Chapter 289: The Last Road Spike

When the thermobaric explosives were still being prepared, the brother and sister were most concerned about the construction of the railway. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

There was no need to build railways, and the most important thing was to lay railways. Zhang Luoyang is also an old guy who has been building railways for 20 years in China, from the almost pure manual laying in the 70s to the use of large machinery in the 90s, and he also has some experience in building roads in many complex terrains.

The railway had been under construction for a long time before his arrival, and while the rails were still being manufactured, the Tuva parliament issued a call, and many residents were lured by the money to carry hoes and rakes to the predetermined route to build the roadbed.

Tuva, the material used to build the railway, was not lacking, and the large primeval forests in the northeast could provide a large amount of sleepers, and there were lime marble and other places suitable for making cement piers. Sleepers are still not as good as concrete, so they have to use both in order to rush the work. At the beginning of spring, there is a loud noise in the mountain stream, which is the sound of the bombing of the mountain, in order to obtain the stones that hold the roadbed in place.

Before Zhang Luoyang's arrival, the speed of railway laying was very slow, there were too few professionals, and there were language communication problems, so two kilometers were usually built in a day. And he immediately held a meeting to improve on the previous plan.

This used to be the Soviet Union, what kind of country was the Soviet Union, it was a country that did not want to die when it started industry. The new construction plan was led by the professionals he brought from the country, and the usual manual work was left to the locals. There will be brave men under heavy rewards, and increasing the pay standards of local workers may be able to motivate them. Zhong Haokai adopted this suggestion, and each Russian or Mongolian worker was paid more than 50 roubles a day.

The dilapidated trucks pulled the rails over, and the long rails were lifted to the sleepers by manpower, and after they were stabilized, the follow-up troops nailed the road nails. There are more people doing the work, and the efficiency is much higher, and the efficiency has doubled, until a few helicopters arrive in Kyzyl, and everything will change dramatically.

When they returned to the Kyzyl siblings, they must visit the railway construction site. At the beginning of May, the climate in Tuva was only like spring in China, and she saw that the workers' dormitories were a little unbearable. "Won't it be hard for you to live in a tent? There is a big temperature difference between day and night here, what if you have a cold? ”

Zhang Luoyang looked at this little Lori preaching to herself, she was right, this kind of infrastructure construction in the wild is basically the same in China. "Everybody's like that, maybe you can go into the tent and sit down."

The siblings accepted his invitation, and the two entered the moving headquarters. Entering the tent, Da Ming smiled, and there was a table and several folding marching beds. The tent was hung with a military kettle, a Russian-style sack, a map and even a Chinese flag on the tent.

"You really think this is China! I thought I was back home. Da Ming teased.

He habitually sat on the bed, which was quite comfortable, and there was a large teacup with peony flowers on the wooden table next to him. Star fruit noticed the woolen blanket on the bed, and if they were covered with this, they really didn't have to worry about freezing.

Zhang Luoyang stood up. "I'll pour you some water." The teapot was filled with the brother and sister, this was not water, this mellow fragrance was milk tea. The star fruit was drunk immediately, and the tea was very warm.

Da Ming had this strange insight and decisively asked about the situation here, and Zhang Luoyang also told the story. Chinese workers have been moving along with the construction of the railway, and some Mongolian people have simply built improvised yurts. The Chinese workers had a lot of money in their pockets and were easy to talk to, and some herders rushed to sell their wares. These goods were nothing else, large quantities of woolen blankets, felt hats, beef and mutton, and milk.

Tuva's small population has a large number of cattle and sheep, and since it is difficult to sell mutton, they also eat it on their own weekdays. Since Chinese like to eat mutton, it is really how much there is.

Da Ming was very curious about this, he didn't want to be an official guy, so he walked around the camp casually with his sister and a few followers. Most of the men work on the construction site, and the women stay in the camp to cook for their men. Star fruit saw a few large cauldrons boiling mutton, and some naughty children ran happily.

Mongolian women are industrious, Russians are a little worse. It seems to be a migrating Mongolian tribe. In addition to tents and yurts, some Russians drove their Lada over and spent the night here.

In the crowd left behind, star fruit unexpectedly and unexpectedly met the old man Hadanbat, and the old man also saw the lovely girl in his eyes.

"You're back, get into the tent and let me take a good look at you!" The old man brought the two into the tent and immediately served cooked mutton, as well as warm milk tea and milk tofu. There was also the old man's daughter-in-law in the tent, and she made all these delicacies.

Star fruit hadn't seen the old man's son a few times, apparently he had put the family's sheep in the camp for the time being, and at the moment he was actually carrying a hammer to smash the road spikes.

There are more than 100 tents and more than 20 private cars in the entire camp, and Zhang Luoyang estimates that there are 2,000 people in the camp. Managing such a large crowd of people certainly relied on the local police, and since the racist attack on Chinese workers by Russians, Zhong Haokai immediately used a money offensive to outrun everyone in the police station. He will not ask the police station to become his eagle dog to do evil, everything must be treated equally, no matter who is the troublemaker, the crime will be arrested. The people of Tuvan are simple and have not been out of the ordinary since a few thieves were caught.

Bagan and Kikige are still in school, and they have been placed at a relative's house for the time being. The old man said that the children were sensible and they knew that their parents were trying to earn money.

Walking out of the old man's tent, star fruit stopped on the railroad that had been built. Russian broad-gauge standards are used here, and the sleepers are still fresh. She stood like a kitten on the railroad tracks and walked with catwalks, looking straight in the direction of Kyzyl. The first line of construction was also seen by the next two, as Zhang Luoyang said, it was completely laid by manpower.

"It would be nice if there were large machines, even if there were no machines and cranes. It's a pity that it's completely wild. ”

As soon as these words came out, the star fruit's eyes lit up. "It's just a crane, isn't it? Then I'll get it for you. ”

Where is it so easy to do it, Da Ming was a little surprised by his sister's promise, and suddenly he also reacted, the current Pugachev Besika Heavy Industry has a secret weapon!

The Mi-26 had been working on the handling of the arsenal since its arrival, and now they are tasked with transporting several engineering vehicles. The vehicle was selected in just one day, and the target was Irkutsk, and the company directly paid a sum of money for the cranes and bulldozers of several construction companies. The objects were temporarily pulled to the outskirts and then the plane arrived, where it was hoisted across the mountains and flew to the construction site after the steel cables were wrapped.

All the workers stopped, and the crane slowly fell under the strong wind. Zhang Luoyang nodded with satisfaction, "In that case, why don't you use the plane to hang the rails?" Or lift a few more trucks. "Star fruit is right when you think about it, the load of Mi-26 is easily 20 tons, and Mi-171 can also transport a lot.

On the day of the Victory Day parade, a large number of daily necessities brought by the plane were sold to the locals at cost price, which quickly improved the living standards of the construction site.

The speed at which the rails are laid by the crane has been further increased, and it will be possible to lay six to seven kilometers in a day, which will soon be connected to the new railway in the direction of Chagonard. More than 100 kilometers of roads are progressing rapidly, thanks to the preliminary roadbed works and the efforts of the workers.

The thermobaric bomb was successfully developed, and its mushroom cloud did not have any impact on the construction site. The huge migratory crowd was getting closer and closer to Chagonard, and finally the railway met and docked.

The great moment has finally arrived, and just like the opening ceremony of the general railway, the ceremony of Tuva is even more solemn. The brothers and sisters also wore the traditional Tuvan Mongolian costumes, the star fruit wore a long ponytail and a large argali's head crown, and the Ming Dynasty also wore a traditional hat.

The first section of the railway is still a little close, and that is the last minute spike. This is a great significance, as the shaman dances a sacrificial dance, prepares beef and cheese and places them on a makeshift altar and prays to the Tengri. Ethnic Russians have a similar ritual, where salt is their most important thing, and several dressed Russian maidens carry salt pots and sprinkle salt on the railroad tracks.

President Tuva and some of the people who were about to participate in the ceremony read some congratulatory messages and then plucked the brothers and sisters with their hammers.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and together they nailed the last silver-plated road spike into the sleeper.

Pugachev drank a lot of wine at the celebration banquet that night, and he even danced happily with a group of Mongolian wrestlers. The banquet took place on the grass, and the smell of barbecue filled the air. Everyone knew that everything was just beginning, and that the railroad had to be built continuously, to the west to the oil fields, and to the north along with the Trans-Siberian Railway.

In this situation, Jing Daming was slightly drunk, and as the leader of the company, he really shouldn't have pushed away a few cups of Zhang Luoyangjing. "There are very few people in China who mention Yang Mingzhi, a business prodigy! I've heard of you before I came, and you see that you're a disobedient kid now, and your face is red. ”

Da Ming smiled innocently: "Each other." Today is a special case, my sister allowed me to drink more. ”

The vodka they drank was spirits, and there was also mare's milk made by the Mongols themselves. People behave differently after drinking too much, and this time Daming suddenly cried. "It's been half a year, and I should go home to see it, I miss my mother."

Star fruit listened attentively, and the big boy's tears suddenly couldn't stop. Yes, that's what he really thinks. It was reality that gave him a heavy burden, and it was the livelihood of tens of thousands of people that forced him to cross the earth to find business opportunities, but in the final analysis, he was just a teenager, even if he was already a teenager.

The banquet finally ended, and the company gave all workers a two-day holiday, which was a break and a recharge for the new laying project. The railroad was repaired, but there were no locomotives yet, and all these things were manufactured at the Moscow Locomotive Factory. After the railway is laid, the catenary network has to be built, and the railway track is gradually maintained on a daily basis, and the railway can actually be put into use for a few more months.

After Da Ming woke up, he slightly recalled what he said yesterday. "Shall we go back now, then?" Star fruit asked, leaning on the bed.

He closed his eyes and meditated for a while, and now he was the only one with him, the most important relative besides his parents. Home is going back, but now it's a bit rushed, because another project is still under construction, namely the laying of oil pipelines.