For the benefits of this trip, Bao Guowei can be said to be very satisfied.

If you count the patent fees, you can now be regarded as an invisible rich man with a lot of money.

Just wait for the next issue of Ta Kung Pao newspaper to be published, and the fame will naturally rise.

With money and fame, as long as you don't get involved in some bad things in the future, or go to places that are too chaotic, you can mix anywhere.

……

This is the first time Bao Guowei has sat in first class.

The carriage seems to have been sprayed with perfume, and there is a faint fragrance.

Compared to the second-class carriages, the first-class compartments are much more spacious: the seats have been changed from four in each row to two in a row, one on the left and one on the right.

An iron table is placed between the front and rear rows of seats to make it easier for people to socialize.

On the iron table, several magazines and newspapers have been placed in advance, and there are several empty porcelain plates on top of it to facilitate meals.

This configuration is indeed more than twice as good as the second-class car, so it is indeed worthy of the high ticket price of the twelve oceans.

It's just that I didn't expect that Tianjin Station was crowded with so many people to get on the train at that time, and the seats in this first-class carriage were not full, and nearly half of them were empty.

With only two seats in a row, the aisle is spacious enough to accommodate several people walking side by side.

Uniformed female flight attendants pushed food trucks past and asked passengers if they wanted to buy goods.

The food truck is nothing more than some alcoholic beverages, or fruits and vegetables, but there is one thing that stands out from the rest: the price is at least five times the market price.

Every morning, noon and evening, the flight attendants will also provide some meals, which also have to be charged, and the price is also expensive, a sausage egg fried rice and a bowl of eggs will cost half a dollar, which is really black-hearted.

However, people in first-class carriages are not hesitant to buy these expensive goods:

In order to show off their wealth, the men took out a large silver ticket and took down a few bottles of beautifully packaged wine in the face of a few oceans of foreign wine on the dining car.

In order to show his magnanimity, sometimes he did not even ask the flight attendant to give change, but directly enjoyed the wine with the "noblewomen" wearing cheongsams and wearing gold hairpins and rubbing rouge opposite him.

And those who ride alone in the car have to be "elegant": they only rely on books and magazines to kill time, and when they are really bored, they look at the scenery of mountains and rivers outside the car window to relax and relax.

In normal times, first-class cars are often located at the rear of the train to prevent soot from drifting from the locomotive to people.

In winter, however, the first class carriage at the front of the train is open. It's only a section away from the locomotive, and a lot of heat pours in from the front, making people feel warm and drowsy at the same time.

This train from Tianjin to Shanghai, the two places are separated by 2,000 miles in a straight line, and the route of the railway is even more winding and winding, and the distance is longer.

At the speed of this era, whether it is a fast train or a slow car, it will take several days and nights.

Although Bao Guowei brought a lot of books before, nearly half a month has passed since this trip, and the books he brought before have already been read completely, and he didn't know what to do for a while.

So he could only sit in the carriage, looking out the window and listening to the chatter and laughter of the passengers around him.

But he only felt more and more bored - he knew that it was better to go to the second-class carriage with three subordinates, so that he could chat and relieve his boredom.

The huge train was passing through a hillside road, and at this moment, a violent and rapid whistle sounded, which woke up Bao Guowei, who was a little drowsy.

At first, Bao Guowei was a little confused, but after looking around, he didn't find anything abnormal.

Most of the passengers around them did the same - after looking at each other, they didn't understand what was going on, so they continued chatting.

Just when Bao Guowei was still a little puzzled in his heart, he suddenly saw from the window on the side of the car that there seemed to be a group of ...... on the hillside Person!

The leaders seem to be riding a few thin horses!

Probably at the sound of a loud whistle, several lean horses were frightened and began to agitate, raising their hooves high.

It's just that these scenes are too far away, and there is a glass that has been smoked by the thick smoke of the train, so Bao Guowei can't see it clearly.

When the train got closer, Bao Guowei finally saw clearly that there were clearly a few men on horseback and spears on the hillside!

Several people were wearing large cotton jackets, and there were many clusters around them, and a rough estimate of thirty or forty people, most of them were dressed in gray coarse linen clothes.

A group of people on horseback, armed with guns and younger brothers, gathered together, and happened to be on the way of the train......

Does anyone really dare to hijack a train?

But how are they going to intercept such a big train?

Buried explosives along the railway line in advance? Ready to blow up the train? No, it's unlikely......

Or is there a way for them to do it in the train? Ready for an inside and out fight?

In short, all this directly scared Bao Guowei to the point of drowsiness, and cold sweat began to break out on his back.

He quickly calmed down and began to look around to see if anything was going wrong:

Assuming that the people outside are really bandits, there must be an internal response in the train, and it is very likely that they are hidden in the first-class carriage closest to the head of the train, and if the "bandits" in the carriage should control the driver and force the train to stop, everyone will have to be captured together.

When Bao Guowei put his hand on the pistol pinned to his waist, his heart settled down a lot.

And among the other passengers, apparently, some of them also noticed the bandit-like people outside, and they were very frightened, and some people had already screamed:

"Look! There's someone out there! Ride a horse! They still have guns on them! ”

"Bandits! Is it banditry? ”

"Guards! The guards are not there! Hurry up and let Lao Tzu destroy them! ”

The trained guards knew they were in an emergency when they heard the whistle, and they had already unloaded their guns behind their backs and put them in their hands to be on guard.

Seeing this scene, the first-class carriage has already begun to make a mess: some passengers have already left their seats and fled in a hurry, apparently trying to find a safer place to stay.

Especially the people leaning against the window, they began to change their positions as soon as possible, or lay down, for fear that the "bandits" outside would shoot directly at the train, after all, if they were hit by a stray bullet, they would not be able to go to the village or the store, and they would be killed directly.

And Bao Guowei was very keenly aware that a passenger wearing a gray top hat was rushing in the direction of the head of the train, and his pupils suddenly contracted slightly:

"Behold the man in the gray hat! He may be the internal response of the 'bandits', don't ask him to go to the locomotive! Hurry up and send someone to protect the conductor! If the train is forced to stop, everyone will have a hard time! ”

Bao Guowei immediately shouted, at this moment he had turned on the brain overdrive, put one hand on the handle of the pistol, ready to pull the trigger at any time.

Although the situation was critical, Bao Guowei spoke in a loud voice and used words very clearly, and the entire carriage could hear them.

Soon, the eyes of the people in the first-class carriage were on the man who had sneaked in the direction of the locomotive.

At this moment, the "gray top hat" suspected of being internal has come to the front of the carriage, and his purpose is exposed at this moment.

People are often afraid of death, especially when facing the five or six loaded guards in the first-class carriage, the "gray hat" turned around, looked at the black hole of the muzzle, and raised his hand very interestingly.

Immediately, a guard rushed up to control the gray-clad man, and sure enough, two box guns were found from the waist of his trousers.

A rich man in first class, with two such bulky pistols, is completely unreasonable, coupled with Bao Guowei's words just now, and the fact that the "gray hat" tried to get close to the locomotive, he can now be regarded as a bandit.

"Kill him! Kill him! Bandits can't be kept! ”

Seeing this, some passengers were very frightened and hurriedly proposed.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, it is the right way to kill this person as soon as possible, after all, what if the guards don't watch this person and the boat capsizes in the gutter?

But if this "Neiying" is killed, if the train is finally forced to stop, I am afraid that a few people will be dragged down to be buried with the brothers of the "bandits", should they be killed?

After weighing it, people didn't make a decision, but at this time, someone finally remembered what Bao Guowei said.

"Hurry up and send a few people to protect the driver! Don't let the train stop! ”

Immediately, two or three guards realized the seriousness of the situation and hurried to the head of the train to try to protect the train driver.

Seeing this, the spirit flight attendant shouted:

"Don't worry, our train is fast, as long as the train does not stop, everyone is safe, please go back to your seats, try not to pick a window seat, and cooperate with the guards to maintain order! Thank you! ”

Hearing the attendant's words, everyone also came back to their senses, with the speed of the train, it is impossible for ordinary people to catch up with their legs and feet, and the group of people suspected of bandits are only a few horses, even if they catch up, what role can they play? There are dozens of guards on the train!

So most of them returned to their seats with peace of mind, and honestly cooperated with the guards to maintain order.

The guards in the carriage have already pulled the bolts of their guns open, ready to shoot at anyone who moves.

The situation was similar in the second-class carriages, where people were in a mess, but fortunately there were guards with guns to maintain order, and there was no chaos for a short time, and it soon quieted down.

As for the third-class carriage, it is difficult to describe it, this carriage cannot help but have a large population, and it is mixed, even in ordinary times, it is very chaotic, fighting, stealing and rubbing oil, not to mention the current situation.

The thieves and pickpockets who are mixed in do not forget to steal something at this critical juncture.

For this carriage, the train guards also dealt with it very decisively: the door of the third carriage was closed rigidly, the bullets were loaded, and the guards guarded the door of the carriage, and no one was allowed to let it out.

And the train driver had already discovered the situation outside, after all, the sound of the horn just now was the sound he had just made from the train manipulator.

The speed of the train was noticeably faster than before, the whistle sounded more frequently, and a large amount of smoke came out of the locomotive, blurring the scene outside the window, which added three points to the fear in everyone's hearts, and began to stir again.

"Don't panic, everyone! Just in case someone takes advantage of the situation! Stay quietly in your seat and don't move! The speed of the train was fast and we were safe! ”

Immediately, the attendant who was squatting in the carriage comforted loudly again, with the experience just now, the effect of this speech was still very good, and the people in the first-class carriage calmed down again.

"Drive! Tell the driver to drive faster! ”

Even if the driver has raised the speed to the highest speed, there are still passengers who are anxiously urging the attendants or guards around them.

Although the flight attendants were also a little nervous and frightened, they still fulfilled their accusations seriously and comforted everyone in the first-class carriage in a soft voice.

The guards, on the other hand, were attentively on guard, and they all cheered up, carefully observing whether there were any "bandits" in the train.

The doors of the various carriages were closed tightly at this moment, and most of the guards were distributed outside the third carriage, and a considerable number were guarding the train driver.

Time passed minute by minute, and when the group of "bandits"-like people and horses disappeared from people's field of vision, there was no abnormal movement in the carriage.

Maybe it's because Bao Guowei didn't "eat hot pot", or maybe they gave up their original plan, no matter what, nothing seems to have happened.

Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, No. 2 ...... Perhaps it was the third car, when several gunshots rang out, and there was a scream in the car, and people began to mess around.

"Damn!"

Bao Guowei's heart tightened, and he scolded secretly, he didn't want to die on this train homecoming, especially when he had already made a name for himself and was about to return home.

Bao Guowei couldn't understand the situation outside, and he couldn't understand it, so he could only sit quietly in his seat and analyze the situation on the train according to the sound of gunshots, instead of running around:

Even if there are bandits, they often do not choose to attack the honest people who sit quietly in their seats, but run around and block the way of others, and they are very easy to be killed.

If this group of bandits is for money rather than killing, Bao Guowei is not stingy to hand over all the money, and there are only dozens of dollars left in the cash on his body, and the money that Mr. Fan Xudong promised to himself has been deposited in the bank before he comes back.

Fortunately, the news soon came from the guards: several bandits in the third-class carriage had been killed.

No matter what, whether it was the bandits who were killed or not, no one dared to open the door of the first-class carriage.

After a few more minutes, no gunshots rang out, but the atmosphere inside the train was still tense.

In the first-class carriage, all the passengers' eyes were fixed on the black hat, so that he would not escape the control of the guards by fishing in troubled waters.

Bao Guowei only felt that his scalp was numb: he was about to return to his hometown, why did he meet bandits at this juncture?

(End of chapter)