Daming: The system rejected my request for salted fish

Chapter 1247

"Then your Majesty should give a name to this Ming Dynasty, the world's first train!"

Although the researcher suddenly threw the topic to Zhu Yuanzhang, this was actually a link that had been agreed upon long ago.

After all, this was the world's first train, so it was naturally named by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang had already thought about it. After the researcher finished speaking, he simply pondered for a moment and then said:

"The Duke of Zhenguo once said that the advent of the train would make the Ming Dynasty even more powerful and wealthy, like a dragon soaring through the sky."

"In that case, let's name this train Tengfei, implying that its appearance can help the Ming Dynasty soar!"

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, someone came over with a pen and ink, and then Zhu Yuanzhang wrote the two words "take off" with a big stroke of his pen.

After the naming was completed, the researcher from the Academy of Science and Technology spoke again:

"The Soaring was built under the leadership of the Vice Dean with the support of His Majesty. It is the best means of transportation ever."

"As you can see, in addition to the front locomotive, the Soaring Flying has a total of thirty-eight carriages at the back."

"Besides the weight of these carriages, we can carry an additional 300 tons, but you don't understand the unit of weight called tons."

"This is the unit of weight used within the Academy of Science and Technology. Converted to jin, it's about 527,050 kilograms."

(One jin in the Ming Dynasty was 596.8 grams.)

When the researcher said that this thing called a train could actually carry more than 500,000 kilograms, everyone present was petrified.

With a carrying capacity of more than 500,000 kilograms, it is hard to imagine how much cargo it can carry. The key is that it can not only carry cargo but also people.

There were many businessmen present who had good mental arithmetic skills. They immediately figured out the data given by the researcher.

Assuming that each person weighs 150 kilograms, the 500,000 kilogram load capacity can carry more than 3,000 people.

If what this researcher said is true, then the function of this train is terrifying, whether it is for transporting goods or troops!

However, the researchers here still say that this is conservative. The net load capacity of the Soaring is actually 350 tons.

Even so, there is still no result of the extreme test, mainly because there is only one train at the moment and it is not suitable to test it too violently.

The load capacity of 350 tons is just the result given based on the test feedback, and it is not the limit of the Soaring.

It’s just that everything has to have a safety standard, and the train has just appeared and has not yet been officially put into operation.

So Wei Wu directly decided to set the safety standard at 300 tons, so that even if it occasionally exceeded the standard, it would not have any impact.

In fact, although this data is shocking, it is not exaggerated. After all, the steam engine of the Academy of Science and Technology was not developed gradually.

Instead, it was developed by Wei Wu, standing on the shoulders of giants, and the innate starting foundation was already very high.

If it weren't for the concern that the rails couldn't bear the weight and might cause an accident, the Institute of Science and Technology would have been able to develop a locomotive with a larger load capacity.

Just as everyone was shocked by the Soaring's powerful carrying capacity, the researcher spoke again:

"Having discussed the Soaring's carrying capacity, let me now tell you how fast it is!"

Those who were still in shock immediately perked up after hearing the researcher's words.

Then, under everyone's gaze, the researcher spoke again:

"Before I describe it to you, I must first make it clear to everyone that the distance units used by our Institute of Science and Technology are also different."

"The distance units used by the Academy of Science and Technology are miles and kilometers, while your distance unit is miles. There is a significant difference between the two."

"At our Institute of Science and Technology, a li is 500 meters, a kilometer is 1,000 meters, and a normal li is 554 meters."