During the Qing Dynasty, the world had already completed two industrial revolutions, and European countries took the lead in entering the electric age. At that time, the countries of Western Europe had very high productivity, and every year a very large number of new technologies were born, and new technologies greatly improved the production level in Europe.
At that time, the Qing government was decadent and incompetent, still attached importance to the development of agriculture in China, and scorned the development of science and technology and industry, so that it became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. At that time, China was very backward, and all kinds of science and technology and output value were far behind those of Western countries, and during this period, many patriotic scientists and national entrepreneurs appeared, who made outstanding contributions to China's development.
Zhan Tianyou was born in an ordinary family in Guangdong. Although at that time, many people in China had deep-rooted feudal ideas, Zhan Tianyou's family had very trendy ideas. His father placed his expectations on him from an early age, and at a young age, his father sent him to the best private school in the area.
Zhan Tianyou has shown an amazing talent since he was a child, and when he memorized the Four Books and Five Classics, he was able to use a very short time to recite all the articles in the book. At that time, the private school did not only teach the four books and five classics like the previous private schools, but also handed over some simple scientific knowledge and arithmetic. Compared with the Four Books and Five Classics, scientific knowledge and arithmetic stimulated Zhan Tianyou's interest even more.
Zhan Tianyou's exams in the class were the first place every time. Later, her father sent her to a better school to study mathematics, physics and chemistry. Here there were foreigners who taught the cutting-edge mathematical, physical and chemical knowledge at that time. Therefore, Zhan Tianyou entered this kind of school and learned more mathematical, physical and chemical knowledge in the school. This laid a very deep scientific knowledge foundation for him to study abroad in the future.
Zhan Tianyou's academic performance is very outstanding, and he is deeply loved by teachers. The teachers in the class are Westerners, which allows Zhan Tianyou to speak fluent English at a young age and communicate with Westerners without obstacles. This paved the way for his later study abroad.
The Qing government suffered many losses when fighting wars with Western powers, and after many times of reflection, the Qing government believed that the guns and cannons of foreigners were more advanced, and the science and technology of foreigners was much stronger than that of domestic science and technology. The proposal was quickly approved by the emperor at the time.
It was in this environment that the Qing government selected children with excellent academic performance throughout the country and funded them to be sent to European and American powers to learn advanced science, culture and technology, in order to repay the country. Because Zhan Tianyou's academic performance in his hometown was very good, he was recommended by the local government to the Qing government as a young child staying in the United States.
In this way, Zhan Tianyou left his hometown at a young age and went abroad to learn advanced knowledge. The children who travel with him are also twelve or thirteen-year-old children, and they must use their youth to learn advanced knowledge and history to revitalize the country and serve the motherland.
Zhan Tianyou and the other children crossed the ocean on a steamship and came to the United States on the other side of the ocean. Here, they enter the very good local secondary school to learn advanced knowledge. Many of the friends in the industry were attracted by the prosperity of the United States, so they began to study badly, and they began to eat and drink in the United States and live a carefree life.
However, Zhan Tianyou was different from them, and the young Zhan Tianyou knew that the purpose of his coming to the United States was to learn advanced knowledge and return to China to serve the country. Therefore, Zhan Tianyou has always studied any subject conscientiously in the United States. He got up early every morning and tirelessly studied the knowledge in the books, and he was at the top of the class in every exam. Finally, he entered Yale University, a well-known university in the United States, with honors.
Yale University in the United States has been the world's top university since the modern period of our country. At that time, the top universities in the United States rarely saw yellow-skinned Asians, and the students in the schools were basically Westerners. Zhan Tianyou entered Yale University through his own efforts, and his yellow skin and the big braids behind his back became a beautiful landscape in the school.
Zhan Tianyou studied railway engineering, and he worked very hard in his university studies. After several years of hard study, he resolutely returned to China. Zhan Tianyou, who returned to China, first worked in the Shipping Bureau and the Fujian Marine Division. Later, he entered the railway company and designed China's first railway, the Beijing-Zhang Railway.
Because the feudal ideology in our country at that time was very serious, many people would take concubines. But Zhan Tianyou has always adhered to the concept of one man and one wife. Zhan Tianyou and his wife have been doll relatives since childhood, and the two of them are green plum bamboo horses. After Zhan Tianyou returned from school in the United States, Zhan Tianyou won his wife.
Because Zhan Tianyou designed and presided over the construction of China's first railway, he was an outstanding talent in China's railways at that time, and his monthly salary was 210,000. You know, at that time, the living standard of ordinary people in poor and weak China was only a few hundred yuan a month.
Zhan Tianyou's wife bore him eight children. Later, Zhan Tianyou's wife fell ill with pneumonia. Zhan Tianyou was busy working while taking care of his wife and children, at this time his friends around him advised him to take a concubine, but Zhan Tianyou sternly refused, because in his heart a man can only have one wife in his life, so that the family can be happy and happy.
Zhan Tianyou is very conscientious when working. He returned home, and in the eyes of the children was a very kind and kind father, who treated his wife with respect and interpreted his love for her with his care. When the Qing Dynasty was overthrown, Zhan Tianyou resolutely cut off his deep braids and became a staunch supporter of democracy and republicanism.
After the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, Zhan Tianyou used his life's learning to design multiple railways for the nationalist government at that time. In his later years, he was still active in construction sites, using his craftsmanship to contribute to the railway cause of the motherland.
Zhan Tianyou has studied hard since he was a child, he used his excellent results to win the quota of going abroad, and returned from his studies to use the advanced technology he learned to serve the country, making great contributions to China's railway cause. Zhan Tianyou used his scientific spirit to make a name for himself at home and abroad, and used all his knowledge and energy to make very outstanding contributions to the railway project of the motherland.