confirmed that Lao Zhang would not come to find trouble, so Zhao Ji asked Gao Fangping to call.

"The minister Gao Fangping has seen the big official family, and the big official family is mighty and domineering." Gao Fangping saluted.

The talking bird repeater followed: "The big official family is mighty and domineering. ”

Zhao Ji was very happy, teased the talking bird, fed it some food, and then sat down and said: "Little Gaoqing's family, just now Zhang Kegong came to me and said something about the railway issue you advocate, I don't distrust you, but what he said also made me have some questions, so I want to ask." ”

Gao Fangping said: "It's normal to have questions, the official can say it, and the minister will answer it." ”

Zhao Ji said: "This thing is relatively simple to put it bluntly, but why have I never seen it in ancient books?" Why did the ancestors never think of it? ”

Gao Fangping thought for a while, and said, "Because sometimes things are like this." To put it bluntly, Chen Zhen is not a genius, hot air balloons are so fun, but the ancestors studied the Kong Ming lantern, but they didn't expect to make that thing enlarge and fly. ”

Zhao Ji had better fool himself, in fact, he didn't know the technological strength and accumulation behind the hot air balloon. When he thought about it, he felt that it made sense, the hot air balloon was an enlarged Kong Ming lantern, why didn't they think of taking people to fly?

Thinking about Zhao Ji, he said: "In this way, Xiao Gaoqing's family is sure that the so-called railway can also play a big role?" ”

"The minister firmly believes in this." Gao Fangping nodded.

Zhao Ji said worriedly: "But I heard that a lot of iron resources will be wasted, and it will be repaired everywhere in the country, and a lot of people's power will be used, is this true?" ”

Gao Fangping said: "Your Majesty, in fact, it is far from that serious. This is not a national policy, and it will be piloted in Chengdu initially. As for iron resources, if you have resources, you have to use them. This is the real purpose of the minister's march into Western Xia at that time, Western Xia has very rich resources, which can be transported in very cheaply to help me complete many inheritance projects in the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"Will this railway project really be useful and will be passed down to the next generation?" Zhao Ji said curiously.

In view of the fact that Zhao Ji likes these legendary grand things, Gao Fangping adjusted the direction of his speech and said: "The official, the calculation of the ministers, the railway is really useful, and it can bring benefits to profits. Most importantly, he assures that he is a heirloom project, and there is only one in the world, and there is no other place. After it is completed, he can allow you to visit the whole country on a specific route without the fatigue of the car, which is a grander and more meaningful thing than the Great Wall of the First Emperor. In an engineering sense, after the annexation of Bashu by the Qin State, it launched a task that was almost impossible to complete at that time, that is, the Bashu Road and Bridge Project and the Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Project, which took a long time, and the resources used and the people's power and sacrificed people were simply unimaginable. But these things are indeed the meaning of the inheritance, and the material foundation for the unification of the country and hegemony is actually these two projects, after these two projects are completed, in that era, the Qin State will not die. Xiao Chen dares to guarantee that the significance of railway engineering is definitely not less than the above examples. ”

After saying this, Zhao Ji was really excited. He didn't know how the Qin people built the Bashu Road Bridge by hanging on the cliff back then, let alone how Dujiangyan was built, but of course he liked things that were more awesome than the Great Wall.

Zhao Ji hesitated for a long time before saying, "Xiao Gao, I don't really trust you. But this kind of thing, they are too concerned about now, and Zhang Kegong is now putting a lot of pressure on me. Kodaka, are you sure that everyone will accept it? Now their biggest argument is that they can't prove that it works. Can you build a railroad in Bianjing with a demonstration first, so that I can see the magic of the railroad with my own eyes, so that the others can shut up? ”

Gao Fangping thought about it for a while, which would delay a certain amount of time and waste a small amount of resources. But in fact, it is also a way, not that it cannot be done.

Originally, it was only a local policy, and it did not need to be specifically announced. But now that Zhang Kegong has been stabbed to the level of the emperor by meddlesomeness, there is only this way.

"Yes, the minister will do so, and he will let the big official's family experience the power of the railway first as soon as possible." Gao Fangping Road.

"Come on, I'm optimistic about you." Zhao Ji said with a smile......

was called by the emperor to question it, which made Gao Fangping very unhappy, and when he returned home, he was sentimental and tangled, and summoned Shi Jingjie with the mood of standing up and masturbating.

That kid is now drunk and dreaming in Beijing, waiting for the convening of the semi-annual court.

After Shi Jingjie came, Gao Fangping asked, "How is your third-generation engine in Jiangzhou?" ”

In principle, it was a matter of the Jiangnan Shipyard, a central enterprise, but in view of the fact that Shi Jingjie was also very concerned about the big demon king, and participated in the supervision throughout the whole process, so Shi Jingjie hugged his fists and said: "Xianggong, Tao Zhiming and Han Yi have always been working at full speed, and they have spent a lot of resources. But there is no way, they said that this thing depends on trial and burns money. There are no shortcuts, there are still many shortcomings that have not been solved, and the third generation of turbines cannot be tested. ”

Gao Fangping frowned after hearing this, slightly disappointed.

Shi Jingjie continued: "However, in the process of tackling the third-generation turbine, there is also a lot of experience and accumulation, so the original second-generation turbine with more problems is modified to the following, according to the terminology you are used to, they are called the second generation and a half." ”

At this time, Gao Fangping became interested and asked, "Has the second generation and a half been miniaturized?" ”

Shi Jingjie shook his head and said: "It's not miniaturized, it's still the boss, it looks stupid and big, and the shape is like Han Yi's birdman." ”

"......" Gao Fangping Shaoqing asked again: "What about the thrust-to-weight ratio, has there been any progress?" ”

Shi Jingjie was stunned and said: "However, the lower officials don't know what the thrust-to-weight ratio means? ”

"You ......" Gao Fangping couldn't help but sweat.

After a while, the thrust-to-weight ratio was just a common saying that Gao Fangping used to saying, but Han Yi finally decided that this was not a serious power unit, so they changed it to horsepower.

"So with the same weight of the unit, has the horsepower increased?" Gao Fangping asked again.

Shi Jingjie was very smart, so he muttered: "It turns out that Xianggong said that this is what the thrust-to-weight ratio means?" One ton of the unit, ten tons of thrust is generated, which is a thrust-to-weight ratio of 10? ”

"Yes. And then tell me about the promotion? Gao Fangping gave him a slap on the back of the head.

Shi Jingjie shook his head and said: "There is no improvement, or there is very little improvement, which can be ignored." ”

Gao Fangping immediately changed his face and said, "Then you still talk about an egg?" This also dares to be called the second generation and a half, they don't want to mix? ”

Shi Jingjie said: "But Xianggong, they have made a military order, saying that although the power and volume indicators have hardly improved, according to the feedback from the loading and running situation, the new turbine is more stable, there are fewer mechanical failures, and the operating life has been increased by at least 30%. ”

Gao Fangping thought for a while, knocked on the table and said, "It's still a fool, I will allow them to call version 2.1 at most." ”

Shi Jingjie hugged his fists and said: "This is really thanks to Xianggong's emotional assistance, everyone was under a lot of pressure at that time, and it was very difficult." The second-generation turbine was full of flaws, and even they themselves said they didn't want to use it, but you still placed a large number of orders, fed the research team, and encouraged their enthusiasm. Without the support of your orders, this 2.1 version of the turbine would not have existed, and the third-generation turbine could not be developed by the project, and it would have been cut by Zhang Shangying. ”

Gao Fangping's old face was slightly red, in fact, because he was the first to use the second-generation turbine, Gao Fangping's cost did increase, but the profit was also very large. Gao's shipping is not covered now, because it is efficient. Not to mention inland river transportation, in the current shipping to and from Wajima, traditional ships cannot compete with Gao Fangping's large ships with a displacement of 10,000 tons loaded with mechanical power.

After thinking about it for a while, Gao Fangping said: "Okay, even if the engine is still stupid and thick, and the thrust-to-weight ratio is not enough, but it can also be used to pretend to be forced, you immediately send it to Jiangzhou for eight hundred miles, and let them send a special technical team to bring the new version 2.1 of the engine to tear up, together with the locomotive that has been developed, and load it into a big ship and transport it to Bianjing, I will wait for the demonstration to show the officials." ”

Shi Jingjie said: "Will this be too tossed, too laborious and costly, in the past, I didn't allow them to do this kind of face-saving project." ”

Gao Fangping said helplessly: "Some forces must be installed, and some losses must be there." You used to not pretend to be forced because I was supporting you, but now there is no one to support me, and a group of people are waiting to see me make a fool of myself, so hurry up, no matter how big the price is, I will get it quickly. If this thing is done, how big will the interests of your Jiangzhou be, if you go to the streets, Lao Tzu will pick up garbage together. ”

"Okay." Shi Jingjie left to handle it.

Next, it's time for Gao Fangping to show efficiency. Summoned some craftsmen from all walks of life under the command of Xiao Duo, and also brought in Aunt Abu's right-hand man, Dazhen, who also has a lot of experience and experience in civil engineering.

So this improvised team began to visit, combined with the surrounding landforms of Bianjing, planning to temporarily design a "Ring Beijing Railway".

In fact, it is really not difficult to build more than ten kilometers of railways in the plain area, the cost is not too large, and the project is not large.

When you actually do anything, it's far less difficult than you think.

In terms of the action under Gao Fangping, after stepping on the point, with a plan and various preparations, it was very fast.

Jingxian is an assembly line base with strong industrial capacity, and the students of the Royal Academy, as well as a small number of seconded technicians from the Ministry of Engineering, plus many master craftsmen under Xiao Duo, quickly completed the surveying, land survey and other work.

The rest is simple, the rails and those standard forms of timber roadbed will be started by various factories in Jingxian County, and they will be produced soon.

So Bi Shijing led the big-headed soldiers, all took off their armor and shirtless, and began to pave the railway, without opening the mountain, so the progress was very fast, and the manpower invested this time was not too much, but there was also a progress of several kilometers a day.

Due to the existence of the Bianhe River, several railway bridges to cross the water were also designed. However, the skill of the Song man-made bridge is very awesome, and the use of cement is basically mature, so she said that she is responsible for these bridges designed by the Empress Dowager Liu herself, and she is responsible for crushing them in ten years......