Fuxing Girls' Middle School, on Fuxing Road, the carriage first sent them to the Girls' Middle School. Ellie got off with all kinds of luggage. As a big daughter of everyone, some of them were still there. Four or five maids, plus two healthy servants, with things stuffed with a whole carriage. The gate of the Girls' Middle School was closed, leaving only one school gate.

The gate of the girls' middle school is a gate with a distinct church style, which is a church transformation. Two priests and 4 nuns are responsible for teaching the girls' middle school. They are classical and closed. Only certified servants can enter the girls' middle school. Others need to be in with a temporary pass and must be accompanied by security guards. After entering, they must come out quickly.

Compared with later China, this girl can be said to have very strict protection. It is true that the people who study in it are all ladies, all rich or daughters of noble families. The annual tuition fee is also extremely high, 1,500 yuan a year. This amount of money can be lived for several years, but for rich families, it is just a drizzle.

"Brother, Brother Yuan Zhao, I'm leaving. If you promise me, you must come to see me!" Yang Qian's little face showed a faint reluctance, then showed a bright smile, turned around and ran into the middle school girl.

"Brother Yuan Zhao, it seems that my sister has a good impression of you!" Yang Yueyi said with some reference.

Yang Yuanzhao was overwhelmed. Perhaps, in this world, he could already be an adult at the age of 13 and get married. However, in Yang Yuanzhao's philosophy, at this time, he was still a child. In later generations, he was just a second-year junior high school student. How could a 25-year-old adult have a thought? He felt chills and felt guilty for no reason.

Looking at Yang Yuanzhao's embarrassment, Yang Yue burst into laughter, and the carriage opened again. He said, "The train is at 1:30 in the afternoon, and there are still three or four hours left. If we don't go to Taiyuan, it's the first time that Brother Yuanzhao has arrived in Taiyuan!"

In old China's cities, even the provincial capital, Yang Yuanzhao had no interest at all. I am afraid that to a certain extent, even the towns in later generations were inferior to those in later generations. The entire market was filled with gray, white, blue and black colors, which were obviously different from the colorful colors in later generations. Yang Yuanzhao was not an archaeological enthusiast. The continuous journey made him a little tired and rejected Yang Yue's invitation.

The carriage came to the Yang family's headquarters in Taiyuan. It was a Western-style four-story building. The first floor was shops, which looked a bit similar to a grocery market. Goods from south to north can be bought here, and the business was really booming.

Trading is the world, and things are connected to the north and south. When modern logistics and trade were not formed, ordinary business groups used this method to reach the north and south. Because of the complete goods, Yangjia Department Store was very famous in Taiyuan, and people and merchants can be seen from time to time to buy goods.

It was the afternoon train ticket. At noon, there was no grand ceremony. I ate a bowl of Shanxi-style sour noodles near the Yang family headquarters. The thick meat slices, delicious soup, Shanxi old vinegar and white noodles were intertwined. The taste was unique. Yang Yuanzhao and others, after a full meal, went to the train station.

Taiyuan Railway Station is not far from Yangjia Department Store, almost 5 miles away. When the carriage was taken off, Yang Yuanzhao could hardly believe that the dilapidated building in front of him was Taiyuan Railway Station.

The railway station seems to be a train station that is incomparable to the railway stations in the small county towns in later generations. It is just a few houses, and even these houses are just casually built, without reinforced concrete, and without blue bricks and large tiles. Looking at the walls, it seems to be a house of earthen embryos.

Cement, in this era, was also called macadam. In the whole of China, except for Qixin in Tianjin, there was no other place to produce. Without cement, some basic buildings could only use earthen embryos. Not only were the quality poor, but the construction time was also very long. There were no guardrails beside the long railway tracks, and even the station was not a closed position. The people could even cross the railway at will.

There was not even a stop train on the long rails. In the late Qing Dynasty, trains appeared, but the utilization rate of trains and railways was far from reaching the limit. Taiyuan is the terminal station of Shizhengtai Road, not the most important place on Zhengtai Road. There are only passing trains here. They will leave after adding water and coal in Taiyuan and will not stop here.

Yang Yue sent someone to notify Yang Family Department Store several days ago with a fast horse. The shopkeeper bought the ticket early. Yang Yuanzhao followed Yang Yue into the station. Unlike later generations, the train station was crowded with people. The current train station seemed particularly deserted. In the ticket hall, a middle-aged man wearing a horse monster was bored there.

From Taiyuan to Shijiazhuang, 15 yuan is a bit unimaginable. 15 yuan is not necessarily earned by ordinary farmers in a year. As for workers, Shanghai workers, there are seven or eight yuan acres. This is still high-tech, because 15 kilograms of white flour is only 50 cents, and 7 yuan is enough for the family to live a month. This is a first-class ticket. In terms of the ticket, it is equivalent to 1,500 yuan in later generations. He was a little strange. What kind of carriage is worth so much.

The first-class cabin and other cabins and waiting rooms are not in the same place. There are special sofas and teahouses, and there are even some Western-style coffee, trains and train stations, which are imported products, and are more affected by foreign countries.

In the waiting room, it seems that the shadow of the train station in later generations was seen. Two rows of wooden benches, their first-class tickets were specially separated from the small waiting room, separated from the others.

Gradually, there were more people in the waiting room, and some newspaper boys selling newspapers and vendors selling cigarettes and melon seeds also walked into the waiting room. Compared with the lively waiting room, it became much quieter.

"It seems that this train is just a few of us sitting in the first-time carriage!" Yang Yue sighed. The train is a good thing. China's trains are too slow and their awareness is not high. There are still a few people who actually travel by train. Most of them are still in traditional horse gangs. If they weren't in a hurry, they might still follow the Yang family's caravan.

The huge whistle sound, with a momentum, came from north to south. Yang Yuanzhao saw a very simple locomotive through the window. It was a thick and bulky transmission, the water vapor, and the slow speed. No wonder this train station was not specifically separated from the surrounding area. It was a little more than 20 kilometers. The train could only drive on the rails. If you run a few steps faster, you could avoid the train. The train pass has not yet become the death pass like that of later generations.

The train stopped. At this time, more than an hour and a half before departure, some people were caught. Most of them looked like businessmen, leaving the train station with their friends in groups of three or three, and a group of rickshaw drivers surrounded them and soon separated them.

As the departure is approaching, there are more and more people in the waiting room, with almost 100 people, but most of them are in the waiting room outside, and there are still only five of them in the waiting room for first-class tickets.

Several railway workers began to add coal and water to the train. Because of their backwardness, they all rely on manpower and carried their shoulders and hand-held them. They were busy for almost an hour. It was only 20 minutes before the train left that the train whistle sounded.

The huge whistle proved that the train was ready and was about to start. Several train conductors began to greet the waiting room. There were three small teams in front of them. The train tickets were divided into three types: A, B and C. A ticket was 15 yuan in their hands. B was the second-rate, which cost about 5 yuan. As for C, it only had 1.5 yuan. The huge gap made the treatment completely different. C was a hard seat similar to the trains in later generations. In a carriage, there were seats, and there was no crowding in later generations. Even if it was 1.5 yuan, the average

For ordinary people, it is also an unbearable number. As for Class B, it is a little more spacious, some of which are like the business class of later aircraft, with coffee tables and some small refreshments. As for Class A, it is the highest, not one carriage, but two carriages. In the cabin like a coffee and tea seat, there are large seats, sofas, velvet tapestries, curtains, etc. They can drink tea and relax here. When it is evening, they can enter the rear carriage to sleep. It is a separate sleeper carriage.

Yang Yuanzhao never expected that even in later generations, there would be no such high-end carriage. No wonder the ticket price was so expensive. Because it was a Class A carriage. They only got on the bus for 5 people and occupied two tea seats. Naturally, someone came up and provided all kinds of tea. Generally, it was free. A few of them could afford this carriage. They ordered the highest-end tea and dim sum, which was not too expensive. The price was similar to the Western restaurant in Taiyuan. There was no added much, which was the normal price.

Sitting comfortably in the car, even because they are Class A, they are the first batch of people who are released on the bus. They can sit on the sofa and look at the busy crowds around them. At this time, those who can ride on the railway are basically wealthy or officials. They can't see the appearance of big bags and small bags in their later generations, but their hurried steps still give people a sense of tension.
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