SWDnovel Chapter 559 About the Qin Dynasty Railway
Chapter 559 About the Qin Dynasty Railway
This chapter can be skipped, the technical description chapter.
Because it has been tested by millions, there are many new readers coming in, and they also have some doubts about the railways of the Qin Dynasty.
Here is a little explanation.
When did I first hear about the Qin Dynasty Railway?
12 years.
It was also the first year that I started to enter the online writing industry.
I consulted many people in the industry about the Qin Dynasty Railway, and even discussed it with Professor Chen from Nanjing University.
What does he mean - the technology has no obstacles, is feasible, and has a basis for implementation.
His conclusion is: This is an unconventional method adopted by the Qin Dynasty to solve transportation problems in mountainous areas.
He said one thing that I think I can talk about.
The Qin Dynasty conquered Baiyue.
At that time, the war was in a stalemate for a long time, which was extremely detrimental to the Qin army.
Faced with this dilemma, in order to solve the transportation problem, Qin Shihuang decided to send the supervisor Shi Lu to lead the Qin army and migrant workers to dig a 60-mile water transportation link between the north and the south in Haiyang Mountain (today's Xing'an County, Guangxi) in order to solve the transportation problem. Waterway - Lingqu.
In the mountainous areas of Guangdong and Guangxi, the Qin Dynasty spent a lot of money to dig Ling Canal.
And what about Funiu Mountain?
The Qin Dynasty built the Ling Canal in order to conquer Baiyue, so why couldn't it build facilities for transporting military supplies in the Qinling Mountains?
As we all know, this is the biggest obstacle between Guanzhong and Nanyang Basin. (Inside are Korea, Wei, Chu, etc., which were the richest places in the world at that time)
If Qin wanted to unify the six countries, there were only two ways: the Shangyu Ancient Road and the Weihan Ancient Road.
These two ancient roads are both in the Qinling Mountains and other mountains, and are blocked by Wuguan Pass and Hangu Pass.
As for Hangu Pass, it is not so easy to get through - the Qin Dynasty spent more than half of its time here, which is enough to prove it.
Since the ancient road to Xiaohan is difficult to travel.
What about Shangyu Ancient Road?
Zhang Yi opened his mouth and abruptly assigned this strategic area to Qin.
This is on Qin's own territory.
So, since the later Qin Dynasty, in order to unify Baiyue, a barbaric area at that time, it was able to dig the Ling Canal at a high cost.
Why would we not build the Qin Dynasty railway on the Shangyu ancient road to solve the problem of food transportation for the army?
You know, this technology was already feasible at the time, it was just a matter of ideas!
He asked me - Why did Qin Shihuang's cars share the same track?
Why must the distance between the two wheels be fixed?
Is it possible that this regulation came about to coordinate with some strategic issue?
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This question is still fresh in my mind.
We know that the problem of "axle adaptation to the car" is easy to solve——
In rural areas, the sleeve method is widely used to set two wheels together so that they can adapt to wide and narrow carriages.
This hand-pulled cart is called Dipai cart.
This kind of car has two kinds of wheels. One is that the two wheels are fixed by the axle.
The other type has only half of the axle fixed on each wheel. It was still very common in the 90s before walking tractors became popular in rural areas.
If it was really for convenience, why didn't the Qin Dynasty adopt this method?
Don't forget that this method is the simplest and most adaptable operation.
It can be damaged at any time and replaced at any time!
This is the easiest method to adopt in the military!
Is the method of piecing together two cars with broken axles at any time worse than "cars on the same track as explained by experts"?
This is not in accordance with military regulations!
Look at this picture again
This is a physical picture of the Qin Mausoleum Terracotta Warriors and Horses.
Why did Qin Shihuang, who pursued unification, allow the emergence of two such different axles?
Why is the axle in the picture above so similar to a modern train wheel?
The modern explanation is that there is a weapon on it, which is used to break the legs of the enemy's horses or infantry.
Let’s leave aside this shape and how to fix the weapon.
Let’s look at the partial view of another axle.
See the difference!
There is a clear hole for inserting weapons!
What if the chariot above is placed on a raised train track?
It is precisely this inclined design that, under the action of gravity, can ensure that it always advances in the center of the two tracks.
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Hypothesis - There really was a railway with wooden tracks in the Qin Dynasty.
So as some readers ask: "What kind of wood can resist corrosion and last for thousands of years?"
I am too lazy to explain this question.
There are many existing wooden buildings in China that have survived for thousands of years:
The wooden pagoda in Yingxian County is more than 900 years old.
The largest number of buildings are from the Tang Dynasty about 300 years ago, including Nanchan Temple, Guangrenwang Temple Main Hall, Foguang Temple East Main Hall, Tiantai Temple Amitabha Hall... countless!
The Hanging Temple in Shanxi, which is exposed to wind, rain and sun, is a full 1500 years ago!
It was only over 600 years ago from the Qin Dynasty...
The simplest method for wood preservation is carbonization.
A better operation is to steam to kill the eggs and then carbonize them.
If you want to keep it longer - rosin anti-corrosion layer, asphalt anti-corrosion layer...
The use of natural asphalt in China began as early as the tribal period.
In 770 BC, the ancient capital of Jin in Houma in Shanxi, Qin Yongcheng in Fengxiang in Shaanxi, the capital of Chuying in Jiangling in Hubei, and the ancient city of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in Luoyang, Henan...
It was also discovered that a large amount of asphalt was used on roofs.
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Even for modern sleepers, it is the most common method to use asphalt to prevent corrosion.
The above is a brief insight into the railways of the Qin Dynasty.
If it is wrong, please laugh it off.
As for whether it is real and feasible - to paraphrase a Western saying about Chinese history -
No evidence can stand alone!
Anyway, our solitary evidence is not credible.
Their solitary evidence is correct!
This has become the norm...
I don’t know if you have noticed one thing - in the hot spring area, 2300-year-old copperware was unearthed...
Ah!
Lifelike with almost no oxidation...
It's very new and very good...