Chapter 423 - 422 Consultation Needed
Ye Xinyan was gratified to find that the two sections of the railway were indeed completed, and several carriages had been made and were ready to be put into use at any time.
After inspecting the construction site, Ye Xinyan, accompanied by Liu Qing, gathered over a dozen of the railway project’s stewards. She took out the list of tasks she had previously arranged and confirmed one by one what stage each task had reached.
Then, Ye Xinyan took out the follow-up plans she had written the day before and assigned the subsequent tasks. Among these was the centralized training for the coachmen assigned to the carriages, to familiarize them with the various regulations and systems during the operation of the carriages.
Since the railway carriages would be serving different passengers, each carriage was staffed by a couple, which made it convenient to accommodate female passengers. This job was quite good, as conscientious work could lead to generous tips from satisfied customers.
Furthermore, she arranged tasks such as determining the locations of the stations, handling the excrement of the horses pulling the carriages, daily inspections and maintenance of the carriages, and dealing with breakdowns en route. By the time she was done, it was noon.
Liu Qing was one of the few stewards Jinrong could count on. With Liu Qing standing by her side, the construction site’s stewards, whether genuinely convinced or not, were much more obedient, and the organization of tasks went very smoothly.
After all the arrangements were made, it was already late. When Ye Xinyan returned to Duke An’s Mansion, she deliberately visited other construction sites on the way and checked on their progress.
After lunch and a rest at midday, Ye Xinyan went back to the construction site and sent Lian Gui to pass a message to Jinrong that she wanted to discuss something with him and asked His Highness Prince Yu to make time to come to the site office.