At nine o 'clock in the morning, three trains entered Luoyang Station one after another.
Last time, there were two trains, but today, there was an extra one.
The third steam engine was tested and put into operation, while the fourth was being assembled.
A passenger train ran to the front. As soon as it stopped, the doors opened, and the people from the government alighted.
Some people had a place to stay in Luoyang. They brought their luggage and hired a carriage to go there.
The price of the carriage was fixed. There was no need to haggle over how many goods and people to bring from the train station to Luoyang Palace.
Carriages, ox carriages, mule carriages, and donkey carriages were priced separately.
This way, it would save time. Otherwise, it would be a waste of time to argue over a few jiao.
Those who were reluctant to spend money could leave by themselves. There were also fixed carriages that did not cost money. They were Li Family Zhuangzi's carriages.
Those who alighted from the train directly boarded the carriages and stayed temporarily at Li Family Zhuangzi. They were people who did not have a place to stay.
The rent at Li Family Zhuangzi was cheap, and the food was not expensive. Those who were reluctant to spend money could drink free soup.
Li Family Zhuangzi would arrange for people to go there. Those who wanted to find a job would tell them the location, and they would take a carriage from Li Family Zhuangzi.
After alighting from the passengers, the passenger train would enter a fork in the road to add coal and water.
This passenger train would go to Haizhou and pick up people along the way back to Luoyang.
Those who wanted to go to Haizhou or the midway station directly boarded the train. No tickets were sold.
The carriages entered the station at the back and left. A group of people rushed up to help unload the goods. They could make money from this.
The station sold all kinds of food, mainly wontons, which were sold on the spot.
"Give me a bowl of wontons. Give me two vegetable buns over there."
A bailiff in charge of patrolling finished his work and looked for a place to eat.
He was also in charge of food safety at the train station. Those who made the buns were also made here and then steamed.
He smelled and tasted the filling. If the taste was normal, he allowed others to sell it. He also collected management fees and no taxes.
The steamed bun seller delivered two chicken stuffed buns and turned to leave.
"Stop, collect the money." The bailiff glanced at the buns and hesitated. He took out 60 jiao and placed it on the table.
"Leftover buns should be given away as gifts when we go back. How can I ask for money?" The bun seller shook his head and refused.
"This is the first time I've heard of meat buns being given away. I'm afraid you're treating me like a dog. You're throwing meat buns at a dog, right?" The yamen runner glared.
"It's really free." The bun seller continued to refuse.
What if the person in charge of the inspection says that your stuffing is bad in the future?
In the past, this bailiff would eat without paying. In the past few days, he had stopped eating at the station. Now that he was eating, how could he dare to accept it?
"I don't want it anymore. Take it back." The bailiff was angry.
"Then … I'll take it. It's a total of three jiao. Here are the vegetable buns you wanted." The person selling the buns came over carefully.
"But you gave me a meat bun. Do you think I don't know?"
The yamen runners were in charge of this, so they could tell what kind of filling the buns were at a glance.
"You usually …" The steamed bun seller said three words.
"In the past, when I was almost caught and beaten, I was fined a handful of money. How many buns could I eat with that money? Take the money! "
The bailiff finally revealed the reason why he had to pay. He was being punished.
"Oh!" The steamed bun seller was overjoyed. Even you have such a day? The Li Dongzhu caught so many people that he thought he missed you.
He grabbed the four jiao from the table and quickly walked back. "Count it as the cost."
The person cooking wontons at the side watched as another five wontons were added to the pot. The cost also had to be counted.
He didn't expect to earn money from the inspector. He just wanted to cover the cost.
His wife rolled her eyes at him and scooped up an extra herbal tea egg.
The wontons and herbal tea egg were served. Just as the bailiff was about to speak, the woman spoke first. "Pay according to the wontons. We won't pay."
"Thank you!" The bailiff expressed his gratitude. He pulled the bowl of pickled vegetables over and placed some on the plate.
"Inspector, how can you be punished? We can't say it! "The woman handed over two small pieces of paper used to wipe the mouth.
"The Li Family Zhuangzi's farmers already knew about it. They were waiting for their Dongzhu to come and arrest them.
Many officials were taken away, but even more were those hiding in the dark. None of them have been released.
The entire Luoyang Palace is in a mess. He was too ruthless.
He asked us to say it ourselves. I was timid, so I said it. I was punished with one jiao.
I haven't seen Guan Laosi, who used to change shifts with me, recently, right?
He didn't take the initiative to say it. He was punished with two jiao and ten beatings. He's recuperating at home. "
As the bailiff spoke, he took out the money for the wontons. He didn't dare to wait until they finished eating before paying.
He was afraid of being caught and framed. Otherwise, how could he pay first when eating?
The woman took it. This wonton didn't make any money. In fact, they lost a few jiao.
"Inspector, if you pay one jiao, how will your family survive?"
The woman continued to inquire. One jiao was not a small amount.
"Every month, a portion will be deducted for a year. Isn't Her Majesty here? There have been a lot of things recently, and she gave us subsidies.
The subsidies are more than the money deducted every month. Guan Laosi is recuperating and doesn't take shifts.
The heartless Li Dongzhu didn't even give his family the extra soap. He insisted on not confessing. Sigh! "
The bailiff didn't hide it. He always talked about Guan Laosi, giving people the feeling that he was gloating.
The woman's expression seemed happy. "Guan Laosi always eats and takes. He deserves it! What was that sentence in the newspaper? Her Majesty said it. "
"It's easy to abuse the commoners, but difficult to bully the heavens." The bailiff said.
"Yes, that's it. There's more after that. I can't remember. Her Majesty said it."
After the woman finished speaking, she happily turned around and brought another tea egg over. Guan Laosi was taught a lesson, and this egg was worth it.
The bailiff didn't refuse and exchanged information. "I heard that the money we were fined will be used by Li Dongzhu's Zhuangzi to buy a new carriage for you.
You can change your carriage to a bigger one. When they come to take a look, they will make a bigger one for your family. "
The bailiff pointed out. See, is the tea egg worth it?
"Then what's the difference between my family and Guan Laosi? Selling wontons earns us hard-earned money, and we deserve it.
Cheating Li Dongzhu's money is making good people suffer.
My family's stall is only this big. If you want to earn more money, you have to prepare the soup and stuffing. "
The woman retorted on the spot. I appreciate your kindness, but I can't do that. I have to say it clearly.
"Otherwise, why would I like to eat your wontons?" The bailiff wasn't angry. Instead, he thought highly of her.
This stall's wonton dumplings had more stuffing than others, and the wrappers were also bigger.
Ordinary people didn't know, but those who ate it all the time knew.
This matter instantly spread throughout the train station. People who did business expressed their opinions. If anyone dared to make their stall bigger, they would definitely report them.
"Brother Wang Er, give me a bowl of wontons and two tea eggs. Just to eat your wontons, I ran from the south of the city to the north of the city. Give me two more wontons to nourish my body. "
A man came over with a load, trying to take advantage of the situation.
"You are a peddler who travels all over the world. Why did you go to the south of the city so early in the morning?"
The woman said as she made more wontons and threw them into the pot.
"I sell meat outside the south of the city. Rabbit meat, muntjac meat, venison meat.
You might not believe me, but there's also bear meat, wild boar meat, and big worm meat.
Some of the bones are free, muntjac meat and rabbit meat. I went to get the bones. "
The peddler said as he opened a basket on his load. There were seven or eight big bones with meat inside.
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