Zhang Bin decided to go to Dingyuan in person, because he really wanted to train an invincible iron army.

Training an army is not a simple matter, and those who fantasize that they can train an invincible iron army like the Qi family army with a copy of the "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" are definitely sick in their brains.

There were not many famous generals in the late Ming Dynasty, and they must have more or less studied the "New Book of Ji Xiao", why no one can train an invincible iron army, there must be a reason for this.

He originally wanted to find a general who had served in the Qi family's army, but with his current strength, it was difficult to find, and now that he was finally a little eyebrow-raising, he naturally wanted to go and see it in person.

Dingling is not far away from Jinling, a total of more than 300 miles of road, if you hurry up, you can get there in one day, plus Dingyuan is still on the connecting line of the north and south, the traffic is very convenient, and it is quite convenient to take the post station, so after listening to Xie Zhengyang's report, Zhang Bin thought about it for a while, and said directly to Xie Zhengyang: "Little Sixth Uncle, you let Zhang send them to prepare horses quickly, just leave two people to watch the house, and all the others will go to Dingyuan with me." ”

There was no danger along the way, and Xie Zhengyang did not dissuade Zhang Bin, he heard this, nodded in response, and hurried to find Zhang Cha and the others.

Zhang Bin quickly returned to the bedroom, changed his clothes, explained to Xiaoyun and the others, and then walked to the gate.

Due to the large size of the mansion, there were still a lot of horses in it, and soon, Xie Zhengyang took Zhang Cha and them to the door with eight tall horses.

Zhang Bin took the reins directly and shouted: "Go." ”

Immediately turned over and got on the horse and ran directly to the north, behind him, Xie Zhengyang and others got on the horse and followed.

If in the early Ming Dynasty or even in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Bin did not go through the formalities at all and went out of Jinling City directly, he would definitely be arrested by the Inspection Department and punished, but this time it will be different.

The road was relatively smooth, and the people of the Ying Tianfu Inspection Division had encountered several waves, but when they looked at his waist card, they didn't dare to squeak, and that night, the group rushed to the post station outside Dingyuan City.

The post station of the Ming Dynasty can be different from other dynasties, the post station of the Ming Dynasty not only has the function of transmitting official documents, but also has the function of transshipment of goods such as military supplies and tributary materials, as well as the function of receiving officials to and from the Ming Dynasty.

That is to say, the post station of the Ming Dynasty was a comprehensive institution integrating postal delivery, freight, accommodation, tour guides, etc.

With so many functions in one, it is destined that the scale of the post station will definitely not be small, and the oil and water will also not be small.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the management of the post station was still relatively strict, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, had stipulated that the post should not be given if it was not a major military event, that is, if it was not a national event, you could not use these functions of the post station.

However, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the management of the post station was basically out of control, and officials at all levels took advantage of the loopholes in the management of the post station to exploit loopholes and take advantage of the cheap.

Like the famous Xu Xiake once traveled in Guangxi, he looked for a good view, it was purely a "personal act", originally had no right to use the public post station, but with the "letter of introduction" presented by local officials, he swaggered along the way, not only free of charge, but also often had to use husbands, and even asked "the people to send fish and meat, boiled eggs and pulp".

During the Zhengde period, there were also a number of eunuchs to extort post silver and tie up post officials in various places, the most famous is that Liu Yun, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch Bingbi, took the opportunity to go to Tibet to meet the living Buddha, and squandered it in each post along the way, only in the CD post, it was 100 taels of grain per day, 100 taels of vegetable silver, and 130,000 taels of silver were used in a round trip!

It can also be imagined that the Ming Dynasty post station was large in scale and full of functions.

This Dingyuan post is located in the north and south of the capital of the traffic artery, the scale is naturally not small, only the house has dozens of rooms, there are dozens of post guards.

Zhang Bin and his entourage were freshly dressed and angry, and their spirits were flying, and they were not a small role at first glance, as soon as they entered the gate of the post station, a post man ran up and said attentively: "A few adults, what is your business?" ”

Zhang Bin didn't answer, he directly took out his waist card and shook it in front of the post guard, and when he saw the words on it clearly, he said coolly: "Don't ask so much, go and prepare some wine and food, and prepare a few more upper rooms, the official wants to rest here for one night." ”

Ediga is obedient, the staff of the Nandu Military Department, isn't the post station under the management of the Military Department, this is their ancestor here!

The postman was sweating profusely and stammered, "Okay, okay, my lord, please wait." ”

With that, he ran away without a trace.

After a while, a middle-aged man with a big shoulders and a round waist led a few post men to run over here, and the posture was like rushing to reincarnate.

As soon as he ran to Zhang Bin, he fell to the ground and said in fear: "The villain is late to take over, and I beg the adult to forgive me." ”

Seeing this, Zhang Bin asked kindly, "Are you the post man here?" ”

The middle-aged man hurriedly replied: "Back to the adult, the villain is exact." ”

Zhang Bin nodded and said with a smile: "Well, get up, take the official to dinner first." ”

When the post man heard this, he hurriedly got up from the ground, beckoned back, and immediately several post guards came up to take over the reins in the hands of Zhang Bin and others.

Immediately afterwards, he made a gesture of please and walked to the lobby room in the middle with Zhang Bin and the others.

At this time, there were already a few tables of people drinking and eating in the hall, and as soon as they saw the frightened look of the post, they knew that it was a big man, and everyone immediately stopped talking and ate quickly.

Zhang Bin didn't pay attention to them, just followed Yicheng into a private seat and sat down slowly.

After Yicheng explained everything and stood beside him with his hands bowed, he opened his mouth and asked, "Do you know the Qi family?" ”

The Yi Cheng hurriedly arched his hand and said, "What did the adult say, but Qi Shaobao's Qi family?" ”

Zhang Bin nodded and said, "Yes, it's Qi Shaobao's Qi family, do you know how to get from here?" ”

Na Yicheng nodded hurriedly and said, "The villain knows, the villain knows." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he directly ordered: "Well, then early tomorrow morning, send someone to take us over." ”

There was nothing to say all night, and early the next morning, Zhang Bin and his entourage rode straight to the southwest of Dingyuan County under the leadership of a post man.

Running for less than two quarters of an hour, a large number of houses appeared in front, built by the mountains and rivers, breaking my magnificence, according to the post man, this is Qijiabao.

Why is this place called Qijiabao?

Because the place was all enclosed by low walls, like a small castle.

In order to show respect, Zhang Bin ordered everyone to get off the horse early, led the horse forward, and slowly walked towards the gate of Qijiabao.

However, before they reached the gate, more than a dozen young men with spears suddenly burst out from inside, and quickly scattered in a row to stop in front of them.

Before Zhang Bin could ask, the leading young man on the opposite side asked sharply: "Who is it, why are you coming to our Qijiabao?" ”

Zhang Bin hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Wai Lang, a member of the staff of the Military Department of the Southern Metropolis, has come to visit the descendants of Qi Wulie. ”

The leading young man glanced at him with a little annoyance, and said impatiently, "Wait a minute." ”

With that, he turned and ran towards the castle, as if to make a report.

Soon, the young leader ran out again, seemingly holding a waist card in his hand.

He ran to Zhang Bin and directly raised the waist card, meaning to let Zhang Bin see it clearly.

Zhang Bin is so depressed, he only pretended to be forced yesterday, and today he was immediately forced back.

He took a closer look at the waist card, I rely on it, all the governors know the same thing, from the military attache of the first product!

After a while, the young leader asked coldly, "Do you see clearly?" ”

Zhang Bin hurriedly nodded and said, "I can see it clearly." ”

When the young leader heard this, he immediately shouted: "Get out when you see it clearly!" ”