Zhoujiazhuang is an ordinary village on the edge of the Yellow River, every year close to the land has this meager income, whenever the farming is slack, Zhou Liu's will sit on the bank of the Yellow River to raise ducks! Thanks to Merton's promotion of artificial hatching techniques, the number of ducks on both sides of the Yellow River has almost multiplied, and the Zhou family's duck flock is just one of them.

The whole Zhoujiazhuang knows that Zhou Liu's family misses her two sons the most, and when she is herding ducks, Zhou Liu's favorite thing is to look at the rushing water of the Yellow River in a daze. 、

The eldest son of the Zhou family is doing business in other places, and the younger son joins the army to serve in the border, often not at home, only the second son is by his side, although Zhou Liu's strong support for his two sons to go out, but after many years of not coming back once, how can he not miss it.

On this day, Zhou Liu's ducks were herding ducks by the Yellow River as usual, and as soon as he drove the ducks to the river, he saw his second son running excitedly.

"Mother, the eldest brother has sent a letter." The second son of the Zhou family shouted excitedly.

"Seriously! Who sent it, hurry up and thank the family, and by the way, ask the eldest and third children about the current situation. Zhou Liu said with great joy.

The eldest son of the Zhou family is doing business abroad, and occasionally asks his fellow villagers to send letters back, even if his son has already paid, but Zhou Liu's family will still thank the other party again, or leave the other party for a meal.

The second son of the Zhou family shook his head and said, "Mother, this is not sent by a fellow villager, but by the post man of the court." ”

"How is this possible? The post guard can only send official documents to the official master, how can he send a letter to your eldest brother and a businessman? Zhou Liu didn't believe it.

"Mother doesn't know, according to the post officer, the post station that the imperial court has reformed, the current post station not only sends official documents to the court, but also sends letters to ordinary people, and the price is only a penny, presumably the eldest brother learned about it and wrote to his mother as soon as possible." The second son of the Zhou family explained. Deliver the news from the post boy to his mother.

"How can there be such a good thing?" Zhou Liu's letter was suspicious, but her son's letter was in front of her, and she couldn't care about it, so she couldn't wait: "Come quickly!" ”

"Mother is on ......"

The second son of the Zhou family opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, and read it aloud.

Zhou Liu's family is illiterate, and the second son of the Zhou family has only studied in a private school for a few years, but fortunately, the eldest son of the Zhou family knows the level of his brother, and writes easy-to-understand, ordinary greetings, and reports his recent situation.

"Okay, your eldest brother is safe!" When Zhou Liushi learned the news of his eldest son's recent situation, he couldn't help but shed tears.

"Mother, you can rest assured! The eldest brother is backed by Mojia Village in Chang'an City, but he has made a lot of money, and the next time he comes back, he will definitely be filial to you. The second son of the Zhou family comforted.

Zhou Liushi nodded, suddenly remembered and asked, "Since the post guards of the imperial court can send letters, what about your third brother's letters?" ”

The second son of the Zhou family said helplessly: "Mother, the third brother is far away on the edge of the Great Wall, but he is much farther than the eldest brother, even if he writes a letter at the same time, I am afraid that he will have to walk on the road for a few more days to arrive." ”

The mother of the Zhou family nodded in disappointment, and the second son of the Zhou family couldn't help but change the topic when he saw this: "Mother, or we will reply a letter to the eldest brother, according to the post man, as long as the stamp is affixed and thrown into the mailbox in the township, it can be sent to the hands of the eldest brother. ”

How many stamps are sold, but the income of the post station, almost every post man is sparing no effort to promote stamps, just the second son of the Zhou family knows that his mother misses the eldest brother and the third brother, plus the price is cheap, so he bought more.

"Write, not only for your eldest brother, but also for your third brother, tell them not to worry about the family when they are outside, everything is important to take care of your health." Zhou Liushi choked up with tears in his eyes.

Soon, the two letters were completed in the hands of the second son of the Zhou family, although it was only a simple parent, but it was a mother's thoughts about her son.

The same thing is happening in the north and south of the river, whether it is a small courtyard in the countryside or a high-gate compound in a bustling city, everyone is extremely happy to receive letters from their relatives.

A small stamp, carrying a letter to the family, so that countless families are full of laughter, so that countless relatives can get together in the air.

"What!"

The mighty shouts of killing filled the wilderness, and outside the Yanmen Pass of the Great Wall, groups of majestic soldiers were exercising nervously.

Yanmen Pass is an important border town, although now the Tang Dynasty has defeated the Eastern Turks, and there has been no war in the border pass for a long time, but the drill of Yanmen Pass has never relaxed for a day.

After a full day of training, almost all the soldiers returned to the barracks exhausted.

"Zhou Laosan, your letter." Suddenly, the chief shouted out to an ordinary soldier, Zhou Laosan.

Zhou Laosan couldn't help but be stunned, and said in amazement: "What's the matter, hasn't my letter been sent out, how can it be returned." ”

"Could it be that your letter is overweight and the stamps are not affixed enough?" One soldier guessed.

The other soldiers all gloated and looked at Zhou Laosan, but some of them wrote several pages of letterhead, but they were overweight all of a sudden, and finally they had to put several stamps on it, so they were able to pass.

Shi Chang shook his head and said, "This is not a letter from you, but a letter from your family. ”

"What?" Immediately, all the soldiers were in a stir, their letters to their families had just been sent, and Zhou Laosan's was the first family letter received from Yanmen Pass.

"Family members can also write to us?" Zhou Laosan muttered to himself, unable to believe it.

Shi Chang said angrily: "That's natural, as long as there is an address, it can be delivered to the ends of the earth." ”

"It turned out to be a letter from the second brother, and he must have heard about the letter sent by the post station, and took the initiative to send me a letter!" Zhou Laosan asked Shi Chang to help look at the sender's name, and then he suddenly said.

Many soldiers immediately looked at Zhou Laosan with envy, and couldn't help but be moved by the tacit understanding between him and his family, and at the same time couldn't help but look forward to it, if they could receive a letter from their family and learn about their family, how good it would be.

Fortunately, the soldiers did not have to wait too long, and as the first letter arrived at the barracks, the second letter from the soldier also arrived.

The guards of Yanmen Pass found that many soldiers were always waiting for the arrival of the post guards, and whenever a letter from home was sent back to Yanmen Pass, there would be bursts of cheers from the whole Yanmen Pass.

The same thing happened in almost all the barracks, and many generals keenly found that since the soldiers under their command and their families wrote to their families, the homesickness that originally permeated the barracks was swept away, and the mental outlook of all the soldiers was completely renewed.

"His Royal Highness the Prince's post station communication is really extraordinary, if Yang Guang had such a trick back then, how could the 100,000 Guanzhong disciples not follow with all their hearts, why would they end up dying and the country perished." Many generals sighed.

Who would have thought that a small letter would solve the homesickness that caused countless generals a headache.