From the map, the Han-Guangdong Railway is like a steel artery that runs through the central part of China and Guangdong, lying across the land of China, with Wuchang at one end and Guangzhou at one end, and the inland river transport of the Yangtze River at one end, and the sea transport at the other end. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Sea-rail combined transport" and "river-rail combined transport" appeared in China, and quickly changed the appearance of the line and the fate of the city, and the cities began to prosper because of the construction of the railway. Even the wild mountains like Nanling have traces of modern civilization - electric lights enter Nanling with the railway.

Thanks to the emergence of this railway, raw silk and other local goods in central and southern Hunan can be directly transported to Guangzhou for export, while Indian cotton is imported from Guangzhou, which meets the needs of Hunan's emerging yarn mills, and the railway also makes the sales of various products such as foreign yarn and homespun cloth more extensive.

Of course, for the people along the line, what they really feel is probably the convenience of the railway "traveling thousands of miles a day". The train roared past the tracks, and as soon as the train passed through the most dangerous section of Nanling, the speed increased from less than 20 kilometers per hour to 30 kilometers per hour.

"Boom, Boom......"

The sound in the carriage did not stop people from looking out with curiosity, for everyone, the spewing smoke of the train was enough to make people feel the impact of modern science, the railway, the steam locomotive brought an unprecedented impact to the conservative people, and also made them feel the power of science.

“…… The gauge of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway is 1890 mm, which is the best gauge standard at present, compared with the 2134 mm broad gauge adopted by Brunel in the Western Railway, although it is slightly inferior to it in terms of stability, but after all, China's terrain is complex, especially in the southwest and other places, just like the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway from southern Hunan to northern Guangdong to cross the Nanling, where there are simply peaks and peaks, water and water, to access the road to make a series of tunnels, to build bridges. Although after repeated measurements and comparisons, it was decided to use the Jinjiling Pingshi line, reducing the original survey of more than 70 tunnels to 16, the elevation of the lowest cross-ridge pass is also 18.3 meters lower than Liangdong Bay, and the location is only 4 kilometers southwest of Liangdong Bay Liaojiawan, but the curvature of the road is increasing, which is also the reason why the speed in Nanling is so big before, if the ultra-wide gauge of 2134 mm is used, it is estimated that this railway will take at least another two years to complete, and the cost will increase by more than 70%. The route will also need to be re-planned, and it will be slower between the steep mountains and valleys at the southern foot of the Nanling Mountains on the border between Hunan and Guangdong provinces......"

Xi Zhiyuan, who studied railway engineering in the UK, is the cousin of Xi Zhimo, the director of the Ministry of Engineering, and when he studied railway engineering in the UK, he had interned in a number of railway companies, so he naturally knew very well the advantages of this 1880 mm railway.

"Compared with the 2134 mm broad gauge of the Great Western Railway, the 1880 mm railway used by the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, the capacity, stability is close, the turning radius is smaller, compared with the most widely used 4 feet 8 inches in the United Kingdom, his capacity has doubled, although the turning radius has accelerated, the cost has increased, but compared to the increase in its capacity, it is acceptable and worthwhile, after all, the UK's 4 feet 8 inches track compared to China, a big country, the capacity is simply impossible to meet the requirements, you look at this carriage……”

Xi Zhiyuan pointed to the spacious carriage and showed his friends around him.

"The width of the carriage is more than 4 meters, and there are more than 200 seats in each third-class carriage, and if it is a British narrow gauge with only 120 passengers, I really did not expect the directors of domestic railway companies to have such a vision, and this railway will not lag behind in the next 100 years......"

As he was talking about the merits of the railway, and praising the directors of the Canton-Han Railway Company, suddenly there was a chuckle from the table next to him, which seemed to have a mocking flavor, and this laughter immediately attracted everyone. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Pan Shiliang, who was enjoying dinner, wiped the corner of his lower lip with a napple with a smile, and then apologized.

"What this friend said is true, because the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway uses broad gauge, the capacity has increased by no less than 50% compared with the British narrow gauge, which is indeed a fact, but when it comes to vision, the younger brother does not agree!"

Like everyone else, when Pan Shiliang got up to speak, Lin Liangzhu, Xu Linyuan and others all looked at him.

"Oh? If it weren't for the vision of ordinary people, how could such a broad-gauge railway be built? ”

"It's not a matter of vision, it's that they don't understand it at all!"

Pan Shiliang smiled and spit out the reason for choosing broad gauge in the first place.

"As many people know, China's first railway was the Xiguan Railway in Guangzhou, which was only a few kilometers long and was built in just a few months. But not many people know where the locomotives and tracks used in the railway came from! ”

"Bought from the UK!"

"Of course, it was purchased from the British, but it was prepared by a British merchant for a certain Indian prince, who was originally going to build a demonstration railway in India, but because the prince died, his successor had no intention of building the railway, and had been idle in the warehouse, so he let Governor Li pick up a bargain, and only spent more than 10,000 pounds to buy more than ten kilometers of railways and a locomotive, and then everyone saw that the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway was extended on the basis of this railway, and the directors of the company knew. There are more economical railways, such broad gauges have been built for hundreds of kilometers, and they regret it too late, so it's really not a matter of vision, but, well, it's a mistake......"

For the story of this railway, Xi Zhiyuan and others, who had just returned from abroad, were naturally not clear, and when they heard Pan Shiliang say this, there was only one feeling in their hearts that "creation makes people", who would have thought that an unestablished railway would finally determine China's railway gauge by mistake.

"This is also the wrong hit, now not only the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway is this gauge, the Jiangbei Railway, as well as other planned railways, will use this broad gauge, chance or not, hit the right right, anyway, and the vision, there is no connection, if there is a choice, maybe, the company's directors, eager to use two feet of narrow gauge."

"I really didn't expect that there is such a story in this, Brother Tai is so familiar with the railway, could it be that he works in the railway company, and he has just returned from the United Kingdom in the far away from Xi, and he has not asked Brother Tai?"

Facing Xi Zhiyuan's outstretched hand, Pan Shiliang introduced himself

"In Xia Pan Shiliang, how old is Elder Brother Xu, and he is indeed employed in the railway company!"

In fact, Pan Shiliang did not say that he not only works in the company, but is also a director of the company. Because of the close age, Pan Shiliang soon became a group with these young people who had just returned from overseas, especially for Xi Zhiyuan, who showed a strong sense of solicitation, as a senior manager of the company, he knew very well that Xi Zhiyuan, who studied in the UK and studied railway engineering, was far more important to the company than two Western engineers - at least he was his own people.

Railways, Metallurgy, Machinery, Shipbuilding, Construction, Mathematics, Chemistry, Medicine, Law...... When he learned about what these young people had studied in the West, his eyes widened in surprise, and he couldn't even believe that there were so many international students.

"Thousands of people, Han Gong has actually sent so many people to study abroad in recent years, no wonder, no wonder ......"

You know, just a few months ago, forced by the company's need for talents, Pan Shiliang received a special fund of 100,000 yuan per year from the company to study abroad, so that in the next six years, 400 company employees will be appointed to study in the United Kingdom and France to study railway management and railway engineering, machinery and other majors. Despite his "great ambitions", the reality was extremely cruel, and after repeated selections within the company, less than 50 employees suitable for studying abroad were selected. To his surprise, Fuzhong has sent thousands of international students in the past few years. And this year, hundreds more will be sent to study in Europe and the United States.

"No wonder it's so difficult for companies to appoint a few international students! After a long time, those who are suitable for studying abroad have been sent out by the government! ”

Wang Minyun, who had been listening to him talking to those people, immediately retorted when he heard him say this.

"Brother Yujie is surprised, there are thousands of students graduating from the schools in the prefecture every year, if the railway company is interested, you may as well go directly to the schools under the government to recruit students and appoint them to ......study abroad."

"Renqiu, you don't know, there are many people in those schools in the house, but a radish and a pit, just like the Hankou Railway School, the students have not yet graduated, they have been carved up, the Guangdong-Hankou Railway Company is always a private company, but the Jiangbei Railway is a self-run railway in the government, plus several other railways to be built, I went to Wuchang this time, just want to fight for some more places, I estimate that the maximum is up to 100 people, but the Guangdong-Hankou Railway has nearly 3,000 miles, just such a few people, there is enough, this is not, now in the company, There are more than 600 foreigners alone......"

Pan Shiliang said helplessly, but he didn't mention another point - there are hundreds of interns in the railway academy on the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, if there are no interns, I'm afraid the company needs more foreigners.

"In that case, why doesn't the company run its own school?"

Wang Minyun looked at Pan Shiliang and asked rhetorically.

"Self-run school?"

Pan Shiliang looked at Wang Minyun and said in surprise.

"Since the students in the government-run schools are given priority to be sent to the government-run railway, then the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway Company can run a school by itself and enroll students by itself. If you feel that a few years is a long time, you can set up a preparatory school first, specialize in training students, and select the outstanding ones to stay in the United States to learn railways and machinery. ”

Wang Minyun's suggestion only made Pan Shiliang's eyes light up, and he immediately clapped his hands and said.

"Yes, yes, what Renqiu said is extremely true, what he said is extremely true, it should be like this, it should be like this......"

Suddenly, Pan Shiliang stared at Wang Minyun, hesitated for a moment, and then said.

"Renqiu, I know that you are a person who wants to do great things, if so, if Renqiu's trip to Nanjing this time, it will not be satisfactory...... I wonder if Renqiu intends to be the principal? ”

"Ah......h

Faced with the sudden invitation, Wang Minyun couldn't help but be stunned, he looked at Pan Shiliang in surprise, and was speechless for a while......

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