Forced to leave Japan because of civil war in 1878 he moved to Shanghai where he met Tong King-sing who appointed him as an engineer with the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company at Tangshan near to the ancient walled city of Kaiping. Forcé de quitter le Japon à cause de la guerre civile en 1878, il part à Shanghai où il rencontre Tong King-sing qui le nomme ingénieur à Tangshan près de l'ancienne ville fortifiée de Kaiping.
