Due to the relationship between the roadbed and the front of the train, although the Lingao City Railway is a standard track, its maximum speed is only 30 kilometers per hour, and it usually runs at a speed of 15 to 20 kilometers per hour. According to the standards of the old time and space, this speed is close to that of a theme park tour
The train has started. But for the passengers who took the subway for the first time, it was a "speedy ride". As soon as the train started moving, many people in each carriage rushed to the windows and looked out of the windows curiously.
Most of the members of the inspection team have taken the train from Great World to Dadongmen. Relatively speaking, the experience of taking the train is not that novel. However, the journey from Dadongmen to Great World, even if the emperor changed.
, it is still the same as it was in the Ming Dynasty. As for the big world, to be honest, the wealthy people have gone there a lot and are somewhat tired of it.
At this moment, they were sitting in the first-class carriage of the serious "Lingao City Railway", enjoying the elasticity of the kapok-filled cowhide seats under their buttocks. The inner wall of the carriage was made of fine wood and inlaid with black iron decorative patterns. It was open.
Although there is nothing valuable about the full-feeling glass windows, the exquisiteness of the objects and the comfort of use are something they have rarely experienced in the past. Take the sedan that everyone rides in every day, and the hard Taishi chair to sit on.
The seat is not as comfortable and snug as this one.
Sitting on such a chair and enjoying the scenery outside the window comfortably is just like the pictures in Guangzhou's "Australian Movies" and Australian "Pictures". No, it is more beautiful than them, it is completely "
Australian landscape”.
The railway line from Bopu to Majiao was originally barren hills and beaches. After the railway was built, this area entered a stage of large-scale development. Because the wind direction in Lingao is easterly all year round, there are not many layouts in this area.
Industry is basically agricultural and forestry development in hilly areas. In addition to supporting some farmers, a number of large-scale agricultural and forestry farms have also been opened. With these agricultural and forestry farms as the core, residential settlements and simple processing industry small businesses have been set up.
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Windbreaks have been planted along both sides of the railway bed to reduce the erosion of the sea breeze route. From the train window, you can see that the land along the line has been carefully developed, and most of the hills have been opened up as plantations for various cash crops.
The wealthy people who have orchards in the countryside can probably tell that there are orchards on some hills, but they can't recognize most of them - many of them are new varieties brought by the elders from the old time and space.
Bananas, lemongrass, coconuts, coffee, sisal, and tea are grown in these plantations. In the valleys between the hills, rice and sugar cane farms are located one after another. The rice has been harvested, but alfalfa and winter wheat have been planted.
There is still fresh green everywhere. In the sugar cane garden, all the late-sown sugar cane has been harvested, and farmers are plowing the land for spring sowing of sugar cane in February.
The land is carefully managed: aqueducts extend in all directions, and the huge windmill rotates slowly, driving the piston pump elegantly and calmly; the steam pump emits black smoke and white steam, making a rhythmic rumble, and occasionally chirping impatiently.
Aqueducts are designed according to a uniform elevation. Where they meet valleys, rivers and ponds, water flows through aqueducts.
Some of the precious water flows from many specially built small ponds in the hills, where the water is stored in the rainy season and used to irrigate the fields in the dry season; some is diverted from further rivers and reservoirs.
It can be introduced into fields to water crops; it can also flow into fish ponds to raise fish and shrimps.
On one side of the railway track, in the fields that have just been harvested, a group of ducks are walking leisurely, looking for leftover grains and bugs; on the other side, goats wander on the land near the beach, eating the rich fruits grown here.
Salty grasses.
Villages fly past the window from time to time. Each one is like a castle - because it is a coastal area, the early settlements here were built according to the "standard villages" designed by Wen Desi; the new settlements are not so rigorous, but they are also horizontal.
The buildings are vertical and neat, fully reflecting the aesthetic taste of the Senate.
Almost every wealthy family has farms in Guangzhou and even across Guangdong, but which place is as peaceful and wealthy as this? If the fields are carefully managed, Australian fields are not first-class, but this
The aqueducts, the windmills, the roads and the houses where farmers live are beyond our wildest dreams. The Senate is so generous and willing to spend money!
The urban railway stops at small stations along the way from time to time to pick up and disembark passengers. The facilities at the small stations are naturally not as good as Ma Niao, but no matter how small the station is, it is neat and orderly. The station staff directs and coordinates, and the arrangements are in order. The big people have seen the world.
They are not just watching the excitement: they fully understand how much wisdom and ability it takes to maintain the normal operation of such a "railway".
"No wonder the Australians were able to dominate Guangdong and Guangxi in just a few years!" Chen Ding thought to himself, "There are experts!"
"The train will start in one minute and will depart in one minute. Passengers who have not boarded or alighted, please hurry up and get on and off..."
On the platform, a naturalized citizen wearing a navy blue uniform held a large iron loudspeaker and shouted along the platform, sometimes in "Newspeak", sometimes in Cantonese Mandarin and Hokkien.
At this moment, there was suddenly a commotion on the platform, and it seemed that someone was making a noise. Chen Lin curiously poked his head out to take a look, and saw a middle-aged man with a bun and patched short brown clothes coming from the third floor.
"Squeeze" out of the door of the waiting bus.
At this time, there were not many passengers getting on and off the platform. The reason why he was struggling so hard was because he had several large and small baggage hanging all over his body, but he was still holding a pole in his arms.
There were so many things on him and they were so messy that two railway employees helped him get off the train safely without losing any of his "treasures".
Immediately afterwards, a woman in the same shabby clothes came out, also holding several bundles in her arms. On her back was a baby who was not yet one year old, sitting in a bamboo basket, looking around curiously with her dark eyes.
Behind the woman, there are several children, the older one is thirteen or fourteen years old, the younger one is only four or five years old, all of them have black eyebrows and unkempt hair. The older one is holding the younger one, and the younger one is pulling the older one, and they are tightly together.
I followed my mother. Her eyes were full of fear and uneasiness.
"Third brother!" Suddenly someone ran over to greet him, but it was a man with short hair and short clothes, "You are here!"
At this time, the train whistle blew, and Chen Lin never had the chance to hear what they said. The last thing he saw was a man named "Third Brother" carrying luggage on a pole, and followed the person who picked him up at the station with his wife and children.
After getting off the platform, we walked all the way towards the depths of the painting-like scenery.
"These are probably immigrants from Laigao," Chen Ding said. "The family is desperate. There are relatives here and so on."
"I heard that in Laigao people are allocated fields and houses. Is this true?"
Chen Ding only shook his head: "I have only heard of this..."
But Chen Xiaobing, who was sitting in the front, heard this and turned around and said: "Of course there are land and housing divisions, but it is not a general rule. It depends on the immigrant's own situation and needs. Do you want to work or farm? Or be a vendor.
Or sailors, too. There are people who are divided into houses and land, and there are also people who reclaim wasteland for themselves, or people who go to farms to work as agricultural workers, and they are all different."
"I heard that there is not much land left in Lingao. Most of the new immigrants go to Nanyang or Taiwan? The best place is Sanya in the ends of the world?" Chen Lin asked curiously.
Chen Ding suddenly became pale after hearing this. He was about to change his words, but Chen Xiaobing smiled and said: "This is a rumor. I have already said before that where to go depends on the immigrant's situation and needs. If he commits a serious crime, the Senate will
If the net is wide open and sentenced to exile, it will naturally be to go to Taiwan, Jeju or Nanyang; if it is an ordinary immigrant with some savings and no shortage of labor at home, and wants to open up wasteland and buy a family property on Hainan Island, this
There are so many suitable places, so why go overseas? Let’s just say that Sanya on the main island has summer all year round and three harvests a year. It is a blessed land. In the past, there was miasma there, and there were Li Dong and pirates causing trouble, so the people naturally did not want to
Go there. Medicine for treating miasma is available in the Senate, Lidong has been reorganized into households, and pirates have been eliminated. What’s wrong with going there to build fields and houses? Even if you have to stay in Lingao, there is still a lot of undeveloped wasteland.
Very good. If you are penniless, but there are old and young at home waiting for food, several state-owned farms are recruiting workers all year round. If you work on the farm as a worker, you will have a house, land, and your children will go to school..."
Chen Xiaobing's words were very exciting, but the uncles and nephews of the Chen family were somewhat suspicious: This is too nice to say! How can there be such a good thing in the world!
It's so true that it's hard to tell if they are new here. However, there are indeed many people flowing into Hainan from Guangdong in recent years, especially after the Australians occupied Guangdong and Guangxi. I think what Chen Xiaobing said is somewhat true.
Chen Lin thought about what his cousin said, and became playful and asked: "Master Chen..."
"Just call me comrade."
"Comrade Chen," Chen Lin asked curiously, "your surname is Chen, and our uncle and nephew are also surnamed Chen. I wonder where your ancestral home is and where your county is? Maybe we were a family five hundred years ago?"
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Chen Xiaobing smiled slightly: "I feel ashamed to say that my surname is not Chen, and I don't know my ancestral home and county title."
"That……"
"I was born as an orphan." His voice was slightly deep. "I have been wandering in the city for as long as I can remember - I don't even know which city it is. When I was ten years old, I heard people say that Fucheng is a big place and it is easy to make a living there.
, so he came to Guangzhou with the adults. He registered with the Guandi Temple and begged for several years. Later, he contracted a serious illness and was abandoned by his companions. Only then was he rescued by the Senate. This surname was Lingao.
and name were given by the Senate."
"That's it!" Chen Lin said hurriedly, "Here, heroes don't ask where they come from..."
"Hahaha, blah blah blah," Chen Xiaobing said with a smile, "I'm not a hero, I'm just an ordinary person. I only rely on the kindness of the Senate to live like a human being."