Seeing that everyone nodded in unison, Cai Baijie pointed his fingers along the railway line on the drawing, all the way to the end of the original Xin'an County, "This is the future power plant, the distance between the two places is only seven kilometers, although it is not far, there is also a road connection, but if the coal used in the power plant is completely transported by car, it will be a tedious and inefficient work." In contrast, railway transportation has the advantages of simplicity, speed and large volume, and the cost performance is far better than that of road transportation. The construction of power plants is the focus of our work in the past few months, and only when the power plants are built can we talk about the development of industry. Therefore, this railway still has a lot to offer. ”

"Then why not unload coal from Fuyong? Where is it closer to the power plant? At most, two or three kilometers can be transported by car, and it doesn't take much effort. One of the drivers looked at the drawings and asked his own questions.

was questioned, Cai Baijie didn't feel offended, if he couldn't even convince his subordinates, how could he persuade the management committee to support his plan? So he took out a second drawing from the filing cabinet, "This question is very good, I think everyone will have such a question, why choose Chiwan instead of Fuyong, this is the second point I want to say, the plan for the construction of Chiwan Cargo Terminal." ”

"From the preserved data of the original time and space, it can be seen that Chiwan Port is located on the east bank of the Pearl River Estuary, connected to the Shekou Industrial Zone, and has the conditions for building a 50,000-ton deep-water berth. At the time of construction, with the approval of the State Council, two 35,000-ton berths were built by means of enterprise fund-raising and development. m, the entire project is planned to be carried out in two phases? Completion of a berth and simple commissioning by the end of the year? The second berth and its supporting works will be completed by the end of the year. After the completion of the wharf, it can dock two 35,000-ton cargo ships or two 45,000-ton Panamax bulk carriers at the same time, and the annual cargo throughput capacity of the port will reach 10,000 tons, and the international container throughput will exceed 10,000 TEUs. Cai Baijie pointed to the drawings while explaining to everyone, he has read more than ten times of these materials and has completely memorized them. Although Fuyong Wharf is a national first-class open port for passengers and cargo, the average annual passenger throughput of inbound and outbound passengers exceeds 10,000 tons, the cargo throughput exceeds 10,000 tons, and the international container throughput exceeds 10,000 tons. 10,000 standard boxes. But compared to Chiwan Port, it is far inferior. ”

Everyone has heard one or two from the nouns used by Minister Cai, Chiwan is called a port, and Fuyong is just a wharf, so naturally it cannot be compared. "Bao'an County will be our industrial center in the future, and Chiwan Port will shoulder the important task of importing raw materials and exporting industrial products. Cai Baijie made the final conclusion, "Although the railway from Chiwan to the power plant is only a seven-kilometer dedicated railway, it may not be possible to continue to extend in the future and become the transportation artery of Bao'an and even the entire Pearl River Delta." Moreover, the seven-kilometer railway is basically a straight line, and there is no obstruction of rivers and mountains, so the difficulty of building is not high, and it can accumulate experience for us to build long-distance railways in the future. After saying this, he glanced at Tian Shunming, who nodded at him.

Everyone was basically persuaded by Cai Baijie, and the agreement of the management committee to these two projects has become the consensus of the Ministry of Communications, and in order to be more convincing when proposing, more preparations need to be made now.

"Shun Ming, tell me from your professional point of view! Where should we start preparing now? Cai Baijie first asked the professionals.

Cai Baijie's plan suddenly thrown out, Tian Shunming has not fully digested it for a while, but how to carry out railway construction in the new time and space, he also secretly thought about it when he was alone. According to his idea, it is nothing more than to copy it as it is, dismantle the railroad of the original time and space, transport it to the new time and space, and then repave it again. He even imagined that the railways of two planes coincided, so that time and space could be traveled on the railway, and the locomotive, passenger and freight cars, flatbed cars, and tank cars could be driven directly from the original time and space to the new time and space. But according to Cai Baijie's plan, his ideas are not used at all. However, Minister Cai's idea also has his truth, the power plant of the original time and space was built by the sea, and there is no problem of transporting coal. In order to better protect the power plant in the new time and space, it can only be built in the county seat, so it is necessary to build a special railway. For example, in some large factories and mines in the north, special railways have even been built as commuter trains for workers to and from work, and it is a big deal to connect this railway with the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway in the future, so that it can play a greater role. After sorting out his thoughts, Tian Shunming began to answer his boss's question, "First of all, of course, the survey of the line, measure the total length of the railway, so as to calculate how long the rails are needed, as well as the number of sleepers and gravel." Then it is time to level the roadbed, and collect various materials. At this point he paused and looked at Cai Baijie, who motioned for him to continue.

"Although there are no rivers on this route and several mountain peaks are not blocked from the map, we still need to see what the actual situation is. If you don't have to build bridges, you don't have to climb hills and turns, that's even better. In this way, the work of leveling the roadbed is simple, and it is not much different from building a highway, and the engineering team of the Ministry of Construction can complete it. Tian Shunming's mouth was a little dry after saying this, and he had to stop and drink saliva before moving on to the next question. As for the materials for repairing the railway, the railway bureau has a lot of spare parts, and when we use it, we just have to move it, and it is more than enough to build a railway several kilometers long. Because it was the first railway we built, we could only choose a single line, and we didn't have to think about the turnouts or anything, we went straight and didn't even need to think about turning the head, so we needed much less materials. If there is not enough gravel, you can directly use a stone crusher to make it in the new spacetime, which is also very easy to solve. After a pause, his face became solemn, "What is difficult to solve is how to get the locomotive to a new plane. He said his original idea of driving a train directly through time and space, and the planned railway was dozens of kilometers away from the nearest railway in the original plane, and his idea was certainly not realized. This great difficulty was like an insurmountable mountain in front of everyone, and the people who were still excited stopped talking.

After a while, Bai Wei asked uncertainly: "Can you disassemble the front of the car into parts, transport it over and reassemble it?" ”

Tian Shunmin shook his head, "The front of the car is not as good as the carriage, and the structure inside is not professional and I don't understand it at all." The car may be able to be disassembled and reassembled by a few fitters, but if it is a dismantling of the head, I am afraid that a few more parts will come out. ”

Tian Shunming's cold joke caused a burst of chuckles, but Cai Baijie still frowned, it seemed that he still thought about the problem simply! He asked relentlessly: "Is the structure of the steam locomotive simpler?" Again, the answer is no.

"Why don't we kidnap a few foreign devil train mechanics and let them disassemble and assemble the front of the locomotive, after the fact...... Hum! "Someone came up with a bold idea.

Most people's eyes lit up, but Comrade Minister was not optimistic about this method, "The uncertainty is too great, and there should be differences in technology by a hundred years." "Of course, he can't discourage his subordinates too much, and sometimes starting a career requires unbridled imagination." However, it could be used as an alternative and be saved for last. Then he asked Tian Shunming, "Can you still find the steam locomotive now?" ”

"It's basically gone to run on the railway, but you can find a few in the repair shop or the railway college, and it's usually used as a teaching thing, or it's a thing for making movies." Tian Shunming had already thought about where to get all kinds of car fronts, so he gave the answer. "We haven't been looking for these places before, maybe there are survivors, and if we can find a few technicians, we can solve the problem."

Tian Shunming's words rekindled everyone's hope, punk lovers became excited again, and the topic of "riveting steamed steel" was raised again. However, this time it was Tian Shunming's turn to pour cold water on their ideas, "There are only a few steam locomotives, and they can only be used on this special line, the main line is the main diesel locomotive in the near future, and the main electric locomotive in the future, which is the direction of railway development!" ”

Punk lovers have been hit hard and weakened, and they can only hope that the railway, which still only exists on the drawings, will allow them to enjoy it. Seeing that most of the problems have been solved, Cai Baijie believes that the planning of this railway is 90% sure that it will be approved at the enlarged meeting of the management committee. Now it was time to put up the shelves of the railway department, so he began to encircle his capable officers, "Shunming, I plan to recommend you to the management committee to be the head of the railway department, are you willing to pick up this burden?" ”

Without waiting for Tian Shunming to answer, Bai Wei shouted first, "Iron Boss! Not your average cow! He hugged Tian Shunming, "Minister Tian, do you want to take care of your little brother when you are promoted!" ”

Tian Shunming was not stunned by this pie that fell from the sky, and replied with a calm expression: "The leadership and organization trust me, of course I am willing to share more work for the leader and the organization, I will definitely work hard and strive to live up to the trust of the leader!" Then he gently hugged Bai Wei and broke his hands away, and said to him: "The original Ministry of Railways has its own public security system, and it has become an independent kingdom, which is not a normal phenomenon. The MC will certainly not allow such a freak to exist, so you can't expect me to count on it. ”

Bai Wei said that he was joking, so he didn't show a disappointed expression, and Tian Shunming could have such a sober understanding, which made Cai Baijie impressed, so he said with a smile: "Shunming, tell me what you think." ”

Tian Shunming also knew that this was not the time to hide clumsy, so he talked eloquently, "The original Ministry of Railways has developed like that. There are special historical reasons for this. And we are starting from scratch, and the management committee will naturally not agree to build such an independent kingdom. Not only that, but I estimate that the management committee will let the railway department exist in the form of an enterprise, realize the separation of government and enterprise, and should establish a railway company controlled by the management committee. "It is no secret that Pearl River Holdings and Li Erfeng got that entertainment company together, and it is not a secret among the survivors, and it is not surprising that Tian Shunming will have such speculation. Bai Wei sighed: "The railway company is also good, it is self-financed, and there are no competitors. As the saying goes, 'when the train rings, there are ten thousand taels of gold', and there will be a lot of money in the future. We, the Ministry of Communications, can also throw off the hat of the Qingshui Yamen. ”

"What if the management committee takes the railroad company in its hands?" Cai Baijie reminded Bai Wei not to think about good things.

Tian Shunming has already considered this possibility and has also thought of a way to deal with it, "We can take the initiative to propose to the management committee to set up a railway company, and then ask that the railway company be placed under the Ministry of Communications as a subordinate enterprise." Moreover, it is impossible for the railway company to achieve profitability in the short term, and the Ministry of Construction is also planning to build a cement plant, and as their subordinate enterprise, the management committee cannot firmly grasp everything. ”

Tian Shunming's words coincide with Cai Baijie's thoughts, in his concept, that is, through the railway company to control the railway, build a port, set up a shipping company to control shipping, and later set up a civil aviation company, and then put such an enterprise under the control of the Ministry of Communications, so that the Ministry of Communications will become a powerful department to control sea, land and air civil transportation. He didn't confide in anyone else about this ambition, and now he has only taken a small step towards his goal. "Shun Min! You have a good idea, so it's up to you to do the planning report. Write beautifully, this is related to whether our Ministry of Communications can fight this turnaround battle! ”