Mr. Kang took the list text and read it again, and said to several others: "What kind of train is used for trains? It runs so fast that you can reach Kaifeng Prefecture in one day and night? The court urgently handed over it, but only 500 miles a day and night. How many horse shops are needed along the way! Is there really such a car in the world?"

Mr. Li said: "The shipping department said there is, of course there is! The court will never lie! How can the things on the official documents be wrong!"

Mr. Jiang said slowly: "You have free time and walk around, without any knowledge. This kind of car has already arrived in Tangzhou. When you go to see it, you can really get to Kaifeng Prefecture one day. I heard that coal is burning, smoke is coming from the road, and flying on the railway."

Cheng Man Wessue on the other side: "It's not Tangzhou, but now it has been built in Xinye City, but it's not allowed to get on the bus there now. I heard that it was because the iron supervisor raised the price and the transportation department could not afford the railway tracks, so we asked us to pay. Tell you that this car will be very popular in the future, and the open places will inevitably be extremely prosperous. A few days ago, I went to Xinye City to buy a shop, and there will be great success in the future!"

Mr. Kang didn't believe it: "Although there is a famous place in Xinye, three-point area, and Uncle Liu burned Xinye. However, there are few families now, just a market, and they can still prosper? Are you talking about the dreams!"

Cheng Yuanwai said: "Brother Kang is not aware of this. Although Xinye is small, it is an important place for the railway. All goods from Dengzhou must be transported there in the future before they can get on the train. Think about it, there will be a big wharf in the future, just like here in Xiangzhou, which is not a trivial matter!"

At this time, the formal administrative system was a prefecture and county, with road-level supervision, money, grain, criminal prison, military, etc. above, and below was a municipal level. Towns were formally established, located below the county, some had supervision towns, and some had tax venues. The city was lower than the city, and the market was formed by the people. There were both grass markets held regularly and irregularly, as well as permanent markets. Xinye had permanent markets, so it was called Xinye City, which was not the meaning of later cities.

Several tea dealers discussed that some people had seen trains, while others had never heard of them, and they were talking about them. However, one thing was clear that the shipping department had to pay the money. As for the so-called tickets sent, whether they could really transport goods in the future, it would be different. People in the court have long been used to this style of doing things. It doesn’t matter if they can’t transport goods, so don’t turn them into fixed taxes in the future.

Mr. Kang said: "I read the list of articles that every 100 kilograms is sufficient for transporting goods from Xiangzhou to Kaifeng Prefecture. The owner of the cargo transports himself. If the transport is not in time, the fee will be charged according to the weight. If it is to be transported by the station, the money will be calculated. The less than 900 miles from Xiangzhou to Kaifeng Prefecture, the railway is not built according to the post road. The railway is built in Huyang, but the railway is built in Xinye. It costs 1,000 miles and the shipping fee is 1,000 kilograms, 100 miles, which is cheap."

Mr. Li said: "Of course it is cheap! This is the price that the government hires to transfer, which is 100 kilograms, 100 kilograms by land, 100 kilograms by water, 100 kilograms by water, 30 kilograms by water. Where can we businessmen hire people to go for this price? Every time we transport tea, we don't give four hundred kilograms by a hundred kilograms, who will be willing to send you luck!"

Everyone said yes. This is still a plain area. If you walk on a mountain road and the distance is too long, it is not uncommon to count 100 miles and 500 or 600 liters.

The government hired people with a semi-compulsory nature. How could it be compared with the price of the people? It can only earn a meal and come back after a hundred miles of land.

Mr. Jiang said: "It's this price. After the car was opened in Tangzhou, I used to transport tea to Xiangcheng, and it was calculated based on a hundred miles and a hundred cents. However, if someone wants to buy another ticket, it is similar to shipping goods, it is 100 miles and a hundred fifty cents."

After hearing this, everyone looked at the tall and obese Mr. Li laughed: "In this way, Mr. Li made a profit by taking a car. You have more than 200 kilograms, which is cheaper than shipping goods. We people will lose."

Mr. Jiang: "What are you paying for? People who take the bus can bring 10 or 20 kilograms of goods, which is not considered money."

Everyone felt strange when they heard this, and asked Mr. Jiang to tell me what the train is and what are the benefits. Tea merchants and salt merchants make money by selling prohibited materials, and their lifeline is in the hands of the shipping department, so they can pay the money. It is impossible to refuse, and they don’t think about it, and they just cause trouble. Anyway, if they really lose money, they will make money back from the price.

After hearing all the trains that Mr. Jiang said, Mr. Li said, "There is nothing to do. Let's go to Tangzhou tomorrow and see how the train is together? Since we can reach Kaifeng Prefecture day and night, we don't have to get off the train. It's so convenient, so what if we take our family to visit the capital!"

It takes more than 200 miles from Xiangzhou to Tangzhou. If you ride a horse by land, you can arrive in two or three days. You can arrive in a few days, especially on the train, where you have a car and drink, and you don’t have to get off, just think it’s going out for a trip. When doing tea business, you have traveled several times in the capital. These people are the so-called Nanshang. Who has no acquaintances in the capital? When transporting tea to the capital, you don’t give salt but pay cash, you always have to sell some other goods back.

Everyone applauded. The money has been released, so it’s better to see if it’s worth it.

Mr. Jiang said: "Train is different from ordinary trains and horses. Every time you drive, you have to buy tickets in advance. There are fewer trains on the road now, but tickets are not easy to buy. If you want to go, I will send a servant and go to Tangzhou tonight to buy tickets. How many people will go, and report the number, and buy the tickets first."

Mr. Kang: "It's only 500 cents per person, so what's the big money! Let him try to buy some tickets, so what if I don't sit there!"

After hearing this, Mr. Jiang said, "If this is the case, we will pack a carriage, which will reduce many worries. Please take your family and go together!"

Mr. Kang asked strangely: "Brother Jiang, what does it mean to pack a carriage? If it is like a carriage, there will be no many people in the carriage."

Mr. Jiang laughed: "How can a train be compared with a carriage? There are dozens of seats in that carriage, and it's enough to sit."

Mr. Kang thought for a while and shook his head: "We are not small families, and no one family has dozens of people. A carriage is not enough. Since we are going, we will pack a few more sections. How about one section for each family?"

Everyone applauded. A carriage was calculated as one hundred seats, and each person was 500 cents, which was only fifty cents. This little money was spent in one night on food, drink, gambling. Taking the whole family to the capital, what a glorious thing, what is a few dozen cents of coins?

Mr. Jiang thought about it and said, "Everyone, although I have worked in trains, I have never done such a thing. Even if there are officials in the same train, they are just a few seats separated. I have never seen a family occupy a car. I have to ask if I can do this."

Mr. Li said disdainfully: "They built roads and ran trains, just to make money? We gave them a lot of money, so why wouldn't we refuse!"

Mr. Jiang did not answer and thought about it secretly. These local rich men were used to showing off and thought that the train belonged to their own. The government did not do that. They didn’t do whatever they wanted.

The others ignored it and excitedly began to talk about how to travel to Kaifeng Prefecture and what to buy. In the past, tea was sold, traveled thousands of miles away, and where to go to the capital. In addition, they were all big businesses with thousands of dollars, and they didn’t have the intention. This time they were just going to have fun, bringing their family members and being glorious, that’s different. What’s delicious and fun? I just said that this time I would let my family see it.

The one who said the wine from Tiexiaolou is good, the one who said that the immortal building uses silverware, and the one who said that Fanlou is the best in the world, and there is no dispute. Some people mentioned the little lady in Pig Killing Lane, and some people looked down on it, saying that the vicinity and horse market is where people with identities go.

Some people want to take their homes to see the palace, get up early to see the way the prime ministers who are in charge of the world go to court. They have various ideas and become more and more lively as they talk. As for the shipping department, they have to pay for themselves, they will forget it to go outside the nine-sou-yun, so they can't help but have fun first.
Chapter completed!