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Chapter 53 Tramways

Since they were going out to play, the children consciously got up early in the morning.

"Dad, we are all ready." Huzi and Niuniu both put on their best clothes.

This is their summer school uniform. When entering school, every child will be given a school uniform. A short-sleeved shirt with a collar and shorts that reach the knees.

The two children wear cloth shoes made by Xiangzi's wife.

They look neat and tidy, just like the young masters and ladies from wealthy families.

The current government is really good. They even give out clothes when going to school.

Xiangzi thought.

"Hey, you two little guys are very active today. Why are you always lazy in bed when you go to school?" Xiangzi said with a smile and patted the two children's heads lovingly.

"Xiangzi, you don't know that these two guys woke up before dawn." Xiangzi's wife said angrily.

"If anyone dozes off and falls asleep on the tram today, we will throw him on the tram." Xiangzi's wife threatened.

"Also, you two little ones, listen up. Don't run around when you get to the palace today, or you may be caught in the prison. Don't run around at the gate of the imperial city. There are the most kidnappers there. If you are stolen by a kidnapper, then

His arms and legs will be broken and he will be sent away to beg for food."

Xiangzi's wife rarely took her two children out to play, so she used the things she heard to scare them, so that the two children would behave well when they went out.

Xiangzi noticed that his wife seemed to have tidied up specially today.

Her hair was neatly tied up, and she was wearing a red floral cloth singlet that she had hidden in the cupboard. She used to wear it only when visiting relatives.

"What are you looking at? Be careful of corns." Seeing Xiangzi staring at her, Xiangzi's wife glared at him and said angrily, with a shy expression on her face.

"Hey, why can't my wife watch it?" Xiangzi said with a smile.

"You also said that the two children are here, so why don't you go? It will delay the visit. The ticket is so expensive, so you have to stay longer after entering, otherwise it will not be cost-effective. I heard that you can do it in the palace.

Absorb the nobility inside."

"Exactly, you are still noble. The bad luck is almost the same. The emperor has hanged himself and the Qing Dynasty has perished. There is no noble spirit at all." Xiangzi obviously scorned his wife's statement.

"If there is bad luck, why don't you take us with you?" Xiangzi's wife quit after hearing what her husband said.

"Okay, okay, wife, why don't you stop talking? Let's set off quickly."

"Dad, Mom, let's go quickly. Stop talking." The two younger ones were also a little impatient.

Xiangzi's daughter-in-law was carrying a basket containing the family's lunch. They were going to have lunch in the palace today.

It is said that there are food vendors in the palace, and it is said that the original royal chef is responsible for cooking.

But Xiangzi's wife knows that the food sold in that kind of place is definitely not cheap.

So last night she steamed a pot of cabbage and vermicelli buns.

Because the cultivation of sweet potatoes and potatoes has been promoted in the north, there are now more and cheaper fans on the streets.

Northerners like to soak vermicelli until soft and then chop it into pieces to make buns or dumplings.

Ordinary people can't afford meat, so they usually use this to prepare stuffing.

Xiangzi's wife prepared six big buns early in the morning, wrapped them in cotton cloth and put them in a basket. She also put a kettle of water in them.

The family went out and walked to the tram stop nearest their home.

After a while, we arrived at the station. The station is on the newly repaired road. The railway tracks were poured in cement when the road was being built. The road runs from the West City through the Old City and is built all the way to the outside of the South City.

The station is no different from an ordinary road section. It just has an extra sign.

There is no ticket seller here either. Xiangzi has already prepared copper coins.

When the time comes to get on the bus, Xiangzi just needs to put the copper coins into a box at the door.

There is a card slot in the middle of the box, and the top of the card slot is transparent.

Therefore, the driver can see how much money the person who gets on the bus has invested.

"Daddy, the tram is coming!" the children shouted.

"Where are they?" Xiangzi looked up and saw only a few donkey carts carrying vegetables.

Most of these donkey carts are brought by farmers on the outskirts of the city. They drive the donkey carts into the city every day to sell vegetables.

Every large residential area in the city has a dedicated vegetable market.

There are no stalls in these vegetable markets, so these vehicles are both the transportation means and their stalls for these vegetable farmers.

"Daddy, listen!" the children reminded.

When I heard it like this, I really heard the sound of the bell.

Because the sound of these trams is too low, in order to attract the attention of pedestrians on the road, everyone can avoid them in advance.

So there is a bell hanging on the tram. The bell is always shaking and making a tinkling sound.

Xiangzi didn't pay attention just now, but Xiangzi really heard the children's reminder.

"You two kids have very pointed ears!" Xiangzi said with a smile.

After a while, a rectangular car drove slowly towards the station.

Xiangzi's family has all seen the appearance of the tram.

After all, this thing is running on the road every day, and it has been running for several months.

"Wait a minute, everyone, walk in front of me and count the number of people for the driver so that I can put in the coins."

Accompanied by a "squeaking" sound of metal friction.

The tram stopped at the station. A woman in uniform pulled the trams apart.

"Put one copper dollar on the bus. Students are free of charge." The woman reminded her when she saw a pair of adults and two children in school uniforms waiting for the bus.

"You four, all you need to do is vote two copper dollars." The woman selling tickets added.

Because the bus has just opened, there is also a conductor on each bus.

Although coins are allowed, the conductor may not cancel it in the future.

Because people from the tram company discovered that conductors can not only sell tickets, but also provide simple help to passengers on the train and maintain order on the train.

In this way, the driver can concentrate on driving.

Xiangzi and the others are here as the starting station for cars traveling from south to north.

So there weren’t many people on the bus, and there were seats for a family of four.

The children wanted to sit by the window, so Xiangzi and his wife each took a child and sat by the window.

"Ding-ding-ding-ding" the conductor closed the door, the driver pushed the push rod, and the car started moving again.

"Dad, this car is not as big as your tricycle." Xiangzi's wife was sitting behind Xiangzi and whispered in his ear.

The newly launched trams are really not very fast.

But fortunately, the current Xinjing City is only that big, otherwise it would have taken me who knows how long to complete this lap!

"Maybe it's because there are so many people here!" Xiangzi explained.

The children are now lying on the edge of the car window looking out.

Most of the carriages of this tram are made of wood, and there is also a wooden floor under the feet.

Only the chassis underneath is made of steel.

Maybe it is to reduce the weight of the car so that the passenger capacity can be increased, maybe it is to save costs.

After all, wood in China is very cheap now. Every year, a large amount of wood is transported to the south from Heilong Province and the coastal areas of the Far East by sea.

If steel is used, the cost is much higher. Because the Renaissance Army is currently engaged in large-scale construction, especially railway construction, so that they are now importing a large amount of steel!

The price of this steel is naturally not cheap.

Because of the low cost of wood, the Fuxing Army now uses wooden sleepers to build railways.

Of course, most of today's sleepers are made of wood. After all, the performance of cement cannot meet the requirements for making sleepers.

Not only the sleepers, but also the poles that carry the electric wires are made of wood. However, in order to prevent the wood from rotting, these wood have been surface carbonized.

So today's power poles look gray and gray.

"Dad, I want to drive a tram when I grow up," said Huzi, who was sitting next to Xiangzi.

"Why do you drive a tram? Isn't it good to ride a tricycle like dad? It's five yuan a month." Xiangzi asked his son.

"Dad, you are so tired riding a tricycle. Look at the uncle who drives the tram, he doesn't have to use his own strength at all, and he can still shout with a loudspeaker. How majestic he is."

It turned out that Huzi was attracted to that big speaker.

"Then you have to study hard. I heard that the tram drivers are all well-educated people. Otherwise, how could he control so many mechanisms on the car?" Xiangzi said.

After hearing what his father said, the young Huzi stood up holding on to the back of the chair in front of him.

He stared intently at every move of the tram driver in front of him.

After a while, he said: "Dad, I know that when the pole with the ball on it is pushed forward, the tram will move forward."

After a while, he said: "Pull back the pole below, and the tram will slowly stop."



Xiangzi discovered that his son had memorized the functions of the joysticks on the tram not long after the tram had gone.

Maybe my tiger is really good at driving a tram.

My father rides a tricycle and my son drives a tram. They can probably be regarded as inheriting their father's legacy.

The tram is indeed faster in places with fewer people, but not by much.

Xiangzi felt that the speed of his tricycle going downhill was almost the same as the fastest speed of this tram.

The city gate opening in the old city is very tall, and the tram can pass directly through the city gate opening.

After entering the city gate, you are not far from the open Royal Palace Museum.

There are not many opportunities for children to enter the city. They live in the original Han slum area, which is said to be Nancheng, but in fact it is outside Nancheng Gate.

After the tram entered the city, the children were attracted by the scenery outside the window.

Facing the street are various shops. The doors of the shops are open, and the dazzling array of products displayed inside can be seen clearly even from the tram.

"Sister, look at there are many dolls there." Huzi pointed to a shop specializing in selling dolls.

Huzi took a look and saw that there was indeed a shop selling dolls. The store was also very gorgeous, and the shelves on which the dolls were placed were all made of glass.

The name of the store says "Yunmei Doll Store".

Xiangzi knew as soon as he saw it that he couldn't afford it.

So I didn't go to pick up the child.

"Don't look at it. Mother will go and make one for each of you." Xiangzi's wife is very good at needlework, otherwise she wouldn't work in a clothing store. She glanced at the dolls and then at the child.

They looked eager. I thought I could make it if I went back to the clothing store to find some rags.

"Okay, thank you, mother." The two children were very sensible and did not ask to buy it. Now that the mother has agreed to make it for them, the two children are happily satisfied.

"Ding!"

"If you four want to go to the Palace Museum, get off here. Walk a few hundred meters and you'll be there. There is no parking at the entrance of the museum." The female conductor reminded.

Xiangzi's family only knew they had arrived at the station after someone reminded them.

I'll remember it next time, go through the two city gates and you'll get to the palace.

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