Lao Jiu told Yang Chao that when they were swept into the space-time rift, the spacecraft released many external probes to detect the properties of the rift. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The data is stored in the most robust part of the detector, similar to the black box of later aircraft.

Now Lao Jiu has recovered three black boxes, which are located in a large trench in the southeast of Japan, which is the famous Mariana Trench, the deepest place on earth.

It is precisely because it fell into the trench of tens of thousands of meters that the signal sent by these black boxes could not be transmitted, this time the spacecraft went to explore the gold mine, and it happened that the gold mine was also in the trench, and it was unexpectedly received the signal, and three black boxes were found under the search, and they were brought back immediately.

The data in the black boxes is huge, and with the current energy supply of the ship, it is not enough to calculate it at full strength, so it will take a long time to unlock these black boxes.

After getting this result, Yang Chao was a little disappointed, so he could only let the spacecraft sort out the data first and analyze it slowly, without delaying the mining function.

Yang Chao is very looking forward to the spaceship being able to analyze the data of the space-time rift, so that he may return to the modern era and come back again at the same time, which means that a bridge has been built between the two space-times, and he thinks that he can get another huge industrial support that is out of control, and he feels that it is simply not a matter to develop in the Qing Dynasty.

It's just that all this may take a long time to achieve, and it has to make people feel regret and loss.

No matter how disappointed or regretful, Yang Chao still had to do the work he should do, and he returned to Yantai immediately after the fifteenth year.

Zhan Tianyou had already measured the geographical data near Yantai, and at the same time began to believe in the full set of maps provided by Yang Chao.

So Zhan Tianyou decided to only carry out precision side corridors in key areas, and other places could use maps for construction.

This will greatly reduce the difficulty of surveying and mapping, after all, Zhan Tianyou does not have enough engineering surveyors at this time, and he has to let his old classmates be surveyors, which is really a great waste.

"First section, I hope you will build the railway to Weixian as soon as possible. I am afraid that the Germans, if they build somewhere first, will organize our railways to pass through their lines, and then they will be passive. You must know that they used this excuse to organize the Jinpu Road to pass through Shandong. ”

The Jinpu Road built by the Germans to block the passage of the British through Shandong was based on their right of way in Shandong, otherwise it would be unjustifiable in international law, and there would be no strong enough reasoning, and the British devils might not recognize the accounts of the German devils.

Yang Chao's worries are not groundless, since the Germans dare to play this trick with the British, who dares to guarantee that they will not play this trick with Yang Chao.

Therefore, it is necessary to speed up, before the Germans have time to react, first build the railway to Weixian, occupy this Jiaoji railway must pass through, and then can also counter the Germans, of course, this has to be the Qing government has a kind of dare to negotiate with Germany.

"There's no problem with that. It's easy to build the railway to Weifang before the Germans! ”

Zhan Tianyou said calmly.

Yang Chao didn't know where his confidence came from, so he couldn't help but ask curiously: "But the Germans have been cultivating for three years." I arrived in Jiaozhou in April last year, and this year it will definitely be able to be repaired to Weixian. ”

Zhan Tianyou nodded: "I've thought about this." So with normal methods, it is impossible for us to catch up with the Germans. But we can go two ways, one section starts from Yantai, and the other end starts directly from Weixian. ”

Yang Chao was dumbfounded, such a simple truth, he didn't expect it, who said that you have to repair it step by step, and you can still build the railway in sections!

"Okay, well, since this is the case, we will give priority to forcibly occupying Weixian!"

That's it.

Zhan Tianyou went to Weixian County to survey and map a few points, and decided to temporarily follow the more than ten maps of different proportions provided by Yang Chao under the condition of time urgency.

So he immediately recruited workers in Weixian, began to draw lines, dig trenches, fill in pebbles, gravel, lime, dry soil, etc., and lay the foundation first.

At the same time, Zhan Tianyou has calculated the estimated value of the 600 kilometers of Yanji Railway, which will probably cost about 20 million taels, which means that the 30 million taels of silver provided by Yang Chao can be used as operating expenses.

Yang Chao's first 200,000 taels of gold coins have been delivered, and they are also deposited in HSBC, and the draft is handed over to Zhan Tianyou.

Zhan Tianyou had already contacted his classmates and teachers in the United States through transatlantic telegrams, used their connections, and also contacted American foreign banks in China.

Zhan Tianyou negotiated with these people and had already obtained a big discount, he planned to use all American road construction tools for the Yanji Railway, and buy American steel rails to pave the road.

After receiving the first payment from Yang Chao, Zhan Tianyou immediately paid the first advance payment to a consortium formed by Dawei Foreign Bank, asking them to send the road construction equipment to China by three months and ship the first batch of steel rails. Zhan Tianyou plans to start laying tracks in Yantai and Weixian at the same time as soon as the tools and rails arrive, and plans to complete 50 kilometers of railway construction this year.

After the construction proceeds smoothly next year, it will be able to build more than 100 kilometers, and at least 150 kilometers in the year after next, and basically build the railway from Yantai to Weixian. It will take another year and a half to repair to Jinan. It will be open to traffic within five years.

Zhan Tianyou's project schedule is well arranged, and the students who came to meet formed a strong management team, and at the same time recruited thousands of idle laborers for preliminary construction, and with Yang Chao's golden support, it can be said that everything is only owed to Dongfeng, which will bring American equipment and rails.

But Zhan Tianyou's movements were too big and attracted the attention of the Germans.

The Germans sent people to Weixian to investigate secretly, and immediately suspected that the Chinese Chinese were building a railway in Weixian, and they attached great importance to this matter and immediately reported it to China.

The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately sent a strongly worded note to the Qing government, demanding that the Qing government explain the construction of the railway in Weixian, and the Germans were too domineering.

At this time, Yuan Shikai, who was in charge of diplomacy, explained to the Germans that the imperial court was preparing to build a railway from Yantai to Jinan.

The Germans exploded at this moment, and they issued a strong protest, saying that the construction of the railway to Jinan by the Qing government would greatly affect the interests of the Germans on the Jiaoji Railway, and demanded that the Qing government retract this erroneous act, otherwise Germany would not mind using force.

In the face of the threat of the Germans, the Qing government panicked all of a sudden, and ordered Yang Chao to communicate with the Germans, hoping that the big things would be small and the small things would be turned into small things, and told Yang Chao that if it really didn't work, the railway would not be repaired.

Don't fix it?

Yang Chao tossed for so long and didn't repair it, even if the Qing government agreed, Yang Chao couldn't agree.

Immediately find someone to check international law and find that China has the right to build a railway of its own on its own land. In the "Sino-German Rubber and Macao Concession Treaty" signed between the Qing government and the Germans, there is even a "China and Germany agree on this matter on their own; However, the German businessmen and Chinese businessmen established the above railways", etc., indicate that the Chinese businessmen of the Jiaoji Railway have the right to participate, not to mention the construction of another railway.

When the Germans signed this treaty, they couldn't wait for the Qing government to sign it, so that they could eat the fat meat in their mouths as soon as possible, and at the same time, they also had to take into account international regulations and Germany's image issues, so there were no particularly domineering and arrogant words in the content of the treaty.

Yang Chao found that there was no monopoly in it, although a series of compromises had been reached between the powers, including the division of spheres of influence in China, and not infringing on each other's interests, but it was a tacit understanding between them, and there was not even a word left, and no one could help anyone if they really wanted to play hooligans. Not to mention restraining China. Didn't Zhang Zuolin later build a railway parallel to the South Manchurian Railway in the Northeast to compete with the Japanese, and if Zhang Zuolin did it, Yang Chao couldn't do it?

Therefore, Yang Chao planned to argue with reason, and immediately hired an American lawyer from Shanghai to make him a consultant, and then Yang Chao actively negotiated with the Germans.

At the same time, the matter will be brought to the attention of the international community, and China's power claims will be published through the newspapers of various countries.

The Germans immediately expressed a tough attitude, saying that they would sail the battleship Barbarossa, which had just been commissioned last year, to Qingdao.

The Qing government immediately panicked, and Zaifeng personally issued a holy decree, asking Yang Chao to temporarily suspend construction and not to carry out construction until the negotiations with the Germans were successful.

Yang Chao expounded his point of view, but only got a reply that focused on the overall situation, so he had to pretend to be angry and smash the jade Ruyi that Zaifeng gave him.

At the same time, Yang Chao could only recognize the reality and continue to negotiate with the Germans, but did not stop the work, but asked Zhan Tianyou to step up the construction, saying that the court and the foreigners had their own shoulders.

"We demand that you immediately cease your actions against Germany's interests."

"We are not infringing on the interests of Germany, we are only building a railway on our own land, which Chinese our own, and we do not infringe on the interests of any country."

Yang Chao argued with the new German governor-general, Oskar von Truber, and at the same time asked Yuan Shikai to negotiate with Zimmer, the German consul in Beijing.

Trubo snorted contemptuously, and the two handfuls of his upturned beard trembled.

"As far as I know, your country's Yanji Railway uses a full set of American equipment and materials, which is called your own railway?"

Yang Chao said: "I don't think the use of American equipment, as well as the laying of American steel rails, has any impact on China's independent construction of railways." ”

Trubo sneered: "Doesn't your country hire American technicians?" ”

Yang Chao confronted: "Do you think that my country's own technicians do not have the technology to build railways?" ”

Trubo shrugged: "Isn't this an axiom? ”

Yang Chao stood up suddenly: "I can think that if we don't use any foreign engineers and build the railway entirely by relying on our own technical ability, Germany will not rudely interfere in this?" ”

Trubo said contemptuously: "I don't think Your Excellency needs to talk to me about this matter!" ”

Yang Chao glared at him: "You just said yes or no?" ”

Trubo sneered: "If you have to leave no stone unturned, I can say yes!" ”

Yang Chao said: "Okay, you wait, you'll know soon." ”

Sure enough, Yang Chao soon stabbed the matter in the newspapers, saying that the Germans refused to allow any country to participate in the construction of China's Yanji Railway unless the Chinese used their own technical strength.