Necromancer: Becoming a God from a Lord

A group of officials from the territory rushed to board the train following Harvey. Since the cockpit at the front of the train could only accommodate a few people, most people could only stand in an open carriage at the rear of the train, lying on the edge of the carriage with excitement waiting for the train to officially start.

Due to the "magic modification" of the power source, the front structure of this train is slightly different from the antique steam locomotive in Harvey's previous life - the front half of the front is the cab with a good view, and the back half is composed of the magic power core and transmission device, which means that in order to control this huge transport vehicle, at least two professionally trained "train drivers" are required to cooperate and participate.

At Harvey's suggestion, the honor of starting the magic power train for the first time was handed over to the two ministers of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Construction, which was also an encouragement for them to work together to complete this historical feat.

As the liquid magic energy storage tank was embedded in the power core, many officials and consultants who were spellcasters present immediately sensed a huge wave of magic power, which suddenly spread out from the rear of the front of the train.

Haru, the Minister of Construction standing in the cab, received the message that the power core was activated, and immediately used his two strong arms to forcefully bend the brake lock lever of the train downward.

With a rumble, the train body trembled violently, and many people standing on it staggered and almost fell.

Then Haru immediately pulled the second lever to release the train's deceleration device.

The harsh sound of the iron wheels rubbing against the steel rails sounded, and the train slowly started on the rails in full view of the public.

For a moment, whether it was the lord standing in the cab or the officials squeezed in the only open-top carriage behind the front of the train, they all felt the cold wind blowing in their faces and shivered together.

After all, it was still in the experimental semi-finished stage, and the cab didn't even have a windshield installed, not to mention the poor open-top carriage at the back.

When designing, Harvey simplified countless technical details that he didn't know at all. The train's cab only provides three primitive functions: starting, deceleration, and braking. A co-pilot is also required to keep an eye on the power core at all times and perform regular water cooling for it.

The entire set of transmission devices directly copied the structure of the enlarged armored icebreaker, using a metal-cast crankshaft to drive the wheels to rotate rapidly, and once it starts running, it will make a constant clanging sound.

From the perspective of a modern time traveler, this "beggar version" of the magic train is really full of shortcomings - all important parts are pieced together and welded together, and braking even requires a "miracle-making" twisting winch to complete. The entire cab and energy cabin of the front of the train are directly welded to the chassis of the train, without any "shock absorption" device to assist, so that drivers and passengers can fully experience the violent vibrations generated when the train is running.

In addition, the train has no communication equipment. The two crew members in front and behind need to communicate with each other by shouting loudly over the huge roar of the train. There is no electrical equipment to provide lighting and heating. Once the train speed increases, the driver standing in the front needs to observe the road conditions with his eyes. In winter, he has to "tremble" at the same frequency as the train and use his physical fitness to resist the cold wind.

Of course, since the train has already started running, the problem of starting from scratch has been solved first, and the existing defects and disadvantages will naturally be improved step by step in the future.

"Lord, how much cargo can this train carry at a time?" Reiner and Harvey stood in the cab together, feeling that all the metal parts of their bodies were shaking and rubbing violently with the train. "Compared with our armored icebreakers..."

"That's a big difference... Don't look at the fact that there is only one carriage behind the front of the train now. If it is officially put into use, the front of the train can connect at least eight carriages, and it can carry the amount of cargo that requires more than a dozen icebreakers at a time."

No matter how much the icebreaker does not need to be driven by sails, it also relies on the power core to provide energy, but the hull itself is still limited by the draft depth of the cargo, which is still much worse than the train running on solid ground.

As he spoke, he turned his head and asked everyone to look at the energy compartment behind the cab. "We are still in the testing phase. We have only equipped the train with one energy core. If all subsequent tests go smoothly, one train originally has space reserved for four energy cores."

The Alchemy Life calculated the full cargo capacity of this train in almost half a second, and said in an unbelievable tone: "It can pull the cargo of forty or fifty ironclad ships at a time? This... This is simply incredible!"

The entire pioneer territory currently has less than ten ironclad ships. Except for the two military ships that need to travel between the territory and the outpost, the rest are all moored at the Grizzly Fort dock in the south, responsible for continuously transporting refugees from the war-torn southern part of the principality from Sancha Town to the north day and night, but the efficiency is still not excellent.

As the chief administrator of Harvey's territory, Reiner immediately began to think about building the railway along the mountain tunnel of Jackdaw Ridge all the way to Jackdaw Town in the south... and then to Grizzly Castle, or even more greedy... let the train run directly to Sancha Town, which has long been overcrowded with refugees.

Before he could continue to think, Count Fagan asked in a trembling voice: "Sir, then what is the maximum operating speed of this... this train? Can it be faster than the sailless ironclad ship going downstream..."

At present, Trevor, the nephew of the new Earl of Fagan, is the mayor of Sancha Town. With the full support of Harvey, he is working hard to plan and dispatch the work of receiving and transporting the population. Even though this young noble mayor is quite chivalrous and treats the refugees with fairness and kindness, the transportation efficiency of the ironclad ship still makes him feel overwhelmed. Sancha Town is almost full of refugees stranded there. If it were not for the continuous delivery of scarce food and medicine from the north, I am afraid that famine and epidemic would have broken out on a large scale long ago.

Harvey pondered for a moment and replied cautiously: "Only one power core has been installed so far, and the speed is what you see now... When it is officially put into use later, I can only guarantee that it will be at least twice as fast as the sailless ironclad ship."

In the eyes of these southern nobles, the ironclad ship is already an epoch-making high-speed transportation tool. You must know that before this, the land and water transportation in this world was still mainly based on sailboats and carriages. On the uneven dirt road, it was necessary to rely on wind direction and human paddling, and the low efficiency can be imagined.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, take a look!

Harvey looked at the silence of the crowd in shock, and couldn't help but laugh secretly. This "magic modified" train, whose maximum speed may not reach 30 kilometers per hour, is already the fastest transportation vehicle in the world in their eyes. If he can reach a speed of nearly 50 or 60 kilometers per hour after upgrading the output power of the magic power core, it is estimated that they will be shocked.

Of course, when relying solely on human braking, he was not very brave to try to increase the speed of the car to the maximum. After all, it was easy to run, but it would be difficult to stop at any time.