Rising: Ten Thousand Years Chapter 485: : tunnel
Qingdao County New Steel Works.
"Pass the emperor's order to order your factory to postpone all orders from now on. Priority will be given to completing national orders."
The director of the new steel factory in Qingdao County quickly stood up, with a look of embarrassment on his face: "Leader, those orders cannot be pushed. If those orders are pushed, our factory will have to pay a lot of liquidated damages. Word of mouth will also decline. "
If it were in the era of the Kyushu court, you would do whatever the emperor told you to do. Who would dare to negotiate terms with the country?
But dare now.
Du Tianzi personally sent the order, and the new steel factory in Qingdao County still resisted.
The official who sent the order was serious: "Director Zhang, you have to take care of yourself. This batch of national orders is the top priority. The project jointly discussed by the Kyushu Academy of Sciences and the New Kyushu government, you Qingdao County New Steel Factory is lucky It is your honor to receive this batch of orders. After the completion of this project, the reputation of the new steel factory in Qingdao County will rise to a higher level. This is also the support policy of the country to support steel factories in various places. Only you in Dongzhou received one-eighth of the orders. One order, all the states in the country except Xizhou have chosen a steel mill to receive this order. Think about the weight of it."
Director Zhang complained endlessly: "But we still have a lot of orders. It's not that we won't accept this order, but don't let us put down other orders."
"No, this batch of orders is a high-level state secret. You cannot accept other commercial orders while producing this batch of orders. Of course, cooperation with the government is indispensable for oil and water. Director Zhang, you can send The order in your hand is contracted out to other steel mills. This is also an option."
"Then can you tell me what is produced this time?"
"Rail..."
After the officials finished talking about the idea of the railway, Director Zhang's eyes lit up, and he said immediately: "We have accepted it."
"Why are you happy again?"
"Hahaha, money is no longer important to Dongzhou No. 1 Steel Mill. What we want is honor."
"Didn't you want honor just now?"
"Hey... I didn't expect such a great honor."
"Didn't Director Zhang say it's okay?"
"How can this be forgotten? But I only have one request. :"
"You say."
"The steel rails produced by our Qingdao County New Steel Factory must be printed with the words 'Qingdao County New Steel Factory' on each section. After the train opens, it will go around Qingdao County and set up a Qingdao County New Steel Factory Station. After setting up the new steel factory station, all the redundant rail materials will be provided by our new steel factory in Qingdao County, and the state does not need to pay a penny."
"The first request can be agreed, but the second request is not discussed. The railway line is not forgiving."
“…”
At the same time, steel mills in eight states across the country except Xizhou have received orders.
This is a method of uniform rain and dew, although it will slow down the process and increase the cost. But the government did it on purpose.
The railway is not destined to be limited to Laoshan to Quancheng County. One day, it will bloom everywhere in New Kyushu.
And this time, the orders for the steel rails are distributed to eight states and eight steel mills. It is also to let other states start to learn technology and accumulate experience first. At that time, when the country asks which state to start building railways, it will not be caught blind on the spot, at least it has manufacturing experience to follow.
And when the time comes to assemble the railway from Laoshan to Quancheng County, the people from the steel factory will also personally operate it. Let them practice first. If you don’t understand, the Kyushu Academy of Sciences will explain it in a unified way, which is the real cost saving.
This is the reason why the so-called rain and dew are evenly covered.
Qingdao County New Steel Plant, Kyushu Academy of Sciences sent a technical consultant here.
"Director Zhang, you have read the drawings of the rails. Is there anything you don't understand?"
Director Zhang holds the blueprint in his hand: "Although the rail is I-shaped, I don't understand one thing. How can it stand stably? If a train passes over it, will it overturn? "
"No, first of all, this kind of rails must be double-layered and parallel. There are wheels on both sides of the train rolling on them, and the force is even. Secondly, there are beams connecting the left and right rails. Finally , The rail is to be buried in the filling and fixed by some parts. It is not as complicated as you imagine. It only needs to be smooth, no bending, always straight, and no cracks to meet the standard. But you should not take it lightly, this It is a test for the smelting technology of your factory. The steel rails produced must all be of the same specification, and there is no error at all."
Director Zhang nodded: "I understand. By the way, is it true that the train cannot pass through Qingdao County at that time? Is it possible to set up a new steel factory station in Qingdao County? Our factory is willing to bear all the extra rail materials. "
"Hehehe."
“…”
At the same time, the route from Laoshan to Quancheng County also began to be measured.
"The straight-line distance from Laoshan County to Quancheng County is 300 kilometers."
"But if we bypass the mountain in front of us, we need to increase the route by 20 kilometers. Do you think we should build a bridge to let the train pass through the mountain, or dig a tunnel through the mountain?"
"Hahaha, you're such a fantasy, building a bridge on the mountain... In my opinion, it's more reliable to build a tunnel out of the mountain."
"Have you calculated the cost, how much does it cost to dig through this mountain?"
"To dig a tunnel, the cost is about 50,000 gold coupons for a distance of one meter. To dig through this mountain at least four kilometers away, 200 million gold coupons..."
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and couldn't help but gasp. 200 million gold coupons. Astronomical figures.
According to the figure given by the Cost Bureau, 200 million is probably the total cost of all the rails plus a train. It turns out that 200 million gold coupons are needed just to dig a four-kilometer mountain, which is a bit scary.
In fact, not only the mountain in front of me needs to be dug. According to the straightest possible route, ten tunnels need to be dug along the way, and the total length of the tunnels is 20 kilometers. After digging through the 20 kilometers, the railway is a straight line with a total length of 300 kilometers.
If the 20 kilometers of tunnels ~IndoMTL.com~ are not dug, detours will be required and the length will increase. The total length becomes 420 kilometers. A full one hundred and twenty kilometers of routes were added.
In Quancheng County, Du Taiping was also a little confused after hearing the report: "Increasing the length of 120 kilometers, then in theory, it will increase the journey by at least one hour and 20 minutes. But after digging two A ten-kilometer tunnel will cost one billion more than expected!"
The secretary general of the office had a bitter face: "One billion. Isn't the cost of this railway too high?"
"It's not that the cost of the railway is high, it's that the cost of digging the tunnel is too high. To dig or not to dig? Send a telegram to the Kyushu Academy of Sciences and ask Dean Li to make a decision."
"What if Dean Li says he won't dig?"
"He said he won't dig if he doesn't dig."
"What if Dean Li digs?"
"Then... try to convince him not to dig. One billion gold coupons are enough for anything."
"..." reading network