"Liquidation!"

No one thought that the post station communication would become so popular that it was almost a national sensation.

Prior to this, the Manchu officials were not optimistic about the post station, and even the original driver Langzhong did not hesitate to resign due to illness, and only Li Chengqian was the only one who implemented it strongly.

The reason why they acquiesced was that Li Chengqian was the crown prince and wanted to make some achievements, and everyone knew that if they obstructed it, it would only make the future emperor resent them, how unwise it was, at least for the time being, Li Chengqian's position as crown prince has not been shaken in the slightest.

Second, the post station is simply the gold-swallowing beast of the imperial court, spending a lot of money and food every year to feed, but the effect is not obvious, if Li Chengqian can really make the post station self-sufficient and save a sum of money for the imperial court, then they can also get a lot of benefits.

Even Li Chengqian did not dare to make a big move at first, believing that not many people would send letters at the beginning, and only put in 500 carriages first.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that the post station communication was simply too popular, and it was not that Datang had no communication needs, but was hindered by the inconvenience of traffic and had been suppressed.

The post station suddenly began to deliver letters to the people of the world, and this breach was opened at once, and almost all the wanderers who were far away from home picked up a pen and paper at the same time and wrote a letter to their families, and the family members who missed their distant relatives also picked up the pen and paper.

And there are more than a million wanderers in Datang who are far away from home, and these millions of letters pour directly into the post station, and only 500 carriages are overloaded, and it is still difficult to turn around.

Fortunately, under the strong command of Su Dingfang, the carriages that were originally supplied to officials in the post station were directly called, and everyone in the post station participated in sorting letters, which ensured the smooth flow of communication.

"Your Highness, the last general will send ten of his subordinates to the Tang Dynasty Ten Dao Supervision Post Station to communicate, it has been nearly two months so far, and it has been preliminarily completed, and I have come to reply to His Highness." In the Taiji Palace, Su Dingfang returned from the dust and said proudly.

"Speak!"

Li Chengqian said with a trace of anxiety in his eyes, it has been almost two months now, and seeing that Li Shimin is about to return, he will definitely handle the affairs of the post station before Li Shimin returns.

The other courtiers couldn't help but perk up and were ready to listen, this was Li Chengqian's court debut, and the officials also wanted to take the opportunity to weigh the ability of this prince.

Su Dingfang took a deep breath and said solemnly: "After the people of the world learned that the post station sent the letter, everyone praised this as a benevolent government. ”

Li Chengqian nodded with satisfaction, the reason why he strongly supported the post station communication was to see the benefits of this move for his reputation.

Baiguan nodded disapprovingly, the post station communication is benevolent, but it consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, if you can't solve the problem of the use of the Datang post station, no matter how good the benevolent government is, it will be empty.

Su Dingfang continued: "So far, the post station has received a total of millions of letters, with an average of nearly 50,000 letters delivered to thousands of households in Datang every day, of which the average daily volume of letters in Chang'an and Luoyang is about 100,000. ”

"A million letters, 50,000 letters a day!" Baiguan couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this number, this is not a small number! ”

According to the price of one penny per letter, it is enough to have 1,500 yuan, and the annual income is nearly 20,000 yuan.

"No, that's not all, the cost of six hundred miles of expedited new construction, plus the profits obtained by the post station from sending newspapers to ink periodicals and Confucian periodicals, the monthly income of the post station is at least two thousand." Su Dingfang said proudly.

"Two thousand! Wouldn't that be a year, you can have 24,000 yuan? The officials were in an uproar.

The court only invested 500 carriages, plus 2,000 wounded soldiers as post soldiers, and it actually increased the income of 24,000 per year, with 24,000 yuan, the court only needs to allocate a small amount of money every year to maintain the operation of the post station, which is great news for the court, and what is even more commendable is that the post station communication is to benefit the people of the world, especially the effect of the military to calm the army's heart, and even more so that the court officials pay special attention.

"It turned out that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really did it." Baiguan's face suddenly became incomprehensible, who would have thought that Li Chengqian would do something that would give the court a headache in less than two months of time in prison.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise!" Hundreds of officials have congratulated, maybe there will be hundreds of officials think that the post station has just opened the letter delivery business, and the traffic has skyrocketed, but everyone knows that in this era of extremely inconvenient communication, communication can never bypass the post station, which must be a steady stream of money.

Li Chengqian couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, when he withstood all the pressure and gambled on the station, on the one hand, it was because this plan was from the hands of Merton, and you must know that the strategy from Merton's hands has never been defeated.

In addition, even if this plan fails, he can also get a good reputation of benevolence, and he will not be defeated, but fortunately this time he won the bet, and from then on, no one despised him as a prince.

"Retreat!"

Li Chengqian waved his big hand and withdrew from the Taiji Palace, and when he reached a place that could not be seen by hundreds of officials, Li Chengqian couldn't help but dance excitedly.

This is his court debut, and it ended so perfectly, how could he not be excited.

"Brother Prince!" Suddenly, a crisp voice interrupted Li Chengqian's excitement.

Li Chengqian suddenly stopped all his movements in embarrassment, returned to a serious appearance, and looked sideways: "It turned out to be Sister Gao Yang!" ”

I saw that it was Princess Gaoyang who was waiting for Li Chengqian, and I saw Princess Gaoyang holding a letter in her hand and handing it to Li Chengqian: "I heard that the prince's brother reformed the post station so that everyone in the world can communicate with their relatives, which is really a great blessing in the world. However, the prince's brother only cares about the people of the world, but he doesn't remember that his father has been away from the palace for nearly two months, and Gao Yang also misses it very much, here is a letter written by Gao Yang to his father, I don't know if the prince's brother can send him to his father. ”

Looking at Princess Gaoyang's resentful eyes, Li Chengqian couldn't help but have a headache, but he knew that Princess Gaoyang usually had a lot of ghost ideas, and now Li Chengqian had no reason to refuse.

At that moment, Li Chengqian had an idea and said: "Sister Gao Yang is reasonable, my father is far away in Jiuhua Mountain, and I will definitely miss us, wait for my brother to order the prince and princess to write a letter to their father and emperor each, report their homework, and the royal brother will send a post guard to send it over, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds." ”

Sending a letter to Princess Gaoyang alone would not make the other princes dissatisfied, so Li Chengqian simply continued to use the name of reporting on his schoolwork, and everyone wrote letters to Li Shimin, just as he had the right to supervise the prince's schoolwork, and at the same time, he could also take this opportunity to show Li Shimin the results of the post station communication.

"Then thank you Brother Prince!" Princess Gao Yang said helplessly.

If it was just to send a letter to her, then she would naturally please Li Shimin even more, if it was mixed with the letters of a group of princes and princesses, I am afraid that Li Shimin would not pay attention to her at all.

At the moment, after the news of writing a letter to his father, almost all the princes and princesses were excited, and they wrote letters one after another, as for the harem concubines who asked to send a letter, they were ruthlessly rejected by Li Chengqian, as the prince of the East Palace and the harem, he could not have the slightest involvement, otherwise he would not be able to wash it even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

But this is not difficult for the concubine of the harem, she can't send letters, but she can pretend to be her own child's hand.

That night, Zheng Chonghua, who had just entered the palace and had no children, angrily tore up the letter he had written.

On the second day, the letters handed over to Li Chengqian by the princes and princesses were obviously much overweight, but Li Chengqian pretended not to see it, and did not hesitate to hand it to the post guard who had been waiting for a long time, and ordered: "Use the 600-mile expedited stamp." ”

At present, the postage stamp of the post station 800 miles expedited has not been framed, and the 600 li expedited is only in trial operation in the place where the brick road is built.

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince." The postman said solemnly.

Looking at the departing figure of the post guard, Li Chengqian's eyes suddenly became deep, this time he tried his best to implement the post station reform, and did not inform Li Shimin, and Li Shimin could not have heard any rumors, but did not stop it in the slightest, now it is time for their father and son to have a showdown.