Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 37 Surprised Su Huandong

Parked in front of you is an old-fashioned Soviet-made sedan. In 1984, even in Beijing, the number of sedans was vastly different from that of later generations. Especially at this time, the number of private cars was almost nonexistent.

, those who can use the car are all the heads of the government or companies. "Uncle Su, it seems that your family is still an official?" After getting in the car, Fang Mingyuan asked Su Aijun in surprise.

"This is my father's credit, and it is your credit." Su Aijun turned back from the passenger seat and looked at Fang Mingyuan with a smile. After the detailed conversation on the train, Su Aijun subconsciously recognized Fang Mingyuan.

Become a person with whom you can talk on an equal footing.

"What do you mean by this? What does it mean to take credit from your father and take credit from me?" Fang Mingyuan asked in confusion. Why does this involve Su Aijun's father again?

"Actually, the person who wants to see you today is my father. He works at the Ministry of Railways and is very interested in what you said about speeding up the trains, so I want to talk to you. This is my father's official car.

I can't even sit down, so I owe it to my father and you." Su Aijun explained with a smile.

"Your father wants to see me?" Fang Mingyuan was even more surprised. In Beijing in 1984, unlike later generations, people could have official cars, and this official was not a small one. He didn't expect that he would just talk nonsense with people on the train.

A few sentences are actually related to officials of the Ministry of Railways. This plot is too bloody. How can it be such a coincidence?

Bai Lin was even more surprised. Being in the capital, he naturally understood the meaning of this invitation better than Fang Mingyuan. Although, I had also heard from Bai Ping and the two elders of the Fang family that Fang Mingyuan was on the train.

A teacher from Fengyuan Jiaotong University was so frightened that everyone took it as a joke at the time. Now it seems that what Xiao Mingyuan said must be reasonable. Otherwise, how could the senior officials of the Ministry of Railways be convinced?

Want to meet him as a seven-year-old baby?

Fang Mingyuan thought to himself, this is a rare good opportunity. Wasn't he worried about the lack of help within the system a while ago? This help jumped out on its own! Although this level is a bit too high, it will definitely not be needed for a while.

But as long as you have a good relationship with the Su family, you will eventually be useful in the future. The Ministry of Railways, Boss Iron, this was an unparalleled behemoth in the previous life. Besides, I have nothing to be afraid of, just say the wrong thing.

Why did he have the nerve to be serious with his seven-year-old self? When he thought of this, Fang Mingyuan knew something in his heart - the risk is small, the profit is huge, this business can be done!

At this time, Su Aijun secretly admired in his heart that it was rare for this little guy to be so calm after hearing such news. His uncle, on the other hand, seemed a little nervous.

Soon, the car drove into the family compound of the Beijing Bureau of the Ministry of Railways and stopped at the door of Su's house. After hearing the sound, Mrs. Su came to open the door and saw Fang Mingyuan at first sight. The child was very beautiful and very cute.

Spiritual, I couldn’t help but like it a little more.

"Mom, this is Fang Mingyuan, and his uncle, Comrade Bai Lin. Comrade Bai Lin, Xiao Mingyuan, this is my mother." Su Aijun introduced concisely.

"Hello, Grandma Su!" Fang Mingyuan said sweetly and said hello first, "I came in a hurry today and I didn't bring a gift to grandma. It's really rude! But it's Uncle Su's fault for not saying hello in advance!" Fang Mingyuan originally thought.

I had bought something on the road. After all, it was not a good look to arrive empty-handed. But the sudden arrival of the car completely made Fang Mingyuan forget about it. When he got out of the car, he realized what he was doing. But he had nowhere to go to buy it.

Old Mrs. Su smiled kindly and said: "It's okay, you don't need to bring any gifts. Just come. Come in." Regarding this child, she has heard her husband and son talk about it in the past few days. From today's perspective,

As expected, he is different from ordinary children. He looks a bit like a young adult.

After letting Fang Mingyuan and Bai Lin sit down in the living room, Mrs. Su gave them tea, and Su Aijun went to the study room upstairs to find Su Huandong.

"Comrade Bai Lin, where do you work?" Mrs. Su asked with a smile. Seeing that Bai Lin seemed a little nervous, the old lady deliberately chatted with him for a few more words.

"Ah?" Bai Lin, who was looking at the furnishings in the living room, was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "Ah... I work at China Book Import and Export Corporation, and I am a junior deputy." As the conversation continued, Bai Lin also gradually

Let go.

"Mingyuan, come up!" Su Aijun poked his head out from the stairs and said.

Fang Mingyuan looked at Bai Lin. Outside, he had to pay attention to the dignity of his elders. Bai Lin nodded, and then Fang Mingyuan walked over.

Su Aijun arranged Fang Mingyuan into the small living room on the second floor. There were a row of sofas and a lot of old-fashioned furniture. The house could only be said to be relatively spacious, but it was not luxurious.

While he was looking around curiously, the door of the house opened again, and an old man about fifty-six or sixty-six came in. He was quite tall and had short black and white hair. Judging from his appearance, he was similar to Su Aijun.

Very similar.

"Hello, Grandpa Su!" Fang Mingyuan jumped down from the sofa and shouted politely.

Su Huandong looked at Fang Mingyuan. Although the clothes were very simple, the child looked very cute. Psychologically, this made him feel a little better. "Sit down, don't be so restrained. Is there anything you want to eat or drink?"

Aijun, go get a bottle of soda."

The three of them chatted for a while. Su Huandong asked about Fang Mingyuan's study and family situation, and what they had experienced since coming to the capital. Then they slowly turned the topic to the railway. The more they talked about this, the more surprised Su Huandong became. Fang Mingyuan

Although he still spoke like a child, it can be seen that he has many opinions on the matter of increasing railway speed. Although these opinions may sound unreasonable or irrelevant at first glance, they are

After thinking about it carefully, it is reasonable and reasonable.

"Xiao Mingyuan, do you think that before the train speeds up, the railway level crossing should be converted into an overpass?" Su Huandong pondered for a moment and said, "Although in the long run, I think what you said is very reasonable.

It is also the general trend. But in the near future, it may not be possible to approve this amount of money. And I don’t think that, judging from the current situation, it is necessary to carry out this work immediately. Our country is still very poor.

Every money must be spent wisely!”

"Grandpa Su, I once saw a term in a book called 'path dependence'. It is similar to 'inertia' in physics. That is to say, once you choose to enter a certain path, whether it is good or bad,

If it is bad, it may become dependent on this path. For example, the standard distance between two tracks of the American Railways is 4.85 feet. This is a very strange standard. Do you know where it comes from?

"Fang Mingyuan asked in a naughty manner.

"This is the British railway standard, because the American railways were first designed and built by the British." This problem is not difficult for Su Huandong. He has been working in the Ministry of Railways for decades and has accumulated a lot of professional knowledge.

"So, Grandpa Su, why do the British use this standard?" Fang Mingyuan asked.

Su Huandong frowned, pondered for a moment and said uncertainly: "I remember that this standard is also the British tram track standard. It seems that in the UK, trams appeared earlier than railways!"

"Grandpa Su is wise!" Fang Mingyuan said with a thumbs up, "As expected, he is from the Ministry of Railways, you all know this." It turns out that the British railways were designed by the people who built the tram tracks, and this 4.85-foot is exactly

Standards used in trams.

"So where do the standards for tram rails come from?" Fang Mingyuan continued to ask.

Su Huandong couldn't help but feel stuck. He really didn't know about this thing. It's not easy to know and remember the gauge length between rails. Who would think about why this standard was set in the first place.

Only then did Fang Mingyuan reveal the mystery. It turned out that the people who first built trams used to build carriages, so they used the wheel width of the carriages as the standard. Then, a new question couldn't help but arise: why did the carriages use this size?

As a standard for wheel distance? Because if the carriages at that time used any other wheel distance, the carriage wheels would soon be broken on the old British roads. Why? Because the width of the tracks on these roads is four points

Eighty-five feet. Then a new question arises, where do these tracks come from? The answer is determined by the ancient Romans. 4.85 feet is the width of the wheelbase of Roman chariots. If anyone

If you drive on these roads with different wheel widths, the life of his wheels will not be long.

"So why did the Romans adopt this standard as the wheelbase width of chariots?" Su Huandong couldn't help but ask. Although I don't know whether this is true or not, logically speaking, it makes sense. No

It looks like the children made it up themselves.

"The reason is very simple, because this is the average width of the buttocks of two horses pulling a chariot!" Fang Mingyuan's answer was beyond Su Huandong's expectation. But if he thought about it carefully, it was reasonable.

"So, Grandpa Su, the design of the most advanced transportation system in the world today was determined by the width of the buttocks of two horses two thousand years ago. This is path dependence. It seems a little paradoxical and humorous, but it is a fact.

"Fang Mingyuan said solemnly, "If the railway level crossing is changed to an overpass, if you, the initiator of the railway speed improvement plan, do not pay enough attention to it or even ignore it, then others will pay even less attention to it.

.When the train speed increases to 100 kilometers, 200 kilometers or even 300 kilometers in the future, these crossings will be traps for killing people. If you think about changing it at that time, the price you have to pay will be too high!" In the previous life,

Countless railway accidents occur every year due to congestion at crossings, and casualties occur from time to time. The annual losses are as high as hundreds of millions of yuan. Now that he has such a rare opportunity, Fang Mingyuan naturally wants to vaccinate Su Huandong in advance.

, if he could pay enough attention to this matter, then the tragedies in future generations would be less likely to happen.

Su Huandong leaned on the sofa, closed his eyes and meditated. He had to admit that the little guy made sense...