area51novel Chapter 533
Chapter 533
Chapter 533
The changes at Raozhou Station can be described as rapid progress.
Hu Mu said that he was a civil official, but in fact, what he did was no different from that of a handyman.
Because the government office was short of manpower, household registers had to be managed, projects had to be monitored, newcomers had to be resettled, and merchants had to be coordinated. He was not used to it at first.
But following Wang Sili every day, he didn't even touch the ground, and it was too late to think too much.
Occasional free time, I can't help complaining in my heart, I can't figure out why my father wants to come here by himself, doing such things that are so indiscriminate in the eyes of scholars!
This is clearly a handyman, except for a formal salary.
The clansmen who came together heard that a cousin couldn't stand it anymore, so he quit his job and went back to his hometown.
Others also came to Hu Mu one after another to discuss whether they should simply write for Hu Guang and quit their jobs.
Hu Mu thought about it, but he still gritted his teeth and held back.
One is afraid of being scolded by his father.
Second, he has a simple temperament and always feels that things cannot be anticlimactic. At this time, he still has a lot of things to take care of.
The school is going to be built soon, it's spring, and the rain is getting more and more, so we have to hurry up and finish the construction before the rain. Now he is the only one watching on the construction site, and if there are fewer people, Wang Sili is afraid that he will be at a loss. .
There is also a half-grown child who came here with his father and brother, but he was separated from him. Hu Mu has registered him, but if he needs to register, he will still find his father and brother. If Hu Mu lets go However, if the new replacement wants to familiarize himself with the situation, he has to spend a lot of time.
There is an old lady who picks up waste nearby. Perhaps her family members died during the famine last year. Seeing her pity, Hu Mu has already begged her to let her be responsible for the clothes mending of the craftsmen. Eat with one bite.
It's just that this matter has not been settled for the time being, and we still need to wait.
There are also a few strong men from Zhili who come here to work as laborers. These people are actually working and reading at the same time, and they can barely read and write.It's a pity that there are still some shortcomings. It is hopeless to expect to be admitted to the Railway Academy. Therefore, I would like to ask Tuo Humu to find a way to pay attention to the indicators of labor nomination for admission. Such a recommendation will make the exam easier, and it is specifically aimed at those who are in the railway industry. Labor on the job.
These people are all from humble backgrounds, yet they are able to persist in working from morning till night. They only rely on newspapers to learn how to read at night, and almost no one teaches them. Hu Mu has seen the characters written by them, and he is also dragged by them. , After reading the newspaper face to face, I couldn't help admiring these people.
When he was studying, of course he had read allusions about digging through walls to borrow light, but he was a scholar after all, and it was hard for him to imagine that he could do such a thing with such labor, and it was actually happening in front of his eyes.
If he leaves, these people will inevitably have to hire new civil servants, and the newcomers may not be willing to pay attention to the selection process, and these laborers may lose hope.
Whenever Hu Mu had the thought of shrinking back, he suddenly realized that he still had a thousand things to think about.Even if one thing is solved, there is no time to celebrate, and there is another thing waiting for him to deal with.
So after hesitating again and again, he decided to continue to stay, and he also encouraged people of the same clan to wait and see. If he really can't adapt to the end of the year, it's not too late to leave.
People generally live in groups in the environment and are affected by it all the time.
When studying in the past, Hu Mu only thought that he was a standard scholar anyway.
But now, mixed among these three teachings and nine streams, they gradually began to influence each other.
For example, many people who deal with Hu Mu seem to have begun to imitate Hu Mu who always has a handkerchief. If they don’t have a handkerchief, they will hide a coarse cloth on their bodies instead of wiping their noses directly with their sleeves.
Some people also began to learn to use green salt to rinse their mouths.
Naturally, Hu Mu also began to learn to be like ordinary people, squatting on the ground, holding the food wrapped in lotus leaves, and eating to his heart's content regardless of his image.
The dishes here are by no means light. Hu Mu used to be afraid of being fatty, unlike other people. Seeing the hairy pigskin, it was like Chinese New Year!
But now, Xu Shi's daily physical exertion is not small, and he is hungry, but he is also used to such heavy oil and salt meals.
If there is still a little emotion in life, Hu Mu can't have time to imagine how deep it is, and most of what he can think about is mostly feeling that the greasy things he despised before, in the eyes of many people, turned out to be delicacies from mountains and seas.
After more than three months, the school and medical center were finally set up.
In this way, those doctors who originally only taught people to read or treated people in the sheds and thatched huts finally had a spacious place.
Especially the doctors from Zhili, all of them were overjoyed and said repeatedly that it was good, that they could finally treat the disease in a serious manner.
What they complained in the past was that the conditions were so bad that the disinfection conditions were not ideal. The vast majority of wound deterioration stemmed from this, and the vast majority of patients were traumatic.
Therefore, they couldn't wait to start building a silkworm room in the new medical center. I heard that this place, similar to the place where eunuchs were castrated in the capital, was used to prevent wound infection.
One of Hu Mu's cousins is teaching here, and now he has also moved into the new school building. He has settled down, especially the conditions have become ideal, and he seems quite happy, and he has never asked to resign. .
It's strange to say that his cousin was pampered at the beginning, but when he first came here, he couldn't help complaining about the harsh conditions here.Now the conditions are a little better, although it is not as good as when he was in Jishui, he stretched out his clothes, stretched his hands to eat, and opened his mouth, but it was only a little better than before, and he was satisfied and very happy.
Of course, the one who changed the most was actually Hu Mu's younger brother Hu Sui.
This Hu Sui is the third and the youngest among the brothers. He was originally ordered to manage entertainment.
The so-called entertainment is actually a few grass-roots troupes recruited to sing at night, babbling and babbling until Haishi.
Who knew that Hu Sui would actually get excited and go to write a storybook for the theater troupe, and then teach the grass stage troupe to sing.
Over time, he has become quite famous in Raozhou.
Of course, Hu Mu is also very speechless to this third brother who is loose in nature. Every time Hu Sui finds time to come, if everyone is dissatisfied after his script is sung, he will boo or scold him one after another, and he will be indignant and say to Hu Mu: " Second brother, you don't know how ignorant these people are."
But if it is a new script, he is called fast by others, and he blushed and said: "Second brother, they still know the goods."
Of course, complaints are unavoidable, and he was even filled with righteous indignation, saying in his mouth: "The most fashionable thing now is to go to the sea, and the common people just try to find something new. But a few days ago, I wrote about a poor scholar who went to the sea. I met a young lady, because her parents had promised an official and had a marriage contract, but because she met this poor scholar on a boat, she was hindered by the world and could not get close to each other, but she admired each other. The wind and waves hit a reef while avoiding the wind and waves. The ship capsized. In the end, the scholar and the lady were separated from each other. Second brother, look how good this story is, but when the big ship capsized, the onlookers shouted, insisted You can't tear down the stage, you can't stop shouting and scolding."
Hu Mu: "..."
Hu Sui said again: "So, I have a long memory, so I had to write that after the sea, the big ship entered the vast ocean, and a scholar was poor, but he went to an island with the boat, and the island was full of gold and treasures, and there were many more. The women of national beauty and beauty, all of these women are graceful and stunning, and they all admire this scholar, and when the spectators heard this, they clapped their hands and applauded loudly."
"Second brother, tell me, can sailing on the sea be free of wind and waves? My Ming Dynasty is the country of Middle Earth, with all the wealth in the world, and a barbaric country overseas. Women must be ugly with unkempt faces, let alone have What countless gold and treasures. These spectators are really unreasonable, but they prefer to listen to these, and they still enjoy it. Three or five stunning women are not enough, and there will be ten or eight more..."
Hu Sui grinned bitterly.
But brother Hu Mu, his frown was only temporary, because soon he laughed, and within two months, some people in the clan said that he was spending money like dirt, and he was so happy.
Hu Mu was very worried when he heard this, so he hurriedly called Hu Sui, and immediately asked, "What did you do?"
For this second brother, Hu Sui was still somewhat afraid.
At this moment, Hu Sui's face unexpectedly flashed a hint of guilt, and he said in a hurry, "I didn't do anything."
Hu Mu saw that he was dishonest, so he said with a straight face: "Where did the money come from? Don't say it was given by the family. My father has always been strict with us. He will never teach people to send money to you all the way. monthly salary..."
Hu Sui hurriedly said: "I...I..."
He opened his mouth for a long time, as if he mustered up his courage, and said: "I know a friend."
Hu Mu was startled, and said, "What friend, what does he want you to do? Is it related to your father? You are confused..."
Seeing that the second brother was getting more and more angry, Hu Sui hurriedly said: "He gave me a lot of silver. At first, he gave me 100 taels. Later, he said that I had a great influence, and then he gave me 300 taels a month..."
300 taels a month, and more than 3000 taels a year. Hu Mu knew that there must be something strange behind it as soon as he heard it.
So Hu Mu's face became more solemn, and he stared at him and said, "Where is someone giving you money for nothing? Don't you understand the principle of being a rape or stealing without doing anything? Hey...you are confused!"
Hu Sui saw that his second brother was really angry, so he had to explain: "I also thought it was strange at first! Second brother, don't blame me, I'm not a fool, of course I didn't dare to accept it at first, but later, the other party didn't invite me. Whatever I do for him, I will tell him clearly that my father never accepts entrustment, and taught him to die."
Hu Sui paused, and then said: "But this man said: "Actually, he just taught me a small favor and praised me for my good script. Now not only my script is being sung here in Raozhou, but also in Zhili. All the opera troupes followed suit, and only said that if I write scripts in the future, especially the scripts that go to sea, don’t make up names like Treasure Island, just write about Java.Just last time, the script I told you was that treasures, gold and silver were found on the nameless island, and there were many beautiful women who found treasures in Java..."
Hu Mu: "..."
Hu Mu showed an unbelievable look, and said with some doubts: "Just because of this... I gave you so much money?"
Hu Sui nodded and said: "I don't believe it either, but the other party really gave it. Not only did he give it, he even invited me to dinner."
Hu Mu was still worried, and continued to ask: "Did I ask you for anything after that?"
Hu Sui shook his head and said: "There never was one. Even if they were looking for me, they only encouraged me to write a good storybook, and said... At that time, I will introduce a printing workshop owner, and I will change my storybook to Romance." , sold out."
Speaking of this, Hu Sui lowered his voice: "He even made a merciless request, saying... If someone else finds you in the future, you can go to him again! In short, you can talk about anything, discuss anything. .”
Hu Mu pondered for a while, and seemed to feel that there was nothing more to be picky about. He only felt that since he left Jishui's study, the world was so weird and strange that he couldn't understand it even more.
In the past, I only thought that a scholar would know the affairs of the world without going out.
But in fact, when I really came to Raozhou and dealt with the three religions and nine streams, these people were either from Fujian or Zhili. Only then did I realize that things in the world are completely different from those in the book.
It is only now that I realize that the so-called knowing the world's affairs is nothing more than looking at the sky from the bottom of a well.
What really shocked Hu Mu was the completion of the railway line from Zhili to Raozhou Station.
In fact, this line is only a hundred miles long from the Zhili section to Raozhou, and it goes straight to the station. With the help of the Raozhou station, it radiates to the whole of Jiangxi.
But when the rumbling steam train really started to rumble along the railroad tracks, emitting thick smoke from the direction of Zhili, Hu Mu, who was standing along the line, felt that his heartbeat was following that scene. Roaring and jumping, his pupils shrank involuntarily as he looked at the giant steel beast in his eyes.
And the steam train brought loads of goods that Hu Mu couldn't imagine.
He saw with his own eyes that almost an entire warehouse of goods was loaded and unloaded, all of which were supplies for the construction site and equipment for laying railways in the future.
This warehouse is full of goods, if manpower is used, I am afraid that hundreds of thousands of people will be needed, but this... can be easily solved only by the steam train.
The impact brought by this steam locomotive put Hu Mu in a strange state for many days, and the shock seemed to remain in his mind.
In early summer, the weather gets hotter and hotter.
In this scorching summer, what the steam locomotives brought was actually bags of pears and melons.
All of them were planted in the farm, and a lot of them were picked, and they were given priority to Raozhou Station, and we specially sent condolences.
In fact, even though a lot of pears and melons were sent, in fact, there are many people going up and down this Raozhou station, and each person can only try something new in two or three.
But going up and down the construction site was extraordinarily festive.
Everyone has a salary, and they can eat and drink enough, and they are not greedy for a few melons. It's just such a sudden surprise, and the big shots in Zhili still remember themselves, which always makes people happy.
At this time, Hu Mu has actually completely integrated into this small world.
Today was very strange, Wang Sili disappeared all morning, but at noon, he came to meet Hu Mu with a jug of wine.
He smiled and said to Hu Mu: "After finishing the meal later, bring it back, come here to eat, and accompany me for a drink or two."
"This..." Hu Mu looked at Wang Sili in surprise and said, "I'm afraid it's not right."
Si Li Wang was obviously in a good mood, he smiled and said, "I don't get drunk, besides, I'm leaving for Nanchang Mansion in the afternoon."
"Ah..." Hu Mu said in surprise, "Go to Nanchang Mansion, you... this is..."
Wang Sili cheerfully said: "The news that the Railway Department just came, that Nanchang Station is about to start construction, and the backbone must be transferred to coordinate first. It's urgent, we will leave in the afternoon."
After hearing this, Hu Mu couldn't help saying congratulations, and was sincerely happy for Wang Sili.
The chief bookkeeper in this station may only be compared with the seventh rank, and he also received the salary from the seventh rank. Now it is the time when the railway department is employing people, so there are many exceptions and promotions.
Don't look at it as the master book of a station, but in fact, Nanchang Prefecture corresponding to Nanchang Station may only be in charge of the railway line of Nanchang Prefecture, but it is also in charge of civil affairs, military administration, education, criminal and transportation affairs along the coast. Moreover, it is only under the jurisdiction of the Jiangxi Railway Department, and not under the management of the Jiangxi Chengxuan Political Commissioner and Nanchang Mansion. It can be said to be very hot.
At this time, Wang Sili sighed and said: "Isn't this a shortage of people? What is there to congratulate? This time, I have to go through thorns and thorns, and everything is difficult at the beginning. And... I am the candidate for the official, Qingli Fang. Bian also inquired, and now there is a shortage of manpower, and they are also stretched, so I recommended you, and they agreed to investigate and see. If there is no problem, maybe you will be in my position. In the future, we will set up Ji'an Station, Ruizhou Station, Jiujiang Station, maybe, one day, you and I can work together!"
Hu Mu's heart became hot, and he opened his mouth to say something. In the past six months, he has been instructed by Wang Sili, and he has learned a lot from Wang Sili. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is his teacher. The parting, as well as the possible new job, made him feel an indescribable feeling in his heart.
In the end, he suppressed his complicated mood, and immediately, he took a deep breath and said, "I'll go to cook first."
The two drank some wine at noon and talked a lot, until suddenly
A car came to pick up Wang Sili.
Hu Mu hurriedly sent Wang Sili out. This is a modified cart. It was originally used for loading goods, but now it is used for passenger and cargo. The bumps are a bit bumpy, but it is better than walking.
Wang Sili was about to board the car when he suddenly turned around and saw Hu Mu about to bow to him.
Wang Sili grabbed his hand and said suddenly: "Just work hard."
Hu Mu said sincerely: "Treasure!"
(End of this chapter)