In response to these questions raised by everyone, Holley responded to everyone's concerns on behalf of the metallurgical system.

First of all, Holley promised: we can provide a part of the light rail at present, but not more than 100 tons, and then solemnly suggested that Zixia Island: these light rails should be prioritized for the railway branch line from the open-pit coal mine to the Heishuihe Wharf and Zixia Town Wharf, after all, this coal transportation channel is related to the normal operation of Nicole, and if the production and transportation conditions are met, it can even provide coal for the thermal power plant in the Xiliuhe Industrial Zone.

Regarding the main trunk line of the north-south railway on Zixia Island, Holley suggested: first repair the roadbed, and then temporarily replace it with wooden rails for a while.

Everyone nodded and said that this was a good plan - obviously, this was indeed the most preferred solution for Mornington Island, as for whether the brothers on Zixia Island were crying or laughing, no one in the venue cared for the time being.

This was followed by Boss Luo's side - about the provision of wagons and human-powered rail cars.

At this time, Boss Luo said with a smile, since Zixia Island uses wooden rails, it is easier for me here, provide them with a few sets of front and rear axles, and don't you order wooden planks to be wagons?

As for the human-powered railcar, yes, there are a few of them worn out in Xiao Cao's mine recently, so let's bring them back and let me repair them, and wait for the next time the Nicole transports them over, they will all be alive......

Well, if Li Junming and his brothers were at the scene, they would definitely jump to their feet and swear when they heard Boss Luo being so perfunctory......

However, this matter is so scribbled, because everyone's attention has already been focused on one place---- the construction of the Mornington Island Spur Railway.

Until two months ago, Line 9 had only two branch railways, one was the limestone mine presided over by Cao Limei, and the other was the slipway from the Red Wharf to Wang Gong.

Now, there are more and more factories along Line 9 of major companies, and many factories need to connect the branch railway from Line 9, once there is a railway connection, not only can the production efficiency be doubled, but also greatly reduce the labor intensity of the upper and lower goods, thereby greatly saving labor.

So don't look at this is an inconspicuous branch railway, in fact---- it is of great significance according to Cao Limei's words: if the railway can not be connected to the production site, it is like a water pipe with only one main pipe, but it is not connected to every household, which will greatly reduce the efficiency of railway transportation, greatly increase transportation costs, and greatly waste labor.

As the director of the mine, Cao Limei has a deep understanding of this.

The plant branch line that has just been put into use directly to the production hall of the glass factory is a good positive example.

Therefore, the first approved branch line of the factory area recently is the branch line from the red wharf to the Huasheng textile factory, with a total mileage of only three kilometers, however, it is this short three kilometers that will greatly improve the labor productivity of Huasheng Textile.

The Huasheng Textile Factory was built on a mound near the Red Wharf, which was originally a semi-underground and semi-open-air storage area for storing large quantities of goods.

Today, the appearance of the place has changed dramatically, and the factory and women's dormitory of the Huasheng Textile Company have replaced the original semi-open warehouse.

It can be seen that because these two factories are currently large profitees, they have received special attention.

However, other enterprises can not help but take care of it, after the completion of the branch line of the glass factory, the ductile iron factory and the steel mill have also submitted applications for the construction of the branch railway.

Obviously, this matter needs a comprehensive arrangement, so last month, under the auspices of Lao Ba, the construction plan of the railway branch line in the Xiliuhe Industrial Zone was finally introduced - the total mileage of the branch line actually reached a small half of the length of the trunk line: 31 kilometers.

Obviously, this is another big project, but everyone thinks that it must be started, especially on the island, where there is a shortage of labor.

So at this meeting, everyone quickly reached a consensus: first of all, the labor arrangement - the Han labor force is the main force in road construction, and the investment time is after the busy farming in the second half of this month, and the number of people is about 500.

Cheng Dong is the chief designer of the whole project, and Cao Limei is the chief construction commander, who is responsible for the deployment of all the labor force that can be mobilized in the family, including the students of Zhuyuan Public School.

Cao Limei estimates that with so much labor support, it should be possible to lay 31 kilometers of railway in two months.

The labor force for the railway project was arranged, but then the problem of slipway labor arose.

Wang Xue said that the slipway also needs labor supplement---- is needed for the second slipway, and also needs 20 student apprentices in Zhuyuan, if she is provided with naturalized village men before the end of the year, so as to ensure that the second Pride sister ship can be built before the Spring Festival, of course, I am only responsible for shipbuilding and installation, and some materials and equipment of the slipway must be made in advance.

Everyone had no objection to this request and passed it smoothly.

The second telegram was sent by Zhu Beiguo and Xu Zhi from the Yi Wu Xuan, and at this time they had sailed to the northern waters of the Philippines, and the telegram was transmitted through the relay of Zixia Island.

There are two very simple and direct suggestions in the telegram of Yi Wuxuan: one is to hope that he can sell the 57-style rifle and hand @grenade @ bullet to Zheng Chenggong, and now Zheng Chenggong has newly defeated Yu Jiangning, and his vitality is greatly damaged, and he is currently shrinking to lick his wounds in Jinxia, but although the Zheng family lost the war, the overseas business is still thriving, the Zheng family has money, we have goods, isn't it a hit?

In this way, the Zheng family will not suffer too much loss when they besiege the Dutch after two years of cultivation, in fact, the battle to capture Hongmao City was protracted, which really made Zheng Chenggong a little demoralized.

Second, Zhu Xu and other brothers strongly suggested: research and development of machine guns, the priority is even more than naval guns, especially a turntable machine gun called "Montini" that suits our existing technical level.

The call from the Yi Wu immediately aroused everyone's interest in discussion, for Zheng Chenggong, of course, the traversers are very familiar, and after this telegram was sent, it was quickly strongly approved by Ren Ke, Wei Hong, Ai Rushi and others, and they even suggested directly sending troops to assist Zheng Chenggong in capturing Dayuan Island.

However, this latter suggestion was rejected by the majority of the Red Mansion, and everyone selectively ignored this suggestion, only taking great interest in the "Montini" machine gun.

Obviously, the most vocal on this topic is still Boss Luo and Huali them, under the gaze of everyone, Huali got up and responded to everyone and said: Next year, strive for next year, our alloy carburizing steel is made, after the barrel strength problem is basically solved, Boss Luo should have the conditions to produce this kind of primitive machine gun in the middle and late nineteenth century in the old world.

Boss Luo immediately nodded in agreement, but said that even if it could be produced, this machine gun would still be very heavy, and it was estimated that it would need to be horse-drawn, and it would have to bring two wheels to maneuver on the battlefield to keep up with the march of the troops.

However, everyone ignored what Boss Luo said later, and there was finally a round of applause in the venue.

So Lao Ba began to report the third telegram from overseas - Sun Lao and their suggestions on crew training.

The telegram suggested: Macao, Xin'an Cheng and Zixia Island are required to provide reliable personnel to be sent to Zhuyuan to participate in the navigation training course, these people will be the crew of the new ship, and at the same time as the centralized training, they will also participate in the shipbuilding practice of the slipway, and after the training is completed, they will be sent to the new ship and the Nicole Nicole as fresh blood, and a system should be formed to send training on a regular basis, so as to solve the problem of the crew of the new ship.

This proposal was passed immediately, anyway, it's not me who is troublesome in this matter, and the headache will be left to the overseas monarchs, who let them live a happy life with three wives and four concubines overseas, and I'm really sorry for them if they don't add more weight to their work - this is the most common psychology of people sitting in the conference room on the fifth floor of the Red Mansion at this moment.

Before dinner, the Senate weekend session finally ended.