As for whether she would lose her ally Xiao Rizi, Sullivan was not worried. It was only 1.2 billion US dollars, which was affordable for Xiao Rizi, and she would not shake their friendship for trivial interests.
Ji Xia invited Liang Qingjun to have dinner at home, only then did she know that the eldest wife's family was coming back.
Old Master Qin has three sons in total. His uncle Qin Yuandong has a son and a daughter. The son is about the same age as Qin Xiao, and the daughter is about the same age as Qin Wanxue.
Qin Yuandong is the ambassador to Country F. He went to Country F five years ago, and his children followed him there one after another. His eldest son Qin Changqing went there two years ago, and his youngest daughter Qin Xinyao went there in the first half of last year.
Chen Congying and Aunt Liu cleaned up the room on the third floor together. When Old Man Qin came back in the evening, he said that Qin Yuandong had called and would arrive around tomorrow afternoon.
"Has anyone been arranged to pick you up? If not, I'll go to the airport to pick you up?" Ji Xia said casually.
Old Master Qin waved his hand. "Why do you need to go pick her up? The Ministry of Foreign Affairs should be able to arrange a car to pick her up. If not, I'll have the guards go."
Ji Xia was just talking. Although Chen Congying gave her a red envelope of 500 yuan each from the first and second wives when she and Qin Xiao got married, they had no contact with each other, and their affection was not enough for her to go to the airport to pick him up in person.
After the family had dinner, Mr. Qin asked Ji Xia to go with him to the study.
"The man above is elderly and can't sit on the train for long periods of time. The doctor advises that he shouldn't fly. The country is planning to improve the trains. Do you have any suggestions?"
Later generations' high-speed trains and EMUs are very fast, with EMUs reaching speeds of over 300 kilometers per hour, making domestic travel very convenient, except from south to north and from east to west.
Ji Xia has always wanted to improve the efficiency of trains, but this change will affect the entire system.
"Grandpa, if we want to change it, it's definitely easy. We have a ready-made solution. However, if we want to increase the speed, we have to change the energy supply. Our current green trains are powered by coal. If we switch to electricity and upgrade the power units of the existing trains, the speed can be increased to 200 or 300 kilometers per hour without any problem."
The old man calculated that if it was two or three hundred, then it would only take four or five hours to get from Jing City to Hai City?
This is really unimaginable!
"What if this project is given to you?" Old Master Qin was both excited and embarrassed.
Ji Xia thought about it and realized that this was definitely not something that Old Master Qin asked her to do. She was quite familiar with the temperaments of several people in the Qin family. They all had one thing in common: they felt sorry for her.
I don't want to cause trouble for her easily.
She naturally didn't want to embarrass Old Master Qin. "Okay! But I have a condition. I need to find a few suitable people to assist me! Also, I'm only working on one line. Could you please tell me which line to move?"
This point has already been decided, "Beijing-Shanghai Line, the line from Beijing to Shanghai."
Ji Xia had an idea in mind. The Beijing-Shanghai Railway is 1,463 kilometers long. Now the Nanshi Yangtze River Bridge has been opened to traffic. In the future, after the direct express train speeds up and the fifth major speed-up of the national railway, the total journey time will be shortened to nearly 12 hours.
Even after the electrification renovation project, the entire journey still took 10 hours.
It was not until the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway was completed and opened to traffic that, on the one hand, the pressure on the Beijing-Shanghai line was relieved, and on the other hand, the EMU trains began to run, which greatly shortened the entire journey time again.
Ji Xia thought about this matter and felt that it should be done in two steps. First, implement railway electrification, and then lay high-speed railways. The investment in the latter project is not a small amount of money, so let's talk about this matter after the national economic situation improves.
The next morning, Wei Zhenguo arrived, and Ji Xia learned that Wei Zhenguo had been transferred to Beijing, and his main task was to assist Ji Xia in reforming the national railway transportation.
Wei Zhenguo brought a lot of gifts, including the Beijing Eight Pieces, Hershey's chocolate bought from the Friendship Store, a box of American imported goods, two sets of children's clothes sold from the Friendship Store, a pound of meat, and five pounds of flour.
Ji Xia was a little amused. "Secretary Wei is here for work. It's really too polite of him to bring so much!"
Wei Zhenguo looked much thinner and said with a smile, "We are all from Bing County. If you hadn't come to Jing City, I might not have been able to transfer to Jing City. Coming here, the road ahead is long and arduous, and we still need Teacher Ji to help steer us!"
Ji Xia never liked boasting, so she got straight to the point. "The old man and I talked about increasing train speed yesterday. I have a project proposal here. Take a look!"
This is a research report prepared by Ji Xia based on the current actual situation after referring to a research report on a major technical and economic issue.
Before the restart, she plundered materials, technology, and wealth from half of the world. In fact, China's high-speed rail later developed the most advanced overall, but she did not take action against China at that time.
Fortunately, Europe is also a pioneer in the development of high-speed rail. In its space, there is an entire high-speed rail assembly line and several high-speed trains that can be used directly. However, high-speed rail and EMUs both convert electrical energy into mechanical energy. The existing tracks do not have a power supply system and cannot be used directly.
The initial investment in EMUs and high-speed railways is very large, and the operating costs are also very high. Unless they are located in densely populated areas with highly developed economies, their practicality is very limited.
However, high-speed trains are fast and reduce travel time. In this era, there is frequent travel between Beijing and Shanghai. It would be very necessary to have a fast channel to greatly shorten the time and improve efficiency.
Wei Zhenguo read it carefully. When it came to some parts that he didn't understand, he humbly asked for advice, and Ji Xia also explained everything he knew.
Ji Xia was very satisfied with the request from her superiors to assist her in her work. He believed that this man was capable, quiet, and willing to work hard, which could save her a lot of trouble.
"Do you plan to set up a special department to operate it, or do you plan to cooperate with the railway department?" Ji Xia asked.
"I'd like to hear your opinion on this. Teacher Ji, I may not have much experience, but there is one thing I can do. I used to be a soldier, and obedience is a soldier's duty." Wei Zhenguo was not shirking responsibility, but speaking the truth.
He was not being modest. In front of Ji Xia, no one was qualified to be modest because no one knew more than her.
"You've seen the project plan just now. I actually have two questions. First, are we building a bullet train or a high-speed train? Secondly, both bullet trains and high-speed trains are primarily used to carry people. Are the current trains primarily used to carry people or freight?"
Wei Zhenguo understood this truth. "Teacher Ji, please wait for two days. I will organize a meeting to discuss this issue and then give you an answer."
"good!"
Ji Xia only provided technology and took control of the general direction. She did not want to participate in specific decisions. Firstly, it made her attitude clear that she had no desire for power. Secondly, she was too lazy to bother to intrigue with those people.
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