In ancient times, post roads are today's 'national highways', so they are also called official roads, which are national highway systems invested by the central government and built according to unified national standards. It is mainly used for the transmission of information on various government affairs, economic, military and other official documents of the central government and local governments, material transportation, army mobilization, military logistics supply, and official business trips, transfers and inspections. The establishment of the post station marks the area actually controlled by the army. Therefore, the post transmission system is a symbol of the central government's effective rule over the periphery, and its political and practical significance should not be underestimated.

The roads of Hainan Island existed before the Qin Dynasty and were limited to the arduous walking of people and animals; Since the establishment of the county rule in the Han Dynasty, with the gradual southward migration of the people of the Central Plains, the promotion and replacement of officials, the movement of the army, the circulation of goods of merchants, the delivery of official documents, etc., people have walked more, and the roads have gradually improved. During the Kaibao period, in order to adapt to the governance pattern of "one island and four states" in Hainan, the post road traffic that arose in the Song Dynasty began to implement the post road around the island on the basis of the post road of Qiongdao.

The pattern of the whole island is to live in the north of the island Qiong as the metropolis, Danju in the west, the cliff in the south, Wanju in the east, the inner package of Litong, the post road is to the north of Qiongzhou Fuzhi as the beginning, the south of Yazhou as the terminal, Qiongdao east and west of the two compartments of the post road through the coastal states and counties. There was also a post house on the post road for the Qinguan messenger postman to transfer or rest on the way, but due to the harassment of the slang, the local government was unable to maintain it, and in fact it was useless and did not play a big role. So far, the island is completely under the control of the government, and the communication between the various yamen has only relied on the sea route.

Although Zhao Hao has not surveyed on the spot, he thinks that the post road has been abandoned for many years, the road is unmaintained, the bridge must be collapsed, and the buildings along the way are in disrepair and unusable. Reopening the post road is equivalent to rebuilding the general, which requires a huge amount of manpower and material resources, not to mention, and the later maintenance also needs to continue to invest. The road inevitably passes through the area controlled by the slang, and is always under its threat, and it is powerless to resist it by handing over the pavement. It is also necessary to send troops to protect, involving all aspects.

Qiongzhou is surrounded by the sea, although they judged that the enemy army would focus on Qiongzhou, but they could not rule out launching an attack from other places, which required the mobilization of troops for reinforcements. It can also be reached by sea, but it is slow and subject to climate influences and constraints. This is not the case by land, which is almost all-weather accessible and less affected by the climate. Not only is the delivery of messages fast, but the army can also be quickly maneuvered. Arrive in the war zone in time.

Besides, didn't it be often said in the previous life that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads, and a road will bring fire to a city! Therefore, building roads can not only make traffic easier, but also speed up the turnover of materials and the flow of people. The post houses set up along the post road will also become a distribution center for business travel and exchange of goods, drive the development of other industries, attract people to settle in the vicinity, and gradually develop into a market town, promote the development of commerce, and bring tax revenue to the government. Therefore, it is also a practical need to open up post roads.

"Sir. I thought it was imperative to rebuild the post road, and it should be implemented as soon as possible. Zhao Yu figured out the key and said.

"Your Highness, the old man doesn't know. But there are more than 2,200 miles around the island in a week, and it is necessary to open mountains and bridges. The amount of work is huge, and it is by no means possible to repair in a short period of time. In the later stage, it is impossible to maintain it only by the locality, and it will not take long for me to repeat the mistakes of the past. Ying Jie said sternly.

"Sir, I have a suggestion I don't know if it's okay or not. I would like to ask you for more information. Zhao Yu thought for a while.

"Your Highness, please speak!" Ying Jieyan said that he couldn't think of a solution to the problem, so it was better to listen to His Highness's opinion.

This dynasty is needed for rule. A perfect post system was established, but the former dynasty changed the form of serving the people as the main body, and turned it into the military department and the Privy Council, with the military soldiers as the delivery of the people, and later set up special post guards, and the institutions for delivering letters were completely in accordance with the military establishment, and the monthly food and salary allocated by the state were better treated, thus reducing the burden on the people. But after that, the officials couldn't help the layers of deductions, so that they were in a situation of no food and clothing, so that the soldiers and shopkeepers gathered in the mountains and forests, and the grass fell into the grass.

At the same time, the pavilion post has been completely separated from the correspondence and mail, and only performs the duties of a kind of government guest house, responsible for the reception and delivery of officials and rest along the way, with the official coupons issued by the imperial court for free food and lodging, not to mention the huge cost, after that, due to the corrupt officials and corrupt officials indiscriminately issuing official coupons, making profits from it, making the local finances unable to make ends meet, becoming a huge burden.

"I wonder if it is possible to combine the delivery shop and the post house to build it, one can improve the utilization rate of the building, and the other can subsidize the income of the post house to the delivery shop for daily expenses such as repairing the house." Zhao Hao said slowly.

"Your Highness, all the needs of the post house are given by the officials, so it is just a left hand to the right hand, and it still can't reduce the needs." Ying Jieyan smiled bitterly when he heard this, he thought that His Highness had some clever plan!

"Sir, listen to me......" Zhao Yu was not surprised by this, and said his idea with a smile.

Zhao Hao didn't know that this kind of management model would have to be counted in his own account sooner or later, and it would be a hole of dissatisfaction. Of course, he didn't dare to mention the modern model of 'borrowing money to build roads and charging to repay loans', otherwise he would not need others, only these two gentlemen would label themselves with the hat of expropriation and extortion, and scold him to death, so he could only make up his mind from the right to operate the inn.

His idea was actually very simple, which was to contract out the inn and expand the scope of business at the same time. The government only provides the initial construction costs, and then the allocation and repair of the facilities, and the personnel expenses are all funded by the contractor, and the post house can not only be used by officials, but also open to ordinary business travelers, providing them with food and accommodation and other services, as a profit point.

"What His Highness said is feasible and can reduce the expenses of the imperial court, but in the remote land of Qiongzhou, who is willing to contribute?" Ying Jieyan thought for a while and said, in his opinion, this is a loss-making business, not only to pay the contract fee, but also to bear the cost of the resident officials, just to earn some business travel money must be a loss.

"I think His Highness's method is feasible. The government and the people can control it, which can save the imperial court a huge amount of expenses, and can benefit the people, which is a move that benefits both sides! Deng Guang didn't care about that, as long as it was beneficial to the imperial court, it could be implemented.

"The idea is good, but the businessman is profit-seeking, and he is afraid that he will give up halfway and suffer from it." Ying Jieyan is still worried that no one will take over, or he will pick a pick, and it will be the court that will suffer in the end.

"If no one is willing to do it, then the Internal Government Affairs Bureau will take it over first, let me try it first!" Zhao Yu looked at the two and said.

"Your Highness wants to do it, of course it's good, but ......" Ying Jieyan was stunned, pondered for a moment and hesitated.

"Is Sir worried that I will use public money for profit?" Zhao Hao asked with a smile, Ying Jieyan didn't say anything, but looking at his expression, it was exactly like this, "Sir, don't worry, I will never use a penny of the Shuai Mansion, let alone harm the people!" ”…… (To be continued.) )