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    "Junior?"

    Sun Yuanqi¡¯s head was at a loss for a moment: How long has it been since he was called ¡°junior¡±?  When was the last time? It seemed like it was when Tang Guoan came to find him, right?

    Thinking of Tang Guoan, Sun Yuanqi suddenly came to his senses and asked tentatively: "Are you also a Yale graduate?"

    "That's right! I am Zhan Tianyou, courtesy name Juancheng. I graduated from the Civil Engineering Department of Sheffield Polytechnic School of Yale University in the seventh year of Guangxu's reign (1881)." The short, fat middle-aged man in front of him nodded with a smile.  Then he added: "The graduation scene seemed to be like this on that day, but more than twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye, and I have never seen such a ceremony again. Now that I am revisiting my old dream, I can't help but lament how time flies!"

    In the Qing Dynasty, China used to translate "Yale University" into "Yale University College", and Sun Yuanqi, who followed the locals, naturally understood it.

    Zhan, Zhan Tianyou?

    Sun Yuanqi's face was full of astonishment: So this kind-hearted middle-aged man in front of him is Zhan Daniu, known as the "Father of China's Railways" and "The Father of China's Modern Engineering"?

    "Hello, senior!" Sun Yuanqi immediately greeted him with a respectful fist, "You should say hello in advance when you come, so that I can go and greet you. The offense just now is really rude!"

    Zhan Tianyou didn¡¯t take it seriously: ¡°It¡¯s true that I came a little abruptly!¡±

    Sun Yuanqi said sincerely: "I have admired you for a long time! I am so lucky to meet you today. Come on, come on, come to my office and chat slowly."

    ¡°I have also admired the name of my junior for a long time!¡± Zhan Tianyou laughed.

    While talking, the two of them entered the principal's office hand in hand.  Seeing Sun Yuanqi busy pouring tea, Zhan Tianyou looked around at the plain office: "My junior's office is quite tidy. It is indeed what a person born in science and engineering should look like."

    Sun Yuanqi turned around, brought a cup of hot tea to Zhan Tianyou, and explained with a smile: "I am a layman and don't know how to appreciate the art of calligraphy and painting. I treasure all the gifts given by others. On the one hand, I can't bear to hang them out.  On the other hand, I think it is a waste to hang them here. As for all kinds of books, I am impatient to read the vertical ones, so I don¡¯t bother to put them up. I will go to the library to browse when needed. Now in this room, I only have a set given to me by my uncle.  The Thirteen Classics and a set of "Collected Commentaries on Chapters and Sentences of the Four Books" can be read when I feel tired. Others are academic books bought from Europe and the United States, which can be used when writing papers and compiling textbooks."

    "You are so open-minded, junior!" Zhan Tianyou took a sip of tea and praised: "Yeah! The buds are upright, the soup is clear and fragrant, it should be Longjing before the rain, right? Good tea! Good tea!"

    Sun Yuanqi's tea taste is not bad, but he thinks this tea is very fresh and fresh, so he uses it more every day: "This tea is given by students! If the senior likes it, he can take some back later. Anyway, drinking good tea is like a cow chewing peonies."  Generally speaking, it¡¯s just a waste of natural resources.¡±

    "Okay!" Zhan Tianyou didn't give in much, he was very straightforward.

    I remember when I wrote to him three or four years ago, he was supporting the restoration of the Pingli Railway project, but I didn¡¯t know when he came to Beijing.  Immediately he asked: "When did senior arrive in Beijing?"

    Zhan Tianyou put down the tea cup: "I arrived in Beijing in March and April this year. I originally wanted to visit, but I heard that you were promoted to a bachelor's degree at the Hanlin Academy and went to the northwest for inspection on orders, so I had to wait for a while. No, after all  When I heard you were coming back, I looked for you in a hurry!"

    Sun Yuanqi heard something about it: "What do you need, senior? But if I can help, I will never refuse!"

    When Zhan Tianyou heard this, he was overjoyed and clapped his hands and praised: "Well, I am worthy of being from the same school of 'Light and Truth'! With your help, my junior, everything can be done, and I have nothing to worry about!"

    Hearing what he said, Sun Yuanqi was confused and asked, "I wonder what happened to the senior?"

    "Seeing that I was so impatient, I forgot to tell my junior what was going on!" Zhan Tianyou patted his head, and then slowly introduced the ins and outs of the matter to Sun Yuanqi: "In recent years, the Guanwai Railway (i.e., the Beijing-Fenghuang Railway) has been built.  , there was a slight surplus of funds, so two months ago, Yuan Xiangcheng Gongbao, who also served as the Minister of Railway Supervision, petitioned to build a railway between the capital and Zhangjiakou.

    "Yuan Gongbao's proposal to build a railway to Zhangjiakou was not just a whim, but a mature idea for the country! Zhangjiakou is outside Juyongguan, northwest of the capital. It is the key point from North China to Inner and Inner Mongolia. It has always been a route for military strategists to travel from north to south.  What must be fought for is the important town in northern Xinjiang. Therefore, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway has important economic and political value.

    "Who would have thought that as soon as the news of the railway construction came out, Britain and Russia would quarrel over the right to build the road. The Japanese Keijiro Amemiya also wrote to Yuan Gongbao, saying that the Chinese had no power.To achieve this goal, it would be safer to hire Japanese technicians.  Several major powers were at loggerheads, and in the end they had no choice but to sign an agreement to let us build the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway ourselves first.

    "Actually, this agreement hides their wishful thinking. They are convinced that we Chinese are not capable of building this railway, and they deliberately want to make the Chinese laugh. In the end, we will have to come back and beg them for help. Yuan Gongbao also advocates building it by ourselves.  So the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway General Administration and Engineering Bureau were established a few months ago. With the recommendation of Yuan Gongbao, Uncle Chen Ping was appointed as the general office, and I was appointed as the committee office and chief engineer.

    "After I was appointed, I personally led the engineering team to survey the terrain and found that between the capital and Zhangjiakou, there are high mountains and ridges in between. The amount of earth and stone works is huge, and there are more than 7,000 feet of bridges. The roads are dangerous and difficult like nowhere else. Especially especially  The area around Juyongguan and Badaling is full of mountains, steep rocks and many curves. Among the railways that have been built in our country, this is the most difficult. Even in Europe and the United States, such projects are extremely difficult! Therefore, some foreigners claim that building this railway is the most difficult.  I am afraid that the Chinese engineers of the railway have not yet been born.

    "I held my breath in my heart and decided to overcome all difficulties and build the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway. However, the government funding was limited and the construction period was tight. In addition, Yuan Gongbao insisted on self-study and requested that there be no foreign workers. So I had to come to ask for help.  My brother!"

    Only then did Sun Yuanqi understand that the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, which had laid Zhan Daniu's fame, could only be built now.  Then he was a little confused: "Senior, doesn't building railways require professionals in civil engineering, roads and bridges, and transportation planning? But our school doesn't have any of these!"

    "It doesn't matter." Zhan Tianyou looked confident, "There are two main things I want to ask my junior for help. The first thing is what we need to do urgently right now, which is to design the route and calculate the project cost. This will be a lot complicated and arduous.  Calculation tasks. I know that my junior¡¯s university has a dedicated mathematics department, and I believe that students in this major must be good at those complex calculations. So I want to borrow some students from the mathematics department from my junior!¡±

    Sun Yuanqi nodded without thinking: "That's no problem!"

    Jingshi University has always been committed to the purpose of applying knowledge and applying knowledge. Every year, it organizes students to participate in various internships.  Right now, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway is the best internship unit.  I believe that students will definitely learn more knowledge during this internship process and contribute their own modest efforts to the country.

    Seeing that Sun Yuanqi agreed, Zhan Tianyou was very happy: "As for the second thing, I want to cooperate with you to establish a railway transportation major in your university. You know, according to preliminary estimates, the construction period of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway will be as long as six years. And  This railway, which is only more than 200 kilometers long, needs to be divided into three sections to build. The easier section from Fengtai to Nankou will be completed first, followed by the section from Kangzhuang to Zhangjiakou, and finally the section from Nankou to Kangzhuang, which is the most difficult, will be completed.

    "My initial idea is that the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway General Administration and Engineering Bureau will be responsible for funding, and your Jingshi University will be responsible for education. Now we will immediately start preparing to establish majors, compile teaching materials, and recruit corresponding students in the second half of this year. Because the first section of the project  It is very close to the school. While students are learning book knowledge in your school, they have to go to the construction site to participate in internships. After two or three years of training, the students can basically reach the level of Western engineering personnel, and then all be devoted to the most difficult tasks of Kangzhuang to  The Zhangjiakou section of the railway is under construction. What do you think of this idea, junior?"

    Sun Yuanqi thought for a moment and thought it was a good idea: "There is only one problem. How do you plan to solve the problem of teachers?"

    "This won't be a problem. When I was building the Beijing-Tianjin Railway and Pingli Railway, I met many excellent engineers. I can invite them to give lectures when the time comes." It seems that Zhan Tianyou has considered it very comprehensively before coming here.  , "Besides, I also heard that my juniors have a very close relationship with Yelao Academy. You can ask them to send some teachers over then!"

    A few days ago, Sun Yuanqi came back from the northwest and found reply calls from Yale and MIT in a pile of letters.  First, they expressed their understanding and sympathy for Sun Yuanqi's firm opposition to the U.S. government's request to renew the treaty, and promised to use the school's influence to actively push the U.S. government to abrogate the treaty; secondly, they hoped that Sun Yuanqi could continue to go to the United States as planned and negotiate with the U.S. government  Face-to-face negotiations can be used to achieve the purpose of canceling the contract.

    Sun Yuanqi could naturally feel their kindness. While stating his position and sending corresponding work plans, he told them about the recruitment of foreign students at Jingshi University, hoping that they could maintain their status by sending international students before abolition of the treaty.  Smooth academic communication.  I just don¡¯t know if my move will affect the friendly cooperation between the two parties that has lasted for three to four years.

    As for what Zhan Tianyou said about ¡°asking Yale University to send teachers here¡±, I¡¯m afraid we have to wait and see the subsequent reaction of the Yale school to know whether it is feasible or not!

    Zhan Daniu and Sun Yuanqi carefully discussed some details of the cooperation, declined the invitation to stay for dinner, and went with half a bag of Yuqian Longjing with satisfaction.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com  )As for the details, I declined the invitation to stay for dinner, and went with half a bag of Yuqian Longjing.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.) (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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