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Zhan Youming frowned and said: "Actually, I am not optimistic about this railway. The northwest is remote and sparsely populated, and the commercial value of the railway is not great. In addition, the transportation is inconvenient, and the steel rail sleepers are difficult to prepare, and the weather is bad. It is estimated that the exploration route will take several years. It costs a lot but not much profit, I don't know why Shou Hong wants to build this railway?"

Zhao Shouhong said: "I didn't build this railway for my own profit, but for the sake of the country. The remote country in the northwest is difficult to control, but Luocha is eyeing it. Duke Zuo Wenxiang fought bloody battles to keep this place. I built this railway to strengthen national defense and defend the territory of Ili. As long as there is a message, the army can arrive in an instant, so that the Russians will no longer dare to spy on our territory. In addition, the ethnic groups in northern Xinjiang are complex, and we can take advantage of the road construction to move People in Hualan live here, so they can better control the northern Xinjiang.” Zhao Shouhong naturally would not tell Zhan Youming that he wanted to use this railway to control the Northwest when the imperial court fell, and also use this railway to penetrate the Central Mainland.

Hearing Zhao Shouhong's righteous words, Zhao Erzhen and Zhan Youming couldn't help nodding their heads. "I thought that when you came back from overseas, you only focused on business and industry. I didn't expect you to have such insights. It really is my Zhao family's Qianliju. It's just that the financial problem must be investigated. Can your factory really afford it?"

Zhan Youming also nodded and said: "This matter should not be ignored. A railway with such a length costs tens of millions of taels of silver. In addition to the inconvenient transportation in the northwest, the cost will probably increase. I'm afraid your family can't afford it." Yes, it would be better to raise funds by raising shares.”

Zhao Shouhong waved his hand and said, "You don't have to worry about this matter. When I was in Zhongchuan, I had already discussed it with my staff and the person in charge of the factory. In fact, my steel factory and the strength of the Zhongchuan Machinery Bureau have already been able to make steel by myself. The quality of standard steel rails is absolutely no worse than that of foreign products. In addition, we use a new type of cement sleeper, which has a higher load than ordinary sleepers, lower cost and easy maintenance. In addition, I hired several classmates, which have made They helped me explore the route, which can save a lot of time.”

"Oh? What Shou Hong said seems to save a lot of money, but the route of this railway is not trivial. Have any of your classmates studied railways, and can they explore the best route?" Zhan Youming asked with some doubts road.

"I've already brought the blueprint with me, how about we go through it together?" Zhao Shouhong laughed.

"That would be great, if there are drawings for me to take a look at." All engineering scholars are like this, they always have bright eyes when facing the materials of this major, even Zhan Youming is not immune.

Zhao Shouhong went back to the bedroom and quickly brought a map.When this precise map marked with contour lines was spread on the table, Zhan Youming looked a little dumbfounded.

"Who drew this map? It's so accurate. I don't think even the best professor of geology at Yale University can draw such a precise and beautiful map. Zhan Youming is willing to bow down to this map-drawing skill alone." Zhan Youming looked at The map couldn't help being amazed again and again.

Zhao Shouhong secretly laughed, this map is not drawn by his students who have nothing, it is basically a satellite photo taken by the space hospital when it was flying around the earth.These photos have been gloriously processed to become hand-painted maps. Later, according to the records in the history books, the railway lines built by later generations were copied. It would be strange if they were not accurate enough.

"It doesn't seem to work here. The Tianshan Mountains are continuous, and the site that your classmate has surveyed goes directly through these mountains. This is an impossible task. It may take decades to dig holes in the mountains." Zhan Youming said.

Chapter 81 Yutai Tea House

Zhao Shouhong was taken aback for a moment, and then he reflected.Later generations have very advanced equipment, so it is natural to dig mountains and build cave-like railway lines, but with today's construction capabilities that are almost entirely artificial, this task is simply impossible to complete.

"My classmate accidentally discovered some underground caves here. These caves are very strong and dry, and there is no problem with just a little renovation for laying railways." Zhao Shouhong gritted his teeth and told a lie. These problems required him to go back It can be resolved, but now Zhan Youming must strengthen his confidence and let him build the railway for himself.

"In this way, there will be no problem. I think the branch line from Batang to Xining should be built first, so as to facilitate the transportation of rails and sleepers." Zhan Youming said.

"This is the best. When will brother Youming help me build this railway?" Zhao Shouhong asked.

Zhan Youming shook his head: "The construction of the Dizhang Railway has just started. It can't be completed in a few months. It will take two years at the earliest." The Revolution of [-] happened just after construction started, and when I planned to take advantage of the chaos to seize the Northwest, I couldn't use this railway.

Seeing the change in Zhao Shouhong's expression, Zhan Youming thought that the other party was worried about the country, and immediately comforted him: "Actually, there are many talents in the country, and I am not the only one who can build the railway. If you want, how about I introduce some friends to you? They build the railway It's no problem either."

"Oh? There are such talents, thank you brother Youming so much." Zhao Shouhong felt his heart turn from worry to joy, and excitedly held Zhan Youming's hand again.

Seeing that the two had a good conversation, Zhao Erzhen shook his head with a smile and said: "It is inconvenient for me to participate in the affairs of you young people. You can make up your own minds. If you are tired, go back and rest first. Hong'er will come to me when you have time." Go to the room, I have something to tell you."

"It's my grandfather." Zhao Shouhong stuck out his tongue secretly while saluting. Zhan Youming is already in his forties, and only at Zhao Erzhen's age can he be called a young man.Speaking of which, this seniority is really amazing. I am just 20 years old in this era, and it is really interesting to discuss friendship with Zhan Youming, who is in his 40s.

"Why don't we find a restaurant to sit down? Brother Youming can also recommend some great talents for me." Zhao Shouhong suggested.

"It's just after lunch time, what are you going to do in the restaurant?" Zhan Youming smiled and said, "It's better for us to find a teahouse and sit down. I'll send someone to inform some friends to come and get together."

"That's the best." Zhao Shouhong agreed with a smile.

Zhan Youming was obviously very familiar with the city of Beijing. After he sent his servants to invite people, he led Zhao Shouhong through the streets and alleys that he was very familiar with, and soon came to a rather elegant teahouse.Zhao Shouhong looked up at the signboard and found that it said Yutai Teahouse. He was taken aback for a moment. It seemed that this name was in the "Teahouse" written by the famous writer Lao She in his previous life, which was a bit of a coincidence.

"Master Zhan, you are busy with business, so you haven't come for a while." Seeing Zhan Youming, the shopkeeper of the teahouse greeted him with a smile. Obviously Zhan Youming is a frequent visitor here.

"No, the railway is going to be repaired recently. I have not been in the imperial capital. I just came back today." Zhan Youming obviously comes here often, but he is familiar with the way when he enters the teahouse. A pot of the best Longjing, a dish of bean noodle cake, and a dish of peanuts."

Zhao Shouhong smiled and handed it over: "No, let's use our own tea, I brought it from home just now." It turned out that Zhao Shouhong had already guessed that the teahouse did not have any good tea, so he asked for some tea from his grandfather before Yuqian Biluochun.

"Okay, just drink your own." Zhan Youming patted Zhao Shouhong's shoulder with a smile, and then said to shopkeeper Wang: "Find us a secluded seat, and a few good friends will come over later, you all know each other Yes, let them pass."

"Okay, Mr. Zhan, please come inside." The shopkeeper Wang smiled and led Zhao Shouhong and the two into the teahouse.Zhao Shouhong looked at the shopkeeper Wang who was leading the way with great interest, and couldn't help feeling a little funny. He didn't expect that the owner of this teahouse was really surnamed Wang, and everything seemed to be the same as Lao She's script, but he didn't know that Fourth Master Chang and Second Master Song no.Thinking of this, Zhao Shouhong raised his eyes and looked around. The people who came to the teahouse in the morning all went back to have lunch. At this time, there were not many people in the teahouse just after lunch, but there was no one in the costume of the Houjin tribe.

Zhao Shouhong and Zhan Youming were led to a corner with a window, they sat down, and Zhao Shouhong began to look at the teahouse.This teahouse is obviously old, the walls are a little yellow, the paint leather on the pillars has peeled off a little, and even the corners of the tables and chairs have already exposed the wood, which has been turned black by the long-term friction.

The familiar banner "Don't talk about state affairs" was pasted in a prominent place, and it seemed that it had just been replaced, and the color of the red paper was quite bright.The owner here is obviously very diligent, and the whole teahouse has been tidied up very neatly, without any trace of dust.

The tea was brought up quickly, and it would take some time for snacks, so they could only have tea first.Zhao Shouhong raised his hand to pick up the teacup and opened the gaiwan, a strong fragrance wafted out instantly, and everyone who smelled it felt refreshed.As the name suggests, Yuqian tea is tea picked before the solar term rain, which is the second-best tea in Biluochun, second only to Mingqian tea collected during the Qingming season.Mingqian tea is very precious, and only a few catties can be produced at most every year. These teas are tribute teas, which cannot be bought outside. The Yuqian tea collected by Zhao Erzhen is already the best tea that can be seen on the market up.

Zhan Youming was obviously also attracted by the rich aroma. He smelled the aroma and then looked at the tea soup and praised: "The cord is slender, and the tea soup is bright yellow and green. It really is a good tea. This time, Mingshen has spent a lot of money."

"I didn't expect that a man like Brother Youming, who plays with railways all day long, also has a research on tea." Zhao Shouhong laughed.

"I don't dare to say about the research, but there are many good things passed down from our ancestors. For example, this tea has been handed down as early as the Tang Dynasty." Zhan Youming laughed.

"That's right. Speaking of which, Lu Yu's book of tea contains everything, and it can be called an encyclopedia of tea. It's a pity that the country is so difficult now that not many people know how to study knowledge, and many traditional skills have declined because of this. I can't think of the small country of Japanese pirates. It is really shameless to plagiarize a little bit of tea scriptures and create some kind of tea ceremony." Zhao Shouhong snorted coldly.

Chapter 82 Pockmark Liu of Chongyang

"It's not just the tea ceremony, their karate, ikebana, and archery are all not plagiarized from Hualan Kingdom. Even the extremely sharp katana is just an improvement of the Tang sword." Zhan Youming seemed to express his feelings.

"What are you two expressing emotion here? Speaking of Japan, people are strong." A pockmarked man came over, squinted his eyes and smiled: "Have you seen it, the authentic Japanese watch, which is native to Japan, Get up and go."

"Liu Mazi, can you stop making trouble here and go for a walk outside." Seeing Liu Mazi coming to disturb Zhan Youming, shopkeeper Wang was so frightened that he hurried over to stop him.

"Not busy, since you said Japanese watches are good, how about we have a competition?" Zhao Shouhong smiled and pulled his cuffs, revealing the wristwatches inside.This watch is not his personal optical brain, because he was afraid of losing it, he changed the shape of his personal optical brain into a small earplug, which was directly inserted into his ear.

Without a wristwatch-type personal optical brain, it would be troublesome to check the time, so he made this wristwatch.The new watch was made in the space hospital by Zhao Shouhong using a six-dimensional shaping machine, using the old watch blueprints from the Earth era. Of course, the ancient is equivalent to the era he came from, and it is still very advanced for this era. .

Seeing this all-steel wristwatch, Liu Mazi was stunned for a while. Wristwatches are not very popular in this era. Most of the pocket watches on the market are pocket watches with chains, and they are purely mechanical watches that use springs to provide power. In addition, manual polishing is not enough. Compared with the watch made by this shaping machine, the precise relationship is inevitably a bit rough.

Zhao Shouhong was stunned when he saw Liu Mazi, and then he smiled and said, "This is a watch made by Hualan Kingdom. How does it compare with your pocket watch made by Japanese pirates?"

"What's the use of just looking at appearance? It also depends on whether you can walk accurately." Liu Mazi said unwillingly.

"It's hard to tell whether it's going right or not. You probably wouldn't believe me when I said that this watch can never be wound. I think we can compare it with immediate results?" Zhao Shouhong laughed.

Hearing Zhao Shouhong say that the wristwatch will never be wound, Liu Mazi still pouted in disbelief, but when he heard that the results of the competition were immediate, he was tempted: "Competition with what?"

"Let's smash two watches with a hammer and see whose one breaks first." Zhao Shouhong said with a smile on his face.

"This..." Liu Mazi was dumbfounded at the time. Whether it was a watch or a pocket watch, they were all very delicate machines.Among them, there are many fine gears and springs, which will be damaged if they are shaken too much, let alone smashed with a hammer.Not to mention Liu Mazi, everyone who heard Zhao Shouhong's words was dumbfounded, smashing watches with hammers, this is the first-class new thing in Beijing.Everyone looked at Zhao Shouhong's expression, and it seemed that he was not talking nonsense. In this era, an exquisite pocket watch can cover the living expenses of a middle-class family for a month, even if he is ostentatious.

At this time, Liu Mazi woke up from the excitement just now. Looking at the gorgeous clothes of the two of them, especially Zhan Youming was wearing a suit. He was obviously not an ordinary person, and he couldn't help feeling a little regretful. "My lord, please, I dare not. Let alone smashing this pocket watch with a hammer, it will cause problems if it falls on the ground." Liu Mazi softened his tone and wanted to let it go.

"That can't be done. Today we will compare the products made in China, or the Japanese pirates. Let alone the Japanese pirates, even the Western Continent can compete." Zhao Shouhong said to the shopkeeper Wang: "The shopkeeper Yes, get a hammer."

Seeing Mazi Liu deflated, shopkeeper Wang also had a smile on his face. He thought it was the official who wanted to punish Mazi Liu, so he acted very positively: "My lord, you will come later, the hammer will come soon." He finished speaking Turning around, he told Li San, the waiter, to go to the backyard to get a hammer.Hearing such a novelty, a few tea drinkers gathered together, wanting to see something new so as to brag in front of friends in the future.

A three-jin hammer was quickly brought, and a tea guest smiled at Liu Mazi: "I said, Mazi, you should put the pocket watch on the table and hit it twice, and compete with this master."

"If you want to try it, you have to try it. This Japanese watch cost me 20 yuan." Liu Mazi refused.

Zhao Shouhong didn't speak, he took off his watch with a smile.Seeing that the wristwatch seemed to be very expensive, Zhan Youming was afraid of breaking it, so he quickly stopped him and said, "Shouhong, let me see. It's a pity that such a good watch is smashed, why bother to be serious with this kind of person." Zhan Youming thinks that Zhao Shouhong is I am angry, but I would rather suffer some losses myself and punish this xenophobic guy.

"Brother Youming, don't worry, I know it well." He raised his hand and put the watch on the table while speaking, and then handed the hammer to Liu Mazi.

"What is this master going to do?" Liu Mazi asked with a smile all over his face.

"Let you smash it, lest someone say I'm a fake." Zhao Shouhong shook the hammer and said.