Chapter 677 039 Using Horse-Drawn Carriages for Rail Transit

Pierre finally let Petya go to the girls. The child was very likable and was soon surrounded by the chattering girls.

It seemed that if he hadn't been willing to resist for some unknown reason, he would still be a very popular darling.

"This looks good. Petya is still young and should find a wife in a few years."

"Don't talk about him. Nicholas hasn't married yet."

"Yeah, it sounds like I said something wrong. But Pierre, are you interested in investing in rail transit?"

"Are you talking about the kind that was shown in Tsarskoye Selo?"

"Yes, it's a steam locomotive. I've always wanted to connect St. Petersburg and Moscow, although the workload is huge and the cost must be recovered, which depends on the situation. Currently, there is such a line under construction from St. Petersburg to Novgorod."

"But this is also a bit troublesome. We don't have the conditions to produce locomotives here."

"But you can use horse-drawn carriages. If you have been to the British, you should know that their earliest rail transit was operated by horse-drawn carriages. If this is the case, using this kind of carriage on the track, In fact, it can also improve transportation capacity. "

"But in this case, we have to consider which direction to pave the road. You would not think of Ryazan, right?"

"If possible, it should indeed be from Moscow to Ryazan, from Moscow to Vladimir, to Tver and Yaroslavl. But if there is a trip to Tver, what will the drivers on Tver Street think?"

"They are all driving horses, but they are only pulling passengers."

"That has no impact, Pierre. I think it is very suitable for you to occupy a certain share in private rail transportation. When the years are up, the franchise is one aspect, and you can also submit a petition and let the emperor issue an edict to purchase it."

If you want to find a way, there are definitely many ways, and if Pierre participates, although he is not here for the purpose of getting a share, the main consideration is still the transportation of materials, but it is still profitable.

After all, many factories of military supplies were located in Vladimir and Ryazan, especially the canning factory in Ryazan. It is useful to transport materials, transfer wounded, and make arrangements.

Therefore, Solovyov did not think about anything else. It was April 1811, and the war broke out in June 1812. The French army arrived in Moscow in 82 days, so the time was actually quite tight.

Even if he wanted to submit a memorial, it would still take time.

Count Rostov's identity was more convenient to propose, and Pierre's Freemasonry had some connection with Speransky's Freemasonry, so he had to take this route.

After all, this is Russia. In this feudal soil, building a house in St. Petersburg and waiting for the emperor to speak or the cabinet to buy it and turn it into a national asset is a way to take the country's money, and it may not get any good results.

But when it comes to building roads and schools, these are all encouraged from Alexander's level, especially for wealthy nobles like the Bezukhov family. Alexander will definitely be satisfied with how much money he can spend on building roads.

The Solovyov group in this bureau is easier, mainly because these people have good status. If it really doesn't work out, when she returns to St. Petersburg, since other positions are not available, Nikolai's teaching job remains unchanged, so there are still many things she can do here.

After all, Nikolai is very proactive. If he was born in a working-class family, he should be a tall and strong stoker.

He just looks like a little girl, especially when he has long hair.

If the opera singer is a female role, he has to save his legs if he is 1.8 meters tall. His head is about to reach 2 meters. If he is a girl, the Russian women's volleyball team may be vying for him. He is a good deputy attacker.

Apart from this, Nikolai has an excellent performance in physical education, and he is also a good player in two sports introduced by his master. There is a tactic in the Imperial Village Middle School that is to hit the ball high with the head of the Grand Duke. As for basketball, he is even more invincible because of his height and arm span.

Maybe the brains of the Luo family have grown into muscles, and the Queen Mother's genes are so strong. Nicholas' uncle is a 200-kilogram Württemberg strongman. Obviously, this also needs to be added to the height and weight.

There is no way, I probably need to save the situation myself. After all, I don't know how Nicholas treats others. I am famous after fighting a few wars, so I am still very suitable to guide him.

Of course, Nicholas did not fail in tinkering with steam ships and sailboats and steam locomotives, and he sometimes had to play the role of a fireman in the trains of the Imperial Village.

Well, this is a restoration of history. He did work as a fireman.

If he can be brought back, it will probably be a great victory in education.

Let's not talk about this for now. Pierre and I also have this plan, but the exploration of this route does require some skills.

On the one hand, the survey of the route from Moscow to Ryazan always requires going in several directions. From Ryazan, it can also be connected to Tambov and Penza. If it reaches Simbirsk, it can probably be connected to the water transport of the Volga River.

Yes, the biggest competitor now is water transport, but it also needs to be used. At least where the ship can't reach, the car can be sent to the place. If the car can't reach, it's probably the soldiers' two legs that can go to the place.

After thinking it over, Solovyov also drew lines on a map with a pencil.

Anyway, most of the people who came to this party today were relatives and friends of Katya, and not many of them were interested in this matter, except Pierre.

"From here, if there are experts in surveying to help survey the route, and if we choose some straight roads for field investigation, we can quickly build a good route. But from Moscow to Ryazan, the distance between these two cities alone is 180 versts. Our route will definitely be longer, and there are still many places to invest."

"Misha, this is not difficult to do. If we calculate the labor, we can also pay the wages. Can't we undertake this route ourselves?"

Although Pierre is not smart at home, he is still a master. It is impossible for someone who can sponsor a regiment's personnel and equipment at one time without training some abilities after so many years.

If he manages it directly himself, with the help of various parties, without middlemen and contractors to make a profit, it should still be possible.

Of course, Solovyov is probably on the map, but Zhukovsky is nowhere to be found now. After all, this place is not called this name yet, and he cannot use the Nanjing map as a map of Germany, and his troops are not in Yuhuatai.

As for surveying, it is not necessary to invite Gauss. In fact, people who are proficient in surveying are the best in the army.

When Solovyov was in the Macedonian Legion, he was still impressed by Alexander Euler. At least his ability was still qualified.

With both Euler and Gauss, Russia can still attract a lot of talents, but it will take some years for local talents to explode, and it will not be until modern times that they can be brought into play.

He is still in modern times, and the talents he uses are mainly foreigners. In fact, if Russians look carefully, there are indeed many Germans among them, and there may be more people who grow crops in the lower reaches of the Volga River.

The German population is not only going to the United States, but also many have come to Russia.

When Solovyov was building the road, he thought of the people in the army who were proficient in surveying. Many of them spoke German as their mother tongue. If those Germans were allowed to come to Russia to open up wasteland, many problems could be solved.

His skills were always reversed. He probably wanted to use these people to solve a problem, but whether the locals liked it or not, would they turn him from a French spy to a Prussian spy?

He was always a little skeptical. His favorite solution was to introduce population. If these Germans came to open up wasteland and it could work, then what he would do next was to work with self-cultivating farmers and enlightened landlords to force the serfdom to eventually collapse. This was a solution.

But to achieve this, productivity must always improve, and serfdom cannot be held on to.

If you talk about it, everyone says that Russia is a serfdom country, but many people forget that Prussia was also one, and it was only when it was hurt that it thought of reform.

Russia did understand the problem from the center, but the progress was too slow. Among the big countries, it was considered to be getting up early and catching up late.

This won't work. Solovyov has thought of many ways, but the final result depends on luck.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one book, one forum, 6, 9, and one forum!

Lucky for him, Paul and Alexander both support reform, but one was assassinated and the other has a histrionic personality.

It seems that he still needs to start a new account and practice again. No matter whether Nicholas will come up in the future or Louisa's belly suddenly gets pregnant and gives birth to a son, I hope it will be in the next generation.

In fact, even Nicholas, who was not very smart in history, finally realized this. He chose Speransky as his son's teacher. As for who raised Alexander II when he was a child, who did he?

Solovyov had not read the content about this, so he did not know that Katya had been taking care of children in the palace for a long time. This meal ticket was renewed until she helped Alexander II to raise Prince Nicholas and Alexander III. The maids in the palace were all noble ladies. She was responsible for guiding etiquette. What if the etiquette was not in line with the norms?

That is, Katya is now taking care of children at home, and she is still young. If she returns to the palace, there will probably be some excitement to watch.

If he associates it with it, it is probably himself and his wife, who are raising these strange trainers in Lao Luo's family.

Now, he has also planned a general route.

"From here, we reach the border of Moscow, and then we go south to the grain-producing area. The roads along the way are still for ordinary horse-drawn carriages, but we will also connect a transportation network to the southeast of Moscow."

"But you didn't consider the north, Misha."

"It's too cold there, and it doesn't seem important. If you want to develop it, the land south of Moscow is more suitable to improve the environment here. Tambov was originally a grain-producing area, and all we have to do is to further transform these places. As for the places further south, right here, I remember that you have a lot of manors there."

"Yes, many of the properties I inherited at that time are here."

"It seems that the potential is unlimited. We can connect St. Petersburg and Moscow in the future. There will also be a rail transit line next to the Smolensk Road. However, at that time, we will not only see horse-drawn carriages on it. There will be steam locomotives. This is the power of science."

"You seem very confident, Misha, but the forests and swamps."

"It is indeed a key issue, Pierre. We should also transform the swamps and forests here, but as far as the swamp environment is concerned, it seems that we should go around it. We don't know what is there. Well, this is a rough idea."

Soloviev's confidence is probably because steam locomotives will definitely be the mainstream means of transportation for a long time, and it will not be a problem to use them for a hundred years.

Next, it is time to work seriously.

Katya looked at her husband's concentration on work and found it a little funny. It was obviously a party to celebrate the name day, but he and Pierre were talking about it, and the content they were going to do was to climb the technology tree.

Obviously, work is sometimes more important to him.

"Michelle met Mr. Pierre today, and he looked very energetic, unlike the previous two days. He looks like he needs to work."

"Julie, he is like this. Good sister, we should go to the next project next. I remember you also like to play cards."

"Yes, to kill time, it is really suitable to play cards now. But Michelle."

"You want Mishka to do his work. I like this about him. Although he has many small problems and is not so ambitious, he is very motivated. If he can do a bigger career, we should be happy for him."

Speaking of which, this girl is pretty good. Solovyov is also lucky, and Katya is willing to support his career.

As for Mrs. Recamier, she prefers Solovyov's talent rather than his ambition for his career.

The needs are different, but they are all on one person, which is indeed a bit subtle.

He is more focused at this moment, and it is indeed more suitable to show everyone a good rail transit route.

Of course, the construction difficulty is not very high. It is not a series of constructions between several cities. Solovyov always pays attention to the impact of terrain and makes adjustments. (End of this chapter)