In the eyes of employees in the old land where the railroad was laid before, the distance between the railroads in California is about four and a half feet, and the spacing of the old railroad tracks that have been laid in Texas is only a little more than five feet, so why is the spacing of the new rails about 6 feet?

The rails themselves are much thicker than those in California and Texas, and they feel heavy and solid.

It's just that these are not for employees to think about.

They want to use their own sweat to fight for a "better future".

The foremen spoke of a bright future.

Sweat and anticipation helped these employees resist the cold of minus 10 degrees Celsius in the American winter.

The wide spacing between the rails and the thick steel rails were the result of Tom's discussions with dozens of railway engineers.

In this era, trains were not as perfect as later generations, and the spacing of the tracks determined the upper limit of the width of the train traveling on it, and the wider it was, the greater the cargo capacity of the same length train car.

The quality of the rails determines the upper limit of the total weight of the train that the rails can withstand.

Taken together, the spacing of the rails and the quality of the rails determine the upper limit of the volume of cargo.

So why aren't the tracks in other areas now paved wider?

This is the contradiction between input and profit.

The wider the rails, the higher the demand for sleepers, the amount of construction work, the quality of the rails, and so on.

The most important thing is the increased cost that comes with the improved quality of the rails.

In this era, broad gauge is built for high loads, and the minimum standard of rail quality must also increase exponentially with the increase of track width.

In particular, the requirements for the quality of the rails at the curves.

In this case, the railway company had to carefully consider the track spacing during the initial construction.

For railway companies, why should they increase their initial investment in railways?

It would be nice to have a few more trains to transport goods in the future.

Hero is a different story.

Tom didn't build railroad tracks and roads for profit, just to keep these workers from eating for nothing.

Tom doesn't know when the economic crisis will ease, and he doesn't know that millions of Dichao employees will continue to come to the Americas in the future.

As for the profitability of roads and railroads, Tom doesn't intend to profit from a negligible market of Texans and local employees in northern Mexico.

In the face of the world economic crisis and the basic cessation of freight transportation, how did HERO obtain raw materials for road construction?

How did you buy all this cement, asphalt, and rails?

Of course, it was dug by itself, and in the past month, HERO has relied on the first hundreds of thousands of local dynasty employees who poured into the Second Mexican Empire, and has fully resumed the mines controlled by the former United Mexican States.

These mines are among the best rich mines in the Americas, and they are also the "ultimate goal" of the Europeans' invasion of Mexico, but unfortunately they were intercepted by Tom.

At that time, the United Mexican States could also be said to be "innocent and guilty".

In the mine, dusty and muddy faces were facing the employees, humming the "Miners' Song" taught by the foremen.

This is a "work song" tailored by Tom Smith for the local government employee miners.

More and more people were humming, and I didn't know who started it, so the miners began to sing loudly in the sweat and mud.

"Come on all the good peasants,"

"I have good news for you:"

"This nice soup man,"

"Brought us here,"

"And let's stay here."

"Which side are you on?"

"Which side are you on?"

"Which side are you on?"

"Which side are you on?"

"My father was a farmer,"

"I am the son of a farmer,"

"I'm going to follow Master Tang,"

"Until you earn a piece of silver."

"They say there are no real people on earth."

"You're either a brute in the eyes of the officials."

"Either the slaves of the Han Chinese landlords."

"Oh peasant, can you stand it?"

"Oh! Tell me how you can stand it? ”

"You're going to be a beast slave,"

"Or do you want to be a decent miner?"

"Don't be a pariahs to the earth again,"

"Don't listen to the lies of the officials."

"We don't have a chance in our poor hometown,"

"Unless we organize."

"Fly across the sea together, come to the hero company together."

"Let's be a miner!"

Tom only designed songs for miners, who had the highest mortality rate among these jobs and needed songs to give them some "comfort".

Meanwhile, on the other end of Texas, Tom Smith is singing.

Singing in despair.

Sing songs of despair.

At Smith Farm, a grim-faced Tom sat in the hall.

It was the first time since the birth of Tom that Tom had returned to Smith Farm, and looking at his family excited about the festive atmosphere, Tom could only sit in the corner and wait for the boring day to pass.

Tom hates Christmas the most, because for Texas workers, it's okay to have no holidays all year round, but Christmas has to be a day off.

For religious reasons, Tom had to shorten his working hours at Christmas, and he could not use this to reduce his wages for the day, which was a big loss.

Tom looked at the white people celebrating Christmas in front of him, and couldn't help but miss the hero and the black slaves.

HERO only needs to give a dumpling for the New Year, and that's it.

Black slaves are better to use, what a bullshit Christmas, as long as you stop working, you can go directly to the "cotton engine fuel" - whip, and you can work indefinitely.

Perpetual motion machine in human beings - Black Slave.

"Let's sing hymns together."

"Okay, yes, let Father Martin start."

"Then let's sing "Celebrate the World."

"Okay."

This Christmas, Tom's mother, Penny, donated a lot of supplies to several churches in the neighborhood.

For this reason, the church sent the priest who had been to Rome, Martin King, to Smith Farm to accompany the church's biggest benefactor to celebrate Christmas.

Led by Penny, everyone gathered around Father Martin and waited for Father Martin to take the lead in singing Christmas hymns.

"The whole world rejoices, and prepares..."

"The whole world rejoices, and the Savior descends!"

"The earth receives her king......"

“……”

"The Lord's love is wonderful,"

"The Lord's love is wonderful,"

"The love of the Lord, the love of the Lord is wonderful and inexplicable."

The whole family of the Smith family, led by the priest, sang this song "Celebration of the World" together.

Tom still sat in the corner of the hall, his mouth wide open, and he finished singing the carol "with tears in his eyes".

Boring Christmas.

Seeing the whole family doing all kinds of religious activities together, Tom wanted to leave.

"Ah~"

Tom, who yawned, saw tears streaming from the corners of his eyes because he was grateful to the Lord, and looked at the pocket watch in his hand again, and found that it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.

But just as he was getting dressed and ready to go out for a walk, Tom looked at Father Martin.

"How did it take me so long to realize that I hadn't taken advantage of religion and education!"

Tom was reminded of the religious and educational plans he had made in New York.