Old Man Yan's Experience in the North
Yan Laoxi didn't receive any special treatment on the train. He was only in the most ordinary hard-seat carriage. There were only a few people in this carriage. His most trusted subordinates and guards were all in the carriages beside him. He felt the speed of the train and was very surprised.
Not only him, but the people around him were also very surprised. The train was a very common means of transportation. Although there were many places in China that could not see the shadow of the railway in this era, Shanxi itself had a railway. Originally, they thought that the speed at which the Chahar People's Government built the railway was very fast, which was already considered a very surprising thing. In the end, they did not expect to encounter an even more surprising thing. The speed of this train was at least 1.5 kilometers per hour. Eighty kilometers per hour.
In China in the 21st century, this was the most common speed. However, it was still the 20th century. The entire railway in China only had a total of 20,000 kilometers, and the standards were different. However, there was one thing that was common.
The speed of these railroads was relatively slow, with an average speed of only 30 to 40 kilometers per hour. This was also the reason why the railway guerrillas existed.
Of course, there were high-speed trains, but the top speed of high-speed trains these days could only reach more than 80 kilometers per hour.
Originally, with the technology of the base, it was possible to build a faster railway. However, the faster the train was, the more energy it consumed. Therefore, all the current locomotive engines used the latest internal combustion locomotive of this period.
However, due to the widening of the track, China's locomotive could use steam turbine. The high-efficiency steam turbine could run at a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour on these heavy tracks. This was quite shocking. Although it would take at least 20 to 30 hours to reach XJ from GDZ, it would take at least three days to reach XJ.
However, the Longhai line had not been completely built yet, let alone the railway from LZ to Dihua.
Yan Laoxi had been here before. Bao You was a very important city in Suiyuan.
His importance in the Suiyuan region was probably only inferior to Guisui. Although the population was not too large, ever since the area from Jiuyuan to the Baiyun Kuangqu was handed over to the Chahar people's government, the people of the Chahar area had been greatly affected. The development of these places was beyond Old Yan's imagination. Jiuyuan had developed very quickly in just half a year.
Old Yan thought that he had come to the wrong place. Looking at the city that had developed to this point, Yan Laoxi fell silent.
The town had a brand new asphalt road. Some of the old city walls had been demolished, but most of them were preserved. The city area had also expanded a lot. The Laocheng District in the center of the city had not changed much. It was just a road that passed through.
Seeing the situation in Jiuyuan, Yan Laoxi decided to get off the train to take a look. The train could actually reach the Baiyun Kuangqu directly. However, it was already noon, and there were quite a number of buses that could directly go to Baobao.
Yan Laoxi was a little hungry, so he came down to eat something.
Jiuyuan was considered a remote place at this time, and there weren't many newspapers. Moreover, the photos taken by the cameras these days weren't very clear, so no one knew Yan Laoxi.
Although Baobao was the second largest city in Suiyuan, there was nothing good to eat here. The food structure was very monotonous. It should not be said that at this time, the food in all parts of China was very monotonous.
The rich naturally did not lack these things, but for the commoners.”
They basically ate the same thing from day to night. Naturally, the nutrition was not balanced. In most parts of the country, there was not even clean salt. Most of the places ate soil salt, which was very bad for the body. Moreover, most of the edible salt was lacking in iodines.
It could be said that there were many places with big necks everywhere. To be honest, this was not the first time Yan Laoxi had come to Baobao. Baobao was a relatively important place under the rule of the Jinsui Army.
The main ethnic groups here were mainly Han and Mongol. Most of the Han came from Jin Province and Beihe.
The Mongolians were born and raised here. Yan Laoxi and his group of dozens of people walked into a noodle shop. This noodle shop was relatively large. Dozens of people could sit inside.
Yan Laoxi wasn't one to drag things out. After entering, he asked the owner to quickly serve them food. After all, Yan Laoxi was here today to visit the steel factory.
The boss could tell that this group of people seemed to have something urgent to do, so he asked the waiters in the shop to hurry up and cook.
The group of people waited for the food to be served. Yan Laoxi and Zhao Daiwen sat together and discussed what would happen after they went over to the steel plant.
At this moment, Zhao Yingying seemed to have noticed something and said,"Brother Bai Chuan, look at the salt on the table.”
Hearing Zhao Daiwen suddenly say this, Yan Laoxi asked curiously,""Isn't Brother Ci Long just ordering some salt? What's so strange about it? It's not like I've never seen it before.”
As he spoke, he picked up the jar of salt and glanced at it casually. Suddenly, he said in surprise,"This is refined salt. How is that possible? Such fine salt was rare even in Taiyuan.”
Zhao Daiwen didn't answer Yan Laoxi's question. Instead, he turned around and asked the boss,""Boss, we are merchants from Dayuan. The salt here is very fine. Even Taiyuan doesn't have such fine salt. Where did you buy this salt? So what if it's the price? Aren't you afraid that it'll be stolen?”
The boss smiled and said,"Dear customer, you don't know this. We got it from the people's government of Chahar. They buy salt cheaply. One picul of salt (100kg) is only 5 yuan. Who would steal it here? Besides, how much salt can a family of five or six eat in a month? When the guys from Chahar come here to recruit workers, they will pay 50 cents a day. If they work five or six days a week, they can get more than 10 yuan in a month. Who would do such a thing?"
Yan Laoxi's face turned pale when he heard the boss's words.""Shouldn't the salt in Jiuyuan be managed by the Suiyuan government? Why are you using the salt from Chahar?”
The boss didn't notice Yan Laoxi's ugly expression. He continued to speak in a friendly manner,""Sir, you don't know. Although Baobao is still under Suiyuan's jurisdiction, they can't do anything to us. The only place that the Suiyuan government could manage was the area around Gui Sui City. As long as they were far away from Gui Sui City, who would care who they were?”
The boss went back to work. Yan Laoxi was not in the mood to eat anymore. The food tasted pretty good, but Yan Laoxi was really upset. It seemed that the word 'Sui',' Sui', was going to be lost. Suiyuan District was far more prosperous than Chahar District, but now he might not be able to take it back.
Recently, even though his infiltration of the Chahar government had basically failed, Yan Laoxi knew that the Chahar government had a large arsenal that could even produce 105mm heavy artillery!
From then on, he knew that Suiyuan could be taken down at any time, but even some obscure news could prove that the Chahar government had more than 100,000 troops. The 100,000 strong army originally only had 30,000 to 40,000 people, but they had already beaten the Jinsui Army so badly that they couldn't even raise their heads. Moreover, he could only endure it now. He led his subordinates out of the noodle shop.
At this moment, the person Chahar had sent to pick him up had also arrived. Yan Laoxi carefully examined the person who had been sent over. He saw that this young man was more than 1.8 meters tall.
The most important thing was the imposing manner in his eyes. Yan Laoxi had never seen such an imposing manner in the Chinese people. He would see it in the German or English people in the future. It should be the aura of a citizen of a large country. Unfortunately, China had been lagging behind the rest of the world for many years. For most people, their inferiority had been ingrained into their bones, and it was impossible to get rid of it in a short period of time.
The person who came to pick up Yan Laoxi and the others was naturally a clone. At the same time, he was also an extremely powerful clone. He was a hero in politics. His name was Lu Jian.
He walked up to Yan Laoxi in a neither servile nor overbearing manner. Yan Laoxi's guards wanted to stop Lu Jian, but Yan Laoxi waved his hand to dismiss them when he was tired.
Lu Jian walked up and greeted Yan Laoxi with the most standard etiquette and a tone that was neither servile nor overbearing. Yan Laoxi did not answer.
Then, he looked at Lu Jian who had greeted him directly. He sighed and said,"I'm not as good as your officer!"
After saying that, he walked straight ahead. Yan Laoxi still wanted to see if the so-called largest steel factory in China was real.
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I have something to do today. I'll look at the remaining two tomorrow morning.
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