1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 588, prosperity (7)

“How to expand production?” Scrooge asked.

“Invest in the construction of a new steel plant,” Greystone said. “This round of prosperity has already taken shape. The development of Alaska, including Europe, has found a way out for their funds. There are no four development projects in Alaska. There will be no results in five years, so this atmosphere can last at least another four or five years. During this period, the newly built steel plant can also make a lot of money for us. They are sold at high prices and we will buy them back after the crash. In addition, we can also buy ready-made steel companies in the capital market. Alaska’s large-scale development also requires a large amount of ordinary steel.”

“Well, not bad.” Scrooge said, “You go to discuss with Donald, he is better at some things on the steel side. Let him handle specific things.”

Speaking of this, Scrooge glanced at Greystone, who listened quietly, without any reaction. Scrooge went on to say: “You only need to grasp the general direction. Don’t do it yourself with some details. Knowing the details is a good thing, but you can’t be too indulged in the details. As the successor of the family, you have to More to grasp the direction from a macro perspective. Understand?”

“I understand, Dad.” Gray Stone said. “I think John has managed chemistry and medicine well recently. I think he should have more autonomy.”

“John…” Scrooge thought for a while and said, “It’s great that you can think like this. You can indeed give him more autonomy. Although John’s talent is not good, he works very hard and knows. Work hard, that’s not bad. However, he is afraid it will be difficult to help me manage the big laboratory.”

Over the years, Scrooge has done a lot less directly on family matters, and now he basically only cares about the general direction, as well as some technical matters. Many departments have people who can replace him. Of course, these people are not as capable as Scrooge, but they can use all of their power in that area, so it’s not much worse. It’s just that there is really no successor who is particularly suitable for the big laboratory, who is particularly satisfied with it.

“Oh,” Grey Stone said with a sigh, “If Dana Big sis is still at home, then there will be no problem at all.”Grey Stone knew that although he was already a stable second-generation leadership core, it was the cousin who was most satisfied with his father in terms of ability among the generation of the family. If this cousin is a cousin, I am afraid that the position of his second-generation leadership core may not be so stable. However, since she is a cousin, and she is indeed so capable, Greystone still hopes that she will come back.

“She? She won’t come back now.” Scrooge said coldly, “Even if she comes back now, she will come back to make trouble. It’s not when she comes back. Hmph, don’t hit the south wall or look back, or the coffin will not fall. Tears, your Big sis is such a stupid thing.”

The whereabouts of Dana, the McDonald family has not been ignorant of all these years. The so-called is that gold will shine in any place, or put the awl in any cloth pocket, the awl tip will always be exposed naturally. Since Dena has actively participated in the activities of those socialists, and over the years, because of her profound insights and sharp style of life, she has gained a lot of reputation in the socialist and anarchist circles. Of course, she has been using various aliases. Sometimes, she is Spanish and named Esther, sometimes she is French and named Betty, and sometimes, she becomes German again, named Hannah. Sometimes, she is the Russian Varia again. But this cannot be concealed from McDonald’s investigators, because she is already too dazzling in the circle of socialists.

However, the McDonald family has not taken any action against Dana. Once, Grey Stone heard something like this from Scrooge’s mouth: “What’s the use of catching her back now? Would you catch her back and put it in a mental hospital? Now that she feels she is on the right path , That incompletely made her despair of the road of own, and incompletely made her realize the mistake of own, and it would be useless to catch her back… But the reality will educate her well and let her know what is right or wrong. At that time, It will be useful to let her come back.”

So Greystone knew that Dena would not be able to come back now. However, he also knew that Own’s emotions were very useful. Doing so would make Scrooge feel that he was a leader who could unite the family and twist them together.

“Well, now that you have an idea, let’s arrange it according to your idea.” Scrooge said. His energy is not as good as before, and he really doesn’t want to take care of many things.

…

The railway engineer Cook looked at the vast Alaskan wilderness, frowning tightly. His company was awarded a contract to build a railway in Alaska, and because he had experience in the construction of the Siberian Railway in Russia, he was also sent here by the company.

The conditions for railway construction here are no worse than the Siberian railway. Because of the abundance of financial resources, the life conditions provided by the company to engineers like them are much better than those provided by the Russians in Siberia, but the company is also very anxious about the progress. The land of Alaska is frozen every winter and becomes as hard as a rock, and in summer, the frozen soil quickly melts into mud. Therefore, in many places, if the railway is directly laid on such a ground, then either when the ground freezes in winter, the railway will swell and deform due to the expansion during freezing, or in summer, it will be due to the thawing of the ground. And sink. Therefore, they must dig out all the surface soil, digging up to the permafrost layer that will not melt all year round, and then spread the big stones, then the small stones, and dig the drainage ditches twice. Also… and even so, after a few years of use, this railway still has problems such as deformation. It needs to be carefully maintained almost every year, and it needs to be overhauled every few years.

But this is not the most troublesome problem for him. This problem was notified to the company’s upper level before the construction of the railway started. Moreover, the section of this road is not long, but only a few tens of kilometers. Going forward is the complete permafrost that won’t melt even in summer, but it’s a lot easier to deal with. What makes him a headache now is the speed problem. The summer in Alaska is extremely short, and they must rush to spread the railway to the permafrost as much as possible before the arrival of winter. Otherwise, the melted land will be frozen again, and then blasting must be used to dig out the soil. In this way, the cost will increase a lot. Of course, the company will be very dissatisfied, and then they will naturally be under a lot of pressure.

It is September now, and the night temperature has dropped below zero. Maybe in a day or two, the first snow will fall on the land of Alaska. They must hurry up.

“Mr. Cook, come and have a look.” A man in overalls and a yellow helmet ran towards Cook, shouting.

“What’s the matter?” Cook asked, and the air from his mouth immediately turned into a white mist.

“We have dug into the groundwater layer, and water is constantly seeping out, and the amount of water is not small.” The man replied, breathing heavily.

“Damn it! Take me to see.” Cook said, and at the same time exclaimed in his heart, “Thank God, fortunately I found it now. If you dig here later and wait until the freezing time, you may not be able to find out. The problem of the groundwater layer of this generation will definitely go wrong when the railway is paved and the freeze is thawed in the summer.”

The man took Cook and ran towards the other side of the construction site.

When Cook ran to that position, he saw a group of workers had come up from the two-meter-deep tunnel. They all stood by with tools and pointed. Cook stepped forward and saw that a long section below had become a ditch.

“Damn it, how long has it been since the water started?” Cook asked.

“Mr. Cook, it was about ten minutes ago.” Someone replied.

“Well, how deep is the water?” Cook asked?

“My knee is deep and it’s still rising.” Another person replied.

“Very well, any of you have a wooden ruler?” Cook asked.

“Here.” Someone hurriedly brought a long wooden ruler over.

“Who will help me measure the depth?” Cook asked.

“I’ll go.” A worker wearing overshoes took the wooden ruler and climbed down. At this time, the water rose again, and when the worker reached the deepest place, the water depth had reached his lap.

“1.2 meters! Can I go up?” Obviously, although he was wearing overshoes, standing in the cold groundwater still made him very uncomfortable.

“Okay, thank you, you can come up.” Cook yelled, and quickly calculated a rough figure in his head.

“Okay.” The worker held up the ruler, walked to a shallower place, and began to climb up, but the slope was muddy and his weight seemed to be heavier. As a result, he slipped down the slope twice in a row. It made the workers next to him burst into laughter.

“Don’t laugh, whoever will give me a hand!”

“Arnold, you go to Jin and ask him to get two pumps over right away.” Cook said to the person who called him at the beginning, “Hurry up.” Then he naturally said to himself: “Damn it again. To add a process, here and here, a drainage ditch needs to be dug…”