Li Song, Yi Lunxiong, and Zhang Bin, professors of tunnels, bridges, and railways at the Beijing Institute of Engineering, arrived in Hanzhong with a team of 500 people.
This time, the imperial court suddenly entrusted them with such an arduous and important task, which made the three of them feel even more pressure. You must know that the right minister of the Ministry of Industry was reprimanded for building the railway.
It is definitely no joke that the road to Shu is as difficult as reaching the sky. If you want to build a railway to Sichuan, there are too many difficulties that need to be overcome.
"No matter how difficult it is, no matter what problem we encounter, what we have to do is to find ways to solve it. I don't want to hear any words that say it is impossible or there is no way."
"This time, the emperor and the court trust us, so they have entrusted this arduous task to me in the hands of the Beijing Engineering College. This is the time for us to prove our worth to the whole world!"
On the playground of the Hanzhong office of Changcheng Railway, Li Song was lecturing a team of more than 500 engineers through a tin speaker, building bridges, building roads, digging mountains, and digging holes. This is what they learned, and they have been studying it all the time.
Related technologies for this.
Of course, the College of Engineering, like other colleges and universities, has always been considered unclassy by traditional scholars, and what they learn is heretical and other things.
Only these traditional scholars who read the Four Books and Five Classics are noble. They can not only serve as generals and prime ministers, assist the emperor in governing the world, but also think that the required content is the true way.
This makes the new students increasingly dissatisfied.
The so-called traditional scholars are indifferent to the four bodies and the five grains. Apart from that, they can only write poems and play pairs every year. None of them are really useful to the common people. However, they have a high status and still occupy temples.
of high.
This time, the same was true for railway construction. The imperial court appointed these officials to build railways, but they actually believed that it would never be possible to build a railway to Sichuan.
This made the emperor and the princes in the court very dissatisfied. They directly criticized them and replaced them with talents from the engineering college to be fully responsible for building the railway.
Li Song, Yi Lunxiong, Zhang Bin and others also secretly vowed to build this railway and show it to the world to see if what they, newcomers to learning, have learned is useful?
"We now regard ourselves as Foolish Old Man, and we have to show the spirit of Foolish Old Man who moved mountains. Even if we put our lives on this railway, we will build this railway."
"The Foolish Old Man Moves Mountains!"
"The Foolish Old Man Moves Mountains!"
Many engineering school teachers and students in the audience immediately started shouting slogans.
Li Song, Yi Lunxiong, Zhang Bin and others are extremely efficient. After the meeting, the whole team started to get busy.
The team was divided into two teams. One team was responsible for building the railway from Chang'an to Hanzhong. This railway needed to cross the Qinling Mountains. Although it was better than the Shu Road, it still turned over among the mountains.
The first team is responsible for building the railway from Hanzhong to Chengdu, Sichuan. This section is the most difficult. It needs to cross the Daba Mountain to reach Guangyuan, and then build the railway from Guangyuan to Chengdu.
Because the funds allocated by the court are sufficient, construction can be started on both railways at the same time, which can shorten the construction period.
"Have all the construction machinery we needed arrived?"
After the meeting, Li Song also became busy. The most important thing now is not the funds. In terms of funds, the Ministry of Accounts of the imperial court allocated them to the special account opened by Changcheng Railway in the First Bank of Ming Dynasty.
As long as there is money in the account, they can withdraw money and transfer money in Hanzhong or the First Bank of Ming Dynasty in Chang'an. Because the imperial court attaches great importance to this railway, the first batch of funds has been allocated 20 million taels of silver.
It won’t be short of money at all.
The most important thing now is all kinds of construction machinery, which are very popular now. These construction machinery are needed everywhere, and even if you have money, you may not be able to buy them.
"The first batch of 100 trucks, 50 excavators, 50 bulldozers, and 200 internal combustion engine drilling rigs have all arrived in Chang'an by train."
"In addition, the Fifth Army Governor's Office has also approved the first batch of 20,000 kilograms of gunpowder for us, and it has now arrived in Chang'an."
"For the construction machinery we need in the future, Liu Gong has already instructed the Beijing Machinery Factory and the Mercedes-Benz Automobile Factory to give priority to meeting our needs and make every effort to ensure our projects."
"In addition, after receiving instructions from Mr. Liu, the Tianjin Cement Plant also stated that it will fully supply the needs of our project with the production capacity of the cement plant in Chang'an."
Yi Lunxiong and Zhang Bin also replied quickly.
Nowadays, Ming Dynasty's infrastructure construction is in full swing, and things related to infrastructure construction are in very short supply.
Steel bars, cement, various new construction machinery, gunpowder needed to open mountains and build roads, etc. These things are very tight now.
All of this requires a special order from the imperial court to give priority to the relevant factories to supply to the Changcheng Railway. Otherwise, it will be difficult to obtain enough supplies.
"That's great. With Liu Gong's support, everything can be accomplished!"
After Li Song heard this, he immediately laughed happily.
To be honest, what he was most worried about when he received the task was not the difficulties he would encounter in building the railway. No matter how difficult the road was, they could still repair it.
When you encounter canyons and mountain streams, you build bridges, and when you encounter mountains, you dig tunnels. As long as you have construction machinery, these are not problems. The biggest problem is the various materials. Whether what you want can be supplied on time and in quantity.
, this is the biggest problem.
Now that I think about it, my worries are obviously unnecessary. With Liu Jin's full support, these are nothing.
"Professor, there are many people outside~"
"Their leader said he was Ma Hao, the chief envoy of Sichuan, and wanted to see the professor."
At this time, someone hurriedly came to report.
"Ma Hao, Chief Minister of Sichuan?"
"There are many more people?"
Li Song, Yi Lunxiong, and Zhang Bin were immediately confused when they heard this, but they hurried out immediately.
The chief envoy was a high-ranking official in the border areas, and he was from Sichuan. From now on, building railways would inevitably require cooperation from the other party, which he couldn't afford to offend.
"The common people pay homage to Master Ma!"
The three of them came outside and saw a crowd of people, all of them still young and strong. Each one of them was carrying a pole, a basket, a shovel, a pickaxe and other tools, as if they were going to participate in some big engineering project.
some type of.
Looking at the leader, he was wearing a second-grade official uniform. There were also a group of people wearing official uniforms standing next to him. The three of them also saluted quickly.
"Don't dare, don't dare~"
"The three of them must be Professor Li, Professor Yi, and Professor Zhang. I and the Sichuan officials and people are here specially to listen to their orders!"
Ma Hao also said quickly.
"Master Ma, what is this?"
Li Song, Yi Lunxiong, and Zhang Bin were all dumbfounded. The three of them did not dare to send these officials. If they did not cause trouble to themselves, they would burn high incense.
"We Sichuan people were very excited and happy when we heard that the imperial court was going to build the Changcheng Railway, so we also made spontaneous donations and efforts, and now we have raised 12 million taels of silver."
"Now, on behalf of the 8 million Sichuan people, I will hand over the collected money into your hands!"
"In addition, there are 20,000 young people from Sichuan who came out with me this time. With your driving alone, we will never have any complaints. We don't need you to provide wages or food. We in Sichuan will solve it ourselves.
"
Ma Hao ordered people to carry out large boxes one after another. When he opened the boxes, they were all filled with white silver coins. At the same time, he pointed behind him. Each of the 20,000 Sichuan youths stood upright, and everyone's eyes were extremely determined.
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Looking at their appearance, it can be seen that they have eaten a lot of trousers while crossing the Shu Road. Many people's clothes are not neat, and many people don't even have shoes, not even a pair of straw sandals.
Li Song, Yi Lunxiong, Zhang Bin and others never imagined that the Sichuan people would be so united as one. In order to build a railway, they, from the chief envoy to the ordinary people, would be so united.
Those who have money contribute money, and those who have money contribute their efforts.
All of a sudden, 20,000 people were dispatched to help build the railway. This is really shocking, and it also allows people to feel the Sichuan people's desire for railways and convenient transportation.
"well!"
"The right time, the right place, the right people, the strong support of the emperor and the princes in the court, and the unity of all Sichuan people, the long-term railway will be completed!"
Li Song looked at the 20,000 Chuan dolls in front of him. They were all strong and strong, and they had obviously been selected. Everyone had brought their own change of clothes, work tools, and even their own food.
Already brought.
They don't need instructions from the court or wages. They even bring their own food, which will be shipped continuously from Sichuan later.
With such unity and united will, what else is impossible?
"It will grow into a railway!"
"It will grow into a railway!"
When Ma Hao and others heard this, they also shouted in unison, and then the 20,000 Sichuan dolls behind them also shouted in unison, with neat and loud voices that resounded through the sky.
PS: I have always felt that Sichuan people are amazing!
