In the late Qing Dynasty, China sent the first batch of overseas students. They are all teenagers. There is a boy named Zhan Tianyou who is only 12 years old.

1905, the news of the construction of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway spread. Both Britain and Russia are fighting to build it, and they are at loggerheads. Finally, they reached an agreement that they would provide nothing if China refused to let them build it.

Zhan Tianyou was appointed as the chief engineer by the Qing government. Some people say that he has overreached himself and advised him not to undertake this very difficult project. Zhan Tianyou said: "If the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway fails, it will not only be my misfortune, but also bring great losses to China. Foreigners say that China engineers are not good, but I insist on doing it myself! " In order to win a sigh of relief for the people of China, he devoted all his energy, lived with the workers at the construction site, explored carefully and experimented boldly. After four years of hard work, he finally succeeded in building the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway. This is the first railway designed and built by China people themselves, which greatly inspired the aspirations of the people of the whole country.

Patriotic motto

A national mourning, people's temples are no longer green. -Lu you

Only the people's souls are valuable, and only by carrying them forward can China make real progress. -Lu Xun

People not only have the right to be patriotic, but patriotism is also an obligation and honor. -Xu Teli

Everyone learns what he has learned and knows what he knows, so that the country will be rich and strong, free from foreign aggression and enough to stand on its own feet on the earth. -Zhan Tianyou

I love my motherland and people. I can't live without it and them, let alone write. -Ba Jin

Hope to adopt.