Nanyuan is not far from Beijing. Even if you ride in a horse-drawn carriage, it won't take long.

Zhan Tianyou rushed to Nanyuan with his assistant, borrowing the official carriage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and there was no obstruction on this road, but soon after leaving the city, the wheels of the carriage broke down, and the coachman and assistant were busy repairing the wheels.

Without waiting for the wheels to be repaired, an open-top car swayed past the side of the carriage, the person driving was a little familiar, Zhan Tianyou pondered, remembered, it was Tian Jinfu, director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, some time ago when Zhao Bei, President of the Republic of China, presided over the opening ceremony of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, Zhan Tianyou had a relationship with this person, and also said a few words.

"Colonel Tian! Colonel Tian! ”

Zhan Tianyou hurriedly took a few steps and shouted a few times, the car quickly stopped, and Tian Jinfu turned his head. took off the goggles and also recognized Zhan Tianyou.

"What, where is Mr. Zhan going?" Tian Jinfu looked at the carriage and the assistants of Zhan Tianyou who were looking over here.

"Colonel Tian, where are you going?" Zhan Tianyou asked rhetorically.

"Go to Nanyuan." Tian Jinfu pointed to the south.

"Is it convenient to give me a ride? I also went to Nanyuan to meet the president. After Zhan Tianyou finished speaking, he didn't wait for the other party to answer, he reached out and pulled the car 'door' and sat in the back row.

"Convenient, why is it inconvenient? At the last opening ceremony of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, our president also took care of it, saying that no matter what, we should provide convenience for national talents like Mr. Zhan. ”

Tian Jinfu grinned and put the goggles back again, Zhan Tianyou was also unkind, called an assistant to bring a briefcase and sat in the back row with him, as for the other assistants, they sent them back to Beijing.

Now the automobile industry has just begun to develop, the industrial design is far less mature than the carriage, not to mention that this is still an ordinary Ford cheap car, Zhan Tianyou sat on it and bumped enough, but he also admired the 'sex' ability of this car, such a dilapidated road, this car actually went very well, and Tian Jinfu obviously enjoyed the fun of driving a car.

"Colonel Tian, why do you go out of the 'door' and run around alone? Don't even bring a guard? You're carrying a heavy burden. ”

Zhan Tianyou asked curiously, he chatted with Tian Jinfu at the opening ceremony of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway last time. I know a little about Colonel Tian's duties.

"Hah! Ordinary thieves can't help me. Don't you see? I've got a submachine gun on my side. Besides, I'm going to Nanyuan, not to Baoding, so close to the road, and the center of, I don't need to bring any guards. ”

Tian Jinfu patted the submachine gun, then looked back at Zhan Tianyou, and asked, "Mr. Zhan, when you go to Nanyuan, is the president calling you?" ”

"It's not. I went uninvited, and I wanted to say a few words to the president. Zhan Tianyou said seriously.

"It's not going to be the same railroad, is it?"

Tian Jinfu also knew that Zhan Tianyou opposed the Kugui Railway using Russian-style rails, but Zhan Tianyou's answer surprised him.

"It's not about the Kugui Railway, it's about the Wusong Locomotive Factory, a few days ago I heard that the president intends to move the factory to Wuhan to serve the 'Grand Cross Railway Project', in this regard, I have some suggestions to tell the president, tomorrow I will go to Shandong to survey the Jinpu Railway, so I am still in Beijing today to meet the president. I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to see the president just now, but now I'm not afraid, and Colonel Arida is leading it. I don't even need to go into the 'attendant' room. ”

"Wusong Locomotive Factory? Just for this, you go to Nanyuan? Do you have any suggestions for writing a report? Through the Ministry of Industry and Commerce or the Ministry of Railways to the presidential palace, the president will definitely be able to see that Mr. Zhan is now a senior adviser to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Railways, and no one dares to detain your report. ”

Tian Jinfu was a little unimpressed with Zhan Tianyou's actions, and in his opinion, Zhan Tianyou's actions seemed to be a bit hypocritical.

"Wusong locomotive factory is the largest in our country is also the most advanced locomotive factory, when the Qing court proposed to set up this factory, it was intended to build it into a factory that can manufacture locomotives and carriages on its own, although the factory can not manufacture locomotives now, but it undertakes the task of assembling and repairing imported locomotives and carriages, the locomotives and carriages running on Jinghan Road and Shanghai-Nanjing-Ningbo Road are basically now responsible for the maintenance of this factory, and now the center wants to relocate this factory to Wuhan, which is not a small project. At present, the Ministry of Railways is buying a large number of locomotives and carriages from foreign countries, and if the parts are shipped back to China and there is no place to assemble them, it will be delayed. ”

"Isn't there still a locomotive factory in Tianjin?"

"The equipment of the factory in Tianjin is too old, for example, the crane, the crane of the Tianjin Locomotive Factory can only lift the light locomotive, and the latest heavy locomotive can not be lifted, and the factory lacks technical personnel, and the current railway engineering experts are either on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway or in the Wusong Locomotive Factory. So, my suggestion is that the Wusong Locomotive Factory can be relocated. But it must be relocated step by step, while relocating, while expanding the new factory on the original site, so that after the old factory is relocated to Wuhan, the new factory has been completed on the original site, so that we don't have two factories? And this does not delay the assembly of locomotives and carriages. ”

Zhan Tianyou's analysis is methodical, Tian Jinfu, who is driving in front, can only listen to the teachings, after all, the experts sitting in the back row are the experts, and even the president has to listen to the opinions of experts, where does Tian Jinfu dare to 'interject'?

This way said all the way forward, and when he arrived at the Nanyuan barracks, Zhan Tianyou stopped talking, and Tian Jinfu didn't dare to take the initiative to provoke him anymore, so he honestly drove the car into the barracks, and then took Zhan Tianyou and the assistant to the 'attendant' room.

After waiting in the duty room of the 'attendant' room for a few minutes, Tian Jinfu turned around and left, leaving Zhan Tianyou and his assistant to continue waiting in the duty room.

In the past few minutes, Zhan Tianyou heard several crisp bursts of machine gun 'shooting' sounds, as if the barracks were engaged in 'shooting' training until Tian Jinfu returned. Zhan Tianyou realized that this was not a 'shooting' training, but a demonstration of a new machine gun.

This kind of machine gun is called "light machine gun", relative to Makqin, Hatch Cash, this kind of light machine gun is relatively light, can be 'operated' by a gunner, today in this Nanyuan barracks demonstration is the Hanyang Arsenal imitation of several 'Ting' light machine guns, this kind of light machine gun is the Danish Army equipped with the kind of Maitsen machine gun, the magazine feeds, but the caliber has been changed to 79 caliber, using 79 'Mao' rifle pointed bullets. It is universally used with the "Mao" rifle and "medicine", but it cannot be used with the round-headed bullet "made in Hanyang".

In fact, the Hanyang Arsenal has long imitated this kind of light machine gun, but it was made by hand before, and the output and quality were not satisfactory, but now, the new machine shipped from Germany has been assembled, and this batch of newly made light machine guns is made by the machine, the process is mature, and the 'sex' can be upgraded to a higher level, and now the Hanyang Arsenal is also starting to improve the "Hanyang-made" rifle to adapt it to the new tactical requirements and facilitate the simplification of logistics supply in the future.

Zhan Tianyou is not interested in machine guns, he is only interested in railways and trains, Tian Jinfu also understands this, so he didn't talk nonsense, left the assistant, and led Zhan Tianyou to the school field, as for Zhan Tianyou's briefcase, it was also carried by Colonel Tian for him.

When they arrived at the school grounds, they saw a group of officers gathered around them, and there were several humanoid gun targets standing in the distance, and it was obvious that the officers had used the school field as a training ground for 'shooting', and what they were watching was obviously the new light machine gun.

Zhao Bei was in this group of officers, also wearing a military uniform, an armed belt was 'fine', a small pistol was hanging from his waist, and he was holding a light machine gun with a metallic luster in his hand, and he was muttering quietly to Lan Tianwei who was standing beside him.

Seeing Zhan Tianyou coming, Zhao Bei put the light machine gun at his feet, walked up a few steps head-on, and greeted him warmly.

"Mr. Zhan, I already know your intentions, regarding the relocation of the Wusong Locomotive Factory, the Ministry of Railways really needs someone to plan it in the middle, but you are not suitable, because I plan to ask you to preside over the 'Grand Cross Railway Project'. So, for the relocation of the locomotive factory, you can be a consultant. ”

"Oh? Didn't the Ministry of Railways say yesterday that I should preside over the construction of the Jinpu Line? Zhan Tianyou raised his eyebrows.

"The Jinpu Road is now half completed, and the rest of the roadbed has been paved, and it would be a big deal to send you to preside over the construction of the Jinpu Line, and the British will not give up the position of 'chief engineer' to the Chinese." What's more, now for China, the Longhai railway is the most important, once the railway is completed, then, from Gansu to Jiangsu will be unimpeded, whether for military operations or for the development of the inland, it is very meaningful, so, I mean, the 'Grand Cross Railway Plan', let's build the Longhai line first, as for the Yuehan line, a little later to start construction, in any case, it must be basically completed within two years. ”

"Done in two years?"

Zhan Tianyou almost ran away, this president is inevitably a little too layman, so boastful, he is not afraid to flash his tongue.

Engaged in railway construction for so many years, Zhan Tianyou hates the most is the layman leading the insider.

"President Junjian. The Longhai line is thousands of miles long, and the Guangdong-Hanzhou line is also thousands of miles long, and it is impossible to basically complete it within two years, and even the Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway, which is more than 500 miles long, took almost four years to basically complete. ”

Seeing that Zhan Tianyou didn't have much confidence, Zhao Bei smiled faintly and said: "The construction of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway has been disturbed by the shortage of funds, if the funds are abundant, I think the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway may be completed in less than a year." Now the center attaches great importance to the Longhai Railway and the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, which is the main work of the Ministry of Railways, with the backing of the center, and the full support of the technical force of the American company, it will take two years to complete the basic construction of the "Grand Cross Railway Plan", which is not a fool's dream, besides, I transferred the ** guard to assist you in repairing the railway, this is the army, is not much better than those farmers who were temporarily recruited? ”

"However, the construction of the railway is not enough manpower and sufficient funds, which involves the terrain and landform, and the construction of railway bridges is secondary, and the key is the excavation of tunnels, which is not a comparison on the construction blueprint. Zhan understands the president's heart to strengthen the country, but some things are not as you want to be, the Longhai line and the Guangdong-Hanzhou line are not the terrain of a horse and a flat river, and this tunnel and bridge are indispensable, even if they are completely 'handed over' to the Americans to build, they will never be completed within two years. ”

Seeing Zhan Tianyou's face red and thick neck, Zhao Bei smiled and asked rhetorically: "Then in your opinion, how many years can you complete this 'Grand Cross Railway Project'?" ”

Zhan Tianyou pondered for a moment and said: "If the funds are abundant and there is no layman to point fingers, the Longhai Line and the Yuehan Line will be completed in six years, if the Yuehan Line and the Jinghan Line are connected by a railway bridge, then it may be completed in seven years, after all, there is no railway bridge on the Yangtze River now, and the Longhai Line goes to Gansu to cross the Yellow River, which also needs a large railway bridge." ”

"No! I will give you four years to complete the construction of the Longhai Line and the Guangdong-Han Line, and as for the railway bridges on the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, you don't have to worry about it. "Zhao Bei is categorical.

"Four years? It's still a little tight. ”

Zhan Tianyou is a little helpless, many times, this technocrat really can't fight the political bureaucracy, the layman leads the insider, this is probably not a phenomenon unique to this country, the insider acts completely according to his own will, this situation may only happen in literary works, after all, as a politician, there are too many things to consider, and it will not just stick to one direction.

"Four years to complete the Longhai line and the Guangdong-Han line, you want people, the center gives you people, you want money, the center gives you money, in a word, it is desperate, you also have to complete the Longhai line and the Guangdong-Han line within four years! This is not a request from the center, but an order from the center, a task given to you and your team by the center! If the task is completed on time, I will give you the position of 'Chief of the Ministry of Railways'!" If I don't have the confidence to complete the task, then I will 'hand' over this railway to foreign technicians to repair! ”

Seeing that the insider was a little hesitant, the layman unceremoniously gave an order, and waved his official hat, and the 'agitation' method was also used.

The big 'stick' plus the candy is also the secret that the layman can lead the insider.