Lin Yuan said confidently: "We will use the scientists and engineers on the Beijing ship to develop several powerful weapons, such as ......."

Shen Wanqing waved her hand and said, "I'm not interested in those weapons, and I don't want to know the Dao, just tell me what you need me to do." ”

Lin Yuan waved his hand at her, and Shen Wanqing frowned and said, "What are you doing?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "I'll talk to you when you come over." ”

Shen Wanqing leaned her ears over, Lin Yuan put her lips close to her delicate and white earlobes, and whispered softly, Shen Wanqing listened, withdrew her head, and her ears were itchy and indescribable.

She nodded and said, "Okay, I know the way, I'll go and prepare." ”

After speaking, she turned to leave, and Lin Yuan suddenly shouted behind her, "Thank you, thank you!" ”

As soon as she turned around, an elegant smile crossed the corner of her mouth, and said, "I've saved you several times, is it over to say thank you?" Without waiting for Lin Yuan to answer, he turned around and walked out.

The Japanese forces in Mukden had all retreated to the east of the Liao River, and although there was no explicit agreement between the two sides, in fact the Liao River was used as the actual ceasefire line, and Lin Yuan set off for Beijing after deploying the defenses.

When they arrived in Beijing, the Japanese negotiators had not yet arrived, which again proved Lin Yuan and Shen Wanqing's guess that the Japanese wanted to negotiate just a delaying tactic.

On the first day of Lin Yuan's return, there was an endless stream of people who came to visit him, and Lin Yuan's subordinates refused one by one, so he disguised himself and came to the front of a building in the southwest of Beijing, which had a plaque on it: China Railway Company.

Lin Yuan was just about to enter inside, when he saw a doorman stretching out his hand to block the way. In the eyes of the Qing court, the railway was no different from a flood beast, and the prime minister Yamen, who was the prime minister of foreign affairs at that time, wrote in a memo to the supreme ruler of the Qing court: "The harm of the railway, once the sick people occupy my land, hinder my feng shui, the people will be angry; Once the railway is completed, the original traffickers and pawns along the railway will have no way to make a living, and there will be troubles and they will gather as rogues. ”

The railway was not welcomed in the eyes of the Qing court, and the door of this Chinese railway company was naturally lowered a lot, at least not as domineering as in other yamen, and he said with a pleasant face: "This gentleman, who are you looking for?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "I'm Lin Yuan, I want to see Mr. Zhan Tianyou." ”

As long as people who have a little understanding of modern Chinese history, it is impossible not to know that Zhan Tianyou, who is almost the founder of China's modern railway industry, and it is not an exaggeration to call him the father of China's modern railway.

As soon as Menzi heard the word "Lin Yuan", he immediately smiled, clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Please, Master Zhan is inside." ”

In order to show his respect for Zhan Tianyou, Lin Yuan smiled and said to Menzi, "You better go in and report it." ”

Menzi agreed, ran into the building with a smoke, and went up to the second floor, in an office, a man who was not tall or short was chatting with a few people, this man had a mustache and was slightly fat, it was Zhan Tianyou.

Zhan Tianyou treats his subordinates quite kindly, so this disciple is not much afraid, and he stepped forward and said happily: "Congratulations to Lord Zhan, you are about to soar." ”

Zhan Tianyou asked, "What's the happy event?" ”

Menzi took two steps forward and replied: "Now Lin Yuan, the number one celebrity in the Qing Dynasty, is coming to you." ”

Zhan Tianyou said quietly: "You invite him in." ”

Menzi said anxiously: "My lord, you have to go and greet you." ”

Zhan Tianyou returned to China after studying at Yale University, hoping to build a railroad to serve the country, but the Qing court was unwilling to build a railway, and sent him to the naval school in Mawei, Fujian Province to learn ship driving, and he also participated in the Battle of Mawei, and later the Qing court wanted to build a few railways, and finally remembered him, but the Qing court trusted foreigners and disdained the railway engineers of their own country, just take the construction of the Tianjin-Tangshan railway in 1888, it was clear that Zhan Tianyou contributed the most, but afterwards promoted the British Jinda as the chief engineer, Therefore, Zhan Tianyou was quite disgusted with these Qing court officials.

At this time, Zhan Tianyou faced Menzi's persuasion, but did not react, turned back to those people and said: "No one in this court knows how to rail, this Lin Yuan must also be a big layman, I will see him for a while, let's think about having some fun first." ”

Menzi had no choice but to come out and invite Lin Yuan, but he scolded in his heart: "What a Zhan Tianyou, like a donkey, no wonder we can't rise for so long, and we are not dignified." ”

As soon as Lin Yuan entered the house, Zhan Tianyou stood up and said, "Lord Lin, why are you here!" Pour the tea quickly. He turned his face and scolded the doorman: "What a no-eyed minion, why didn't Master Lin report it in time, I'll go down to greet him, look at the present, alas, ......"

Lin Yuan interrupted him and said, "Lord Zhan, I came here this time to ask you to do something. ”

Zhan Tianyou said with a smile: "I, a craftsman who builds roads, what can I do to help Lord Lin?" ”

Lin Yuan hurriedly said, "I would like to ask Lord Zhan to design a railway from Shanhaiguan directly to Panjin." ”

It turned out that in the course of the battle, Lin Yuan found that the materials transported from the rear to the front could only be carried or pulled by horses, which was not only slow, but also extremely small in carrying capacity, and he thought: "It would be nice if there was a railway, and the speed and carrying capacity of transporting materials by train are thousands of times that of horses." So he found Zhan Tianyou and wanted to build a railway.

Zhan Tianyou's heart couldn't help but move, for a railway designer, it is an extremely important thing to be able to let him design a railway.

Zhan Tianyou said: "Designing a railway is not a problem. ”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Lord Zhan, I hope you will finish laying this railway within twenty days." ”

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone present exclaimed, Zhan Tianyou looked back at everyone with a smile, and his eyes were clearly saying: "What did I just say, this Lin Yuan is a big layman, and he is self-righteous and runs blindly to command." ”

Zhan Tianyou smiled and said, "Lord Lin, twenty days!" You're not kidding! To build a railway on the territory of the Qing Dynasty, you have to report to the Ministry of Industry first, if they do not approve it, it is impossible to build it, and it will take a full month to complete this program! ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "You don't have to worry about this, I'll figure it out." ”

Zhan Tianyou looked sarcastic and said, "Lord Lin, do you think that you can lay a railway anywhere?" Let me tell you, not all roads can be used to build railways, and this site selection alone is fast in two months. ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this, I have my own way, you do a good job of preparation today, and I will send you the results of the site selection tomorrow." ”

Zhan Tianyou smiled again, and thought: "This Lord Lin must also be a fame and reputation man, most of those deeds about him are fake, he has not even repaired the railway, how can he complete the site selection of hundreds of kilometers of railways in such a short time!" ”