Chapter 513: The Great Construction of the Railway

PS: 9000 words big chapter, it's no problem to count two more.

Ask for a ticket at the end of the month......

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On October 15, 2776 (1935), Sama City, Bo Ni Province (Sammarinda).

Bo Ni Province is a new territorial overseas province that was localized seven years ago, and its jurisdiction is over the entire Borneo (Kalimantan) and the Wansheng Islands (Natuna Islands) and other surrounding islands. At present, it is divided into only five municipalities, namely Tawau City (formerly Sabah and Brunei regions, and a small part of northeastern Sarawak), Kuching City (the remaining area of former Sarawak), Laembange City (formerly West Kalimantan Province and Wansheng Islands in Indonesia), Malin City (Central and West Kalimantan Province and South West Kalimantan Province), and Sama City (East and West Kalimantan Province).

Therefore, the area of these cities is relatively large, with the smallest Tawau City having more than 83,000 square kilometers, the largest Sama City having more than 202,000 square kilometers, and the second largest city of Malchen with more than 197,000 square kilometers. If it is placed in the mainland, it is equivalent to the territory of a province. However, the division of administrative units in China has never been based on the size of the territory, but on the size of the population.

The total population of the province is about 9.1 million, with the most populous capital Tawau City having a population of about 2.5 million, Ma Chen's city about 2.4 million, Lan Phong City about 2.3 million, Kuching City about 1.2 million people, and Samma City about 1.1 million. The vast majority of them were immigrants from the interior after 1918, accounting for about 80 percent of the population, about 12 percent of the Chinese immigrated here before 1918, and some immigrants from new territories such as Korea, Vietnam, Anxi, and Anbei, accounting for about 7 percent, and as for the aborigines here, there were less than 1 percent.

In the past, during the riots in the Dutch East Indies, all the rioters who participated in the riots were later suppressed, and those who should be killed were killed, those who should be reformed through labor, and together with their immediate family members, because there were many people who participated in the riots, there were also many people in the labor reforms, and these people were still undergoing labor reform. When is it remodeled, and when is it released. Otherwise, once such dangerous elements are released, it will have a serious impact on public order and isolate them from normal society, which is also a responsible attitude towards society, as well as for themselves, so as not to be executed after committing a serious crime.

In fact, even among this group of thugs, the people who were directly executed were all serious criminals and masterminds, and the number was not very large, and the entire Dutch East Indies was only two or three million at most, and other accomplices who did not commit serious crimes and the families of criminals were sentenced to labor camp. Because Wen Desi is the most opposed to indiscriminate killing and massacre, in his opinion, people are valuable resources, indiscriminate killing and massacre is the most inefficient and ineffective method, of course it is simple to kill all these people, but what is the use except to be able to vent gas? Those people can't create value, it would be too wasteful, and this tone is mainly for the Dutch, Wen always can be stupid. He can't get a dead man to work.

The only one on earth who has this kind of ability in the official history record, only the Lich King Zhang Xianzhong, the history books of the Qing Dynasty say that he killed "60,000 people" in Sichuan, and he can resist the Qing Dynasty in Sichuan for more than ten years. Wen Deji is very envious of this kind of ability, but unfortunately the earth of this plane is not an illusion plane, and it is impossible for him to learn this trick.

As for the Indonesian natives who did not participate in the riots, of course, they went to a civilized school specially prepared for the various indigenous peoples of the new territory, and went to study hard. Well, their hukou is unified in the school, so naturally it is not counted in the local government.

The Chinese government claims that the "civilized schools" have been established to raise the level of civilization of the indigenous people of the new territories, such as the Indonesian and Malay peoples, and to enable them to enter civilized society as soon as possible. Mr. Wen believes that it is inhumane to leave anyone in the darkness before civilization. Therefore, he decided to adopt a concentrated study method to help the indigenous people in the Nanyang region quickly enter the civilized society, and become useful people to the society, people who are free from low-level interests, and people who are beneficial to the people.

The curriculum of the Civilization School is the most perfect and scientific curriculum that has been carefully deduced and planned by many Chinese experts, carefully studied, carefully discussed, and used advanced computer modeling and analysis.

So what is the curriculum? Considering the level of civilization of indigenous peoples, there are three main courses.

The first is, of course, Chinese. This is because how can it be called a civilized language as far as the extremely primitive language of the Nanyang aborigines is concerned? Their language not only lacks all kinds of vocabulary of modern science, but also does not even have written language, so how can they be regarded as civilized people without a civilized language? Therefore, Chinese, the most scientific, most advanced, most civilized, and most reasonable language, has become a compulsory course for them. Even if they don't need to pass level 4 or 6, they must at least be able to learn everyday language. Otherwise, how can we contribute to China and human civilization?

The second is the training of work ability. Everbright Earth Civilization is the common responsibility and obligation of all human beings on the earth, and the local indigenous people are also a part of the human race on the earth, so they must devote themselves to this great and common cause of mankind, and conscientiously contribute their strength and wisdom to the sublimation of all mankind. If they cannot master the work skills to adapt to a civilized society, how can they contribute to the construction of civilization for all mankind?

Therefore, in addition to learning Chinese, it is necessary to study a variety of other professional knowledge, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology. Mathematics is the foundation of all modern sciences, and if modern society does not know mathematics, it is semi-illiterate, and since the name of a civilized school is "civilization," how can it cultivate semi-literacy? Even if it is impossible to master complex high mathematics, it is necessary to know the basic four arithmetic.

Physics, chemistry, and biology are also very important, very important basic disciplines, which do not require them to have advanced research, but at least the basic knowledge must be a little bit. In addition to the basic disciplines, of course, it also includes the learning of their different professional knowledge, as well as the training of labor skills.

Of course, we all know that teaching is not perfect just by sitting in the classroom and not hearing what is going on outside the window. In order to integrate these people into civilized society as soon as possible, the Chinese government has adopted better and more effective advanced teaching methods that combine theory with practice. As the saying goes, "what you get on paper is shallow, and you must do it if you want to know it", theory must be combined with practice, and it is necessary to apply what you have learned in order to truly learn knowledge. Therefore, learning through labor is the best way to learn.

In a civilized school, the daily lessons are arranged in this way. Every morning, when the sky is still dark, the wake-up call in the civilized school sounds, and the natives will get up quickly, dress and put on their shoes as quickly as possible, and clean up their beds, and for the discordant elements who are lazy and lie in bed, the conscientious and responsible instructors will urge them to get up with whips, electric batons, police dogs, and other effective means. This is also for their good, the morning time is the most precious, the plan of the day lies in the morning, if you don't hurry up and study hard, how can you quickly become a civilized person?

Then it's time to gather and count and warm up before breakfast, and then have breakfast in the cafeteria. Everything is a collective action, one person makes a mistake, the whole team is punished, this is also to cultivate their collective concept, this is all for their good.

After breakfast, it's time to study through labor. Male aborigines generally have several places of study: mines, construction sites, farms and plantations. They will spend the whole day there learning how to be a civilized person.

For example, in the mine, learn how to use advanced machinery and tools for mining, how to drive advanced electric mining trucks along narrow pits to transport ore to the surface, how to maintain and maintain these equipment and tools, how to determine whether the mine is facing the danger of gas leakage, collapse, water seepage, etc., how to strengthen the mine that may collapse, how to pump water, how to avoid gas poisoning, and how to save oneself in the event of a mining disaster...... And so on and so forth. These are the crystallization of the wisdom of modern civilization, and the Chinese government has selflessly taught them.

Of course, when teaching in the mining industry, sometimes it is inevitable to encounter some unexpected teaching accidents, such as mine collapses, gas explosions, mine water seepage, and other messes. But this is just the pain in the process of moving towards civilization, and if you don't pay for it, how can you get it? The ancients said: "If you hear the truth, you can die at night!" If you can die in the process of learning civilization, you will be happy even if you are a ghost.

In addition to the mines, there is also a construction site that is also a good classroom, where you can learn all kinds of modern construction techniques, and learn a lot of important mathematical and physical knowledge. For example, Nanyang aboriginal students who study at the construction site of the railroad can learn how to lift, how to drive a vehicle, how to lay sleepers, how to lay rails, how to lay ballast, how to make road nails and other advanced labor skills, as well as "why the distance between sleepers is equal", "why the rails are parallel" and so on, which contain profound mathematics, physics and physiological knowledge. This greatly improved their scientific and cultural level and improved their level of civilization.

As for the Nanyang aboriginal students who study on farms and plantations, they can also learn a lot about modern agriculture and biology.

Out of respect for women, such civilized quality education will naturally involve women. The indigenous women of the South Seas were taught how to do some primary processing of certain agricultural products, as well as some knowledge about modern farming.

Of course, those indigenous children who have the ability to work partially should also participate in the work within their ability and learn all kinds of useful knowledge in the course of work. Ten years of trees and a hundred years of people, when a civilized person has to start from a baby.

The third item is the education of ideological and moral qualities and social and public qualities; merely learning advanced and civilized Chinese, learning all kinds of scientific knowledge and labor skills, can not be regarded as a complete civilized person, he or she must also have ideological and moral qualities and social public qualities that are in line with them. As we all know, only by developing "morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, and laboriously" in an all-round way can one become a qualified and civilized person, a person who is free from low-level interests, and a person who is beneficial to the people. It is not unreasonable that "morality" should be ranked first, and this is the experience of Chinese civilization over thousands of years.

The responsible instructors have worked tirelessly to teach the students, teaching them to learn the various ideological and moral qualities and social and public qualities that modern civilized people should have, such as teaching them discipline and organization, teaching them to love the motherland, loving labor, loving science, teaching them modern social ethics and traditional Chinese morality, teaching them to abide by discipline and law, being civilized and polite, as well as good personal hygiene habits, and various common etiquette, and so on. It is all the more necessary to educate them to cultivate good working habits, because the working people are the most glorious, and if they are still as lazy and lazy as before, it will certainly not work.

Of course, the indigenous people of Nanyang are too primitive, and they lack many of the qualities that civilized people should have, so the instructors are painstakingly using advanced and effective education methods such as leather whips, electric batons, and police dogs. It must be explained that this is not deliberate abuse, as the saying goes, "the stick produces filial piety", which is the historical wisdom of China for thousands of years, and the ancients did not deceive me. So, the Chinese government is treating them like sons.

What is even more commendable is that the Chinese government has taught the indigenous people so much valuable modern knowledge, guided them to become high-quality civilized people, and even provided them with sumptuous food (two dishes and one soup, full of rice), neat clothes and a clean and hygienic living environment free of charge. It has also launched a humanized service that will not learn this issue and learn again for free in the next period. This is so great, too kind, too loving for the people like a son.

It's just that the indigenous people are too primitive and too low-quality, so in order for them to truly integrate into the civilized society and truly become people who contribute to human civilization, this learning time will be a little longer. Ten years of trees and a hundred years of people, the compassionate Wen is always ready to educate them for a hundred years, study hard and make progress every day, so good.

Of course, the brilliance of civilization is to shine on the whole world, so it is not only the indigenous peoples of the South Seas region who are taught in the schools of civilization, but also the indigenous peoples of various new territories such as East Asia, Indochina, Central Asia, South Asia, North Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

Of course, after more than 10 years of civilized education, there are also many talented indigenous people who have successfully passed the assessment of civilized schools, graduated successfully, and become qualified Chinese citizens. Probably because of their traditional habits, genetics or some other reason.,The vast majority of the graduates of civilized schools are girls.,Young royal sisters and girls.,And some Lori.。

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At this time, a group of students from the Civilization School were studying on the spot at a construction site on the outskirts of Sanma City. Machines roared, and cars carrying supplies came and went.

"Hurry up, we will finish this section today...... several Chinese workers are tirelessly teaching and supervising these students on the spot.

"Come here, stack these piles of sleepers on the laying cart, and fold them neatly one by one. ”

"Send these ballast over ......"

As soon as the workers gave the order, the indigenous students worked hard like clockwork robots. The natives of the South Seas are known for their laziness, and the Dutch have trained them for hundreds of years without teaching them a human form. In the history of the original time and space, even the Great Japanese Locust Army could not do anything about them, and they could not teach them well with bayonets, poison gas, and leather whips. However, this has never been a problem for Mr. Wen, who firmly believes that there is nothing in the world that cannot be educated.

Look, isn't it going to be fruitful now? These students are just like robots, and they do whatever they say. You say they're glazed-eyed, well, that must be your delusion. Looking at their hot labor scenes, this is clearly full of vitality and passion.

At this time, on the side of the construction site, a team of personnel dressed as cadres were observing the hot labor site.

"It looks like everyone is very good!" Ximen Chuixue smiled and asked a man with eyes next to him, "Manager Wang, when will the round-the-island railway be opened?"

Manager Wang hurriedly said: "Governor Ximen, we have a total of 100,000 workers here, 200,000 civilized students, and 45 construction sites are under construction at the same time. With so much manpower and equipment, we are confident that we will be able to secure the opening of the Boni Ring Island Railway by June next year. ”

Ximen Fuxue nodded with satisfaction and said: "Very good, the Bomud Ring Island Railway is an important project in this province, we must not only rush the construction period, we must pay attention to quality! Quality is the most important! In addition, the safety issue cannot be relaxed." Mr. Wen has repeatedly emphasized that people are the most precious resource, and whether it is our workers or civilized students, we must pay attention to their personal safety. ”

"Yes, Comrade Governor. Our company has 20 years of experience in railway construction, has always paid great attention to quality and safety, we have a perfect quality management system and safety management system, you can rest assured ......" Manager Wang hurriedly said.

Hearing this, Ximen Chuixue just smiled, he is not a new hand, after so many years of leadership, he still knows the things in it very well. He is very aware of the virtues of these engineering companies, and of course they attach great importance to the workers of their own unit and their country, after all, all kinds of relevant laws and regulations are placed there, and those who dare not take it seriously are either pushed to the end or entered. But for those civilized students, I'm afraid they won't care so much. But it doesn't matter, as long as you don't overdo it.

He said noncommittally: "In the Sixth Five-Year Plan, the country wants to achieve the goal of 750,000 kilometers of railway operating mileage, and we have a target of 8,000 kilometers in Boni Province. This 3,560-kilometer-long trunk railway around the island is the most important, followed by two trunk railways running through the whole island, one vertical and one horizontal, and more than 2,000 kilometers of branch railways. Did I finally win over these civilized students from the new management committee, and you also know that construction is being carried out everywhere in the country, and manpower is tight. The central government is also paying close attention to the issue of personal safety, especially unnecessary losses......"

The implication of his words is that you should also take it easy for Lao Tzu, don't make too many accidents or accidents, otherwise everyone will be unhappy.

"Rest assured, Comrade Governor. We will strengthen the nutritional supplementation and medical protection of the field staff. Due to the hot local climate, we work in shifts, working two hours in each shift and then coming down to rest. ”

Borneo is the third largest island in the world, with more than 743,000 square kilometers and rich in natural resources, but its population has not been large, even at the beginning of the 21st century, the population did not exceed 15 million. There are two biggest reasons for this, one is the lack of food, because it is a green desert, not suitable for farming, there are too few places to grow food, and the yield is very low. The second reason is that transportation is inconvenient, and a large number of valuable minerals are concentrated in the central mountainous area, which is difficult to develop.

The first problem is easy to solve, Mr. Wen has a lot of biological black technology in his hands, and it is too easy to find some crops suitable for green deserts. Moreover, at present, there is so much grain in the country that even a single mu of grain in Boni Province can be transferred from other provinces.

This food problem is no longer a problem. The second traffic issue becomes the key.

Since ancient times, the transportation on the island of Borneo has been inconvenient, and the transportation in the inland areas is mainly by rivers, and in some inland areas, river transportation is the only mode of external transportation. The navigable length of rivers in the northern part of Borneo Island rarely exceeds 160 kilometres, and many inland areas that are not accessible by rivers remain isolated from modern society in the 21st century.

However, this is not the case on the plane, and when Borneo became Chinese territory, various major construction projects began here, as in the rest of the country. In addition to continuing to strengthen the existing river transportation, it is to overhaul the railways and roads, and in the Sixth Five-Year Plan, the Ring Island Line and two main railways running through the island, one vertical and one horizontal, will be completed, and on the basis of these three main lines, many branch lines will be established to form a railway network covering the whole island.

"Well, I've seen the situation here pretty much the same. Xiao Liu, where are we going next?" Ximen Fuxue turned around and asked the secretary.

The secretary flipped through the notebook and said, "Comrade Simon, according to the schedule, your next step is to go to Sanma Port to inspect the construction of the 200,000-ton oil tanker port, and then go to Liban County (Balikpapan) to inspect the construction of the oil refinery......"

"Alright, let's go. Simon blew snow and wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead.

Comrade Simon was born in 1890, and now he is 45 years old and has entered middle age, which is the golden age of senior cadres. As an old revolutionary who followed Wen Desi before the founding of the People's Republic of China, he began to be a village chief at the age of 18, and then a township head, a county magistrate of Ryukyu County, a deputy mayor of Ryukyu City, a mayor of Quanzhou City, and a vice governor of Annam Province all the way. can become a fiefdom at the age of 45, unless it is some strong person or the second generation, and only this kind of founding hero is possible.

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After Comrade Simon and others left, the construction site of the railway continued to work.

Wang Jianguo, who was driving the track laying machine, rushed into the lounge next to the construction site like a wind after changing shifts with his colleagues, picked up a large cup of herbal tea, and drank it all in one gulp.

wiped the water stains on the corners of his mouth, and couldn't help but say: ", the weather here is really hot......"

A colleague next to him rolled his eyes when he heard this: "Then it doesn't need to be said, this is the equator." I just measured it with a theodolite, and our construction site is just in the middle of the equator. I'm so lucky to get here. I would have gone to the lottery if I had known!"

Wang Jianguo wiped his face with cold water, stood in front of the air conditioner and blew: "Hey, it's still cool here, how can you live without air conditioning in this place......"

At this time, another colleague who had changed shifts rushed in, and as soon as he came, he ran to the air conditioner and stood there, shouting: "It's hot, it's hot." Fortunately, there is air conditioning now, and I now think that air conditioning is the greatest invention in the world!"

In this hot environment, the rooms on the site are all new tropical mobile homes, insulated, with circulating water pipes on the roofs and walls, and air-conditioned offices, dormitories and lounges, or at least fans.

"Yes, it's quite hot here at the equator......" Wang Jianguo smiled, walked to his seat, opened his cabinet, took out a pen and paper, and began to write a letter home.

Wang Jianguo is Wang Qinian's eldest son, because he was born in the year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, so Wang Qinian gave him the name "Jianguo". This name is very contemporary, of course, another way of saying it is rotten streets, and many babies born that year are called "Jianguo". Coupled with the surname "Wang", the people called Wang Jianguo in the whole country may not have one million, but I am afraid that there are four or five hundred thousand. Among the more than 3,000 people on this construction site alone, there are 8 Wang Jianguo, and one of them is a sister.

"Hello Dad, Mom, are your younger siblings doing with their studies? You have received the clothes and food you have sent. In fact, there is no need to send these, we have no shortage of food and clothing here, and we have everything we want. Wang Jianguo wrote fluently that he also has a younger brother and two younger sisters, the younger brother is called Wang Aiguo, and the younger sister is called "Aiwen" and "Yingxin" respectively, well, they are very contemporary.

"We have everything good here, but the weather is too hot, our construction site is right in the middle of the equator, my colleague has measured it, and it is exactly the same, don't you think it's funny?"

He thought for a moment and went on to write: "...... According to the company's plan, we will finish it here next year. This year I have a month's off, and I plan to save it for the Chinese New Year...... Our next step is probably to go to Myanmar, which seems to be very hot ......."

Wang Jianguo filled two pages, thought about nothing to write, wrote a few closing sentences, put the letterhead into an envelope, wrote the address, recipient and zip code of his home, and sealed the mouth. So he ran to the mailroom and handed it over to the postal mailman.

"Oh, the letter from home...... the sender took it, looked at it, picked up a stamp, pasted it on, and put it in the mail to be sent.

According to the company's welfare, employees do not have to pay for mailing home letters, all of which are subsidized by the company, and only half of the postage is paid for mailing packages. However, now that China's transportation is developed, the postage is not expensive, it is nothing at all, and 2 cents stamps can send letters to most parts of the country. Nanyang is sent to Sichuan because it has to be sent by air, so it is slightly more expensive, but it only costs 5 cents.

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In the afternoon of the same day, the car from the post office arrived at the scene, delivered the day's mail, and picked up the mail to be sent. Post office staff then began sorting the letters, and the next morning, a small postal plane took off from Wang's letter and flew directly to Tawau, the provincial capital. After the provincial post office summarizes, it is differentiated according to the place of delivery.

On the morning of the third day, a large postal plane flew to the mainland of China, stopping at Saigon, Hanoi, and Kunming along the way, unloading mail sent to these identities, and then flying to the airport of Neijiang City.

On the sixth day after Wang Jianguo sent his letter, Wang Qinian received a letter from his son.

"Wang, your letter, from my son......" The toll collector entered the office with a stack of letters.

"Hehehe, thank you......" Wang Qinian hurriedly opened the letter and looked at it, his face was already smiling like a flower, but his mouth said: "This kid has not been worrying since he was a child, and he only writes a letter once a month." ”

"Hahaha, Lao Wang, your son should also find a partner, right? What do you think of the second daughter of the old Liu family in the sixth factory?" said a colleague with a smile.

"I grew up watching that girl, so I don't have a problem. The kid said that he would come back before the Spring Festival, and he would arrange for them to meet at that time......" Wang Qinian said with a smile.

After getting off work that night, Wang Qinian shouted as soon as he got home: "Wife, wife, Jianguo has a letter......

"Where is the letter from the founding of the country?" a middle-aged beautiful woman who still had charm hurriedly rushed out of the kitchen. This is Wang Qinian's wife.

"What about here......" Wang Qinian shook the letter.

As soon as Man Tianxing snatched the letter in Wang Qinian's hand, he hurriedly looked at it. The stars wiped their tears while reading the letter.

"This kid, it's taken so long to write back!" said the starry sky.

"Hey, aren't people busy with their work? Now the whole country is overhauling railways, and 150,000 kilometers of railways will be completed during the Sixth Five-Year Plan period, and their railway construction company has a very heavy task. Wang Qinian changed into loungewear and turned on the TV. When I heard my wife's complaints, I looked disapplieving, as if the same things I said in the company did not exist.

At this time, Wang Qinian suddenly smelled a mushy smell, and when he turned around, he saw his own eyes coming out of the kitchen.

", wife, your pot is smoking!" Wang Qinian exclaimed, pointing to the kitchen.

"Oops......" Man Tianxing hurriedly ran into the kitchen, and Wang Qinian also ran in. The two of them were busy for a while before they finished the kitchen.

"Oh, what's going on?There's a fire in the house?Dad,...... Mom," a girl's voice came from the living room.

"Ahem, cough, ahem......" Wang Qinian walked out.

"Dad, is the kitchen on fire?" the girl asked. This is Wang Qinian's third queen Awen, still in high school, with black hair like clear water noodles, tall figure, beautiful facial features, and a very cute soft girl.

"Your mother only cared about reading the letter and burned the pot to ......" Wang Qinian spread his hands. "Forget it, when your brother comes back, let's go eat out tonight......"

"Whose letter?"

"Your eldest brother's letter ......" Mantianxing walked out, his face still dark and gray.

"I want to see ...... too," Wang Aiwen cried.

"Third sister, what do you want to see?" At this time, a young man also opened the door and came in. This is Wang Qinian's youngest son, Wang Aiguo, who is just in his third year of junior high school this year. The second queen Yingxin is studying at university in Wuhan and is not living at home now.

"Your eldest brother's letter ......," Wang Qinian said.

"Wow, isn't the eldest brother in Bo Ni, isn't it fun over there. I saw on the Internet that there are a lot of strange animals and plants over there, did my eldest brother take some photos and come back?" Wang Aiguo said excitedly.

"You know it's fun, your eldest brother is working, how can he have the time to take pictures of you!" Wang Qinian reprimanded unhappily.

"I'm not here for fun!" Wang Aiguo hurriedly defended: "I want to be a biologist in the future, I am preparing for my ideals......

Wang Aiguo said ostentatiously: "There are many special creatures in Bo Ni Province, such as the world's largest flower, the Malaysian giant flower, and the endemic Borneo elephant. There is also the world's longest snake, the world's largest moth, the world's smallest squirrel, and the world's smallest orchid...... You see so many things, how can you, as a future biologist, not pay attention?"

"Okay, Comrade Wang Aiguo, a future biologist, are you hungry now?" Wang Aiwen quipped.

"Well, I'm hungry, this is a normal physiological phenomenon...... Wang Aiguo said seriously.

"Okay, don't talk about your biology, go out to eat......" Wang Qinian said that his son couldn't help it, so he had to change the target.

"Why go out to eat?"

"Because my mother burned the rice......"

An hour later, the Wang family went home from dinner at a restaurant outside.

As soon as he returned home, Wang Aiguo commented: "My eldest brother is really outdated, and he still uses such primitive letters, doesn't he know how to use the Internet to send emails? The original letters take a week to arrive at home, and if he uses the Internet, it will only take a few seconds." ”

"It's a railway construction site over there, where did the network come from? You think it's your school......" Wang Aiwen gave him a blank look.

"Isn't there a radio network now? I don't believe Big Brother won't have it in the company. ”

"However, this is something that has just come out, and it won't be popularized so quickly......" Wang Aiwen thought for a while and said.

"Hey, I'll just say you don't pay attention to scientific progress. Wang Aiguo said proudly: "Yesterday in the news on the Internet, it is now necessary to establish wireless network base stations across the country, and it can be popularized to the ......whole country in half a year at the latest."

Wang Qinian's heart moved when he heard this, and said: "Actually, I think we can also install the network at home, so it will be convenient to contact your brothers and sisters." ”

"Dad Yingming, you have finally caught the last train of the times!" Wang Aiguo gave it a thumbs up.

"Bastard, no big or small!" Wang Qinian's face was blank. quantity and safety, we have a perfect quality management system and safety management system, you can rest assured ......," Manager Wang hurriedly said.

Hearing this, Ximen Chuixue just smiled, he is not a new hand, after so many years of leadership, he still knows the things in it very well. He is very aware of the virtues of these engineering companies, and of course they attach great importance to the workers of their own unit and their country, after all, all kinds of relevant laws and regulations are placed there, and those who dare not take it seriously are either pushed to the end or entered. But for those civilized students, I'm afraid they won't care so much. But it doesn't matter, as long as you don't overdo it.

He said noncommittally: "In the Sixth Five-Year Plan, the country wants to achieve the goal of 750,000 kilometers of railway operating mileage, and we have a target of 8,000 kilometers in Boni Province. This 3,560-kilometer-long trunk railway around the island is the most important, followed by two trunk railways running through the whole island, one vertical and one horizontal, and more than 2,000 kilometers of branch railways. Did I finally win over these civilized students from the new management committee, and you also know that construction is being carried out everywhere in the country, and manpower is tight. The central government is also paying close attention to the issue of personal safety, especially unnecessary losses......"

The implication of his words is that you should also take it easy for Lao Tzu, don't make too many accidents or accidents, otherwise everyone will be unhappy.

"Rest assured, Comrade Governor. We will strengthen the nutritional supplementation and medical protection of the field staff. Due to the hot local climate, we work in shifts, working two hours in each shift and then coming down to rest. ”

Borneo is the third largest island in the world, with more than 743,000 square kilometers and rich in natural resources, but its population has not been large, even at the beginning of the 21st century, the population did not exceed 15 million. There are two biggest reasons for this, one is the lack of food, because it is a green desert, not suitable for farming, there are too few places to grow food, and the yield is very low. The second reason is that transportation is inconvenient, and a large number of valuable minerals are concentrated in the central mountainous area, which is difficult to develop.

The first problem is easy to solve, Mr. Wen has a lot of biological black technology in his hands, and it is too easy to find some crops suitable for green deserts. Moreover, at present, there is so much grain in the country that even a single mu of grain in Boni Province can be transferred from other provinces.

This food problem is no longer a problem. The second traffic issue becomes the key.

Since ancient times, the transportation on the island of Borneo has been inconvenient, and the transportation in the inland areas is mainly by rivers, and in some inland areas, river transportation is the only mode of external transportation. The navigable length of rivers in the northern part of Borneo Island rarely exceeds 160 kilometres, and many inland areas that are not accessible by rivers remain isolated from modern society in the 21st century.

However, this is not the case on the plane, and when Borneo became Chinese territory, various major construction projects began here, as in the rest of the country. In addition to continuing to strengthen the existing river transportation, it is to overhaul the railways and roads, and in the Sixth Five-Year Plan, the Ring Island Line and two main railways running through the island, one vertical and one horizontal, will be completed, and on the basis of these three main lines, many branch lines will be established to form a railway network covering the whole island.

"Well, I've seen the situation here pretty much the same. Xiao Liu, where are we going next?" Ximen Fuxue turned around and asked the secretary.

The secretary flipped through the notebook and said, "Comrade Simon, according to the schedule, your next step is to go to Sanma Port to inspect the construction of the 200,000-ton oil tanker port, and then go to Liban County (Balikpapan) to inspect the construction of the oil refinery......"

"Alright, let's go. Simon blew snow and wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead.

Comrade Simon was born in 1890, and now he is 45 years old and has entered middle age, which is the golden age of senior cadres. As an old revolutionary who followed Wen Desi before the founding of the People's Republic of China, he began to be a village chief at the age of 18, and then a township head, a county magistrate of Ryukyu County, a deputy mayor of Ryukyu City, a mayor of Quanzhou City, and a vice governor of Annam Province all the way. can become a fiefdom at the age of 45, unless it is some strong person or the second generation, and only this kind of founding hero is possible.

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After Comrade Simon and others left, the construction site of the railway continued to work.

Wang Jianguo, who was driving the track laying machine, rushed into the lounge next to the construction site like a wind after changing shifts with his colleagues, picked up a large cup of herbal tea, and drank it all in one gulp.

wiped the water stains on the corners of his mouth, and couldn't help but say: ", the weather here is really hot......"

A colleague next to him rolled his eyes when he heard this: "Then it doesn't need to be said, this is the equator." I just measured it with a theodolite, and our construction site is just in the middle of the equator. I'm so lucky to get here. I would have gone to the lottery if I had known!"

Wang Jianguo wiped his face with cold water, stood in front of the air conditioner and blew: "Hey, it's still cool here, how can you live without air conditioning in this place......"

At this time, another colleague who had changed shifts rushed in, and as soon as he came, he ran to the air conditioner and stood there, shouting: "It's hot, it's hot." Fortunately, there is air conditioning now, and I now think that air conditioning is the greatest invention in the world!"

In this hot environment, the rooms on the site are all new tropical mobile homes, insulated, with circulating water pipes on the roofs and walls, and air-conditioned offices, dormitories and lounges, or at least fans.

"Yes, it's quite hot here at the equator......" Wang Jianguo smiled, walked to his seat, opened his cabinet, took out a pen and paper, and began to write a letter home.

Wang Jianguo is Wang Qinian's eldest son, because he was born in the year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, so Wang Qinian gave him the name "Jianguo". This name is very contemporary, of course, another way of saying it is rotten streets, and many babies born that year are called "Jianguo". Coupled with the surname "Wang", the people called Wang Jianguo in the whole country may not have one million, but I am afraid that there are four or five hundred thousand. Among the more than 3,000 people on this construction site alone, there are 8 Wang Jianguo, and one of them is a sister.

"Hello Dad, Mom, are your younger siblings doing with their studies? You have received the clothes and food you have sent. In fact, there is no need to send these, we have no shortage of food and clothing here, and we have everything we want. Wang Jianguo wrote fluently that he also has a younger brother and two younger sisters, the younger brother is called Wang Aiguo, and the younger sister is called "Aiwen" and "Yingxin" respectively, well, they are very contemporary.

"We have everything good here, but the weather is too hot, our construction site is right in the middle of the equator, my colleague has measured it, and it is exactly the same, don't you think it's funny?"

He thought for a moment and went on to write: "...... According to the company's plan, we will finish it here next year. This year I have a month's off, and I plan to save it for the Chinese New Year...... Our next step is probably to go to Myanmar, which seems to be very hot ......."

Wang Jianguo filled two pages, thought about nothing to write, wrote a few closing sentences, put the letterhead into an envelope, wrote the address, recipient and zip code of his home, and sealed the mouth. So he ran to the mailroom and handed it over to the postal mailman.

"Oh, the letter from home...... the sender took it, looked at it, picked up a stamp, pasted it on, and put it in the mail to be sent.

According to the company's welfare, employees do not have to pay for mailing home letters, all of which are subsidized by the company, and only half of the postage is paid for mailing packages. However, now that China's transportation is developed, the postage is not expensive, it is nothing at all, and 2 cents stamps can send letters to most parts of the country. Nanyang is sent to Sichuan because it has to be sent by air, so it is slightly more expensive, but it only costs 5 cents.

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In the afternoon of the same day, the car from the post office arrived at the scene, delivered the day's mail, and picked up the mail to be sent. Post office staff then began sorting the letters, and the next morning, a small postal plane took off from Wang's letter and flew directly to Tawau, the provincial capital. After the provincial post office summarizes, it is differentiated according to the place of delivery.

On the morning of the third day, a large postal plane flew to the mainland of China, stopping at Saigon, Hanoi, and Kunming along the way, unloading mail sent to these identities, and then flying to the airport of Neijiang City.

On the sixth day after Wang Jianguo sent his letter, Wang Qinian received a letter from his son.

"Wang, your letter, from my son......" The toll collector entered the office with a stack of letters.

"Hehehe, thank you......" Wang Qinian hurriedly opened the letter and looked at it, his face was already smiling like a flower, but his mouth said: "This kid has not been worrying since he was a child, and he only writes a letter once a month." ”

"Hahaha, Lao Wang, your son should also find a partner, right? What do you think of the second daughter of the old Liu family in the sixth factory?" said a colleague with a smile.

"I grew up watching that girl, so I don't have a problem. The kid said that he would come back before the Spring Festival, and he would arrange for them to meet at that time......" Wang Qinian said with a smile.

After getting off work that night, Wang Qinian shouted as soon as he got home: "Wife, wife, Jianguo has a letter......

"Where is the letter from the founding of the country?" a middle-aged beautiful woman who still had charm hurriedly rushed out of the kitchen. This is Wang Qinian's wife.

"What about here......" Wang Qinian shook the letter.

As soon as Man Tianxing snatched the letter in Wang Qinian's hand, he hurriedly looked at it. The stars wiped their tears while reading the letter.

"This kid, it's taken so long to write back!" said the starry sky.

"Hey, aren't people busy with their work? Now the whole country is overhauling railways, and 150,000 kilometers of railways will be completed during the Sixth Five-Year Plan period, and their railway construction company has a very heavy task. Wang Qinian changed into loungewear and turned on the TV. When I heard my wife's complaints, I looked disapplieving, as if the same things I said in the company did not exist.

At this time, Wang Qinian suddenly smelled a mushy smell, and when he turned around, he saw his own eyes coming out of the kitchen.

", wife, your pot is smoking!" Wang Qinian exclaimed, pointing to the kitchen.

"Oops......" Man Tianxing hurriedly ran into the kitchen, and Wang Qinian also ran in. The two of them were busy for a while before they finished the kitchen.

"Oh, what's going on?There's a fire in the house?Dad,...... Mom," a girl's voice came from the living room.

"Ahem, cough, ahem......" Wang Qinian walked out.

"Dad, is the kitchen on fire?" the girl asked. This is Wang Qinian's third queen Awen, still in high school, with black hair like clear water noodles, tall figure, beautiful facial features, and a very cute soft girl.

"Your mother only cared about reading the letter and burned the pot to ......" Wang Qinian spread his hands. "Forget it, when your brother comes back, let's go eat out tonight......"

"Whose letter?"

"Your eldest brother's letter ......" Mantianxing walked out, his face still dark and gray.

"I want to see ...... too," Wang Aiwen cried.

"Third sister, what do you want to see?" At this time, a young man also opened the door and came in. This is Wang Qinian's youngest son, Wang Aiguo, who is just in his third year of junior high school this year. The second queen Yingxin is studying at university in Wuhan and is not living at home now.

"Your eldest brother's letter ......," Wang Qinian said.

"Wow, isn't the eldest brother in Bo Ni, isn't it fun over there. I saw on the Internet that there are a lot of strange animals and plants over there, did my eldest brother take some photos and come back?" Wang Aiguo said excitedly.

"You know it's fun, your eldest brother is working, how can he have the time to take pictures of you!" Wang Qinian reprimanded unhappily.

"I'm not here for fun!" Wang Aiguo hurriedly defended: "I want to be a biologist in the future, I am preparing for my ideals......

Wang Aiguo said ostentatiously: "There are many special creatures in Bo Ni Province, such as the world's largest flower, the Malaysian giant flower, and the endemic Borneo elephant. There is also the world's longest snake, the world's largest moth, the world's smallest squirrel, and the world's smallest orchid...... You see so many things, how can you, as a future biologist, not pay attention?"

"Okay, Comrade Wang Aiguo, a future biologist, are you hungry now?" Wang Aiwen quipped.

"Well, I'm hungry, this is a normal physiological phenomenon...... Wang Aiguo said seriously.

"Okay, don't talk about your biology, go out to eat......" Wang Qinian said that his son couldn't help it, so he had to change the target.

"Why go out to eat?"

"Because my mother burned the rice......"

An hour later, the Wang family went home from dinner at a restaurant outside.

As soon as he returned home, Wang Aiguo commented: "My eldest brother is really outdated, and he still uses such primitive letters, doesn't he know how to use the Internet to send emails? The original letters take a week to arrive at home, and if he uses the Internet, it will only take a few seconds." ”

"It's a railway construction site over there, where did the network come from? You think it's your school......" Wang Aiwen gave him a blank look.

"Isn't there a radio network now? I don't believe Big Brother won't have it in the company. ”

"However, this is something that has just come out, and it won't be popularized so quickly......" Wang Aiwen thought for a while and said.

"Hey, I'll just say you don't pay attention to scientific progress. Wang Aiguo said proudly: "Yesterday in the news on the Internet, it is now necessary to establish wireless network base stations across the country, and it can be popularized to the ......whole country in half a year at the latest."

Wang Qinian's heart moved when he heard this, and said: "Actually, I think we can also install the network at home, so it will be convenient to contact your brothers and sisters." ”

"Dad Yingming, you have finally caught the last train of the times!" Wang Aiguo gave it a thumbs up.

"Bastard, no big or small!" Wang Qinian's face was blank.