Qin'er and Ren Yu'er went back first, and the "Rishengchang" Beijing branch Yang shopkeeper and the "Wei Taihou" Beijing branch Mao shopkeeper followed Enjun to climb the city tower.

Yang Gongsheng and Mao Xiancheng, as the two major ticket number shopkeepers in Beijing who are engaged in the exchange of money and money, the receipt and sending of letters, and the charge d'affaires donations, donations, taxes and silver, military salaries, and assistance payment business, usually deal with dignitaries and dignitaries. But most of the people who really deal with them are the high-ranking officials and dignitaries, the long-term friends of the shogun, or the pen posts and officials of the household department and the officials, and it is difficult to see even the chief officer, let alone the "small military aircraft".

Thinking that the relationship between "Rishengchang" and the "little military machine" in front of him has been good over the years, Yang Gongsheng was not very nervous, and respectfully presented his name: "Rishengchang Yang Gongsheng pays a visit to Master Han." ”

"Weitai Hou Mao Xiancheng meets Master Han, Master Han is auspicious!"

"Two of you are exempt."

Han Xiufeng took the famous post with a similar resume, opened it and looked at it, and found that they were all from Pingyao, Shanxi. At the same time, it is clear that their relationship is not only not as harmonious as it seems on the surface, but also very tense, even bitter enemies.

Because "Weitai Hou" saw that the exchange trading of "Rishengchang" was booming, it followed the exchange trading.

It is said that at the beginning, even the big shopkeeper Mao Honghui was dug from the "Rishengchang", Mao thanked Caidong for his appreciation, and devoted himself to the old boss "Rishengchang" to fight with each other, and was determined to operate, so that the ticket number business is thriving. Later, he paid a lot of money to pull over several account clerks who were most familiar with the business of "Rishengchang".

But at that time, the fame of "Rishengchang" had already been played, and it was difficult for "Wei Tai Hou" to catch up, so it joined forces with "Wei Fenghou", "Wei Shengchang", "Tiancheng Heng" and "Xin Tai Hou", and it became the current "Wei" word five-link!

Han Xiufeng didn't care about the competition and even grievances between the two of them, so he put down his name and said: "The official invited the two of you to come here to inquire about something, and I also asked the two of you to give advice." ”

"Master Han is serious, if Master Han wants to know something, just ask." Yang Gongsheng hurriedly said.

Mao Xiancheng realized that his rival should recognize the young "little military plane" in front of him, and hurriedly said: "I implore Master Han to ask questions, Xiancheng must know everything!" ”

"Thank you." Han Xiufeng arched his hand, then turned to look out of the city, turned his back to the two and asked, "This official wants to ask if your account can have semicolons in Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Ningbo and Shanghai?" ”

"Master Han, the trumpet has branches in Guangzhou, Fuzhou and Shanghai, and Xiamen and Ningbo have not yet been established."

"Back to the Korean master, there are semicolons in these places." After Mao Xiancheng finished speaking, he couldn't help but glance back at Yang Gongsheng, and almost wrote on his face that although your "Rishengchang" is famous, in terms of the semicolons set up in various places, it is still not as many as my "Wei" five-link number.

Han Xiufeng didn't see this small action, but continued to ask: "If this official has a letter delivered from Guangzhou, how long will it take to deliver it to the capital?" ”

Yang Gongsheng didn't expect Han Xiufeng to ask this, so he replied after a pause: "Two months." ”

"Shopkeeper Mao, where are you Wei Taihou?"

"If you go back to the old man of Han, if it is urgent, the contempt can be delivered to the capital within a month and a half."

It took so long, and Han Xiufeng couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

It is said that as early as the Shunzhi Dynasty and the Kangxi Dynasty, the 600-mile rush was really fast, and it only took ten days to send it from Guangzhou to the capital. When the Daoguang Dynasty arrived, it took about 32 days to send a letter from Guangzhou to Beijing. At present, the official document from Guangzhou to Beijing has to travel for about 55 days, and if it is sent from Kunming, it will take even longer on the road, and it is said that it will take four months at the earliest.

Han Xiufeng pondered for a moment, and suddenly turned his head: "What the official said is urgent, the kind that is urgent!" ”

It is not difficult for Yang Gongsheng to be fast, but he doesn't dare to talk nonsense, because if the imperial court knows that their ticket numbers are faster than the mail transmission of the Ministry of War, then the ticket numbers will no longer want to do foreign exchange and agency donations, tax payments and other transactions in the future, so he drooped his head and didn't dare to squeak.

Mao Xiancheng also didn't want to ask for trouble, and he didn't know how to reply, so Enjun shouted: "Master Han asked you, why don't you hurry up and reply!" ”

Yang Gongsheng was taken aback, and hurriedly said with a bitter face: "Master Han, you have dealt with the trumpet for three or five years, and you have not sent your family members to the trumpet to send letters......

"That's a family letter, it's not a big deal to hurry up and slow down, and the official is talking about a hundred thousand urgent official documents now."

"It's the same with official documents, it's really not fast, after all, letters are only carried by the way."

"Shopkeeper Mao, where are you Wei Taihou?"

"Master Han, the contempt is almost the same, no matter how fast it is, it can't be faster."

Han Xiufeng realized what they were worried about, and couldn't help laughing: "The two of you must have misunderstood this official, this official didn't ask the two of you to help deliver the official documents that should have been sent to the Ministry of War, but just wanted to ask the two of you to help deliver some particularly important official documents that the emperor was also particularly concerned about." And as far as a few of us know, we won't spread it or talk nonsense to others. ”

Hearing the sentence "The emperor is also very attentive", and then looked at the Qianqingmen guard Enjun standing on the side, Yang Gongsheng didn't dare to talk about him anymore, weighed it slightly, and said cautiously: "One month, Master Han, how about a month?" ”

"Too slow!"

"Master Han, you are stumped by the small one, and the guy with the trumpet is not a Shenxing Taibao, it is not easy to arrive within a month, which is faster than the six hundred miles of the military department!"

"Yes, Master Han, it is already the fastest to arrive within a month." Mao Xiancheng echoed with a sad face.

"This official will not let you help this in vain, otherwise, this official will first deposit 10,000 taels to your account, and the interest will be calculated for the two of you. Then the urgent mail sent from Guangzhou to the capital or the capital to Guangzhou will be given ten taels of silver each, the urgent mail sent from Fuzhou and Xiamen to the capital or from the capital to Fuzhou and Xiamen will be given fifteen taels of silver each, and the urgent mail sent from Ningbo and Shanghai to the capital or from the capital to Ningbo and Shanghai will be given ten taels of silver each. ”

"Master Han, this is not a matter of silver or silver, it can't be faster!"

"Don't worry, listen to what the official has to say." Han Xiufeng looked up at the gray sky and said lightly: "As far as this official knows, almost all the major ticket numbers in the capital have domesticated carrier pigeons, which are used to convey the news of the silver money buying and selling market. The official pondered that since he could use carrier pigeons to convey the market of silver money trading, he could also use it to convey the military information of 100,000 urgent. ”

"Master Han didn't know that the trumpet had domesticated a few carrier pigeons, but they couldn't fly far and couldn't pass the official documents. Think about it, the daily silver money exchange market is only a few words, how many words are there in the official document, and how much does an excerpt weigh? If you tie the pigeon's leg, the pigeon can't fly! ”

"Master Han, after all, the pigeon is just a flying beast, and a few of them are domesticated to pass on the exchange of silver money, even if they are lost, it is not a big deal. But if you lose your official documents, Master Han, it will be a big delay! ”

"Yes, Master Han, this matter is not trivial, forgive the small ones who dare not admit it."

Han Xiufeng knew very well that they were both afraid of trouble and afraid of being involved, and smiled at the two of them and said in an unquestionable tone: "If you can't fly far, let each branch along the way domesticate a few, and pass it on one post after another like the military department's post." If you're worried about flying away, release a few more, and there will always be one that can find a home. As for the number and weight of the official document, you can be as concise as possible when you write it, and then write the words in a smaller way, just like you would with a snuffbox. In short, there are more ways than difficulties after all, and if the two of them are willing to help the emperor with this, it should not be difficult for the official to convey the news of Guangzhou to the capital within ten days. ”

If you are willing to help the emperor...... Yang Gongsheng was made miserable, thinking to himself who would dare or not.

Mao Xiancheng also realized that this matter could not be shirked, but he thought that if it was messed up, even if only one of the ninety-nine official documents was lost within the time limit, he would have to bear a lot of responsibility at that time, and he couldn't help but weaken his legs, and fell to his knees with a puff: "Ask Master Han to raise his noble hand and let go of the trumpet, the trumpet is open to do business, and I really can't afford such a big deal!" ”

"Shopkeeper Mao, what are you doing here? Eunjun, don't hurry up and help the shopkeeper Mao up. ”

"Huh!"

Seeing that the two of them wanted to speak and stopped, as if they were mourning, Han Xiufeng said slowly: "Since you are asking the two of you to help, it doesn't matter whether you can bear it or not." If the two of you are really worried, the official can send someone to your account to handle this matter. After all, this involves so many semicolons, so I implore the two of them to report to the general number after they go back, and the official waits for the letter of the two. ”

"Master Han, if you dare to ask, if the general number thinks this is difficult......

"Difficult to do...... If it's difficult, someone will be brought to justice! Han Xiufeng took out a few silver tickets from his sleeve, stared at the two of them and said meaningfully: "The proprietors of the two of you are amazing, the silver bills and bills of exchange issued are better than the big money minted by the imperial court and the paper money issued. ”

"Master Han, you are a crime that you want to add!"

"Say what?" Eunjun had already seen that these rich businessmen were not pleasing to the eye, and he didn't want the errand explained by the emperor to be messed up because they didn't help, so he immediately turned straight: "Listen carefully to the master, don't toast and don't eat and drink!" If you dare to shirk it again, even if Master Han doesn't play and ask the emperor to clean you up, I, Enjun, will also ask the emperor to give you some color and see! ”

"Master Eun Jun is angry, Master Han is angry, how dare the little one be embarrassed......"

"Shopkeeper Yang, don't do this. Shopkeeper Mao, get up! The official just said that, don't take it seriously. The two of them should think the other way around, there are so many money numbers in the capital, not everyone has this opportunity to serve the imperial court. If this errand is done, if it is done beautifully, the emperor will be very happy, and then your business will be better than now! ”