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Volume 1: The Arms Dealer¡¯s Feast Chapter 164: The Whistle Blows

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    Just listen to Yumei say: "This salt is sold in packages. A package of thirty kilograms of salt costs one dollar and three in the town."

    Jinba Tianxin said, your sister, how long will it take to eat thirty pounds? It¡¯s not pickles.  What's more important is that the people in the village have never seen the ocean.

    Yumei added: "This street vendor bought a whole bag of salt and secretly broke it apart and sold it in exchange for eggs in the village. One pound of salt is exchanged for two eggs."

    The price of salt is indeed high. The eggs in this village are equivalent to local eggs. The chickens weighing a pound of rice are all fed with grain. They usually also find bugs and other things to eat in the yard.  Quite nutritious eggs and feed eggs are two different concepts. If two eggs are exchanged for one pound of salt, you can imagine the high price of salt.  Salt is also a necessity for human survival, second only to air, water and food.

    ¡°Salt is said to be highly priced, costing only a few cents per pound (an egg is only two copper coins a piece), but it cannot stand up to the high purchasing power of today¡¯s oceans.  Intuitive data is that one hundred oceans can buy two cows. In Jin Batian's impression, one hundred oceans can buy three kilograms of beef. One thousand oceans can buy a great courtyard house in 49 cities. Even ten million yuan can't afford it.  .  Of course, calculating purchasing power based on house prices is not very reliable. According to Jin Batian's calculations, the purchasing power of one yuan is equivalent to that of a few hundred yuan banknotes at least.

    But Jin Batian also knew that the salt from the central government could not enter Shanxi, because Shanxi itself was also a salt-producing province (mineral salt), and the income from the salt industry was used by Yan Laoxi to raise troops and the Shanxi government's finances.  Then Yan Laoxi can build Shanxi, an inland province, into a model province in the country, and still maintain a certain degree of independence. What a joke if you don't have money.  Where does this money come from? It is naturally used and taken from the people.

    Jin Batian knew that when doing strenuous work, you cannot cut down on salt. Sweat will cause salt loss, so he asked: "Then do you eat more salt when the farming is busy?"

    Yumei thought for a while and replied: "When the farming is busy, the strong laborers in the fields at home have pickle sticks to eat."

    This makes sense. Jin Batian was not in the mood to ask more questions about the provincial affairs of Jin Province: "Eat vegetables and drink water if it is salty."

    The first time he cooked, Jin Batian didn¡¯t enjoy the food.  It¡¯s not that what he cooks doesn¡¯t taste good, Jin Batian is not that picky about food. Basically, he can eat with salt and meat, but when he thinks about the rapid increase in funds in his account because of the war, ordinary people in the countryside don¡¯t dare to eat.  Eat more.  This time when he went to the countryside, farmers, rural areas, and agricultural issues became a knot in Jin Batian's mind.

    These three rural issues are so deep-rooted that even when Jin Batian came back, they were not well resolved. Now we can only take one step at a time.  I can't make the decision on this matter. There are too many people and too many groups involved in this matter, and even the principal cannot make a decision with just one word.

    After dinner, Jin Batian temporarily forgot about it and took Yumei to the room to do push-ups.

    It may be that the principal recently had telepathy. The next morning, Jin Batian received a telegram from Nanjing telling him to get up and go to Nanjing within three days.

    Jin Batian understood that he would not be able to command the troops to march and fight. He was afraid that it was either a matter of arms or a matter of persuading donations, or even both.  After reading the telegram, Jin Batian asked the staff officer of the tax police group who sent the telegram: "This train cannot reach Nanjing in three days."

    At this time, the speed of the train is very low, and the passenger car is only thirty or forty kilometers away. It still has to stop at every station. In addition to loading and unloading passengers, it has to add coal and water.  Running hundreds of kilometers a day is pretty impressive.

    The staff officer said: "We have prepared a box at Datong Station. In theory, we can reach Nanjing in three days. If you are willing, we can prepare a plane in Zhengzhou and fly directly from Zhengzhou to Nanjing."

    "There's no need to fly. Since everything is ready, let's go." Jin Batian took Yumei and two bodyguards into the staff car and went straight to Datong.  As for the things here, they can only be left to Yumei's family to deal with. It seems that no one except Yumei thinks there is anything important in this house.

    Yumei was very nervous during the bumpy ride in the train, but she finally calmed down and said, "It's the first time I've seen a train, and it's also the first time I've ridden one. I've heard people in the village say that this train  He puffs out smoke and runs thousands of miles a day."

    Jin Batian thought about the steam locomotive train outside. It really looked like it was puffing away. If it stopped for a little while on the road for a day and night, it might really run 500 kilometers. This description is quite vivid.  Jin Batian comforted him and said, "Don't worry. If you want to take a train in the future, you can take the train at any time. There is also a station in Peiping."

    ¡°Beiping not only has a train station, but many people in big cities with a population of more than one million point to this train station to live.  For example, coal, which is burned by so many people in Peiping in a year, is not a small amount. After the train brings the coal, someone must unload it.  After the coal is sold, the station will not deliver it to your home. Whoever buys the coal will have to hire someone to pull it on a pallet truck.  As for pulling people in near the station?In the chartered rickshaw, there are rows on the left and right, waiting for the train to arrive at the station, pulling people and luggage - Jin Batian thinks the person who invented the rickshaw is awesome. It can exercise and support the family, and there is no need to worry about exhaust gas.  Emissions pollute the air.  (That¡¯s what I think if my back doesn¡¯t hurt when I¡¯m lying down talking)

    The carriage prepared for Jin Batian in Datong is also very high-end. It is divided into several rooms, with a living room, a bedroom, a kitchen, a dining room, a bathroom, a toilet, and beautiful stewards. The most important thing is the bedroom.  There is a large bed, which is filled with paintings copied by artists from the Renaissance - the kind of paintings in which people wear little or no clothes at all.  In comparison, business class soft sleepers and the like are really weak.

    This train has been waiting for Jin Batian for a long time - sometimes power is really hard to put down (you know why so many people don't want to quit). When the beautiful flight attendant asked Jin Batian if he could drive, he got a clear answer  After the reply, the train whistle blew longly and sprayed water mist all over the sky. The car body shook slightly and the train began to accelerate slowly.

    With a speed of more than 30 kilometers per hour, compared to the scenery on the roadside, it is like driving a slow car for leisure travel, with a panoramic view of the scenery on both sides of the road.

    Watching the slowly passing scenery on the roadside and drinking the coffee provided by the flight attendant is also a kind of enjoyment of slow life. After drinking a few more drinks, Jin Batian came out of the living room and went to the bathroom to drain the water.

    The beautiful flight attendant standing outside the door was struggling with the key and wondering whether he should go in. The people who can use this top-level box imported from Europe are all big shots in the military and political circles, and eight out of ten are.  Damn old man, this guy looks young. He holds the rank of lieutenant colonel at a young age and should be a person with a bright future.  But this is also the lowest-ranking officer in this box.

    The beautiful flight attendant took a deep breath, remembering that her ex had married into a wealthy family, and felt that this opportunity should not be given up. Thinking of this, she opened the car door with the key, rushed in, and closed the door again.

    Jin Batian, who was shaking, was startled. Fortunately, I had already finished. What if someone suddenly rushed towards me and frightened me into something wrong?

    "III" The beautiful flight attendant who came in was incoherent. She even said a few words but I didn't know what to say. I simply untied the buttons on my chest, revealing two little white rabbits. I looked at Jin Batian and asked  Said: "Does it look good?"

    "Well" Jin Batian hurriedly washed his hands, looked at its shape, smelled its fragrance, tasted its taste, touched its softness and replied loudly: "Okay."

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