With inferior horses excluded in advance, and taking the warhorses used by the Great Zhou cavalry as an example, their average travel speed was roughly twenty to thirty kilometers per hour.
Various other factors would affect that figure as well.
Yet with Qin Fen's already incomparably mature design philosophy behind it, Great Zhou's first Steam Train had effortlessly achieved a travel speed of eighty kilometers per hour.
At this moment, the travel efficiency of ordinary warhorses had been completely crushed by the Steam Train.
In the past, traveling from Black Moon City to the nearest Grassland City had taken them roughly three hours. Today, however, riding the Steam Train, they had arrived safely in less than an hour!
And this still clearly wasn't enough to demonstrate the value of the Steam Train.
One shouldn't forget that horses were living creatures. They were affected by their physical stamina, and after running for a long time, they needed to eat, drink, and rest.
The Steam Train, however, needed none of that. As long as shift workers were arranged properly and there was sufficient fuel, it could run twenty-four hours a day, even for several days and nights straight.
Their Steam Engine could bear that level of intensity. Qin Fen and the others had already conducted relevant tests some time ago.
This advantage was enough to greatly shorten the distance between cities.
At the same time, over in Grassland City...
As a necessary stop along the Steam Train's route to the northeastern border, they had naturally built a train platform there as well, providing even greater convenience for the future transport of various goods between Black Moon City and Grassland City.
On this day, a large crowd had already gathered behind the train platform.
Even Ma Guotao had been unable to resist coming