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"...Different from any other city, Lianyungang is an emerging port. This port is absolutely different from any other city in the world. It is a port, but it is by no means dependent on a port. It is a city, but it is by no means different.

For a city in the traditional sense, to be precise, this city is a train station. This city covering an area of ​​400 square kilometers is actually a city with a train station as its core. It is not so much a city as

It is said to be a train station, because everything in this city is built on a train station, and this train station is the only special-class station on the Longhai Railway, and the center of this city is--

Central Station!”

"The Times" Morrison - "Impression of Lianyun"

As a city with a train station as its center, when Lianyungang Central Railway Station was built, the designers put a lot of effort into planning this train station in the center of the city. As the center of the city, this train station

Obviously, it cannot be built randomly on the ground like an ordinary train station. Even the railways need to be carefully arranged.

On the eve of the emergence of modernism, the crazy urban infrastructure development driven by the profit-seeking will of capital and technology had continuously injected new forms of energy into Western architecture at that time. Inspired by the vertical urban extension methods of New York and Chicago,

Inspired by this, architects began to envision an urban space with multiple surfaces that would adapt to high-density cities.

In 1910, Eugene Henard, a French architect who had received orthodox architectural training in Ecole des Beaux-Arts, gave a report looking forward to the future three-dimensional street system at the London Town Planning Conference hosted by Riba. In this report, Henard specifically wanted to challenge

It was the old idea that urban streets were regarded as land surfaces with various pipelines buried. He believed that European streets at that time were still just paved agricultural roads in cities and could not adapt to the rapid development of urban service functions. At this time,

Once the city's drainage facilities, various energy sources, and water and electricity pipelines need to be updated, the roads must be re-excavated. However, the layout of these pipelines belongs to different departments without any unified planning and coordination. Henard conceived a system that is actually suspended on the surface.

The street above. The space under this raised street chassis can be used to arrange various delivery systems. In addition to traditional water supply, drainage, energy and electricity, there are also postal services, garbage transportation, seawater supply, and even fresh air systems.

Henard further envisioned a multi-layered street to cope with the explosive demand for urban infrastructure. For example, the uppermost open-air street is for pedestrians and carriages to pass through, the underground layer is for the subway system, the second underground layer is for garbage and drainage, and the underground layer is for garbage and drainage.

The third floor is the transportation channel for material supply and so on.

Henard's subversive transformation of the urban surface was not unfounded. Henard was just the first architect to summarize the scattered experimental system in the field of engineering into a new urban concept. In fact, it was still regarded as a cultural phenomenon by Europeans at the time.

In the foreign country of the United States, a railway engineer named Wilgus has been experimenting with multiple surface urban forms in the New York railway system that he is familiar with. New York Grand Central Station is a representative work of multiple surfaces.

In the early 20th century, New York witnessed the great development of the urban rapid transit system. Just underground on 42nd Street, IRT has planned a three-dimensional rail line with up to three floors. The entire 42nd Street is also the running line of various ground rail trams. The central

The station had almost no room to expand its yard area. At this time, grassroots engineer Wilgus made two decisions that changed the history of New York City and the entire history of Western architecture. First, Wilgus divided the huge train yard after 50th Street vertically.

It has two floors, that is to say, a whole bunch of railway tracks coming from the northern suburbs of New York branch into two floors after about fifty streets and enter the platform.

This method of building the train station underground has become the only way to solve the problem of Lianyungang Central Station, which is the center of the city. The station platform is built underground. However, during the design process, it still faces a series of technical challenges, which are different from those of New York Central Station.

The electric locomotives used are different. The trains running on the Longhai Line are all steam locomotives, which makes the station have to consider a series of technical issues such as smoking and ventilation.

After these problems were solved, the noise generated by the railway passing through the urban area needed to be taken into consideration. In the end, more than 20 kilometers of railway passing through the urban area were built below the horizon, and hundreds of meters wide were planted above the railway passage.

trees, and overpasses were built above the railway passage. Both sides of the railway across the city have become Lianyungang's urban oasis and park, and those overpasses have become part of the city's roads.

The construction of the entire central station is an unprecedented and huge project. Excavation of a two-story station yard on the Lianyungang mud and stone foundation is not an easy task. Just clearing the foundation requires moving up to two million cubic meters of earth and stone. In order to

To speed up the construction of the project, in addition to investing tens of thousands of workers, more than ten steam shovels were also invested. It usually took nearly a year to complete the civil work, and it was not until a few months ago that the main body of the station was put into use. But in fact,

The railway station was still unfinished to this day.

If you only look at the appearance of the city, it would be difficult for anyone to notice that there is a railway hidden in this urban oasis. Anyone who comes to Lianyun for the first time will often be surprised by this. And the train enters this

When visiting the central station with 46 platforms and 68 tracks, there are also more surprises waiting for them on its two-floor underground platform.

"Grand Central Station is a marvel of engineering and architecture!"

When the train entered the platform and looked at the underground platform, like everyone who came here for the first time, he also fell into the natural worship of human beings for majestic engineering. Amidst the exclamation, there was something strange in the carriage.

The voice of the flight attendant was still heard.

"... Passengers please pay attention to the precautions on the back of the ticket. Please clean the soles of your shoes at the shoe cleaning area on the platform. Keeping the city clean and hygienic is everyone's obligation..."

Listening to the voice on the radio, Liang Qichao finally remembered the precautions written on the back of the ticket for the luxury carriage above his head.

"Keep your hygiene and improve your image! It is forbidden to spit or throw garbage in public places. Violators will be fined ten yuan and imprisoned for six months. If you forget to flush the toilet in a public restroom, you will be fined five yuan..."

The back of the palm-sized ticket is full of penalty clauses. This is to remind all passengers who get off the bus that when they come to this "special" city, they must accept the rules here. In fact, in this regard, they have been calling for "

Liang Qichao, who believes in "transforming national character", strongly agrees. In his view, heavy punishment is a necessary means to transform national character, and Longhai is far ahead of any other city in the country on this point.

Although he was surprised by the magnificence of this underground station, for Liang Qichao, he came here today as the special envoy of the President. Just as he imagined, when the passengers started to get off the train, the moonlight in the carriage near him was

Already standing on the stage were more than a dozen officials from the Huaihai Economic and Strategic Affairs Office, as well as several reporters, and among those officials there were a few old friends. Looking at those old friends, Liang Qichao squeezed out a smile on his face.

Come.

As a person with friends all over the world, Liang Qichao actually had many friends in Lianyun, as well as students. Among the people who greeted him at the train station today, there were both his old friends and students.

However, the person who greeted Liang Qichao on the platform of Lianyun Central Station today was Cai Yuanpei, the vice president of Dehua University and the director of the Education Department of the Huaihai Economic and Strategic Affairs Office. He was not considered Liang Qichao’s friend. Even when the two of them passed by, they were not friends at all.

We have met, but although the two have never met in the past, they have been close friends for a long time.

Cai Yuanpei and Liang Qichao were both born in the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. Cai Yuanpei was five years older than Liang, but they took the Jichou Provincial Examination in the same year. After that, Cai Kedi won the imperial examination for several years, taught editing and editing, and entered the Imperial Capital Literary Court. And Liang Zewen

Frustrated and failed in many trials, he turned to Kang Youwei's disciples and began to embark on the path of reform and enlightenment. In fact, in terms of studying traditional Chinese academics, the two had some similarities. Liang studied under Kang Youwei and followed Jinwen Classics.

Needless to say, in his early years, Cai devoted himself to studying the works of the "Changzhou School" such as Zhuang Cunyu, Liu Fenglu, Song Xiangfeng, etc., and "stupidly read them", and then devoted himself to the modern text, and even vowed to compile "Gongyang Chunqiu Dayi".

Book.

However, Cai was more rigid about the Jinwen family and could not agree with some of the performances of Kang and Liang's masters and disciples. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1891-1891, the atmosphere of scholars changed drastically. Liang Qichao spread Western learning, advocated reform, and became famous all over the country. At this time,

Cai Yuanpeifang began to systematically contact new learning. In the process of seeking new knowledge, which he felt was "late in learning Taoism", the two books "Bibliography of Western Learning" and "Reading Western Learning Calligraphy" written by Liang Qichao played a timely role in prompting Cai Yuanpei.

After reading the book of Liang, I thought that "even if I read it, I will know and speak in a solid way". It can be said that I benefited a lot from it.

During the Hundred Years of 1898, Kang and Liang advocated reforms, and they were also very popular for a while. Cai Yuanpei was in the capital, and his heart was inclined towards reform. He and Liang Qichao had the provincial examination in the same year. This relationship can be cited. However, the aloofness of the scholar made him "ashamed of".

Dependence, not accepting payment."

By calmly observing the ups and downs of Kang and Liang's reforms, Cai Yuanpei concluded that it was impossible to expect the Qing government to implement political changes. This was not an opportunity for him to perform the "Hanlin Revolution" in the future. Cai Yuanpei once said: among the reformers

He especially admired Yan Fu and Tan Sitong, the so-called "houguan, Liuyang, who woke up for me first". In fact, he was also quite impressed by Liang Qichao's popular and exciting writing.

In 1902, Cai Yuanpei compiled a three-volume book "Wen Bian", recommending to the academic community model essays that reflected "the trend of the world's affairs." It included several of Liang's works published in "Shiwu Bao" and "Qing Yi Bao" that year.

The number of selected articles ranked first among the "translations by famous figures in the world" in the same book. At this time, Cai was running schools in Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places, and had extensive friendships with Song Shu, Zhang Binglin, Ma Xiangbo, Jiang Zhiyou, etc., and with Wang Kangnian,

Zhang Yuanji has been a close friend for many years. These people are all old friends of Liang Qichao, and most of them still maintain contact with them. Liang Qichao, who was living abroad, began to know and pay attention to Cai Yuanpei. Perhaps it was during this period.

Although Zhang Binglin and others in Lianyun have been friends with Liang Qichao for a long time, they did not pay enough attention to him because of his status as a staff member. Therefore, today Cai Yuanpei welcomes Liang Qichao as the education director of the Huaihai Economic and Strategic Envoy Office. It is also appropriate and seems to be appropriate.

Pay attention to their visit.

When Liang Qichao got off the bus, Cai Yuanpei took the initiative to walk over. When he was still a few steps away, he cupped his fists and saluted.

"Zhuoru, welcome to Lianyun!"

"I have heard He Qing's name for a long time, and now I can finally meet him. It is truly a blessing in my lifetime!"

Amidst the polite greetings of Cai and Liang, for a while, a scene of joy for the host and the guests was staged at the station.

Anyone who comes to Lianyungang will often visit the "Domestic Products Exhibition Center" located on First Street, opposite the Central Railway Station. If the Central Railway Station is the first impression of this city for every outsider who comes to Lianyung for the first time,

If so, then the "Domestic Products Exhibition Center" is where anyone can understand the inner meaning of this city.

Unlike Lianyungang's architectural plans, which are often designed by designers from Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States and France, the "Domestic Products Exhibition Center" is a large building designed by Chinese designers. This building designed by Lin Baoren is in line with China's blind imitation at this time.

The style of Western architecture is completely different, but emphasizes the style of Eastern architecture. The roof is Chinese style, with Eastern sculptures on the eaves, such as bird head-shaped sculptures on the eaves. The windows are Jiangnan style, and the top of the roof imitates the spires of Tang-style architecture.

It can be said that to a certain extent, this "domestic products exhibition center" itself is a display of "domestic products".

The original "Domestic Products Exhibition Center" was an American-style modern building designed by an American architect. After the foundation and underground parts were completed, Lin Baoren, who was presiding over the construction of the "Lianyun Community" at the time, asked Li Zi at a banquet

Cheng suggested that "the domestic products exhibition center is the essence of Lianyun, and the essence of Lianyun should be Chinese-style." It was under his strong suggestion that the original design was torn down, and he presided over the use of the original foundation and underground parts.

He redesigned Chinese-style buildings and applied Chinese classical architectural forms to new buildings in his design. It can be said that to a certain extent, he started the school of modern Chinese architecture. The buildings are arranged in a "one" shape, only in the middle

The roof ridge is higher than the two sides. The middle part is a single-eave Xieshan green glazed tile roof, and the two sides are double-eaves Xieshan green glazed tile roofs. A ventilating window is installed at the top of the Xieshan, and is surrounded by colorful paintings and carvings. The cornice, brackets, and beams are decorated

They were all painted with oil paint. It was also after the "Domestic Products Exhibition Center" that Lianyun's architecture began to shift from Western style to Eastern style.

However, for Liang Qichao and his party, this oriental-style building did not seem to leave much of an impression on them except for its height. For Liang Qichao, although he was a presidential envoy, he had just come to Lianyun.

Not visiting the "Domestic Products Exhibition Center" is undoubtedly a wasted trip. According to the reception schedule, the newly built "Domestic Products Exhibition Center" itself is the first stop. In fact, this was also three months ago.

After the "Centre" was put into use, the Huaihai Economic and Strategic Envoy's Office was the first stop when entertaining outsiders, because compared to others, the dazzling array of domestic products was more directly shocking and could better reflect the achievements made here.

The entire exhibition center is divided into multiple production areas such as mechanical and electrical products exhibition area, chemical industry exhibition area, consumer goods exhibition area, etc. The largest one is the mechanical and electrical products exhibition area, which involves not only machinery manufacturing, but also thermal processing industry, basic workpiece industry, electrical industry, etc.

etc., and the consumer goods exhibition area contains the most categories. There are tens of thousands of various types of products on display here. For any outsider who comes here for the first time, when they enter the "Domestic Products Exhibition Center", they also

You will be shocked like never before, not only by the number of exhibits, but also by the technology displayed.

"This is……"

As soon as he entered the Domestic Products Exhibition Center, Liang Qichao was surprised to see a steam locomotive on the foundation stone. Looking at the black locomotive, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Steam locomotive is the first large-scale mechanical product manufactured by Lianyun, and it is also the most important export product manufactured by Lianyun. Last month, the company received an order for thirty locomotives from France. Currently, our locomotives

It has been exported to Russia, France, the United States and other countries. Our Chinese-made locomotives are on the railways in Africa, South America and India. It can be said that now, we have surpassed Germany and become the most important locomotive exporter in the world!

"

During the introduction, Mu, who is the manager of ** Company, seemed a little proud. Anyone would feel proud of this, but for him, apart from pride, he was more proud, because it was he who controlled this

companies.

In the exhibition center, looking at the industrial products or models of industrial products, Liang Qichao finally knew what Grandma Liu was. When he entered the grand audience, most of the large number of industrial products displayed in front of him were products he had never seen before. Moreover,
To be continued...