readx;

"Okay, teacher, Mr. Cheng, the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty is still a bit far away for the time being, now let's discuss the second five-year construction plan of the Ministry of Railways!" Huo Shan said with a smile. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Hearing this, Huang Sheng and Zhan Tianyou glanced at each other, and nodded at the same time, now Huo Jiajun is at war with the Americans, and even after this war is over, they do need a period of time to recuperate, integrate the machinery and equipment, scientific research talents and vast land obtained from the United States, and incorporate them into Huo Jiajun's own development system. And these undoubtedly take a lot of time to achieve, so it is foreseeable that at least in two or three years, it will be difficult for Huo Jiajun to set off a big war to overthrow the Qing government and establish a country!

"Young Master, our Ministry of Railways plans to build 35,000 kilometers of railways between the provinces and cities of the Americas and the Pacific Islands in the next five years. The first of these is the 2,250-kilometer Baysan Railway, which starts from our border city with Canada (the original name is still used here for the sake of everyone's convenience), passes through Seattle, Olympia, Portland, Eugene, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and ends in San Diego, passing through 34 stations along the way. ”

"The second is to start at Sweetglass, on our border with Canada, through Shelby, Great Rapids, Helena, Butte, Lema, Ogden, Provo, Salt Lake City, Grand Canyon City, Phoenix, Tucson, and end at Nogalis, passing thirty-six stations along the way. The 3,100-kilometer-long Snow Railway!"

"The third is from Crosby on the northern Canadian border and via Stanley, Bismarck, Mobbridge, Peel, Kennebeke, Lexington, Salena, Wichita, Oklahoma City, and Dallas. With Houston as the terminus, it passes through 39 stations along the way, and the 3,350-kilometer-long Sixiu Railway!"

"The fourth is to start from Simon Firth, a port on the banks of the Mississippi River, and pass through the cities of Fort Smith, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Albuquerque, Sanders, Kingman, Barstow, and end at Long Beach, a good port on the Pacific coast, passing through forty-two stations along the way. The 2,600-kilometer-long West-Long Railway!"

"The fifth is to start at the port of St. Louis along the Mississippi River and pass through Kansas City, Lawrence, Wichita, St. John's, Dauts, Syracuse, Pueblo, Canon City, Greenlife, Las Vegas, Barstow, and other cities. Ending in Los Angeles, passing through 48 stations along the way, the San Lo Railway is 3,500 kilometers long!"

"In addition to these three vertical and two horizontal five railroad arteries, we are also preparing to build from New Orleans. Via Houston, San Antonio, Laredo, Buy-Karen. The 1,200-kilometer-long Ossie Railway from Ogden to Seattle via Boise, Pendleton, and Yakima, to Seattle. Starting from Apolis, Minnesota, through Omaha, to Kansas City, the 850-kilometer Mingkan Railroad. Start in St. Louis. Pass through Springfield to Oklahoma City. In addition to the 730-kilometer-long St. Russian Railway, there are 16 short-distance railways of more than 2,300 kilometers. ”

"According to the plan of the Ministry of Railways, 22,500 kilometers of railways will be built in the provinces and cities of the Americas in the next five years. It is believed that after the completion of the construction of these railways, coupled with the railways that the Americans have already built, the transportation conditions of our provinces and cities in the Americas will be greatly improved, and they will certainly provide good transportation conditions for the development of industry and agriculture in the provinces and cities of the Americas, as well as for the mobilization of military and national defense. ”

"So the remaining more than 10,000 kilometers of railways are ready to be built on the Nanyang Islands?" Huo Shan asked after listening to the information in his hand.

"Yes, young master, in five years, although we have completed the construction of the railways around the main islands, we have only supported the skeleton of the railways of various provinces and cities in Nanyang, and we still need many short-distance railways to weave this railway network more densely!" Zhan Tianyou said.

"Well, you're right, your Ministry of Railways has drawn up a very good plan for the construction of the railway, but why haven't I seen your plan for the construction of the railway for Youzhou Province (Youzhou Province is Alaska) in this report?" Huo Shan asked.

"Young master, Youzhou Province is located in the extreme north, shrouded in wind and snow all year round, for nearly half of the year, the temperature is below freezing, and there are no resources, it is too difficult to build a railway in this place, and it is not necessary. In addition, the funds for the construction of our railways are precious, and it is more beneficial to build railways in our American provinces and cities and Nanyang provinces and cities, or even within the Qing Dynasty, rather than building railways here!"

Although Zhan Tianyou has never been to Alaska, he has been studying in the United States for nearly ten years, and he has heard a lot about the largest state in the United States that Americans mock after dinner, the place called the 'Westward refrigerator', so it is inevitable that Alaska is a bitter cold place like the North Pole that does not melt all year round.

"Youcheng, you are wrong this time, Youzhou Province is not a bitter cold place, but a great treasure land! Not to mention anything else, just because we have occupied this place for more than two years, nearly seventy tons of gold have been mined from here in the treasury of the central bank!" Huang Sheng, who was sitting on the side, suddenly interjected.

"Seventy tons of gold?" Zhan Tianyou asked with a surprised expression. Although he was the Minister of Railways rather than a bank official, he also knew what a fortune seventy tons of gold was in this era after graduating from a prestigious school like Yale. Even the gold reserves of many countries in this era did not exceed this figure.

"Mr. Cheng, the resources of Youzhou Province are very rich, and it is located on the side of the Pacific Ocean, under the influence of the Pacific Ocean Warm Current, the minimum temperature in winter is only minus 112 degrees, which is not too cold! In addition, it is a well-forested place, which is also a good place to develop the timber processing industry! Also, there is a lot of oil here!" Huo Shan finally said.

"Oil?Xiaoshan, is this real?" asked Huang Sheng.

In this era, the internal combustion engine was far from mature, and although automobiles had appeared, their practicality was too poor, so the price and importance of oil were far less than that of later generations. However, lubricants and kerosene for lighting have made it clear that there is a huge wealth hidden in oil. And the rapid rise of the Rockefeller family in the United States has made this black liquid even more coveted.

The geologists of the Academy of Sciences have confirmed the fact that there is a large oil field in Youzhou Province, but because it is buried too deep, it cannot be exploited by our current means, so we have not told the teacher to know. Huo Shan said.

When it comes to Alaska's big oil fields, no one knows better than he, a man from later generations, that there are 3.7 billion barrels of oil on land alone, that there are 12 billion barrels of oil stored in the Chukchi Sea in the Arctic Ocean, and that the Cook Bay region of Alaska and the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic Ocean may also contain 8 billion barrels of oil assets.

In addition, there is also the world's largest lead-zinc mine in Alaska, the Red Dog Mine with reserves of more than 57 million tons, and also rich coal resources!

"Mr. Cheng, Youzhou Province is already our land, but now we have less than 50,000 Han residents living here, which is really too few! Moreover, the economy of Youzhou Province also needs to be developed, and the industry also needs to be built. Whether it is immigration or economic development, we must first ensure the convenience of transportation, and the first thing is the railway, only with a convenient railway system, can we truly integrate this land into the territory of our Chinese People's Army through immigration and economic development. Huo Shan said.

"Young master, I understand, after I go back, I will immediately organize capable personnel to formulate a reasonable five-year railway construction plan based on the actual situation in Youzhou Province!" Zhan Tianyou responded respectfully.

"Well, that's fine! But I hope you must complete the construction of two railway lines within five years!" After a pause, seeing that Zhan Tianyou had already taken out a pen and notebook to prepare for the record, Huo Shan continued: "One of them is the longitudinal railway from Anchorage, through Fairbanks, to Prad Hobe. The other is a transverse railway from Wales east of the Bering Strait, via Fairbanks, Tanaklos, Skagway, Juneau, to Stewart. ”

"Young master, I've already written it down!"

"Okay, these two railways are not too long, but the temperature in northern Alaska is low, the east is mountainous, the terrain is steep, and the construction of the railroad is difficult and technically difficult, so I give you five years to build the two railways in the Ministry of Railways. "Of course, I also have a request, I will use the funds for the construction of the railway, but you must hand me a railway that can be used all year round after five years!" Huo Shan said in a firm tone.

At the end of the 19th century, the Americans built the Pacific Railroad connecting Alaska to China through Canada, but this was built at an altitude of 3,000 meters above sea level in the Rocky Mountains, and it can only be opened to traffic in a few months of summer all year round.

Although he understood the difficulty of building a railway in Youzhou Province, Zhan Tianyou, who was full of resilience in his bones, still agreed, "Young master, our Ministry of Railways will definitely complete the railway construction task on time!"

"Okay, no matter what problems you encounter during the construction of the railway, you can come to me, and you can also ask all the scientists in our People's Army for help!

"Thank you, young master!" (To be continued.) )