Gasoline was smuggled in from Tientsin where it was bought on the open market by underground agents.Transport and travel, however, were predominantly by cart and animal.

• 而在农村里，农民须把信交到当地的交通站，隔三、四天，这些信就和公文一道被送到城里，放在过路的邮递员可以取走的地方。