Hong Xu, the name of the new emperor. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The first year of Hongxu, the second year of Hongxu, and the third year of Hongxu...... Listening to the ears, several big military planes all have a vague and inexplicable strange feeling.

"Ten years ago," Guan Zhuofan accentuated, "No matter what, this 'Beijing-Wuhan line' must be opened to traffic!" ”

The listener's heartbeat quickened.

The "Beijing-Wuhan line" project is huge, there is no ancient, its majestic and magnificent, a little thought, it is difficult to suppress the excitement, the past and the present, I am afraid that there is only ...... The Great Wall and the Grand Canal can be compared, right?

What's more, the day the "Beijing-Ukraine Line" is opened to traffic is the time to start a war against Russia and recover the homeland!

How not to make people's hearts beat faster?

Think about it a little deeper, what kind of situation will China become at that time after ten years?

When I think about this, my heart beats faster!

Guan Zhuofan seemed to know what several subordinates were thinking, and said, "In the tenth year of Hongxu, if everything goes well, the 'two verticals and two horizontals' should have been completed and opened to traffic, and at that time, the 'second phase of the project' of China's railway network should be underway!" ”

The second phase of the project?

This is the first time that Prince Xuan has heard about the planning and development of the railway after the "first phase of the project".

"Please admonish the prince!"

"Okay," Guan Zhuofan said with a smile, "Since the words have been said in a hurry, I will say a few more words in passing." ”

After a pause, "The 'second phase of the project' of the railway network that I am proposing is mainly the extension and interconnection of the 'first phase project' - 'two vertical and two horizontal', well, let's call him 'three vertical and three horizontal'!" ”

Postponement, interconnection? Three verticals, three horizontals?

"Princess, please look at the map."

With Guan Zhuofan's gesture, the eyes of Wen, Cao, Xu, and Guo all turned to the map.

Guan Zhuofan said while gesturing on the map:

"The 'Jinghan Line' and the 'Beijing-Shanghai Line' are respectively extended to the south -- the 'Jinghan Line' extends south to Guangzhou, and the 'Beijing-Shanghai Line' extends south to Fuzhou."

"The northern exhibition of the 'Jingbong Line' temporarily stops at Alchuka."

Alchuka, that is, Harbin in later generations.

"The above is the 'three verticals'."

Guan Zhuofan's fingers dotted on the map, and lightly swiped between Jingshi and Fengtian, "The direction of the 'Jingfeng Line' is southwest and northeast, which can barely be regarded as a 'horizontal line', therefore, in the 'first phase of the project', it is classified as 'two horizontal', however, the section from its north to Alchuka is basically north-south, and in the 'second phase of the project', it is classified as 'three verticals'." ”

"Alchuka and Heilongjiang," Cao Yuying stared at the map, her eyes blazing, "but a river apart, if our railway is built here-"

After a pause, "The war against Russia in the northwest has been won again, so-"

Speaking of this, it is already difficult to hide the excitement, "The homeland of Russia in the "Aihun Treaty" and the "Beijing Treaty" will probably be able to return to China's territory without a fight!" ”

At that time, the "Alchuka" was under the management of General Jilin, and had not yet been assigned to Heilongjiang, and the "river" in Cao Yuying's words "separated by a river" refers to the Songhua River.

Guan Zhuofan smiled "haha", "Zhuo Ru is right, that's right!" ”

After a slight pause, "Hmph, the Russians seem to be very fond of 'negotiation', and not many of the 1 million square kilometers of land we have fallen into his hands have been defeated and lost to him by us - most of them are 'discussed' by him!" When the time comes, let's have a good 'talk' with him, and see what it's like to be able to 'talk' back to 600,000 square kilometers of land by playing tricks. ”

Of course, you can't just "play lip service".

At that time, the railway station in Alchuka must have been honking all day long, and the smoke was filling, and a long column of "military trains" arrived at the port with a long roar, and one group after another of soldiers, in the sound of orders, jumped out of the carriage; One cannon after another was unloaded from the train, hung up on the gun car, and the chariots and horses were out of the station, and there was an endless stream.

However, battles, small fights, although inevitable; It's really impossible to fight.

The Northeast is too far away from Russia's European core, and in the case that China has railways and Russia has no railways, if there is a big fight, Russia will almost certainly lose, although Lao Maozi is fierce, but he will not fight this kind of battle without any hope of winning, therefore, the loss of land in the Northeast may indeed be recovered by negotiations backed by force.

Several big military planes couldn't help but feel like a big and many benefits: railways and railways actually have many benefits, and they really need to be overhauled and specially repaired!

"I've talked about the 'three verticals'," Guan Zhuofan said, "let's talk about the 'three horizontals'—"

"The 'three horizontals' are mainly responsible for 'interconnection and interoperability'-"

"Changsha, Hunan on the southern section of the 'Jinghan Line', and Guixi, Jiangxi on the southern section of the 'Beijing-Shanghai Line', are going to be connected for the 'Nanheng'."

In the territory of Guixi, there is a small town called Yingtan, in the original time and space, the division of this Yingtan has become bigger and bigger, and finally reversed and brought Guixi into the rule.

"Zhengzhou, Henan on the 'Jinghan Line', and Xuzhou, Jiangsu on the 'Beijing-Shanghai Line' are going to be connected for the 'Dongheng'."

"At the same time, Zhengzhou and Tongguan in Shaanxi Province on the 'Beijing-Wuhan Line' will also be connected, which is for the 'West Horizontal'."

"'East horizontal' and 'West horizontal' are actually connected together, and together, they can be counted as a 'middle horizontal'."

"'Zhongheng' should not stop at Xuzhou in the east, but should be extended eastward to Haizhou -- and go to sea in Haizhou."

Haizhou, that is, the Lianyungang of later generations.

"As for the 'North Horizontal' of the 'Three Horizontals', it is to connect the Zhili Shijiazhuang on the 'Jinghan Line' and Shandong Dezhou on the 'Beijing-Shanghai Line'."

At that time, Shijiazhuang was still a small "Shijiazhuang Village", but because it was singled out as a hub station where the "Shitai Line" and the "Jinghan Line" intersected, it was already famous.

"'Beiheng' should not stop at Dezhou in the east, but should also follow the example of 'Zhongheng' and continue to expand eastward to Yantai to the sea."

"The above is the 'three horizontal'."

Several large military planes, while listening to Prince Xuan's beaming, stared at the map with a good eye, and at the same time worked hard to lay out in their minds: the "three verticals and three horizontals" of the second phase of the project, the "two verticals and two horizontals" of the first phase of the project, plus the "Beijing-Wuhan line", one by one, with a distinct shape, like a dragon -- the backbone structure of China's railway network, is about to come out!

"To add," Guan Zhuofan said, "I just said that the 'three horizontals' are mainly responsible for 'interconnection and interconnection', but this 'interconnection and interconnection' is not just to connect the two 'big lines', but also to take care of the areas along the way, such as 'Nanheng', between Changsha and Guixi, there is a Nanchang, and the 'Nanheng' will either pass through Nanchang, or simply connect Nanchang and Changsha first, and then, from ...... Well, let's call it the 'South Long Line' - lead a branch line out to connect Guixi. ”

"Good!"

Wen Xiang clenched his right fist lightly and smashed it lightly in the palm of his left palm, looking excited, "Two vertical, two horizontal in front, three vertical, three horizontal in the back, south to north, east to west, sea and land connected, qi and veins through, slightly unblocked!" This is not a 'game of chess in the northwest', this is ...... 'a game of chess in the whole country'! ”

Guan Zhuofan was slightly stunned, and then laughed loudly: "What a 'national game of chess'!" Bochuan, these five words are really the finishing touch! ”

"However, Lord Wang," Wen Xiang sighed, "Speaking of returning to the 'Northwest Game of Chess', I still have a little bit of unfounded worries - how vast and difficult is the project of the 'Beijing-Wuhan Line'?" With the same mileage, the progress of the project is always slower than that of the mainland line, right? ”

After a pause, "I mean, even if the money for the project is in place, this ...... Seven or eight years of construction, isn't it...... Still a little nervous? ”

"It's really not easy," Guan Zhuofan nodded, "However, don't worry too much, I have a foundation for the construction period of seven to eight years." ”

"This 'Ben' is the Pacific Railroad in the United States."

"The Pacific Railway is more than 3,000 kilometers long, which is no shorter than our 'Beijing-Wuhan Line'; to tell the truth, the difficulty of the project is even worse than that of the 'Beijing-Wuhan Line'!"

"The construction of the Pacific Railroad began in 1863, that is, in the second year of Tongzhi, and in the five years since then, most of the construction has been completed, especially the most difficult section of Mount Nevada, which has been opened!"

"I estimate that in another year or two, the Pacific Railroad will be officially opened to traffic."

Speaking of this, Guan Zhuofan looked around at everyone, "What the Americans have done, why can't we Chinese do it?" In fact, half of this Pacific Railway was built for him by us Chinese! -- The first expansion of the Xuan Army, the source of troops came from the Chinese workers who built the Pacific Railway! ”

"Yes!" Guo Songtao praised loudly, "I also take what the prince said!" As long as we are ruthless, what foreigners can do well, we will definitely be able to do well! ”

Guan Zhuofan looked at Guo Songtao and gave a thumbs up.

"As for the payment for the project," he turned to Wen Xiang, "Bochuan, you just used the word 'even', which shows that you still have doubts about whether this huge amount can be paid on time——"

Wen Xiang couldn't help but be embarrassed, "Lord Wang-"

"It's okay, it's okay!"

Guan Zhuofan smiled and waved his hand, "Actually, I know that this is not Bochuan's doubts alone, Zhuoru, Uncle Xing, and Yunxian are probably the same people." I can't blame you for this - since I can't open the 'hole cards' for you for the time being, it's normal that you don't have a bottom in your heart! ”

"But don't worry—if it's really something that can't be done, how can I boast of such a Haikou in front of you? I'm a man, if nothing else, at least - haven't blown any cowhides? ”

This is true, several big military planes, all smiled and nodded.

"I pat my chest - the 'Jingwu Line' will definitely start on time! The progress of the project will not be affected by the fact that the funds cannot be in place in a timely manner! ”

"Yes!"

"In case—" Guan Zhuofan said in a half-joking tone, "I'm talking about just in case—in case the French reparations are not enough to repair the 'Beijing-Wuhan line', then I'll take out the rest of the money myself!" ”

Several big military planes all laughed "haha".

"Take it out yourself" Yunyun, naturally Prince Xuan is joking.

No one thought that Prince Xuan's words would be true.

*(To be continued.) )