Chapter 594 [Transport after the porter]
The bells jingle on the official road, that is the horse team passing by.
A large number of pack horses with goods on their backs silently lined up in an irregular line, walking forward slowly. There were many people following along. They cherished the horsepower and did not get on the horse to accompany them. Instead, they put their luggage and the like on the horse's back and followed on foot on the side of the road.
Fang Chang was faster than the pack horses, and when he let go, he quickly caught up with the horse team. But then he slowed down again, because there were quite a few people walking along with the horse team, and they walked briskly as they gathered in a group, chatting in accordance with the normal way when they were walking.
After all, ordinary people are not marching, so they don’t need to keep their mouths shut. Although that is efficient, it is too boring.
In the cavalry, there was a little leader who walked more than others. He walked forward quickly, sometimes slowed down and deliberately fell behind in the team, assigned tasks to check the surrounding situation, and kept busy. Fang Chang looked at it and felt that it was very kind, as if he had seen it somewhere.
But he hadn't gone down the mountain for a hundred years, so after a little calculation in his mind, he thought of the root cause of this feeling.
Taking a few steps forward, Fang Chang followed in the middle of the horse team. The people in the horse team felt a little nervous after seeing the long sword behind Fang Chang. There were those who seemed to be physically stronger, and deliberately joined in this direction. It seems that these few are more responsible for security work.
Someone leaned over and whispered something in the ear when the young man who looked like a little leader walked through the line.
The young man glanced in this direction out of the corner of his eye, and immediately understood the current situation, he approached Fang Chang lightly, and said, "This gentleman looks quite extraordinary, is he from the world? "
"That's not true, I shouldn't be considered a member of the Jianghu, and I don't have my name in the Jianghu." Fang Chang laughed, but he didn't report his name, but asked instead: "Your Excellency is the steward of the cavalry? "
"It's just the deputy manager. I don't know where you are from? Where are you going?" The young man continued to ask.
"Come from everywhere, go wherever you want to go." Fang Chang continued to respond with a smile, "Actually, there is no purpose, just to walk around and reminisce about the past. By the way, Your Excellency looks very kind, so what are you Xie Guangan?" people?"
"Ah, this is exactly the name of the great-grandfather of the family. Where did you know it?" The young man was taken aback.
Fang Chang looked at the flat and straight loess official road in front of him, and told the young man: "Although meeting is destined, since you are his descendant, then we have other connections. There is still a long way to go, why not walk together?"
The young man hesitated for a while, and agreed. After these brief sentences, he had confirmed that Fang Chang was no danger to the cavalry. In this case, it would not be a big deal to go with the cavalry. Moreover, he was very curious about how the other party said his great-grandfather's name. "
So he gestured "It's all right" to the rest of the cavalry, so that the people around him could relax their tense spirits, and walked forward with Fang Chang.
The young man's name is Xie Yushan, and he no longer lives in Huaifeng Mansion, but his family still has the habit of buying a few catties of Huaifeng Mansion pears when the season is in season. Xie Guang'an had passed away for more than a hundred years, and his descendants went round and round. Finally, Xie Yushan joined the horse team and continued to run around the city, delivering goods and letters to people.
Fang Chang didn't give his name, Xie Yushan also forgot to ask these when chatting happily.
"You work in this cavalry, how is your income?" Fang Chang kept walking, and asked Xie Yushan curiously.
"It's pretty good. It's better than looking for other jobs near home." Xie Yushan replied, "I was a little bit behind in school. I didn't do well in literacy and arithmetic. If I look for the corresponding jobs, I will definitely starve. Others, such as shop assistants and porters , Labor and other professions, Yue Li is not as good as in this cavalry."
"And the horse team can not only pay wages, there are two pack horses in it mainly to bring everyone's salute, but how expensive is the luggage of several people? So a lot of space is left for everyone to bring something to go. Selling it is an aboveboard welfare."
The official road is well maintained, and the horses walk on the road very smoothly. Xie Yushan told Fang Chang that this horse team used to take the Gobi Road before, and now it is going to return to the Central Plains for business. This trip is to explore the road. If this trip can After getting out of the way, he turned over all the business, bought carts, and changed the horse team into a team.
After all, on a smooth official road, horse-drawn carriages can carry more goods than pack horses without increasing the cost too much. I hope that the increase in quantity can smooth out the profit gap. After all, there are still too many unknown risks when the horse team walks on the Gobi, and the cruel nature is always worthy of human awe.
Soon the horse team slowed down.
"What's going on in front?" Xie Yushan asked, and then asked the people around him to continue to line up, and after a long accusation, he stepped forward to check the situation. There is a long river ahead, the shadow of the bridge can be seen in the distance, and the horses and chariots on the official road are huddled together closer together.
After a while, Xie Yushan came back.
He said to the people around him: "It's a new thing. Originally, the bridge deck was wide enough for cars, horses and people to walk on. Wood and iron, build a long railway from west to east, I don't know what the number is."
So everyone had to clap, and it took a long time for the team to loosen up, and then the congestion began to ease.
When the horse team passed by, Fang Chang saw a long groove opened on the surface of the official road, and gravel was laid on it to make it look like a roadbed. One end extended far to the horizon, and many figures were busy there, like It seems to be laying railroad tracks. The other end has just crossed the official road, and not far away, thousands of people are straightening the gravel.
There are well-informed people around talking about this matter. Although Xie Yushan and others can't hear it, Fang Chang can.
"...The Fang Gong machine was installed on wheels in the capital, and a railway was paved around the city to try to run it. It turned out that it was very convenient. According to my friend, in the future, the cars that run on the rails will only run day and night. Those who eat coal and drink water can run fast and save money, and their transport capacity is comparable to a big river, so they continue to pave the road..."
After learning about the role and advantages of the railway from Fang Chang, Xie Yushan became worried. It seemed that he was thinking about where the future path would be for this horse team. After all, anyone with a discerning eye can see that after this road is repaired in the future, at least it will have a huge impact on the transportation industry along the way.
(end of this chapter)