Chapter 533.

This Raozhou station has changed by leaps and bounds.

Hu Mu said he was a civil official, but in reality, what he did was no different from a handyman.

Because the Yamen was understaffed, the household registers had to be managed, works had to be watched over, new arrivals had to be accommodated, and merchants had to be coordinated, he was not used to it at first.

However, following Wang SiLin daily, he was so footloose that it was no longer even possible for him to think too much.

Occasional free time, the heart can not help but complain bitterly, do not understand why his father want to come here, do this in the eyes of the readers of such lowly things!

This is clearly a handyman, except for the official paycheck.

The clan members who came with us heard that one of their cousins could not stand it and quit his job to go back to his hometown.

The rest of the people also came to Hu Mu one after another to discuss, whether to simply repair the book to Hu Guang, simply resign.

Hu Mu started to think about it, but in the end, he gritted his teeth and held back.

For one thing, he was afraid of being scolded by his father.

Secondly, he is pure and simple, always feel that things can not be a tiger’s tail, at this time he still has a lot of things on hand to take care of it.

The school will soon be built, this spring, the rain gradually more, have to rush in the rain before, hurry to complete, now only on the construction site he was staring, less people, Wang SiLan side is afraid of lack of work.

There is also a half-grown child, with his father and brother together to join here, but with his father and brother separated, Hu Mu on him is registered, but if the household registration to be done, after all to find his father and brother, if Hu Mu left, the new replacement to familiarize themselves with the situation, but do not know how many days it will take.

Nearby a scavenging of the old grandmother, perhaps the family in last year’s famine when all dead, Hu Mu see her poor, has pleaded to the head to let this woman is responsible for the craftsmen’s clothes mending, at least find a reason to give a mouthful of rice to eat.

It’s just that this matter, for the time being, is also unsettled and needs to be waited for.

There are a few from Zhili to the strong man, to do labor here, these people actually do their own side of the labor side of the reading, but also barely able to read and write. Just a pity, always still lack some, count on the examination on the railway academy is hopeless, and therefore asked Hu Mu can find a way to pay attention to the labor force to promote the index of enrollment, so that the promotion, the examination will be easier, specifically for the labor force is working on the railway.

These people, are from a slightly cold, actually can stick to one side from morning to night to do the work, the night only rely on the newspaper to literacy, but also almost no one to teach them, Hu Mu has seen them write the word, but also be pulled by them, read through the newspaper in front of them, also can not help but admire these people.

When he read, of course, read the allusion to chiseling the wall to borrow light, but that is, after all, readers, now such a labor, and can do such a point, and also really happened in front of him, really teach him hard to imagine.

If he leaves, these people will have to ask the new clerks for help, and the newcomers may not be willing to pay close attention to the election, and the hope of these laborers may be lost.

Wherever Hu Mu has the mind to retreat, then all of a sudden, he realized that he still has a thousand things at hand. Even if he solves one thing, it’s too late to celebrate, and inevitably there’s another thing waiting for him to deal with.

So after much hesitation, he decided to stay on, and also encouraged his fellow tribesmen to stay a little longer and see if, by the end of the year, they really couldn’t adapt, and then quit.

People are, by and large, grouped in their environment and influenced by it at all times.

Once upon a time reading, Hu Mu only felt that he was a standard reader across the board.

But now, mixed in the three religions and nine streams, and gradually began to influence each other.

Many of those who dealt with Humu, for example, seem to have begun to imitate him by always keeping a handkerchief, and when they didn’t have one, they kept a coarse cloth tucked away on their bodies instead of wiping their noses directly with their sleeves.

Others have also started to learn to gargle with green salt.

Naturally, Hu Mu also began to learn to sit squatting on the ground like ordinary people, taking the rice wrapped in lotus leaves and gorging on it without any regard for image.

The dishes here are by no means light, Hu Mu once was afraid of fat and greasy, unlike other people, see the pig skin with hair, as if the New Year seems to be!

But now, perhaps the daily physical exertion is not small, hungry, but also accustomed to this kind of heavy oil and salt meals.

If there is a little bit of life’s feelings, Hu Mu can not come to imagine how deep, can think of, but also probably just lamented in their own former dislike of greasy things, in the eyes of many people, it turned out to be a delicacy.

More than three months later, the schoolhouse and medical center were finally erected.

In this way, the great doctors, who had only been teaching people to read or giving medical treatment in the workhouses and huts, finally had a spacious place to stay.

Especially the doctors from Zhili, all of them were overjoyed, and repeatedly said that this is good, finally can be treated properly.

What they used to complain about was that the conditions were so bad that they were not sterilized properly, and that the vast majority of wound deterioration stemmed from that, and the vast majority of the patients, were traumatized.

Consequently, they couldn’t wait to start building a silkworm room in the new medical center, and it was heard that this place, similar to the place in the capital where eunuchs were castrated, was a precaution against infected wounds.

One of Hu Mu’s cousins was teaching here, and now that he has also entered the new school building, he has settled down and seems to be quite happy, especially since the conditions have become ideal, and he has never offered to resign from his job again.

Strange to say, when his cousin can be regarded as pampered, just came when, in the face of the poor conditions here, can not help but have complained. Now the conditions are a little better, although far less than when he was in Jishui, like clothes to stretch out his hands and food to eat, but only slightly better than before, he will be satisfied, actually very pleasant.

Of course, the one who has changed the most is Hu Mu’s full brother, Hu Sui.

This Hu Sui was the third and youngest of the brothers, and he was originally ordered to manage the entertainment.

The so-called entertainment, in fact, is to recruit a few grass-roots groups, once the night, the song, babbling until the Ohio time to rest.

Who knows that this Hu Sui actually came to the energy, get together to give the troupe to write the words, and then teach the grassroots troupe to sing.

Over time, he has become quite famous in Raozhou.

Of course, for this nature loose third brother, Hu Mu is also very speechless, every time Hu Sui took the time to come, if it is because of his words after the book sung, people are not satisfied, have to applaud or shouted curses, he will be indignant, said to Hu Mu: “Second brother, you do not know, how ignorant these people are.”

But if it was a new book of words, and he was addressed quickly, he said with a red face, “Second brother, always still they know what they are talking about.”

Of course, complaints are inevitable, he even filled with righteous indignation, said: “Now the most fashionable is to go to the sea, the people just want a fresh. But some time ago, I wrote a poor scholar to the sea, on the boat, but met a young lady, this young lady because her parents have been promised to a government official, there is a marriage contract, but because on the boat, and this poor scholar encounter, both in the way of the world, can not be close to each other, but each other admire, and ultimately the boat encountered the wind and waves, to avoid the wind and waves hit the reef. The ship capsized, after all the scholar and the lady, can not help but fall into a parting of life and death, second brother, you see how good this story, but it is when the ship capsized, the spectators will make a scene, have to tear down the theater can not be, screaming and cursing endlessly.”

Humu: “……”

Hu Sui then said: “Therefore, I have a long memory, I had to write down the sea, the ship into the ocean, a scholar poor, but with the ship to an island, that island is full of gold and treasure, there are many national colorful women, these women are shapely, all of the best, all adore the scholar, the spectators heard, then they all clapped their hands, shouting. ”

“Second brother, tell me, this sea traveling ship, can there be no wind and waves? My Ming is the country of the Middle Kingdom, all the wealth of the world, the overseas are all barbarians, the women are unkempt, must be ugly, not to mention what countless gold and treasure. These watchers, really really unreasonable, but prefer to listen to these, but also happy, three or five stunning women is not enough, after that, but also ten or eight ……”

Whoopie alas.

But Hu Mu, the brother, his sad face was only for a moment, for soon he smiled, and in less than two months there were clansmen who said that he was now waving his money around in a good way.

When Hu Mu heard this, he was very worried, so he busied himself by calling Hu Sui and immediately asked, “What have you done?”

For this second brother, Hu Sui still had a bit of fear.

At this time, Hu Sui’s face actually flashed with a touch of weakness, and he was busy saying periodically, “Didn’t do anything.”

Hu Mu see him not honestly explain, then face said: “silver in the end how to come? You do not say that the family to give, father to us traditionally strict, would never go all the way to teach people to send silver to you, your monthly salary ……”

Hu Sui then busily said, “I …… I ……”

He held his mouth open for half a day, as if he had worked up the courage, before he said, “I met a friend.”

Hu Mu was alarmed, so he said, “What friend, what does he want to ask you to do? Is it related to father? You confused ……”

Seeing the second brother said more and more angry, Hu Sui busy said, “He is to give me a lot of silver, at first, first gave a hundred taels, and then said that I have a big influence, and then give three hundred taels per month ……”

Three hundred taels a month, a year down, is more than three thousand taels, Hu Mu just listen, know that behind this, there must be something fishy.

Then Hu Mu’s face became more solemn for a few minutes, glaring at him and said: “Where is someone to give you silver for nothing? Nothing to be solicitous, non-transgression is theft reasoning you also do not understand? Hey …… you confused ah!”

Hu Sui saw his second brother really angry, had to explain: “I initially also feel strange! Second brother, you can’t blame me, I’m not a fool, at first, naturally, I didn’t dare to take it, but later, the other party didn’t ask me to help him to do anything, I also made it clear to him that my father has never refused to be entrusted with anything, so I taught him to die of this heart.”

Hu Sui paused, and then said: “But this person said:” In fact, only teach me to do a small favor, praise me for writing a good book, and now not only my book this side of Raozhou singing, even Zhili’s troupe have followed the singing, said that in the future, if I write a book, especially the book of the sea, do not fabricate what the name of the Treasure Island and other things, just write I’ll just write Java. On the last time, and you said the words of the book, in the nameless island got treasure and gold and silver, there are many beautiful women, are changed to find the treasure in Java …….”

Humu: “……”

Hu Mu reveals an unbelievable color, with a few doubts, “Just because of this …… give you so much silver?”

Hu Sui nodded: “I also do not believe, but the other side really gave, not only gave, he also invited me to dinner miles.”

Hu Mu was still uneasy, and continued to ask: “Since then, can you also seek you to ask for anything?”

Hu Sui shook his head and said, “There was not, even if looking for me, but also only encourage me to write the words of the good life, but also said …… that when the time comes to introduce a printing workshop proprietor to be my this book, changed into a playbook, peddling out.”

Speaking here, Hu Sui lowered his voice: “He did also put forward an unkind request, saying that …… if there are other people looking for him in the future, he can go to him again! In short, anything can be talked about, anything can be discussed.”

Hu Mu stared at some meditation, seems to feel again picky not out of anything, only to feel that since he played out of the Jishui lounge, the world is so strange and bizarre, so that they are actually more and more do not understand.

Once upon a time, I only thought that a showman could know everything about the world without going out.

But in fact, really came to Raozhou, and the three religions deal with the nine streams, these people or from Fujian, or from Zhili, some once ran a ship, some have been in a large workshop somewhere to do labor, there are people have traveled around as a foot merchant, and only then realized that the world, and the book is by no means the same.

Only now do I realize that the so-called knowing the world’s affairs is nothing more than watching the sky from the bottom of a well.

What really shocked Hu Mu was the fact that the railroad line from Zhili to Raozhou Station was finally open.

In fact, this line, from Zhili section to Raozhou is only 100 miles long, and straight to the station, with the help of this Raozhou station, and then radiate to the whole of Jiangxi.

But when that rumbling steam train really started along the tracks, since the direction of Zhili smoke, rumbling to come, standing along the line of Hu Mu, see this scene, only feel their heartbeat with that roar and jump, his eyes looking at that huge steel beast, pupils can not help but contract.

And that steam train, what it brought, was a wagonload of goods that Humu couldn’t have imagined.

He saw with his own eyes almost a whole storehouse full of goods, being loaded and unloaded, all of which were provisions for the site, and instruments for the future laying of the railroad.

This is a full warehouse of goods, if it is the use of manpower, I am afraid that hundreds of thousands of people can not, but this …… is only through that steam train, easily solved.

This kind of steam locomotive brought the impact, so that Hu Mu actually in many days, are in a strange state, the mind, seems to have been stuck in that kind of shock.

In early summer, the weather then gets hotter and hotter.

In this hot summer day, a carload of steam locomotives carried, but a bag of pear melon.

Unity is grown there on the farm, picked down a lot, prioritizing the supply of Raozhou station, special condolences.

In fact, even if you send a lot of pear melon, but in fact, this Raozhou station up and down a lot of people, each person, but also can be divided into two or three taste just.

But up and down the site, it was extraordinarily festive.

We all have salaries, and can eat and drink enough, but also do not crave a few melons, but this sudden surprise, and those big names in Zhili still remember themselves, always can not help but teach people to be happy.

And at this point in time, Hu Mu had actually been considered to be thoroughly integrated into this small world.

Today is surprisingly strange, Wang Sijian was nowhere to be seen all morning until midday, but he came to see Hu Mu carrying a jug of wine.

Smilingly, he said to Hu Mu, “Later, after you beat the meal, bring it back, come here to eat, and accompany me to drink a couple of cups on the way.”

“This ……” Hu Mu looked at Wang Sizhuang in surprise, “I am afraid it is not good.”

Wang SiLan was obviously in a good mood and smiled, “And don’t eat drunk, not to mention that in the afternoon, I’m going to set off for Nanchangfu.”

“Ah ……” Hu Mu was surprised, “Go to Nanchang Province, you this …… this is … …”

Wang SiLin cheerfully said: “the railroad department just came the news, nanchang station has to start the preparation of the construction, to draw the backbone first to coordinate, the railroad department of the cleaner room called me to go, to appoint me to nanchang station to do the main book. The world is urgent, will leave in the afternoon.”

When Hu Mu heard this, he also couldn’t help but say congratulations, and was sincerely happy for Wang SiLan.

This station in the main book, the control may only from the seventh grade, receive also from the seventh grade salary, now is the railroad division to use the time, so the promotion of a lot of things.

Don’t look at just a station of the bookkeeper, but in fact, Nanchang station corresponds to the Nanchang House, the place under the jurisdiction of the Nanchang House may just Nanchang along the railroad, but also in charge of the coastal civil affairs, military, education and criminal and transportation affairs, and only by the Jiangxi Railway Division, not by the Jiangxi Chengxuan Buzhengji as well as the management of the Nanchang House can be said to be a hot one.

At this time, Mr. Wang sighed and said, “Isn’t this a shortage of people? What is there to congratulate? This time, it’s a thorny journey, and it’s hard to start everything. And …… I this Secretary’s candidate, the cleaner room side also inquired, now the manpower is insufficient, they are also stretched to the limit, thus I put forward you, they also promised, inspection to see. By then, if nothing goes wrong, you may have to be in my position. In the future, there will be Ji’an station, Ruizhou station, Jiujiang station, it is impossible to say, one day, you and I can still work together!”

Hu Mu’s heart was hot, opened his mouth to say something, this half a year’s work, he is almost always subject to Wang Siliang’s guidance, followed by Wang Siliang is also considered to have learned a lot of things, it is not too much to say that his teacher, in the face of the sudden parting, as well as the possibility of the arrival of a new job, so that he has an indescribable taste surging to the heart.

In the end, he managed to suppress his complicated feelings, and at that moment, he took a deep breath and said, “I’ll go and get my food first.”

The two drank some wine and talked a great deal at noon, and waited until they were suddenly

A car came to pick up the king’s secretary.

Hu Mu will be busy to send Wang Secretary out, this is a kind of modified car, the original is loaded with goods, but now it is passenger and cargo dual-use, bumpy is bumpy some, but better than walking.

Wang SiLin was about to board the car when he suddenly turned around and saw HuMu about to bow and salute.

Wang Siwei grabbed his hand and suddenly said, “Make an effort.”

Humu said sincerely, “Precious!”