Chapter 1144 Roar
With the bad horses eliminated in advance, taking the war horses used by the Zhou cavalry as an example, their moving speed, on average, is about 20 to 30 kilometers per hour. look.
This will also be affected by various other factors.
And their first steam train in Dazhou, with the blessing of Qin Fen's extremely mature design concept, has easily reached a moving efficiency of 80 kilometers per hour.
At this moment, the movement efficiency of ordinary war horses has been completely overwhelmed by the steam train.
From Black Moon City to the nearest Prairie City, it used to take them almost three hours, but today, taking the steam train, they arrived successfully in less than an hour!
And this is obviously not enough to reflect the value of steam trains.
Don’t forget that horses are living creatures and will be affected by their physical fitness. After running for a long time, they need to eat, drink, and rest.
But the steam train does not need it. As long as the staff are arranged in shifts, and with enough fuel, it can run 24 hours a day, even for several days and nights.
Their steam engine can withstand this intensity. Qin Fen and the others have already conducted relevant tests before.
This advantage is enough to significantly shorten the distance between cities.
At the same time, here in Prairie City...
As the only way for steam trains to reach the northeastern border, they undoubtedly also set up a train platform here to prepare for the journey from Black Moon Individual transportation work from the city to Prairie City provides further convenience.
On this day, a large number of people have gathered behind the train platform.
Even Ma Guotao couldn't help but come over to join in the fun.
With the whistle of "Woo——", the grassland people, including Ma Guotao, were all in high spirits. One by one, they stood on tiptoes and looked into the distance.
Soon, amid the billowing smoke, the steam train that looked like a giant steel beast burst into everyone's sight!
“Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho!!!”
At this moment, Ma Guotao himself didn’t know what was going on with him, and he couldn’t control himself and burst into laughter on the spot. At the same time, my heart couldn't help but beat wildly.
“How many years has it been? Is it about to enter the steam age?!”
From a certain perspective, the impact he suffered was no less than that of the grassland people present.
He never expected that he would be lucky enough to witness such a grand scene of changing times!
The steel giant called the steam train is sweeping towards him with the wheel of the times! It gave Ma Guotao an unprecedented shock!
Allowing enough distance, the steam train slowed down in advance before entering the station, and finally stopped steadily and accurately on the train platform of Grassland Station.
“We meet His Majesty!!”
The next moment, looking at Zhou Xu coming off the train, all the grassland people saluted.
“Everyone is free of charge!”
Although this steam train ride is mostly for testing purposes, considering that the terminal station is set at Grassland Station, Black Moon City’s On the other hand, for the time being, all the supplies that need to be brought are loaded into the carriage.
So considering the unloading work, the steam train will have to stay at Prairie Station for a while.
There were people standing outside, so it was naturally impossible for Zhou Xu to sit in the train without showing up.
After a brief appearance and a few words, he saw Ma Guotao standing in the front row and waved directly to him.
Seeing that the other party was about to come over to salute, Zhou Xu quickly raised his hand to stop.
"Okay, I called you here because I want to ask if this year's breeding of exotic war horses is almost over?"
Unloading takes time, and being idle is also idle. , Ma Guotao happened to be here to join in the fun, so Zhou Xu caught him and asked him about business.
At this time, Ma Guotao had a feeling that he met his boss outside during the holiday, and then he started working overtime for no reason... But he just complained casually in his heart.
Raising horses has always been a career he loves. Now that their majesties are talking to him about the breeding of exotic war horses, Ma Guotao is also very enthusiastic.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
With the continuous cultivation over the years, the output rate of exotic beast war horses has also increased year by year, and now it has formed a certain scale.
“When this year’s breeding work is completed, the first batch of one hundred exotic war horses will be officially put into service. At the same time, if nothing unexpected happens, a batch will be put into use every year.”< br>
There are of course more than a hundred exotic war horses in the grassland racecourse now, or even far more than this number.
But as the owner of a racecourse, Ma Guotao has to ensure the stable breeding of exotic beast warhorses, so it is impossible for him to put all the exotic beast warhorses on hand into service at once.
In fact, keeping these one hundred exotic beasts and war horses with him will make subsequent breeding more efficient.
However, considering that the running-in between soldiers and alien war horses also takes time, he only provided part of it first so that the relevant troops could start running-in training as soon as possible.
Although a hundred exotic beast war horses are not enough to arm an entire trapped camp, it is still good news for Zhou Xu.
Not to mention that every year after that, new exotic beasts and horses will be invested.
This is a time of peace. If things go well, after a few years, everyone in the camp will be able to have one horse.
Probably sensing Zhou Xu’s thoughts, Ma Guotao coughed twice...
“Your Majesty, when breeding exotic war horses, although I have tried my best to select those with high obedience. , and they have conducted targeted breeding to be close to humans, but they are alien beasts after all, and it may not be that easy to subdue them."
Hearing this, Zhou Xu raised his eyebrows.
What Ma Guotao means is that although he has provided a hundred alien beast war horses, he may not be able to produce a hundred alien beast knights if he falls into the camp...
At this time, Zhou Xu's heart really rose a little. interest.
"It's interesting. I'll come over and take a look then."
While the two were talking, the train had been unloaded, and they got on the train again and returned to Black Moon City.
This round and round, plus the time for unloading the goods in between, does not even take more than two hours.
This efficiency was unimaginable to the people of this era before.
Afterwards, Zhou Xu called Qin Fen and held a small meeting with people from the Railway Bureau, emphasizing the main work content of the Railway Bureau in the future.
Around steam trains and railways, their workload is not small at all.
They even need to arrange patrol personnel and sentry booths near each section of railway.
Because in this era, large sections of railways were laid in the wild, and wild beasts often appeared in the wild, which may even cause damage to the railway.
Therefore, the daily workload in railway inspections is huge.
At the same time, as the only steam train in their country at this stage.
In a short period of time, Zhou Xu obviously has no intention of opening it to the public.
Currently, it is mainly responsible for military transportation and the transportation of resources required for internal construction projects.
(End of this chapter)