Let Xu Hark sit down, Du Zhongxiao said: "I received a letter from home a few days ago, knowing that the two of you arrived in Xiangzhou and said that you would come to me in a few days. I waited for a few days, but I didn't want to arrive today. Now that you're here, don't think about it and settle down. ”

Tsui Hark said: "The students wanted to come a few days ago, but they were delayed for a few days because they were helping to load the cars for several tea merchants in Xiangzhou. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "You help load the car?" I don't look like you're doing work, and besides, tea merchants are big businessmen, so there's no reason why you can't afford to hire people. ”

Tsui Hark said: "I misunderstood. When the road was built before, these tea merchants paid the money, saying that they had set the freight for the train in advance. In the past few days, the train has been opened, and there are some carriages for them. It's just been loaded a few times, and the carriages are empty, and the loading is not satisfied, so it's annoying. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Oh, then how did you help them solve it?" ”

"The students had them load them in wooden carriages, number boxes by box, and then load them into the carriages by number."

Du Zhongxiao laughed when he heard it: "Then have you ever thought about whether there is any better way?" Fill up fast and full. ”

Tsui Hark shook his head: "It's just that when I encountered this matter, it would be nice to be able to fill the carriage, and the students didn't think about it." ”

Du Zhongxiao said on a whim: "This is a knowledge. There are exactly the same cars everywhere like this, how to load them so that they can be filled in the shortest time. When you arrive at the place, how to unload the car, so that it can take the shortest time. As you just said, how to make up the numbering is good. For example, there are two ways to pile up piles on the platform according to the way they are placed in the carriage and then move them into the carriage. One is that the one with the small number moves in first, and the other is the one with the large number goes first. It's the same when unloading the truck. The so-called first-in-first-out or first-in, last-out is different. ”

Tsui Hark arched his hand a little embarrassed: "Back to the lift, the students didn't think about this." ”

Du Zhongxiao laughed: "I also heard you mention it, so I thought of this." In the future, trains and ships will use this knowledge to transport goods. ”

Tsui Hark's approach only solved the problem of filling the carriage, but did not improve efficiency. The most convenient way, in fact, is simple, is to stack in advance and transport it directly. There is a word called stacking, which is actually the method of loading and unloading. When Tsui Hark mentioned this question, Du Zhongxiao remembered.

Now that the development of trains has not been long, there are not many cars on the railway, which is far from meeting the needs of transportation. Compared with road construction, the production capacity of steam engines is more difficult to increase, there are fewer cars on the road, and the problem of scheduling is not prominent. In the future, there will be more and more cars, the scheduling will become more and more complicated, and the time for the car to stop at the station will become shorter and shorter.

At the station, it is possible to increase manpower, and the contradiction is not very prominent. On the battlefield, when transporting logistical supplies, efficiency is crucial. With the questions raised by Tsui Hark, Du Zhongxiao felt that it was necessary to study the logistics of the army.

Xiangzhou has a train, and it is much more convenient to go back to Xuzhou. Han Yueniang often takes the train home, stays for a few days and comes back. Sometimes Du Xun and Han Lian will also come by train, and the family will meet from time to time, which is very different from before.

These days, Han Yueniang went home, learned about Tsui Hark, and specially wrote a letter to ask Du Zhongxiao to take care of him. The lawsuit of the Wang family to dissolve the marriage contract is still fighting, but there is no result, and the two can only live outside.

Because the Wang family has already received the dowry, legally the little lady Wang is already someone else's wife, and the Wang family is equivalent to a divorce lawsuit, which is very troublesome. At this time, the law makes it easy for the man to repent of the marriage, as long as he gives up the dowry. The woman is very troublesome, and if the man does not agree, she will be punished with 60 canes at least and a year and a half in prison. If you get married, you will be chased back and reassigned to your ex-husband.

On the other hand, the social climate encourages women to choose their husbands according to their wishes, and divorce is not uncommon. For example, in the third year of Jinshi in the first year of Baoyuan, the ancestor had no choice, his wife was beautiful, and he disliked the ancestor who did not look good, so he filed for divorce. The second Cheng of the Taoist, Cheng Hao's daughter because of the high conditions for choosing a son-in-law, tossed for seven or eight years and did not choose a suitable person, unfortunately passed away, and never married in her life, Cheng Yi appreciated this attitude very much.

The matter of Wang Xiaoniang is not shocking, it is actually very common in this era, it is nothing more than a lawsuit. Grinding back and forth, it is to get the man to agree, no longer pursue it, return it to the dowry, and compensate their family for some money. Mrs. Wang is determined not to marry, and the man will not necessarily marry, otherwise the family will be restless. Entangled, it's just a bad breath.

Wang and Xu's families, relatives and friends all helped the young couple avoid the man's pursuit, and when they ran out of patience to dissolve the marriage contract, it ended.

The Song Dynasty was different from later generations, and before the woman got married, she had the right to inherit property, that is, her own dowry. Daughters cannot share the property of their elders equally with their brothers, and their share is relatively small, usually based on the dowry. In the Song Dynasty, it was popular to marry thickly, and marrying a daughter cost much more than marrying a daughter-in-law. For example, the average wealthy family spends 50 yuan to marry a daughter, and only 30 yuan to marry a daughter-in-law, which is roughly the proportion. The trend of thick marriage is popular, resulting in two bad consequences, one is that there is a phenomenon of drowning female babies among the people, and the other is that there are many old girls who cannot get married.

For the man, if he wants to dissolve the marriage contract, in addition to returning the dowry, he also needs the dowry that he should have received, which is a matter of money in the final analysis. This amount, the longer it drags on, the more impatient the woman's family is, the higher it will naturally be.

In the final analysis, this era was not bound by many rituals and customs in later generations, and there was no affection between men and women, and it was more of an economic problem. After the lawsuit is over, Tsui Hark and Wang Xiaoniang are normal without a wife, and there are no sequelae, but Wang Xiaoniang is just a second marriage. In this era, it is open to second marriages, and rich widows, even prime ministers, are rushing to marry.

Asked about Tsui Hark's experience these days, Du Zhongxiao said: "It's the time to hire people here, so let's settle down here first." You are a reader, and these days I am here, and I will give you a few brochures to see. If you are familiar with it, you can become a teacher. ”

Tsui Hark said: "The booklets of the camp and the iron supervisor, the students have read it before, and it is very suitable for my spleen and stomach, and I have learned it by myself. If you get the Master's order, I don't think it's too difficult. I like to travel the mountains and rivers the most in my life, travel all over the world, and fame and fortune are secondary. Whether you are a teacher or do other things, it is best to have some leisure time and travel around the area. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "That is the case, that is the best." You live first, learn as you go, and get acquainted with the place. Look at what you like, find a job in the yamen. In addition to the field affairs, I am also in charge of the regular closing of positions, and I dare not say that there is no problem in traveling all over Jingxi Road. ”

After deciding on the whereabouts, Xu Ke said: "Lift, when the students were in the capital a few days ago, they met a monk who was good at illusion, saying that he was a monk who was a monk, and there were many people who believed in it. With that person, there was a Leng Qing, who said that he was a wandering prince. I spoke to them, and the man spoke very well, not like an ordinary person. Many people in the capital know about this matter, and many wealthy people outside the staff help them, but they don't know whether it's true or not. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "The prince who lives among the people, how can this matter be trusted? In addition to the suburbs, today's saints are very out of the palace, and they are not people who will make private visits, how can there be such a thing! ”

Tsui Hark said: "What Leng Qing said is that his mother was originally a palace maid in the palace, and after becoming pregnant, she left the palace and gave birth to him. The palace is often released from the palace, and this matter is not impossible. There are many people who believe in it, and it is in the capital, so I feel that there is some origin. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "This kind of thing is not a person in the palace, where can outsiders explain it clearly?" It's good to treat it as a rumor, don't tell it to others, so as not to cause trouble. After you have settled here, don't talk about it again. ”