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Chapter 158 Zhao Liusheng's Immigration Notes (1)

Shandong Chief Envoy, Dengzhou Prefecture, Penglai County.

In the railway station on the outskirts of Penglai County, trains loaded with supplies drove into the station to unload.

Logically speaking, even as the seat of Dengzhou Prefecture, Penglai County should not have trains.

Although the train has appeared in Daming for almost 20 years.

However, it has not been popularized to the point where trains can be connected to counties and counties. Only [-] main arteries have been built from Yingtianfu to the thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty and Beiping.

Some important prefectures along the artery line have already been connected to the railway, but the more remote prefectures have not yet been connected to the railway, let alone the county town.

However, Penglai County, which belongs to Dengzhou, has a relatively important geographical location and is an important place connecting Liaodong by sea.

Therefore, when the Ministry of Industry planned the Shandong Railway Artery, it also planned the branch line of the Shandong Railway to Dengzhou, and the railway was completed and opened to traffic five years ago.

A train full of various people's daily necessities stops here, unloads the goods from the carriages, loads them on a new-style steam transport vehicle transferred from Jinan Prefecture, transports them to the port, and sends them to the big ship bound for Jinzhou, Eastern Liaodong .

Not just goods.

The three carriages at the end of each train are full of immigrants who signed up for Liaodong.

Zhao Liusheng brought his newly married daughter-in-law with him, and followed the crowd with big bags and small bags, and got out of the carriage.

Zhao Liusheng's daughter-in-law, whose baby name is Amei, kept looking at the station with curious eyes.

But she didn't see any difference between this station and the Huai'anfu station when they got on the train.

She asked with some uncertainty: "Master, this is Dengzhou?"

"In just four hours, we're from Huai'an to Dengzhou?"

Zhao Liusheng, who was carrying his luggage down, sneered, "Can this be fake?"

"This train can travel day and night, and the speed is very fast, it can travel thousands of miles a day!"

"If we hadn't signed up for immigration, we wouldn't be able to take this train!"

"From Huai'an to Dengzhou, the train ticket for one person costs five taels of silver!"

"Except for those big businessmen and gentry gentlemen, ordinary people simply can't afford a ticket!"

"Five taels of silver? This is too expensive!" Amei was speechless.

Looking at his daughter-in-law who had never seen the world, Zhao Liusheng shook his head dumbfounded.

After seeing the notice of the Liaodong Immigration Reclamation Order in Qinghe County, Zhao Liusheng went home and thought about it all night, but he still couldn't resist the temptation, and went to the county government to register for immigration the next day.

And gritted his teeth, and sold the family's ancestral three-acre paddy field to the wealthy Chen family in the village at a package price of 50 taels.

With the 50 taels, Zhao Liusheng asked a matchmaker to tell a daughter-in-law from the next village, she was Amei.

Amei is just 17 years old this year.

There are seven or eight people in the family, with two older brothers at the head, two younger sisters and a younger brother at the bottom.

And Amei's family only has more than ten acres of land, so they can't support so many mouths.

As soon as he heard that someone came to propose marriage and was willing to offer 50 taels of dowry, Amei's father readily agreed to the marriage.

Zhao Liusheng immigrated again in a rush to get married, and within a week, the two got married in a hurry, and Amei also changed her household registration, so she would be the Zhao family from now on.

Although the marriage was rushed, both of them were quite satisfied with the marriage.

Although Zhao Liusheng's family is a little poorer, he is still quite handsome and has a natural face, which is very attractive to little girls. Amei fell in love with him at first sight.

As for Amei, although she looks ordinary, she is very diligent. She used to do all the housework at home alone, without any complaints, and she is well-behaved and sensible.

She will definitely be a good wife and mother in the future, and Zhao Liusheng is quite satisfied.

It's just that people are a little naive, and they always shout for some novelty.

Along the way, Amei often said some silly things that made people laugh, which made Zhao Liusheng dumbfounded.

He patted his luggage and said with a smile:

"Let's go, the official of the Immigration Department said that when we leave the train station, people from the Immigration Department will pick us up, follow them to board the boat, and we can go to Liaodong."

"When we arrive in Liaodong, we will have [-] mu of land. When the time comes, the family will take care of it, and we will have a big fat boy, and our Zhao family will prosper!"

Upon hearing this, Amei, who was still in the newlywed period, blushed immediately, clasped her fingers together, gave a coy "hmm", lowered her head shyly, and followed her husband to the outside of the train station .

The railway station in Penglai County is not big, and the two of them walked out of the railway station after following the crowd for a few minutes.

As soon as they came out, what caught their eyes was rows of steam transport vehicles that were warming up, coals were constantly burning in the boilers, and smoke was coming out.

"People who are going to emigrate to Liaodong, please come to me in an orderly manner to gather in line!"

"Don't crowd! Everyone gets on board!"

"Those who cause crowds and riots will be disqualified from immigration!"

A few immigrant bureaucrats with iron horns kept repeating their shouts outside the train station, guiding the immigrants to line up and get on the train in an orderly manner.

A local garrison of hundreds of households, holding a 20-year-old flintlock gun in his hand and a waist knife hanging on his waist, is watching the immigrants coming out of the train station.

As long as someone dares to cut in line, riot, or crowd, they will immediately step forward and pull away, and reprimand loudly.

Seeing these soldiers, the immigrants, who were still a little excited, were all honest, they didn't dare to make any changes, and obediently followed the team forward.

Zhao Liusheng also held his daughter-in-law's hand tightly. There were at least a thousand immigrants following the train, and there were people all around him. It would be bad if his stupid daughter-in-law got separated from him. Let's get together again.

Just like this, they lined up nervously, and after half an hour, Zhao Liusheng lined up in front of the immigrant enthronement site arranged by the Immigration Department.

Sitting on the chair, the little official holding a pen said without raising his head, "Please show your immigration certificate."

Zhao Liusheng immediately reached out and fumbled in front of his chest, took out a piece of paper that he had carefully folded, and handed it to the little official in front of him.

After receiving the immigration certificate, the clerk of the immigration department looked at it.

"Zhao Liusheng, 24 years old, from Qinghe County, Huai'an Prefecture."

"With his wife alone."

"My wife, Zhao Zhangshi, is 17 years old and is from Qinghe County, Huai'an Prefecture."

"No heirs."

The records on the immigration certificate were not complicated, it simply recorded the birthplaces of Zhao Liusheng and a portrait of the two of them.

Looking at the seal of the Qinghe County Immigration Department on the certificate, and the household registration certificate of the husband and wife handed over by Zhao Liusheng.

The people are right, the seals are right, and their information is indeed on the list of immigrants.

The clerk of the Penglai County Immigration Office nodded, picked up the seal of Penglai County, and stamped a stamp on the immigration certificate.

"Okay, the information is all right."

"The two of you, this time, will immigrate to Lanshan County under the jurisdiction of Jinzhou Prefecture in Eastern Liaodong."

"The big ship that took you to Jinzhou has already docked at the port."

"Go to the left, the transport vehicle numbered 101 is for you, get on the vehicle, and when all the people arrive, it will take you to the port."

"You guys are lucky. You arrived early, and they were all arranged near Jinzhou."

"The later immigrants will have to emigrate deep into the hinterland of Liaodong. It will be more troublesome."

After the little official smiled and mentioned a few words to Zhao Liusheng, he returned the immigration card to him, indicating that he could leave.

"Thank you, my lord!" Zhao Liusheng, who also had a happy expression on his face, nodded. After a few words of thanks, he led his wife to the transport vehicle No. 101. With the help of other immigrants on the vehicle, the husband and wife were pulled in In the convertible trunk.

Luggage was also placed under the seat.

A few immigrants who arrived early enthusiastically introduced to Zhao Liusheng: "I heard from the officials of the Immigration Department that this steam car is amazing. It can pull 25 people at a time. When it is full, we will set off!"

"This time, all of us in a car are going to the same immigration point. We will live in the same village in the future."

"Let's introduce ourselves first, we are familiar with each other!"

Facing the bright smiles of the other immigrants in the car, Zhao Liusheng also had a smile on his face.

He smiled and nodded:
"Hello everyone!"

"I'm Zhao Liusheng, from Qinghe County, Huai'an Prefecture, and this is my daughter-in-law, Amei."

Among the immigrants in the car, a middle-aged man who was older and brought four or five children with his wife, said with a smile, "It doesn't matter where you come from."

"From now on, we will all be from Lanshan County, Jinzhou Prefecture!"

Every immigrant in the car nodded with a smile on his face.

Zhao Liusheng also echoed: "Yes, we will all be from Lanshan County from now on!"

In the small carriage, there was a burst of laughter.

A brand new life is waiting for them!

(End of this chapter)