Lin Fei led people in laying tracks in Luo Chong's courtyard. Luo Chong and a group of prefects stood at the doorway of the main hall watching. Everyone had long heard that the Chieftain had told the Power Research Institute to make something, but only a few knew what it actually was.
Even steam engines had yet to become widespread, so it was even harder for others to understand what a train was.
Steam engines were currently used in only a few places, such as the small ammunition workshop in Hanyang City, the shipyard in Liuyang Commandery, the mint on Lake Heart Island, the Steel Mill in Xingang Commandery, and the Steel Rolling Mill that was undergoing trial operations. Yet none of those places were somewhere ordinary people could go. The former were confidential units that they could not visit even if they wanted to, while the Steel Mill was filthy, hot, and chaotic. Who would go there for no reason?
As a result, the Power Research Institute remained a mysterious department in the eyes of the public. The First Comprehensive Research Institute, at least, had already produced quite a few practical devices, so everyone basically knew what the Comprehensive Research Institute did.
Today, Lin Fei had brought a group of researchers and craftsmen to demonstrate their work in person, so that others would know they were not freeloaders.
Section after section of semi-finished rails was carried inside, along with some scattered rails and sleepers for laying the curved sections.
The model railway did not need to take the ground's load-bearing capacity into consideration. After all, it was only a model. Besides, Luo Chong's courtyard had at least been tamped down, so it presented no problem for such a miniature Toy Train.
They quickly laid a U-shaped curve more than