Alchemy Greater China

Tesla's heart moved: It seems that there are three major districts in Qianji City, and I have never been to the factory district... Do you want to call Lin?

Tesla was hesitating, Mahua came out from nowhere, and patted Tesla: "Aha, my good apprentice, you are here! Hey, don't be stupid when you are full, go, go Go to work, don't delay, otherwise, you will have to walk there, with your physique, well, your breakfast will be for nothing!"

"I, I'm not a worker..." Tesla was stunned and said hastily.

"Not a worker?"

Ma Hua didn't care, and smiled: "It's not a worker, you live in a living area? It's not a worker, you get up so early? Let me tell you, there are two types of white people like you in Qianji City, one is working hard, and the other is working hard , all the brains are living in the factory area, and those who stay here are all working hard! Haha, look at Bolt, he is a porter. He can move dozens of tons of goods in the steel factory in a day. Damn it, that muscle bump belongs to a bull!"

"I really……"

"Don't be shy, by looking at you, you know that you are not doing well in your own country, otherwise why would you come here to work hard?"

MCA pulled the Tesla and ran out: "But to be honest, there is nothing wrong with working hard. They all make money by working hard. The salary here is higher than most places... Come on, I will hit it off with you and follow me. Let's go, let's take a ride! There is only one bus, if you miss it, you have to walk to the factory area by yourself, it takes 55 minutes! You won't die of exhaustion!"

Although Ma Hua was nagging, his heart was really warm. He pulled the Tesla and ran quickly. Following the flow, he soon saw a red-painted iron carriage that looked like a train. [

The carriage is parked there, about 30 meters long.Below are some steel wheels resting on the rails.

There was steam and black smoke coming from the end of the carriage, so it was possible to tell the direction it was heading.

"Is this a railway steam car?"

"Don't ask so many questions, go up and talk!"

Ma Hua interrupted Tesla's question, dragged, shoved and squeezed, and the two finally boarded the carriage.

"This is called an intercity train. It is also a shuttle bus for our workers. Hehe, is it spacious enough?" MCA took up a seat and let Tesla sit there, while he stood and wiped his sweat.

The cabin is large, but by no means roomy at this time.There are at least 200 people in it, and the breathing and heat emitted by people make this carriage tend to develop into a steamer.

"The locomotive of this car is actually integrated in the carriage!"

"Is it strange? Who stipulated that the locomotive must be hung outside alone?"

"A separate locomotive will be very flexible!"

Tesla scratched his head.

"The intercity train is also very flexible. The power is integrated in the carriage, and you can pull it forward and reverse it, which is much more convenient and quicker than changing the locomotive!" Ma Hua laughed and said, "Hey, you work hard, study What locomotive? Do you want to change careers and go to a research institute to sell your brains?"

"Can drive both sides? Horses. How do you know so much?" Tesla said in surprise.

"I'm a railway worker, so of course I know about railways."

"Then you are also working hard? I thought you designed and built this intercity train!" [

"Aha, Lin, you are mocking me, I can tell."

"Sorry, my name is Tesla, Lin is my companion, he is probably still sleeping in the room now!"

"Oh? Tesla, that's a good name, let me just say it. This name suits your appearance... Tell you, don't underestimate us railway workers, this ring railway is me, a steel It’s made of riveting and a screw, how about it? The car is running on it, is it stable and comfortable?”

"...This is a railway, if it is not stable, the car will overturn!"

"Hey, no matter what, you went to report to the factory area today, you got my credit! Ah, by the way, I haven't asked you yet, Tesla, which factory did you report to? My teacher Mahua has a lot of friends, You can ask someone to take care of you, a newcomer!"

"Originally, I was going to go with my companion Lin, I thought, it was the Kunpeng Shipyard..."

"Oh, Tesla, you are naughty again. The construction site of the shipyard is in Hongri Bay! Qianji City, there are only Kunpeng's research institutes. God, you are working so hard, you took the wrong car!"

Didn't you pull me by force?Tesla cursed and said, "Then can I get out of the car?"

"Of course not, there are more than 200 people here, just stop for you?"

"It doesn't stop, it doesn't stop, I go to the research institute to have a look, maybe there is a job that suits me there?"

"Are you dreaming? You are a hard worker, and you still want to work in an office? Forget it, wait until the factory area, I will find a way to send you to Red Sun Bay! Tesla, I have to say your luck Very good, if it's three days later, you won't be able to see me, so how many detours will you have to take!"

"Ma, where are you going?"

"Repair the railway, the superiors said that the railway tracks repaired by Qianji City are enough for the time being, and now we need to send people to repair the Holy-Thousand Line!"

"Holy-Thousand Lines?"

"The main railway line from San Diego to Thousand Machines City! The sooner this line is opened to traffic, the supplies of Thousand Machines City will be a hundred times more abundant than it is now!"

"It's true. The speed of the train is much faster than that of the freighter. From San Diego to here, it is basically a straight line. The daily delivery of supplies is indeed several times! In that case, the vegetables and fruits in Qianji City will not be in short supply. !"

"Who says it's not? Tesla, we haven't established Qianji City for a long time. We lack everything, but we don't lack money. As long as the transportation lines are opened, we can buy as much as we can. Haha, the United States is our private land. , Vegetable garden!"

Private plot...vegetable garden...

A black line fell on Tesla's forehead: Is the United States said to be the same as your colonies, giving and taking?People in Tianji City are all as high-minded as Teacher Mahua?Do you feel good about yourself?

The speed of the intercity train is not too fast, about [-] kilometers per hour, as MCA said, it is running smoothly.

There is a train, and you can see the scenery outside the car. Tesla looked around, but saw that all the houses passing by along the way were repaired houses and buildings under construction. Of course, there were also large areas where only materials were piled up, but no workers went to work. open space.

To be fair, the scenery is monotonous and boring.

According to Mahua.It usually takes 15 to 8 minutes for the intercity train to arrive at the factory area, but today, it is not known whether this intercity train carried a certain broom star, and it took [-] minutes to drive.The speed of the car suddenly slowed down.

At first, everyone didn't feel it, but when the speed became slower and slower and almost stopped, more than 200 workers in the carriage raised questions one after another.

"What's wrong? Why did the car stop?"

"Is there a breakdown? I just said, the original train with the locomotive is so good, I have to change it. I asserted it half a month ago, and it will break down sooner or later!"

"Can it be fixed? I have to take full attendance today, and I can't be late, otherwise you won't be able to pay for the contribution points!"

"Open the door, I want to get out of the car, I want to run to work!"

"Don't squeeze. Are you stupid? There is still nearly half of the distance, you ran over? It was a waste of energy. Your work performance today must be comparable to Youyuan!"

……

The sudden stop turned the originally quiet carriage into a noisy vegetable market!

The passengers were all manual workers with big arms and round waists. They had just finished breakfast, and their voices were so loud that the whole carriage trembled faintly.

"Quiet! Be quiet! Shut up! Hey. Can making noise solve the problem?"

In the world of voices, there are strong ones and even stronger ones. A loud volume, like a Buddhist lion's roar, came from the front of the car, and it shook the car suddenly, and it was as quiet as a vacuum!

At the front of the car, a door opened, and a bald man walked out of the cab, with fierce eyes and eyes opened and closed.Shenguang "shoots".

The driver's cab is the integrated locomotive part, where the power core equipment of the entire intercity train is placed.

"It's Cabaye!"

"Shh, I recognize it. This violent man, I'm actually riding in his car!"

"Cabaye? The name is so weird..."

"Nonsense, he is a fool, he claims to wrestle the enemy after rubbing oil on his naked body!"

"This is a muscular man, can he be a driver?"

"Hmph, you don't know that, do you? Cabaye is full of energy. He reads at night after work every day. Two months ago, he got the qualification to operate a steam car..."

Kabaye was like a demon god who came out of hell. After looking around, he said in a high-pitched voice like a chime: "The steam engine is broken, who can repair it?"

The workers looked at each other, and after a few seconds, they all shook their heads!

Just kidding, you, Kabaye, are so awesome that you can't even repair it. We all work hard, so how can it be?

Besides, if he could, he would have applied to be transferred to a technical job and get a higher salary!

"Hey, Ma Hua, you're here! Come here... If you don't come, I'll go!"

Cabaye's eyes were good, and when he suddenly saw Ma Hua in the corner, he couldn't help showing joy on his face. After shouting, he pushed aside the crowd and squeezed towards Ma Hua.

Tesla could tell that Ma Hua was probably avoiding Cabaye, but who made Cabaye's eyes look like falcons on the grassland, even though Ma Hua almost buried his face in his arms, he was still discovered.

"Hey, Cabaye, don't move your hands and feet, don't think I'm afraid of your brute force... Oh, take it easy, I'll go over, can I go over? So many people are watching, save some face for me, huh? "

Under Cabaye's capture, Ma Hua was like a little chick, he couldn't hide, so he had to bite the bullet and go to the cab with Cabaye to have a look.

"You know steam engines, you fix them!"

"You brute force monster, I'm not a technician, repair, repair, I will repair your leg hair!"

"Then I don't care. It's more reliable if you are alone here. If you and I work together, if you can't repair it well, you can have an explanation to the higher-ups."

Cabaye's rough face showed a hidden smile, which was actually very cunning.

"Well, you want to take the blame with me!" Ma Hua yelled: "You must have broken the steam engine, you despicable bald head, treacherous and shameful... Ouch, light, light, broken, broken ...I'll fix it, I'll try it, okay?"

Ma Hua was obviously eaten to death by Kabaye. Under the gaze of everyone, Ma Hua, who was not too small, was actually dragged away by Kabaye!

"Hey, wait a minute."

How much "teacher and apprentice" with MCA, Tesla couldn't bear to see him being abused, so he stood up from his seat and shouted.

"Huh? Who are you? Skinny..."

Cabaye turned his head, glanced, and asked with a frown.

"His name is Tesla. He is... a technician at the Kunpeng Shipyard. He knows a lot about steam engines. Ask him to go with you, I promise, it will help!"

Holding the bad idea of ​​dying together, MCA changed Tesla's "job type" without authorization, and changed him from "deadly working hard".Classified as 'dead brains'.

Firstly, there is a glimmer of hope, hoping that this mysterious white man with a mustache who only met today can have two brushes for repairing machinery, and secondly, he can have a helper when he arrives in the closed cab.Bargaining with Cabaye will also increase confidence.

"Tesla? Kunpeng... from the research institute?"

Cabaye frowned slightly, and his loud voice dropped half an octave.

"Well, I'll go take a look with you!"

Tesla did not admit it on the spot, but walked directly to the cab.

Pair of integrated locomotives.Tesla is still quite interested.

Three people entered the cab and the door was closed.

Before going in, Cabaye promised that everyone would get out of the car if they couldn’t fix it within 5 minutes, and he would also write a report to apply for exemption from liability for these delayed workers.

The cab of an intercity train has a lot of space.It is no less than an ordinary locomotive, and its ventilation performance is also very good. People in it will not have the hot and stuffy feeling of taking a sauna next to the boiler.

Tesla squatted down, looked at it for half a minute, and was surprised to find that this train has two sets of starting equipment!

One set is a traditional coal-fired steam engine, which occupies [-]% of the volume.

The other set is more concealed, with two batteries connected externally.If you are not a professional, you really can't see that this thing that is only a quarter of the size of a steam engine is actually an engine.

But who is Tesla?

When it comes to playing video games, there is no one better than him on the entire earth, even if he is on par with him, they are not more than one palm away.

Tesla suppressed his curiosity about this electric motor.It took another minute to check the steam engine, and then said: "It's stuck here, this screw needs to be unscrewed... Open the board and let it go... Well, Cabaye, I don't have enough strength, can you do it?"

"Uh, speak slowly, I haven't passed CET-[-] in English, so I don't understand it!"

The big bald Kabaye scratched his head and said embarrassedly.

CET-[-] is an English training certification issued by Thousand Machines City. Although it is not an important qualification certificate, Cabaye cannot hold on to his excess energy and is a research madman. Therefore, the CET-[-] certificate is currently within the scope of his goal. .

"It's okay, I'll translate, haha, Cabaye, language requires talent! Isn't it just CET-[-]? That day I only spent one meal to get the CET-[-] certificate, and the spoken language is still [-]%. Hahaha, soesy!"

Ma Hua tiptoed, laughing and stroking Cabaye's bald head.

"Laugh again..."

Cabaye's face was so gloomy that it was about to thunder, "Believe it or not, I ordered you?"

Under MCA's translation, Cabaye completed Tesla's verbal instructions neatly. With a sound of 'woo', the steam rose again and the train restarted.

Cabaye showed joy on his face, and looked at Tesla with friendly eyes.

"Okay, Mr. Tesla, thanks to you, otherwise, I would have had a driving accident and would have been deducted points!"

"Efforts with little effort are not worth mentioning!"

Tesla grinned in pain, avoiding Cabaye's bear's paw, and took the opportunity to say: "In order to avoid the hidden danger of omission, can I stay here for a while?"

"No problem, you are too enthusiastic, if you don't mind the heat, you can stay as long as you want!"

With the "technical leader" continuing to sit in the rest of the itinerary, Cabaye is wishing for it.

"Okay then, go about your business!"

The intercity train stopped after 6 minutes, and Tesla and MCA also got off with a car of workers.

After Tesla stood on the ground, he looked back at the intercity train, clenched his fists, and sighed in his heart: This motor uses alternating current instead of the current popular direct current. The Earl of Beihai did not lie to me. He is really right. Not interested in direct current, but very optimistic about alternating current!

Just a few minutes ago, Tesla did a simple test on the spare motor equipment in the cab and came to the above conclusion.

Thinking about it carefully, it is normal to use alternating current. To be able to easily switch the power of forward and backward, alternating current is obviously more advantageous than direct current!

After thinking it over, Tesla couldn't help but feel more confident about his future in Xiajia.

Not far from the stop of the intercity train, about 100 meters away, there is a door card. Behind the door card is the factory area of ​​Qianji City!

The gate card is not strictly guarded, at least the fence next to it is hastily cast, it is not blocked by things like barbed wire, and no one is patrolling, just "insert" a few iron poles to mark the boundaries, and forget it.

It's normal to think about it, the factory area is not a military area, and the workers who enter and exit have names and surnames. If the inspection is too strict, it will be really stupid.

The workers in this car half-walked and half-run towards the door card. Tesla looked around unhurriedly behind, but behind the door card, several large factory buildings were faintly visible, nearly ten meters high, and over a hundred in length and width. rice!

In the open space of the factory room, large, medium and small goods are constantly shuttled back and forth. The large ones are transported by trucks, the medium ones are towed by trailers, and the small ones are carried and carried by strong workers!

It can be said that the flow of people in these factory rooms has never stopped. However, this factory area is too big, even if the workers and vehicles inside are busy, it also gives people a strange feeling of desolation, desertedness, and not making the best use of everything. Feel.

If it is fully developed here, it will not be worse than the industrial areas around the Great Lakes!

Tesla sighed: Unfortunately, the time is too short and the population is not enough. It is too difficult, too difficult to make a conclusion at this time!

While thinking, Tesla unknowingly followed the crowd to the door card.

The door card is ten meters wide, and it is divided into five passages wide for two people. The passages are separated by rows of metal tables.

I want to emphasize again, the wood added is too scarce. There are far more metal products in Thousand Machines City than wood products... This can be regarded as a strange and special phenomenon in Thousand Machines City! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote and monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to m to read.)

ps: Please correct me, I wrote 'Thousand Machine City' as 'Tianji City', sorry.

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