Lin Hai was actually losing strength and had some muscle strain. The doctor gave them a little massage, then prescribed some internal and external medicines and sent them out.

"Take the medicine on time, don't do any heavy work on your arms recently," the doctor reminded.

There is still busy outside, rescuing equipment and supplies.

The rain only took a long time, and it came and went quickly, as if it was just against them, deliberately causing trouble.

The foundation pit is full of water, and there is no water pump, so they can only drain water manually first. Then Chen Chu and Zhan Tianyou thought to me together and pay attention. That is, at this time, most households have well water, and they will use the kind of pressing rod to pump water upwards. Now this method is more appropriate. Don’t get the pipe too low to avoid being blocked by the silt inside.

In the end, two sets of equipment have been worked, and it took three days to drain the water below.

Then it took another five days to throw it over and clean up the mud and the mess that was washed into it.

Finally, when they counted the materials, they found that the losses were basically not large. Some square wood was soaked, and some steel was a little rusted. The places where everyone lived were also soaked in water, and the others basically had no effect.

No one was injured, but some people had cold.

So in the next few days, the kitchen would make some ginger soup for everyone after meals to get rid of the cold air in the body.

It took about ten days to finish them and they finally packed up and started work again.

A heavy rain delayed the construction period for more than ten days, and the platform spent tens of thousands of taels of silver.

The losses are not small.

But the work still needs to be done. After cleaning up, Chen Chu still fought on the front line every day, leaving early and returning late, and is still the person who works the longest time on the construction site. I dare not say that the workload is the largest, after all, those workers are the hardest people.

Sometimes Chen Chu would ask someone to go out and buy some tobacco. Of course, tobacco is just ordinary tobacco, and Chen Chu would never touch him if he shouldn't.

When the shaft was finally completed, the shaft several dozen meters deep opened the last two working faces, and the four working faces were constructed at the same time, and the second phase of work began to progress rapidly.

There was nothing behind it except when a worker accidentally hit another worker's hand when he was swinging a hammer.

Chen Chu is now mainly responsible for the excavation work in the shaft, Zhao San is responsible for the starting hole entrance, and Zhan Tianyou found a skilled person from the Engineering Bureau to do the other hole entrance.

An interesting thing happened at work, that is, because Chen Chu, who seemed to be lifeless, was awarded the title of Iron Man.

As the saying goes, the workers beat Chen Chu with a strong blow. Every day, the workers work three shifts, and only Chen Chu stands here all the time. He eats in the shaft. Zhan Tianyou also suggested that Chen Chu take two months off to rest after the shaft is completed, but Chen Chu refused.

On the day the second phase of the tunnel was completed, Chen Chu still did not rest and was busy with the finishing work. After the court arrived, he was still responsible for part of the reception work.

There were not many people who could speak foreign languages ​​on the entire construction site, so Chen Chu was naturally arranged by Zhan Tianyou for related work, with the purpose of making Chen Chu show more and laying the foundation for him to promote Chen Chu in the future.

But in fact, the digging of a shaft is no longer a new technology abroad, but this is the first time in China that this is done like this, so the hunger that should be promoted should be promoted.

After the ceremony, people left one after another. Yuan Shikai also learned about what Chen Chu had done from Zhan Tianyou and others, and also found Chen Chu specifically and said that he wanted to ask for credit for him.

But how could Chen Chu have a rare official position in the Qing Dynasty?

He can stay here until the project is over. He doesn't have that time to do something more. He can only wait until it's over to see if he can do it.

Therefore, it is impossible to become an official, so as not to implicate others.

The last section is the construction of the herringbone railway.

The last section is still a little behind Badaling, but the slope here is too large, far exceeding the standard slope of the railway.

There will definitely be accidents if you force it.

What foreign engineers are worried about is this, and they don’t think that the Qing Dynasty could solve this problem by relying solely on itself.

In fact, Zhan Tianyou was also very troubled by this place. If he didn't go around here, the journey would be hundreds of kilometers more, and the construction period might be one or two years longer. In his plan, it was expected that the six-year construction period would be almost completed in five years according to his own idea. The budget should also save a lot. If the problem here can be solved smoothly, it would be shorter and less construction period would be less.

Chen Chu knew how to get here, but he couldn't explain it very clearly now.

"Damn it! This limitation is too great, it's really unhappy!"

There is not much work on the construction site recently, and Chen Chu also has time to rest. This app has too much limitation. If he could perform with himself, Chen Chu would have told Zhan Tianyou all his skills in advance.

Just as Chen Chu was lying on the bed and wondering how to give Zhan Tianyou some tips, the door of his residence was suddenly pushed open.

"Chen Chu, go out with me to relax." Zhan Tianyou had two dark circles on his eyes, obviously because of this incident that he couldn't sleep.

He also wrote a letter to his former Yale classmates, but that was not something he could come back in a day or two.

"Okay." Chen Chu turned over and said.

That morning, they drove to the imperial capital, wanting to go back to discuss with the people there.

As the project is getting further and further, they can return to the newly established engineering bureau in the imperial capital in one day, and now it will take two days to arrive.

Chen Chu drove, and he and Zhan Tianyou were the only ones in the car.

This time I went there to discuss with them, and on the other hand, I also went back to the capital to relax. It was not a good thing to be too nervous, especially when it came to things like plans. It might be better to go out for a walk, maybe you can get some inspiration.

Chen Chu is now very skilled in driving, and not only this kind of small car, but also has mastered large locomotives purchased from Germany.

After all, Chengdu is not low on the construction site, so as long as Chen Chu wants to learn, someone will definitely teach him.

Zhan Tianyou didn't say much along the way, but looked out the window and thought.

They have walked this road many times. Zhan Tianyou suddenly realized that Chen Chu seemed to have taken a wrong path, so he frowned and said, "Did you take the wrong path?"

This was Chen Chu's intentional mistake, because he happened to find two forks here, and the Huapudu on the left would be very big, and when he walked from the right and then to the left, he would be much smaller. Isn't this a god-given opportunity?

So Chen Chu came here on purpose.

"No, Mr. Zhan, I see you are thinking about something, so I plan to get on a little bit from here and then drive back. If the slope is smaller, it won't be too uncomfortable for you to sit in the back." Chen Chu explained inadvertently.

"Oh, that's fine." Zhan Tianyou nodded, and then continued to look out the window.

But suddenly, a light of inspiration appeared in his mind.

The slope is smaller, turn it around.

"Stop!" Zhan Tianyou suddenly shouted.

After hearing this, Chen Chu directly guessed with a brake. Under inertia, Zhan Tianyou had no time to react and hit his head in the car seat.

But he didn't feel the pain at all, but said excitedly: "It's amazing! You have made great efforts!"

"Ah?" Chen Chu put on a confused face, then pretended to be unaware of it, and asked, "What?"

"Display the line!" Zhan Tianyou said excitedly.

"What?" Chen Chu still looked confused. This time he was really confused. What is the line of development? Isn't it a herringbone railway?

"The line of exhibition is" Zhan Tianyou gestured: "Just like the current situation of the mountain mountain road, we definitely cannot drive directly into the mountain in a straight line, so we will take some roundabout methods. This kind of mountain road is a kind of line of exhibition. There are also what you did just now, first drive here and then continue to go up from here. This way the slope is effective, which is very feasible for our railway!"

Chen Chu suddenly realized that he was still lacking in this professional knowledge. He had basically all the same things as measuring, but he had never been exposed to some professional terms in construction and read few related books, so it was normal not to know them.

"Then are we still going to the imperial capital now?" Chen Chu asked.

"Go to the imperial capital! Turn around! Go back to the construction site!" Zhan Tianyou couldn't wait now. He wanted to go back and conduct a good on-site survey, and then calculate the specific slope at that time. If it works, the subsequent construction will be no problem at all.

After returning, Zhan Tianyou personally led Chen Chu and his surveying team to investigate. Sure enough, there was a ravine in front, which was simply a ravine that was given to heaven!

Temper this place and it can be used as a place to ease uphill!

Zhan Tianyou immediately took charge of the registration, and Chen Chu ran to the front to hold the ruler.

"The slope is just right!" After Zhan Tianyou calculated the conclusion on the spot, he waved his fist hard in the air.

But I knew it was just right that the written report was still calculated. After I went back, Zhan Tianyou worked overtime at night and didn't sleep. He calculated all the data early the next morning and asked everyone to come for a meeting.

At the meeting, they fell into deep thought as they watched the calculation book, but then they were ecstasy!

This is a merit!

Even if this was thought of by Zhan Tianyou, they would definitely make some contributions as engineers in the same engineering!

Moreover, all their efforts in recent years have been devoted to the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway, and they all must hope to successfully open traffic.

After confirming that the plan was feasible, they formulated another construction period.

Then he worked hard for several consecutive months.

The site is repaired, the project department moves forward, and the railway is laid at the same time, without wasting any manpower, and using all its current resources to strive to catch up with the construction period.

Finally, in 1907, this section of railway was finally opened to traffic!

Their entire project became a hit, and foreign engineers felt unbelievable and came to watch it. As for the German who had just come with Chen Chu and others before, I don’t know if he was slapped in the face and dared not show up.

The successful construction of the herringbone railway greatly increased the morale of the Qing Dynasty. The court immediately promoted Zhan Tianyou to the promotion of the General Office and Chief Engineer of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway. Yuan Shikai also wrote a letter in person, saying that this is just the beginning and that he would reward him again after the project was over.

But Zhan Tianyou was not very cold about this.

After all, Zhan Tianyou is a kind of practical man. Being able to do his own tasks is more important than anything else. As for the others, it is just some additional ones.

Compared to himself, he was more concerned about Chen Chu, Zhao San and other people under his command.

It would be great if Chen Chu and the others could receive enough attention and rewards. Now it is the time to employ people. We must retain our talents so that they can continuously cultivate and discover new talents.

This is also a virtuous cycle.

So he wrote another letter to go back to ask for me.

Of course, the other party agreed with Zhan Tianyou's idea until Zhan Tianyou's thoughts, and wrote in the reply that he would definitely have rewards that should be available at that time.

Zhan Tianyou told Chen Chu about this.

"Ah? Reward?" Chen Chu was very surprised: "It's really not necessary. I'm not trying to be an official or make money."

Zhan Tianyou was happy as soon as he heard this: "Then what are you trying to do?"

"I am the first to draw the railway itself. What I am doing is not enough to be a trivial part of these tens of thousands of people. If the railway is built, it will be the credit of everyone and will have a good positive effect in the future."

"What about the two?" Zhan Tianyou heard Chen Chu say, and that means there should be two.

"The second is to make you a wish!" Chen Chu said.

He admired Zhan Tianyou very much since he was a child. In people's hearts, celebrities in ancient times and modern times are still a little different, and it is Zhan Tianyou who made great contributions to the nation.

"Me?" Zhan Tianyou smiled, and then joked very rarely: "I have a wife, you dare not miss me. Moreover, although I have studied in the United States for a few years, I don't like the big men!"

Chen Chu: "????"

"I didn't expect that Mr. Zhan, you have thick eyebrows and big eyes, would have such thoughts." A black question mark appeared on Chen Chu's face: "Don't worry, I'm just attracted by your personal charm, and I have learned a lot from you. Naturally, I am willing to work with you. The Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway is your hard work, so of course I have to do it well. In the end, I actually don't like those foreigners who want to look at people all day long, and don't steam buns and fight for breath. Isn't people living for these reasons?"

Chen Chu's heartfelt words touched Zhan Tianyou, but he still said earnestly: "Then you have to think about your future. The older your official position, the more important the project you will be, and it will no longer be a screw job, but will also be a great improvement for yourself."
Chapter completed!