Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1786, Yugong Yishan

In Hanzhong City, Li Song, Yi Lunxiong, and Zhang Bin, professors of tunnels, bridges, and railways from the Beijing Institute of Engineering, arrived in Hanzhong with a team of [-] people.

This time, the imperial court suddenly entrusted them with such a difficult and important task, which also made the three of them feel more pressure. You must know that the right servant of the Ministry of Industry was demoted for building the railway.

And the difficulty of the road to Shu, it is difficult to go to the blue sky, this is definitely not a joke, if you want to build a railway to go to Sichuan, there are too many difficulties to overcome.

"No matter how difficult it is, no matter what problems we encounter, what we have to do is to find ways to solve it. I don't want to hear any words that say it is impossible or no way."

"This time, the emperor and the imperial court trusted us, so I entrusted this arduous task to the Beijing Institute of Engineering. This is the time for us to prove our worth to the whole world!"

On the playground of the Hanzhong Office of Changcheng Railway, Li Song was speaking to a team of more than [-] engineers through a tin horn. They learned about building bridges, repairing roads, digging mountains, and digging holes. related technologies for this.

Of course, for a long time, the School of Engineering, like other colleges and universities, has been viewed by traditional scholars as unpopular, and they have studied heresy and other things.

Only those traditional scholars who read the Four Books and Five Classics are noble. Not only can they help the emperor govern the world, but they also think that the content they need is the real way.

This made the new students more and more dissatisfied.

The so-called traditional scholars do not distinguish between the four bodies and the five grains. In addition to those who care about them, they only know how to write poems every year and play with pairs. None of them are really useful to the common people, but they have a high status and occupy the temple. high.

This time, the same is true for the railway construction. The imperial court appointed these officials to build the railway. They even thought that it would never be possible to build a railway to Sichuan.

This dissatisfied the emperor and the princes in the court, and they directly reprimanded them, and replaced them with talents from the School of Engineering to take full responsibility for the construction of the railway.

Li Song, Yi Lunxiong, Zhang Bin and others also vowed secretly that they must build this railway and show it to the world to see if what they new learners have learned is useful?

"We now treat ourselves as Yugong, and we have to show the spirit of Yugong moving mountains. Even if we spend our lives on this railway, we will also build this railway."

"Foolish Old Man Moves Mountains!"

"Foolish Old Man Moves Mountains!"

Many teachers and students of the engineering school in the audience immediately shouted slogans.

Li Song, Yi Lunxiong, Zhang Bin and others were extremely efficient. After the meeting, the whole team started to get busy.

The team was divided into two teams. The first team was in charge of building the railway from Chang'an to Hanzhong. This railway needed to cross the Qinling Mountains. Although it was better than the Shu Road, it still turned between mountains.

The first team is responsible for building the railway from Hanzhong to Chengdu, Sichuan. This section is the most difficult. It needs to climb the Daba Mountain to reach Guangyuan, and then build the railway from Guangyuan to Chengdu.

Because the funds allocated by the imperial court are sufficient, it is also possible to start construction on the two railways at the same time, which can shorten the construction period.

"Have all the construction machinery we wanted arrived?"

After the meeting, Li Song also got busy. The most important thing now is not the funds. In terms of funds, the imperial household department transferred them to the special account opened by Changcheng Railway in the First Bank of Daming.

As long as there is money in the account, they can withdraw money and transfer money at the First Daming Bank in Hanzhong or Chang’an. Because the imperial court attaches great importance to this railway, the first batch of funds has already allocated 2000 million taels of silver. Half a session is not bad at all.

The most important thing now is all kinds of construction machinery. These things are very popular now. These construction machinery are needed everywhere, and even if you have money, you may not be able to buy them.

"The first batch of 100 trucks, 50 excavators, 50 bulldozers, and 200 internal combustion engine drilling rigs have all been transported to Chang'an by train."

"In addition, the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion has approved the first batch of 2 catties of gunpowder for us, and it has already arrived in Chang'an."

"For the construction machinery we need in the future, Liu Gong has instructed the Jingcheng Machinery Factory and the Mercedes-Benz Automobile Factory to give priority to meeting our needs and fully guarantee our projects."

"In addition, Tianjin Cement Plant also expressed that it will use the capacity of the cement plant in Chang'an to fully supply the needs of our project after Mr. Liu's instructions."

Yi Lunxiong and Zhang Bin also quickly replied.

Now the infrastructure construction of Daming is in full swing, and everything related to infrastructure construction is very tight.

Steel bars, cement, various new construction machinery, and gunpowder needed to open mountains and build roads, etc., these things are very tight now.

It is necessary for the imperial court to specifically order the related factories to give priority to the supply of Changcheng Railway, otherwise it will be difficult to obtain enough supplies.

"Great, with Liu Gong's support, everything can be done!"

Li Song laughed happily after hearing this.

To be honest, when he received the task, what he was most worried about was not the difficulties he would encounter in repairing the railway. No matter how difficult the road was, they still had a way to repair it.

When encountering canyons and mountain streams, bridges are built, and when mountains are encountered, tunnels are dug. As long as there are construction machinery, these are not problems. The biggest problem is various materials. Can the things you want be supplied on time and in accordance with the quantity? , this is the biggest problem.

Thinking about it now, my worries are obviously superfluous. With Liu Jin's full support, these are nothing.

"Professor, there are many, many people outside~"

"The leader of them said that it was Ma Hao, the chief envoy of Sichuan, who wanted to see the professor."

At this time, someone hurriedly came to report.

"Sichuan chief envoy Ma Hao?"

"There are many people?"

Li Song, Yi Lunxiong, and Zhang Bin were very puzzled when they heard this, but they hurried out immediately.

The chief envoy is a big official in Xinjiang, and he is from Sichuan. After that, the railway construction will inevitably require the cooperation of the other side, which cannot be offended at all.

"Grassmen pay homage to Mr. Ma!"

When the three of them came outside, they were crowded with people, and all of them were young and strong. They all carried poles, baskets, shovels, picks and other tools, as if they were going to participate in some big engineering project. some type of.

Looking at the leader again, he was impressively wearing the official uniform of the second rank, and there was a group of people wearing official uniforms standing beside him, and the three of them also hurriedly saluted.

"Don't dare, dare not~"

"The three must be Professor Li, Professor Yi, and Professor Zhang. I'm waiting for Sichuan officials and people to come here specially to wait for orders!"

Ma Hao also said hastily.

"Master Ma, this is it?"

Li Song, Yi Lunxiong, and Zhang Bin were all dumbfounded, the three of them dared not send these officials and lords, they would burn incense if they didn't cause trouble for themselves.

"We in Sichuan were also very excited and happy when we heard that the imperial court wanted to build the Changcheng Railway, so we also spontaneously donated and contributed, and now we have raised 1200 million taels of silver."

"Now, on behalf of 800 million people in Sichuan, I will hand over the collected money to your hands!"

"In addition, there are 2 young and strong people from Sichuan who came out with me this time. You will definitely not dare to have any complaints based on your drive alone. You don't need to pay wages or food. We in Sichuan will handle it ourselves. "

Ma Hao ordered people to carry out big boxes. When the boxes were opened, they were full of white silver dollars. At the same time, he pointed to behind him. Twenty thousand young and strong people from Sichuan stood up straight, and everyone's eyes were extremely determined. .

Looking at their appearance again, it can be seen that they ate a lot of trousers when they crossed the Shu Road, many of their clothes were not neat, and many of them didn't even have shoes, not even a pair of straw sandals.

Li Song, Yi Lunxiong, Zhang Bin and others never dreamed that the Sichuan people would be so united. In order to build a railway, they were so united from the chief minister to the ordinary people. Those who have money contribute money, and those who have money contribute.

It is really shocking that [-] people were dispatched to help build the railway all at once, and it also makes people feel Sichuan people's desire for railways and convenient transportation.

"Good! Good!"

"The time and place are favorable and the people are harmonious. With the strong support of the emperor and the princes in the court, and the unity of all Sichuan people, a long-term railway will surely succeed!"

Li Song looked at the 2 Chuan dolls in front of him, each of them was strong and physically selected, and everyone had already brought their own change of clothes, tools for work, and even the food they ate. Bring it.

They don't need orders from the imperial court, and they don't need wages. They even bring their own food, which will be transported continuously from Sichuan in the future.

Such unity, such unity, what else is impossible?

"If you grow into a railway, you will succeed!"

"If you grow into a railway, you will succeed!"

When Ma Hao and the others heard it, they also shouted in unison, and then the 2 Sichuan dolls behind them also shouted in unison, their voices were orderly and loud, resounding through the sky.

PS: I have always thought that people from Sichuan are amazing!

(End of this chapter)