Chapter 517: Small Talk
This post station is not big, a typical courtyard structure, through the patio is the lobby, on the left is the residence of the post and a few post soldiers, on the right is a few rooms for the travelers who temporarily rest in the post station, here is a post station very close to Guangzhou, on weekdays, I want to come to the court messenger to use, the past business travelers are at most begging for saliva to drink, it is so close to Guangzhou, if it is not necessary, no one will stay here for too long.
And in addition to the imperial court messengers, travelers who want to rest and stay at the post station still have to pay some money.
In the lobby, the occasional neighing of horses could be heard, and it was thought that there was a stable at the back of this post station, which was used to change horses for some imperial messengers who delivered urgent documents.
Jia Rudao sat at the top, and several veterans of the post station stood stiffly at a distance from him, near the door. Needless to say, what Jin Yiwei did just now is enough to show that the people around this adult are worried that someone will be unfavorable to him. Whatever the purpose, there's nothing wrong with being conscious.
"Uncle, can there be clear water at the post station? It's too hot, so if you have one, you can help us prepare some water. ”
Jia Rudao glanced at Liu Ru, who was standing in the corridor outside the house, and pointed to the brocade guards inside and outside the house.
"The adults can't make it, the little old man is called Li Fugui, the adult is called the little old man and the old Li Tou, the post station is simple, but there is a sweet well, the water is the most sweet and thirst-quenching, the adult waits, the little old man will go to get water......"
"Since there is well water, the tired old man told us the location, and it is inconvenient to see a few people to move, so it would be good for us to do it ourselves. My lord, the last will go and fetch water. ”
Qiu Sheng interjected with a smile next to him, saying that without waiting for Li Fugui to reply, he had already beckoned a few people to go out on their own.
What he said is also extremely reasonable, after all, looking at the five people including Li Fugui, Li Fugui only has one arm, and the other four post guards are all disabled or semi-disabled, although there are not many people who follow Jia Yiwei this time, but there are still people in the thirty or fifty, and it is indeed a little difficult to rely on only a few of them to get water.
And Qiu Sheng obviously also took into account the face of several people, if they went to fetch water, the people of Jinyiwei would definitely check whether there was a problem with the water, which was not very good, if there were people in Jinyiwei to take it themselves, then there would be a lot less trouble. Kill two birds with one stone.
"Also, go ahead, old man, don't stand still, the official came abruptly, there are not so many rules, sit down, my old friend will need some time to arrive, we can still talk."
Jia Yidao naturally has no opinion on Qiu Shang's approach, so that he doesn't have to trouble these disabled veterans, and he can also ensure safety, so why not.
"Adult ......"
"Sit down."
Jia Rudao smiled and waved his hand.
Li Fugui and the other five people saw that Jia Rudao insisted, so they had to find their own positions in panic and carefully put half of their butts on the chair.
"How many of them are veterans? But discharged from the army due to injury? ”
Jia Rudao was also helpless about this, so he had to pretend not to see it and said with a smile.
"My lord's eyes are like torches, Xiao Lao'er and the four of them have indeed served as soldiers under Meng Dashuai."
Li Fugui also discovered at this time that this young appeasement made the adult seem to be different from the big people he had seen before, and he had never seen it before when he was so young, but he could feel the sincerity in Jia Yidao's eyes, and he could feel it when he saw the mutilations of several of them for the first time.
Especially after he said that he used to be a soldier in the Ningwu border army, Jia Yidao's eyes were a little more indescribable.
Although Li Fugui couldn't tell what it was, he knew that it wasn't malicious or anything else.
They had heard more or less of this pacification envoy in this station, after all, there were always all kinds of travelers passing by in the station, and they would always make small talk when they were resting.
When today's most favored minister, in just a few years, he has become one of the best second-class officials in the dynasty, and he is the youngest feudal official since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, oh, by the way, since the death of the unlucky Wu Liang, he has also temporarily taken care of all matters on Fujian Road. At the same time, he also had a good relationship with the commander of the Ningwu Army and the general of the Jinghu Dynasty, Meng Heng, and so on.
In addition, there are also people who say that Jia Rudao is young and frivolous, has unparalleled poetry, and at the same time has made countless enemies in the DPRK and China, arrogant and domineering, etc., all of which they have heard, of course, both good and bad.
But no matter how much I've heard about it, it's after all that I heard, in the past, they were at most just after-dinner conversations, and they never thought that they would have the opportunity to meet such a big person, let alone be so close.
"The soldiers in the Ningwu border army, how many of them are Cantonese?"
Jia Rudao's smile became more and more kind.
Back to the adults, Xiao Lao'er and several people are Cantonese, and when the Guangdong armies were transferred to the Ningwu Army, the five Xiao Lao'er were fellow villagers, so they went to Xiangyang together. It's just that he didn't make any contributions on the battlefield, and his body was disabled, so he had no choice but to return to his hometown and serve as a post pawn in this post station, or Meng Dashuai placed it for Xiao Lao'er and a few people. ”
Li Fugui seemed to remember the war with Mongolia in Xiangyang again, and sighed.
"Meng Dashuai is sympathetic to the border army, and if anyone in the Ningwu army is injured or disabled, Meng Dashuai will find a way to send people like us home through various means and most of them are placed in various post stations, so that they can finally have a livelihood, and they will not be a wasted person, and they can also feed a family."
Jia Nidao nodded, and when he heard the old man say that it was Ning Wujun, Jia Nidao thought of this, but he didn't expect that at this time, Meng Hui would have the idea of arranging a future life for the disabled soldiers who had no choice but to leave the battlefield.
"How much silver can you get in this post station every month?"
"Back to my lord, Xiao Lao'er was a chief in the Ningwu Army before, all of them were post soldiers, with three coins of silver and three buckets of millet per month, and several of them were post pawns, and they were also three dollars of silver per month, but the millet was gone."
Li Fugui replied with a smile, obviously very satisfied with his current situation.
"Three coins of silver, three buckets of millet, enough degree?"
Jia Yidao can understand Li Fugui's thoughts, he is a crippled person, and he can have such a thing, although the silver is not much, at least it will not be a burden on the family, and even because the three coins of Yicheng have become the financial pillar of the family, although the money is not much, it is enough for them.
"Enough, how is it not enough......"
"It's just that at the beginning, I still gave money, and in recent years, it has been half of the money and half of the money, and in recent years, it has been even more ......."
An old man sitting opposite Li Fugui took over with a wry smile.
Li Fugui couldn't help but froze when he heard his words, and glared at him fiercely, making his words stop abruptly.