Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 810 Travel experience, Yangtze River ferry
Zhou Peigong came to the state government office and asked for leave from the superior.

The position of this Shangguan is a housekeeper, from the eighth grade official.

In the past two years, the house of the state government office has gradually become idle. The gray-haired pawn usually likes to make a cup of fragrant tea, read the newspaper and drink tea, and talk to the clerks, book assistants, book offices and other officials in the house. Discuss state affairs, or anecdotes from Jianghu.

Knowing that Zhou Peigong was going to Nanjing on leave, the pawn asked with great interest, "What's the matter with you going to Nanjing?"

Zhou Peigong is not prepared to hide.

One is that people go to high places, and water flows to low places, or that people have their own aspirations, and the Shangguan will not care about his choice.

Two, the imperial court also called on officials who aspired to travel overseas to apply for the official position of the vassal king in the newspapers and periodicals.

"Reporting to Liu Dian, I want to try my hand at being recruited as an official of the vassal king's domain, and go to America to experience it."

"That's it." The clerk was a little surprised, but not too surprised, after drinking tea, he said: "Nowadays it is not easy to get promoted in the prefectural office, it is a good way out for you to apply for the officials of the vassal king.

But after all, you were sent by our Jingmen prefectural government. When you go to Nanjing, you must behave well and don’t embarrass us in Jingmen.

Once you have applied for the job, you will come back and hand over the position.Don't mind if you don't apply for the job. When you come back, you can honestly work as an official in the state government, and your life will be very easy. "

Hearing the pawn's words, Zhou Peigong, who was only 21 years old, was a little moved, and immediately bowed and said, "Thank you Liu Dian, a lowly position will not embarrass the state government."

"Okay, just sign this leave note and go."

After Liu Dianli finished speaking, he took out a printed and formatted leave slip and asked Zhou Peigong to fill it out.

After Zhou Pei finished filling out the sketch pen on the common desk, he bowed again and left.

Jingmen Prefecture is upstream of Quanshui River, which is a tributary of Hanshui River.Zhou Peigong went home and cleaned up. Early the next morning, he took a small passenger boat that could only carry a dozen people, and went down the river until Hankou.

After giving five Zhaowu Tongbao worth ten Wen, Zhou Peigong wanted to disembark.

The boatman kindly pointed out: "Kuguan is going to Nanjing. If you don't need money, you can take a passenger ship. It's faster. It's also a novel experience."

Although Zhou Peigong's family is not very rich now, but there is no shortage of travel expenses, so he asked, "How much does it cost to go to Nanjing by passenger boat?"

"That depends on which class of tickets the guest officer buys. I can't explain these few words. The guest officer can go to the ticket office of the Yangtze River Ferry Company at Hankou Wharf and ask."

"Thanks."

After thanking him, Zhou Peigong got off the boat with his suitcase.

The theme of his suitcase is wood, but the eight corners are wrapped with sheepskin, and there are some steel structures inside, which can hold a lot of things. It is one of the popular daily necessities in the past two or three years, and it is said to have come from Nanjing. .

Why use it?
Because Zhou Peigong discovered that many new daily necessities were almost all popular in Nanjing first.

After all, Zhou Peigong is a young man, and this time he is going to Nanjing again. From clothes, shoes to suitcases, everything is new.

The purpose is to avoid being regarded as an old hat from a small place after arriving in Nanjing.

The signboard of the Yangtze River Ferry Company is very eye-catching on the pier. Zhou Peigong can see it from a long distance, and it is easy to find the ticket office when he walks over.

He found that there was no need to inquire at all, and the "Ticket Purchase Instructions" posted on the wall next to him allowed him to understand the relevant matters clearly.

First of all, buying a ferry ticket requires an ID card like buying a train ticket.

Speaking of the ID card, it is actually the tooth card of the past, but it is more regular, and it is related to the information on the person's household registration.

He works in the state government office, and one of his daily tasks is to apply for ID cards for the people, or to check the ID cards of the people in a certain area.

Today's general ID cards are made of wood or bamboo, and on them are the name, gender, date of birth, place of household registration, and ID number, plus a simple portrait.

It is said that there are some special ID cards with photos on them, but unfortunately Zhou Peigong has never seen them.

Because there were a lot of people buying ferry tickets at this time, they had to queue up. Zhou Peigong waited in line thinking about this, and soon came to the ticket window.

After handing over his bamboo ID card, he said, "Buy a sleeper ticket to Nanjing."

According to the "Instructions for Buying Tickets", the current Yangtze River ferry tickets are mainly divided into four categories: private room, sleeper, loose seat, and standing ticket.

Yajian only sells four tickets for each passenger ship, and the price is calculated according to the number of days. It costs five yuan per day, and the minimum is five yuan.That is to say, even if you only need an hour to reach your destination, it still costs five yuan to live in a private room.

The same is true for sleeping berths, individual seats, and standing tickets.

In short, it is very expensive and not close to the people. It is no wonder that the boatman in Hanshui considered taking the ferry because he said it was not bad for money.

At the same time, probably because there are still few ferries, short-distance passengers are refused to take ferries in this way.

Working in the ticket window is a young woman, dressed in overalls, who looks like she should have graduated from school.

She recorded Zhou Peigong's identity information, and said, "It usually takes five days to reach Nanjing, and the sleeper ticket costs ten yuan."

Zhou Peigong took out ten silver dollars and handed them over, feeling a little distressed.But thinking about it being the first ferry ride, it was worth it.

The ticket seller took the money, and quickly handed out a ticket with Zhou Peigong's name and hometown written on it, and reminded: "Please wait in the ferry waiting hall at the pier. The ferry will arrive in more than an hour."

"Thank you!"

Zhou Peigong thanked the female conductor and went to the waiting hall.

It is said to be a hall, but it is actually a big house on the pier.

After entering, Zhou Peigong found that there were already more than [-] people waiting. Judging by their clothes, they were not poor, and most of them were young people.

Zhou Peigong found an empty seat and sat down, then fell asleep and listened to the chatter of the people around him.

"It's a fast ferry, but there's one thing wrong with it."

"Which point?"

"Soot. This ferry uses coal to power its steam engine. Although most of the soot floats overboard, some of it also floats in. I've heard that those galleys are the most annoying to bump into a ship, because as long as it passes by you In the past, some coal ash would get on board."

"Then the ferry ticket is still so expensive?"

"Scarcity is the most valuable thing. Currently, there are less than ten ferries on the Yangtze River. Can ferry tickets be inexpensive?"

"···"

Listening to other small talk, time passed quickly.

woo-

There was a long siren sound, and there were many surprises from the surrounding people.

"The ferry is coming!"

Zhou Peigong opened his eyes, and saw through the large window that a large ship with a hull painted deep red was slowly approaching the pier.

This is a man in overalls shouting in the hall, "Yangtze River No. [-] is about to dock, please get ready and board the ship as soon as possible!"

In fact, there is no need for this person to greet, most people rush to line up in front of the trestle, as if the boat can choose a good seat in the morning.

This is true for passengers who buy individual seats and standing tickets.But the sleeping berth bought by Zhou Peigong does have a number, which can be uploaded and checked into the berth, so he is not in a hurry.

After boarding the ferry, Zhou Peigong went to the second deck according to the guidance of the staff.There are [-] sleepers impressively designed here—five narrow rooms on one side, and each room can only accommodate one upper and lower single bed.

Although it was a little cramped, it was still much better than the casual guests who were crowded on the benches on the first deck, or the stand-by guests who simply stood.

Seeing that there was a vertical window in the sleeper room, Zhou Peigong was even more satisfied, so he stuffed the suitcase under the bed and lay down on the lower berth.

When the ferry sailed, his upper berth was empty, probably because the ticket had not been sold.

'I'm living in half a private room, right? ' He grinned, thinking so.

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　　
　
(End of this chapter)