One million gold coupons to create such a thing
Li Zhen asked again: "What about a completely complete front end? What's the estimated price?"
Jia Liping said sternly: "That's two million. The carriage also costs a lot of money. The cost of a section of the carriage for passengers is about eight hundred thousand."
Li Zhen was shocked: "A carriage costs 800,000 yuan? The carriage is not the front of the car."
"The front of the car is just more of a high-power steam engine and transmission power system than the carriage. What is valuable are these high-standard, high-precision, high-strength material wheels and those parts. They are not expensive. If it is a pulley For those carriages of goods, the price is about four to five million yuan."
Li Zhen took a breath of air: "According to this, a complete train requires at least twenty carriages. The cost of a train is tens of millions?"
"almost."
"Tsk, tsk, the price kind of shocked me."
“…”
While the two were talking, the workers over there had already used a crane to unload the locomotive, paved the road with planks, and pushed the locomotive onto the track.
There were many onlookers around, and they were all amazed. I have never seen such a silly motorcycle. How many tons of coal such a big guy has to eat in a day is simply an astronomical number.
Others commented:
"Isn't it a bit cost-effective? Just build a road specifically for this part of the car? The front of the car is so big. How many people can it hold?"
"Yes. I can't understand it. Could it be that it can run very fast, faster than a plane? Even if it is faster than a plane, it's not cost-effective. It's big if it's big, but it's not big if it's not."
"Uneconomical."
"This big guy is not a car at all."
"No. It's just a steam engine with six wheels. It can't be called a car at all, it can only be called a steam engine."
"Haha, in the car, it seems like you get an engine when you buy the car. This thing, it's like you get six wheels when you sell the engine."
"I don't understand what this is for."
“…”
Everyone pointed their fingers and felt that such a thing must be expensive to build, but it was not economically worthwhile. A road was also built specifically for this car.
But no one thought that it was just a locomotive with twenty carriages behind it.
Also, the concept of trains is only known to high-level people now, and how can ordinary people imagine it? No one will realize that although the cost is a bit expensive, the effect is worth the money.
Of course, everything must be based on the success of the test.
Motivation is the biggest problem.
If this locomotive can only carry less than ten carriages, it will basically be a waste product.
It must be able to carry about twenty carriages before it can really be used. But with twenty carriages, how much weight and resistance would there be? Li Zhen and everyone else were very doubtful whether such a carriage could pull such a heavy thing.
Technicians from Kyushu Academy of Sciences were busy and began to direct everyone to pour sand and gravel to completely fill the track.
This pouring does not require it to dry, it can be run on the spot, just tamp it down.
With the cooperation of the crane and the labor below, the locomotive was finally moved onto the rails.
There was a 'bang' sound, the sound of gold and iron clashing.
The six wheels on the front of the car are perfectly integrated with the rails, and the errors are negligible. Its craftsmanship is extremely strict and cannot match the precision of aviation craftsmanship, but it is also rare.
As soon as the front of the car got on the rails, someone immediately stopped a large number of strong men from pushing the front of the car forward.
As the front of the car slid forward, technicians immediately bent over and followed, constantly checking the degree of closure between the wheels and the rails, as well as the lubrication effect.
After pushing forward for more than ten meters, a group of strong men were so tired that they almost collapsed on the ground.
The people in the distance kept shaking their heads:
"This is useless."
"So heavy?"
"What if it runs out of fuel halfway or stalls. I can't even push it."
"We were driving out and the engine stalled halfway. One person could still push it up and ignite the fire. Ten thousand people would be exhausted in this car. The engine stalled halfway. You can't even ignite it if you hold it in, right?"
"Are you kidding me? This is a steam car, not a gasoline car. Just turn off the engine and take a rest. Your ignorance is beyond my imagination."
"I was wondering, can this thing be moved with an ox?"
"It should be pulled by horses, right?"
“…”
Regarding the public's comments, the people of the Kyushu Academy of Sciences are just full of black lines. But no one explained anything, they just completed the data recording on their own.
In front of the locomotive, there were already people riding on a small bucket truck, which was pulled by horses and slid forward along the rails.
That kind of small bucket truck is used to check whether the rails are bent and smooth.
As for the front end, it mainly tests the comprehensive conditions and load-bearing conditions.
After the inspection was correct, Li Zhen ordered: "Let them start. Drive the front of the car forward and try to see."
"Yes, Master Li."
“…”
After a while, professional technicians boarded the front of the train.
There is a factory-equipped manual on the front of the car. The operator follows the operation process step by step.
After a while, two more strong men climbed up, carrying a few bags of cinders. Then someone comes and adds water to the boiler.
After lighting the fire, start adding cinders to it. The flames slowly burned.
After half an hour, the people were impatient to wait.
"This car is too weak."
"It actually takes so long to warm up the car."
"This is a steam car. It's different from a car. You must heat up the car first."
"The first-generation steam car only took five or six minutes to warm up. How does this big car take so long?"
"A large steam car like the one just now only takes ten minutes at most to heat up. This big guy is a bit scary. It's been forty minutes and it feels like the boiler water hasn't heated up yet. By the way, how much water should be added? ah?"
"Oh, no, no."
“…”
'Woo-'
Pull the airlock. The locomotive suddenly roared. It's that familiar voice.
Billowing white smoke leaped into the air. However, the locomotive has not yet moved. The operator must wait until the train is fully powered before trying it. The first test must be perfect.
After another ten minutes, everyone was getting impatient.
The operator then stuck his head out and looked at Li Zhen.
Li Zhen said: "Let's go."
After speaking, Li Zhen got into a car, and a group of data scientists from the Kyushu Academy of Sciences also got into the car.
The train operator quickly opened the brakes.
'Boom-boom-boom-boom'
The sound of a train rang out, the crank connecting rod continued to expand and contract, the wheels turned, and the locomotive began to slowly move forward.
On the sides of the train, more than a dozen cars followed closely, constantly observing.
(End of chapter)