It has to be said that the post station, as the largest and fastest information transmission system since ancient times, is indeed extraordinary.

Under the planning of Shen Fuzi as a model for the express carriage of Mojia Village, coupled with the strong implementation of Su Dingfang's military style, a huge communication system was established on the territory of the post station in just one month.

"The first batch of 500 carriages and 2,000 new messengers are all in place, and whether they can succeed or fail depends on this move." In the Mo Mansion, Li Chengqian said in high spirits.

Five hundred carriages seems to be a lot, if five hundred carriages are distributed throughout Datang, this is only barely enough, because the letters at the beginning may not be too many, plus in order to save costs, this is already the limit of investment.

As for the 2,000 post soldiers, all of them were wounded soldiers who had been discharged from the army, and they all provided their own mounts, as for the carriages, donkey carts, and ox carts, which were not limited, they were responsible for sending and receiving letters, and of course the post stations would have corresponding subsidies.

"Doesn't that mean that you can deliver the letter now?" Princess Changle said excitedly.

Li Chengqian shook his head and said: "Not yet, when the mailbox in Chang'an City is bound tomorrow, it can be officially put into use, and the same is true for other places." ”

"When the time comes, I hope that my sister-in-law's ink magazine will help." Li Chengqian looked at Merton obsessively at the things in his hand, and didn't listen to her at all.

If future generations are here, they will definitely know that this is the common stamp in later generations, and Merton's hand turned out to be a full page of stamps, Li Chengqian couldn't help but look dark, these stamps of the hundred schools of thought are still drawn by Merton himself, he himself is strange.

Princess Changle secretly touched Merton, and Merton suddenly came back to her senses, reluctantly withdrew her gaze from the stamps and said: "This is easy to say, the younger brother has already instructed the ink magazine, and he will definitely hand over the delivery and sales of the ink magazine to the post station." ”

Li Chengqian smiled awkwardly and said: "Thank you for this, sister-in-law, but what this palace invited is not this, but to ask the ink magazine to publicize more." ”

If the post station is allowed to develop, although Li Chengqian is confident that it can spread quickly, but the two months of time may have already passed, and only by asking for help from the ink magazine with the largest circulation, so that the people of the world can know about the post station communication in the shortest possible time.

Princess Changle couldn't help but smile and said to Li Chengqian: "Little sister sees that the imperial brother is a fan of the authorities, even if you don't say it, the ink magazine will not let go of this big news." ”

Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Isn't the imperial brother concerned about it!" ”

"Rest assured, the post station reform will be successful." Merton said casually, focusing his attention on the stamp in his hand again.

For some reason, hearing Merton's casual words, Li Chengqian's originally worried heart gradually settled down.

On the second day, the sky was just dawning, and the entire Chang'an City was in an uproar again, but many people with a heart actually had an object full of names on the streets of Chang'an.

"Mailbox!"

"It is said that as long as you put the letter in it, it can be sent anywhere in Datang." A shopkeeper said proudly that when he installed the mailbox yesterday, he specifically asked those post guards.

"Anywhere?" A merchant was taken aback and asked in disbelief: "Can it be anywhere, even if it's a small village?" ”

"Of course, as long as it is the territory of Datang, there will be post guards to send it to you, just ask if there is a place in Datang that does not have a post station." The shopkeeper said proudly.

Everyone nodded again and again, the post station can be said to be the most widely distributed department in Datang, which is well known.

"Post delivery? Is there such a good thing in the world? Many people will be skeptical.

"This is true, and it has already been reported in today's ink magazine." A literati nodded solemnly with an ink magazine.

After several turmoil, the credibility of the ink magazine has been recognized by Chang'an City, and the things reported by the ink magazine are also quite credible.

The merchant's heart moved, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he immediately bought a copy of the ink journal and studied it carefully.

"Prince Reform Station!"

"Three hundred miles of urgency, a penny to send a letter!"

"Stamps! Zip code, mailbox! ”

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The merchant looked excited, three hundred miles of urgency, a penny can be delivered, his hometown is thousands of miles away from Chang'an City, doesn't it mean that even if it is a waste of one day to receive and deliver, it can be delivered to home in six days at most.

In the past, when he sent letters to his hometown, he often asked his fellow villagers to deliver letters, not to mention the money owed to people, and he couldn't get home in a month on the road alone, but now a penny can be delivered to his home in only six days, how can such a good thing be endured.

I couldn't bear it at the moment, so I immediately went to the nearest post station to buy stamps, envelopes and stationery, and immediately buried myself in writing.

"My wife is personally enlightened: everything is fine for my husband in Chang'an City,.................."

The merchant first reported a lifetime of peace to his family, and then greeted the mother and child at home, and wrote a long time, so he reluctantly stopped writing.

After reading it carefully and confirming that it was correct, I put it in the envelope, sealed it with paste, wrote the address of the recipient of the zip code, affixed a stamp, and even put an extra stamp on it for fear of being overweight, and then put the letter into the mailbox with great anticipation.

The number of merchants in Chang'an City is extremely large, and after reading the ink magazine, I can't help but feel moved, and they have written a letter to their families, and soon the mailboxes on the streets of Chang'an City are filled with letters.

Chang'an Sixteen Guards.

The Sixteen Guards are the most elite troops in the Tang Dynasty, which are composed of elite soldiers drawn from all over the Tang Dynasty, and it can be said that they come from all over the world, especially the usual military discipline is the strictest, and it is a luxury to want to go home to visit relatives.

However, when a mailbox was hung in the barracks, all the soldiers suddenly boiled, especially the two lines of words on the mailbox made the soldiers couldn't help but burst into tears.

"The beacon fire lasted for three months, and the family letter was worth 10,000 gold."

As a soldier, serving outside the border and staying away from his parents is to make his family extremely concerned, if an officer can naturally ask someone to send a letter home, but where does an ordinary soldier have this opportunity.

When the mailbox could help deliver letters to their families, almost all the soldiers were ecstatic, and as for the cost of a penny, everyone did not care at all, and immediately filled the barracks looking for literate people to help write letters.

"Captain Wu, help me write a letter to my family!" Several soldiers pleaded.

"Get out, Lao Tzu can't read!" Wu Chang also held the letter paper and said angrily.

The soldier's face turned bitter when he heard this, and he asked tentatively, "Why don't you go for a long time?" ”

"That's right!" Wu Chang was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately took his subordinates to find Shi Chang.

A moment later, Shi Chang came to the captain with a larger team, in the military system of the Tang Dynasty, there is no way to serve as a captain if you are illiterate, otherwise you can't understand the military order and how to fight.

That night, the lights of the 16th Guards Barracks were bright, and almost every lieutenant was working hard to write letters to the soldiers under his command.

"It seems that General Li's recruit plan is too correct, otherwise who can stand writing hundreds of letters to his family at a time." In the camp of the Sixteenth Guard, in an ordinary military tent, Qin Huaiyu was struggling to write and complained, even the most convenient pen he used to write was still, and his wrist was sore.

At this moment, all the lieutenants were extremely supportive of the recruit plan, and Li Jing never imagined that it would be just because of a letter from home.

However, although every lieutenant complained, seeing the expectant eyes of the soldiers under his command, everyone did not stop writing.

When the next day, the post guards who came to receive the letters saw a very spectacular scene, the sixteen mailboxes of the sixteen guards were all full, not to mention, there was a special soldier waiting outside each mailbox, and there were stacks of letters piled up next to him.

On that day, nearly 100,000 letters were sent out in the camp of the 16 guards alone, and the carriages of the 16 post guards were all full of letters and still ran back and forth three times, so that the letters could be collected.

Watching the letters being carried away one by one, almost all the generals of the military camp obviously felt that the spirit of the soldiers under their command was lifted, these seemingly thin letters, but they pinned on the longing for their relatives' hometown, presumably when they received letters from their families again, they believed that the soldiers' homesickness would be cured without medicine.