Although the real starting point of the Jinshen Railway is located in Suizhong County, which is about 100 kilometers southwest of Jinzhou, the construction still starts from Jinzhou City, because the railway from Jinzhou City to Suizhong County is mainly used for military purposes at present, so the first station of the Jinshen Railway is still in Jinzhou City.

According to the design of the Jinzhou-Shenyang Railway, there are two railway stations in Jinzhou, one is Jinzhou Station in Jinzhou City, and the other is Jinzhou South Railway Station, which is about 10 kilometers south of Jinzhou City. Among them, Jinzhou Station is basically based on passenger transportation, while Jinzhou South Railway Station is both passenger and freight transportation, and there is a branch to Chifeng railway, so the Jinshen Railway Project, that is, from Jinzhou South Railway Station.

Jinzhou South Railway Station is located between Xingshan and Songshan in the south of Jinzhou City, and the main battlefield of the famous Songjin War of the Ming and Qing Dynasties that took place between 1640 and 1642 is in this area. However, the road built by the KPA now passes through the area, so it is not difficult to walk.

Qin Zheng and Gao Jin came to the site of the project, only to see that the scope of the construction site is very broad, people come and go very lively, some people are flattening the ground, some people are digging trenches, some people are laying gravel on the ground, auxiliary sleepers, and some people are carrying goods to and fro, but although the number of people and processes in the entire construction site is large, it is orderly, miscellaneous but not chaotic.

At this time, I saw Zhan Tianyou, who was wearing a hard hat and a work uniform with a lot of mud, with a group of people coming over, Qin Zheng greeted him with a smile and said, "Chief Engineer Zhan, it's been a long time, it's been a long time." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to Zhan Tianyou.

Zhan Tianyou hurriedly walked a few steps, came to Qin Zheng's face, pulled down the gloves that were already covered with dirt and almost couldn't see the original color clearly, stretched out his hand to shake Qin Zheng's hand, and said, "Speaker Qin, welcome to the construction site of the Jinshen Railway to inspect." ”

Qin Zheng shook Zhan Tianyou vigorously and said, "Chief Engineer Zhan, you are a busy person now, it is really not easy to see you." ”

Zhan Tianyou said: "Speaker Qin, you are a busy person, how many national affairs have to be dealt with every day, what kind of busy am I." ”

Qin Zheng waved his hand and said, "Don't say that, it's really made you hard in the past few years, it's because we haven't done our job well and haven't taken care of you, the chief engineer." ”

Zhan Tianyou hurriedly said: "There, there, these jobs are all what I should do." Actually, it's not hard, everything is done by the workers, I just have to guide them to do things. After a pause, he said, "In my life, I just want to build a few more railways for the country." ”

Qin Zheng also nodded and said, "Yes, the railway is the transportation lifeblood of a modern industrial country, just like the blood in the human body, like Britain, France, Germany, the land area is much smaller than our China, but the railways are more than 10,000 kilometers, the United States railways are more than 20,000 kilometers, even Japan's railways are now more than 5,000 kilometers, and our Chinese railways combined, less than 2,000 kilometers, this still has to add the railways we built after we come back, so Chief Engineer Zhan's current job is to open up the second line of appointment and governor for our country. ”

Zhan Tianyou didn't understand the stalk of "opening up the second vein of Ren Du", but he basically understood the meaning of Qin Zheng's words, that is, the importance of the railway to a country, and it was Qin Zheng's comparison of the railway to the blood in the human body, Zhan Tianyou felt that it was very appropriate.

Since returning to China in the United States, Zhan Tianyou began to build railways in the Qing court in 1888, and worked for the Qing court for a total of 14 years before working for East China, building 5 or 6 railways, but the distance of these railways is not long, the longest is only more than 100 kilometers, and all add up to 5 or 600 kilometers. At this time, Zhan Tianyou had worked for East China for 5 years, and built a total of about 1,000 kilometers of railways, which not only completely exceeded the railways built in the Qing court, but also made Zhan Tianyou feel most comfortable that the construction of railways in East China was not as much as the Qing court.

In the Qing court to build more than 10 years of railways, Zhan Tianyou is basically working in the front line, on the one hand, Zhan Tianyou himself also needs to accumulate practical experience; on the other hand, China's foundation is too poor, there are not many people available, Zhan Tianyou can only do it himself, in the old time and space, Zhan Tianyou later built the Guangdong-Han Railway, the eldest daughter Zhan Shunrong and his wife were with him to help, of course, Zhan Tianyou's son-in-law Wang Jinzhi is ** He was the chief engineer of the Jinghan Railway, and did have a wealth of knowledge of railway construction and excellent survey technology, but it was an indisputable fact that there was a shortage of talents in China's railways at that time.

Of course, although the railway construction is hard, Zhan Tianyou doesn't care, but it is tiring to deal with those additional things in the Qing court, extortion by local forces, ignorant foolish people gather to make trouble, the funds for the construction of the railway are misappropriated, and every place has to be convenient, etc., as well as the obstruction of the railway construction by various powers and countries, because no country wants China to have the ability to build its own railway, and it can't be stopped on the surface, but it doesn't do less damage in secret, so Zhan Tianyou has at least half of the energy to deal with these things, which also makes Zhan Tianyou feel quite distressed。

Whether it is the Qingdao Executive Yuan or the localities, the support for the construction of the railway is far greater than that of the Qing court, even if there are some unexpected things encountered in the construction of the railway, there will be people who come forward to deal with it, and Zhan Tianyou will not worry about it at all, Zhan Tianyou can devote all his energy to the work of building the railway. Moreover, the railway construction in East China's ** plan has reached tens of thousands of kilometers, which also makes Zhan Tianyou excited, which is really a big deal.

In addition, East China's tough attitude towards foreign countries and a series of victories in foreign wars have further strengthened Zhan Tianyou's sense of belonging to East China, although Zhan Tianyou rarely participates in political activities, but this does not mean that he does not understand politics, East China's performance in all aspects is obviously far above the Qing court, so at the beginning of 1905, Zhan Tianyou finally made up his mind to take his family to Qingdao to settle down, completely gave up the Qing court, and took refuge in East China.

At the same time, Zhan Tianyou also persuaded a large number of engineers and technicians who built railways together in the Qing court in the past, as well as some workers, to switch to East China, and for the people brought by Zhan Tianyou, East China did not refuse, not only accepted them all, but also encouraged them to take their families to live in the area of East China, because these people are the most scarce technicians in East China, even if they are just ordinary railway workers, they are also skilled workers, and they are all people who are needed in East China. And the people who were pulled by Zhan Tianyou, seeing that the working environment and treatment of East China ** were stronger than those of the Qing court, so they brought in a lot of people, and in this way, a total of more than 300 people were brought over, and plus their families, there were more than 1,000 people.

Then Zhan Tianyou led Qin Zheng, Gao Jin in the construction site inspection, and introduced the construction situation, the current Jinshen railway survey work has been completed, now mainly for the construction of the station, Jinzhou South Railway Station is a large station, and is a freight dual-purpose railway station, so the scale of the railway station is naturally not small, a total of 4 platforms, as well as a dispatching platform, and divided into two parts of the passenger station and the freight station. The total length is more than 1,000 meters. Now the platform and the station are being constructed at the same time.

Of course, the construction of the railway, never only from one place to build, but by a number of locations go hand in hand, so Zhan Tianyou will not stay in Jinzhou for too long, and after more than 10 days, the work of Jinzhou will come to an end, Zhan Tianyou will go to Suizhong, Chifeng, Shenyang and other places, several ends together to start construction, in addition to now there are several railways in East China at the same time, including a very important railway line Jiluo Railway, and including 3 branch railways, Luoxiang line, Zhengxin line, Puxing line, the main line from Jinan to Luoyang, a total length of 520 kilometers, connecting Shandong and Henan provinces, three branch lines from Luoyang to Xiangyang, Zhengzhou to Xinyang, Puyang to Xingtai, a total length of more than 1,300 kilometers, is not only an important project in the "Second Five-Year Plan", but also the largest railway network in China, once the railway network line is completed, can not only greatly enhance the circulation speed of Henan Province, but also leave enough space along the extension.

Now that the construction of the Jiluo Railway has started, it is impossible for Zhan Tianyou to only care about the construction of this railway, he can only stay here for 3 or 4 months at most, and then he will leave the Northeast and transfer to Shandong to preside over the construction of the Jiluo Railway. Bi Jing is now able to preside over such a large-scale railway network line, and there is only Zhan Tianyou in East China, including the elders who do not have this ability, Bi Jing does not have a professional in railway construction among the elders, and to learn railway construction is not something that can be completed in a short time.

After turning around, Qin Zheng was also very satisfied with the construction of the railway, and said, "Okay! The construction of the railway is thanks to Chief Engineer Zhan." ”

Zhan Tianyou waved his hand and said, "Speaker Qin, you have spoken too much, the construction of the railway depends on the joint efforts of all the personnel, and it is not good to rely on me alone." ”

Qin Zheng said: "Are there any difficulties in the construction of the railway? If so, just put it forward, and we will definitely solve it for you." ”

Zhan Tianyou said with a smile: "There is no difficulty, Mayor Gao is quite supportive of our work, and has solved many difficulties for us, and now there is really no difficulty." ”

Gao Jin continued: "There is one thing that has not been done well, that is, Chief Engineer Zhan has been living at the construction site, and the living conditions are too poor. ”

Zhan Tianyou said busily: "There, living on site, you can solve problems at any time, and the living conditions on the site are very good, much better than the construction site I worked before." Don't blame Mayor Gao. ”

Qin Zheng nodded and said: "Chief Engineer Zhan, although the work is important, but the body cannot be underestimated, the construction of railways can be slower, but the body must be done well, only by maintaining health, can we build more railways, we are so big in China, at least tens of thousands of kilometers of railways must be built, and we will need Chief Engineer Zhan in the future! ”

Zhan Tianyou was also a little excited, and said, "Thank you Speaker Qin for your concern, I will definitely pay attention to my body." ”

Qin Zheng said: "Okay, we have also delayed Chief Engineer Zhan for a lot of time, so we will be here today." When Chief Engineer Zhan returns to Shandong, I will come to see you again. ”