Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 579 Beizhi Railway Bureau, Boluo escaped again
Seeing that the train was about to disappear soon, many people reacted with shock.

Then, a sturdy scholar who looked like a warrior clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "I understand! It's like running on horseback. It is always difficult to reach the fastest speed at the beginning. It takes a while to get really fast. The train is so big, it takes a long time to run. Naturally, the speed needs to be increased for a longer time!"

Some people around heard it and felt enlightened, but most of them still looked at a loss.

As for the riders and carriages waiting on both sides of the railway, they had already followed the train away.

I saw that the horses were fine, and they could keep up with the train now, but the carriages were not good—the roads on both sides of the railway were difficult to walk.

Although the train left, not many people around the Beijing Railway Station left, and many people were still talking about it.

"Such a big iron cart was really pulled away?"

"Then the one at the front that sprays clouds and mist is Tianma?"

"What is puffing up clouds, it's burning coal."

"Burning coal? Could it be that Tianma eats coal?"

"Tsk tsk, such a long and big car, how many things can it carry in one run?"

"I've heard people say that this train will be open to the public in the future. Common people commute to Beijing and Tianjin, and merchants can use the train to transport goods."

"Really? Then how many days does it take for the train to go back and forth between Beijing and Tianjin?"

"How do I know this? It will be clear in two days."

In the perception of most Ming people, it is two to three hundred miles from Beijing to Tianjin, whether it is by boat or carriage, it usually takes three to four days, or even longer.

It's not that the cars and boats are not fast enough, but because the boatmen and horses need to rest, and generally they don't rush at night.

In the past, it was only possible to shorten the time from Tianjin to Beijing to one day only by the imperial court rushing to report six hundred miles or even eight hundred miles, changing horses without changing people.

Therefore, when people talk about the speed of the train at this time, they also habitually think that it will take a few days—maybe not three days, but one or two days is always necessary, right?
In the train station, Du Yinxi smiled and said to the officials: "According to the technicians of the Railway Department, it takes more than ten hours for the train to go back and forth to Beijing and Tianjin. I am afraid that the train will not return here until sunset, so everyone will go back." , Let's do our own thing."

Hearing this, some of the officials showed surprise, and then they resigned to senior officials such as Du Yinxi and Zhang Kuang.

However, a small number of officials stayed in the station and did not leave.

For example, Ni Yuyi, the head of the Northern Zhili Railway Bureau (Zhengwupin), Yinhou Dongzeng of Shuntian Prefecture, and Tao Runai, the magistrate of Wanping County, etc., because the railway affairs are all related to their responsibilities.

Ni Yuyi first clasped his hands and asked, "Master, do the people around the railway station and the railway need to be driven away?"

The Railway Bureau belongs to the imperial government's railway management and operation departments in various provinces, so although the head of the Railway Bureau is only five-rank, it has heavy powers and responsibilities.

There are not only judges, deputy envoys, governors, experience and other officials under it, but also a railway patrol battalion under its jurisdiction.

As the patrol battalion of the first railway, its soldiers are all selected from the garrison army.

Ni Yuyi is a native of Jiading, Sichuan. He was a Jinshi in the fourth year of Chongzhen. Not only did he have more than ten years of experience as an official, but he was also one of the officials who followed Zhu Yuxi in Sichuan in the 17th year of Chongzhen.

Du Yinxi looked around when he heard the words, and said: "The railway is a new thing, and the people are inevitably curious, so there is no need to drive them away, just let them stay outside the station and the railway protection trench."

"The officer understands."

The Railway Bureau is just like the previous Salt Promotion Department and the Capital Transfer Salt Envoy Department. Although it is directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, it is also under the supervision of the local governor. That's why Ni Yuyi asked Du Yinxi about this matter.

After that, Hou Tongzeng and Tao Runai looked at each other, and Hou Tongzeng asked, "Master, since the Beijing-Tianjin Railway has been opened, when will it be available for civilian use?"

Hou Tong was born in Jiading, Suzhou. He was born in 1591. He was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Tianqi. .

Not to mention that Du Yinxi was ten years younger than him, he was also a Jinshi in Chongzhen for ten years, and he had been an official for a relatively short time.Therefore, even though the two are now divided into upper and lower levels, Du Yinxi respects Hou Tongzeng quite a lot.

Hearing the words, he smiled slightly and said, "Don't be in a hurry, you have to wait for this railway to be put into trial operation for a period of time before it can be used by the people. If it is used by the people rashly and an accident occurs, the future construction of the railway by the imperial court may be hindered." gone."

Ni Yuyi next to him explained: "According to the regulations set by the imperial court, the opening of the new railway requires at least one month of uninterrupted cargo transportation before considering starting passenger services."

Hou Tong once asked immediately: "Since it is for transporting goods, can it be opened to private businessmen? You should know that Shuntian Mansion is now in a state of ruins. If the people can get the convenience of railway transportation as soon as possible, the recovery of people's livelihood will be faster."

Although Du Yinxi respected Hou Tong, he would not violate the principle. Hearing the words, he shook his head and said: "Since the imperial court has set a deadline of one month, the folks, regardless of people or goods, will have to wait until one month later. You can get on the train."

Hou Tong once sighed and said no more.

At this time Zhang Kuang said with a smile: "We have never tried the railway transportation, so it seems too early to discuss anything. Why don't we discuss everything after we have a test ride tomorrow."

What Zhang Kuang said made sense, and all the officials nodded slightly.

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In Xianghe County, Boluo is repairing official roads with a group of hard laborers.

It stands to reason that, as the Manchu Qing clan, the deputy commander of the Qing army in Shandong during the Northern Expedition, it would have been better if he had been beheaded after being captured, rather than quartered by five horses or Ling Chi. There is absolutely no reason for him to survive.

When the Qing army in Shandong was defeated, he missed the boat to go to sea, so he fought for his life - directly destroyed his appearance with fire, and planned to swallow carbon to change his voice, but he didn't do it because of luck.

After disfiguring his appearance, he disguised himself as a low-level Eight Banners soldier, and hid with other Qing soldiers in the valleys of Shandong for a period of time. He was captured by the Ming army only after he had a more reliable cover.

After that, they were first sent to mines for mining.

According to the Ming army who supervised them at that time, as long as they worked honestly in the mine for 20 years, they could get rid of their status as hard labor and be exiled to the frontier to become the common people of Ming Dynasty.

Of course, they will definitely not be exiled to the northeastern frontier, most likely to the southern border.

If you do a good job or make meritorious service, your sentence can be reduced.For example, reducing it to ten years or five years, or switching from mining to other easier and safer labor.

Therefore, Boluo not only worked honestly and diligently in the mine, but even seized the opportunity to report a group of Jurchens who were trying to escape.

Because of his relatively large contribution, the mine was preparing to set a model at that time, so his service period was reduced to 15 years, and he was transferred to a road construction brigade.

Entering the road construction brigade, Boluo found that most of them were Han officials who worked for them in the Qing Dynasty, which is what the Ming people commonly called traitors.

This made him worry for a while, for fear of being recognized by one of the traitors.After all, he was considered a small high-ranking official in the Qing Dynasty, and he was quite famous in the clan.

Fortunately, his disfigurement was relatively complete. He worked in the mine for more than three months, and his figure has changed a bit. Until now, none of these traitors recognized him.

Now he can be considered to understand - after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, he followed the front army to fight north and south, and rarely stayed in the capital, and most of these traitors stayed in the capital, and he should not even have his original appearance. I can't recognize him, let alone the disfigured him.

However, his identity as an Eight Banners soldier cannot be concealed, and he is often bullied by these traitors.Thanks to the rules in the brigade, he was not bullied to death.

Now, on the surface, he is still honest, but in his heart he is very lively, and he wants to find a chance to escape and escape back to the outside of the pass.

And what he hates most now is not the Ming army, but these dog slaves and dog traitors who bully him every day.

When he was thinking about something, the person next to him pushed him, but it turned out to be Chen Zhilin, a rather powerful dog slave in the road construction brigade. It is said that this person was originally just a small official of the Qing Dynasty Secretary Academy.

"Go and level that dirt bag." Chen Zhilin's expression was sullen, and his tone was unquestionable.

Seeing that several people around looked at him unkindly, and the supervising Ming army didn't care, Bo Luo could only obediently do what belonged to Chen Zhilin.

'Hmph, wait for Ben Baylor to escape back outside the pass, and then lead troops into the pass in the future, I will definitely kill you dog slaves! '

Just as Boluo was cursing inwardly, he suddenly heard a long and sharp cry.

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　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)