At 8:05 a.m., Xiaohuang, Bozhou, a train slowly drove out of the station and headed south along the railway. It began a journey of about twenty hours and arrived in Xiyang, Huangzhou at around 4 a.m. tomorrow.

The train wheels and rails were constantly colliding, making a sound of "not to mention, not to mention" and Jiang Qing, who was sitting in the first-class carriage, listened to the familiar voice and looked at the newly published newspaper today.

A few days ago, robbers robbed a passenger train from Xiyang, Huangzhou to Xiaohuang, Bozhou. Under the counterattack of police and passengers on the train, these robbers were either killed or injured, and none of them ran away.

After the train arrived at Xiao Huang, the robbers were transferred to the government office by the station. What was waiting for them was the law's sanctions.

According to the newly issued law, the gangsters who robbed trains will be exiled to Australia at the least, and beheaded at the worst, so everyone can preliminarily predict the outcome of these robbers.

The newspaper reporter's report on this incident was very brief, and in just over a hundred words, he explained the time, location, incident, result, and possible punishments from the government.

Finally, in the form of "Editor's Note", we reiterated to readers: robbing trains is a very serious crime, and the government will never give up lightly.

Jiang Qing put down the newspaper, picked up the tea placed on the tea table and took a sip, looked at the scenery moving backwards outside the window, and began to think.

As the manager of the Bozhou Branch of Rixingchang Bank, he has a wide connection and is well-informed, so of course he knows the specific situation of this matter.

Thirty robbers bought tickets to board the train. When the train was about to reach multiple detours and the speed gradually slowed down, these robbers concentrated in carriage No. 5 launched a sudden attack, first attacking and killing the passenger police who were lured by them, and at the same time controlling the front and rear doors of the carriage.

Cut off the connection between the carriage and other carriages and commit robbery.

The plan of these robbers was to rob the passengers of the No. 5 carriage, and then jumped off the car and fled as the train slowed down. As a result, they encountered resistance from the passengers, and some casual police pretending to be passengers fought back. Therefore, the plot went bankrupt and the robbers were arrested.

The train robbery that everyone has been worried about has indeed happened, which has attracted public attention. Some people exclaimed and said that "the world is getting worse and worse", but Jiang Qing felt that this was expected and will happen sooner or later.

The reason is very simple. Wealth is touching and robbery has existed since ancient times. No matter how transportation changes, the crime of robbery cannot be allowed to disappear.

People traveling, whether on foot, on horseback or on boats, face the risk of being robbed or even silenced. Even if the ship turns into a steamer, it is impossible for the car to become a train to escape.

Back then, when the steamship began shipping, several major robberies occurred one after another. The robbers used various methods to rob a steamship full of cargo or passengers. Sometimes, they not only robbed money, but also robbed sex, and even killed people to silence them.

Such vicious cases occurred several times, causing extremely bad effects. However, under the full pursuit of the government, all the robbers covered with blood were arrested and beheaded by the government.

With the increasingly perfect security system and the ruthless attacks from the government, fewer and fewer incidents of robbing steamships. The desperate people realized that the cost and risk of robbing steamships were too high, and had to change their thinking, from robbery to stealing.

Rather than forming a robbery gang, it is better to form a stolen gang and steal passenger property on a steamer. The risk is relatively small, but the benefits are also good.

This is what Jiang Qing heard from his acquaintances in the police station. After all, most thieves seek wealth. If the government strictly controls the government, they naturally dare not take risks to rob, but steal or cheat.

The things that have been experienced in steamship transportation must also be experienced by railway transportation. When those robbers who are bold and robbed trains are in trouble one after another, others will naturally "change their careers" and turn from robbers to thieves.

The development of railways will never encounter setbacks and stop due to several robberies. The court wants to vigorously develop railway transportation, but Jiang Qing feels that the railway was repaired too slowly.

Railways are financial roads, and when a train hits a thousand gold and silver, more and more people have realized that, let alone other industries, just talk about the "bank (guillotine) industry". Since the Huangbo Railway was opened to traffic, the funds transfer between branches in Changxi and Henan have been much more convenient.

There were also telegrams arranged along the railway, which greatly facilitated the exchange business and business transactions between branches, which was unimaginable in the past.

While thinking, a knock on the door started, Jiang Qing retracted his thoughts and said "yes".

The door of the private room slowly opened, and a man pushed the door in, closed the door after entering the private room, and sat down opposite Jiang Qing.

Jiang Qing looked at the expression on the other person's face and smiled and said, "How about it? I'm so disappointed?"

"Hi, manager, don't mention it." Zhao Min smiled bitterly and got up to make tea for Jiang Qing. Jiang Qing was his boss, so it was natural for him to serve his boss.

"He is a noble family member of the Qinggui, so of course he looks down on us merchants who are not even the cold clan." Jiang Qing drank tea and said lightly. At the end of the day, he did not forget to explain:

"No matter how unhappy the heart is, you must not lose the smile on your face. If you do this job, you have to greet people with a smile."

"The manager said yes, yes..." Zhao Min couldn't help but say yes, and didn't say anything else. Jiang Qing guessed that the "gray" touched on the nose just now was probably too much, so he didn't ask, and said to himself:

"What's wrong with the gentry? The children of the gentry have to take the train, but they have to buy tickets? Even if the officials have insufficient rank, they have to buy tickets when taking the train!"

"Can the family read, county reputation, reputation, in-laws, connections, elders' disciples and former officials be used as money at the ticket office? The ticket seller only collects money!"

"We have money, so we can afford to buy tickets for first-class cars. Haha, do you have money to buy tickets? I'm afraid that you will have to feel sorry for a while after buying tickets for third-class cars."

The sound insulation effect of the private room is good, and the train is running is quite loud, so Jiang Qing is not afraid that his voice will be heard by the aisle and the people in the private room next door.

Today is different from the past. Jiang Qing feels that the nobleness of the gentry has begun to fall behind in the face of the ever-changing current situation.

There are differences between scholars and common people, and between noble and low, but on the train, this set is somewhat ineffective.

First of all, according to the system set by the court, unless the royal family, nobles, powerful people or officials of a certain level can have special trains or special trains (special carriages) when traveling, otherwise others must buy tickets to take public passenger trains when traveling.

Mix seats with other passengers in the public car.

The train carriages are divided into four levels: first-class, second-class, third-class, and fourth-class. What kind of tickets are there? The corresponding carriages for seating. Even if people from high-class gentry only have third-class carriage tickets, they must sit in the third-class carriage and mix with the common people.

Secondly, tickets cost money to buy, and the ticket office does not distinguish the identity of the ticket buyer. If you don’t have money, you will not be able to negotiate.

Even people with titles, officials with official positions (or scattered ranks), or officials who travel on business trips on business trips, they still have to buy tickets by train. After that, they can take the tickets and use the business trip reimbursement system in their provinces to which they belong to, and the department will reimburse the corresponding expenses.

When buying a ticket, I would show off my "born origin" to the ticket seller, "parent reading" or "county beholder" is OK. If I don't have money, I don't have bus tickets.

The train station ticket seller only recognizes money when selling tickets, while the train conductor only recognizes tickets. A humble merchant can afford the tickets for the first-class carriage, and can sit in the first-class carriage and enjoy the service of the train conductor.

And those "naturally expensive" do not have tickets to first-class carriages, so there is no place for them in first-class carriages.

If you don’t have a ticket, you can’t even get on the bus, because you have to take the seats with the tickets.

Such a system actually refers to the relevant systems for steamship transportation. For most people, if they want to travel by steamship or train, they have to spend money if they want to travel with a steamship or train.

Instead of relying on identity, quotations and counties to get preferential treatment.

Many "knowledgeable people" were heartbroken and said that the people on the steamships and trains were not distinguished, and the mixed wealth of nobles and humbleness was "the world's style was declining."

However, most people do not respond much to this kind of heartache.

If the train travels thousands of miles a day, what if the ticket price is expensive? If you feel noisy, you can spend money on the top class cabin with good sound insulation and the top class cabin.

If you think it is expensive, you can ride a ox cart, a carriage, a sailboat, and travel forty or fifty miles a day. After all, you are short of money, so you can save as much as you can!

Thinking of this, Jiang Qing almost laughed, looked at his subordinate with a little dull expression and said, "It's useless to sulk, make more money to support your brother in school, take the imperial examination, and pass the Jinshi. That's amazing."

As soon as he heard his boss mention his younger brother, Zhao Min's eyes lit up instantly and his waist became straight. His nose was ashamed and dissipated instantly.

I couldn't help but encourage myself: That's right, I have a younger brother who can study! I'll be an official when my brother is on the list of the gold medals, hum!
Chapter completed!