The train driver in the courtyard

At this time, Li Aiguo had already left the Qianmen Locomotive Depot on his bicycle and returned to the courtyard.

As soon as I reached the door, I saw Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhang rushing out of the yard, holding bags of flour in their hands.

Seeing Li Aiguo, Jia Zhang subconsciously hid the bag of flour behind her.

She looked up and said in a fake tone: "Oh, the weather is really nice today, let's go to the suburbs to pick wild vegetables."

"Mom, aren't we going to the grain station?" Jia Dongxu hadn't reacted yet until he heard Jia Zhang's cough and noticed Li Aiguo.

Jia Dongxu suddenly realized: "Right, right, let's go pick some wild vegetables."

The two men walked quickly past Li Aiguo.

When they reached the corner of the street, Jia Dongxu gave Jia Zhang a thumbs up and said, "Mom, you are really smart, otherwise Li Aiguo would have known that there is food supply in the grain station."

"That's right! I heard that there are only a few thousand tons of food this time. The capital is so big that it is not enough.

Let's go quickly and buy up all the food, so that thief Li Aiguo will have nothing to lose!"

A sinister smile appeared on Jia Zhang's lips.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Jia Dongxu agreed repeatedly, and the two of them hurried towards the grain station.

Li Aiguo didn't notice the two people's little actions at all and had already returned home.

At this time, Chen Xueru had already gone to work. After resting for a while, Li Aiguo closed his eyes and called out the system.

Steam engine driving: 100;

Cooking: 15;

Cycling: 95;

Geological exploration technology: 20;

Criminal Investigation Technology: 61;

Mechanical design technology proficiency: 60;
Electricity Mastery: 60;

EMU assembly body technology: 30;

Purchased blueprint: Rail train crane.
The current score is 1612 points.

I've been busy with the crane stuff lately and have been a bit slack, so I've only accumulated this many points.

Li Aiguo sighed for a few words, clicked the search bar, and searched for container-related technologies in the system.

During his trip to Tianjin Port, Li Aiguo discovered that the docks of that time lacked a very important equipment compared to later times - containers.

After chatting with shipping expert Zhou Qigong, Li Aiguo realized that containers were not widely used to transport goods internationally at that time.

To an outsider, a container may just be an ordinary box, far less important than ship engine technology and 10,000-ton ship manufacturing technology.

but.

Containers are actually a revolution in the entire logistics technology and can be regarded as one of the greatest miracles created by mankind in history.

By 1830, the prototype of the container had appeared, which was mainly used to transport general goods on railways.

In 1880, containers also appeared in America's inland shipping.

However, the containers at that time had not yet formed a standard and could not be considered true containers.

There are just various large boxes customized for easy transportation, and there are no supporting facilities.

It was not until the 1960s and 1970s that true containers were invented and a set of standards were gradually formed.

Containers were soon widely promoted, greatly improving transportation efficiency and reducing transportation costs, making the price of sea transportation much lower than land transportation.

Even later historians analyzed the development history of containers and came to a strange conclusion - the reason why the Russians were defeated by the Americans had something to do with the large-scale use of containers.

Before containers became popular in the United States and Western Europe, the Russians were still relatively strong.

Although our economy is not as good as Xiaomei's, we can still compete with her.

However, after the large-scale use of containers, the cost of transporting materials for Xiaomei and her Western European brothers was greatly reduced.

The Russians didn't take the containers seriously.

And because the patents and standards for containers are in the hands of the American family, the development of container technology in the Russian family is far behind.

Once containers became popularized, the Russian economy was completely suppressed by the American economy.

So from this perspective, the fall of the Russians has a lot to do with their lack of attention to the development of containers.

Since such a small container can have such a huge effect, Li Aiguo naturally cannot give it up.

After some searching, Li Aiguo found container-related technologies in the system.

Standardized container manufacturing technology (100 points). Container loading and unloading technology (100 points)

Container transportation technology (100 points)

Container dispatching technology (100 points)

Container monitoring and tracking technology (100 points)

Wow, a small container technology actually requires five hundred points.

Li Aiguo felt that the system was suspected of defrauding people.

But when he clicked on the detailed introduction of each technology, he felt relieved.

Standardized container manufacturing technology includes: structural design and manufacturing processes, material technology, various container standards and other technologies.

Container loading and unloading technology includes: shore crane technology and yard crane technology.
Container transportation technology includes: container ship technology and container railway transportation technology.
It can be said that each technology also includes many branch technologies.

In particular, standardized container technology includes various container technology standards.

These standards may not seem to have any technical difficulty, but they are the standards formed through countless years of experience accumulation in the development process of containers in later generations. They are the most optimized container standards.

"This thing is amazing, I bought it!"

Li Aiguo now has 1612 points, which makes him a wealthy investor. He clicked the buy button without hesitation.

In just a moment, he felt dizzy, and a lot of obscure, profound, and difficult to understand knowledge appeared in his mind.

With the help of the system, this knowledge quickly becomes simple and easy to understand.

Li Aiguo has now become an expert in containers.

"Sure enough, our success depends entirely on our own efforts!"

Li Aiguo threw the comic strip of Train Man aside, picked up a piece of paper, and wrote: "About a concept of a device that can be used to transport bulk cargo and general cargo."

The design and manufacture of containers are not complicated, but this is only relative to the technological level of later generations.

At that time, domestic material technology and manufacturing technology were far inferior to those of later generations. In order to ensure the sturdiness of the container, Li Aiguo spent a lot of effort.

We were busy until the afternoon, and the design drawings of the container were finally completed.

The following work is about the formulation of various standards.
Time passed by little by little, and before I knew it, it was evening.

Workers came back from the factory one after another, chatting as they walked.

"Today, a batch of grain suddenly arrived at the Xizhimen grain store. It was this year's new grain, and it was sold out in just one afternoon."

"Fortunately, I was well-informed and took time off to buy food, otherwise I would not have been able to get it."

Chen Xueru also came back pushing her bicycle. When she heard the news, she frowned in dismay, "My head of the family is not at home. I'm busy at the street office and haven't had time to buy food. Oh, what should I do?"

The food stored in the cellar is enough to last for several years, but conditions are difficult now and everyone is short of food. How can you not be short of food?
Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu came back carrying half a bag of grain. When they heard Chen Xueru's words, they immediately laughed.

"It's too late now, the food is sold out!"

"Wife, see, what's the use of being a train driver? There's not even food at home."

Jia Dongxu had a rare opportunity to show off, so he raised his head proudly towards Qin Huairu.

Although Qin Huairu felt that Li Ai's country would not be short of food, she was still very happy at the moment.

She was finally able to surpass Chen Xueru.

Xu Damao and the residents of the compound all felt that Jia Dongxu was too cocky.

At this time, a young man in a dark gray uniform pushed a bicycle into the courtyard and asked the third uncle: "Old comrade, do you know where Driver Li's home is?"

"Xueru, look for someone who is patriotic. This female comrade is the wife of driver Li." The third uncle pointed at Chen Xueru and introduced her to the young man.

The young man came over quickly pushing his bicycle and said with a smile, "Hello, I am the assistant to the chief of the Qianmen Locomotive Depot. This time I am here to deliver Fuqiang flour to Comrade Li Aiguo."

Only then did everyone notice that there was a bag of flour on the back of the bicycle.

There was half a bag of flour in the bag, which was several dozen kilograms.

The snow-white powder is stuck on the bag, and it emits a bright white glow under the sunlight.

Hiss. The residents all took a breath of cold air.

Xu Damao said sarcastically, "Who said that train drivers are useless? Some people work hard to queue up to buy food, but they can only buy coarse grains. Now the locomotive depot delivers Fuqiang flour directly to their doorsteps. This is the difference!"

Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhang's expressions became increasingly ugly.

The pride on Qin Huairu's face gradually disappeared.

(End of this chapter)