A huge white cloth occupies the space of an entire wall, and the figures like tree branches are painted on it, which is dense and makes people have a headache, and Shi Hao Wubo, the governor of Huang, is holding a wooden stick at this time, pointing to a certain place on the map and reprimanding.

"The railway from Xiakou to Daye has been opened for less than a month, and the number of trains congested by the railroad has exceeded 30%, and you have all looked at the data, but the summary you wrote is a mess!"

"Obviously formulated the train operation timetable, clearly stipulates the departure time of each train, why are there so many train delays!"

"Yes, that's right, the railway between Xiakou and Daye is a single line, not as easy to dispatch as the double line in Xiyang, but the train operation schedule has been formulated, why is there still a situation where the opposite carriage is blocked on the road?"

"If this problem is not clarified, the railway built by the government at a cost of countless amounts is just a pile of scrap iron, and it is chicken ribs!"

"The day before yesterday, Ezhou Governor Shi and his entourage took a special train from Wuchang to Xiakou, and were blocked by a troop carrier in the direction of Xiakou halfway on the way.

"What's the problem? Don't start on time! ”

When Hao Wubo said this, he became emotional, brandished the wooden stick in his hand, and almost smashed the heads of the officials in front of him.

"One wrong step, one wrong step! How many times has this official said that the train timetable is a military order! What is the military order? It's time to come! If you miss the time, it's called a missed date! ”

Hao Wubo has always been known for his good temper, and in the years he has been an official in Huangzhou, his subordinates have basically never seen this young man soar, and now he is so out of shape, it is no wonder that the other party is so out of shape.

The day before yesterday, Chen Guoling and his entourage, who were on their way to Anlu, took a 'special train' with Shi Zhengtong, governor of Ezhou, to Xiakou via the newly opened railway that had been opened for less than a month, but they were blocked in the middle of the road by a troop carrier that had left late in the direction of Xiakou.

A thousand soldiers, a mighty thirteen troop carriers, were blocked in the wilderness, and thanks to the nimble brains of the leading generals, they let the soldiers get off the train and lift the carriages off the tracks to make way for the 'special train', otherwise everyone would have to spend the night in the wilderness.

arranged for Chen Guo to go to Anlu via Xiakou, firstly, to alleviate the fatigue of the other party's journey, and secondly, to show the strength of Zhou Guo (Shannan), and as a result, this kind of thing was really disgraceful.

Railway, something that has never existed in the world, from the beginning of the plan, Hao Wubo strongly opposed, he felt that this thing is chicken ribs, rather than spending a lot of iron to make railroad tracks, it is better to build agricultural tools for the people to open up wasteland.

However, Yu Wenwen, who proposed this plan, disagreed, and made Hao Wubo and others speechless, but Hao Wubo still came up with a few questions, and then made a public attack at the meeting:

First, it is rainy in the south of the Yangtze River, and the rails must be exposed to the sun and rain in the open air, so they must rust quickly, and the replacement of the rails will not only be a heavy financial burden, but also affect the transportation capacity of the entire railway during the replacement period.

Second, the railway between Daye and Xiakou is about 200 miles long, and it is one-way, so how to coordinate the rail carriages traveling in opposite directions is a big problem.

Third, a five-car train, according to the average speed of 20 miles per hour, the carrying capacity of 80 people and their luggage, it is not easy to stop, and if there is an emergency in front of the train, how can we ensure that the train stops smoothly, instead of the five cars crowded together and causing "derailment"?

Fourth, the cost of the railway from Daye to Xiakou is about 1 million yuan in copper dollars, and with this money, how good it is to use it to improve people's livelihood and train troops, and as a result, it is used to repair the railway, which is an outrageous luxury and waste!

Yu Wenwen's answer is very simple, first, the problem that can be solved with money is not a problem; Second, planning the marshalling and scheduling of rail carriages according to the lot, formulating the train operation schedule and strictly implementing it, can properly solve the problem of congestion between the trains traveling in the opposite direction.

Thirdly, how does a five-car train stop? Quite simply, the inertia is too great to rely on the horse alone, and each carriage should be equipped with a "braking system", that is, "brake", and then the braking starts from the last carriage and proceeds in turn.

Of course, this requires specially trained 'flight attendants' to operate.

Fourth, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads, bulk goods are transported by water, and it is very convenient to go downstream, but the cost of going upstream is too high, and it must be replaced by the means of land transportation, that is, rail transportation, that is, railways.

Is it worth the expense? You souls bound by friction don't understand the subtleties of rail transportation!

Yu Wenwen said this, Hao Wubo didn't know whether to scold or follow the teaching, based on the other party's consistent words and deeds, he felt that it was probably the latter, and then he inexplicably became the "rail", responsible for the rail transportation affairs of the Huangzhou Governor's Mansion.

If you do well, you will be promoted to the rank of Grand Master in the future!

Of course, this is just a joke made by Yu Wenwen in private during the deliberations last year, and the position he temporarily set up for Hao Wubo was the orbital transfer envoy.

The specific affairs of the operation of the railway were handled by the newly established "Rail Cao", and Hao Wubo was directly in charge, so even if he thought that the railway was a chicken rib, he also devoted himself to this unheard-of cause.

As a result, he worked hard to plan, build, and test run for so long, but in exchange for being embarrassed, he wanted to scold and swear, that is, "I wanted to show my face this time, but I ended up exposing my butt!" ”

In the face of the almost thunderous 'Hao Si Rail', the officials of the rail Cao were a little nervous, and it was the first time they had come into contact with such a peculiar rail transportation, so some habits had not been changed.

"On time, on time, on time! Important things, do you have to say it three times! ”

"Unlike the railway in Xiyang City, this railway is a single line, unlike the Yangtze River, where it is very convenient for ships to avoid each other, so the train must depart according to the operating schedule to ensure the smooth operation of the oncoming train!"

"When the ship departs, it is nothing for half an hour or even an hour in the evening, but the train departs half an hour late, and the whole line will be paralyzed!"

"The troop transport vehicle is blocked in the middle of the road, you can mobilize the soldiers to carry the carriage to make way, in case it is a truck loaded with thousands of pounds of iron material in the middle of the road, who are you looking for to carry the carriage!"

"In the past half a month, there are more and more iron materials sent from Daye to Xiakou, if more than a dozen trucks are blocked in the middle of the road one day, what do you say!"

When Uncle Hao said this, his throat was already hoarse, and after drinking a few sips of water, he asked people to put a thick pile of books on the bookcase.

"This is the test run report of the Xiakou-Daye Railway written by Zheng Changshi of Ezhou, you take a closer look, and then write your own experience, and hand it in three days!"

Seeing this, the officials began to complain, not because they didn't want to read the report, but because they hoped to increase the number of people, because there were too many things to be busy with and there were not enough people.

After the Xiakou-Daye railway began to operate, the convenience of rail transportation soon became apparent, and more and more iron materials were sent from Daye to Xiakou and Wuchang, and the number of freight trains prepared at the beginning was not enough.

The demand for passenger transport from Xiakou-Wuchang and Daye-Wuchang is also increasing, and the number of passenger trains prepared at the beginning is not enough.

In short, the Xiakou-Daye railway, which is considered to be chicken ribs, has become a chicken leg, and the government feels that the capacity of rail transportation is a little tight, and the demand for capacity from the private sector is also increasing rapidly.

The problem of trains is easy to solve, but the difficulty is that with the increase in the number of departures, there are more and more congestion cases of trains traveling in the opposite direction, and it is a problem that trains do not depart according to the train schedule, and another problem is that there are not enough people to maintain the normal operation of the railway.

The maintenance of the railroad tracks requires manpower, the dispatching and marshalling in the station need manpower, and the increase in the number of trains requires the increase of drivers and 'crews', and the maintenance and maintenance of trains also need manpower.

This is not something that can be done by just one person, it requires 'on-the-job training', which takes time and will increase the cost of money.

"If there are not enough people, start the class immediately! If you don't have enough money and food, apply for allocation! The official once again emphasized that the set train operation schedule must be strictly implemented! Hao Wubo threw the stick and said murderously: "If there is a person who does not start the car within the time limit, he will be punished as a crime of failure according to military law!" ”