The cost of fodder for cattle and horses definitely couldn't compare to four hundred jin of coal, but cattle and horses couldn't haul nearly as much as a train, either! Never mind an entire train—even a single freight car was beyond their reach.
Everyone rode the Toy Train around the courtyard in circles. Luo Chong stood at the entrance with the two children and Tang Yao, watching them, while Xiao Die and Zhan Ying entertained the wives who had come along with the prefects inside the house.
Little Luo Cheng stood beside Luo Chong. Watching the Toy Train suddenly roar past in front of him, he tugged at Luo Chong's trouser leg, raised his head, and said.
"Dad, what's that? I want to ride it too!"
"If you want to ride, wait a little. You can ride after those uncles get off." Luo Chong agreed at once. A model train like this was supposed to be for children in the first place, right?
It was just that this model was a little too hardcore.
Tang Yao stood on Luo Chong's other side, staring unblinkingly at the Toy Train as it passed the entrance from time to time. Suddenly, she asked Luo Chong.
"Luo Chong, can a train like this be made much bigger too? Like turning a Boat Model into a big ship?"
"Of course. But even if this train were enlarged to normal proportions, it still wouldn't be as tall and massive as a ship. It isn't very tall, but it's very, very long!" Luo Chong explained.
"Then it must be very important, right?" Tang Yao pressed on.
"Of course. As long as I'm alive, I'll do everything I can to extend the length of the railways and increase the number of trains. Sooner or later, the Han Tribe