9. A test

The scope of the Yanhuang tribe's activities is expanding more and more, although it has not yet been marked as an occupied area, but the more activities also prove that this is already the territory of the Yanhuang tribe. Now, within a radius of 3,000 kilometers centered on the base is the range of activities of the Yanhuang Clan, with an area of 28 million square kilometers, of course, the Yanhuang Clan is only scouting in these areas and looking for some resources, as for settling in various places, it is still not without this ability, after all, there are only more than 30 people now, and the Yanhuang City alone seems to be empty, let alone settle in other places.

When it comes to resources, even Han Wenzheng has swallowed his saliva several times, it is too rich, in this land, the resources are too rich, the number of minerals such as gold, silver, copper, iron, coal and so on is quite a lot, compared with China on the earth before, at least more than 20 times more reserves, this is only the preliminary proven reserves, if you can go deeper into the exploration, I believe that this reserve will have a lot of room for growth, but, under the current conditions, it is impossible to mine on a large scale.

City Lord's Mansion, Han Wenzheng is looking at the map, this map was drawn by the Yanhuang people when they were scouting, although it is not a very standard map, but it is barely usable, and it can be regarded as a relatively accurate map, on this map, a lot of mineral resources are marked.

Qiushui handed over a cup of tea and said, "Husband, what are you looking at?" "The resources are very rich, but unfortunately, we can't use them for the time being." "If we can't use it for the time being, it doesn't mean that we won't be able to use it in the future, just the resources we have detected so far are enough for us to use up for a thousand years, but unfortunately, there is no oil." "There should be oil, but we can't find it, at this stage, don't be too forceful, no, I have found a good place, Shui'er, to help the staff officers." ”

After there are more people, Han Wenzheng no longer has to worry about the collection of those resources, and he will study the next move according to the information collected by the clansmen, which can be regarded as a liberation. Qiushui looked at the place where Han Wenzheng's finger was pointed on the map, and asked with a smile: "Husband, you are the idea of hitting the Datong Coal Mine." "The Datong Coal Mine is a newly discovered large coal mine.

Datong Coal Mine is located in the northeast of Yanhuang City, the straight-line distance is 1425 kilometers, which is very long, and there is no waterway, so it is quite difficult to transport it by land. Han Wenzheng nodded at what Qiushui said, and Qiushuixing took a step closer and said: "Although the reserves of Datong Coal Mine are as high as more than 45 billion tons, this huge resource is the key to our rapid development, if it can be utilized, we basically don't have to worry about energy problems in three hundred years, but transportation is too difficult." ”

Han Wenzheng smiled and said: "That's how I got the idea of hitting it, such a good resource, don't use it in vain." Qiushui said: "The husband has a point, but with the current conditions, we have no mechanical power, so we should not be able to complete such land transportation." "That's the crux of the matter.

Han Wenzheng shook his head with a smile and said, "That's not the case, Shui'er." I've been thinking about it for the past few days, if I can complete the task of transportation, and today, I finally came up with a solution. "What way?" Qiushui was also curious, she couldn't guess what kind of solution Han Wenzheng had in mind. "Railway. Han Wenzheng gently spat out two words, and then said, "Let's have a meeting to study it." ”

Everyone rushed back one after another, and this meeting was very important, and Qiushui announced that the meeting had begun. Han Wenzheng first introduced the situation of the Datong Coal Mine, and everyone knew the situation of the Datong Coal Mine very well, and Han Wenzheng only said a few words briefly, without so much nonsense, and finally said: "In order to solve the problem of transportation, I propose to build a railway from Yanhuangcheng to the Datong Coal Mine. ”

Zhao Tieyun's first reaction was impossible, he said: "Father, this is impossible, we don't have mechanical power such as steam engines, even if we have a railway, then what do we use to transport it?" Yes, the railway needs strong mechanical power, without mechanical power, the railway is useless.

Everyone else had the same idea, Han Wenzheng smiled and said: "Tieyun, in fact, you have entered a misunderstanding, railways do not necessarily need mechanical power, for example, before the steam engine was widely popularized, there was a kind of rail car pulled by horses, although the transportation volume is not very large, but it is much faster than the general mode of transportation. ”

Qiushui said: "Husband, you are very light-hearted, you will not ask us to train horses, will you?" "Clever, that's what I'm going to do. Han Wenzheng stretched out his mouth and kissed Qiushui's face with lightning speed, and then praised. Playing this kind of intimate action in front of all the children, Han Wenzheng's face is getting thicker and thicker, and Qiushui made him blushy about his sneak attack, but he couldn't do it, he was really ashamed.

The juniors are naturally coaxed, and it is really rare to see this usually serious father also make such a move, I didn't expect my father to have such a side. A few even screamed, "Father, good one, another one." ”

Qiu Shui said shyly: "You guys, thinking of rebellion, it's a meeting now, be quiet." "The venue finally fell silent, but there were still snickers.

Han Wenzheng said: "You see, the relative height from our Yanhuangcheng to Datong Coal Mine is only 300 meters high, and most of the areas we passed through in the morning are hilly areas, and most of the hills are not big. Besides, building a double-track or four-track railway is a bit of a lot of work for us, but it's not impossible. ”

All eyes were on the map. The relative height is not large, the terrain is relatively flat, the terrain area passed through is not too much overvolt, and all kinds of conditions are not difficult, it is indeed feasible to build a railway, besides, the construction of a railway does not require too many things, is it not the gravel used in some roadbed, and there are sleepers and railroad tracks? These can be produced in Yanhuang City, and it is not a problem, so, judging from the preliminary judgment, the construction of the railway proposed by Han Wenzheng is completely feasible.

Qian Tiexin said: "Father's proposal is feasible, but the investment is not small." "I have calculated, with the ability of the metal machine we are currently manufacturing plus the power carriage designed by me, a one-time transportation of 240 tons of coal, the speed is about 40 kilometers per hour, including the time of loading and unloading, two days can be a trip, and each car we only need to send one person to be responsible, of course, at this stage it can only play a complementary role, however, I believe that after a period of time, when our manpower is sufficient, this railway will become the fast lane of our next stage of development." Han Wenzheng came to a conclusion.

Everyone nodded in approval, now, there is a "Wangfei Bridge" in Yanhuang City, and there is a relatively stable source of energy, but this is still far from enough for Yanhuang City, which consumes huge energy, if Yanhuang can develop rapidly, a new energy source is necessary, but when I think of building such a railway, Qiushui's heart has a feeling of numbness, after the construction of the "Wangfei Bridge", Qiushui has a feeling of fear when she sees this huge project, and the hard work of the day is still in her heart? It's so sad to think about. She sighed lightly and said, "Husband, since everyone agrees, I won't oppose it, just listen to you, but ...... , alas, forget it. ”

Han Wenzheng said: "Children, I know that this project will be very big, we may have to devote ourselves to this project, and it may not be able to be completed in about ten years, everyone will work hard in the future, but in order to revive our people, hard work is also necessary." Everyone shouted in unison.

Sun Tiejian said: "Father, leave this job to me." "No, it's really hard work, it's better for me and your mother to be in charge, your job is to be responsible for assisting from logistics and other aspects, but if necessary, I will send you to help at any time, everything is for this project, understand?" ”

Qiushui said: "Children, the problem of energy is important, but other resources cannot be ignored, your respective work is very important, and you must not only take care of the problem of this railway." "I know it, Mother, we will. ”

At the meeting, it has been decided that the next work is to carry out the field exploration work, study the railway and the specific route, and the difficulties that may arise, and grasp the first-hand information, which is not in a hurry, at least, the more than 1,400 kilometers of the route has to be taken once from beginning to end, which is really a troublesome thing.

After on-the-spot exploration, Han Wenzheng and Qiushui both felt that this project was not easy to do, the difficulty was greater than expected, and there were three major problems.

The first problem is the problem of rivers. There are 39 rivers between Yanhuangcheng and Datong Coal Mine, all of which are tributaries of the Nianxiang River, most of which are not very wide, and it is not a big problem to repair bridges, but the Huajiang River and Xiajiang River are all rivers with a width of more than 500 meters and a water depth of more than 20 meters.

The second problem is the quantity of engineering. Hundreds of small hills should be moved along the road, which is already a large amount of work, and there are countless earthworks to be completed in the construction of the railway, so to speak, the overall amount of work is not less than the "Wangfei Bridge" to go there, at least, the difficulty of the implementation style is not less than the "Wangfei Bridge".

The third problem is a swamp area more than 50 kilometers wide, this swamp area is all overgrown with grass, but the bottom is a quagmire, people can't stand on it, and if you are not careful, you will fall into it, this swamp area is only afraid that the biggest trouble of this project, if it is like mud to fill up, the amount of work is absolutely amazing.

It can be said that the whole project is definitely not only these three problems, but these three problems are the most prominent, if these three problems cannot be solved, then the construction of the railway will become an empty word, so Han Wenzheng also feels that the head is big.