Chapter 1003 Railway System Adjustment
After the whole family reached an agreement, the next thing was much easier. Ernst went to Sweet and told him about it and prepared the wedding preparations, and the Sweet family He was also knocked unconscious by the sudden big cake. At this time, Sweet realized that his cabbage had been eaten by... the crown prince.
"Your Highness, why didn't I find out? They have been secretly dating for several years. I didn't even know it. They did a good job of keeping it secret." Sweet said a little depressed.
Ernst also had the same idea. If he hadn't pressed for marriage, he, an old father, wouldn't have known about his son's underground love affair.
But he still said: "Don't have any psychological burden. Two people actually like each other, so let's help them. After all, the trend of free love in society is becoming more and more prosperous now, and it is no longer the same as in the Middle Ages."
Sweet frowned and said: "Your Highness, I am mainly worried that this will affect the overall situation of the country. After all, royal marriage can gain a lot of benefits for East Africa."
Ernst: "On this point, I The view is that it has little impact. Marriage of nobles is an important part of European diplomacy, but East Africa is not Europe after all. East Africa is isolated overseas and has not been closely connected with Europe. It can be said to be its own system, so royal marriage does not need to be complete. According to European tradition."< br>
“Furthermore, as East Africa is a country of immigrants from many sources, if Friedrich can marry a person with the ancestry of immigrants from the Far Eastern Empire, it will be greatly beneficial to the integration of our East African people.”
< br>After hearing what Ernst said, Sweet also thought it was reasonable. Of course, Sweet was still a little complicated. After all, this matter was related to his family. If Friedrich married other nobles in East Africa, then Sweet I probably won’t think too much about it.
Actually, Ernst had other plans in mind, that is, in the future, the Rhine royal family would also need the cooperation of local political forces. European aristocrats may not have this effect. Assuming that the First World War was the same as in the previous life, then during this period This is probably the last glory of the nobles on the European continent, and the nobles who have lost their power are just a name.
"Sooner rather than later, wait until the end of this year and take advantage of the New Year to hold a wedding for the two of them!" Ernst said decisively.
Ernst also wanted to have his grandson as soon as possible, and since Friedrich was already old, the wedding should be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
Naturally, Sweet would not object to Ernst's decision. Although his mentality was complicated, he knew Crown Prince Friedrich well, and if others knew the news, they would only be envious. Own.
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After confirming Friedrich's marriage, Ernst once again turned into a workaholic and devoted himself to East African government affairs.
"Your Highness, this is the latest feedback from the railway system. In addition to the current railway construction situation being implemented step by step according to the First Five-Year Plan, our domestic internal combustion engine locomotives are also stepping up production to improve the needs of my country's railway and transportation industries. . ”
The research on internal combustion engine trains in East Africa started quite early, and there were even samples in the 1980s. However, the real technological breakthrough of internal combustion locomotives was not achieved until the 1990s.
Generally, internal combustion engine locomotives can be divided into three categories according to the transmission form, namely mechanical transmission, hydraulic transmission, and electric transmission.
Mechanical transmission diesel locomotives use internal combustion engines as power. However, this type of internal combustion engine locomotive is only rarely used on low-power local railways and industrial and mining locomotives. The early hydraulic transmission diesel locomotives used something similar to Steam locomotive connecting rod drive. As for electric transmission, it was the main application form of internal combustion locomotives in previous generations. The role of the internal combustion engine is to provide electricity to the locomotive, and then use electrical energy as a power source. Electric transmission is also the current mainstream development direction of internal combustion engine locomotives in East Africa.
This type of diesel locomotive has become relatively mature in East Africa, especially after the East African railway and electric power industries achieved rapid development in the 1990s. Electrically driven diesel locomotives officially achieved mass production in 1895.
Of course, old-fashioned steam locomotives have not been eliminated. The main reason is that the localization of steam locomotives in East Africa has been less than 20 years ago, so the previous production was relatively limited. In addition, the East African railway was built too fast, which had a great impact on the locomotives. The gap is getting bigger and bigger, so now the East African railway system is facing a situation of more roads and fewer cars.
In addition, Ernst has experienced the era of information explosion in later generations, so he knows more clearly that although old-fashioned steam locomotives have developed over time and gradually cannot meet the needs of other aspects of economy and society, old-fashioned steam locomotives have a simple structure. Stable and reliable, it is an important strategic material. After the land and the country's railway system are damaged by war, or when encountering extreme natural disasters, veterans are often needed to come to the rescue.
In addition, the old steam locomotives in East Africa have just been expanded for a few years, so it is impossible to tear them down and start over. Instead, they must increase their production efforts.
Furthermore, the standards adopted by the East African railway system are different from those of other countries, which requires East Africa to produce more steam locomotives as a strategic reserve in the future.
So Ernst said: "Promoting the development of diesel locomotives is a need for economic development, but steam locomotives are equally important. Now the East African railway capacity is limited by the number of locomotives, so both diesel locomotives and steam locomotives must be vigorously developed."
< br>Actually Steam locomotives are not backward, and are still the main force in railway systems around the world. Although other countries also produce diesel locomotives, they are extremely rare and the technology is immature. Therefore, continuing to produce steam locomotives will not be economically beneficial to East Africa. Cause too much impact.
“According to His Highness’ request, our Ministry of Railways plans to increase the production of diesel locomotives to about 40% of the previous level during the First Five-Year Plan period, while the original production of steam locomotives will remain unchanged. This will have an impact on the original "The production of steam locomotives will not have a big impact," Andre said: "Apart from locomotive production, the current problem in the railway system lies in information exchange. As well as deficiencies in material allocation, this requires system-wide rectification, especially the establishment of more marshalling stations, and coordination with various departments and enterprises to improve railway transportation efficiency.”
After all, railways are not like roads. Flexibility, especially since railway routes and times are fixed, makes it easy for trains to run empty and increase railway operating costs if information is not processed properly.
There are also changes in regional freight volume and improper railway use application and review processes, which can easily lead to the inability to fully release railway transport capacity.
In the past, the East African railway was developed roughly, so these problems were not obvious. However, during the First Five-Year Plan period, the East African railway construction plan was not aggressive, so there was more time and energy to sort out and sort out the various problems of the original East African railway system. solve.
Ernst also supports this. Refined railway management is an inevitable trend in the development of railway transportation. Ernst does not want the decline of the American railway system in the previous life to happen to East Africa.
A large part of the reason for the decline of American railways is actually improper management. From the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century, the American railway system could be said to have grown wildly. After the development of highways, aviation and other forms of transportation, , unable to make timely adjustments, causing the U.S. railway system to inevitably enter a period of decline.
It is true that the development of aviation and road transportation has put certain pressure on railways, but this problem did not occur in Europe and the Far Eastern Empire. Especially the European railways in the previous life were not built later than the United States, and other forms of transportation did not develop as well. Lagging behind, but European countries, including Germany, France, Spain and other countries, are continuing to develop in the railway field, so the decline of railways is obviously not only caused by competition from other modes of transportation.
(End of this chapter)