The most arrogant in history

Chapter 836 Modern atmosphere.

The current Ministry of Transport building is a five-story building, one of eight in total.

The bottom three floors are brick-concrete structures poured with concrete, and the top two floors are wooden structures.

There are two large conference rooms with electricity and electric lights.

The exterior walls of the first, second and third floors of the building are covered with white tiles, which shine brightly under the sunlight.

The exterior walls of the fourth and fifth floors were painted red.

Overall, the red and white colors are distinct, giving it both a modern feel and a retro style.

Ding Ding's office is on the third floor, with an area of ​​60 square meters. Next to it are a small meeting room, an archive room, a database, a rest room, and a toilet...

Behind the large desk, Ding Ding was working with a cup of hot tea in front of him.

When the guard in the corridor saw Ye Kun, he wanted to report to Ding Ding.

Ye Kun waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to report it.

After taking a look through the window glass, Ye Kun sighed in his heart.

If Junior Sister Ding Ding were given a computer, it would be a completely modern office scene.

"Master Ding, I'm here to visit you."

Ayiman walked into the office and spoke first.

"Oh, Senior Brother and the Queen are here."

Ding Ding stood up hurriedly and said with a smile: "Brother, you are here incognito today, right? I don't think you are here to visit."

"Please sit down, Junior Sister. I'm just here to visit you."

Ye Kun smiled and took Ayiman to sit down opposite Ding Ding's desk.

Ding Ding also sat down, turned slightly in the swivel chair, and smiled:

"People who come to my place are all here for work, not many people visit, and I don't have time to chat with people. However, my brother is the emperor, and he is with Her Majesty the Queen, so I will make an exception."

Ye Kun smiled at Ayiman and said, "You see, Lady Ding is very busy and doesn't like us disturbing her."

Tintin laughed and ordered tea.

Ye Kun took a sip of tea and asked, "Is this swivel chair I designed useful?"

The office swivel chair was designed by Ye Kun, who asked the Science and Technology City to make a sample and the factory to mass-produce it.

Universal wheels are used under the swivel chair.

The height and backrest angle of the swivel chair can be adjusted.

Tintin smiled and said, "This chair is very useful and comfortable, but it's not dignified enough. Some old-fashioned people believe that one should stand and sit properly, and one shouldn't twist around on the chair like I do."

"This is an office chair, used in private settings. You can't use a chair like this during a meeting."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Queen Ayiman is going back to her homeland of Loulan to visit her relatives. We came here this time to learn about the situation of the Western Region Railway."

"It's not possible to take the train all the way to the ancient site of Loulan now."

Ding Ding sighed: "The western railway is basically completed, and it will take two or three days to reach Chang'an. But the railway from Chang'an to the Western Regions is a difficult task. At present, only three sections have been built, with a total mileage of more than a thousand miles.

However, the roadbed that has been built is more than a thousand miles long. By the end of next year, the total mileage of the Western Region Railway will reach about 2,300 miles.”

Ayiman said hurriedly: "It doesn't matter. If there is a railway, we can take the train. If there is no railway, we can take a horse carriage or a car."

Ding Ding nodded: "Based on the current transportation conditions, if we march quickly, we can reach Loulan in twelve days. But the queen is going back to visit her relatives, and there are many people with her, so it will take at least twenty days to reach Loulan."

"Twenty days is considered fast. The first time I came to Zhuo County, it took me more than a month, almost two months." Ayiman smiled.

"Then I'll make arrangements and leave for Loulan as soon as possible."

Ye Kun nodded and asked Ding Ding again: "Is there a road from Chang'an to the Western Regions?"

Tintin twirled the pen in his hand. "In the past two years, the roads leading to the Western Regions have been reinforced and widened. Passenger cars can generally travel on them. There are now passenger cars on the Western Regions Road, which can travel 600 miles a day."

Ye Kun was a little surprised: "There are already cars on the road to the Western Region?"

"Strictly speaking, it's steam engines. Diesel is too difficult to transport and the supply cannot be guaranteed."

Ding Ding sighed slightly: "Tiantian told me that by the end of this year, the total number of diesel cars will exceed 1,500. However, the diesel supply is insufficient. The diesel sent from the Persian Gulf is only enough for diesel ships."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "The oil factories in the Persian Gulf need to be upgraded to increase production tenfold. We also need to increase the number of special ships for transporting diesel and gasoline tenfold. In this way, there will be no problem."

In fact, Ye Kun did not expect that diesel ships and automobiles would develop so rapidly.

Today's shipyards almost no longer produce old-style sailboats, all of them are diesel-powered ships.

There are also petrol speedboats.

The imperial court's canal fleet also upgraded its weapons and used diesel ships.

The Ministry of Industry has calculated that the country's diesel consumption is more than 300 tons per day.

This does not include the oil used in Jiaozhi, Tianzhu and other places overseas.

Such a huge amount of usage has put the oil refineries in the Persian Gulf under great pressure and has put them in a state of panic.

Ding Ding smiled and said, "Brother said before that oil is a good thing, but we didn't quite believe it. Now it seems that the main energy source in the future is oil. Whether we can control overseas oil is related to the future survival of the descendants of Yan and Huang."

Ayiman laughed and said, "This is really strange. Why is there no oil in such a large area like China?"

"It's not that there is no oil, but it is buried very deep, and it is difficult to develop with our current technology."

Ye Kun smiled and explained, "The Western Regions and the Far East both have huge amounts of oil and natural gas resources, but they are difficult to develop. There are oil peninsulas around the Persian Gulf, and it can be said that oil is everywhere. In some places, if you dig a hole, oil will come out.

Therefore, occupying the Oil Peninsula is the best strategy at present."

"It's just that transportation is too difficult. There are thousands of miles of sea routes." Ayiman nodded and said:

"It's not too difficult to develop oil in some places in the Western Regions. Can we develop the oil in the Western Regions and transport it overland?"

"If it can be developed, of course it is feasible. At least, it can solve the oil problem in the western region." Ye Kun smiled and said, "Let the Ministry of Industry take care of this matter. Under the Ministry of Industry, there is also a Ministry of Petroleum, which is specifically responsible for the exploration, development, and refining of oil."

The three of them had a pleasant chat.

Ding Ding was also in high spirits and said with a smile, "It's rare for Senior Brother and the Queen to come visit us, so don't leave at noon today. I'll keep some food for you and we can have a drink together."

Ye Kun smiled evilly: "Junior sister, does this count as eating and drinking at public expense?"

Ding Ding rolled his eyes: "I'll use my salary to treat you to a meal, is that ok?"

Ye Kun laughed and threw out a silver coin: "Brother, don't eat for free, give me one or two taels of silver!"

In fact, someone at Tintin's level has office expenses and 500 silver coins per year for official entertainment expenses.

But Ding Ding's salary was two thousand taels of silver per year, so he didn't care about these small amounts of money.

Three people can't eat much.

Ding Ding usually works at the Ministry of Transport and has free lunch every day, with the standard requirement of four dishes and one soup.

These four dishes and one soup are enough for three people.

Ding Ding was not polite. He took the silver coins and told his assistant, "Go tell the canteen to give me a pot of wine and two dishes at noon and send them to my office."