Qingdao County New Steel Mill.

"Spread the order of the Son of Heaven, ordering your factory to postpone all orders from now on. Priority for national orders. ”

The director of the new steel plant in Qingdao County hurriedly stood up, with a look of embarrassment: "Leader, those orders can't be pushed." If those orders are pushed, our factory will have to pay a lot of liquidated damages. Word of mouth will also decline. ”

If it was placed in the era of the Kyushu Imperial Court, you would do whatever the emperor asked you to do, who would dare to negotiate conditions with the country?

But now I dare.

Du Tianzi personally ordered that the new steel mill in Qingdao County would even resist.

The official who gave the order was full of seriousness: "Director Zhang, you have to do it yourself." This batch of national orders is the top priority, the Kyushu Academy of Sciences and the new Kyushu government jointly discussed the project, you Qingdao County New Steel Plant is fortunate to receive this batch of orders is your honor, after the completion of this project Qingdao County New Steel Plant reputation will rise again. This is also the state's support policy to support steel mills around the country. Only one of you in Dongzhou received one-eighth of the orders, and all states in the country except Xizhou have chosen a steel mill to take this order. You think about the heaviness in it. ”

Director Zhang complained bitterly: "But we still need a lot of orders." It's not that we don't accept this order, but don't let us put down other orders. ”

"No, this batch of orders is a high-level state secret. It is not possible to accept other commercial orders at the same time as the production of this batch of orders. Of course, in cooperation with the government, oil and water are indispensable to you. Director Zhang, you can contract out your orders to other steel mills. It's also an option. ”

"Can you tell me what it was producing?"

Rail ......

After the official finished talking about the idea of the railway, Director Zhang's eyes lit up and he immediately said, "We took it." ”

"Why are you happy again?"

"Hahaha, to the point of Dongzhou No. 1 Steel Mill, money is no longer important. We want honor. ”

"Didn't you just want honor?"

"Hey...... I didn't expect the honor to be so big. ”

"Didn't Director Zhang say forget it?"

"How can this be counted? But I only have one request. ：”

"You say."

"The steel rails produced by our Qingdao County New Steel Mill must be printed with the words 'Qingdao County New Steel Plant' on every section. After the train is opened, it will go around Qingdao County and set up a new steel mill station in Qingdao County. After the new steel mill station is set up, all the excess rail materials are provided by the new steel mill in Qingdao County, and the state does not need to pay a penny. ”

"The first request can be agreed, and the second request is exempt. The railway line is not spared. ”

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At the same time, steel mills in eight states across the country except Xizhou have received orders.

This is a rain and dew leveling method, although it will slow down the process and increase the cost. But it was intentional on the part of the government.

The railway is destined not only to Laoshan to Quancheng County, but one day, it will bloom everywhere in New Kyushu.

This time, the orders for rails were scattered and contracted to eight states and eight steel mills, which also wanted other states to start learning technology and accumulating experience. When the time comes, when the state asks which state to start building railways, it will not be blind on the spot, at least there is manufacturing experience to follow.

When the time came to assemble the railway from Laoshan to Quancheng County, it was also operated by the people of the steel mill. Let them intern first. If you don't understand, the Kyushu Academy of Sciences will explain it uniformly, which is the real cost saving.

This is the so-called rain and dew evenly wet.

Qingdao County New Steel Plant, Kyushu Academy of Sciences sent a technical advisor here.

"Director Zhang, you have already seen the drawings of the rails. What's not to understand? ”

Director Zhang held the drawing in his hand: "Although this rail is I-shaped, I don't understand one thing, how can it stand firmly?" If the train passes over it, will it overturn? ”

"No, first of all, the rails are to be double-layered. There are wheels on both sides of the train that are pressed against it, and the force is even. Secondly, there is a beam connection between the left and right rails. Finally, the rails are buried in the infill and held in place by some components. It's not as complicated as you might think. All you need to do is ensure that it is smooth, no bending, always straight, and no cracks. But don't take it lightly, this is a test of your plant's smelting technology. The rails produced must all be of the same specification, and there must be no mistakes at all. ”

Director Zhang nodded: "I understand." By the way, can't you really let the train pass through Qingdao County at that time? Is it possible to set up a new steel mill station in Qingdao County, and our factory is willing to bear all the excess rail materials. ”

"Hehehe."

“……”

At the same time, the line from Laoshan to Quancheng County also began to be measured.

"From Laoshan County to Quancheng County, the straight-line distance is 300 kilometers."

"But if we want to get around the mountain in front of us, we need to add 20 kilometers of route. Do you think we should build a bridge for the train to pass over the mountain, or dig a tunnel through the mountain? ”

"Hahaha, you are really fantastical, building bridges over the mountains...... In my opinion, it is more reliable to make a tunnel out of the mountain. ”

"Have you calculated the cost and how much it will cost to dig this mountain?"

"To dig a tunnel, the cost is about 50,000 gold coupons for a distance of about one meter. If you want to dig this mountain through at least four kilometers away, 200 million gold coupons......"

Everyone looked at each other and couldn't help but gasp. 200 million gold coupons. Astronomical.

According to the figure given by the Cost Bureau, 200 million is probably the total cost of all the rails plus a train. As a result, it takes 200 million gold coupons to dig just four kilometers of mountain, which is a bit scary.

In fact, it's not just the mountain that needs to be dug in front of you. According to the route as straight as possible, ten tunnels will need to be dug along the way, and the total length of the tunnels is 20 kilometers. Dig these 20 kilometers, and the railway is a straight line, with a total length of 300 kilometers.

If these 20 kilometers of tunnels were not dug, a detour would have been required and the length would have increased. The total length is 420 kilometers. A full one hundred and twenty kilometers of routes were added.

In Quancheng County, Du Taiping was also a little stunned after hearing the report: "Increasing the length of 120 kilometers, then theoretically, it will also increase the journey by at least an hour and 20 minutes." But digging 20 kilometers of tunnels will cost more than a billion expected! ”

The secretary general of the office had a bitter face: "One billion." The cost of this railway is too high, right? ”

"It's not that the railway is expensive, it's that the tunnel is too expensive. To dig or not to dig? You send a telegram to the Kyushu Academy of Sciences, and ask President Li to decide. ”

"Then what if Dean Li says he won't dig it?"

"He said he wouldn't dig if he didn't dig it."

"Then what if Dean Li digs?"

"That'...... Try to convince him not to dig. One billion gold coupons are enough for anything. ”

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