Wentang

Chapter 729 Looking Ahead
Everyone who took the train for the first time looked at the scenery outside the window with great interest, and almost no one even touched the fruit snacks prepared in advance on the table.

Not to mention the books that Yue Shan prepared for fear of being bored, he didn't even have the chance to appear.

It didn't take long for Li Shimin to discover an interesting thing. There was a big sign erected beside the railway some distance away.Some have numbers written on them, and some have some strange patterns drawn on them.

He asked, "What are these signs for?"

Yue Shan explained: "The reminder board is used to remind the driver of the road conditions ahead of the train driver, so that he can prepare in advance. Different patterns represent different meanings."

"Numbers represent how many miles have been traveled, bridges represent bridges ahead, houses represent villages ahead, colored bars represent intersections ahead..."

"There are also some stations that need to be stopped. For example, we will pass through two relatively large towns along the way, and there will be a warning sign when we are two or three miles away from the town."

Li Shimin interjected, "Should we stop ahead?"

Yue Shan said: "It doesn't stop today, but it will stop in the future. Transportation has a great impact on a city, and places with more convenient water transportation will be more prosperous. Trains can have the same effect..."

Yue Shan briefly talked about the role of trains in driving the economy.This is not a complicated question, Li Shimin understood it easily.

Seeing that he had no doubts, Yue Shan continued to explain: "A train is different from a carriage or a ship. It travels on a fixed track. It must be staggered, otherwise there will be a collision..."

Yue Shan explained the meaning of the train timetable in detail, emphasizing that the train must abide by the time.

What time do you set off, how fast you walk on the road, what time do you go to which station, how long does it take...all must be strictly controlled, and the difference between before and after must not exceed 10 minutes.

If this time point is missed, the probability of a collision will increase geometrically, and the longer the time is wrong, the greater the danger.

Every train driver has a time list in his hand, which records all this in detail.And the signage on the side of the road helps them grasp the time and know whether they have exceeded the stipulated time.

If found, adjust accordingly.If it is fast, slow down a little bit, and if it is slow, speed up to miss the time.

Li Shimin said puzzledly: "There are only four trains on such a long railway, so there's no need to be so harsh, right?"

Yue Shan said sternly: "The rules must be established from the beginning, otherwise you will suffer big losses in the future. It is true that there is only this railway and four trains, but what about the future?"

"One day we will build railways to cover every corner of the Tang Dynasty, and the number of trains will become hundreds or even thousands. At that time, any mistake will lead to big troubles."

Li Shimin fantasized about the grand scene of railways spreading all over the Tang Dynasty, and he felt so happy.

But in the next moment, hundreds of trains ran around like headless flies, and then the scene of a series of collisions came to mind, which made him shiver uncontrollably.

He admired: "Cuilan has a long-term vision. It is really a great fortune to have you here, and I am also lucky."

Yue Shan laughed lightly and said, "The sage is admirable. It's not my luck to meet the sage and the empress. In fact, I know very well in my heart that if it were any other king, the grass on my grave would be three feet high."

"Haha..." Seeing what he said was funny, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing, and at the same time he was very proud.

Yue Shan's flattery just hit his itchy spot, and sometimes he himself would think in embarrassment that it is really generous of him to tolerate Yue Shan.However, this small thought cannot be told to anyone, it would be too shameful.

Now Yue Shan took the initiative to speak out, let his emotions be vented, he felt more fulfilled, and he also felt a sense of confidant.

The other people in the carriage also heard his laughter and couldn't help turning their heads to look over.Then I was envious and jealous in my heart, the holy family of Yueshan is flourishing.

The train continued on and passed an intersection not long after.

I saw a house next to the intersection, and several people stood at the door of the house and waved excitedly towards the train.

The intersection on both sides of the railway was blocked by a crossbar, and several carriages stopped on both sides of the road, staring dumbfounded at this gigantic screaming monster.

This time there is no need for Li Shimin to ask Yue Shan to take the initiative to explain: "Intersections are dangerous places where people come and go. The common people don't know when the train will come, so they can't give way in advance."

"So set a point here and send a few guards. The guards also have a train timetable in their hands. They can drop the crossbars in advance according to the timetable to prevent pedestrians from stepping on the railway during this time period."

Li Shimin praised again: "Okay, very thoughtful."

The train didn't go far and saw several people in uniforms riding along the railway on horseback.

Yue Shan continued to introduce: "This is a guard specially used to patrol the railway line. The railway is something new to most people, and they don't know what it is for now."

"They will inevitably be curious when they see the rails, and they may stay on them for a long time or even graze sheep and cattle. These guards are responsible for driving them away. At the same time, they can also protect the safety of the rails."

Securing the rails is a euphemism for keeping the rails from being stolen.

Metals are scarce in this era, and all metals are valuable, and so is iron.No one can guarantee whether there is any idea of ​​​​daring to hit the rails.Li Shimin naturally understood this truth, and nodded in agreement.

Yue Shan took this opportunity to reveal another plan of his own: "The train is a special means of transportation. Whether it is on duty at the intersection or patrolling the railway, a lot of manpower is needed."

"It's okay to pull goods, but it's more troublesome to pull people's trains. It's inevitable that there will be friction between passengers, and even encounter illegal and criminal situations, and even encounter fugitives and the like."

"When encountering such an unexpected situation, someone must deal with it in time, otherwise it will lead to greater disasters. But the train must be punctual and cannot stop at any time to wait for the people from the local government to come and deal with it."

"So I thought there was a need for an agency to deal with train and rail safety, like rail patrols or something."

Li Shimin looked at the carriage, and thoughtfully said: "This proposal is very good, let's also talk about your thoughts."

Yue Shan was not polite, and continued: "A doctor is still needed. It is inevitable that some passengers will get sick. Now it is only from Chang'an to the Weishui River. It's okay that the distance is relatively short. It won't delay much."

"If one day we build a railway from Liaodong Sidao to Lingnan, it will take at least a week or even ten days to get there for thousands of miles."

"If someone is sick on the road, we can't drive them out, can we? Especially when encountering some sudden illnesses that must be treated in time, we can't watch them die."

"So I think it is necessary to equip every train, especially the train that pulls people, with a dedicated medical compartment, and even the passengers on the train can receive free treatment."

Regarding the matter of the on-board doctor, Yue Shan was deeply moved.

Once in his previous life, he took a train to Xinjiang for business. When he left, he had a low-grade fever and didn't care. He took a pack of cold medicine and a thermometer and got on the train.

Unexpectedly, the condition worsened in the middle of the walk, and the fever reached [-] degrees at one point, and the mouth was full of blisters.Taking medicine can only reduce the fever temporarily, and the temperature will rise once the medicine effect wears off.

A few hundred yuan of ticket money was wasted if I got off the bus halfway, and it would take at least a week for this high fever to be refunded.Medical expenses plus accommodation and food expenses, there are not thousands of dollars that cannot be paid.

At that time, he was poor, and he couldn't bear the money at all.And things were in a hurry, so it didn't take him so long to stop for treatment.I just thought that I will arrive at the station in more than a day, so let's endure it.

He kept taking antipyretics, and as a result, he took the medicine for three days in one day.

When there was really no other way, he went to the marshals for help, but they told him that there was nothing.Needless to say how helpless he felt at that time, only those who have experienced it can understand.

Later, I had no choice but to keep applying cold towels to my forehead, because I was afraid that I would fall asleep and pass out, and I would never wake up again.

When getting out of the car, everyone is floating.

It was still dark at that time, so he reluctantly took a taxi to find a 24-hour clinic.The doctors in the clinic were startled at that time, and they quickly gave him a blood test. Fortunately, there were no complications.

It can only be said that he was very lucky to meet a kind-hearted person. After the doctor hung up the needle, he gave him the bed where he was resting, and kept guarding him.

After waking up, the doctor had changed shifts and left, but he was told a lot by another doctor who took over.The general idea is to make him pay attention to his body, which is very dangerous or something.

He cried at that time, and it was the first time he cried after growing up.On the one hand, it is sad, on the other hand, it is moving.

This incident was so profound that he never forgot it.

He will never forget what he experienced on the train. He once petitioned on the Internet to accompany a doctor on the train, even if his level is not as good.

It's a pity that other people's words are light, and the proposals are all without any splash.

(This is my real experience, which happened in [-], and I will never forget it.)
Now that he has this ability, he naturally wants to implement this ideal that he failed to realize in his previous life.

Li Shimin originally thought that this proposal was completely unnecessary and wanted to object, but when he saw Yue Shan's complicated eyes, he froze for a moment.

The emotions contained in those eyes were too complex and real, as if Yue Shan had personally experienced that kind of difficulty.Although he didn't understand why, he didn't ask further.

He just changed the veto that was already on his lips into approval: "Cuilan has a kind heart, well, I agree to your proposal."

Yue Shan said gratefully from the bottom of his heart: "Thank you, Saint."

From now on, all passenger trains in Datang will have a medical compartment equipped with at least one doctor, and all kinds of medicines for routine diseases and emergencies are available.

With the promotion of Chinese civilization around the world and the popularity of trains, this regulation has become a worldwide standard. All passenger trains must be equipped with medical compartments.

This rule has saved countless lives.

It’s just that the conversation between Yue Shan and Li Shimin has not been recorded today. People in later generations don’t know who first proposed the establishment of the medical carriage. They just think it should be like this...

Li Shimin not only agreed to the proposal to set up a medical carriage, but also agreed to the proposal to set up a railway patrol.

However, the two had a disagreement on who should manage the iron trap. According to his previous life experience, Yue Shan believed that it should be managed by the Railway Department, while Li Shimin believed that it should be managed by the Six Doors.

After listening to Li Shimin's analysis, Yue Shan also had to admire his foresight and changed his opinion.

Li Shimin really didn't know what the future of the railway would look like, but he found an analogy, water transport.

The person in charge of water transportation is the transshipment envoy, who was originally just an ordinary official of a small size, and he was not even ranked in the court.However, within a few years, his authority expanded to an alarming level.

Thousands of water transport ships and hundreds of thousands of water workers are under his management.Moreover, the water workers are particularly cliquey and xenophobic, sometimes even ignoring the laws of the country for internal interests.

Fortunately, there are a group of elite old foxes in the Great Tang Dynasty Hall at this time. When they found something wrong, they immediately took measures to split the powers of the transfer envoys.Even so, it is a first-class fat difference.

Although the train has just emerged, its potential is far greater than water transport, and it will inevitably become a huge force in the future. It is necessary to mix sand and decentralize power from the beginning to prevent the tail from becoming too big.

And it is also convenient to deal with criminals by returning to the six doors of iron arrest.

Who will judge the criminals caught on the train?If it is handed over to the yamen along the road, will they take it seriously?Even if you care about it, how can you obtain evidence?These are difficult problems.

All of this is not a problem for Six Doors. They are originally a department dealing with mobile crimes and cross-regional crimes, and they have rich experience in this area.

Hearing that Yue Shan really admires Li Shimin here, this is the real long-term vision.

How powerful the water transport system is? History has already given the answer. A sentence of "millions of water workers' food and clothing" can make it impossible to build a vertical railway that runs through the country for decades.

Later, the leaders of New China had high prestige and courage, resisted all pressures, and insisted on holding the head of the water transportation system to repair the few longitudinal railways.

As for the railway system... the iron boss said everything.

It wasn't until the leaders of the country made up their minds again a few years before he traveled and abolished the Ministry of Railways by holding down the head of the railway department that he broke the iron shell of the system.

It can be said that if according to Yue Shan's ideas, all powers are assigned to the railway department as in the previous life, another iron boss will inevitably appear in the near future.

And in this era, the railway system will only become more bloated, and even swallow the court in turn.

Therefore, it is necessary to split its powers to different departments in advance. Although it will bring a lot of management troubles, at least it will cut off the possibility of the birth of Iron Boss from the root.

Unknowingly, an hour and a quarter of an hour had passed, and the train whistled again.

Weishui Station has arrived.

(End of this chapter)