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Chapter 213 The Devil's Nose (First update, please subscribe)
Nanhua is waiting for this railway!

This is an undoubted fact. What is the significance of this Pacific Railway to Nanhua?It is not just able to connect Shandong and Shanxi as one.

The most important thing is that it can speed up the speed of immigration - after all, the distance from the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean, and then across the Atlantic Ocean to Nanhua is too long, and the Pacific route has been shortened by more than one third, which is equivalent to saving three One-third of the time, so that the efficiency of the use of immigration ships increased by one-third, and the number of immigrants naturally increased accordingly.

Once the railway is built, immigrants can continue to disembark from Linhai and arrive at Nanhua by train.

The only problem is the railroad, and what's the biggest problem holding it back?
It's the Andes!
In order to build the railway across the Andes, a total of 42 tunnels and covered corridors and 144 viaducts and bridges are planned on the railway map.These are not the most difficult parts of the route. The most difficult part is that one of them is built almost entirely on vertical cliffs when passing through the Andes. nose".

"This winter this year, I plan to live on that devil's nose. I want to see if the nose of King Yama can stand up."

If you want to get to the construction site of "Devil's Nose", you have to go over mountains and ridges. Although he is the mayor, when he followed the mule team carrying supplies into the mountains, Wang Yingjiu's dress was no different from that of ordinary road workers.
I struggled to climb the mountain road for two hours.Everyone always climbs up, climbs, and climbs to the highest peak.The higher the altitude, the thinner the air, and it became difficult for everyone to breathe. The long climbing time made everyone exhausted and couldn't bear it any longer.At this time, it was snowing in the sky, and there was a vast sea of ​​snow everywhere, the cold air that cracked the skin, the night shadows that gradually engulfed the mountain peaks, and the fact that there was no place to spend the night, Wang Yingjiu couldn't help but feel a little terrified. Even where to live in the barren mountains and wild mountains is a problem.

At this moment, the accompanying captain suddenly shouted excitedly:
"Look, there is a construction site ahead!"

It snowed heavily for a long time, and the sky and the earth were foggy.Along the hillside, you can only hear the faint explosion of cannons. Here, the strong wind with snow flakes surrounds people, making it difficult for people to move an inch!However, the roars and explosions from the wind and snow reminded Wang Yingjiu that there are people working in the wind and snow everywhere.

The deafening explosion echoed in the valley, and through the flying snowflakes, one could vaguely see the dim lights bit by bit on the mountainside, which were the lanterns hanging on the construction site, where the workers were digging rocks along the mountainside .

In the past year, tens of thousands of workers have come here. They want to dig a [-]-kilometer-long railway from the cliff, and build a not-so-wide transportation road beside the railway. Pack mules, carts and pedestrians come and go on the sidewalk.

Finally, along the sidewalk, they came to a meeting and yielding platform, and the accompanying supervisor Sun Lin pointed to the opposite side of the mountain and said.

"My lord, look there, it's the "Devil's Nose"!"

Looking in the direction he pointed, through the flying snowflakes, one could vaguely see hundreds of workers as if they were stuck on the cliff. They drilled holes there, as if they were digging a ladder to the sky.

"My lord, the entire sixty kilometers were dug out on such an almost vertical cliff. Foreigners call it "the devil's nose" because the railway is almost built on the tip of the devil's nose. Be careful, people will fall from there, even if the road workers are tied with ropes, if the ropes are worn out, people may fall down. From the start of construction to now, 276 road workers have died on this construction site..."

Sun Lin's words made Wang Yingjiu sigh.

"It's more than 276. From Linhai to here, 1324 road workers have died in the entire eastern section of the railway. This railway was built by us Chinese people with flesh and blood. However, as long as this railway is opened, the east and west sides will be connected. As a whole, whether it is Shanxi or Shandong, it will belong to us Huaxia from now on!"

In the past, Wang Yingjiu did not know the importance of railways, but in the past year, after taking the railway many times, he has deeply realized the importance of railways. With such railways, not only the mountains will become thoroughfare, It has even reshaped time and space, once a month-long journey, the train can shorten it to two or three days.

With the railway, "traveling thousands of miles a day" is no longer a fantasy in novels.

Railways, telegraphs, all these were things that Wang Yingjiu had never heard of or seen in the past. Apart from being surprised, he also studied them curiously, and even learned foreign languages ​​and engineering.

Sometimes, officials in the late Qing Dynasty were conservative not because they were conservative, but because they could gain political benefits from being conservative. But deep down in their hearts, they also harbored curiosity, especially when this kind of curiosity would not bring personal benefits. After political disasters such as "literary prison", the suppressed enthusiasm will be quickly ignited.

"It seems that it is no different from building plank roads on the mountain. I see if it can be done like this. Let's use the method of building plank roads. Between each section, we first build a workshop with wood suspended in the air. The workers eat and live. There, and then every day along the workshop to dig holes to both ends, and blast the way out, what do you think?"

Although Wang Yingjiu has no construction experience, as the governor of a province, of course he has swum through the mountains and rivers. How did the plank roads suspended in the air for literati and inkmen in the famous mountains and rivers be built?Isn't that how it was cultivated, it's just that there are some changes here.

Regarding Wang Yingjiu's suggestion, Sun Lin thought for a while, and it seemed that there was some truth in it, so he nodded in agreement.

"Well, my lord's opinion, otherwise, let's try."

"Try it first. If it doesn't work, follow the method taught by the foreign teacher. We are laymen to build railways. Since we are laymen, it is definitely right to learn more."

After being reminded, Wang Yingjiu wrapped his coat tightly, pulled down the brim of his hat, and then continued to walk forward along the access road dug on the cliff.

This winter, he has already made up his mind to eat and live on this "devil's nose".There is no other reason. Since everyone is not allowed to work in winter, he, the mayor, of course wants to eat and sleep with them here.

The wind in the valley is getting stronger.The snow is even bigger...

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