After Hou Zhengfeng finished speaking, he lay on the table unconscious, and when he fell, he happened to smash into the sweet noodle sauce plate, and with a stain, Cindick sneered disdainfully: "Is this still a railway expert?" After saying that, he shook his head and left.

Shen Wanqing hurriedly went over to help Hou Zhengfeng up, listening to his slight snoring, Shen Wanqing asked Lin Yuan suspiciously, "What's going on?" I've seen someone who is easy to get drunk when he drinks, and I've never seen someone who gets drunk so easily, how can he say that he fell asleep when he fell asleep? ”

Lin Yuan reluctantly picked up the wine bottle and said: "Look at the wine he bought, pure Beijing Erguotou, a famous liquor, he drank it cup after cup when he was talking about military engineering just now, and then he blew directly on the bottle, drinking liquor is most afraid of drinking on an empty stomach, no, get drunk!" ”

Lin Yuan carried Hou Zhengfeng on his back and took him back to the embassy, and only the next morning did Hou Zhengfeng wake up, and as soon as he woke up, he asked Lin Yuan: "Am I not eating roast duck?" How did you get back? ”

Lin Yuan said: "I said Hou Lao, don't you remember what happened yesterday?" ”

Hou Zhengfeng thought for a while and said: "There was a foreign devil, it seemed that he asked me a question, I felt very dizzy at the time, and then I don't know what happened." ”

Lin Yuan said: "The question he asked you was: What shape should the cross-section of the rail be made? How simple is this question, I understand that the rail on the sleeper can be regarded as an elastic support on the beam, the weight of the train is very large, it is easy to bend it, so you should choose the shape with the largest bending modulus, that is, the I-shape, this is the introduction to railway engineering, why didn't you answer it at that time? ”

Hou Zhengfeng smiled embarrassedly and said, "I was a little drunk at the time, and my mind didn't turn for a while. ”

Lin Yuan said helplessly: "You can make me miserable in the rest of the matter, don't you remember?" You're going to build a railroad with the Americans and compete to see whose train is the fastest! ”

Hou Zhengfeng said: "What is there? It's better than that! ”

Lin Yuan said: "Than? It's easy for you to say, let me ask you, after the railroad is repaired, you need to let the train run, most of the trains we use now are left by the Russians, and some of them were eliminated by the British and sold to us, and the speed is more than ten kilometers per hour, but what about the Americans? They are determined to win this big contract, so they have already brought in advanced train crews, and you say how can we win if we compete for speed? ”

Hou Zhengfeng thought for a while and said, "Then can't we build a train?" ”

Lin Yuan picked up a letter in his hand and said: "This is sent by the syndicate, it says that the construction of a railway competition in Sanli Village in the northern suburbs of the city, the time is three days later, three days, how can we build a train crew, and the personnel and equipment for laying the railway are in the northeast, and it will take more than a day to come back, how can there be time to lay the railway!" ”

Hou Zhengfeng touched his head and stopped talking, Lin Yuan said helplessly: "Since this is the case, we have no choice but to admit defeat." ”

Hou Zhengfeng slapped the bed board when he heard this, and said: "You must not admit defeat to foreign devils, so let's take me to Sanli Village to take a look, maybe there will be a way." ”

Lin Yuan then took Hou Zhengfeng to Sanli Village, just in time to see Cindick here with people piling up roadbeds and laying sleepers, and the surrounding people were watching curiously, Cindick saw Lin Yuan coming, and said with a smile: "Our railway has begun to be laid, if you don't hurry up, I'm afraid you will lose." ”

Lin Yuan smiled and didn't answer, then he saw Hou Zhengfeng squatting on the ground looking at something, and then stood up and said to Lin Yuan: "Okay, I have a way to win them." ”

Lin Yuan asked in a low voice, "What can you do?" ”

Hou Zhengfeng said mysteriously: "The secret of heaven cannot be revealed, you just wait and see." ”

When the two of them returned to Beijing, in the afternoon it was time for the two sides to negotiate the construction of the railway, and Sindick, relying on his experience and skills in building the railway, said aggressively as soon as he came up: "We first ask you Chinese to guarantee our autonomy in the construction of the railway, for example, we need to arrange our own working hours every day." ”

Lin Yuan didn't say anything, but asked, "If you have any other requirements, put them forward all at once." ”

Cindy said: "In the process of railway construction, all the materials needed must be purchased by us, and you Chinese only need to pay for it, and you Chinese have no right to see the money needed." ”

A recorder on the side suddenly spoke: "We paid the money, but we can't even check where the money went, you guys are too bullying!" ”

Cindick said coldly: "You Chinese will not build a railway at all, so we don't let you interfere to ensure that the project can be completed on schedule, and since you don't understand the railway, those things are for you to show you you can't understand, it's better not to read it." ”

A few words made the recorder speechless, he turned his head to look at Lin Yuan, and found that Lin Yuan's face was sinking like water, so he stopped talking, and Cindick said: "Since the selected lines are proposed by your Chinese side, and the construction of these lines is very difficult, the construction period will be very long, and we require that the end date of the project be decided by us." ”

Another recorder couldn't listen anymore, and he said angrily: "We paid for the construction of the railway, but we couldn't even complete it on time, how can there be such a reason in the world!" You are so shameless! ”

Cindick shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said: "If you Chinese are not willing to do it, then you can ask another master, according to the difficulty of your railway line, only our company dares to take it!" ”

Lin Yuan smiled slightly and said, "Are you so sure that we Chinese won't build railways?" ”

Cindick said: "Don't look at the many railways you have built in the Northeast, but in our eyes, those railways should be eliminated. ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "I'll tell you about my conditions." ”

Cindick sneered in his heart: "You still dare to put forward conditions!" So he looked at Lin Yuan mockingly, and Lin Yuan said with a smile: "We will provide key components such as road beds, rails, road sleepers, etc., and you are only responsible for sending workers to install these parts under our command." ”

Cindick laughed: "I advise you not to do this, you come out of these things?" Will you build it? Do you understand how far apart the pillow should be? Do you know how to connect the rails and sleepers? Do you know how big a gap should be left between the rails and the rails? ”

Lin Yuan smiled faintly and said, "You don't have to worry about this, if you don't agree, you can leave now." ”

Cindick threw the papers in his hand on the table and said viciously, "In that case, I'm afraid we won't be able to cooperate!" ”

Lin Yuan gently put the document in his hand on the table, pointed to the door with his hand, and said coldly: "Then you will get out of here for me now!" As soon as the words fell, the Chinese in the room burst into applause.

Cindick stood up and said, "I hope you haven't forgotten our gamble, and I hope that through this gamble, you can clearly understand the difference in strength between us, and then you will beg us to help you build the railway." ”

Lin Yuan sneered: "I don't know which of us is asking for whom!" ”

As soon as Cindick left, Lin Yuan asked Hou Zhengfeng: "Should we go to the place where the competition is going to lay the railroad tracks?" ”

Hou Zhengfeng smiled faintly and said, "We don't use railroad tracks, we can defeat them the same." ”