Chapter 881: The Post Station Can Increase Its Self-Sustaining Capacity

Li Longji had to go to work and have an early morning morning, and then go to the hot springs to soak in the hot springs. He wanted to cure his illness without taking medicine.

The common people brought tea to Lijiazhuangzi. According to the experience of the previous two years, the common people would distribute the tea leaves in advance.

If people on Zhuangzi take a casual look, they will generally not make mistakes.

It is impossible for ordinary people to deliberately put bad tea into good tea. If they were discovered, how would they behave?

Shopkeeper Liang and others continued to build simple houses, which were stronger than last year and could withstand wind and rain. They chose a high place.

Drainage ditches were dug around the area and livestock sheds were built on the land.

Generally speaking, it should be an up-down structure and a front-to-back structure, similar to that of a post station.

There are livestock below and people living above.

People live in the front yard, and the backyard is a barn for livestock.

This makes it easier to keep an eye on and prevent livestock from being stolen.

The environment of such inns is not good, especially the official inns in remote areas. We should deal with it if we can.

The post station has its own allocated fields for growing grass and feeding horses.

Sometimes they also grow other things to secretly subsidize themselves.

If people in any place want to send letters to other places, the people at the post station will make arrangements and charge an extra fee.

If I send a letter but can’t find the person, I will tell the person here that I can’t find the person and the money will not be refunded.

Under normal circumstances, it can be delivered. The people at the inn are also very particular about taking people's money and being loyal.

You can even help deliver the made clothes and delivered shoes to designated people, so that you can earn extra income in the long run.

Of course, the requirements for the post station are also high. A letter from the government should be delivered within a certain number of days. If it is delayed by one day, it will be beaten.

People who are required to use their legs to deliver messages have to walk fifty miles a day, which is not an easy road.

Therefore, after the Anshi Rebellion, Tubo oppressed the surrendering postmen too much, and they revolted, fighting, beating, and killing them!

The postmen themselves have horses, donkeys and other livestock. Even if they don't have them, they can run fifty miles a day.

A group of post soldiers advanced quickly and stunned Tubo.

It is estimated that this was the first blitzkrieg in history, although it was eventually suppressed.

Historical records state that the rebels quickly broke through the city and killed many Tibetan officials and generals. The guard general Jie'er set himself on fire, and the Tubo monks and officials fled into hiding.

It was like falling from the sky, breaking through the city crazily all the way, just so fast.

However, no one in the Tang Dynasty has rebelled, and their treatment is pretty good.

Especially when they heard that many places would print their own newspapers this year, and the money they earned would be doubled as a subsidy.

Double the amount, I could survive before, including expenses, but suddenly the amount has doubled, how can I spend it?

Don’t think about it, make sure everyone shares a portion, otherwise you won’t be able to use it all.

So, early the next morning, Bi Gou skipped work again and passed Li Longji again.

"Noodles, yesterday's noodles." Bi Gou was addicted to hot soup noodles.

After eating it, he said what he was thinking: "In this way, the people will live happily."

Li Yi looked at Bi Gou seriously, wondering if he was joking.

At that time, there was no free hot water everywhere, and many places that theoretically provided free hot water did not.

It even takes a long time to find a public restroom, otherwise you have to go to other people's restaurants to buy something, or go to a chain store that provides free restrooms.

Now it is not a problem to use the toilet in Datang. There is a place on the roadside, but free hot water is like Jingzhaofu...

"Lao Bi, please increase the number of inns. This year, newspapers will be spread all over the state capitals in non-border areas, and some will be set up in important counties."

Li Yi didn't mention free hot water everywhere in the Tang Dynasty, but talked about the inns.

"Why isn't there one in Bianguan Prefecture? The local people don't need education? Are there no more post stations in Bianguan Prefecture?" Bi Gou found out the problem.

"There are more post stations, but there are no newspapers, and the border areas are heavily infiltrated. If there are important things in the Tang Dynasty, if they are reflected in the newspapers, the enemies will know about them."

Li Yi patiently explained that he was afraid that the news would spread, so important matters would be sent by fast horses from Chang'an to various places.

Sometimes, looking at content that has nothing to do with military situations, one can actually analyze it.

"Inns are hard and tiring." Bi Gou agreed with Li Yi's statement, and he also mentioned the matter of adding more inns.

There are many post stations, and naturally there are many post soldiers. As long as there is some way, no one is willing to be a post soldier, and some post soldiers are even forcibly recruited.

For example, if a village must send four postmen, the village will have to decide what to do.

"You won't get tired if you have more horses. The newspaper gave the inn double the extra compensation. Is it all used for food and drink? Buy horses."

Of course Li Yi knew that the postmen were tired, especially those who ran on legs. It was not bad to run fifty miles a day without carrying anything on the road.

I carried my belongings and ran half a marathon every day. Some of the roads were uphill and downhill, and I had to change boats when I needed to cross the river.

Run for a few days as exercise, run every day, and work has become a part of life.

There were no running shoes or clothes to reduce wind resistance, and no one handed out chocolates or sports drinks on the roadside.

There were no cheers, and no ambulance vehicles could be found to accompany them.

If you ride an electric bike, you can travel six to seven hundred miles a day, provided there is a place to change the battery.

"How many horses are needed? How many stations are added?" Bi Gou was tempted. He knew that since Li Yi dared to mention it, he had a plan.

"Ten miles to a post, the official post brings the civilian post, so that there is hot water to drink, but you can't walk ten miles?

It would be better to stay at the previous inn to rest and recover your strength before going on the road.

When encountering some places where people must climb mountains, is it better to run ten miles than fifty miles? Ten miles can be an extreme run. "

Li Yi took into account the difficult roads, and sometimes the postmen on horseback had to run on the ground.

Bi Gou was calculating how long it would take him to walk ten miles, and he was very distressed. He knew that different roads were different.

If he walked ten miles in Chang'an City, it would obviously not be too tiring. Entering the Qinling Mountains, ten miles would make him exhausted.

Li Yi said beside him: "There is a post every ten miles, and the information can be delivered in a day. 1,300 to 1,400 miles."

"Really?" Bi Gou was quite interested in this speed.

"Sprint to the limit when you get on the horse, change horses after ten miles, and continue to sprint to the limit. If you run a distance that is longer than a person's, you can run 1,400 miles a day without any problem."

Li Yi was calculating the speed of the horse. The horse can reach more than 50 kilometers, but you can't let it run at this speed all the time.

If you run for ten minutes, the horse can't stand it.

Then running for five or six minutes is absolutely no problem. I guess the horse is quite happy. It's fun to run happily.

Normally, horses don't need to run so fast. A bad horse can run 150 miles a day.

If you want to change horses, change them once. If you don't want to change them, let the horse rest more.

A better horse can run 300 miles a day and change horses in the middle of the journey.

The best horse can run 800 miles. The post station prepares different horses according to different urgency.

If there is no good horse when you arrive at the post station, you may run the horse to death if you use a bad horse.

As long as you can get to the next post station, you don't care about the horse.

"Is the money from the newspaper enough to add more post stations and buy horses?" Bi Gou has not eaten a bite of noodles yet, and he keeps asking.

"Make money. If there is a post station every ten miles, you can make a profit without the money from the newspaper." Li Yi finished eating at the local place, and it would be cold to talk about it.