Ruan Bai blinked his eyes twice, pinched his fingers, and sighed very sincerely: "Being an official is quite high." "This is still a seven-grade official without oil and water.

He, the post man, is also the boss of the express distribution point, plus the director of the guest house, and he is just around the corner!

Speaking of which, what about his "car"? Why are the donkeys and horses that Xiao Xizi promised to change still missing? Could it be that he is suffering from the government's arrears of wages to migrant workers?

But he doesn't necessarily have to ride a cow to deliver a courier, right? Besides, the cow is their own.

No, the barren post where he lives now is already the property of the working people, not a post station, so ......

"Where's my station?" Where is his office? It's a courier distribution point and a guest house, so you don't necessarily have to let him work from home, right? It's not the right rhythm.

"It's not that it's a high price, many of them are provided by the family, but the small village on the outskirts of Beijing is the one I added." Tian Kaifu defended himself a sentence, and then he wondered, "Isn't this a post station?" ”

"Huh? But the title deed here, we have already bought it. Ruan Bai suddenly looked frightened, "Could it be that the imperial court sealed me as an official just to take this place back?!" "He was a civil servant in his last life, and he has seen a lot of cheeky things.

"Definitely not." How could the imperial court do this?

"And the horses? What about people? "Running the courier, in addition to entertaining food and lodging, he also has to change horses. It can't be a bare-bones commander, but there must be a post man and a post house? In the past two days, he will not forget the lessons.

"What about the funding? I haven't seen a single copper plate. "So many people eat, drink, and wear, can't they rely on opening their mouths to pour the northwest wind, right?

Station, no.

People, no.

Horses, no.

Money, no.

Could it be that when you are a civil servant in Da Zhou, you do it all like this?

Ruan Bai's eyes were filled with deep distrust.

Tian Kaifu's face was full of embarrassment. As a young man who has not been in officialdom for a few years, his face is far from being honed.

Chu Hao, who had been standing outside for a while, was full of anger in his eyes, and with a single step of his long legs and long arms, he took Ruan Bai away like a puppy.

Ruan Bai didn't struggle at all. Can you see a big man screaming and struggling? Besides, Chu Hao can only be angry and can only stroke his hair, the situation is stronger than people, and he can't beat it......

Ruan Bai's obedience eased Chu Hao's anger somewhat, and he didn't go back to the room, patting him twice and twice like a puppy, while circling around the barren post one after another. During this period, Big Fat and Little Fat saw it, chasing after Chu Hao and biting the heels of his trousers.

After plowing the barren post several times, Chu Hao suddenly stopped, and muttered to himself with a stern expression, "What am I angry about?" ”

Big Fat and Little Fat finally caught up, but their feet didn't move, and after two bites, they began to dislike it, and sat on the ground with their thighs.

Ruan Bai rolled his eyes, propped himself on Chu Hao's shoulder and jumped down, and before he could take two steps, he grabbed his shoulder and went back, turned his head and asked, "What are you doing?" "What a rebellious teenager is ......

"Why are you going?" If you haven't seen you for a day, don't you have anything to say to your brother?

"Class." Ruan Bai said as a matter of course. He was just in the classroom, in front of the teacher and the auditors, and was hijacked in public. He hasn't talked about how much land he will buy!

A flash of fire burst out again. Chu Hao frowned, suppressed this indescribable evil fire, and tried his best to maintain the image of a stable big brother: "You don't have to worry about Tian Kaifu's money, what do you want to buy to tell your brother, why bother to go far?" Still going to ask an outsider? As he spoke, his anger was about to come up again. That's right, he must be angry because of this, not because he saw Ergou and Tian Kaifu so close!

"Didn't you sue me yesterday?" That's why he's only going to ask someone today. No, Chu Hao is also "someone else". Where are the two of them so acquainted, they can't talk about their own people at all.

Ruan Bai just used it to illustrate the facts, Chu Hao just heard a trace of grievance and coquettishness from it, the young man's thin and thin shoulders, and the big eyes that looked at him, made his heart tremble everywhere. He touched Ruan Ergou's hair and softened his voice: "Yesterday was my brother's mistake." The land in the West Plains, if my brother buys it, he will naturally have your share, and Xiaobai doesn't have to buy it again. Keep your money, and you will have to marry a wife in the future. When it comes to marrying a daughter-in-law, he has a hint of awkwardness in his heart. Thinking about it again, how old is his second dog? I didn't have to think about this problem for the past few years, so I calmed down my irritable heart that I didn't understand what was going on.

"I'm going to buy it myself." He has his own money, so it is okay to save a little effort and get a little cheaper in the steps. Are other bargains so easy to take advantage of? Ruan Bai didn't know Chu Hao's mind at all, and he didn't want to be in line with the mind of a rebellious imp at all. The Earth is so good, why go to Mars? Even if it's just the realm of thought, he doesn't want to be an alien.

"Okay, buy it yourself!" Their second dog is promising, and they can buy their own property at a young age. Chu Hao finally showed a smile and accompanied Ruan Bai back to the classroom.

Tian Fuzi: His Royal Highness is not much higher than him, I don't know how much, sit down and listen to his class, and confirm that you are not here to kick the gym?

Chu Hao didn't make trouble, he listened quietly, and after listening to the class, he felt that his feet were a little cold, and when he looked down, the uppers and uppers of the two shoes were all damaged, and they were gnawed by two puppies.

"Poof."

"Wang!"

"Huh?"

Ruan Bai bent down and quickly picked up two dog cubs wagging their tails to invite merit, and ran to eat with a cigarette. The dog is still small and can't withstand the iron sand palms.

Tian Kaifu twitched the corners of his mouth and asked, "Give the palace a ...... Got a pair of shoes? ”

Chu Hao moved his toes, thinking of letting others into his and Ruan Bai's room, he was a little resistant in his heart, stood up and took two steps to try: "No, you can still go, I'll change it myself." You have time to urge the above, how to arrange it as much as possible. And the Ministry of Industry...... Forget it, you don't have to worry about it in the Ministry of Industry. ”

"Yes, Xia Guan understands." Tian Kaifu knew that he couldn't take care of it at all in the Ministry of Industry, "Regarding the funds and other issues mentioned by Lord Ruan today, the lower official will write an official document to urge it." "No matter what it is, it's a waste of time to implement it layer by layer. If you add in case there is a person who doesn't have long eyes, it's even harder to say. Don't do bad things with good intentions.

Tian Kaifu's worries were not unreasonable, in fact, within three days, he knew why there was no follow-up to the post station here and the military funds originally purchased by the imperial court.

The military resources that Nguyen Bai brought back from the steppe were divided into two parts.

Among them, some weapons and the like, except for a part of them kept for their own use, were all purchased by the border army of Shunyang Pass at a price, and settled in copper coins and materials.

In addition, it is the eye-catching war horses that Xiao Xizi came out to interview, and the delivery method is divided into four parts. Part of it is about the ownership of the land and buildings of this deserted post and the surrounding 100 acres of land, and part of it is the compensation payment; These two components have already been implemented.

The rest is the grain and other materials distributed after the beginning of spring of the following year, as well as an equal number of donkeys and a few mares that are born in the big week. The former is indeed not in such a hurry, but the latter has long passed the time promised by Xiao Xizi. Even if it was delayed due to the weather before, but now the weather has already improved, and the merchants in the capital have come, so there is no reason why the horses and donkeys have not come.

There is no reason to come, so naturally I was stuck.

Ruan Bai's poisonous eyes, no matter how much Tian Kaifu tried to hide them, he could see something strange, and after a little speculation, he probably knew what was going on. But he pretended not to know anything and spent the day in class. Wait until the evening to ask Chu Hao: "Didn't the Ministry of Industry come forward directly?" also sent a palace person to take charge of the matter, how dare anyone dare to directly slap the face of the Ministry of Industry and His Majesty the Emperor? "This guts are too fat! He really wanted to meet the real warrior who dared to touch the things in his Ruan Bai pocket, I don't know if he used to be an agent, is it a profession within a profession to collect evidence/handles?

Chu Hao originally didn't want Ruan Bai to come into contact with these bad things, but after thinking about it, he simply spread out the explanation: "You are also an official now, and many things in this officialdom, even if you don't like it, you can only do it for a while." For example, this time, your supplies were detained because you didn't go to Shangguan to get some ......."

Ruan Bai listened for a full hour, listening to Chu Hao explain the various relationships around him clearly.

The Great Zhou stipulates that a post station should be set up in thirty miles. These stations are used to transmit information or materials such as official documents, and are also responsible for receiving officials who go out, etc., and there is no difference in role, and there is no actual subordination.

However, there are levels of post stations, from the highest first-class post station, all the way to the last sixth-class post station. Ruan Bai, a post station that has nothing to do, is, of course, the default sixth-class post; And a post station forty miles away from Shunyang Pass is a fifth-class post.

This delicate distance made Ruan Bai instantly understand the entanglement of interests.

Originally, the regulations of the imperial court were stipulated, or they needed to be implemented according to the actual situation. Just like the current Shunyang Pass, apart from the war, the border pass has very few people and administrative units, and there is no need to set up another post station. A post station a little further away can be taken care of. It's just a difference of ten miles, how much can it be different?

But now because there is one more Ruan Bai, I don't know what those adults think, so they have to give him the title of a post officer, which is not a temporary position. Once one more post station is set up in these forty miles, then it will inevitably dilute the benefits of the original post station.

Originally, there was no oil and water here at the border gate, and if you want to divide it again, no one will be happy to leave it there. So, when the supplies got there, they were detained. Originally, people thought that Ruan Bai would come over and bow his head to give some benefits, anyway, it meant to let Ruan Bai know who would be the boss in the future, but he didn't expect that the days would drag on for many days, not to mention Ruan Bai, the new post man, but he didn't even see a post house!

Chu Hao sneered: "A little Yicheng dares to detain our things, Xiaobai, don't worry, we have to let him know about this matter." "The so-called Shangguan is also divided into objects. And this old official and old official, don't look at it, you may not be able to be promoted to a half level in your life, but you will be clear to the officialdom and do all kinds of slippery things, if you are treated as a soft bun for the first time, you will have to be bitten in the future.

Layers of exploitation between officials are the norm, but there are also points. If you change it to a general two-way silver coin, you will be deducted if you deduct it. But if you dare to deduct money such as disaster relief money? The head is not enough to cut off.

Although Ruan Bai's donkeys and horses do not belong to the disaster relief silver, this is a proof of the heroic killing of the enemy by the common people, and it is also a good teaching material for the imperial court to encourage the people to protect their homes and defend the country. If even this is deducted, do the common people still want to kill the enemy, and do they want to be a little bloody?

As far as he knew, now the capital and other places have compiled Ruan Bai's affairs into stories and sung them in the teahouse winery. Even in order to highlight the heroic image of the people of the Great Zhou, even he, the active thousand households who played a crucial role, was given away in the Spring and Autumn Period.

The imperial court is obviously shaping Ruan Bai into the image of a national hero, and treating the hero naturally has to give various benefits and rewards.

Chu Hao, who knew the ins and outs of the matter best, of course understood that this was just to cover up the things in Ruan Bai's mind, and he was originally a little disgusted, but on the contrary, it was not a good place to take advantage of.

Isn't it a good reason for a national hero to be treated and exploited by superiors to arouse public indignation? The people at the border pass have a strong personality, and maybe someone will talk to that dog-hearted post man about life or something. If you dare to detain the things of his second dog, you have to kneel and send them over!

However, the plan in Chu Hao's heart didn't have time to be implemented, and the post man who Chu Hao didn't bother to remember his name personally drove the cattle over.

Chu Hao was resting that day, wearing a sheepskin robe, and was carrying a ladder to repair the roof. The weather was fine for the past two days, the snow on the roofs had melted, and several houses were leaking and had to be repaired quickly. Unexpectedly, before he could reach the ladder, he heard the sound of a whip breaking through the air behind him.

With Chu Hao's outstretched hand, even if he was carrying a ladder that was not light, he would not be directly drawn. Chu Hao's temper is not good, except for special occasions, such as pretending to be a slave directly on the grassland, in order to be able to find the whereabouts of the little prince of the Huns, he will not suppress his temper, especially this whip did not hit once, and came a second time.

The first blow can be said to be a slippery hand, and it is barely understandable; The second time is that the hand is owed, and it is completely underwhelmed.

Chu Hao didn't even put down the ladder, he stepped on a stone on his foot and kicked it back, and at such a short distance, he almost immediately heard a cry of pain, and then the man was hoarse and ugly: "Dare to disrupt the people, dare to beat the court officials, don't you want to die?!" ”

Chu Hao put down the ladder slowly, turned his head to look at the middle-aged man who was covering his forehead with one hand, blood oozed between the man's fingers, and the dust on his face all the way, he looked very miserable. He looked at the whip that the man was still holding in his other hand, and slowly spoke: "In broad daylight, you dare to murder the official of the imperial court, but this official wants to ask you, do you want to die?" ”

Tian Kaifu wanted to go out when he heard the movement, but he was stopped by Ruan Bai and leaned on the window to watch Chu Hao bully.

"Tut-tut." Ruan Bai hated that he didn't have melon seeds at hand now, not even tea. These two men, one of whom was thrown a stone, said to be beaten; The other was whipped twice, but it was still an attempt, so it was said that it was a murder. In summary, none of them are good birds.

Tian Kaifu didn't have Ruan Bai's leisure at all, and his face was full of anger: "Bold dog official, you dare to ...... Your Highness Adults are unreasonable! ”

Ruan Bai raised his eyebrows, remembering the key word - His Highness.

The two court officials outside looked at each other, and the strange middle-aged man was quickly defeated.

"Xiaguan Cao Da, Xi is Leyang Yicheng; I don't know Taishan with my eyes, and I collided with Shangguan, I don't know if Shangguan can tell me his name? Cao Da's official authority did not last more than three seconds. He is a small post man, and almost all those who deserve to be an official are older than him, even if he encounters this person's official who is younger than him, then it is not too late for him to clean up.

"Tut-tut." Although Ruan Bai was also a civil servant in his previous life, he has always been an expatriate in nature, and he has been working independently for a long time, and there is only one superior leader who needs to be responsible; Coupled with the military style, there are not so many twists and turns.

Chu Hao squinted his eyes slightly, said his identity lightly, and asked, "Cao Yicheng is not in Leyangyi, why did he come here?" ”

When Cao Da heard that it was a thousand households, he was so angry that he scolded his mother, and understood that his stone was in vain. Thousands of households carrying ladders to repair roofs, why are they sick? With so many people under his command, can you do it yourself? On his face, he said respectfully: "If you go back to Lord Qianhu, Xia Guan came this time to find Lord Yicheng Ruan. He has a batch of donkeys and horses at the lower office, and he doesn't know when to take them? ”

"Tut-tut." Ruan Bai smacked his lips, and asked Tian Kaifu in a low voice, "You said he would ask me how much money?" ”

Tian Kaifu didn't understand: "Why does he ask you for money?" Then he raised his eyebrows, "How dare he?!" ”

Of course, Cao Da dared, and the reason was very legitimate: "These donkeys and horses chew every day...... Someone has to be arranged...... It was cold a while ago, and I deliberately burned the fire to keep warm...... "Cao Da reported a few numbers, "a total of 106,320 gold, let's wipe the odds, Lord Ruan will give 106,300 gold is enough." ”

In the warm room, after Cao Da finished speaking, he found that no one answered. He glanced at Chu Qianhu, who seemed to be indifferent on the side, and then at Tian Kaifu, who was looking at him coldly. This Lord Tian from the capital, he has received it twice, and he knows it. He remembered that Tian was very generous.

After a while, Ruan Bai spoke: "Lord Cao's request is reasonable. But since you're going to charge these fees, what about my donkey? ”

As soon as Cao Da heard that Ruan Bai was willing to pay, he first breathed a sigh of relief. No matter how big the officials and how much power Chu Qianhu and Tian Kaifu are, Ruan Bai is the main master. But at this time, he didn't dare to speak too arrogantly: "There are too many of them, and they haven't been brought." The donkey and horse are still in the Leyang Station. ”

Ruan Bai smiled and drank tea...... Drink plain water.

When Cao Da saw it, he was cold again, and he was a little panicked in his heart: "I don't know if Lord Ruan thinks something is wrong?" ”

Door-to-door delivery is changed to self-pickup, and you have to pay a detention fee, of course, nothing is right. Ruan Bai's professional courses are very good and serious.

What Ruan Bai knew, Tian Kaifu, as a teacher, was of course even clearer, and he couldn't help it anymore at this moment, and snorted coldly: "Lord Cao, do you dare to show the official document?" When and when should these donkeys and horses be delivered? When's the time? Where are these donkeys and horses? Master Cao, do you still think there is something wrong? ”

As soon as Cao Da heard Tian Kaifu speak, cold sweat hung down from his forehead.

The laws of the Great Zhou were very strict about the time for the transmission of information between the post stations. No matter what the material is, if it exceeds the time limit, or if it is defective or negligent, it will be punished with a rod or exile.

It's just that in this way, the law is in place in those prosperous places, or at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the natural execution is in place. When you arrive at Shunyang Pass, a place where the emperor is far away, there are only four words left - adapt measures to local conditions, or act cheaply.

As long as the military plane is not delayed, naturally no one will come to embarrass him as a small post man, not to mention that he and Lord Cao of Shunyang Pass are still of the same clan.

Ruan Bai watched Tian Kaifu bully Cao Da, of course he would not feel sympathy, originally he wanted to bully him personally, but when he faced this kind of soft bones, he suddenly felt bored. Sure enough, real men still like to gnaw hard bones!

After Cao Da was beaten by Tian Kaifu, he was put back; The next day, he personally drove a group of donkeys and horses over, and privately stuffed Ruan Bai with a large bag of money, which was heavy.

Ruan Bai was not short of money, so he didn't stretch out his hand at all, but put a small silver ingot weighing two or two into Cao Da's hand: "Lord Cao has worked hard, and the chewing of livestock these days still has to be counted." ”

Cao Da touched the small silver ingot, full of taste. The people who dare to love are just young, but their hearts are clear. A group of donkeys and horses have not been carefully served, and the prices at the border are not high, but they are just fed a little forage, and two taels of silver are counted as much.

Ruan Bai is not sick of the Virgin, but insists on being a man and leaving a line to see each other in the future, and many of his next actions are inseparable from this Leyang Station. The development of the Greater Shunyang Economic Circle, with Shunyangyi as the center, radiates the entire border pass, so that the people can live a good life as soon as possible.

Ruan Bai knew that this matter was not easy, but it was not necessarily that difficult. With his ideas and insights that are ahead of his time, he can think of a hundred or ten ideas to make money in minutes. But he soon learned that it was not only the common people who could not live on this side, but also another group of people who were even more numerous - the auxiliary army.

The source of the auxiliary army is very complicated, and there is basically no guarantee in the army, and they do the dirtiest and most tiring work.

There are two kinds of people in the post station, the post households come from the annual conscription of the common people, and the post soldiers are also considered regular troops, at least they are organized.

Ruan Bai wanted to set up a post station, so Xu Wu found an opportunity to kneel and said: "The villain has a few brothers of the same clan in the auxiliary army, and begs Lord Ruan to eat a meal." ”

Ruan Bai didn't have much emotion about being kneeled, he would naturally help with the things he could, and he wouldn't help the things he couldn't help because he was kneeled for a while.

"It's not cold on the ground? What the hell is going on? "If he dares to say anything and doesn't say yes, he won't get up, then he will have to turn around and leave.

Xu Wu may also think that it is not good to kneel like this, so he slowly stood up and said: "When the villain went to the border pass, he was accompanied by six brothers of the same clan, and later joined the auxiliary army. Now, three years later, there are only two of the six people left......"

Ruan Bai didn't immediately agree after hearing this: "I'll think about it for a few days." "The post station will have to start spring at the earliest, and it will only be ready to be built when the land is frozen. It's only two days of good weather, and winter has just begun. Besides, he has advisor No. 1 Tian Kaifu and advisor No. 2 Chu Hao, why don't you ask?