China Railway is ushering in rapid development at the current stage. Improvement of operation speed and capacity has always been a problem that the railway department has tried its best to solve, so it has achieved the first, second, third...the nth time of rapid acceleration in the country.

There are three problems that have plagued China's railway transportation for a long time. One is that the railway operating mileage is insufficient, and the other is that the operating speed is insufficient and the traction load is insufficient.

On the one hand, the railway department hopes to speed up passenger buses to improve the operation efficiency of existing lines, and on the other hand, it also hopes to achieve freight efficiency by increasing the traction weight of a single train.

More than 20 years ago, more than 400 ND5 diesel-electric locomotives from the United States brought great promotion to the freight of China Railway. These old and strong locomotives were even working on the existing line more than ten years later;

Now, the railway department has produced the pinnacle of China's internal combustion passenger locomotives - the DF11g internal combustion locomotive, which is paired with the 25t series undercarriage from Canada's Bombardier technology. This combination is the highest combination of China's railway passenger transport before the takeoff of China's high-speed railway.

According to the news received by Senior Brother Liu, the DF11g of Qishuyan Locomotive Factory has begun to be offline in large quantities and is ready to be assigned to various bureaus. The 25t-type bottom of Sifang Bombardier Vehicle Factory is also in mass production.

The 25t series car bottom includes yz25t, rz25t, y25t, r25t and xl25t. The beginning letters represent their uses, such as hard seats, soft seats, hard sleepers, soft sleepers, and luggage.

The bottom of a car suitable for high-speed driving has very high requirements for bogies. This series of bottoms are designed at a structural speed of 180 kilometers and can achieve continuous operation at a speed of 160 hours without stopping for more than 20 hours.

This data basically ensures that trains will stop from any first-tier city in China to another first-tier city.

When Li Mu really started doing logistics, he realized how big the transportation capacity was. It was like the bandwidth problem in the Internet industry at this stage, with a very low upper limit and difficulty in improving it.

At this stage, China Civil Aviation is not yet developed enough, and the total transportation volume of the belly cargo warehouse is already very limited, and the total amount of Taobao logistics is not enough to be blocked between the teeth. Therefore, Taobao logistics urgently needs faster large-capacity transportation channels.

Without technological innovations like df11g and 25t undercarriage, if traditional freight internal combustion engines are adopted to pull the undercarriage of ordinary luggage, the speed per hour can reach 80 kilometers per hour. And the most embarrassing thing is that the priority of existing online passenger transport is higher than that of freight, so freight trains are basically slow and slow, stopping and stopping. Such railway transportation is of little significance to small logistics companies like Taobao Logistics that pursue high efficiency.

However, if the railway department can use DF11g and 25t bottoms to open a special train for Taobao logistics and give it the same priority as direct trains, then it can run to its destination unimpededly, and its efficiency will be several times increased at once.

Therefore, railway transportation, which was originally not very attractive to Li Mu, suddenly became a hot commodity in his eyes, making him crazy.

In his eyes, this kind of change is like an era of vigorous development of Internet bandwidth. Suddenly one day, bandwidth reached a new level and youtube emerged.

In the eyes of ordinary users, youtube is just a new way of playing in Internet life. However, in the eyes of practitioners, when global Internet bandwidth and data computing power can support netizens around the world to visit youtube and watch videos online, what they see is a brand new era.

But then again, the railway department is a state-owned department, and they have to consider the passenger and freight routes across the country. Therefore, it is difficult to provide personalized customized services to private enterprises under normal circumstances. In other words, although the railway department has such awesome things, it is a big question whether it is willing to use them for private enterprises.

Therefore, Li Mu asked Senior Brother Liu to make an oral military order and communicate with the railway department as soon as possible, and strive to obtain a special express train for Taobao Logistics.

Moreover, Li Mu planned the route that in the first stage, he had to take the Yanjing to Shanghai Stock Exchange and break through the Beijing-Shanghai Line; then take the Shanghai Stock Exchange to Yangcheng, open the Beijing-Guangzhou Line, use these three cities to connect the eastern region of the mainland, and then connect the Yanjing to Henan Capital, and the Henan Capital to Shanghai Stock Exchange, and connect the central region;

In the second stage, we must extend from Yanjing to outside the Northeast Pass. At least we must first open up the Beijing sinking, then move westward from Henan capital, open up Chang'an, and then move westward from Shanghai market to Chengdu;

If these two stages can be achieved, then the express turnover efficiency of Taobao Logistics across the country will be greatly improved. By that time, even if it is transported across the country, it will be delivered within 48 hours in major areas of the country. In addition to the southwest and northwest borders, all delivery will be achieved within 72 hours.

In front of Senior Brother Liu and Master Lei, Li Mu spread out a map of China and used three colors of pens to popularize the logistics concept he planned - the concept of time zone.

The red pen represents the 24-hour time zone;

The blue pen represents the 48-hour time zone;

The black pen represents the 72-hour time zone;

Li Mu first used a red pen to circle the three cities of Yanjing, Shanghai Stock Exchange and Yangcheng, and said to the two: "In my eyes, the development of express logistics is the division and expansion of time-limiting zones. When we first started, we first included first-tier cities into the 48-hour time-limiting zone, and included the radiation perimeter into the 72-hour time-limiting zone. Then, by enhancing the speed and efficiency of the trunk logistics between these three cities, we can realize first-tier cities into the 24-hour time-limiting zone, and the radiation perimeter into the 48-hour time-limiting zone;"

"And then, we have added more point-to-point transportation of trunk lines. From the first-tier cities to first-tier cities, it is point-to-point trunk lines. From the first-tier cities to second-tier cities, it also becomes point-to-point trunk lines. Then, it can become point-to-point trunk lines when developing to second-tier cities. In this way, more 72-hour time-to-fixed zones can be upgraded to the 48-hour time-to-fixed zone;"

"In this stage, we must make greater use of aviation to upgrade point-to-point air transport on the main line, obtain more belly cargo warehouse resources, obtain more freight aircraft resources, and even form our own freight fleet."

When Li Mu mentioned that he wanted to form his own fleet, Senior Brother Liu and Master Lei looked forward to it. Like Li Mu, they deeply realized the pain points of the logistics industry, either that they did not have enough transportation or that they did not have fast transportation. Therefore, they also knew how great it would be to the entire logistics system if they had their own freight fleet.

In the previous life, Shunfeng was the first private logistics company to develop fleets. The development method of Shunfeng fleet was relatively steady. Starting with second-hand mobile phones, one by one, it seems that the purchase of aircraft was too big and the risk was too great. However, Shunfeng quickly tasted the sweetness of owning its own freighter from the rapidly developing Chinese e-commerce field, and then continued to expand its fleet size.

Li Mu also knows that in the future, whether Taobao logistics flows overseas or not, the fleet is necessary. For bulk logistics, they pay attention to railways and highways in China and shipping internationally, but for small logistics, both domestically and abroad, aircraft are the main force in winning.

Li Mu told the two: "In the future, we will set up airlines and develop our own cargo fleet. The first is to make steady progress. For example, we will first buy two cargo aircraft with a age of ten years and only two aircraft, and fly to Yanjing to Yangcheng, a long-distance trunk transportation, to maximize the advantage of aviation timeliness. When there are four aircraft, it will cycle between long-distance eastern trunk cities and long-distance western trunk cities. When there are eight aircraft, it can cover the central region, the northeast region and the western region. When there are sixteen aircraft, it can cover more provincial capitals, and even the northwest and southwest borders."

"The second type is to raise high and fight. We can invest at least eight full-cargo aircraft at the beginning through financing, loans, purchases, and leasing to directly revitalize domestic hub cities, and then doubling them on this basis."

Master Lei said: "Mr. Li, such asset investment may be too heavy. The funds we invest in logistics are already very huge. In the future, more funds will be needed to invest in further automation."

Li Mu said: "Money is never the most critical issue. The question is whether we can make the best use of the goods once we start our own fleet and once we have eight or sixteen freight aircraft, we can make the best use of the goods? Taobao has sufficient cash flow and redundant funds to provide logistics. Muye Technology, as a backup blood bank, is always ready to provide interest-free loans for Taobao logistics at the time when Taobao logistics needs it most. If Muye Technology is listed in the first half of next year, our cash reserves will exceed 10 billion US dollars, which is enough for Taobao logistics to move forward at full speed."

As he said that, Li Mu said again: "Also, for logistics and transportation, we don't need to buy new aircraft, we purchase all second-hand aircraft, so that the cost can be reduced by half."

Master Lei nodded slightly and asked, "Then do you think it is more appropriate to start fleet construction?"

Li Mu said firmly: "Just now!"

After saying that, Li Mu explained: "Now is a good time for Taobao Logistics to shine around the world. It will become the business card of Chinese companies like Muye Technology. At this time, we announce major decisions, which will have the best effect on improving the influence of the company. Moreover, now is the time when we are best to act spoiled with the country. The express train must act spoiled and the fleet construction must act spoiled."

Senior Brother Liu said: "Since that's the case, then let's apply to establish a Taobao Logistics Airlines first!"

Li Mu asked him: "Senior Brother Liu, you have studied logistics a lot. What processes are needed to set up an airline?"

Senior Brother Liu said: "The most important thing is that the Civil Aviation Administration needs to approve the construction of the Civil Aviation Administration. We must first submit an application to the Civil Aviation Administration."
Chapter completed!