Xiao Houye's seven-year imperial examination and five-year road to Kaifeng[75]

Just because it is the first train in this dynasty, it can be said that it took a lot of craftsmen's whimsy to make it perfect.

On this train, there are kitchens, ovens, ovens, and steamers. Customers on the train can enjoy fresh food. There are private rooms for long-distance travel, which belong to sparrows. Although they are small and complete, they have independent toilets. It only has the function of going to the toilet, but not the function of bathing. After all, it is not so convenient to store so much water.

There is also a leisure area at the back. After you get tired of staying in the private room, you can go to the dining area. Because of the cost of the train, the current passenger train is expensive, and only some wealthy businessmen can afford it.

In front of the front of the car, there are also compartments for goods and goods, and each compartment also requires a certain fee. Otherwise, will such a large compartment be used for nothing?

The little official came to the carriage and curiously visited each section of the carriage, led by the chief designer here.

Nonsense, the boss and officials are here, how can they show their sincerity if they let the chief designer lead them there.

Chief Designer: I am also very square, someone help me!

Fortunately, what I will introduce later is what he is good at. After all, he personally participated in the design and creation. If he can’t tell, he should be suspicious. The chief designer forgets as he talks. The people he leads are officials and bosses. .

The construction of the railway track for more than half a year has actually covered a lot of distance. After all, they did not start slowly from the starting point, but from different places, and both ends were built in the same direction at the same time, so the speed was naturally much faster.

The final destination is naturally the south, the border and other regions. It is also easy to understand that the train was created to transport goods in addition to transporting people.

In addition to this passenger train, there are also cargo wagons under construction, and the rear compartments are used for the soldiers who guard the cargo of the wagons.

In ancient times, it was not a peaceful world. Bandits and bandits appeared frequently. As long as the interests were large enough, even the imperial court would dare to hijack them.

Like the ore excavated from various mines, it is very necessary to have a train to load and transport it out.

So some of their rail lines are near those mining areas.

Even on the other side of the border, Zhao Jue, the frontier city, proposed to the first emperor to transform the frontier city, not only for better transactions, but also to make the city over there safer.

You must not have the heart to harm others, and you must not have the heart to guard against others.

What should be built still needs to be built, especially the trading places that belong to the border, and there should be strict inspections to avoid sending out some prohibited items.

It can be said that those businessmen have no moral bottom line in order to make money. As long as they give enough money, they can change their parents.

Of course, this is only a small part of the many businessmen.

"I really want to try the feeling of this train running." The little official touched the sofa they were sitting on, which was similar to the sofa of the carriage they were sitting on.

Because it wasn't a long-distance trip, Pang Yu's carriage was not big, and the leather sofa used for the seat was stuffed with a lot of cotton, so he could save himself from suffering when going out.

"I'm afraid those old men in the court will go crazy." Pang Yu said with a smile.

But they all knew that what Pang Yu said was true. As an emperor, he couldn't leave the capital. If he wanted to go out for a walk, it would easily lead to major incidents.

Therefore, the Xiaoguan family has long envied Uncle Jiu and Aunt Xiao, who can freely go out to gain knowledge.

Just listening to Pang Yu's description, the petty officials are extremely yearning for it.

It's a pity that, as a prince before, his parents would never allow him to travel far when he was young. The farthest time was when his father went to Xiangyang City, which allowed him to live in Xiangyang City for more than three years.

At that time, he was still young, and only when his father went out for a walk, the Xiaoguan family had the opportunity to accompany him. He liked the food street in Xiangyang City the most. In three years, he ate every kind of food there with his father.

It can be regarded as a relatively good memory, even if there is a food street in Bianjing City, I always feel that it is not the same taste.

After all, the taste in my memory is the best, even though those stores are all chain stores.

It was all semi-finished products produced by Pang Yu from the food factory. Now the food factory is huge, with workshops for semi-finished products and finished products.

It's a pity that except for some that can be stored for a little longer, it is difficult to sell other places, after all, food will spoil if left for a long time.

The only way is to open a food factory in the local area, just like they opened a canning factory in the places where fruits are abundant in the south. When the fruits are the most, they can buy those fruits and then make them into cans. The storage time can be up to one year. many.

This is the final result obtained after countless experiments by people. Of course, they are still working hard to study the sealing of the packaging and strive for a longer time.

You must know that the canned fruits that Pang Yi ate in his previous life can generally be stored for about two years, and there are no preservatives in them.

Basically, canned fruit is still selling very well. Some of the finished canned food will be sent to the ship, and then quickly shipped to the port northward. After wholesale by different merchants, they will be shipped to different cities. Generally speaking, they will be bought in winter. Very good.

Because in winter, cities in the north have less vegetables, not to mention fruits.

After Pang Yu promoted the cultivation of Chinese cabbage, there were more Chinese cabbage, a must-have vegetable in winter, in the northern cities. Then there was also the introduction of making this Chinese cabbage into kimchi, which can be stored for a longer period of time.

Even in the imperial palace in Bianjing, a lot of kimchi would be stored. There were hundreds of people in the imperial palace, and they consumed a lot of food every day.

There are also many types of pickles. In the eyes of the chef, everything can be pickled!

Every time a certain season comes, the palace will mobilize, and the workers will draw out part of their personnel to cooperate with the imperial chef.

In any case, they will eat it for a while, especially kimchi is very appetizing, so they will prepare a lot of things every year. As long as they are vegetables in the palace, they can be made into kimchi and eaten.

Just one kind of sauerkraut can make countless kinds of delicacies, such as stewed pork noodles with sauerkraut, stir-fried pork belly with sauerkraut, fish with sauerkraut and so on.

It can be said that it is quite difficult to lose weight in the palace. After all, people need to work, and they cannot be starved.

If you eat well, you will naturally be in good health, and the imperial chef is fat and strong.

The renovated inner city of Bianjing City is different from before, at least the office area is different. It used to be in the imperial palace, but now the imperial palace is the residence of the emperor. Only small officials can enter the palace if they invite people into the palace.

The workplace in the morning is outside the palace, separated by a palace wall. Every day, the petty officials get in a carriage, pass through the door there, and come to the office area. There are several office buildings inside. They each perform their own duties.

There are even some dormitory buildings, which are specially used for those who are on duty and waiting for rest.

After opening in the morning, we eat together in the cafeteria in the early morning. If you are willing to go home to eat, no one will stop you. The meal at noon is regarded as a staff meal, and it does not cost money.

Everyone eats the same set meal, mainly to avoid trouble, and the cook is the imperial chef from the palace, the taste is guaranteed.

After inspecting the results of the train, the petty officials were looking forward to the day when the train would go on the road. With such a mood, they took the train back to the city, but it was a lot of time wasted on the way, and they might not be able to go back before the gate of the city. .

Pang Yu noticed the expression of the little official's family, and said comfortingly, "Don't worry, I didn't expect to be able to rush back when I came out. It happened to be a night at the hot spring villa."

"really?"

"Of course I will not deceive the officials."

"That's great. I've heard that Uncle Jiu's hot spring villa is beautiful. I didn't expect to have the opportunity to go there."

"The official family can go whenever they want."

"I think they won't agree." The little official said dejectedly.

In fact, those old officials didn't want the officials to get close to the regent, because if the officials got close to the regent, wouldn't they be close to them old officials?

Whoever can gain the trust of officials will be able to obtain more resources.

Think about when the regent king was still the king of Xiangyang, he was loved by the late emperor, and all good things were slipped from the late emperor's fingers into the pocket of the king of Xiangyang.

Who doesn't envy and hate?

But King Xiangyang is the late emperor's younger brother, and his brothers are close, so what can they do.

It’s different now, the petty official’s family and the regent are uncles and nephews, brothers are still fighting to the death, not to mention uncles and nephews, the little emperor is too young to handle the government affairs independently, and the one who holds the real power is not the regent king.

Fortunately, the neighboring country in the south was dishonest, and the regent could only go there in person, leaving the rear empty, and those old ministers became active, but unfortunately, they were ruthlessly suppressed by Pang Yu before there was any trouble. .

It was only then that they noticed that the prince and grand teacher appointed by the former emperor was actually very sophisticated, and he didn't look like a newcomer at all.

In addition, with him around, the Xiaoguan's family has grown rapidly, which is not at all what they imagined.

After thinking about it, they understood that the regent married a man!

It is impossible to have offspring at all, although no one knows whether taking a concubine or setting up a side concubine in the future, at present, Zhao Jue can only keep the small official's family and make sure that he is on his side.

If you know what those people think, whether it is Pang Yu or Zhao Jue, they will only say that you are thinking too much. They just hope that the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe, and then the two of them can retire early. Enjoyable travel, especially now that the railway tracks are being built, maybe they will be able to take the train to travel after waiting five or six years, don't you think about it!

Especially Zhao Jue, he's not out of his mind, what's so fun about fighting, of course it's his wife... It's fun!

If it wasn't for the troubles of those old things, he would have taken Pang Yu and left together. How could Pang Yu be left alone in Bianjing City, and the husband and wife would be separated from each other!

In winter, Pang Yu likes this hot spring villa the most. Taking a dip in his spare time, the pores of his whole body are stretched.

Pang Yu didn't have the habit of bathing with others since he was a child, except for his prince. The Xiaoguan's house was arranged in the soup pool next door. When he entered the Xiaoguan's house, he couldn't help but screamed, probably because he was burned.

Fortunately, I soon got used to it. After soaking for a while, Pang Yu urged the little official to get up, and the palace servants took him to take a bath, then changed into brand new clothes, ate some fruit snacks, and narrowed his eyes happily Come.

Pang Feiyan also came over after soaking, and she was wearing more casual clothes than before. Pang Yu's attitude towards his sister was that this is his own home, so come here as you feel comfortable.

The three of them sat in a normal manner, and the Xiaoguan family had never been so presumptuous before. This was a good experience.

You must know that when he was in the palace, his every move was watched by someone, and he had to behave like a prince, neither this nor that.

How could his ninth uncle be comfortable here? Of course, if his ninth uncle was here, he probably wouldn't dare to be so presumptuous.

After all, the Xiaoguan family is not a child anymore, the main reason is that they have grown up and want to lose face!

Because one of the three people was underage, they simply prepared some freshly squeezed fruit juice. Adding several different fruits together, the taste was not bad, at least the little official liked it very much.

It's still a baby, after all.

Alas, I miss his prince, and I don't know how the prince in the south is doing now.