The train was now running at 15 km/h, which was certainly not as fast as the four-wheeled carriages, and the coachmen were certainly a little proud.

Zhang Island Master smiled and said, "Are they worried about their future out? ”

The quiet lord nodded.

Zhang said indifferently: "The train can't replace them all at once, but the cars in the future will definitely be able to completely replace them, and the process may be longer."

We don't have to worry about their future------ in the future the railroad alone may need more labor than the coachmen combined.

The development of science and technology and the economy can only make people play a greater role. ”

The quiet master continued, "Have you noticed a phenomenon? There are more and more single men and women in the Badaohe area, and they are getting married at an older age------"

Island Master Zhang was stunned for a moment, he really didn't notice this.

Is it because of poverty, or is it housing? Could it be that there is something wrong with your own social system?!

The quiet master pointed out that the female assistants around him, several of them were twenty-one or twelve years old, and they didn't even have a person to look at.

Zhang understood at once that this social system provided a large number of employment opportunities for women, made women financially independent, and even women's work income was mostly higher than that of men!

Island Master Zhang sighed, what should I do about this?!

He said helplessly: "Let women be financially independent, they will have a high vision, and they can't look down on that; If we return to the superiority of men and the inferiority of women, and let women become appendages of men, it will obviously weaken the nation and turn back the clock of history------ I can't promulgate laws to force women to marry! ”

The quiet lord said, "Do you think this will work?" One is to shorten working hours, and the other is to collect a single tax------"

Zhang said: "It's okay to shorten the working hours, I originally thought that working ten hours a day now is out of place, eight hours is too short, I'm afraid that those small bosses are not satisfied------- nine hours is okay!" ”

The quiet master said: "Very good, now that there is an hour more a day, they will have more leisure, and they will have the opportunity to get acquainted." It would be better if the Qinglou was banned! ”

Zhang Island Master smiled bitterly and said: "Even Lao Wang will not agree with this, a few days ago he thought that there are very few sexual assault cases on ------the island, and I am afraid that the single tax is unfair to men, after all, it is women who pick and choose." ”

The quiet lord said, "Are we too lenient and not in line with the free society you are pursuing------

"It's not. The social data occupied by single people is similar to that of a family of two, and it makes sense for them to pay taxes, of course, this should be clearly written in the "Liuqiu Times" so that everyone understands that this is not an indiscriminate tax hike.

Let's start with a single woman and see how it works. ”

The quiet lord nodded in agreement, and added: "Those Goryeo and Japanese female laborers are not counted, and they should be encouraged to marry the men here." ”

Zhang Daoist shook the hand of the quiet master's family and said, "After your Liu Jingshuang is finalized, you can take over the civil affairs, medical care and education, I don't have your heart." ”

The quiet master was afraid that the people of the Great Song Dynasty would not understand aspirin, so they simply changed the name to Liu Jingshuang, which sounded like cosmetics.

An hour later, they completed the test drive.

The original locomotive detached from the train and entered an alternate track.

The train added another locomotive and prepared to return to its original departure station.

The coachmen had been waiting there early, and this race, thinking they had won, was laughing not far away.

Wang Defa's family gave up his assistant to drive, and he boarded the carriage of Zhang Island Master and Jing Jing's family.

Zhang Daozhu made some small comments, such as the shock absorption is not very good, the soot can sometimes enter the carriage, and the connection of the carriage seems to be too swinging, but fortunately there is no speed.

Wang Defa's family wrote them down one by one, saying that there were too many people this time, and they didn't dare to speed up, and then wait for the empty car to accelerate.

When they returned, the carriages outside the window were racing against the train again, and it seemed that they had to win the train.

Wang Defa's family ignored them, and just talked to Zhang Daozhu about the train, and in the end they wanted to break through the long-span bridge technology.

The man talked about technology, and the quiet master went to other carriages with Luo Niang to take a look.

People who knew them were respectful to them, and those who didn't know saw the guards behind them knew that they were big shots.

Luo Niang is proud of her husband, she can transport many more people at this time, and the ticket will not be much higher than the cost of the carriage.

When there were only two big men left in the carriage, Wang Defa's family once again talked about the founding of the country on New Year's Day in 1281.

Wang Defa's family said: "There are a few junior officials of the Great Song Dynasty who took advantage of the holiday to come to Liuqiu Island to play, and they actually went to my factory to point fingers------ and did not treat themselves as outsiders!"

If we don't distinguish between Da Song and us, this relationship is not easy to get along with! ”

There are a lot of statutory festivals in the Great Song Dynasty, and the government has to have holidays on those festivals, including the Yuan Day, Shangyuan Festival, Cold Food Festival, Tianqing Festival, and Winter Solstice 5 major festivals each have 7 days off; The 7 festivals of Tiansheng Day, Summer Solstice, Xiantian Festival, Zhongyuan Festival, Xia Yuan Festival, Descent Festival, and Wax Day are closed for 3 days each; The 21 festivals of the beginning of spring, Renri, Zhonghe Festival, Spring Equinox, Spring Society, Qingming, Shangsi Festival, Tianqi Festival, Lixia, Dragon Boat Festival, Tianzhen Festival, Chufu, Zhongfu, Liqiu, Qixi Festival, Late Fu, Autumn Society, Autumn Equinox, Clothing, Chongyang, and Lidong are each 1 day off.

As the traffic between the two sides of the river became more and more convenient, and the sailing time became shorter and shorter, some small officials came to the Badaohe area to play.

Most of the personnel are okay and can basically comply with the rules here.

But there are some who rely on the so-called Great Song Dynasty to come here and act recklessly------ Zhang Island owner is unceremonious to such people, and they are all driven out of Liuqiu Island, and they are also stipulated that the customs will blacklist them, not only Liuqiu Island, but also in the Shandong region in the future, and other places that Liuqiu Island can control, they will not be allowed to enter!

"It's impossible for our friends to come back, they must be very happy in that world, and we don't have to wait for them." ”

Zhang Island Master thought for a while and made it clear that he must establish a country on New Year's Day in 1281.

Wang Defa's host said: "You must think of a country name------

"That's not important----- I want to talk to you about the Lu family's military group."

It turned out that Lu Wenhuan, the envoy of Jinghu System, sent his henchmen again, hoping to get a batch of big bolt guns again, and also borrowed the army uniforms of the Liuqiu army, and they wanted to make trouble in the Shaanxi region in the name of Liuqiu Island.

Wang Defa's family frowned and said: "Always use such a little trick----- the interests of that kerosene make them crazy like this?!" ”

Zhang Daozhu knew that he didn't like to engage in such small actions, and he wanted to come in an upright manner, but the Great Song Dynasty was originally a nation that worshiped conspiracy and trickery, and if there was no plan for any action, it would not be considered a success.

After the Lu family drilled an oil well in Yanchang, they tried to fight their fate to return to Xiangyang City, and with the help of Zhang Island, they learned to distill kerosene.

Although Yanchang Oil is a medium quality oil, and the quality of kerosene is worse than that produced by Liuqiu Island, it is almost incomparably good, so they have received amazing benefits------ fortunately, due to production reasons, there has not been an impact.

"The conditions offered by the Lu family are very high, they can help us transport the displaced people from Shaanxi to Liuqiu Island, and they promise to do their best to provide us with cotton yarn, and promise not to fight a price war on kerosene products in the future."