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“…… After repeated measurements and comparisons, it was decided to use the Jinjiling Pingshi Line to reduce the more than 70 tunnels to 16 in the initial survey, and the elevation of the lowest cross-ridge pass was also 18.3 meters lower than that of Liangdong Bay, and the location was only 4 kilometers southwest of Liangdong Bay in Liaojiawan, so that the construction period could be advanced by about one year. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

In the conference room of the governor's office, Pan Zhaolin introduced the construction of the Han-Guangdong Railway, and among them, the Nanling area was the most difficult, in fact, in the entire railway, the most difficult to build was the railway in the Nanling area, and it can be said that the railway construction projects in other areas were very simple.

At this time, Pan Zhaolin was extremely confident, because in the process of railway construction, the most difficult thing was the financial problem, but as early as last year, the financial problem has been solved, not only has it been solved, but even after the railway was repaired to Yuantan before the New Year, this 72-kilometer-long railway was put into use, and it traveled one hundred and fifty miles in two and a half hours, which surprised many people, and because of this, the New Year was about to pass, and the shares of the railway company were sold as much as six million taels, because people passed through this short railway, Realized the convenience of the railway and the wealth it contained.

Money is never an issue for them!

The biggest problem now is the restriction of 36 months and a maximum of 40 months for the Governorate to build the railway, and on the other hand, the limitation of manpower. If the project is to be completed within the agreed deadline, the railway company will need to invest more manpower. And this means that the railway company needs stronger support from the government, which is also the purpose of their visit to Wuchang.

When explaining the construction of the railway in the Nanling area, Pan Zhaolin occasionally turned his eyes to Han Du, and he noticed that Han Du would look at his cousin from time to time, although it was only an intentional or unintentional gaze, but it made his heart move.

You've come to the right place!

The governor really deserved to be the person who came out of Han Du's side, and from the first time he saw his cousin, he had the idea of introducing him into the palace. In this regard, whether it is public or private, Pan Zhaolin will not object, and not to mention the public, that is, in private, it has always been a problem for his cousin to stay in the boudoir. For the Rong family, they need their cousin to take care of the family business, but what about the future of their cousin? Could it be that the young lady of the Rong family also wants to be a "self-combing girl"?

On the other hand, of course, he is not without his own selfishness. In the future, in the company, the most likely threat to him in the future is his cousin. If my cousin were a man, everything would be easy, but she was a woman.

Now Han Du cast his gaze on the expression, and he felt that all his problems would be solved.

Zhu Yifeng didn't know what Pan Zhaolin was thinking, the reason why he occasionally looked at Rong Minghui was not only surprised by this sudden girl, but also a little surprised that she was a girl who was actually the director of a railway company. This cannot but make people curious.

What's more important is that she is so beautiful, to be precise, she is somewhat similar to a star in later generations, especially her elegant temperament, looking at the appearance that seems to be somewhat familiar, Zhu Yifeng's heart can't help but feel a burst of impulse.

Like, really like!

Since last night in the mansion, I saw the appearance of this girl when she composed music there, Zhu Yifeng's mind has appeared in this girl's appearance from time to time, especially the appearance that will give people the illusion of time and space, which attracts his attention even more, this is the first time that he is attracted to a woman.

Feeling the sight from the front, some scorching gaze made Rong Minghui extremely difficult to adapt, and even made her a little restless. How can this man be like this, he is...... It's Handu!

Although he has been in charge of the family's business since he was 17 years old, he does not feel any discomfort about showing his face Minghui, but no one will be like him, when he sees himself.

Slightly annoyed in her heart, Rong Minghui rolled her eyes fiercely at his gaze.

The sudden white eyes made Zhu Yifeng stunned at first, and then smiled, this white eye made him feel more familiar, such a character is officially what he likes, after all, the women he has been in contact with in the past two years are the kind of arbitrary ones who face him, so naturally there is no novelty.

The woman in front of him made him interested.

Not just because of her pretty face, but also because of her character.

Zhu Yifeng, who was shaved a white eye, took back the somewhat floating mind in his heart and returned to work, he looked at the report of the railway company, and then pointed to one of the paragraphs and asked.

"The Governor has noticed that the railway company wants the government to cooperate fully, for example, to help recruit 100,000 workers, and there is no problem at all."

Recruit 100,000 workers! Of course, there is no problem, this is 100,000 jobs, although the salary given by the railway company is only three yuan per month, and 0.6 yuan of food expenses need to be deducted. But it is still attractive to rural youth.

The current situation in Hunan is that there is a large surplus labor force in the countryside and there is nowhere to go. Although recruiting troops is a way out, the scale of the rebel army is limited, and it is impossible to absorb hundreds of thousands of people like the Hunan army in history. This means that there is still a large amount of surplus labor in the countryside, Hunan is still like this, there is no food at home and no other background, so that in the countryside of Hunan, many people go to Jiangxi to defect to Zeng Guofan in order to eat, and now Zeng Guofan has recruited 50,000 soldiers in Jiangxi, at least 30,000 are from Hunan.

Large-scale recruitment of workers by railway companies can naturally attract surplus labor in the countryside, which can not only alleviate social contradictions, but also weaken rivals. Of course, the more important point is that the rebel army will send soldiers to assist in the management of the roadmen, to train them, through militarized management, not only to avoid chaos, at the same time, they can also become the reserve of the rebel army, after the completion of the Han-Guangdong railway, these young and strong road workers who have been accustomed to militarized life will be incorporated into the rebel army, after simple training can be put into the battlefield.

"But the multi-stage road construction means that more road construction engineers are needed, and the construction materials on the railway site are very difficult, and the line has to cross the Baisha water five times, and the iron material required for these five roads and bridges alone is probably not less than thousands of tons, have you considered this?"

People in this era always looked at all problems more optimistically, just as decades later, the Chinese gentry suddenly burst into enthusiasm for building railways overnight, completely ignoring practical problems such as terrain and financial resources, and all of them were renting their enthusiasm.

"Of course, there is no problem, road construction engineers can hire more engineers from the United Kingdom and France, as for roads and bridges, it is simply not realistic to build roads and bridges by rail, and now even road studs need to be imported from the United Kingdom, and the freight of a ton of iron is as high as ten taels, so I think it is possible to build stone arch bridges in places where the conditions are suitable,"

In the face of Han Du's rhetorical question, Rong Minghui, as the director of the railway company, was already a little annoyed by his hot gaze just now, and she naturally would not let go of the opportunity at this time.

"Stone arch bridge?"

However, he was only slightly surprised, waiting for Zhu Yifeng to be a blank eye.

"Yes, we have asked Mr. Wilson, the chief engineer of the Hanyue Railway, that even in England not all iron bridges are used, there are precedents for the use of stone arch bridges, compared to iron bridges, stone arch bridges not only have the convenience of local materials, but also their craftsmen are mostly ready-made, the construction cost of roads and bridges is lower, and the life is longer."

After saying this, Rong Minghui glanced at Zhu Yifeng again, and that gaze seemed to say, you don't even know this, what else do you mention about the railway?

Zhu Yifeng, who was secretly choked by this woman several times, not only didn't realize it, but said with a smile.

"It's nice if you can. Can you give it a try, um......"

After a moment of silence, Zhu Yifeng looked at the directors of these railway companies and said.

"The Han-Guangdong Railway is actually the lifeblood of the future liaison between Guangdong Province and the mainland, and it is also the lifeblood of the governor's office.

Of course, it is fully supported, after all, once this railway is completed, it means that the three provinces will be connected into one place, and then they can mobilize the power of the three provinces to unify China!

"The recruitment of roadmen, the governor will order the government to formulate a plan, and negotiate with the company at that time, not to mention 100,000, even if it is 150,000, the government will also do its best to assist in recruitment, you can rest assured!"

Whether it is 150,000 or 200,000, it is a hundred benefits and no harm for oneself, not to mention anything else, where the hundreds of thousands of road workers are road workers, it is clearly more than one hundred thousand reserves. It is these people who pay for their own reserves. Even if they can't build this railway within three years, they should be given a military merit medal if they rent this one.

How could it go so well?

Everyone was surprised that Han Du's statement would be so easy, after all, they had dealt with the government countless times, although they knew that this government was different from the old Manchu government, but they always felt that it would not be so easy. Even on the way to Wuchang, they all considered if necessary, according to the "commission" of two silver dollars to the local government for each recruiter, after all, there has been no precedent for so many merchants to recruit workers from ancient times to the present.

"However, considering that the company is recruiting so many people, it is easier to manage......"

Looking at the people who seemed to be a little surprised, Zhu Yifeng burst out his idea, that is, the governor sent someone to directly manage the road workers, "...... The management of the roadworkers refers to the standards of the battalion company, so please rest assured that the salaries of the roadworkers assigned to manage the roadworks should be the responsibility of the governor's office, and will not add any burden to the company. ”

In this explanation, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and now when they expressed their willingness to accept the official salary, unlike everyone's gratitude, Zhu Yifeng noticed that the corners of Rong Jinghui's lips were lightly raised, and the mockery in those beautiful eyes flashed.

Could it be that she guessed what she was thinking? (To be continued.) )