Xincheng Railway Station in the South District of Beijing, with the beginning of the annual holiday, the entire railway station suddenly turned into a sea of people. Whether it was inside the railway station or in the huge square outside the railway station, there were people everywhere.
If you look around, you can see people carrying large and small bags, carrying their families and families preparing to return to their hometowns. There is even a long queue at the entrance to the station.
The staff at the train station have become extremely busy, and staff with tin horns can be seen everywhere shouting. In this era without broadcasting and broadcasting, we can only rely on this crude way to convey train information.
Liu Jin, dressed in casual clothes, walked very casually among the crowds outside the train station, feeling the lively scene here, and at the same time listening to the voices of the migrant workers around him.
"Is this train really that fast?"
"This is my first time making a train."
"Of course it's that fast. During the last Mid-Autumn Festival, I took a train back to Shandong, and I arrived in Shandong in less than two days."
"Besides, you won't be tired when taking this train. You can just sit on the chairs. It's not cold inside and it's very comfortable. If you have money, you can also buy a sleeper ticket. It's more comfortable and you can get home just by lying down and sleeping.
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"That's a good relationship. Our Shandong is far away from the capital. It's really not easy to go home. If it weren't for this train, I wouldn't want to go home. It's too tiring to go back home. It would be better if I could catch a carriage.
, if not, my legs would be broken by walking."
"Isn't that right? Times are good now. The train just arrived in Shandong this year, so we can take the train back."
"Is this train really going to catch fire? That's why we called a train?"
"Don't you understand this? This train is actually the same as the machines in our factory. It is driven by a steam engine..."
Liu Jin looked at the tall Shandong men around him and sighed about how good the train was, and he also laughed.
After all the hard work of getting the train out, this benefit is reflected. With the train, it is really convenient to travel, making the journey more comfortable and faster.
"Dad, have you made a lot of money this year?"
"Where is it? It's almost the same as everyone else."
"Stop hiding it. Tell me how much you have earned. You are such a smart guy that you actually learned how to repair machines. You earn more than ten taels of silver in a month."
"It's really not much. It's about the same as everyone else. Almost the same."
"You kid still keeps secrets from us, you are really not a brother enough."
"Da Wa, I heard that when you go back this time, you are planning to build a new house and marry a wife. Did you take all the money with you?"
"I brought some~"
"Then you have to be careful. There are a lot of thieves in this train station. They are very clever at investing money. They can steal your money without you noticing."
"I know, I hid it very well, and I won't let anyone steal it."
"That's good~"
"This is a good time. With trains, not only can we go home faster and more comfortably, we don't have to worry about the cold, and we don't have to worry about road thieves."
"In the past two years, we were afraid to go back to our hometown for the Chinese New Year. Every time we went back for the Chinese New Year, there would be people blocking the road at important road checkpoints, robbing or extorting money."
As Liu Jin walked, the conversation of a group of seventeen or eight people suddenly attracted Liu Jin's attention. Liu Jin quickly stopped and listened carefully.
"true or false?"
Hearing this, the young man named Dawa suddenly became nervous.
"Of course it's true. When I went home for the Chinese New Year two years ago, I brought a whole year's salary with me. When we arrived at Lahukou, a group of bandits appeared blocking the road and forced each of us to pay one or two taels of silver.
If you don’t pay the toll money, you will be beaten.”
"Also, you don't know that there are some shady shops next to the highway. Those shady shops cost 500 cents for a bowl of noodles and 100 cents for a steamed bun. If you stay there for one night, it will cost you 20 cents.
Two pieces of silver."
"For two taels of silver a night, we can all stay at the Capital Hotel."
"That's not true, but here in a black shop, you just sleep in a big shop. You are so black-hearted, even asking for hot water costs a hundred cents."
"I've heard people talk about this. I heard that on some roads, there are black shops blocking the road through turnstiles, asking people to go to their black shops to buy things. A pound of dates costs 200 cash, and a vegetarian meal costs 300 cash. You
If you don't go, they won't let you go, and there are even people keeping wolves and dogs watching you."
"These are all true, and that's why I have to let everyone go together. There are more than a dozen of us going back together. If something happens, we can still take care of each other."
"If you go back together as one or two people, someone might take advantage of your wealth and kill you and leave you in that barren mountain without even knowing it."
"This is a rumor when you go out. Don't expose your money, and don't pass with strangers. Call more familiar fellow villagers and tribesmen with you. In addition, it is necessary to bring some sticks or something with you. If something happens, you won't let mermaids eat you.
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"These people are too abominable. Doesn't the court care about them?"
"Of course the imperial court will take care of it. The imperial court has also been cracking down on local gangsters, bandits and bullies. The gangs that used to run rampant in the Beijing-Tianjin area will basically be wiped out."
"But when we go back to these places, some are very far away and very remote. Many of those bandits and road bullies are local gangsters. Even the government can't do anything to them."
"Some of them are even done by people from the government and local gangsters, and some are done by local clan members."
"The government is very effective in cracking down on gangsters in big cities, but in these places, there is nothing they can do."
"Besides, in some out-of-the-way places, even if it's expensive in winter, do you want to go there to eat? Do you want to go to sleep?"
Several older people talked vividly with their fellow villagers about their past experiences when they went home to celebrate the New Year.
This made Liu Jin on the side couldn't help but frown.
As a time traveler, Liu Jin is naturally connected to later generations, in the 1990s when the wave of migrant workers was just beginning and the first few years of the 21st century.
At that time, it was an extremely chaotic era. A large number of people poured into the city. Not only was the city very chaotic, but thieves, robbers, car robbers, robberies, murders, etc. emerged in endlessly. I don’t know how chaotic it was. Many people went there.
He went to the city to work and never came back.
In addition, with the construction of a large number of highways, there have also been a large number of bandit bullies who rely on the highways. They specialize in watching the passing wheels and snatching money and goods. Sometimes they also snatch goods and vehicles, and even trains.
Drivers were beaten to death, it was very rampant.
As for talking about shady restaurants and forced consumption, they are considered relatively civilized.
Even after rounds of severe crackdowns on gangsters and evil, various gangster forces and phenomena still exist in many places.
Gas guzzlers are so rampant on the highway that they even steal gas in front of the driver. If you dare to speak out or resist, you will be beaten to death on the spot.
Therefore, Liu Jin felt that the words of these people were definitely not alarmist, but were very real in various places in the Ming Dynasty. After a nationwide crackdown on crime and evil two years ago, there were still people who were bold enough to do these things.
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After all, the profits are really too high.
A steamed bun costs one hundred cents, and a little hot water costs one hundred cents. This is faster than robbing a bank to get money.
In addition, the local clans in the Ming Dynasty are still very powerful. The imperial power does not go to the countryside, and almost everything in the local area is decided by the right clan.
And often in a place, a place is occupied by a person with a common surname, forming a clan force and occupying everything in one place, and it is easy to form an evil force with the clan force as a gang.
Thinking of this, Liu Jin frowned deeply.
We must find ways to eradicate these evil forces. At the same time, the weather is freezing around the annual holidays. The government must find ways to ensure the safety of people returning home and returning home.
"It seems that I need to go to the palace, explain the situation to His Majesty, and issue relevant decrees."
Liu Jin frowned and thought about this matter.
"Catch the thief, catch the thief~"
At this time, a voice sounded, breaking Liu Jin's thoughts. Following the voice, he looked over and saw a woman chasing a thief, shouting while chasing.
The thief had a money bag in his hand, and he had obviously stolen it from the woman.
A thief appeared and heard the sound. Someone came forward and wanted to help. However, this thief was also a ruthless character. He had a sharp knife in his hand. If he saw someone blocking him, he would immediately rush over without politeness.
, several brave people were scratched by him one after another.
Very rampant!
“It’s so lawless~”
Liu Jin looked at the thief rushing towards him, and nodded slightly to the guard beside him. The other party immediately understood, stretched out his feet, and immediately tripped the other person to the ground. Then the two guards came together and killed the other person in one fell swoop.
He was pressed to the ground and the knife in his hand was thrown away.
"I'm from the Beggar Clan. If you dare to mess with me, be careful not to finish your meal and walk away."
The thief was pushed to the ground, but he was still very arrogant, shouting, and there were several people who looked like his accomplices around him, and they were faintly walking towards Liu Jin.
"Beggars gang?"
When Liu Jin heard this, his brows immediately furrowed even deeper. Looking around, he saw some strangely dressed beggars, begging for food, and they seemed to be gathering towards him, looking menacing.
