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It wasn't just Nie Zhenbang who was surprised, even Su Xuan beside him was astounded, as well as several major transportation experts and professors within Bashu Province.
The reason for this was that Longxi Province's plan was simply too different from that of Bashu Province. At least one of the proposals from Bashu was somewhat reasonable. However, the Longxi Province proposal was entirely focused on high-speed rail for the sake of high-speed rail itself.
As everyone knows, the construction of high-speed rail brings immense economic and social benefits to the cities along its route. In other words, a city, in and of itself, might just be a second-tier or even third-tier city. But once it's on a high-speed rail line with a station,
