With the horses neighing, a long convoy arrived at the destination.

This convoy came from Luoyang Prefecture to the west, and was basically empty. Apart from carrying a few people, there was no cargo at all. It can be seen that the new capital is still a pure consumption area and is highly dependent on external materials, money and food.

Mingfu Port is the seat of the newly established Mingfu County County Government. Currently, there are more than 4,000 urban and rural residents, and there are not many new places in La Plata. Mingfu County was newly established at the beginning of this year and is the 157th county in the country (excluding the districts of the new capital). The county is under the jurisdiction of Mingfu Town, Linba Township (near Santa Rosa Town in later generations), Quanji Township (near Esperanza Town in later generations), Zhonghe Township (near San Carlos Town in later generations), Xingwu Township (near Kelonda Town in later generations), one town and four towns, and is an emerging county.

Mingfu County is now the starting point to the new inland capital. A large number of ships will transport various commodities including grain, timber, coal, daily necessities, machinery and equipment from Hejian, Niulan Mountain, the grassland, and the Yazi Lake basins, and then sort them out on the docks and store them. Because the railway to the west has not been built, from Mingfu Port to Luoyang Prefecture, it can basically only rely on a fleet or a mule and horse team. Therefore, Mingfu Port now gathers a large number of transportation practitioners. They stay here from morning to night, and when they see business, they rush forward and undertake the task of transporting various materials to Luoyang Prefecture.

On the way west, they also have some supply points, which are basically newly established settlements. For example, Changsheng Township, located near the town of Sierra Pereyra, located near the town of Estacion Clucellas, located in Boyang Township, near the town of San Francisco, located in Renji Township, near the town of Devoto, located in Guangshun Township, near the town of La Francia, located in Panshi Township, near the town of Arroyito, located in Taishun Township, near the town of Riopmero, located in total, there are seven midway supply points, basically a few dozen kilometers per stop, which can allow the convoy and the mule team to have a rest at night, so it is better to get on the road.

With so many settlements and more than 20,000 settled immigrants, the amount of supplies consumed on a daily basis is extremely amazing. Not to mention, in addition to their daily farm work, they also have to undertake heavy road and railway construction tasks. They consume a lot of physical strength and demand for food. Therefore, when a convoy sets off from Mingfu Port with full load of grain and daily necessities, perhaps before they can reach the finish line Luoyang Prefecture, more than half of the supplies of the convoy will be removed.

The cost of transporting materials of this level is undoubtedly very high. In the long run, the expenses of institutions such as the State Administration of Development and other institutions will be very large. After all, it is transported by carriages, mules and horses. Most of the time when returning is transported, it is mostly empty. If the freight is not overdue, it would be strange. This seems to be the main reason why the superiors are desperately trying to build a railway to Luoyang Prefecture. Fortunately, the first-class national highway from Mingfu Port to Luoyang Prefecture has been continuously built for more than a year. With the hard work of a large number of non-national labor workers, some roads have been available, which provides huge convenience for railway construction.

Speaking of this, we have to mention the tragic Great Northern Railway, because this road has been suspended again! The counties and townships on the Brazilian plateau are really raised by stepmothers. Due to the coastal terrain, they have been looking forward to a trunk railway for a long time. After finally getting the approval of the Ministry of Railways, they will continue to extend northward on the basis of the original Northern Railway and pacifying railway to complete the so-called Great Northern Railway. They are not happy for a long time. This railway has been suspended repeatedly due to plan changes. Not only did it cause the counties along the way that prepared a large number of road construction materials to jump, but it also greatly delayed the economic development of these places, making the living costs of local people high, which is really annoying.

A few years ago, after careful research, the Ministry of Railways sent a deputy minister to the north for a walk, and then patted his chest to express his opinion to the local cadres and people that the Great Northern Railway project will be reopened, and this time it will "construct all the way to the northern border line". The words of the deputy minister are undoubtedly extremely inspiring and aroused the enthusiasm of the people on the Brazilian Plateau to build railways. As a result, this enthusiasm has not been hot for two years, and it was stopped again because of the multiple "small attacks" of the wool transport dedicated line railway and the planned Luoming Railway (Luoyang Prefecture-Mingfu County), Luoyan Railway (Luoyang Prefecture-Yancheng County), and Luoshang Railway (Luoyang-Shang County), which greatly deflated the local people, which was quite tragic.

"Find a fleet, negotiate the price, and then buy enough food and daily necessities for two months and set off within two days." In the most prosperous bridgehead market in Mingfu Port, several officials in the Ministry of Railways uniforms were talking. Listening to what they said, it seemed that they were surveying the Luoming Railway and were about to set off again in the near future.

In fact, the residents of Mingfu Port have long been familiar with these people. In the past two years, they have seen too many people from the Ministry of Railways and China Railway Company. These people are generally very young, with high fighting spirit and hard work. Every time they show off in Mingfu Port, they rent a car to the field for surveys under the escort of more than a dozen or dozens of police officers. They are very dedicated and very hard-working. Today's people probably do these tasks. I hope that the Heavenly Lord will bless them with good health and complete their work on time, so that we can take the train to the capital in the future.

"When the embankment is less than 6 meters, it is 5.5 meters when the embankment is less than 6 meters, 6 meters when it is more than 1,500 meters, the width must be increased according to the following standards on the outside of the curve: 30 cm in curved sections with a radius less than 800 meters, and 20 cm in curved sections with a radius of 800 to 1,500 meters. The slope of the embankment slope is 1:1.5 for ordinary soil, and 1:2 for sand or swamps. Slope surface shaping is carried out by covering sacks or clay..." Several railway officials went away while discussing technical issues. Their voices were full of passion for work. Perhaps the railway industry on the east coast was able to move forward at a speed beyond the expected speed with these people's unremitting efforts day and night.

"...We have taken many measures, including expanding the warehouse capacity and increasing mechanical loading and unloading equipment, but there are still many ships waiting in line outside the port. Before the month has passed, 17,420 tons of cargo have entered the port." Two officials from the Mingfu Port Authority came over again. They seemed to have just gotten off work and were tired for a day. They were planning to find a tavern to have two drinks before going home to rest.

"No one expected this situation, Xiao Zhang. So many goods have caused the biggest chaos since the opening of Mingfu Port. However, this is not a temporary phenomenon. It is necessary to quickly launch the expansion project of Mingfu Port. We have reported to expand it before, but it has always been impossible to achieve various obstacles. Now the situation is getting more and more urgent, and it is no longer allowed to delay it. Last time I said in Section Chief Yuan's office that we must apply as soon as possible and let the superior draft a plan to expand Mingfu Port to adapt to the new transportation situation."

"At least two new piers need to be built, with a water depth of more than 6 meters. The distance between each dike is 200 meters vertically, leaving enough margin for the future. The width of the pier is about 100 meters in the middle, with a slightly smaller end and a larger root. After the construction of the two dike piers, we can probably breathe a little relieved. However, the two piers in the earlier were also going to be renovated. They were not temporary simple piers made of wooden, and the old piers of the Spaniards were not in compliance with regulations. They all had to spend money on the renovation, otherwise there would be problems sooner or later. Oh, a lot of things! Well, after I go home tonight, I will carefully review the situation and go to Section Chief Yuan tomorrow. Let's go and drink first, no matter that much..."

Wang Dazhuang, who was about to return to Hexi County by boat from Mingfu Port, heard these conversations at the port and was quite moved for a moment. Sometimes he really felt that he was very tired, annoyed, and under great pressure, but after seeing the enthusiasm of these energetic young people, he suddenly felt that his fatigue was nothing. Everyone was working hard, right? No one had reason to be lazy, a society with rapid development would inevitably punish these lazy people! Wang Dazhuang did not doubt this at all.

"Compared with the big scenes in Mingfu Port and even Luoyang Prefecture, the Hexi side is really a little bit of a small fight. Moreover, the policy reforms there seem to be very radical. Agricultural cooperatives, a group that was originally formed by farmers, have legal person status, which is simply incredible." Wang Dazhuang climbed a section of the river embankment, felt the cool breeze blowing from the river surface, then lit a cigarette for himself, and thought about the gains after going to Luoyang Prefecture this time: "The urban construction plan is quite good, and it is worthy of being done according to the standards of the 'millennium plan'. The urban industrial layout is planned, rather than grasping what is. If it does not meet my position, I would rather not. This is quite domineering, after all, it is the capital. It is a first for the system, the first for the atmosphere, the first for the planning, and the first for the industry. Luoyang Prefecture is indeed good, and the central think tank has experts. It is indeed unlikely that Hexi wants to compete with the capital."

Thinking of this, Wang Dazhuang sighed and threw the cigarette butt into Bian Henoi. He originally planned to build a complete transportation equipment industry in Hexi, because in his opinion, Hexi County is a key node for going east and west, going south and north, and developing this industry is very suitable. But after visiting the transportation manufacturing planning base in Shendu District, Luoyang Prefecture, Wang Dazhuang immediately wisely gave up his plan.
Chapter completed!