His Royal Highness wanted to contract the post house, and promised not to use public funds, and completely relied on the investment and operation of the internal government. Ying Jieyan knew that His Royal Highness had some spare money in his hands, which was to allocate a part of the confiscated stolen goods for the prince's private use according to the custom, which could be about 700,000 or 800,000 yuan, and he estimated that His Royal Highness's character would definitely have something to gain in Guangzhou, but he didn't know how much money he had made in secret, and he definitely wanted to use this money to invest.

Although Ying Jieyan did not go through business, he was not optimistic about this business, because according to the old practice of more than 30 miles of post houses, there were 70 post houses on the post road of more than 2,000 miles, and the investment was very huge. However, Qiongzhou is sparsely populated, and the port is dense, and the transportation is mainly water transportation, so I am afraid that I can't even keep my book by making money by doing business travel. He felt that with His Royal Highness's cleverness, it was impossible to settle this account, but he insisted on doing so, I am afraid that it was to use the money of the Inner Mansion to subsidize the Shuaifu, and to open the post road as soon as possible.

Zhao Yu didn't think so, what he did was like contracting a service area on the highway, after the road was opened, business travel would gradually increase, and what was needed at that time was not only food and accommodation, but also many related services, such as car repair, warehousing, entertainment, trading venues, and even credit services, which of course were paid services. It may be a loss of money in the moment, but in the long run, it will definitely be a huge profit, even if it is profitable for him to invest in the construction of a post house. As for the flow of passengers, he is not worried, only next year if the imperial court does not work well, he will move here to work.

But Zhao Yu also knew that the post house was actually a business that burned state money, and the post house in the Song Dynasty was divided into several different grades and levels. At the national level, there is a high-class guest house to entertain envoys from neighboring countries. These high-end hotels, with their luxurious equipment, sometimes held state banquets for envoys and ministers of various countries. Government guest houses at the local level are also gorgeous. From the outside, it looks like a magnificent temple, a rather stylish official mansion, and also like a rich family's mansion. The interior has everything you need to make it a pleasure to come back to.

As specified. Originally, there was a fixed amount of entertainment expenses for the officials who stayed in the hotel, what to eat, what to drink, how long to stay, and there were also corresponding regulations on how many entourages could be brought for free, and if the time limit was exceeded, they would be bombed out. It is only because of the corruption of officials that officials take advantage of it and arbitrarily relax the conditions, so that individuals take advantage of it, but the state has to pay for it. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, because the post house cost so much that the country could not afford it, it had to be abolished. As a result, Li Zicheng was forced to lose the country, although this is not the main reason, but it is also one of the inducements.

Zhao Yu is now in charge, and he has an incomparable advantage as the maker and enforcer of the rules, not only to supervise the implementation, but also to formulate rules to save money. And he can also use the post house to collect intelligence, grasp the political, business and public conditions, and also find a legal identity for the intelligence officers of the affairs bureau, and at the same time earn some private money for himself. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, now he has been strict with Yingjie. Thinking that he will definitely consider his own suggestions.

The rebuilding of the post road is a major event, and it is necessary to mobilize a large number of people, and all this has to be discussed in detail after the rectification of the government at all levels, and it is not a matter of urgency. But they still had a desire to negotiate. Implement it as soon as the time comes. First of all, the construction of the post road was funded by the marshal's government, and after the route was demarcated, each state and county was responsible for the subdivision within its jurisdiction, and it was completed within a time limit. put into use as soon as possible; Secondly, the general post is still set up in the capital city, and the state is divided into posts. The county set up post houses, and the principle of setting up post stations for 30 miles was correspondingly high to low.

In addition, soldiers were still used as post guards to deliver documents, and troops were stationed to protect the safety of post roads and caravanserais, and to control the main transportation routes. At the same time, it was also agreed that the post station building should be fortified, and the post shop should be built on the high ground built on the traffic point to facilitate observation and defense, build beacons, reserve grain, grass and weapons, and combine lookout, reconnaissance, communication transmission and guarding, so that it will become a guard post all over the island and a line of defense against the invasion of the enemy......

Then the topic naturally turned to the Shuaifu Army, and Zhao Yu and Ying Jieyan had reached a consensus on taking Qiongzhou as the main defensive direction. However, it is not impossible to go from other directions, and even the enemy will attack in several directions, so it is inevitable that the troops will not be able to take care of one or the other. In addition, with so many troops stationed in one place, food, housing, and supply are all problems, and it is imperative to be stationed in various states.

Ying Jieyan believed that the front army and the middle army, which had the strongest combat effectiveness of the Marshal's army, were arranged in Qiongzhou. The left, right, and rear armies were stationed in the Changhua Army, the Jiyang Army, and the Wan'an Army, and at the same time, a naval army was transferred to the three armies, and a water village was established in important places to guard against the enemy at sea and clear out pirates. And whether the newly attached armies in Guangzhou should be reorganized into one army or incorporated into other armies, he also asked His Highness to give his opinion.

"Sir, I want to form a new army, which will be directly subordinate to the Shuai Mansion." Zhao Yu thought about it, rubbed his nose and said.

"Oh, Your Highness already has a thousand pro-army people, why do you want to form a new army?" Ying Jie asked in confusion.

"Did Your Highness find out that there are people in the mansion who are wrongdoer, so you want to build another army to prevent accidents?" Deng Guangjian also asked nervously.

"Don't misunderstand, two gentlemen, I am not suspicious of the generals or strengthening the pro-army, but I want to build a batch of new warships, form an army of its own, and work wonders as a miracle army." Zhao Yu explained with his hands waving.

"Oh, how many generals and soldiers does Your Highness need?" Ying Jieyan was not very surprised when he heard this, and asked casually.

"Each warship is equipped with more than 120 sailors and soldiers, and it is planned to equip 20 warships, and 3,000 people are enough!" It was Zhao Yu who was surprised, he was very curious that Ying Jieyan didn't interrogate himself in detail, so he asked how many people he needed, and this plan had been planned in his heart for a long time, and he naturally opened his mouth.

"The old man thinks it's okay, and it doesn't hurt to have more people, I just hope that Your Highness won't hide your secrets, and the ballistas and rockets will be distributed to the armies to make them an army." Ying Jieyan stroked his beard and said with a smile.

"Hehe, how could it be!" Zhao Hao smiled embarrassedly, now that the workshop for manufacturing new weapons is in the hands of the Inner Mansion, it is impossible for others to get their hands on it, "It's not that this king is bragging, as long as time permits, I can still create more powerful things, and the day I am born, I will be shocked by ghosts and gods!" ”

"Your Highness is a person who wants to do great things, don't indulge in these strange things, play some speculative paths, but read more books of sages, learn the way of the sage, and the ability to govern the world!" Ying Jie Yan listened to it but did not praise it, but said with a straight face...... (To be continued.) )