chu Yun also attaches great importance to the construction of internal railways.

Ironclad ships run amok overseas, but it is the local financial resources that support the ironclad ships behind them.

To get rich, build roads first. Chu Yun even spends money on building railways and changing official roads regardless of the cost. Millions of taels of silver are burned every year, and a lot of wealth plundered from overseas has become railways and roads.

But Chu Yun felt that it was worthwhile. The silver he invested in now would bring China a longer-lasting prosperity.

The gray-haired man was Zhan Tianyou who was brought to this world by Chu Yun. He came to this world and mainly led the construction of three sections of railways.

A section of the railway is the Grassland Railway, which runs from Liaodong to Xi’an through the prairie. The nomadic tribes on the grassland have completely lost their mobility after the construction of the Grassland Railway. It solves the infestation of the prairie for more than 2000 years.

A section of the railway is the Pearl River Delta Railway, which promotes the prosperity of Guangzhou Prefecture as the administration of Nanyang affairs.

The third section of the railway is the North-South Railway. This section of the railway is even more significant. After the North-South Railway, the exchanges between the North and the South will increase. In the future, it is estimated that there will be no confrontation between the North and the South. The country can only have one.

Although Zhan Tianyou's main achievement in this world is only three sections of railways, but the construction of these three sections of railways is extremely difficult!
Especially the Grassland Railway and the North-South Railway. Each railway is thousands of kilometers long and employs tens of thousands of laborers. Behind them are tens of thousands of mining workers and iron smelters to provide rails for the railways!

In the 30 years since Zhan Tianyou came to this world, he has changed from a middle-aged man to an old man. After the opening of the North-South Railway, he will retire.

The two large railways, one horizontal and one vertical, have already achieved fruitful results.

Chu Yun saw Zhan Tianyou: "You have worked hard for ten years to conduct exploration for the construction of the North-South Railway and lead engineers and laborers to fight day and night at the front line."

Zhan Tianyou bowed his hands politely: "This is something I can do, and I will do my part. It's just that my old bones are no longer what they used to be, and I have to rest for ten and a half months to recover from the occasional cold. I'm afraid I have to retire."

Chu Yun said: "Your efforts will extend China's prosperity for at least 30 years, and I will ask people to engrave the list of the main members who built the North-South Railway on the railway stele, so that future generations will remember your contributions. "

Zhan Tianyou showed some regret: "Can the North-South Railway only prolong China's prosperity for 30 years? If possible, I hope this land can prosper forever."

Chu Yun shook his head: "We have tried our best. No one can predict what will happen in the future. If future generations want to maintain prosperity, they must work hard on their own. Otherwise, no matter how good our ideas are, it will not help."

"What you said is that future generations should fight for it themselves." Zhan Tianyou said.

The opening ceremony of the North-South Railway was held at the Beijing Railway Station. A steam locomotive "Industrial No. [-]" from Guangzhou Prefecture will come to the capital carrying lychees from Guangzhou Prefecture to demonstrate the power of steam locomotives and railroad tracks.

With the North-South Railway, it is no longer a luxury to "ride a red dust concubine and laugh, and no one will know that it is a lychee."

Preserving lychees on ice for freight is a no-brainer for trains and enough to keep lychees fresh.

All the people present are waiting for the arrival of the "Industrial No. [-]" locomotive.According to the telegram notification, "Industrial No. [-]" will arrive in the capital within the next hour or two.

Zhan Tianyou said to Chu Yun during this period: "The North-South Railway cannot form a complete railway, because of the existence of the Yangtze River's natural danger. After the Industrial No. It takes two hours. If a bridge across the Yangtze River can be built, the cost of the North-South Railway can be reduced by two hours. Especially when there are more trains in the future, the ferry may be too busy."

Chu Yun thought for a while, then shook his head: "Our bridge technology is not enough to build a bridge across the Yangtze River. This matter will be left to future generations or I will be alive when the technology is mature. I promise you, I will definitely build it on the Yangtze River." An iron bridge."

"I also strive to live longer." Zhan Tianyou said.

The future of technology is bright, and Zhan Tianyou wants to see more advanced technology emerge.

"After the second World Expo, I plan to send all the local criminals and some unemployed refugees to the Siberian Plain to build a large railway. This large railway will reach the Eastern European Plain. Perhaps the role of the Siberian Railway in this era is lacklustre , but it will help us control Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and Central Asia from land, which is a century-old plan.” Chu Yun talked about the Trans-Siberian Railway with Zhan Tianyou, who cared about railways.

When Zhan Tianyou heard that the Trans-Siberian Railway was going to be built, his eyes lit up, and thinking of his advanced age, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's a pity that I can't go to Siberia..."

While the two of them were talking, cheers suddenly erupted from the crowd. It turned out that a steam locomotive with black smoke was coming from the south.

This is the steam locomotive "Industrial No. [-]" that arrived in the capital after a few days from Guangzhou!
(End of this chapter)