Chapter 339: Pipeline Mail

The group that Ye Tao almost forgot about was indeed not comparable in importance to the groups in electricity or architecture, but to talk about their achievements, the thing that this group was tossing was called plumbing.

Pipe mail is an extremely useful system for transporting documents and items in a small and medium-sized area, and it is still in use in the twenty-first century. Especially in some large hospitals, it is very useful to send medicines or test samples. Of course, there is a far cry between the plumbing mail of the 21st century and what can be made by Yip's workshop today. In the 21st century, pipeline mail has adopted a lot of unbelievable advanced technologies, such as the coil information transmission technology used in mortar fuses, and can also rely on computer control to achieve automatic relay of relatively long-distance mail transmission. But the pipeline mail that Ye's workshop has now made has just solved the problem of how to make the mail pods turn in the pipeline, and has just finished testing how to fully protect the things installed in the mail pods from being damaged.

The earliest version of the pipeline mail used a low-pressure steam boiler. After the pressurization treatment, the pressure is sufficient, but it seems unrealistic to prepare a boiler for each mail node, but fortunately, the high-pressure gas tank technology was quickly introduced, and this big problem was solved at once. In Ye Tao's view, even if it is a medium-pressure gas tank at most, it is not satisfactory in terms of pressure or service life, but at least it has done a good job in terms of cost performance. Although it seems that the R&D team of pipeline mail is equipped with a team of powerful material workshops, this team actually wants Ye Tao to report the situation, and Ye Tao understands that the progress of this material team is much more than that of the pipeline mail team. The current pipeline mail system has been installed in several workshops of Ye's workshop, and the evaluation of actual use is very good, because it is mainly sent point-to-point, such as woodworking workshops or heavy equipment workshops to ask Seiko workshop to get a few parts, and you don't have to send someone to run around, but send an email back and forth. But what the pipeline mail team is doing is a little more complicated, and they're trying to find a way to build a simple mail system that can be relayed over medium to long distances. Such a system would be more suitable for use in the city, and the different departments working in different locations would be linked together through the pipeline mail system, which would greatly reduce the labor intensity of middle and low-level officials, improve administrative efficiency, and in the long run, greatly reduce administrative costs. Due to the strict budget management system and accountability system, as well as the relatively high salaries of officials in Yunzhou, various departments sometimes have to cut out the budget from other aspects if they want to hire a few more people. Running errands not only occupies personnel costs, but also has no sense of achievement, which has always been disliked by the heads of various departments. And a pipeline mail system, coupled with an internal logistics department, may be able to solve this problem as a whole.

And in order to deploy pipeline mail in the city, it is true that coordination with other parties is essential. Ye Tao asked everyone to go to the site for a meeting before deploying the power system, also because there were too many things involved. Now Gondor has completed all the land preparation work, the water conservancy system around the city is basically completed, the sewer system inside the city is being built, the central green space of Gondor has been completed, and the Lingyan Pavilion at the top of the most striking fortress has been completed. As for the construction of the city walls and the city area, it is in full swing. When deploying the power system, it is necessary to take into account all aspects of the entire urban layout, especially in the 21st century, when all wires go underground, Ye Tao really has to think about how to get the current transmission and distribution pipelines.

Seeing the progress of the project on paper is completely different from actually looking at the huge construction site of the entire city from the corner of the cliff in front of the Lingyan Pavilion. Now you can see the prototype of the whole city. Guan Haishan half-jokingly said that he actually had to build two and a half cities at the same time, the circle on the mountain was one on top of each other, the living area and the administrative area on the ground were another, and the other half of the city was the rich and powerful sewer system of Gondor. However, Guan Haishan is just saying that, as the project progresses, as the face of the city becomes clearer and clearer, the pride in his heart as the chief engineer is self-evident. In this world, there has never been a city so majestic and beautiful. In terms of engineering technology, Guan Haishan does not feel that it is too challenging, although it is a little difficult to build a city on the mountain, but it is more important to work individually, and it is good to throw time and energy, so Guan Haishan feels that the most difficult thing is how to make the city as short as possible while achieving perfection in details. It was a city, unlike any other building he had worked on before, and he could pay attention to the details one by one, find fault with all the problems, and then improve them, but in Gondor that didn't work. As the chief engineer, Guan Haishan's main energy is spent on project management, and he has 150,000 to 200,000 people working at any time, of which less than 10,000 are professional construction workers who have undergone basic training and can not worry at all from Yip's Construction Bank, and most of the others are people who can do some basic masonry, masonry, carpentry or just sell a handful of strength. In the off-season, with the addition of people who come to do odd jobs, the number of people on the construction site can reach up to 200,000. Now, there have been all kinds of situations on the construction site, large and small accidents occur almost at any time, fortunately, due to Guan Haishan's strict and unreasonable style of engineering safety, major safety accidents have not occurred. But that's all there is to it, a little injury to a worker is no longer a big deal, and now the six medical teams on the construction site have so much experience in dealing with all kinds of traumatic injuries that they don't need to use their brains at all. The most troublesome problem is food poisoning and the like, and most of these problems are not due to the problems of the logistics department on the construction site, but because the foremen and the men often have to do something to fight for their teeth. After all, this is a construction site, and it is impossible to strictly control these needs, but it is very headache to often have dozens of people lying down at once.

With all kinds of problems, Guan Haishan has not been able to walk through every street and every construction site in person, and he is always a little worried about the quality of the project. But even with his busyness, he ensured that no phase progress report and safety acceptance were a formality. Guan Haishan's students want to talk about ability, and now they are completely able to take charge of themselves, and many of the safety inspections are carried out by them, and every signature represents responsibility, which is what Guan Haishan has been teaching them. There are many kinds of architects, and they don't have to be creative enough to build beautiful houses, gardens, and towers, but each of them needs to be responsible for their work, for each of their signatures. It is precisely because Guan Haishan has this concept, and because he himself is a great architect with excellent basic skills, that his students can now keep an eye on the quality acceptance of these projects for the teacher.

This time, Ye Tao's arrival made Guan Haishan very happy. Although Guan Haishan is basically eating and living on the construction site now, he is also the first to know about the rich role of electricity, and the use of electric lights to illuminate the road will greatly expand the function of the city and prolong the active time of the city. The costs may be high, but the benefits are just as significant. And, in doing so, the city becomes more perfect.

However, the future development issues that Ye Tao is concerned about are indeed enough to make people scratch their heads. After thinking about it carefully, Guan Haishan looked at the leaders of the two teams of the electrical workshop and the pipeline mail, then looked at Ye Tao, and said, "It's absolutely impossible to go underground!" ”

Ye Tao shrugged his shoulders, he had already thought of this result. He asked, "I said I was going underground, mainly because the poles were on the ground, and it was so ugly." ”

Guan Haishan pursed his lips and said: "The cost of going underground is too high, and now we can't guarantee that all the wires go from the pipes, mainly because there are no suitable materials, and there is no way to completely solve the problem of waterproofing. If there is no accident, this kind of expense alone will not be bearable. The unsightly power poles are not a problem, at least they can ensure that there are no power poles on both sides of the main roads in the city. We can solve this problem by setting up underground bridges, and this part of the cost increase can be afforded. Now, in fact, the whole of Gondor is progressing faster than planned, but spending money slower than planned. In the sewer project and the Lingyan Pavilion project, we saved nearly 600,000 yuan of silver, mainly because the difficulty of the initial estimate was sufficient, but the actual operation was good. …… Also, plumbing mail is really useful, but I don't recommend laying out the whole city so exaggeratedly. Think about the cost of those steel pipes...... Nor is there any such need. Aren't you going to build a courier system in the city? In Danyang, SF Express is doing a good job. My suggestion is that we adjust the original construction plan so that we have the administrative structures closer to the actual administrative sites. We have set up a mail management office in several centralized locations, and the transmission of pipeline mail is carried out within each area, and the express delivery between several locations is within the city. Pipeline mail has just appeared now, whether it is easy to use, how easy it is to use, whether it is so easy to use that it needs to be popularized in the whole city, and what problems will arise in management and use, we don't know. ”

Guan Haishan's statement was very pertinent, and everyone nodded and agreed. Although the influence of the pipeline email has been greatly weakened, there is no opinion, Guan Haishan's words are all on point, and he can't refute them.

In the face of everyone's compliments on his over-the-top vision, Guan Haishan smiled and said, "Gondor, no matter what, is the biggest work in my life. You can't smash the pot. ”