At this time, the Qingdao section of the Jiaoji Railway has been built to the Gaomi to Anqiu section, and the Jinan section has also begun construction.

The East China government specially arranged a car to send Zhan Tianyou to the construction site, and this time Zhan Tianyou was accompanied by Yao Shanxue, the director of the Sifang factory, who was originally the deputy general manager of the project of the engineering personnel, and originally worked in the Ministry of Construction. Since the Sifang factory is now regarded as a state-level large enterprise of the East China government, Yao Shanxue's administrative level is actually equivalent to the vice ministerial level.

The traverser is built together with the highway and the railway, and the highway is basically built in accordance with the direction of the Jiaoji Railway, as a supplement to the railway transportation needs, it will connect the branch towns and towns along the railway in the future, and it is also convenient for the transportation of materials when building the railway. And the traverser now has enough experience in building highways, and there are a large number of prisoners, the standard of the highway is not high, just an ordinary gravel hardened road, only a small amount of concrete is infiltrated, the cost is not high, and there are a certain number of modern construction machinery, so the construction speed of the highway is very fast, at this time has completed the construction of the Gaomi to Anqiu section, and the geological survey work from Anqiu to Huaifang Station is underway.

Although Zhan Tianyou is only a railway engineer, he also knows that a country's transportation system cannot rely on railways alone, and highways can be used as an effective supplement to railways to further improve the transportation system.

In fact, the transportation system in ancient China was not bad, after the founding of the country, all dynasties would build official roads connecting large cities, but every time the dynasty was not in the period, most of the official roads would become dilapidated due to disrepair. Zhan Tianyou returned to China for 20 years, and he has also seen a lot of damaged and damaged official roads, and now the Qing court's finances are stretched, and it is rare to be able to build a few roads, and there is still energy to repair the official roads, so Zhan Tianyou does not want to do much, but he did not expect that overseas Chinese will stay in Shandong for a few days, not only continue to build the Jiaoji Railway, but also build the highway at the same time. It also made Zhan Tianyou realize once again that overseas Chinese, both in terms of execution ability and work efficiency, are indeed far superior to the Qing court.

After driving for about 2 hours, he arrived at a construction site in the section from Gaomi to Anqiu, where hundreds of people were working, and Zhan Tianyou was quite surprised to find that there were a large number of foreigners working, and they were all doing heavy physical work. Yao Shanxue told Zhan Tianyou that these foreigners were all Russian soldiers who had been captured on the battlefield, and now they were mainly distributed to work in various construction sections of the railway.

It turned out that Russia refused to withdraw the second batch of troops from Northeast China, and the East China government also officially refused to redeem the second batch of Russian prisoners. For Russia, there is not much concern, because the aristocratic officers were redeemed in the first batch of prisoners, and now the remaining more than 15,000 people are just "gray cattle", so they will not care whether they live or die, and it is better for overseas Chinese to be reluctant to let go of them, and they have saved a ransom fee.

However, this news had a great impact on the Russian prisoners, although they were captured before, the vast majority of the Russian soldiers did not panic, because they all knew that after the battle, the two governments would talk about solving the problem of the prisoners, and the country would definitely get them back. And the agreement between the traverser and Russia to redeem the prisoners, and the completion of the first batch of prisoners, also confirmed this idea. Therefore, the captives also behaved more honestly and worked hard, after all, everyone wanted to return home safely.

After learning that the withdrawal agreement had been rejected by both sides, the return to China became far away, and many prisoners felt that they had lost their goal. As a result, there were three small-scale riots in a row, but fortunately, the traversers had been prepared for this, suppressed the riots in time, and executed the Russian soldiers who took the lead in public to serve as a police officer.

However, this also sounded the alarm for the East China government, after all, blind suppression can not solve the problem, although some prisoners do not make trouble, but eliminate the need to work, this is not a way, so the East China government has timely launched the previous use, prisoner work system, both the prisoners will be exchanged for the corresponding work points every day, if they can not complete the work, or there is a violation of the rules, the relevant work points will also be deducted, in addition to the use of labor points can be exchanged for additional food, tobacco and alcohol, clothes and other materials to improve their lives, and when they earn a number in their work, they can be released, and the East China government also guarantees to send them back to China free of charge.

In order to compensate the captives for their work in the previous period, according to each person's performance, they were given different points of work, according to the calculation, the fastest person could earn the required amount of work within 5 years to be released, while the average person only needed 7 or 8 years, so that it was considered to be a few years in prison, and there was always a hope. In addition, the East China government also conveyed to the captives that although the two governments have fallen out now, there is still the possibility of re-reaching an agreement in the future, so if the two governments negotiate again in the future, there is still the possibility that they will return to China early. In this way, the combination of grace and power, even coaxing and fooling, finally stabilized the emotions of the captives and ensured that the construction could continue.

Of course, Zhan Tianyou didn't know that there were so many stories in it, but seeing so many Russians doing hard labor, he felt quite relieved, after all, for so many years, China has been bullied and humiliated, and now he finally took this breath and began to bully others.

However, this is just a small episode, Zhan Tianyou's attention is still on the railway project, although there is no special construction technology for this section of the route, but Zhan Tianyou is still very careful to observe the construction situation, only to see that although there are many construction personnel on this route, but in good order, some people carry materials and accessories, some people put out the line positioning, measure the distance, some people fill in the gravel, lay sleepers, some people install rails, and fix them; Each construction team member has its own responsibilities, orderly, busy but not chaotic. Zhan Tianyou also admired it, even if he led the construction team himself.

In addition, Zhan Tianyou also noticed that every worker, including the Russian prisoners, wore a uniform attire, wearing a rattan hat, a tight canvas overalls, thickened knees and elbows and other wearable places, with the words "Sifang Factory" printed on the back, leather boots on their feet, gloves on their hands, and safety belts when working at heights. There are also a small number of people who add a vest to their work clothes, and they also wear hats of unknown materials, red, yellow, white, blue, green, and different colors. There are also many slogans hanging in prominent places, which read:

"Centennial plan, quality first"

"The responsibility of safety production is heavier than Mount Tai"

"Safety in production is everyone's responsibility"

"Centennial plan, quality first, safety production in mind"

Yao Shanxue explained to Zhan Tianyou that these measures were originally to strengthen the safety of construction personnel and construction sites, and there were more than a dozen safety rules, all of which must be enforced.

This also shocked Zhan Tianyou, because whether it is at home or abroad, the importance of safety is far less than that of overseas Chinese, and it is better to go abroad, and there are some safety measures and safety rules at home, while the domestic safety measures are basically zero, and the safety rules are equal to nothing, and the safety of the construction site depends on the consciousness of the on-site personnel, so the railway construction is also a continuous accident, and the completion of the construction of a railway often costs more than a dozen lives. And there is no other place where overseas Chinese attach such importance to security issues.

In fact, strengthening construction safety is a good habit brought by travelers from the old time and space, and it is also the biggest difficulty encountered in construction now. Even in the old time and space, construction safety is also a big problem, on the one hand, the quality of workers is not high, the safety measures are ignored, on the other hand, it is also people's inertia, feel that the safety measures are too troublesome, can be a little lazy is also good. And the workers of this era are even more lacking in the concept of safe production, and feel very troublesome about safety measures, such as safety helmets and gloves were originally to protect workers, but with safety helmets and gloves for construction, it is indeed a little inconvenient, and there are safety belts, which often take a lot of time.

However, the East China government still insisted that the standard of safety responsibility must not be lowered, and that it must be strictly managed, and formulated severe economic punishment measures, and dismissed workers who regularly violated safety regulations.

After going around the construction site for nearly an hour, Yao Shanxue accompanied Zhan Tianyou to the command office area, warehouse equipment area, and workers' living area at the site to visit. What left a deep impression on Zhan Tianyou was the environment of the workers' living quarters, where the travelers built neat houses and beds for the workers, so that the entire workers' living quarters looked very neat and clean, and even more comfortable than some rural families. In addition, there is also a special canteen and dining room, bathroom, and infirmary in the living area, and the workers' clothes, bedding and other things are also cleaned and dried by special personnel, and they can receive clean work clothes, gloves, leather shoes and safety helmets every day.

In Zhan Tianyou's insight, whether at home or abroad, the living quarters of the construction workers of this kind of construction project are almost unsightly, dirty, messy, and smelly, not much better than the slums, and the workers' food and clothing are all self-care, which further creates the chaos of the living quarters in the city, on the one hand, the investors are unwilling to invest more in the workers' living facilities, more management, after all, it costs money; on the other hand, it is true that the quality of the workers themselves is not high, and they can mix and endure.

But the concept of the wearer is different from this era, although it is true that more costs should be invested in the living facilities of the workers, but let the workers eat well, drink well, and rest well, but it can also allow the workers to devote themselves to the construction, improve work efficiency, and at the same time can also improve the progress and quality of the entire project. After listening to Yao Xueshan's explanation, Zhan Tianyou also thought so.