In 1865, Japan built the first railway in Nagaki. During the Meiji Restoration, the construction and development of railways were changing with each passing day, and basically achieved the laying of railway tracks and setting up stations in cities across the country.

The next morning, the ambassador to Japan took them to the steam train with them in Japan.

I bought cheap tickets.

The carriage was crowded and messy, and the crowd was all kinds. There were ronin people, mostly wearing thick tweed kimonos, which were high-quality materials imported from England; there were artists carrying Sanwei threads and some drums, and high-toothed clogs were stomping on the hard iron floor with crisp echoes; there were students, mostly teenage students, black uniforms, reading books, and businessmen in suits and ties, but looking at their appearance, they were relatively defeated, leaving only good clothes, otherwise they would not fall into the lower-end carriage...

Some small talk came from my ears, and the carriage was not too noisy.

Perhaps it was too late to buy tickets, so the student Liu Ri was disrupted. Bai Gui was assigned to another carriage and did not sit with Wu Huaixian, Liu Mingda or other student Liu Ri Ri Ri Ri. At this moment, he had a book on the table, silently memorizing it, and reading it with relish.

It was written by Huang Zunxian and published in the 13th year of Guangxu.

Classical Chinese.

I bought it in the Shanghai Stock Exchange before leaving, and the printed ink fragrance remains.

"The heaven and earth have not been opened, and there is a god standing in the high heaven. It is said that the Lord of Heaven and the Lord of Sun Gao, and the Spirit of Sun Gao, is the ancestor of creation..." Bai Gui silently recited it in his heart, which tells the history of Japan.

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

After reading a few pages, a soft female voice came from the opposite side, very gentle.

"Give me some Tianjin Ganli..."

This is what the waiter in the car said.

When Bai Gui heard the familiar place name, he couldn't help but look up and glanced at the woman opposite him. He looked about sixteen or seventeen years old. He looked good, wrapped in a snow-white kimono without excessive embroidery. The quilted belt was a bit heavier in color and didn't know much about the patterns, but he dressed up well.

This train is a private enterprise in Kyushu Railway Zhushe.

Therefore, more hawking services can be provided.

Changqi County belongs to Jiuzhou Island.

The waiter quickly brought the candy-fried chestnuts. It was October, and the weather was getting colder, and it was the season to eat chestnuts. The candy-fried chestnuts were packed in small paper bags.

The girl in the kimono ate the chestnuts, like a hamster, knocked the hard shell of the chestnuts, bit out a tiny gap, and broke it with her hands, peeled off the chestnut shell, stuffed it in her mouth, and started chewing it.

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

"You eat too."

She seemed to be doing something ordinary, very accustomed to it.

"Thank you."

Bai Gui nodded, thanked him a few times, took the candy fried chestnuts, but he didn't expect that he could eat Tianjin sweet chestnuts on the Japanese train. The taste was indeed good, but the candy fried chestnuts could not produce any unpalatable flavors.

After chatting with the girl in kimono, he realized that the Tianjin Ganli was probably just a name-making man. Lizi is also local, but for the sake of being a good seller, he forced to talk to Tianjin.

This is probably similar to Tianjin rice, which has the status of queen in Japan Chinese cuisine in later generations.

"Are you from Jinling?"

The kimono girl became curious. At first, she didn't dare to ask. After she became a little familiar, she began to ask about her hometown.

Asking people where they come from is probably a topic that is often found on trains.

Bai Gui nodded and said yes.

Japanese people often don’t call Chinese people from the Qing Dynasty, but call Chinese people from the Jinling people. The origin of this statement began from the Ming Dynasty.

It was just a chance encounter in the carriage, and no one thought it would be a second encounter, so they did not continue to report their names.

After eating the kimono girl, Bai Gui bought a serving of sushi for the girl who was selling lunch when the waiter was hawking lunch. It was a box of sushi made on the train.

The box of sushi is not much the same as the roll sushi you usually eat, it is placed in a box.

Two boxes of sushi cost him a silver coin worth one day yen. (There is no yen at this time, and the word "round" is usually printed on the coins, but for convenience, yen is used uniformly.)

It's very expensive!

At this time, Japan is also in the gold standard, and a gram of gold is about 1.36 days.

In an ordinary hotel or hotel, a portion of Edomae sushi is only sold for 15 yuan per person.

But he is a box of sushi, which is considered a top-notch sushi. There are many good ingredients mixed in it, including snapper, congee eel, and shrimp. It tastes good and is quite appetizing.

You can't ask for it back and ask for it too cheaply. Besides, the food on the train is often more expensive than other places.

"I'm starting!"

The girl in the kimono was very happy to see the exquisite box of sushi. After all, a serving of Tianjin Ganli was only five cents a serving, and she didn't give much, so she made a lot of money.

Soon, the kimono girl got off the bus at Shikoku Station.

The new one was a middle-aged uncle, so Bai Gui lost interest in paying attention and continued reading.

When I arrived in Tokyo, it was already afternoon.

The Minister to Japan took them to the Embassy in Japan to meet Hu Weide, the Minister to 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, which is well decorated.

Ambassador Hu met with these Japanese students and gave 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 rebels. If any discoveries are made, the embassy will negotiate with the Japanese Ministry of Culture and Culture, expel the school and deport it abroad.

Next, I recorded my name, hometown, etc. at the Embassy in Japan.

"It is an official-derived departure!"

The helper shouted.

Bai Gui and some officials were deducted. There were about 200 officials this time, mainly selected by the five schools. Other officials will arrive later and are not with them.

Five hundred people stay for daily births, and the remaining three hundred people are born at their own expense.

Soon, the embassy gave them some money for these official expenses, but not much, one person had 30 days a day.

But there are also many.

You should know that in addition to the tuition fees and other fees paid by these officials, they also need to pay a special "training fee" to the Ministry of Culture and Culture. The training fee is 200 days a day per person, which is equivalent to four to seven times the tuition fee of ordinary Japanese students.

The annual tuition fee for the University of Tokyo is 50 days a day per person.

"Those who have fame and fortune will leave!"

The helper shouted again.

Bai Gui and a group of students left the list again. At this time, there were fewer people, only about a hundred. Only two or three people had the fame of Juren, and the others were fame of scholars.

Those who have fame and fortune re-recorded the book, and then issued another ten-day yen.

"This is your rice and rice."

"Although I am in a foreign country now, the court still remembers you. Don't forget the court's grace of cultivation."

Ambassador Hu explained.
Chapter completed!