The train driver in the courtyard

Apple orchard construction site.

As a railway engineer, Captain Zhang quickly realized the importance of the mixer after figuring out its function.

"One blender is worth a dozen fighters."

“Not afraid of heat or tiredness.”

Captain Zhang looked at the railway soldiers who were sweating profusely, took a deep breath and asked Li Aiguo: "Aiguo, is this thing complicated to make?"

"It's very simple. You only need two motors, a waste oil barrel, and some small parts to assemble it."

The reason why Li Aiguo took out the mixer is because it has low cost, does not require high technological level, and is easy to promote.

"Aiguo, you really helped us a lot this time!"

Captain Zhang immediately sent people to the logistics department to search for materials.

In less than a moment, the railway soldiers brought back dozens of waste oil drums. As for the motors, they could be directly allocated from surrounding factories.

"Everyone stop, don't do it."

The railway soldiers were working hard. After hearing the shouting, they stopped and looked at Captain Zhang with confusion.

When the railway soldiers learned about the existence of such a magical tool as the mixer, they instantly became excited.

Hardship is a tool, not a trophy.

Not being afraid of the scorching heat of a blade is the awareness of a brave man.

But to chop repeatedly when one knows that the blade is bent is the carnival of a fool.

The efficiency of the railway troops was demonstrated at this moment. All the broken oil drums from the logistics department were transported over, and various materials such as electric motors were available.

Other leaders of the Railway Corps also rushed to the scene after hearing the news and organized a large number of soldiers to assemble the mixer on site.

In less than half a day, dozens of mixers were assembled.

Boom boom boom.
Sand and cement are filled in, then water is added and the mixer is started. In less than a moment, the very evenly mixed concrete is poured out of the mixer.

The soldiers cut the oil barrel in half, used a steel frame as a cart plate, installed wheels underneath, and turned it into a construction site cart.

With the sound of a whirring cart, truckloads of concrete were sent into the subway tunnel.

The construction that was supposed to take five days to complete was completed in just three days.

The most important thing is safety - during this construction, apart from a railway soldier who sprained his ankle, there were no other injuries.

"Aiguo, your blender is quite useful."

After the construction was completed, Captain Zhang invited Li Aiguo into the tent, put a plate of peanuts on the table, and stood up to pour him a glass of wine.

As soon as Li Aiguo heard this guy calling him by his name, he knew what evil plan he was up to.

It's just that Captain Zhang seemed a little embarrassed to say it directly, and kept talking about this and that, from how he killed the landlord at the beginning to join the team to his participation in the northern battlefield, for a full half hour.

Li Aiguo knew the character of Captain Zhang, so he picked up the wine glass and drank it all. "Old Zhang, why are you so fussy today? Where was your energy in killing Xiaomei's Japanese soldiers on the northern battlefield?"

"Hehe. I really can't hide it from you, patriotism." Commander Zhang rubbed his hands and said, "We have a lot of projects here in the Railway Corps. Mixing cement mortar is really a hard job. See if you can promote this mixer."

"That's it. I've submitted the blueprints to the Railway Research Institute. They're redesigning it now. It won't be long before it can be put into mass production."

Upon hearing this, Captain Zhang showed great respect to Li Aiguo, stood up and poured another glass of wine.

"I am a patriot. I am a rough man and I don't know how to say polite words. This glass of wine represents my feelings."

He picked up the glass and drank it in one gulp.

Li Aiguo: "."

Although the mixer is simple, it can play a big role. After obtaining the drawings, the Railway Research Institute concentrated its manpower to improve the mixer.

At the same time, a diesel mixer was designed for easy use in the field.

The production plan of the mixer was handed over to the Beijing Second General Machinery Factory.

Soon, the first batch of 3,000 electric mixers and 2,500 diesel-powered mixers were delivered to construction sites across the country.

Amid the roar of mixers, buildings rose from the ground.

An engineer once commented that although the mixer may not seem to have a high technical level, its function is similar to that of construction machinery such as cranes and forklifts.

These are all things for later.

The success of the blender has also attracted a lot of attention.

The third squad of the pneumatic hammer team was singled out for praise by the command center for their outstanding performance in building the scaffolding.

The third squad leader was so excited that he couldn't close his mouth.

It is actually very simple to set up the scaffolding, so this praise is essentially free money.

"Liu Guangqi, you have made a great contribution to our class this time. You must perform well in the future." The third squad leader specifically mentioned Liu Guangqi's name in public during the morning meeting.

It was obvious that the third shift had already accepted this young worker from outside the province.

Liu Guangqi was very excited.

When he returned home on the weekend, Liu Guangqi told Liu Haizhong about this.

"What? Li Aiguo just called you casually, and you got praised? What's going on?"

"Dad, I can't tell you the details. You know, it has to be kept secret. Anyway, my patriotic brother helped me a lot this time."

The second aunt came over and said with a smile: "Old man, what do you think? I asked you to take the initiative to get close to Li Aiguo, right?"

"That's right." Liu Haizhong was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

As long as Liu Guangqi can stay on the subway project, he can be transferred back to Beijing and no longer have to be a live-in son-in-law.

"When I followed Yi Zhonghai before, I went hungry twice in three days."

Liu Guangqi had also heard that Yi Zhonghai had an accident, and asked, "Has Yi Zhonghai not come out yet?"

"The inspection has been completed, and it seems that no problems have been found. It has now been transferred to our steel mill." Liu Haizhong nodded towards the deaf old lady's house: "The deaf old lady has been running to the steel mill several times in the past two days."

Liu Guangqi knew the deaf old lady's ability. "With the deaf old lady coming forward, the factory probably won't make things difficult for Yi Zhonghai."

The deaf old lady is like an ancestor to the residents in the compound. What can't she do?

"By the way, Dad, I just came back and saw Qin Huairu standing at the gate of the compound, looking around, as if waiting for someone."

Liu Haizhong picked up the wine glass and drank it all: "Maybe he is waiting for Jia Dongxu."

"Jia Dongxu? Where did he go?" Liu Guangqi stood up and filled his glass with wine.

"Who knows!"

Speaking of this, Liu Haizhong also felt strange.

Since Yi Zhonghai was arrested, Jia Dongxu has disappeared.

At the beginning, everyone thought that Jia Dongxu fled because he was afraid of being punished for being involved in Yi Zhonghai's affairs.

Liu Haizhong and the third uncle even planned to report it to the street office and ask them to send someone to look for him.

However, a notice was later issued in the factory stating that what Yi Zhonghai did had nothing to do with Jia Dongxu.

Besides, Jia Dongxu’s family member Qin Huairu did not report her missing, so the two managers could only pretend not to know.

"Where did Jia Dongxu go?" Liu Guangqi wanted to find out more, but was chased out of the house by Liu Haizhong.

"This is the steel mill's business. It has nothing to do with you. You've had enough rest. Go back to the construction site and do a good job."

Liu Guangqi said quietly: "Dad, I just came back half an hour ago. My patriotic brother said that only by taking a good rest can we make better contributions to the country."

"." Liu Haizhong stared at Liu Guangqi for a while, then suddenly picked up the copper-buckled belt and looked at Liu Guangtian: "Guangtian, stick your butt out!"

"."Liu Guangtian was watching Liu Guangqi being scolded with a smile, and was stunned for a moment.

The smile shifted to Liu Guangqi's face.

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Li Aiguo also learned about Jia Dongxu's disappearance from Chen Xueru.

"Brother Aiguo, it's really strange that a grown man just disappeared like that."

"Boom"

Li Aiguo stood up with his arms propped up on the bed, and said as he cleaned up, "Nothing should happen, otherwise Qin Huairu would have already gone to the police station to report the case."

"That's right." Chen Xueru picked up a pillow and put it under her buttocks, and whispered, "I calculated the date, I will definitely get pregnant this time."

Seeing Miss Chen's cute and triumphant look, Li Aiguo finally understood why she acted like a pervert when she came back.

After sending the two children to Aunt Liu's house and closing the door, he pushed Li Aiguo onto the bed and raped him.

Well, we have become tools.

Tools require awareness of tool use. Li Aiguo changed his clothes and planned to go to the maintenance workshop of Qianmen Locomotive Depot to oversee the assembly work of the trench excavator.

According to the plan made previously, the assembly can be completed in two days.

Carrying a canvas bag and pushing his bicycle, Li Aiguo walked towards the gate.

After taking just two steps, Xu Damao came up to him with a sly look.

"Brother Aiguo, have you heard that Jia Dongxu owed a huge gambling debt and was chased by someone for debt, so he abandoned his wife and children and ran away."

This guy was as happy as if he had picked up money.

"Brother Damao, where did you hear that gossip?" Li Aiguo asked as he walked.

"Everyone is talking about it." Xu Damao hurriedly followed and said in a low voice: "There is something even more outrageous. Several young people in the workshop said that Jia Dongxu was peeping into the women's restroom and was discovered, so he ran away."

What is this?

Wasn’t it Xu Damao who peeped into the women’s restroom?
Li Aiguo felt that he seemed to have underestimated the creativity of the people.

Ever since Jia Dongxu mysteriously disappeared, rumors have been spreading.

However, this matter had nothing to do with Li Aiguo, so he didn't care about it. He rode his bicycle to the Qianmen Locomotive Depot.

The locomotive depot was as busy as usual.

Steam locomotives were puffing black smoke as they stood ready to go on the platform, and the air was filled with a smell mixed with coal dust and sweat.

The smell is somewhat intoxicating.

Li Aiguo took a deep breath and seemed to be back in the days when he drove a train.

At this moment, a sharp alarm broke the silence.

The attendant screamed with a broken voice and the noise of electricity: "Emergency notice! Clear the No. 2 track of the station immediately! All locomotive crews and maintenance workshop workers stop resting and immediately enter the second-level standby state! I repeat, this is a second-level response!"

As the voice fell, the atmosphere in the Qianmen Locomotive Depot suddenly became tense.

"problem occurs!"

Li Aiguo's heart trembled.

After the rescue team implemented formal management, it was divided into five levels of response according to the severity of the situation.

Level 5 is the lowest response level, which generally means that foreign objects are found on the track and personnel need to be dispatched as soon as possible to remove them.

Level three and above involve the safety of trains, and there are only four or five such incidents every year.

Level 2 response at least involves a large number of casualties, which has never happened since the system was implemented.

As for the first-level response, it was specially formulated to deal with enemy bombings, and Li Aiguo might never see it in his lifetime.

"Aiguo, what happened?" Captain Liu Qingsong of the rescue team had just jumped off the truck and heard the alarm.

"I don't know. Let's go and take a look together."

Human life was at stake, so Li Aiguo didn't even bother to go to the maintenance workshop. He brought Liu Qingsong and hurried to the rescue train office.

In the office, Section Chief Xing and his fellow section leaders gathered together to discuss something. When they saw Li Aiguo and Liu Qingsong coming in, Section Chief Xing's tense expression visibly relaxed a little.

"Captain Liu, you're back. Hey, Aiguo, you're here too. It's just right. Something happened. Come over here quickly."

Director Xing didn't even bother to exchange pleasantries and directly called Li Aiguo and Liu Qingsong to his desk.

There was a domestic railway map spread out on the table, with part of the area on the picture circled in red pen.

"Aiguo, we received an emergency notice from the Ministry's Railway Dispatching Center. The K16 train from Beijing to Shenyang was hit by a heavy rainstorm in Huludao North. According to the local switch station, the railway bridge has been washed away and the train broke down when it was reversing."

As he spoke, Director Xing's face became serious and he poked the red circle twice with his finger.

"Currently, heavy rainfall is still continuing and the Guanshan Reservoir upstream of the railway is in danger of bursting its banks at any time."

Trains are very durable and are not afraid of heat or cold. They can run as long as there are tracks. The only things they are afraid of are geological disasters.

Summer is the season with frequent rainstorms and the most frequent geological disasters.

There have been incidents in the past where trains have been trapped by floods, but none involved a dam breach.

Once the reservoir bursts, the immobile train becomes an iron coffin.

The passengers on the train will
No one dared to think further.

The director of the passenger transport workshop added in a low voice: "Train K16 is the one with the women's crew, right? The assistant driver is Huang Jing, Aiguo's apprentice."

Hearing this, everyone turned their eyes to Li Aiguo.

Li Aiguo took a deep breath and said, "Duanzhang, please let me cooperate with Captain Liu to go to the rescue."

"This rescue operation is not difficult. The most important thing is to hurry. You are the best train driver in our section. You must bring the train and passengers back safely."

Section Chief Xing immediately made the decision: "Aiguo, the crew of package 131 has already left for Tianjin. You can pick any assistant driver and boilerman in the section to cooperate with this operation."

At this moment, Section Chief Xing demonstrated the decisiveness of an old railway soldier to the fullest.

A Patriotic 2 locomotive that was originally intended to go to Beijing Station to pick up a carriage bound for Guangzhou was temporarily requisitioned.

Looking at the driver and fireman who were driven out of the locomotive, Li Aiguo walked forward without thinking much.

"Driver Zhang, are you willing to accompany me for a trip?"

Level 5 driver Zheng Tieming was feeling depressed because he was kicked off the train, but when he heard this, his eyes widened with excitement.

"Big Li, it's great to be able to drive with you!"

Li Aiguo pointed at the fireman again.

"How's this kid?"

The boiler operator was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with fair skin and a clean uniform. He looked gentle and refined, not like a boiler operator but more like someone who worked in an office.

"His name is Chen Boya. Although he is young, he has been a boiler operator for two years. He is a good worker."

What Li Aiguo didn't expect was that driver Zhang actually praised this guy highly.

"It's you, get in the car!"

Time was urgent and Li Aiguo had no time to choose someone else, so he got on the locomotive with driver Zhang and stoveman Chen.

At this time, the rescue team had prepared three carriages loaded with various rescue equipment, supplies, and medicines.

The locomotive hooked up the carriages and Li Aiguo blew the whistle, signaling that the train could depart.

The dispatcher waved a flag and said, "Driver Li, please wait a little longer. The dispatch center is adjusting the route."

Although the train rescue work is urgent, it cannot endanger the trains running on the line.

Generally speaking, this kind of coordination requires first inquiring about the train operation status in the block sections of each switch station.

After planning the driving route, notify each switch station to close the block section for at least three hours.

Now that the rail network route map is used, dispatchers can monitor the operation of trains in real time.

It took less than twenty minutes to complete all the scheduling work.

"Aiguo, the K16 train accident was discovered by the railway network first. This thing is really a good thing."

The train roared out of the Qianmen Locomotive Depot. Captain Liu Qingsong planned a rescue plan while praising the railway network.

"That's because the leaders of our railway department are far-sighted." Li Aiguo was not being modest.

The principle of the railway network is simple, but the key is that if you want to build it across the country, it will require a huge amount of manpower and material resources.

In other words, people like us who concentrate our efforts on doing big things can accomplish them in a short period of time.

Chen Boya, who had been busy shoveling coal since he opened the car, filled a shovel of coal and said with a smile: "I think the key to the construction of the railway network is the special small machine designed by driver Li.

Otherwise, the Russians also wanted to copy the railway network, and sent people to learn from them, and they would not have spent a high price to order computers from the Red Star Computing Institute. "

This happened a few months ago.

After the railway network was completed, the Ministry of Railways announced it at the ministerial meeting of the Railway Group in line with the idea of ​​common development among brothers.

The railway network soon attracted the attention of members within the OSJD, especially the University of Tokyo, which expressed its willingness to provide technology free of charge.

Who doesn't like free stuff?
The brothers sent people to the University of Tokyo for inspection and study, and finally they all agreed that the railway network could greatly improve the operating efficiency of trains.

Efficiency is money.

Therefore, seven or eight smaller brothers including Czech, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria and the big brother asked the Ministry of Railways of Southeast Asia for support in railway network technology.

The East China Railway Department also kept its promise and distributed a copy of the railway network technology to each company.

After studying the railway network technology, these brothers became more certain that once this technology was used, it would bring huge profits.

then.

Each company began to raise manpower and materials to prepare for launching the railway network project.

But soon they discovered a big problem.

At the heart of the railway network are special-purpose computers.

We could only send another request to the University of Tokyo, hoping for support of a few dedicated computers.

Dongda took out the contract document and tapped on it.

"Look, the railway network technology is indeed free, but the Red Star special computer is a product of the Red Star Computing Institute and is not included."

Now some of the people's pants are already half taken off, they can't put them back on.

What to do? Buy it!

My goodness, a Red Star computer costs more than 500,000 rubles.

That’s not all. The railway network software also charges a fee, and the fee is an annual fee of 200,000 rubles per year.

Only then did the brothers understand what it meant that free is the most expensive.

In particular, there was a guy named Bunker Country who actually thought of getting something for free. He ran to the Railway Department of Dongda University and cried poor, but was kicked out.

It seems that there is no chance of getting something for free.

Considering the profits they gained, which were at least a hundred times the cost, the younger brothers felt that Dongda was not too shady and paid the money.

Big Brother thinks quite the opposite.

This is not a matter of money, it's a matter of face.

Big Brother’s railway technology has always been the leader in the big family.

Two years ago, the right to formulate automatic signal standards was snatched away by the University of Tokyo.

If they were to import Red Star special computers from the University of Tokyo now, wouldn't that be an admission that the University of Tokyo's railway technology had surpassed theirs?

At this time, even more explosive news came.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs found out that there were a large number of Russian researchers in the Red Star Computing Institute of Tokyo University. These researchers came from the Minsk Institute and were driven back.

Using their talents to manufacture equipment and then selling it to them at a high price would be a slap in the face if they really accepted this.

How to do?
Make it yourself!
The big brother was also a man with a bad temper. He rejected the kindness of his younger brother and started tinkering with his own dedicated computer.

But the difficulty is far beyond imagination.

Half a year later, the Eastern European brothers were already using advanced railway networks, but the researchers at the Moscow Computer Institute were still tinkering with vacuum tube processors.

There was no other choice but to reluctantly order dozens of special computers from the University of Tokyo.

The foreign affairs department of the University of Tokyo also gave face to Big Brother, claiming that this batch of special-purpose computers was developed jointly with Big Brother.

After all, it is not wrong to say that the Red Star computer had Russian words painted on its casing.

Todai gained the benefits and Big Brother gained the reputation, and the matter came to an end.

What Li Aiguo was concerned about was not these, but the source of the news.

Although these were not confidential information, they were not published in the newspapers. How did Chen Boya, a boiler operator, know about them?
Li Aiguo became alert instantly.

"Lao Zhang, this boiler operator of yours is quite capable."

Driver Zhang didn't understand what Li Aiguo meant, so he smiled and said, "Don't underestimate Xiao Chen because he's just a boiler operator. He actually comes from a medical family, and his elders often come into contact with the leaders."

"A medical family?" Li Aiguo was a little confused.

At this time, the train had already merged into the main line, and all that had to be done was to push the air valve to the bottom. He stood up and distributed cigarettes to several people, and handed one specifically to Chen Boya.

Chen Boya waved his hand: "Driver Li, I don't smoke. Smoking is harmful to health. You should smoke less."

There is no such saying these days. This guy actually knows something about medicine.

"Xiao Chen, who is your father?" Li Aiguo lit a cigarette and asked casually.

Chen Boya was an honest child. Seeing that the driver had asked him questions, he did not hide anything and gave a brief introduction of his family's situation.

The Chen family was already a medical family before liberation.

His grandfather served as a professor after Xiangya School was founded in 1914. He had countless students throughout his life. Because of his active support for major undertakings, he was elected as a member of the academic department after liberation.

His father is well-versed in both Chinese and Western medicine and is an authority in clinical medicine. He is currently a professor and director of the Science Department of the East China Military Region People's Medical College.

The East China Military Region People's Medical College is the predecessor of the Second Military Medical University. At that time, it was one of the top medical schools and hospitals in the country.

His uncles, aunts, and cousins ​​are all authoritative experts and leaders in large hospitals.

Liu Qingsong was also stunned. He tapped the paper with his pen and asked in surprise, "Xiao Chen, your family are all doctors, why did you end up working as a coal shoveler in our Qianmen locomotive section?"

You have to know that the situation was turbulent before liberation, and various rules and regulations were not sound. With the Chen family's connections, it was not difficult to get a status as a doctor even if he took a shortcut.

Maybe you can even get a job in the most famous hospital in the country.

The flames in the furnace shot up to half a person's height, making Chen Boya's face, which was covered in coal dust, flicker.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, revealing two rows of white teeth: "To be honest, I'm not very smart and I'm not cut out for studying medicine. I applied for medical school but didn't make it.

Later, someone instigated the idea, saying that there were schools in Nanyang that could earn you money. My old man picked up a ruler and hit me with it, saying, "There is a witch hiding under the word '毉'. You dare to treat human life as a joke. Even the ancestral tablets will not tolerate you."

If I really put on a white coat, with my abilities, I would probably harm many patients.

These words silenced everyone present.

Liu Qingsong nodded in understanding: "Yes, the profession of doctor is different from other professions. It concerns human life. We must not be careless, otherwise it will hurt others and ourselves."

Li Aiguo took a long puff of his cigarette and narrowed his eyes.

He couldn't understand why some people in later generations didn't understand such a simple truth!
Chen Boya said excitedly: "Yes, I later found that I really liked driving trains, so I gave up the idea of ​​becoming a doctor and came to the Qianmen Locomotive Depot to start as a boiler operator."

"My elders all expressed their support, especially my grandfather, who personally talked to me and told me that there is no distinction between high and low professions, and that all professions contribute to the construction of the motherland. As long as I work hard and persevere, I can make a name for myself as a train driver."

As he spoke, Chen Boya secretly glanced at Li Aiguo and whispered, "Just like Li Dache."

(End of this chapter)