Chapter 4399: totally two ideas

"Can it be reproduced?" Chen Xi asked casually, of course he didn't have any hope.

"Yes." Li Zhe said very calmly, "However, the initial requirements are too high, and the overall consideration is not very meaningful, so it's okay as a deterrent blow."

Chen Xi was so overwhelmed by Li Zhe's words that he didn't know how to answer them. How could it be reproduced?

"As far as I am concerned, the air force is immature. It is indeed difficult for ordinary guards to make an effective counterattack against the air force, but this is not because the air force is strong, but we are strong." Facing Chen Xi, Li Zhe Naturally, there is something to say, after all, eating the rice sent by Chen Xi is still a bit of morality.

"They are all five-layer smelted veterans, and they have formed a group. If they are used to fight the imperial guards, the air force is not the same as the air force. The most shocking thing about the air force is the surprise." Zhao Zhen may be at this time It also slowed down, stood up straight and slipped to explain to Chen Xi.

"In fact, if they are both smelted at the same level, the ones in the air may not have the advantage on the ground. The movement in the air brings more mobility and efficiency. In terms of actual combat effectiveness, there is no real improvement for most brothers. Li Zhe pointed to a few soldiers flying slowly in the sky and said, "If Old Lu comes here at this time, the whole team of brothers will be finished."

Li Zhe didn't say much about the latter, but Chen Xi understood it very well. '

He can actually recognize one of the veterans flying in the sky, and the others are also familiar. After all, the number of veterans who have reached the fifth level of smelting is only 2,230 in the mainland. Ganges basically mixed with Chen Xi that time. They looked familiar, so Chen Xi roughly knew what abilities those few veterans who were flying had.

It can be said that this group of veterans troubled Lao Lu on the ground, and Lao Lu would definitely be beaten to death, but if they flew in the sky, Lao Lu could beat this group of veterans together.

"There are some veterans whose talent structure is suitable for flying, while some veterans' talent structure is actually not suitable for flying." Li You also had to admit this at this time.

For example, Zhao Ying is a kind of veteran who is not suitable for flying. Although he can fly if he wants to, the speed is quite fast, and he can project soldiers in the air, etc., but it must be said that Zhao Ying is more suitable for ground combat.

On the ground, Zhao Ying selected six shadow soldiers who had the ability to fight independently and could wear heavy armor. However, if it is airdropped, because of the load problem, it is impossible for the Shadow Soldiers dropped by Zhao Ying to have heavy armor, and it is really impossible for the guards without heavy armor.

Even if Zhao Ying's shadow soldiers can only wear 200 elite shield guard standard armor, but can't wear Zhao Ying's 330 heavy armor, they are still six big brothers. In this world, the latter can beat several of the former with the same quality as the former.

"Uh, I didn't expect all the veterans to form an air force to go to the battlefield. I was more interested in improving the mobility of the veterans. Even the top Friesian horses can't match the five-fold smelting in terms of mobility. The old soldier uses mechanical wings." Chen Xi said calmly as he saw another veteran flying over his head at high speed.

"There is basically no problem in terms of maneuverability. If you are flying, you don't need to consider the problem of the road. It will only be faster than the white horse." Li You is very confident about this, "And if this thing is used as the main force, even I have some Distressed, but if it is only used as a mobile supplement for veterans, it is indeed very suitable."

Li You never discussed the cost with Chen Xi, because it was meaningless.

"Then there's no problem. In fact, I came here more because I was curious about this thing." Chen Xi watched a group of veterans flying over his head, who seemed to know who he was, spinning, and smiled after landing smoothly. He said, "I have been letting Qu's propulsion be electric aircraft."

Although there are still many problems with the motors made by Xiang Lishi at present, such as insufficient output power, degaussing problems, debris problems, etc., but generally speaking, they are already on the road. Even if they are used on motors, there are certain problems. problem, but the general route is basically correct.

However, under such circumstances, Qu's reliable plane hadn't been produced yet, and Li You's flying army was already on the road, Chen Xi thought that he couldn't do without taking a look.

"Actually, what I need is not some flying corps, what I need is a technical idea, but Wen Ru's technology is indeed beyond my estimation." Chen Xi said very seriously.

It is obviously an unpowered hang gliding wing, but relying on the veteran's talent output, it actually flew out at the speed of sound. There is one thing to say, it is outrageous, but it is indeed in line with the thinking of this era.

"That's the name of your electric plane, right? What's the purpose of doing this?" Li You asked a little strangely, but he didn't follow Chen Xi's train of thought.

"Logistics and transportation..." Chen Xi said expressionlessly.

Li You was silenced by Chen Xi's words, but after a while, he recalled the chariot chassis, the explosion of the army formation, the blast furnace smelting and other things were dragged by Chen Xi, and he didn't think there was a problem. If you think about it, this is more in line with Chen Xi's behavioral logic.

In later generations, the price of air transportation has always been the most expensive among all logistics, but it was caused by the combination of many factors, but the current era Chen Xi lives in is different, and the electric motor developed by Xiang Lishi is almost the second type of perpetual motion machine .

Considering the cost of repairing the track and making rail trains, Chen Xi found that the cost of air transportation would be lower, and the efficiency of air transportation would kill rail transportation.

After figuring this out, Chen Xi began to formally invest money in Qu's, but Qu's was extremely ineffective, so far no aircraft that could be called an airplane has been produced.

Of course, Chen Xi also knows that this kind of thing cannot be rushed, and even if the first-generation aircraft is produced, it will take a considerable amount of time to change it into a transport aircraft with a large warehouse. The accumulation of technical aspects requires a lot of time, and being impatient will not solve any problems. of.

At the same time, rail trains are also advancing in an orderly manner. Even if Chen Xi is optimistic about the so-called air transportation, the logistics and transportation problems at the current stage must be solved as much as possible. Large rail trains are what Chen Xi uses to solve logistics in the north. The essential.

It's just that so far, only one track has been repaired, that is, the track from Chang'an to Changshan. This track has largely solved the problem of how to transport the meat from the northern ranch to the core area of ​​the Central Plains, and Changshan The county also relied on this terminal to develop crazily.

When Gu Xi was a cancer, he was only short of a sum of money to relocate Changshan County to the Hutuo River. Later, he took his life to blackmail Li You, and broke out a sum of money. After Jian Yong's survey was completed, Gu Xi The people of the entire Changshan County were mobilized to move the county city to the Hutuo River.

After the old county city was released, it was used as a supporting facility for the northern logistics distribution center. Even after a little extra money, Gu Xi planned to repair the Hutuo River and complete the entire dock.

Under such favorable geographical conditions, he begged his grandpa to tell his grandma, and communicated with Wang Yi for a long time. After that, he had the cheek to grind in the Political Yuan, and after the first track passed to Changshan, Gu Xi turned over.

The materials from Jizhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou are currently the fastest way to send them to Changshan, and then they will be sent to Han at a very fast speed, no matter whether it is by water, by land, or by rail train. The core area of ​​the room.

More importantly, when the rail train was originally designed, the problem of large-scale etching was considered. Almost all carriages were engraved with the temperature-controlled etching developed by Zhou Yu, which directly solved the problem of meat transportation in summer.

It takes several months to drive cattle and sheep from Youzhou and northern Bingzhou to Chang'an. The cattle and sheep lose weight and feel distressed to death. If they just go to Changshan and slaughter them, it will not even take a month's journey, and then go straight to the journey sent to the cold chain compartment.

Although there are only four large ranches that can enjoy such benefits due to their location, other large ranches can take some time to transfer their cattle and sheep to these pastures when the pasture is fertile, and then handle them together. With this method, the price of meat at stations along the track has dropped significantly, which gradually conforms to Chen Xi's perception of the price of meat and grains.

However, only one track has been repaired, and the rest are still under planning. There is a large part of the reason why it can be repaired so quickly. This track itself has been planned for several years. Before the construction, Changan went to Luoyang, Luoyang The roadbed to Yecheng has already been laid.

As for the Jizhou section, the most important thing that Gu Xi was able to convince Wang Yi and the Political Yuan was that in order to connect the three states, Gu Xi built Changshan into a logistics distribution center in the north. The roads built at that time were built according to Chi Road specifications , because only Chidao can guarantee transportation efficiency.

At that time, Gu Xi also made it very clear that he knew that he was terminally ill, so he did this. At worst, he would die. He had no children, and he had no clan or party. Come down, just go directly to make up for the crime.

Anyway, there's not much time left, early death and late death are death, it's not as good as the whole trick that will last forever, and then die!

Originally, this was already a big problem at the level of arrogance, but Liu Tong, Liu Bei, and Chen Xi didn't pursue it afterwards, so they just pretended it was nothing. Who made what happened in Jizhou too bad? Gu Xi was shown in the worst environment What is called the most noble morality of human beings came out.

So this matter is over, and no one will pursue it. Later, Gu Xi secretly led someone to put soil on it, but because he recovered from his illness at this time, Gu Xi did not dare to really make it ten feet wide, but chose nine feet. Ninth, pretend it’s not a Chidao, and then when it’s being repaired, when I receive the news that Chang’an is going to repair the track, Gu Xi turns his head, and the Chidao with the track can run faster than the ordinary version!

Because the roadbed was qualified, and moral people were still respected these days, after discussing with Wang Yi at the Political Yuan, they agreed to lay a track all the way to Changshan.

This road has solved many problems, but in essence, this thing is actually used to verify technical ideas and transportation efficiency. Now that the verification is completed, the remaining eight roads need to be built. The problem is that the roadbed of the rail train can be It will take a considerable amount of time to repair. It is not something that can be mounted quickly if you want to mount a horse. Even if many county guards report to Chang'an, this is something that requires a lot of investigation.

Unlike the situation of the two large palace complexes in Chang'an Xiu, this seemingly worthless thing is the real thing that kills.

According to the standard construction regulations, the pure cost of each kilometer of the tracked road is about 4 million yuan, and from Chang'an to Changshan, it took a thousand kilometers to repair it.

You must know that this is the cost price of steel, concrete, etching technology, design, geomancy and so on after the Shaofu's internal settlement.

It is said that the construction of two palaces in front of Weiyang Palace cost tens of billions of dollars, but Chen Xi’s family knew about their own affairs, and they were basically prostitutes for nothing. According to the assessment by the master craftsman, there are basically not many places where Chen Xi really pays.

But the track is different. Every link of this thing needs to be paid by Chen Xi, and in order to ensure the quality, there is no less than a penny.

It is different from other situations where you move left and right and end up empty-handed. No matter what you do with this thing, you need to spend such a huge amount of materials. Even if there is an industrial chain that can dilute everything, you still have to pay for it. Take out part of the money earned from other places.

Of course, the benefits of repairing the track are also obvious. In the area along the entire track, the price of meat has stabilized to the level Chen Xi knew before, social stability has increased significantly, and happiness has once again increased. But generally speaking, the current situation of the Han Dynasty, Large-scale rail train repairs are actually at a loss.

Chen Xi also started to build aircraft after calculating the cost. At first, he wanted to build an airship, but later found that this thing was said to have no technical content. In fact, if it really needs to carry heavy loads, it may be more troublesome than an airplane in terms of the current environment. The preparation of hydrogen and helium is not so easy, and the danger of hydrogen airships is actually very high.

By the way, Chen Xi has been working on things like hot air balloons for a long time, but it’s not easy to operate. Consider it not as a weapon of war, but as a means of delivery.

"Anyway, it's considered a success. Although it's not the kind of success I thought it would be, considering other usages, it's okay." Chen Xi thought for a while and said, "At least the centurion-level backbone will go to Northern Europe. But it's much easier."

"Support Northern Europe." Li You sighed, "It's fine, but Rome doesn't mention the centennial celebration at all?"