Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1966, it is good to have a railway
Chengdu, Sichuan.

Su Ming is the owner of a grocery store. He opened a Su's grocery store here in Chengdu, dealing in all kinds of groceries.

Most of the groceries sold in Su Ming's grocery store need to be purchased from other places.

On this day, it was time to buy goods again. Su Ming decided to take the train to Chang'an to buy goods.

As for the train, all Sichuanese know it now, and they all want to experience this train and see how it feels to enter Sichuan by train, so it is very difficult to buy train tickets now. Everyone is really excited and wants to try it. this train.

Su Ming also asked the staff in his shop to buy the train tickets early.

On the day of the train ride, Su Ming got up early and started preparations at five o'clock in the morning.

This has been a habit of purchasing for a long time.

In the past, when going out of Sichuan to purchase goods, it was necessary to prepare several days in advance. Only when everything was fully prepared could one dare to take the Shu road.

Every time Su Ming buys goods, he still needs to hire a lot of strong men, and these strong men are here to help pick the goods.

The road to Shu is difficult to walk, and it is almost impossible for horses and carts to pass. Even if you use mules and horses to carry things, you must be extremely careful. When it is raining and slippery, I don’t know how many mules, horses and people died in the mountain stream. In the canyon.

Therefore, when walking on the Shu Road, the shoes must be new, and there must be special anti-skid grooves on the bottom. Wild, too young horses are prone to accidents.

But even so, every trip out of Sichuan to buy goods is a very difficult trip, full of huge risks, and it takes more than a month to go back and forth.

Because the road is too difficult and accidents often occur, Su Ming only goes out of Sichuan once a year to buy goods, and he also specially selects them in cool and dry autumn.

In autumn, the weather is cool, people will not be too hot to walk, you can walk more, and at the same time the weather is relatively dry, the rocks on the Shu road will not have too much moss, it will not be slippery, and the safety will be greatly improved improve.

If you walk along the Shu road in spring and summer, not to mention it is too hot, if the Shu road is too slippery, accidents will easily happen.

Su Ming, who is in his forties, has been running this grocery store with his father since he was a teenager, buying goods through the Shu Road, and has seen many incidents of falling down the Shu Road and dying.

Therefore, there is no rush every time, and preparations must be made in advance, and even the hired men must be repeatedly told and explained clearly.

But even so, Su Ming, who is getting older and older, is beginning to be afraid of walking the Shu road. Walking once will cost half his life, and he is worried. Be terrified and be careful.

Fortunately, the train has finally been repaired. It is much more convenient to take the train out of Sichuan and into Sichuan. I heard people say that it only takes one day to reach Chang'an.

Woke up early, Su Ming took a few guys with him, and hired a dozen strong men. Because of the train, the number of people hired this time was still very small. In the past, Su Ming would hire dozens of people every time. A strong man helped pick the goods.

This time, it was possible not to bring so many people, but Su Ming was used to it, so he still hired a dozen strong men.

"woooo~"

At eight o'clock in the morning, accompanied by bursts of sirens, the train slowly made its way out of the railway station, and the speed gradually became faster and faster.

Sitting on the train, Su Ming looked at the scenery outside the window. This was the first time that he traveled so easily.

Sitting on the train, I suddenly realized that the scenery of this land of abundance is also quite good. The vast wilderness is golden, and it is another harvest season.

Watching, watching, Su Ming fell asleep unknowingly, got up too early in the morning, and was busy getting ready to go out.

"My boss, my boss~"

This sleep actually lasted until noon, and Su Ming was also woken up by his buddy.

"Oh, it's 12 o'clock all of a sudden."

"Where are we now?"

Su Ming was woken up, looked at his watch, then looked at the scenery outside and asked.

"Boss, it's past Guangyuan."

The guy quickly replied.

"what?"

"Just passed Guangyuan?"

When Su Ming heard this, he couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly.

This Shu road has been traveled for decades, and this road is really too familiar.

In the past, it would take a few days to get to Guangyuan by walking. This is because the road from Chengdu to Guangyuan is still easy to walk.

But now it's only a few hours to take the train, and after a night's sleep, it's already past Guangyuan?

"Yeah, my boss, I passed Guangyuan about ten minutes ago."

The man nodded solemnly and replied.

"This train is really fast, and I will arrive in Guangyuan after a night's sleep."

Su Ming couldn't help sighing.

The men under his command also took out the dry food prepared in advance. Everyone ate the dry food and watched the scenery outside the window. After passing Guangyuan, they began to enter the Qinling Mountains.

In the past, when Su Ming walked this road, he would take his subordinates to take a good rest in the inn, and come back full of energy.

But now, the train drove directly into the mountains.

"That's the Shu road we used to take, right?"

"Isn't it? I still remember that this place is called Wind Valley."

"Wind Valley can't be wrong. The road is halfway up the mountain, between two big mountains, and the wind is very strong. Once walking this road, someone was blown away by the wind, and even the bones could not be found."

Su Ming heard someone on the train chatting non-stop looking out the window, so he hurriedly looked out.

There is a high mountain outside, and an ancient road can be seen on the mountainside. This is the former Shu Road. This ancient road is narrow and steep, and it was excavated by generations of Sichuan people at a huge price.

Because it is halfway up a mountain and between two mountains, there are often strong winds. In addition to the originally narrow road, it is an extremely dangerous section of the Shu Road.

"It's really a valley of wind."

"Be careful when crossing this windy valley before, and it will take a day to cross this mountain."

"Look at the present again, just pass through a tunnel."

Su Ming looked at the Shu road halfway up the mountain, and then at the road next to the railway. There were many passers-by on the road, walking, riding horses, carriages, or cars. It was very smooth and flat, without any previous hardships Even everyone is still in the mood to sit down and enjoy the scenery of the mountains, canyons and mountains.

The train is constantly moving forward, and the Sichuan people on the train look at the scenery outside with great interest.

The high mountains, the mountain valleys between the mountains, this road continues, one tunnel after another, one bridge after another, the train is fast in the mountains, the speed is very fast, and in the evening, the train will Having stepped out of the Qinling Mountains, I can begin to see the scenery of the Hanzhong Plain.

"Too fast, too fast!"

Su Ming couldn't help sighing.

Think about the mountains, canyons, mountain streams, etc. that you have traveled along the way. If you put it in the past, it would be impossible to turn over in less than ten days. Bleeding bubbles come.

But now, just sitting on the train, I walked over the most difficult Qinling Mountains in a few hours, and looked at the plains that gradually opened up outside. This is the Hanzhong area.

In the past, if you arrived in the Hanzhong area, you would need to celebrate it, because it means that you have finished the Shu Road, and then you can return after purchasing goods in Hanzhong.

But this time, Su Ming didn't intend to stop here in Hanzhong. He was going to Chang'an. Chang'an is now a transportation and commercial hub in the western region. The prices of commodities gathered in the world are also much cheaper than in Hanzhong.

As night fell, the outside gradually became dark, but the train was still running on the track, and the night seemed to have no effect on the train at all.

After riding the train for a day, Su Ming fell asleep in a daze, and when he woke up the next day, he was reminded that he was about to arrive in Chang'an.

"We will arrive in Chang'an soon!"

"It's so fast!"

"It's great to have a railway!"

Su Ming sighed from the bottom of his heart, only those who have really walked through the Shu Road will understand the hardships of the Shu Road, and will understand the importance and great role of this railway.

In just one day, chatting on the train and looking at the scenery, I arrived in Chang'an from Chengdu.

Very fast, the key is very easy.

In the past, it took a month of hard work to reach the journey, but now one day is enough.

However, this is just the beginning, and the benefits of railways are far more than these.

Here in Chang'an, Su Ming found that all kinds of goods are very cheap, much cheaper than here in Sichuan, and there are many kinds of goods, and the goods from all over the world gather at once, making people dazzled .

If it was the past, Su Ming would only buy some goods that are not available in Sichuan, and they are also relatively easy-to-sell goods to bring back for sale.

But this time, Su Ming decided to make a big purchase. Su Ming bought a lot of all kinds of goods that were not available in Sichuan, or those that were more expensive in Sichuan.

He has already found out that the goods can be transported by the train station, and the freight is quite cheap. It is much cheaper than hiring strong men to transport the goods by himself before, and the key is that the speed is also very fast.

Moreover, the boss of the department store here also left a telegram address. If you need any goods in the future, you can just send a telegram directly. They will directly send someone to arrange the delivery, and the payment can also be transferred directly through the bank, which is very convenient.

PS: Ask for tickets, all kinds of requests~
(End of this chapter)