The sun never sets in America

Chapter 228 Journey to the Han Dynasty: Monanzhong

"Passengers, we have arrived at Shouchun Station. Passengers who are getting off please get off and exit the station..."

This train from Mobei to Youzhou stopped at Shouchun Station in Monan Province.

On the bus, there were constant stewards holding copper loudspeakers to call out to passengers who were about to get off.

"This train will stop for thirty minutes. Passengers who are getting off the train, please get off as soon as possible!!"

"The public toilets in the carriages will be temporarily closed. If necessary, please go to the public toilets on the platform..."

(Public toilets on trains discharge directly onto the rails and scatter in the wind. If you look at both sides of the railway, you will find that the plants in some places are very dense, which is the result of fertilizing everywhere.)

"Uh..." Lin Yusheng, who was asleep on the seat, struggled to get up from the seat. The first thing he did when he got up was to rub his eyes and look out the window.

I saw that the platform paved with cement bricks was full of passengers getting on and off the bus, carrying large and small bags, and some were even brave enough. The chattering inside looked like chickens and ducks.

Next to them there is a flight attendant responsible for checking tickets. The flight attendant has a stamp in his hand. Every time a person gets on the train, he stamps a stamp on the train ticket to indicate that the ticket has been checked.

There are even many kinds of such seals, which are different every day. There are many votes. Today is this seal and tomorrow will be that seal. It is confusing to distinguish. Even some internal staff do not know which seals will be affixed today.

The reason for doing this is because there were very serious escapes and fake ticket incidents on the Han Railway in the early days. Because ticket sales during this period were not as rigorous as later big data, and there was no electronic system. Tickets at this period were just like the documents, with similar specifications. There is no protection against counterfeiting.

Basically, anyone who makes it can use it, which leads to the rampant counterfeit bills.

Even in Longwu Five Years, which was the most popular, there were counterfeit tickets sold outside the train station. A counterfeit ticket was only one-third of the price of a genuine ticket and could not be seen at all.

In the end, I had no choice but to come up with this strange-looking sealing system. The seal is divided into two parts. The outer part is stamped when it is sold to you, and the inner part has two parts. It's also wrong, your ticket is fake. Coupled with the severe crackdown by the local police, this situation of fake tickets slowly eased and finally disappeared in the long history of Hanguo Railway.

And just like carrying a load, bringing chickens and ducks, was actually a necessary way for trains in this period. In the early days, when civil servants were in charge of the railway company, those people couldn't stand the passengers bringing chickens, ducks and livestock.

He even said: "The railway is the sacred weapon of the country and the public instrument of the people. How can we smell the miasma of chickens, ducks and goose feathers, and listen to the murmur of livestock..."

Someone took the lead in opposing, and this group of guys said again: "Country people only know small profits, but do not know etiquette and civilization, so they need education and guidance..."

For a time, public dissatisfaction boiled, and they secretly called these civil servants of the railway company as beasts in clothes, acting like dogs behind their backs, but appearing to be moral gentlemen! !

In the end, under the modifications of Yu Zhenxing, the former chairman of Hanguo Railway, passengers were allowed to bring livestock, but they had to be properly protected to prevent feces from leaking out and affecting other passengers.

Chickens and ducks can be brought in, but they must be carried in a frame or burden, otherwise they will not be allowed in. (Don’t even think about large livestock like pigs, cattle and sheep)

After all, there are so many people on this train, and the smell is already strong. If everything comes up, you can imagine the smell! !

Lin Yusheng looked at it for a while and then took out his luggage, two canvas bags, from the crack on the top floor of the carriage.

One of them was carried on his back, and the other was carried in his hand, and he slowly got off the train.

Down from the platform is the train station. This kind of train station is composed of a three-story building. The lower floor is for ticket sales, and the upper and lower floors are waiting areas, mainly some benches and benches, and there are small restaurants selling food nearby.

Under normal circumstances, Lin Yusheng would not eat here. In addition to being expensive, the taste was far different from outside. Lin Yusheng also felt very strange. Later, he couldn't find any reason and simply stopped eating.

"Can we walk to Huaihe Road..."

"Go to Shunnan Street. It's very cheap. Why don't you go..."

"Brother, get in my car, my car is cheap!!"

As soon as he walked out of the train station gate, Lin Yusheng was surrounded by a group of people pulling carts.

"Do you have anything delicious here??" Lin Yusheng looked at a coachman with a towel hanging down and his face stained with sweat, and asked Shouchun about his food. He has three major hobbies in his life, smoking, food, and beauty! !

It can be said that all three poisons are present! !

"Yes, yes, yes, brother, it seems that this is the first time you come to our Shouchun. Let me tell you, our squab in Shouchun is one of the best. I'll keep it if you want to eat it..." The squab in the driver's mouth It is a passenger pigeon unique to North America. In later generations, this kind of pigeon has long been eaten.

But now, there are at least hundreds of millions, or even billions, of these pigeons in the skies over North America, especially near the Rocky Mountains. There are more real pigeons than people.

"Pigeon??" Lin Yusheng was obviously stunned when he heard this. He knew about the passenger pigeon and could often see it, but in many places in Han, many people mainly eat beef, mutton, and pork. Not many people eat this kind of food flying in the sky, except for those immigrants from Guangfu.

"Brother, you don't know something. The passenger pigeons in our Monan are the most serious in the entire Han Dynasty. A large number of passenger pigeons come here to live here every day. Good guy, sometimes when they gather together, it seems like it's already dark... "

The driver said to Lin Yusheng in the carriage while pedaling the tricycle.

Although it is a bit exaggerated, it is true. Because Colorado has a relatively flat terrain and relatively fertile land, it is very suitable for growing food. Whenever the local food matures, there are large swaths of passenger pigeons coming to forage.

Wherever they went, they were swept away by giant locusts.

The locals have no choice but to make their own bird nets and traps to catch a large number of passenger pigeons every year, especially during the season when food is ripe. One copper dollar can buy a passenger pigeon.

Because there are too many, once the number increases, the price of passenger pigeons will be similar to the price of food, or even lower.

Among them, the Han people who like delicious food have invented and improved many ways to eat passenger pigeons.

Such as frying, stewing, smoking, and even wrapping the passenger pigeon in the belly of the sheep and roasting it together.

Among them, the deep-fried squab is dipped in each family’s secret sauce, it’s a treat! !

Hearing the coachman talking about squabs, Lin Yusheng's throat moved and he swallowed.

Then, as if he realized that he had lost his composure, Lin Yusheng recovered and wiped the corner of his mouth that was about to drool.

The driver in front was still pedaling his tricycle, sweating profusely, and seemed to be working very hard.

"Brother, why do you want to do this business? There is no land allocated at home??" Lin Yusheng was very surprised as to why the coachman did this business. After all, as far as he knew, the Han Dynasty implemented a land allocation system. Each family had 100 acres, and they could still get it. Renting official land and imperial land at a low price, logically speaking, you shouldn't do this no matter what! ! (Imperial land is royal territory, which is found in many areas of the Han Dynasty. Monan has the most land because the royal family paid half of the money for the land purchase in Colorado)

"Well, my baby needs to go to school. This good school is not cheap. In addition, my old father is seriously ill. I can't afford it with that little land..."

Although the coachman answered the question in a normal tone, Lin Yusheng could still feel a hint of sadness from it.

"How is the child studying?" Lin Yusheng was afraid of irritating the coachman, so he simply changed the topic to a topic that looked happy. After all, if the coachman could study like this, his grades would definitely be good.

"It's not bad. In middle school, I was only a B. It's hard to say whether I can pass the exam or go to college!!" Although the coachman looked very dissatisfied with the results, he could still tell from his tone. That hint of pride.

After all, for a family like Che Fu, who has been illiterate for generations and has not easily changed their destiny through immigration, having a high school student in the family with average-to-average grades is actually like smoke coming out of the ancestral grave.

At least that's what the coachman and his family thought.

Lin Yusheng smiled and then echoed: "With your results, I think it will be just around the corner for you to be admitted to university in the future. If you are admitted then..." The last word was almost blurted out because he recalled that in the car, Lin Yusheng was forced to hold back his conversation with Long Yunsheng.

"What did you pass??" The driver didn't understand what Lin Yusheng said. He just thought that the other person spoke too quietly and he didn't hear it, so he rode on the bicycle and raised his voice.

Lin Yusheng struggled for a long time, and finally said: "I think it will be okay to do some scientific research when the time comes!!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said these words, the coachman shook his head and retorted: "I don't understand what science should be studied or not. I just know that studying is for being an official. To be an official, you need to study. If my family has a For an official as big as the county magistrate, I will give an explanation to my ancestors when I die..." The coachman's thoughts were exactly the same as those of Lin Yusheng before, even more determined.

"Look, the only way to go is to take the imperial examination. I think those who graduate from college and go to companies or companies will have to stop working. What's the use of having money? How can the county magistrate be happy..."

"Three years to clear the prefecture, one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver..."

Every word the coachman said was like a sharp blade piercing Lin Yusheng's heart, so much so that Lin Yusheng's eyes slowly became blurry when he saw the coachman, and he actually imagined that he looked like himself.

Imperial examination, officialdom, gentry, wealthy family, isn't this what he, Lin Yusheng, lived for the first half of his life? ?

He even wanted his youngest son, the smartest, to replicate or even surpass his unbearable experience in the imperial examination and fulfill his dream of high school. Is he really wrong? ?

Lin Yusheng on the tricycle looked at the busy streets, the shops with various signs, the bicycles and tricycles that shuttled through the streets, and even the sound of the train whining appeared in his mind at the same time. Within a few minutes of talking to the coachman, Lin Yusheng seemed to have seen through his funny first half of his life. When he got off the car, he looked at the coachman and just said:

“Best wishes to your son in high school!!”

Lin Yusheng then disappeared into the sea of people, and when he reappeared, he was already in a Cantonese teahouse called Wanghailou.

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"Sandwich with frozen coffee..."

“Two baskets of steamed dumplings…”

“Lemon tea on ice…”

"Three cups of milk tea at room temperature..."

If Liu Peng came to this Cantonese-style teahouse, he would definitely feel that he had traveled through time, because this is something only from later generations, and even many of the dishes are very different from later generations.

Take the sandwich as an example. This thing was indeed invented by Liu Peng, but at first it was just Liu Peng who sandwiched eggs or something together when eating bread. He joked while eating:

"This thing is called a sandwich!!"

But who knew that after this so-called sandwich spread out of the palace, it was improved by the chefs and turned into something similar to the Hong Kong-style tea restaurant of later generations.

As for the so-called milk tea, actually it has something to do with Liu Peng. It does have something to do with it, but it doesn’t have much to do with it.

The milk tea of Han Dynasty is different from the milk tea of later generations. It was born out of British black tea. This is a tea style that only appeared after frequent exchanges with Britain in the early days.

However, because the Han people were not used to drinking the British black tea with milk added directly to the tea leaves, and because of the developed animal husbandry, they combined the black tea making technology to create a milk tea that is unique to the Han country.

Because this kind of milk tea was born out of British black tea, it tastes very similar to later Hong Kong-style milk tea.

In addition, places like Penglai and Lanfang also have unique local pearls, sago, and even coconut milk tea. These milk teas are no different from those of later generations, except for the differences in production technology and some raw materials.

Lemon tea is actually a way of drinking in Hanzhou Province. This kind of tea is also inseparable from the sunshine in Hanzhou.

Because the local sunshine is abundant and even somewhat surplus, it is actually very suitable for growing fruits such as oranges and lemons. As a result, lemon chicken nuggets, seafood with lemon sauce, and lemon tea, which is widely spread in Han, were born. .

“Sir, what do you want to eat??”

A waiter with a pencil and notepad stood in front of Lin Yusheng's dining table and asked about food.

"Two squabs, a ham sandwich, and finally a glass of lemon tea without ice."

"Thanks……"

Lin Yusheng looked at the menu and quickly reported a few dishes he wanted to eat.

"Squab flying two, ham treatment, ice-free lemon tea..."

The waiter reported to the kitchen the dishes Lin Yusheng had just ordered in strong Cantonese Mandarin.

Lin Yusheng was observing the decoration inside the teahouse. He saw that the entire teahouse was in Western style, with many murals of foreigners. Of course, these murals were all painted with oriental faces. There was only one real Westerner wearing a cowboy hat. The old man, covering it on the wall, looks like an antique, and I don’t know where he got it.

At this moment, several young officers wearing gray military uniforms and large-brimmed hats walked in, attracting the attention of everyone in the teahouse.

"Man, five cups of milk tea with ice, and five bowls of pork chop rice..."

"By the way, five cages of chicken feet again!!"

The leader, an officer with the rank of major, took off his hat and shouted to the waiter who was still taking orders for other customers.

"Yes, yes... let's go right now!!"

The waiter took one look at it, immediately finished greeting his men, and went to work in the kitchen.

Lin Yusheng looked at the situation over there and felt a little strange. He couldn't understand this point. There were soldiers coming to eat. Aren't they all solved by the army? ?

The officers at the table were obviously worried and didn't speak for a long time until one of the captains said:

"Damn it, this Yankee is suppressing the Indians, let's just suppress them. The suppression was so big that now all the Indian tribes in the west are running towards us and Youzhou..."

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"So many people come here every day, I almost become the mayor!!"

The Indians the captain mentioned were Indian tribes in the Midwestern United States. Due to the rise of the Han Kingdom, these Indians were obviously more confident. With the help from the Han Kingdom, they fought many battles with local militias and regular troops in the United States. Won two battles that humiliated Washington.

Because of this, in the original history, it was not until a few decades later, with the gold rush, that the Indian tribes were slowly wiped out, leading to an even crueler fate.

Indians were scalped every moment, which resulted in a phenomenon of westward flight that was unprecedented in history. The so-called westward flight mainly meant running to the Han Kingdom.

Sometimes there are tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, and sometimes there are hundreds of thousands a year. While Han State gets a large number of people and labor force, it also increases the heavy financial burden and military tension.

For this reason, a large number of military posts were set up on the northern border. These military posts were firstly to prevent American raids, and secondly, to accommodate the Indian tribes.

And those officers just now were the military sentry officers of the Shouchun section of Monan.

"This mainly depends on the meaning above. I heard that the above meaning is to bring all the Indian tribes to the three Oregon provinces for settlement. After all, there are the least people there!!" (The three Oregon provinces are Liangzhou, Guang'an, and Makino)

The major who took the lead just now obviously knew more than the others. He even knew about immigration allocation.

"If you ask me, these Americans are really nothing. They kill people everywhere. Damn it, we were too good to these grandsons back then, so now they still have the strength to kill Zhuxia..." (The so-called Zhuxia is actually Oriental Theory China divided Indian, RB, Korean, Vietnamese and other countries, using the names of China and the East to bring them under the leadership of Han)

"Yes, sooner or later I have to fuck those Americans to let them know that the sky is high and the sky is high!!"

“American Pig…”

When the people around heard this, they cursed the United States, and even the Americans, bloody.

"Yes, kill those American dogs!!"

"Fuck, kill these beasts!!"

"I have long disliked them..."

For a time, many people in the teahouse began to curse, so much so that Lin Yusheng, who was eavesdropping and eating a sandwich, was a little stunned.

So much so that there is this sentence in the opening chapter of Lin Yusheng's Monan Chapter of Han Xingji:

"The beautiful barbarians were brutal and massacred the Indian people. When the Han people heard about it, they became furious. They beat their chests and feet in wine shops and teahouses to arouse their hatred. The water of the three rivers did not extinguish their anger!!"

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