The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 96
In 1865, Dongying built the first railway in Changqi.During the subsequent Meiji Restoration period, the construction and development of railways changed rapidly, basically realizing the laying of railway tracks and setting up stations in cities across the country.

Early the next morning, the ambassador to Japan took the students studying in Japan on the steam train.

Buy cheap tickets.

The carriage was crowded and messy, and the crowd was of all kinds.There are ronin, mostly wearing thick tweed kimonos, which are the finest materials imported from England; Students, mostly in their teens, are wearing black uniforms, holding books and reading; there are also businessmen in suits and leather shoes, but judging by their appearance, they are also relatively defeated, leaving only good clothes and accessories , otherwise I wouldn't be reduced to being a second-class car...

There were some small conversations in my ears, and the carriage was not too noisy.

Maybe it was because the tickets were bought late, so the Japanese students were disrupted, and Bai Gui was assigned to another car, instead of sitting with Wu Huaixian, Liu Mingda or other Japanese students, and he was holding a book on the table at the moment. A book, silently memorized, read with relish.

It was "East Kingdom Chronicle" written by Huang Zunxian, which was published in the 13th year of Guangxu.

Classical Chinese.

The ones I bought in the Shanghai stock market when I was parting still have the fragrance of ink from the printing.

"The heaven and the earth have not yet been established, and there is a god standing on Gao Tianyuan. The Lord of Heaven Yuzhong, and the Emperor Rigao's birth of the Spirit, are the ancestors of good fortune..." Bai Gui silently recited in his heart, this tells the history of Dongying.

When you go to a place, if you want to understand the culture, you must first read the history.

He read a few pages, and a soft and elegant female voice came from the opposite side.

"Bring me some Tianjin chestnuts..."

This is said to the waiter in the car.

Hearing the familiar place name, Bai Gui couldn't help raising his eyes, and glanced at the woman opposite, she was about sixteen or seventeen years old, she was good-looking, wrapped in a snow-white kimono, not too much embroidery, and the maruquil belt was heavy in color I don't know much about the decorations, but they are dressed to complement each other.

This train is Kyushu Railway Co., Ltd., a private enterprise.

Therefore, more services can be sold.

Changqi County belongs to Kyushu Island.

The waiter quickly brought chestnuts fried with sugar. It was already October, and the weather was getting colder, so it was time to eat chestnuts.Stir-fried chestnuts in sugar are packed in small paper bags.

The girl in the kimono ate the chestnuts like a hamster, knocking on the hard shell of the chestnuts, biting a small gap, breaking the chestnuts with her hands, and the chestnut shells were peeled off, stuffed in her mouth, and started chewing.

After eating for a while, she felt something strange, so she took out five or six chestnuts from the paper bag and handed them to Bai Gui.

"You can eat too."

She seemed to be doing an ordinary little thing, very accustomed to it.

"Thank you."

Bai Gui nodded, thanked him a few times, and took the sugar-fried chestnuts. He didn't expect that he could eat Tianjin sweet chestnuts on the Dongying train.The taste is really good, but this sugar-fried chestnut can't make any unpalatable taste.

After chatting with the girl in kimono for a few words, he finally realized that the Tianjin Ganli was probably just a name, and the chestnuts were also local, but it was only for the sake of selling, so it was far-fetched and related to Tianjin.

This probably has the same effect as Tianjin Rice, which has the status of queen in Dongying Chinese cuisine in later generations.

"Are you from Jinling?"

The girl in kimono became curious. At first she didn't dare to ask, but after getting acquainted with her a little bit, she began to ask about her hometown.

Asking where people are from is probably a common topic on the train.

Bai Gui nodded, saying yes.

Dongying people often do not call Chinese people from the Qing Dynasty, but call Chinese people from Jinling.The origin of this saying began in the Ming Dynasty.

It was just a chance meeting on the carriage, and no one thought they would meet again, so they didn't continue to report their names.

After eating the kimono girl's Tianjin Ganli, Bai Gui bought a special box of sushi for the kimono girl when the waiter ordered lunch.

Box sushi is different from the usual roll sushi, it is placed in a box.

Two boxes of sushi cost him a silver coin worth one yen. (At this time, there is no such thing as 元, and coins are usually printed with round characters, but for convenience, 円 is used uniformly.)
It is very expensive!
At this time, Japan was also on the gold standard, and one gram of gold was about [-] yen.

In ordinary restaurants or hotels, a piece of Edomae sushi costs only 15 yuan per person.

However, this is a box of sushi, which can be regarded as top-grade sushi. There are a lot of good ingredients in it, such as sea bream, conger eel, and shrimp, which taste good and are very appetizing.

It can't be too cheap to ask back.Besides, meals on the train are often more expensive than other places.

"I'm gonna start now!"

The girl in kimono was very happy looking at the exquisite box of sushi. After all, a piece of Tianjin Ganli was only five yuan a piece, and she didn't give much, so it was a big profit.

Soon, the kimono girl got off at Shikoku Station.

The new one was a middle-aged uncle, so Bai Gui lost interest in talking to him and continued to read.

It was already afternoon when we arrived in Tokyo.

The minister in Japan took them to the embassy in Japan to meet with Hu Weide, the minister in Japan.The embassy in Japan is a two-story Western-style building with seven rooms on the lower floor and five rooms on the upper floor. The decoration is good.

Ambassador Hu met with these students studying in Japan and said a few words of encouragement.

The general idea is to study hard and serve the country.It should be noted that during the stay in Japan, do not negotiate too much with the rebellious party. If found, the embassy will negotiate with the Ministry of Education, Culture, Education, Culture, Education, Culture, Culture and Education of Japan, expel the student status, and send him back to the country.

The next step is to record the name, place of origin, etc. at the embassy in Japan.

"It's an officer who came out!"

The assistant yelled.

Bai Gui and some official students came out. There are about 200 official students this time, mainly selected by the five special schools, and other official students will arrive later, not with them.

Five hundred students are studying in Japan, and the remaining 300 are self-funded students.

Not long after, the embassy gave them a sum of money, not much, [-] yen per person.

But there are not many.

You know, these government-sent students studying in Japan, in addition to the tuition and other fees paid, also need to pay a special "training fee" to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Culture. The training fee is [-] yen per person, which is equivalent to the tuition fee of ordinary Japanese students. Four to seven times.

The annual tuition fee at the University of Tokyo is [-] yen per person.

"Those who are famous come out!"

the servant shouted again.

Bai Gui and a group of students came out again, but there were fewer people at this time, only about a hundred people.Only two or three people have the fame of juren, and the others are all scholars.

Those with fame and reputation were registered again, and then an extra ten yen was issued.

"Here are your rice and silver."

"Although you are in a foreign country now, the imperial court still remembers you. Don't forget the imperial court's kindness in nurturing you."

Ambassador Hu explained.

　Thank you Taoist Yuchen for the reward of 100 starting coins, Dan Yinku for the reward of 100 starting coins, brother surnamed Liu for the reward of 100 starting coins, star Yingying L for the reward of 100 starting coins, Changzhi for the reward of 100 starting coins 10000 starting coins from Cao Dahua, a hard-to-eat tiger.

　　
　
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