Today is a nice day and an important day. This day will go down in history.
Yang Fan bought six 762-gauge forest trains from Hyundai. As well as six locomotives and matching carriages. Two of the railways were placed in the city and served as bus loops. The remaining four are used to build railways from Dagukou Pier, through Tianjin and Jingcheng, Huailai, Zhangjiakou, Jining, and finally to Guihua City.
In order to speed up the construction, this section of the railway was divided into more than 60 tender sections, and construction started at the same time.
Among them, the section from Beijing to Zhangjiakou is progressing the fastest because it is the closest to the new city and has convenient water transportation. The Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway section, which was originally planned to be fully opened to traffic by the end of the year, was opened ahead of schedule. Today is the first day of test driving.
The benefits of small trains are very obvious because they do not require the same high-standard roadbed as standard gauge railways. Therefore, the construction speed is six times faster than the standard gauge railway. And the investment is ten times less. The requirements for bridges are very low. If not, special railway steel bridges must be built. It is the most suitable choice for Daming's current situation.
Early this morning, 100,000 road construction workers and their families on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway gathered at stations and work points along the way. Excitedly waiting for the train to pass. This is the result of more than a year of hard work.
Although most of them have never seen a train, this does not prevent them from imagining it in their minds.
They have all been refugees for the past two years. In the past two years, the land has been dry and there has been no production. A large number of farmers were displaced and fled to Zunhua to find a way to survive. When they were desperate and starved to death, they were all recruited by the railway.
Hu Qingxiang's family built a shack next to the railway line. He lives here with his wife, three children, and his father and mother. More than a dozen township party members from the same village who were recruited as workers have been living here for a year.
In this migrant workers' village, there are more than 2,000 families like his, making a living here.
Strong laborers went to build roadbeds, transport materials, and lay ballast. Fifty people, working in teams of two, carried a rail on wooden poles. He hummed and shouted, and moved with difficulty to place the rails on the sleepers. The skilled workers fixed it with road spikes.
The elderly, children, and women smashed stones at home and processed the stones brought by the caravan into cat's claw stones, which were used to lay the track bed. There are special caravans to buy these crushed stones, and there is a processing fee of 30 yuan per ton.
Adults, women, children, old and weak all found their companions. This made them excitedly kowtow to God.
Here, apart from the harsh living environment, the treatment is really good. Everyone can make money.
Moreover, free rations and pickles are provided on the railway. Road construction workers are issued four sets of clothing and shoes, gloves, and wicker helmets a year.
Let these migrant workers, who have nothing but a handful of strength, grin happily all day long.
The food here is all corn, and the vegetables are cabbage and wild vegetables. Basically just boil it in water and add some salt. However, no one complained. They cannot afford salt even in good years.
Although the clear soup is watery and contains little fat, these foods are filling. Their ancestors have never had a day where they can eat freely throughout the year. And there are copper coins to get.
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In terms of silver, only literate accountants and other professions can get a salary of more than three coins.
You can't make much money by working hard, and it's difficult to feed a whole family.
The couple counted the money and cried at the same time.
Yu cried and said, "What a great job. After working for more than a year, it was enough to buy four acres of dry land. The remaining money was enough to buy a full set of farm tools and seeds. It's a pity that the railway has been opened to traffic. I don't know if it will still be used." There is no need for us. If we are demobilized, where will we go to make a living tomorrow? It would be great if the railway could continue to be built."
Hu Qingxiang said: "The foreman said today that we will not be dismissed."
Yu asked in surprise: "Didn't you say it would open to traffic tomorrow? There are no jobs on the railway, so why are you still willing to support us in vain?"
Hu Qingxiang said excitedly: "The railway will continue to be built. I heard from our section chief that this road will continue to be built towards the grassland and the Western Regions. The next step will be to extend to Guihua City, Jiuyuan City, and Linhe City." I also heard that this railway will go west along the Alxa area, passing through Heishui City and Juyanhaicheng to Hami. It will also go to the Yinli River Valley, I don’t know where it is."
Yu said excitedly: "Then we can keep doing it. We will always have jobs and make money."
Hu Qingxiang said excitedly: "That's not all. As mentioned above, railway construction is a technical type of work. It is not easy to train skilled workers. Not only will we not be dismissed, but some kind of railway construction company will be established. Let us be formal employees. Yes. Once you have established the establishment, you can work until you retire at the age of sixty. After retirement, you will still receive a pension, which will be paid at 80% of your salary until your death."
Mrs. Yu shed tears of joy. He said, "Master, let's just say we don't have to worry about the future anymore. Just keep working on the railway. The income here is high enough to raise our children."
Hu Qingxiang said: "The meeting was held yesterday. Mr. Yang wants to build family compounds near each station, and also build a large number of houses called tube buildings, which can be purchased with loans or rented at low prices. Each family compound has We need to build schools so that the children of railway employees can study and become literate for free. We also need to open medical clinics, markets, and some workshops and factories to provide employment for their families."
"In the future, we men will go to distant places to build railways. In the wilderness, your family members will not have to endure the hardships in the wilderness. You will be placed in the family compound to live and work. The children will go to school. The children will also study. How to build railways? When you grow up, you can also work in a railway construction company."
Mrs. Yu was already crying bitterly, happiness came so suddenly.
The Railway Construction Company not only clearly arranged their lives, but also arranged the future of the next generation.
Building railways, highways, and building bridges are very hard and dangerous field work. Not only is it heavy physical labor, but it also requires certain skills. Now, students from Xinghe Academy serve as technicians, and workers recruited by these refugees are the absolute main force in construction.
Only by giving them no worries can they be able to work seriously in the wilderness with peace of mind.
These people were fully familiar with the construction of narrow-gauge railways through the construction of this railway. Each one is a skilled worker and very precious. Of course it cannot be dismissed.
Yang Fan has a big heart. He wanted to unify the Mongols, launch a western expedition, penetrate Central Asia, and destroy the Kazakh Khanate and various small countries in Central Asia. Take the Mongols to Europe.
Likewise, he wants to build a railway all the way through Central Asia to Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad). Build Tsaritsyn into a strong fortress to block Tsarist Russia's southward path.
There he would annex the two khanates where the Mongols still existed. One is the Crimean Khanate located in eastern Ukraine today, and the other is the Kalmyk Khanate located in the steppes of the Volga River and the lower reaches of the Urals, established by the tribes of the Turgut people who had migrated westward.
and establish a port on the Black Sea. Open up the Black Sea and Mediterranean trade routes with Europe. This railway, which starts from Tianjin Port in the east and ends at the Black Sea Port in the west, is the land power that Yang Fan relies on to dominate the Eurasian continent.
From now on, the Ural Mountains, Tsaritsyn, and the Volga River will be the eastern borders of Europeans. Completely strangled Tsarist Russia's ambition to expand to the east.
